Getting to 1 million practically impossible

[Vanilla]

After grinding for 12+ hours non stop with optimal play this is getting ridiculous, player can almost never win 21 rounds in a row to get a million when you get dealt with such bad items and shells almost always seem to be in favor of the dealer. Particularly round 1 after having won previous 3rd round is always the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ one. With the amount of money you win from the first rounds you have to double it so many times that the odds of you getting to million is like winning a lottery.

♥♥♥♥ achievement

[Jackie Shay]

It's not impossible, but you really have to hope for a good initial winnings. Anything less than 30k you might as well just restart. Everybody who's posted in the "1 million dollars club" has reached 1 million in 18 rounds; which is 6 full games. Which means they started out with their first win being worth more than 30k.

[Vanilla]

Originally posted by Jackie Shay:

It's not impossible, but you really have to hope for a good initial winnings. Anything less than 30k you might as well just restart. Everybody who's posted in the "1 million dollars club" has reached 1 million in 18 rounds; which is 6 full games. Which means they started out with their first win being worth more than 30k.

A few people can hit 18 heads or tails in a row but doesnt mean the odds are any better. My point stands this being pure ♥♥♥♥ achievement.

[Undying is F U N]

Yeah I admit I had a lot of runs where it just doesn't work out. It takes a bit of optimal play and time before the stars align and your luck and skill makes you win.

[HandyGold75]

Try to adjust your strategy, that's the fun of the game (for me at least), with some strategies you can get very consistent results. Of course there will always be some situations where your just ♥♥♥♥♥♥, gotta accept that when playing Russian roulette with a shotgun.

[Jackie Shay]

I've hit 18 in a row before, but because I'm slower I got penalized heavily. I think on my best run hitting 600k I was at 21 wins in a row.

[Undying is F U N]

If you want you could post about the situations you been in and we could try to explain what could have been done better. Or give you the comfort of knowing "yeah that was just pure unlucky you did the best you could have done."

[C@m]

I've made the 1mill in 18 rounds. The rounds just flowed well for me and I just made sure the AI had as little influence on the outcome as possible meaning I had rounds where the AI had not shot a shell.

[MrDB]

I think I meet unlucky 50/50 situation ~ once in 5 rounds. So I must win 3-4 of them in a row on my way to million (already done once).
It's 6.25%-12.5% chance. Far from 'practically impossible'.

[Jackie Shay]

If there is one thing that I can say about this game is that "Skill is only king when chance isn't involved". Skill can influence luck, but ultimately luck will eventually override skill. It doesn't matter how good you are, if luck is involved it's just a matter of time before it runs out.

[Siamese55]

I'm rather inclined to agree. Fun game, and a competent CPU is fun when there are no stakes. That said, having to hit that amount for not one but two achievements is flat out obnoxious.

Admittedly, I am in the camp that anything RNG based does not make for a fun achievement. I cannot even justify it as a challenge since luck is not a skill, proverb aside.

[apathy]

I'm happy its not impossible. I'm sad its almost impossible.

Luck is not strategy. You have to hope for the perfect playthrough, where the dealer keeps f**king up and you keep getting great items, and you keep winning every coin flip 50/50.

[stephenwall295]

I know right, what is the point of trying? True winners quit Double or Nothing.
I'm always looking at my options and the Dealer's potential moves, and I still
lose to bad luck despite keeping track of Shells trying to deal more damage
while denying the Dealer an opportunity to attack back, and prevent healing.

I hate starting rounds with 2 charges, if you don't have items to help you
survive the round you are most likely dead at this point depending what
the Dealer has for items to potentially one shot you to the Game Over Screen.

Starting a round between 3-6 or 4-6 Charges will make Double or Nothing
more fair and fun, but there has to be a quick save feature to come back later.

If your sick of playing Buckshot Roulette, there is a fan game on Roblox called
Buckshot Frenzy which has Multiplayer, Bots, Skins, and Leaderboards.

[Swilleh]

Skill issue.

[megamewtwom]

It is a little odd there's two achievements for 1 million, for both winning the 1 million and getting yourself killed after reaching that score. The latter's way less satisfying, maybe even depressing if you think about it.

But yeah. It's absolutely doable to get the 1 million, but it's also absolutely not a guarantee. The Dealer does work off of a set of valid logic, and you can end up in situations where the round's unwinnable. Best tips are burning through the shells with beer when possible, giving Dealer as few turns as possible, and getting yourself item combos with Magnifier.

[Barking Sands]

It's doable, but it takes a LOT of luck. I know it's less than a 10% chance and it might even be below 1%, but it does happen.

As others have said, if your first round total is below 31,250, just cash out and start over. 18 successful rounds in a row is already a lot to ask.

As you yourself said, that first round with the carried-over items is usually the run-breaker. You may need to adjust your round 3 strategy and try to get the dealer to use their best items and take an otherwise avoidable hit or two in the process in order to ease the challenge on the next match.

Sometimes it really just comes down to "can I kill the dealer on the first turn in this round?" and that means you need the occasional kiss from lady luck on your item draw. If the dealer gets cuffs, two saws, and an inverter on round 3, it's probably time to cash out because the carried-over items will certainly be a guaranteed lights-out even with 4 HP.