Wolf Run Eclipse Strategy

[mickeycrimm]

I published my WRE strategy in a closed forum a couple of months ago. Seen some recent scuttlebutt about it here so decided to post it up here too. If you don't know the game here's a link to Vegas Matt playing the game:



I’ve got my own stats for WRE. It’s big enough sample that I use it as a Guide.

Main game 1979 spins, 54.8% return. Yeah, needs to be bigger.

20,000 main game spins:

Mini, 85, avg 235 spins, minor 31, avg 645, major 7, avg 2857

Overall avg is 163 spins to hit something

Free games value

Mini 423 spins 1360 units returned, avg 3.21 units per free spin

Minor 156 spins 962 units returned, avg. 6.17 units per free spin

Major 82 spins 967 units returned,avg 11.8 units per free spin
Meter movement. This is how often free games symbol landed on 5th reel per 5837 spins.

Mini 127 avg 46 spins per hit

Minor 66 avg 88

Major 14 avg 417

Meter contributions. This is the value of a free spin divided by the frequency of the symbol landing on the 5th reel:

Mini 3.21/46 = 7%

Minor 6.17/88 = 7.01%

Major 14/417 = 3.36%

Value of a banked free spin per the frequency of catching it:

Mini 3.21/235 = 1.366%

Minor 6.17/645 = .955%
Major 11.8/2857= .413%

Value of 5 free games ar reset

Mini 6.88%

Minor 4.78%

Major 2.06%

Totals

Main Game 54.8%

5 mini free games 6.8%

Mini meter 7%

5 Minor free games 4.775%

Minor meter 7%

5 Major free games 2.06%

Major meter 3.36%

TOTAL 85.83%

numbers change as more spins are added. It’s not perfect but it’s the guide I use.

[mickeycrimm]

So how do we put a play together. The important stats:

Main game payback 54.8%.
Value of a Mini Free Game 1.3666%
Value of Minor Free Game .955%
Value of Major Free Game .413%
Mini Meter 7%
Minor Meter 7%
Major Meter 3.36%

The Mega and the Grand are long shot hits not calculated into the play. If you hit it, fine, it's all gravy but I don't factor these kinds of long shots into plays.

So let's take the numbers in Vegas Matt's video:

Major 7
Minor 22
Mini 12

Base game 54.8%
Major 7 X .413 = 2.891%
Minor 22 X .955 = 21.01
Mini 12 X .1366 = 16.392%

Totals to 95.093

The only meter I would throw in is the Mini at 7%. The problem with the higher meters is you don't have much equity. Take the Major for example. You will hit it once for every 12 times you hit the Mini. So 11 times out of 12 the money you put in the Major meter goes for naught.

You'll hit the Minor about once per 3 times you hit the mini. So 2 times out of 3 the money you put in that meter goes for naught.

So with a 7% meter thrown in it would be at 102%. Not my cup of tea. I like at least a 10% edge so would wait for higher numbers.

[tableplay]

Thanks for posting this Mickey. Using your terrific stats, I decided to excerpt the cheapskate combo possibilities that fit my risk profile (only considering the mini and minor - I'm not down for the 2,857 major grindfest/timesucker and large BR requirements attached to pursuing the major). As you can see, there are actually 19 situations where both the mini and minor free banked games are in the teens that yield an RTP above 100% (these don't fit your 110% RTP criterion however). I use a base RTP of 61.8% (54.8+7) for this extraction.
Best, TP.

[bigfoot66]

Excellent post Mickey, thanks for sharing. In your experience are the cat and owl similar? Seems to be the case for me but very volatile games so hard to get a good feel for it.

[mickeycrimm]

Excellent post Mickey, thanks for sharing. In your experience are the cat and owl similar? Seems to be the case for me but very volatile games so hard to get a good feel for it.

Probably exactly the same. IGT is known for having different skins for the same game.