Success rate on PoP combines?

[Elinea]

I'm not sure if this is something that belongs here in general, or possibly in the primal scream room...so I'll apologize here if this is in the wrong place.

Has *anyone* noticed a marked increase in failures on PoP combines? On my server alot of people are noticing that their Stonehide, Earthweave, planar jewelry and even stat food combines, are failing waaaaay more than they did even 2 weeks ago. Failing 8 out of 10 earthweave tries, and 7 out of 9 stonewood bow tries is horrible considering how much money the parts cost if you buy them (which I did). The rumor flying around is that SoE has quietly nerfed the success rate in preparation for the new Tradeskill UI, and it being a compensation for the general making of items itself a little easier with the new UI.

Has anyone else noticed this or is it just a giant coincidence maybe? Myself and a few other high end tradeskillers on my server have done a lengthy /feedback on the subject, just in case there is something that isn't working right (by accident instead of intentionally done that way). I would encourage others to /feedback as well. I feel that many people have worked hard to get to 250 skill and it stinks to have so many failures at something one is *grandmaster* of.

[Renjah]

I've noticed quite the opposite. I've had VERY nice tailroing runs on PoP items lately. Of course I may come crashing down at any time....

/em knocks on wood and lights incense to scare off the evil RNG spirits....

[kiatek]

re

I did some storm rider armor recently (not the same level i know) and i have had pretty good results-running arond 60-70% success rate i think. My impression was that I had about the same results as when I did them about 6 months ago.

My cultural is about the same. Some days are bad-i go 2 out of 10 combines, others i do 5/6 combines.

I wouldn't think they would do something like that, but maybe I am naive.

[Rayvenn_VZ]

Yes I've been having the same problem the last week. 10 of 12 stormwood bow failures, 4 of 4 EP armor failures.

[zandorian]

on some stuff yes, on others no

Stonewood bows 2/6
Pottery 9/10
tailoring 2/3


Hainnon

1750 club

[Elinea]

I've been afraid to try again after 5 fails out of 6 tries at earthweave. It's like deleting piles of platinum on purpose....

/cry!

[Perseverence Rewarded]

I succeeded on 2 Earthweave Pantaloons and 1 Robe of Ancient Earth than failed 1 Earthweave Pantaloons. Seems fine to me

[Elinea]

I hear there is dev confirmation that the trivials for PoP combines have been spread out, hence the sudden rash of "why so many fails?" posts. Can anyone confirm?

[Dalur]

No idea, but I think I would tend to agree with you.... They slipped a hidden nerf in and changed the RNG so you fail a lot more than you should.

I made a post in the scream room about my crappy night last night.

To summorize, failed 2 ceramic shields of valor and failed the pottery step of the Aid quest twice.

[Fenril Lonewolf]

3 letters to answer : RNG = RANDOM Number Generator

I failed 4 times the Aid Grimel Bow *urk* (the only fails I got on the whole quest), succeed 3/3 stonewood bow in a row one time, failed 2/2 next time...

Failed 1/2 Ancient Earth Robe one time, Succeed 4/4 Robes in a row next time, failed 3/3 last time...

Succeed 1/1 earth totem, 1/1 air totem, 1/1 water sprinkler in the same session, failed 3/5 Valor Shields 10 mins laters, failed 2/2 water sprinkler last time...

RNG = just pure luck on any PoP combine with 250 in the appropriate skill .

More funny, my smithing is the only skill who isn't maxed (224), succeed 10/10 Nightmare combines stuff (plate legs and BP) .


Same old rumors who keep coming again and again from time to time

SoW seems slower
Fungi Tunic will be no drop at the next patch
Slow is more resisted

[xaanru]

I recently had a run of 3 for 8 on tae ew armor, musta nerfed that too.


Oh wait, the next day I went 19/20, so them must have reversed the nerf.

Honestly, every time someone has a bad run, a new thread starts about nerfed success rates.


Seriously, its probably just a run of luck. I've gone 0/10 on blue diamond cultural. I've gone 14/17 on the same stuff. You're having bad luck, it will turn, and then you'll have a good run.

[Elinea]

I've had my share of bad luck, and if it were just me, I would just take my lumps and that would be the end of it. But I've seen several threads on different tradeskill forums here, all saying the same thing. I've had people on my server post on the community boards about how all of a sudden the success rate is way lower than the roughly 50% it has been before. I've had people who just happen to know I'm working tradeskills (because they see me auction " wtb random elemental tradeskill stuff") send me tells asking if it was just them, or are we failing a whole lot more on combines lately. It's not just me suddenly having a spat with the RNG, as I'm steadily working my 5th tradeskill to 250. (Already have tailoring, baking, brewing, and jewelcraft...working on smithing now).

Not many people know me, because I'm generally a shy person, and it takes a lot of guts for me to draw attention to myself by posting

So I don't just post this lightly. Bleh, I'm sorry I said anything now...can we just delete this thread?

[Furyrpied]

Bleh, I'm sorry I said anything now...can we just delete this thread?

Don't worry about it... some folks are just jaded and grumpy from the pain in their wrists....

/e ducks random tradeskill parts that are thrown at his head...

Maybe this thread should have been in primal scream, maybe not. We all have our good days and bad days with the RNG, but I have noticed a lot more folks saying that they are failing a LOT more than normal....

Relax, take a deep breath, go back to farming...