# 4.4 Update Preview Discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** Spoilers\ **Created:** [June 11, 2019, 9:24am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/4-4-update-preview-discussion/55652 "2019-06-11T09:24:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 19
**Author:** ![Grundulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@Grundulum](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Grundulum)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/4-4-update-preview-discussion/55652/19 "2019-06-12T01:16:31Z")
> [@Gems of Streaming](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gems-of-streaming/30463/2446): > > That said, because of the randomess of the rolls, 150 gems would be an expected value. In reality, players might range between 100 - 200 gems because of RNG, with even more extreme results in either direction possible. > > Yes, there will be dry runs of days (sometimes multiple in a row) where few or no gems are rolled. It’s a feature of how the reward system is designed to compensate for some of the higher tier prizes (think: orbs of growth offsetting orbs of ascension). > [@Gems of Streaming](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gems-of-streaming/30463/2448): > > In regards to the resources gained via the adventure board, over time gems even out to be the same amount as those received before. On stream I had mine reset, but earlier in the day when i was testing I did have tasks that had gems as rewards, and they were more than you would get in the old system. These posts were copied over from the streaming thread to avoid filling that up with non-stream discussion. I read Salty’s comment here as support of what Lyrian wrote above: while the **average** amount of gems awarded may be similar, the variance will go up (that’s the only way you can have larger max payouts while keeping the expectation the same). And, thus, the low end of the rewards will have to be either lower or more frequent. Which brings us back to the point mentioned during the beta. I, at least, don’t care for this kind of rewards system. The fact that the devs continue to pursue rewards structured like this—after the original Dungeons, and Treasure Gnomes, and Orbs, and…—says that _someone_ does. Whether that someone is players (which would put me in a minority here), the devs, or publishers (who are preying on player psychology), I cannot say. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/4-4-update-preview-discussion/55652)._