Ah Pook wrote on Sep 14^th, 2016 at 3:06pm:


Is there any value in going above 360 unless you want to craft unbound insightful Tier 3 effects?  It seems to me that the ML shards only require you to get to 340.

The T1, T2, T3 only require 0,50, and 100
THe T1, T2, T3 insightfuls require 175,225, and 275
The T1, T2, T3 Unbound require 150, 200, and 250.
The T1, T2, T3 unbound insightful require 325,375,425.

It seems that at 360, you can craft even the 375's with 50% success (without a booster).  That means all you are missing is the ability to make unbound insightful T3 effects.  Honestly, if you don't care about unbound, you can stop at 325.   Since then you can make ML 34 shards with base 50% success (pretty much no fail with a booster) and craft any of the bound shards with 100% success. 

Getting from 325-400 is only useful if you want to make unbound insightful items.  It takes 430k xp to be at level 325 (from 245k if you started out max).  It takes 650k to cap at 400.  That 220k is more than what it takes to get to 325 (175k) and not worth much, if you ask me. 

At 325 you make anything you want for yourself and make anything for someone else as long as it doesn't have insightful on it.  personally, I'm good with that.  I'll save my essences for making gear.

Frank wrote on Sep 14^th, 2016 at 2:24pm:

It's an IQ test.  You failed.  Failed hard for someone who claims to have crafted for their TR and alt needs. 

I went from 260 to 361 on 1 crafting xp potion last night.  Ran out of essences or I'd have gone higher without any issues.

Digimonk wrote on Sep 14^th, 2016 at 5:01pm:


Oh, my little Mookie!  It's really pathetic how you call me a stalker and yet can't keep away from me.  It's really pathetic how you think that you can 'prove me wrong' and somehow gain my approval by somehow refusing to understand with your tiny, tiny brain that things do indeed change over time.  Your failure to adapt to change isn't a limitation that others share with you.

Yes, I had completely satisfied all my heavy fort needs via the old Cannith system.  No, that doesn't mean that I can't admire a new item that has two augment slots that can be used for a heavy fort augment, or any of the other non-scaling effects I also listed along with HF.  No, that doesn't mean that I won't be leveling up my CC skill in the new system.  Yes, you are an utter tool, bitch.  And despite my having to describe for you just how stupid you are, again, I'm sure you'll have something irrelevant that you simply must post for me, because you can't go a day without seeking my approval.  I can't wait to hear what you have to say next, please don't make me wait long.  You are a special and important person, and you deserve to feel good about yourself.

Frank wrote on Sep 14^th, 2016 at 6:13pm:



Take a closer look, it's pretty clear he is proving you wrong because you're wrong.  And because he probably enjoys proving you wrong, I certainly enjoyed seeing him prove you wrong. Hard out there for dickheads like yourself I guess.

noamineo wrote on Sep 14^th, 2016 at 7:15pm:

Yeah, I changed a bunch before I figured it out... at least the bank holds 10k, which isn't great, but better than most bags.  Do the lessers first, since it's 5-1, and that actually is a space savings.  Pump the counter to 500 or something, and then you don't have to fiddle with it much - can just go down the list.  I left a bunch of old essences, just because of the space issue.  I went through about 150,000 to level a couple of toons. 
They don't work from the bank, either.  Gotta have them in your inventory/bag.  The usual PITA when you're on a pot.

I haven't logged in yet, I thought I wasn't the only one who learned that it's not a good idea to rush toward new stuff that Turbine does.

Are you retarded?

Wait a week to know whether it's safe before you wreck your characters and account, needing GM help to fix your stuff and oh! they stumble upon your stash of duped stuff and you get banned. Play it safe you fucking idiots.

Frank wrote on Sep 14^th, 2016 at 6:13pm:

Says the guy who can't figure out how to work the new crafting system that even the mouth breathers on the motherboards used properly.

LurkYouRongTime wrote on Sep 14^th, 2016 at 3:25pm:

I don't think this is true. 

My evidence is just as anecdotal as yours but I had no problems leveling crafting by using 35% boosters and making the min level shards that had a 3% base chance of success.  Sure, you fail more than you succeed with a 38% chance but that's the nature of the RNG/die roll and statistics.  At 38% chance, it's not outside the realm of statistical possibility to fail 10 times in a row.

Dr_tank2vich wrote on Sep 15^th, 2016 at 4:19pm:

You're assuming that Turbine's RNG follows normal, statistical probability.  I wouldn't assume that.

Even in the old CC system, I failed 6 or 7 times in a row on something with a >50% success rate (not using boosters of any kind).

Outside of the crafting systems, UMD is another shining example.  It's sad when you fail to UMD an 85% success scroll 6 times in a row.

If I had to guess, I'd lean towards Turbine's RNG function being weighted/biased towards the "F the player" side of the scale.

Ah Pook wrote on Sep 15^th, 2016 at 5:49pm:


10; 38%; 0.8%; 0.01

Ah Pook wrote on Sep 14^th, 2016 at 8:34pm:


Means I managed to craft on 2nd or 3rd attempt the latest while when the chance was under 6% base I gave up after 10-12 tries (probably around 35 tries altogether) and didn't manage to craft the shards at all.

LurkYouRongTime wrote on Sep 16^th, 2016 at 9:33am:

Either you have the worst luck in the game or you royally pissed off one of the devs and they added a "special" flag to your account.  =P

I had a few strings of maybe 6-9 fails in a row on the 3% base + 35% booster stuff but don't recall any streak of more than that while going from 260 to 360ish.