Success rates for GM Cuirass/Greaves?

[Bolas]

I'm skill 257 smith with blacksmithing master 3 aa's and salvage 3 aa's and a +15% smithing mod item. That puts me at about 295 modified skill.

For making GM armor that trivials around 386, I'm trying to get an approximate chance of success. I checked the "calculator" on eqtraders.com and it said something like 79% chance to make the armor, but from what I hear people with 345 modified skill dont' even succeed at that rate.

I've got some plat to spend and I was thinking about buying up all the metallic drake scales in the bazaar at around 25k-30k each and trying my luck at the breastplate & greaves. But at the same time if the chance of success isn't at least 50-50 then I'm wasting my plat bigtime.

Anyone tried the armor around 295 modified skill?

-Bolas

[Zacatac]

I suggest just skilling up a bit more if you're worried. 20 points more and you will be tied with me (I only have 5% mod). I'm 1 for 1, but that's not much help, statiscally.

[tnexus]

Do it before 300, you'll have a much better chance as 300+ is bugged.

[Bolas]

Ok I'll get some metallic drake scales and try my luck then. I'll post the results, if any.

-Bolas

[Gangleri]

Troll at 250 and successful

Check out my post under Troll Grandmastery. I had awesome luck! Hope you do too.

[Phantron]

254 + 15% with mastery 3 was about 6/10 on GM leg/bp and their augs, might've been a little bit better but I didn't keep track.

[Bolas]

I went 1 for 1 on bp.

I went 1 for 1 on greaves.

Now to finish the GM aug quest and make some slot 11 augs to go in there.

Any tips for which missions to do for Thundercrest Isles with Dark Reign?

-Bolas

[Zeeko]

1 for 4 on ogre rz pants
1 for 1 on ogre rz symbol
used smithing with modified skill of 292 using a 15% mod

[Bolas]

Zeeko,

You got the blacksmithing mastery 3 aa's? Salvage 3?

One of the trivial combines with the metallic drake scale to make a sheet of metal I failed the combine, but *WHEW* salvaged the metallic drake scale, yay.

-Bolas

[Zeeko]

Zeeko,

You got the blacksmithing mastery 3 aa's? Salvage 3?

One of the trivial combines with the metallic drake scale to make a sheet of metal I failed the combine, but *WHEW* salvaged the metallic drake scale, yay.

-Bolas

Yes I do, sorry. BM3 and Salvage3. I also failed on the first drake scale/block combine, but succeeded all of the other subcombines.

[wayshaper]

i got about 50% success rate (300+15%=345 +mastery 3, salvage 3) on the bp,greaves, bout 66% on other armor, bout 25%-33% success on all GM augs

[jonni]

Lucky Jonni?

263 modified skill, Mastery 3, am 2 for 3 on BP, 1 for 1 on legs and 1 for 1 on sleeves.

I have failed 2 trivial combines making the metal so far (out of 15 combines).

69 barb shammy on The Nameless.

[Bolas]

2 for 3 on GM warborn cuirass
1 for 1 on GM warborn greaves
1 for 1 on GM tyrant cuirass
0 for 2 on GM tyrant greaves

haven't failed any master combines yet.

-Bolas

[Cellan]

300smith +5% skill mod + 3 levels of Mastery

100% success rate thus far.

5 BPs. 4 legs. 12 BP augs. 6 leg augs.

[Zeeko]

Update:
Skill 254 + 15% = 292
BM3 + salvage3

2 for 5 on Ogre grandmaster legs
1 for 1 on Ogre grandmaster bp

2 for 3 on RZ grandmaster leg symbol
1 for 1 on RZ grandmaster chest symbol

I failed 1 subcombine on a sheet early on, and the first 3 leg combines failed. I floated between 365/450str and 343/365wis.