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		imtringued on June 8, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009... Meanwhile in Ragnarok Online special items like "cards" had a 0.01% drop chance. Without a large player base that kills monsters over and over again, those items would never drop.

TheHegemon on June 9, 2020 [–]

Oh man and those are common cards!

There's the rare cards that can sell for more than 10K USD and have more of a 0.000001% chance.

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