Did updates reduce the chance for tributes?

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Re @Grundulum:
In this old post, @sirrian describes the RNG for gems dropping as “standard Mersenne twister RNG”. I would expect the same RNG is applied to all random tables within the game, including tributes and chest results.

Equal chance for Mana dropping in battles?

So, to put any further conspiracy theories to rest, here is the code that generates our gems: if (bInitialSetup) { var nRoll:int = m_pPuzzleBoard.m_GemRNG.percentile(); m_nType = Math.floor(nRoll / 15); } else { m_nType = m_pPuzzleBoard.m_GemRNG.range(0, PuzzleGem.GEM_TYPES - 1); } Where m_GemRNG is standard Mersenne Twister RNG that knows nothing about the board or your masteries or troops or anything. Gem types 0 through 5 are Blue, Green, Red, Yellow, Purple & Brown, respectively Gem t…