Hi Guys,
Perhaps some numbers that will help everyone enjoy this game the way it was intended
- first off on the medium variance quotation - the
variance of arctic is very close to that of fortune falls. (slightly over half that of tut). The big difference with fortune falls however is the
feature frequency. For arctic that is 1 in 145 spins on average which is accounting for the perception of higher variance. (fortune falls has
a much higher feature frequency).
1 in 145 spins means that you need bankroll for enough spins to start with - to give you some feel for what a 1 in 145 average means :
- when something hits 1 in 145 in average, the odds of hitting it in 100 spins are 1-((144/145)^100) ~= 50%
- the odds of hitting feature in 145 spins ~= 64%
- the odds of hitting feature in 200 spins ~= 75%
- odds of hitting in 500 spins ~= 97%
This type of feature frequency is typically associated with higher variance slots, which is most likely what is causing some of the responses
above. In arctic however variance is lowered with more wins in the front and a feature that has a flatter average result. (reaching the
queen has an odd between 1/39 and 1/6 depending on how many scatters you hit. - much more than the odds to reach maxpay in FF)
In conclusion, when playing this game make sure you've got enough initial spins to start it from and keep your fingers crossed
Cheers,
Enzo