Phantasy Star Online Rare Enemy Piping Simulation

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Simulates how many pipes it would take to get a set number of rare drops from a rare enemy by doing the piping strategy. The time estimation has the following sources of time loss:

• Time to get to farming spot (default 15 min)
• Time per wave / telepipe. This would include the time required to scan each enemy to see if it is a rare mob, return to town if none are, then reenter the pipe. (default 0.75 min)
• Time to kill each rare enemy (default 1 min)
• Time to save and quit, or the time to reset the quest in some other manner. This is not inclusive of the time to get to the farming spot after reloading. (default 1 min)

Of course, your parameters may differ drastically depending on what you are farming and where. This simulation was originally designed for farming Nar Lilies in Waterfall of Tears, and the default parameters reflect that.

The first graph (histogram) tells what percentage of trials ended up requiring that number. The second graph shows the cumulative distribution function (CDF), which shows what fraction of trials that required fewer than a given number of waves.

For example, find the x-value for the pointer corresponding to y=0.25. 25% of the time, you would finish in fewer waves than whatever that x-value is.