#0 - March 6, 2009, 9:37 p.m.
RNG is only a problem as it relates to very small chances (making it less random and more an anomaly which we've all seen on the giving and receiving end), this is what makes it infuriating for players. I've never heard anyone flip out in vent over a spell not critting. I have (like most) heard people flip out over a mass dispel resist, imp hamspring, mace spec, stormherald chain procs, TNT, etc.
It has to do with expectation not random numbers. When you cast a spell with 97% chance to hit you expect it to hit. A proc with a 10% chance is balanced around not happening often (10% is not very often after all). But when that skill procs twice in 5 seconds along with a 15% proc the stars have aligned and someone will probably die because the other player got lucky.
No one likes being "RNGed to death" which is really the only part of RNG Blizzard is trying to be rid of. So next time you want to whine about something that has RNG think "could this RNG me to death?" if not, shut your cry hole and move on.
