I don't literally mean payout %. Moreover, I'm talking about the frequency of payout symbols in winning spins.
I constantly get the lesser symbols, but the further up the pay table you go, the less frequent the other symbols appear. Even though Jack Hammer, Doctor Wuten etc only pay tiny amounts [in the great scheme of things] for 3, I have only ever seen the the top two pay on a win line ONCE each.
This is the pattern I see:
Potion thingy - Constant
Telephone - Constant
Newspaper - Almost constant
Car - Regularly
Blimp - Occasionally
Paperboy - Basically never
Lady on Phone - Less than never
Doctor Wuten - Who?
Jack Hammer - Had 3 of him ONCE in countless thousands of spins

This isn't a rant as such, because I've had plenty of decent wins on the slot, I just find it odd that the top 4 symbols are so rare they might as well not be part of the game.
In any other slot I've ever played, I see 3 of the top paying symbols almost as often as the lowest paying symbols. It's just really difficult to hit 4 or 5 but on Jack Hammer, hitting 4 or 5 would feel like a jackpot.
I constantly get the lesser symbols, but the further up the pay table you go, the less frequent the other symbols appear. Even though Jack Hammer, Doctor Wuten etc only pay tiny amounts [in the great scheme of things] for 3, I have only ever seen the the top two pay on a win line ONCE each.
This is the pattern I see:
Potion thingy - Constant
Telephone - Constant
Newspaper - Almost constant
Car - Regularly
Blimp - Occasionally
Paperboy - Basically never
Lady on Phone - Less than never
Doctor Wuten - Who?
Jack Hammer - Had 3 of him ONCE in countless thousands of spins

This isn't a rant as such, because I've had plenty of decent wins on the slot, I just find it odd that the top 4 symbols are so rare they might as well not be part of the game.
In any other slot I've ever played, I see 3 of the top paying symbols almost as often as the lowest paying symbols. It's just really difficult to hit 4 or 5 but on Jack Hammer, hitting 4 or 5 would feel like a jackpot.