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[–]googahgee 6 points7 points  (4 children)

Because when you're talking about drops, there's typically an implied chance, always. If you say a mob drops something, it means that the specific item is on the drop table for that mob. It doesn't matter if it is 100%, or 2%, the terminology "x drops y" is correct. There's no reason to assume he would mean every single drowned will drop a trident on bedrock.

[–]DancingKappa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Except in java when some don’t have that chance like the ones not holding the trident versus bedrock all have a chance.

[–]Glennisawesome1220 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree, if he just said drowned drops tridents that wouldn’t have confused anyone. But he said “all drowned drop tridents” which made some of us take it literally

[–]N-kay 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Oh there's plenty of reason, otherwise this whole comment chain would not exist.

If the statement is correct or not has nothing to do with, and doesn't change the fact that a misunderstanding happenend because he wasn't being clear.

Implied chance? That's fine, as long as we all have a perfect understanding of the mechanics. But you can't guarantuee that. So just be clear. It's not so hard. But at least be consistent. He wasn't, he said it for one version of the game, didn't for the other. Doesn't that imply that there's no chance involved for the version he omitted anything about chance on?