http://www.vmkforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43223

Posted there is an old thread from Cptnruthless. I figured we'd bring it back up for an interesting conversation.

Now, would anyone be interested in helping devise a more precise equation to show rarity? I've been working on it for a week now, and came up with a few factors, but can't figure out how to work it.

Factors
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Credits bought for
Days out
Days since out


Like I said, I don't know how to work this together with more factors, giving a more precise value then the ($ x D) / R equation.

Then, let's take it a step further. Is there a way to do quest items in rarity? Something to ponder and work on for the next week I guess..

One factor that would be important but is impossible to obtain is how many were bought. You could estimate this through something such as a poll though.

One factor that would be important but is impossible to obtain is how many were bought. You could estimate this through something such as a poll though.Well, that would be a bit extreme to do ;)

The best solution to this is how many days it was sold. Another factor can be when it was sold. Last year's items that haven't come back yet, are pretty rare, but items from this year aren't that rare yet.

I agree that it would be beneficial to know how many were sold. We couldn't do that, obviously, but it was mentioned in an Ask Yavn! questions and he said that it was an idea to look into.

another thing to consider is timing.

The stuff that came out at the beginning of a big event like halloween were probably sold more.
At this point, not a lot of people have enough credits to Stock up and buy extras of everything.

Not all players read the newsletter, to know what was coming out.:41:

There's also that hard-to-quantify factor of desirability. For example, there are the same number of Stitch Hats, Stitch Pins, and Stitch Boxes (they were given out as a set), yet I doubt anybody would argue that they are of equal value.

There's also that hard-to-quantify factor of desirability. For example, there are the same number of Stitch Hats, Stitch Pins, and Stitch Boxes (they were given out as a set), yet I doubt anybody would argue that they are of equal value.

Yes!
The same is true for the Snowman from the Christmas Quest.
The same number of Blue Wreaths were given out, yet The Snowman is what people want.

Yes!
The same is true for the Snowman from the Christmas Quest.
The same number of Blue Wreaths were given out, yet The Snowman is what people want.
This is almost true. The Blue Wreaths were given out at Disneyland and at Walt Disney World. The White Snowmen were given with them at Walt Disney World, and the Gold Snowmen were given at Disneyland. So each version of Snowman is actually rarer than the Blue Wreath.

exactly, when one item is only obtainable from one park like WDW and not DLR its easily considered rarer then one that you can get from both...