So if we do a bit of maths on this, so far I have wagered £5160 on WTB, at an RTP of 84.67% that means the crusty wanksock has paid out £4369. For a perfect 96.82% it would have paid out £4996.
Five scatters on an 18p spin would pay £450, if you add that onto my £4369, we're up at £4819 which all of a sudden puts me pretty close to T-RTP.
Wildline features are often in 3000x territory, that would be £540, which added onto my £4369 would be £4909 and then all of a sudden we're
really close to T-RTP.
So that's what I'm missing here, without a wildline or five scatters you're always going to be
badly behind on this game, but of course the inverse can be true and an early hit on either of those in your WTB career will put you way over the top, or just being lucky with them in general - (also known as 'doing a Kroffe' and/or being of Nordic descent) - will have the same effect.
What I think is unusual about WTB is just how far behind you can be, and for how long, without one of those marquee wins. Compare and contrast with Dice Fusion at 3Dice where I managed to be over RTP after 227K spins despite having never picked one of the max prize ~3000x balls out of the bag, this speaks to a far less harsh volatility profile.
Asked Anna for my latest stats, after 227K spins I'm running at 95.8%, which is 0.6% above RTP.
If I could just land a ~3000x ball I could 'complete' the game and be ahead of the curve!
Game Game Rounds Av Bet RTP
Dice Fusion 227831 £0.2 95.80%
(Dice Fusion has an RTP of 95.2%.)
So in the case of WTB I will keep plugging away at it, the problem is that there are basically no bonuses at VS for me these days and there haven't been for years. At 3Dice I have the cushion of regular VIP match offers and just reasonably regular bonus offers in general, which takes the sting out of some of my more stupid slotting endeavours.
However at VS it's just me versus WTB with straight deposits, and so far, WTB is winning.