Failed on GM trophy again

[Cevinzol]

My pottery is at least 195
My brewing skill is 250 and I have a geerlock (+5%)
I've put off getting my trophy because I prefer having an AC/resist item in my range slot. Recently I I tried to get my GM trophy and failed while firing the artisan's seal of all places!

Then last night I tried again but this time I failed at the final combine in the brew barrel

So far I have lost 4.2k in vellium bars, 3 BDs (one for the corking device), 2 diamonds, 2 Jacinth, 2 black spphires and 8 rubies.So now I don't know if its worth trying a third time. I really just wanted the 10 slot 100% WR bag but at this point I could have bought a tinker's bag and saved some plat.

How many tries did it take others to get their GM trophy?

[Hethral]

3 attempts for mine, but 5 is pretty common.

While the permanent bag's nice and all, what I love is being able to throw all my regular gear bags in the bank, and then just summon 8 100% weight reducing bags on the spot for big runs of materials. I'd say it's worth another attempt but I tote around a lot of unstackable heavy stuff smithing.

[Balkin]

This is not making me feel better.

Just hit 250 Brewing with my Wizzie. I absolutely can't afford to fail on a trophy. Guess I better wait till I can eh?

[Ilona]

At 250 skill plus geerlok, it took my chanter 6 attempts to make a JC trophy.
At 231 skill plus geerlok, it took my druid 1 attempt to make a tailoring trophy.

It's the luck of the RNG, I'm afraid.

Balkin, I suggest holding off on attempting a trophy until you can afford to fail it...