Bonuses from Maker

No, he didn't say the same thing.
I thought that was quite clear.

You said:
"The chance of you getting +5 out of [-5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] is the same as that of [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] "

He essentially said:
"[-5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] becomes [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]"

Frankly, the latter makes far more sense.

I'm pretty sure it's [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. There's a big difference especially when it comes to drawing a random number out of that array. More often than not, stimulators give me average equips than equips with above average stats. If there exists six zero's instead of one zero, there's a higher likelihood of a zero bonus instead of an above average bonus. Just a programmer thing my husband pointed out.