Charged Magnetic Armor

[dumaine]

http://eq.gameznet.com/index.php?mod...qitem&id=21249

I'm not a smithy so I can't do this myself. I'm saving up the parts and would like to get someone to craft a Charged Magnetic Brestplate. From what I've read it requires 4 lightning cores, a magnetic BP, and a smithing hammer and trivials at 282.

I've never had someone craft something for me, so I have some questions. What is the highest skill you can get in smithing? Can you actually reach 282+ so that this is trivial? Also, if the person has all of the relevant AAs, what are the chances of failure and of losing all the items on a fail?

Thanks for any advice.

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Dumaine
68th Bard of Brell

[Maevenniia]

http://eq.gameznet.com/index.php?mod...qitem&id=21249

I'm not a smithy so I can't do this myself. I'm saving up the parts and would like to get someone to craft a Charged Magnetic Brestplate. From what I've read it requires 4 lightning cores, a magnetic BP, and a smithing hammer and trivials at 282.

I've never had someone craft something for me, so I have some questions. What is the highest skill you can get in smithing? Can you actually reach 282+ so that this is trivial? Also, if the person has all of the relevant AAs, what are the chances of failure and of losing all the items on a fail?

Thanks for any advice.

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Dumaine
68th Bard of Brell

Q. What is the highest skill you can get in smithing?
A. 250

Q. Can you actually reach 282+ so that this is trivial?
A. No, but someone with the Smithing MAstery AA will have a better chance of success.

Q. Also, if the person has all of the relevant AAs, what are the chances of failure and of losing all the items on a fail?
A. According to the calculator on the main site, chances of success are as follows, at skill 250 for a combine of 282 trivial level:

-no geerlock/trophy & no AAs, 90%
-with geerlock/trophy & no AAs, 92%
-no geerlock/trophy + Smithing Mastery III, 95%
-with geerlock/trophy + Smithing MAstery III, 96%

[dumaine]

Thank you very much Thats exactly what I was looking for.

[Trixzie]

Salvage AAs will also reduce the risk of loss of items on a failed combine.

[Baldary]

Be advised that failures can and do happen even if there is a 96% chance of success. I failed a combine for Magnetic Leggings last night with 250 skill, Trophy and Smithing Mastery 3. I also have Salvage 2 and managed to salvage a copper sheet. Bah.

Baldary

[Silound]

Good luck finding lightning cores. Most magnetic armor pieces except for BP are below 10k on prexus. Charged stuff doesn't seem to exist, the cores are that rare.

[Angelsyn]

Good luck finding lightning cores. Most magnetic armor pieces except for BP are below 10k on prexus. Charged stuff doesn't seem to exist, the cores are that rare.

On Xegony... one guy wants 80k, the other guy wants 50k. And that's for 1 Lightning Core.

I think I'll stick to scrounging up parts for Livestone Plate... it's cheaper!

[casala]

Even with a trivial of 282, there is a really low failure rate on the magnetic and charged magnetic armor. With a modified skill of 250, I've only failed 1 conversion and 1 normal magnetic bp out of over 70 combines.

[emburr]

does a Trophy actually give you another 2% chance of success? it stacks with the geerlock? I could never understand what use a trophy was...just seemed the same as a geerlock to me...

Emburr

[Blagga]

According to EQ Trader FAQs they don't stack.

Q: If I have multiple enhancing items, does their effect stack or does it use the highest percentage one only?

A: According to the most recent communication with Sony, the effects do NOT stack. Only the highest-bonus item of those you are wearing/wielding will apply.

I know for a fact that my Massive Girdle of the Forge does not stack with my Geerlok Automated Hammer.

See also the response to my recent question on the same topic: Trophy

[Maevenniia]

the mods do not stack, but a trophy has stats on it - a geerlock does not, so a tradeskiller doesn't have to choose between stats & mod, if tehy really need teh extra int/wis/str for skilling up

[emburr]

that's what i thought. Your examples kinda confused me.

-no geerlock/trophy & no AAs, 90%
-with geerlock/trophy & no AAs, 92%
-no geerlock/trophy + Smithing Mastery III, 95%
-with geerlock/trophy + Smithing MAstery III, 96%


I thought the trophy had 5% success like the geerlock so I didn't understand why when you add a geerlock it went from 90 to 92%. If they don't stack it should stay the same?

Emburr

[Dunthor Warsmith]

I thought the trophy had 5% success like the geerlock so I didn't understand why when you add a geerlock it went from 90 to 92%. If they don't stack it should stay the same?

I believe she ment "with no geerlock and no trophy" for the 90% and "with geerlok and/or with trophy" for the 92%.

ie, "no geerlock/trophy" == "no {geerlok, trophy}"

[Celestya]

Yes, the chance of success can be very misleading. I have 250 skill and trophy, as well as salvage 1. I've failed 3 of 10 magnetic combines (1 belt, 1 collar and 7 bracers). The fails were all bracers.

[Nugg]

Has anyone actually had any luck buying lightning cores in bazaar? Seems they going for rather obscene prices 50k has been the cheapest, which would mean 200k for an attempt.