Success rate at 200 on Barb Cultural

[Fafnir]

I was wondering if anyone has experience or could offer an estimate of what the percentage success rate on Barb plate cultural would be at around 200 (unmodified) skill.

I have various components for some combinations of Barb cultural plate for wearing myself. I am keen to do them as soon as possible so I can go back to XPing and raiding to benefit my guild.

Would it be 10%? 30%?

Thank you for your thoughts

[Ndaara]

http://mboards.eqtraders.com/upload/...threadid=10944

you will find in there my personal success rates from 203 skill to 238. I have data up to 243 but that was all sickles so it doesn't apply to you.

all the cultural smithing is roughly equivalent as far as success rates. I didn't start BD Cultural til 213 but i did a few pieces at that skill, take a look and make your own decision. I had planned to wait til 220 skill for it, expecting a roughly 20% success rate, but my frustration with morning dew acquisition was greater than my love of plat.

The short answer: If you have the stuff go for it!

[Aethn]

I ran 30 combines of Helanic Tundra Plate Bracer back at skill 198, I made 2. So 2/30 on bracers.

I ran 14 BP's at skill 201 and got 0/14. This was with a geerlock +5% too.

So I would say the odds of a creating a item is about 5% for skill 200, if your lucky. I have had friends go 0/50 on Helanic at skill 200-210.

If cash is not an issue and you want the armor for personal use, go for it. If you are looking for a full set, prepare for about 200 fails at skill 200.

[Fafnir]

Ouch, now that is icky!

I was hoping for something like 10% moving to 20% at 212... but Helanic looks cursed by your experiences.

Adopting the success rate = skill - (triv x 0.75) + 51.5 formula would have suggested about 30% at 210 if the trivial is about 320. I pegged the 320 based on the success rates posted by the second poster above.

Having a look at Grimlach's rate though, a few pages back, suggests only 30% or so at 250, which would put the trivial near 360 and success rate not improving about 5% until after 213...

...that really is rough.

All of that also assumes that the formula is reasonable.

[Crossifixio]

Personally, the trivial rates on cultural barbarian are horrendous.

I have a twink warrior that I wanted to outfit in full Helanic Tundra, so I went and farmed for the supplies in order to have the combines done.

The Barb who did my combines was a 250 GM Smith, with the 10% belt, and the geerlock, and the trophy...and in bear form for good luck. Yes it was overkill but shrug.

We did 54 combines.

We got 2 bracers, 1 visor, 1 greaves, 1 vambraces, 1 helm, and 1 boots.

Rest wer failures.

I ended up just buying the rest.

[Veril]

Originally posted by Crossifixio
We did 54 combines.

We got 2 bracers, 1 visor, 1 greaves, 1 vambraces, 1 helm, and 1 boots.

Rest wer failures.

7 successes from 54 attempts is unbelievably low. I think u were ripped off or the person does not ahve 250 skill, you should have had about 13-20 successes (30-40%)

[Crossifixio]

Sadly ,

the Barb who did my combines was my cousin....and i know his stats were legit.

it was just a unlucky run i guess..

[xaanru]

I had a run of 0 for 12 on heraldic at 250 skill. Bad runs do occur, but that was a huge one, I think I would have given up after about 20 and come back to it later.

[Crossifixio]

Nah because you get in the mindset...

"Well this bad run has to end by NOW...combine..fail.....well it has to end NOW....combine..fail..etc"