Heh -- Looking at these last few posts it would seem that FF, Daomei, Irfidel and I are all in violent agreement even though we are coming at it from several different directions. :)
I would say that I seem to be (on the average) "Lucky Freddy". My results (anecdotal because not written down) have almost always come out close to the ones I expect and I do get runs of success at 85%. The one time I did a commission of two sets of boosted LA for Beeficus and Beefie I actually completed both in well under the theoretical number of mats based on simple expectation value. All of this, of course, being pre-merge. Post merge I seem to be getting about the right number or a bit more of successes when overcrafting at the 5% level.
As for boosts, well I don't own an Armilo mine any more so I don't have it to play with post merger. I do know that when I was doing boosted armor, however, when I was doing HA with hp boost almost all the boosts I got were HP, while if I were making jewels or LA with HP on them I got a much more random distribution of types of boost.
I would say that I seem to be (on the average) "Lucky Freddy". My results (anecdotal because not written down) have almost always come out close to the ones I expect and I do get runs of success at 85%. The one time I did a commission of two sets of boosted LA for Beeficus and Beefie I actually completed both in well under the theoretical number of mats based on simple expectation value. All of this, of course, being pre-merge. Post merge I seem to be getting about the right number or a bit more of successes when overcrafting at the 5% level.
As for boosts, well I don't own an Armilo mine any more so I don't have it to play with post merger. I do know that when I was doing boosted armor, however, when I was doing HA with hp boost almost all the boosts I got were HP, while if I were making jewels or LA with HP on them I got a much more random distribution of types of boost.
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Remembering Tyneetryk
Phaedreas Tears - 15 years old and first(*) of true neutral guilds in Atys.
(*) This statement is contested, but we are certainly the longest lasting.
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