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Thread: What is happening with crafting today???
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StumanKadir
Tue Jul 27, 2004 8:22 pm
#1
I'm a Master Architect of almost a year (just over my 11th month in the job).
I'm standing in a metropolis with a research specialisation.
I'm standing in my crafting clothes that give me +21 to Structure Assembly and +25 to Structure Experimentation.
I'm holding in my hand a brand-spanking new, never been damaged +14.83 Structure Crafting tool, and in front of me is a +43.30 Structure Crafting Station.
I am trying to make a run of BER13 Heavy Floras using 98% Heavy Harvesting Units, experimented walls, standard SSCs and Turbines, >970 UT/SR/HR Steel, Ore and the ubiqituous Lube Oil.
So why am I crit failing on every 3rd experimentation attempt, and on every 4th initial assemblyattempt!!!!!
Can someone please explain this to me before I turn this game into a collection of drink coasters and extra space on my hard-disk.
Pawlin
Tue Jul 27, 2004 8:36 pm
#2
Could be just a patch of real bad luck.
I just made a heavy flora by hand and got great success or amazing success at every point.
You might want to make some cheap items like a couple novice chests to see if you can shake the random number generator out of the slump.
ZenDragonMLS
Tue Jul 27, 2004 9:25 pm
#3
I'd bag it for the night and hope the stars line up better tomorrow night. That kind of CF frequency is scary.
MerchantCatt
Tue Jul 27, 2004 11:24 pm
#4
A guildmate was having some problem, getting crits that is. I wouldn't do big resources or rare resources assems for a bit.
yodachaos
Tue Jul 27, 2004 11:27 pm
#5
i a few weeks ago i made 100 OMU to use fusions and no matter what i did i could only make BER13 of them. i used resources with 900+ in SR,HR,UT and still couldnt, finally a friend helped me out and after testing it was the OMU. the OMU was bugged. maybe you should try with different components or something, if the componets are factory made that is.
Elyssa
Wed Jul 28, 2004 8:24 am
#6
I think it has to do with the universe remaining in balance.
You see, for every one of us that gets an amazing success, there must also be a critical fail generated somewhere.
It sounds to me like the universe just decided to use you as its whipping boy and move back toward the center quickly.
Thanks for taking one for the team! 
Pawlin
Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:28 am
#7
Elyssa wrote:
I think it has to do with the universe remaining in balance.
You see, for every one of us that gets an amazing success, there must also be a critical fail generated somewhere.
It sounds to me like the universe just decided to use you as its whipping boy and move back toward the center quickly.
Thanks for taking one for the team!
I prefer to think that Amazing Successes are generated every time someone kills a Drall.
Crit fails happen everytime Drall kill someone.
So go kill more Drall everyone!!
Elyssa
Wed Jul 28, 2004 11:04 am
#8
This is an interesting theory you have.
However, since I would be the one that winds up bleeding in the grass, I think I should avoid testing your theory so as to avoid universe-wide critical fails for everyone.
StumanKadir
Wed Jul 28, 2004 6:25 pm
#9
Well....after all that...a simple logout and login made the problem go away. Go figure.
Its was the first time after the patch that I had used this particular machine (I had been on just after restart on my home system and hadnt noticed anything strange) so maybe something somewhere somehow went pearshaped /shrug.
I think from now on, if the crits start creeping up, logout/login will make it go away. It certainly dropped the crits way back down and brought the amazings way back up again.
Brantoc-Pax
Thu Jul 29, 2004 9:38 am
#10
I just made a chemical BER 13 with a 125k hopper.. so no problems for me (thank goodness)
radientsams
Thu Jul 29, 2004 11:07 am
#11
Came back to Architect after a two month break and so far I've crafted everything from hand. (ok still have to do factory runs on some componets).
After about 100 heavys I've only had 4 crit failures on experimentation??
this is with crappy tools, a crappy crafting station, and me in my house in the middle of nowhere.
I feel for you, but if you are looking for an answer on crafting, I don't think you will ever find one.
Joukahainen
Thu Jul 29, 2004 2:25 pm
#13
Pawlin wrote:
Elyssa wrote:I think it has to do with the universe remaining in balance.You see, for every one of us that gets an amazing success, there must also be a critical fail generated somewhere.It sounds to me like the universe just decided to use you as its whipping boy and move back toward the center quickly.Thanks for taking one for the team!I prefer to think that Amazing Successes are generated every time someone kills a Drall.
Crit fails happen everytime Drall kill someone.
So go kill more Drall everyone!!
ROFL!!
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