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We’ll be the first to admit, we’ve fallen for game-hacks and tricks more times than we can count. Everyone loves that sweet moment when you connect with the game and achieve a higher understanding of a certain game mechanism. That feeling is extremely human, we’ve all experienced it, and it’s actually what keeps us interested in the game. Some content creators abuse that moment of joy by claiming they have just the hack to beat the system or manipulate RNG. Fortunately, the Wuthering Waves players were able to show just how ludicrous the RNG myth was.
Wuthering Waves Players Explain Why the RNG Manipulation Hack Doesn’t Work
Recently, there have been many reports on how easy it was to manipulate RNG. Some cheat sheets and lots of content creators claim that if you roll Echoes at an exact time, more specifically, hour, minute, and second of the day, it would have a predestined result. You see, even if you tried and didn’t get the expected result, they could just say that you missed it by a second.
DontForgetTheTime explained: ” I’m a software engineer, but that honestly doesn’t even matter, since some basic critical thinking would suffice. Basically, even if the game’s PRNG was based solely on time (which it most definitely is not), it would be in terms of milliseconds, so their attempt to manipulate it based on minutes and seconds does not even make sense. Even a difference of 1 millisecond would generate an entirely different seed”.
Another player, Hungy15, pointed out how you can determine whether a creator is giving you an actual hack or just trying to collect views. They stated: “I remember the HSR “relic manipulation” videos too. Always so obviously just anecdotal evidence with nothing to back it up. Even their “proof” spreadsheets would cherry-pick data to show what they wanted and then the more data that got added over time the more everything trended toward straight 25% RNG”.
Rin363 added: “I think every gacha game has its own “how to get better rates but not really” shenanigans. It’s just more prominent now because the game is new so stuff like that is more exciting. In Summoners War we had time gates, lucky channels, zap a tree, and countless other methods to “improve” rates”.
Some People Are More Prone to Believing a Myth
So, what caused this RNG myth in Wuthering Waves and many other games? Was it chasing that aforementioned feeling or something more? Sea-Butterscotch1174 stated: “Placebo effect at best. I tried it myself and got an almost even proportions of pog, good, and bad rolls”.
Many players recognized a similar behavior in gambling addicts. LucleRX noticed: “Gambler fallacy at its finest. When it works, it feels like it’s real, and the opposite when it doesn’t. Any “theory” can work at this point when you either see it in favor or not”.
Another player, metropolismonke, noted: “I work in a Casino and I can tell you I see people like this every day. It’s superstition. It’s more common than you might think in gambling addicts”. Now, just a reminder, being superstitious doesn’t mean you have a gambling issue. It just means that you might be more prone to following rituals and having expectations.
Also, don’t feel bad if you fell for this hack or any other. We’ve all done it at some point, we learn through our mistakes. In the worst scenario, you’ll lose some time and be a bit disappointed. Now, critical thinking is an important skill in everyday life, but it’s something that everyone has to learn for themselves. You can always consult your Wuthering Waves community if you stumble upon a suspicious hack. They’ll be more than happy to help.