Huh ? The paytable and game rules often give hints towards the variance. For example rules like expanding wilds, high multipliers in freespins etc all increase the variance while for example large amounts of paylines will decrease the variance.
Without the reel layout it is however impossible to get a complete picture, which is clearly illustrated by my sample.
I'm an advocate of actually displaying the variance (which we do for all our slots).
A quick fix ? Designing a paytable is only a fraction of the work involved in building a slot machine. We were looking for a safe bet - versus doing our more experimental slots as first releases. No quick fix.
Kindest regards,
Enzo
What don't you understand?
If a slot has an original paytable that is representative of the probability of each outcome, changing the probability of outcome without changing the paytable will result in a less accurate representation.
You keep mentioning your example so I will use it to prove what I am saying is correct.
machine A : reel strip with 31 symbols, 1 jp, 10 cherry's and 20 lemons.
RTP : 1/31 * 10 + 10/31 * 2 = 96.8%
machine B : reel strip with 33 symbols, 2 jp's, 6 cherry's and 25 lemons.
RTP : 2/33 * 10 + 6/33 * 2 = 96.9%
Maybe it has escaped your attention but the jackpot in the second slot now occurs twice as often as the original yet the paytable does not in anyway reflect this huge change in variance.
Basically in the first paytable the probability of outcome is reasonably reflected by the cherry paying 10xless than the jackpot because it is ten times more likely to occur.
Now lets see what has happened since you changed the number of instances and variance in the second slot.
The Jackpot is now only 3 times less likely than the cherry but it is still reflected as being ten times more unlikely.
What would happen if the slot was repeatedly copied but the variance changed and the paytable kept the same would be a paytable that was completely irrelevant to the variance of the slot.
Here is my example and challenge to you.
20 symbols.
10 x numpties pay zero
6 x cherries pay 1
3 x melons pay 2
1x jackpot pays 6
RTP 90%
Now try changing the variance (number of instances of each symbol)but without losing any accuracy reflected in the paytable.
I am not saying the paytable has to be an accurate representation of each probability of outcome but I am saying the closer it is the better the design.
What really baffles me, other than you not understanding the principle I am conveying to you is why you would keep the original paytable the same yet change the design to an extent where this is basically a totally different slot with very different variance.
Originally you said you wanted designs that players were familiar with so I naturally assumed the reel layout would be similar along with the paytable.
You then went on to explain the reel layout and variance had little resemblance to Isis-how is this having a design that players are familiar with?
Oh you just meant the paytable was the same?