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sciguyCO wrote:

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Quadork wrote:

We know that it doesn't matter in which order you place the items into the cube so this is a combination computation. combin(66,3) in excel works nicely.

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Out of curiousity, how do we "know" this? Was there a dev note on the beta boards, or are people just assuming itbecause (so far) they get the same result doing 1,2,3 and 3,1,2? It's possible that the combination table just has the same results for most, but not all, permutations of a given set of components.

We have tried the different combinations of 123 321 231 etc and same item during beta... plus the cube is the same as a backpack it opens and puts items in, the order randomizes too when you open it at times, its not like the loot kits where you throw it in and it disappears until you have all pieces in

Also, is there any firm evidence that the cube won't accept duplicates of the same item? If duplicates are allowed, the number of possible combinations would be 66 * 66 * 66 / (3 * 2 * 1) = 47,916.

The quest giver says "you need 3 items, 3 different items"

• Order doesn't matter, no duplicates: 66 * 65 * 64 / (3 * 2 * 1) = 45,760

Thats the correct formula order matters and cant be the same item

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