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I have changed nothing about my environment.

Same Ore Supply, Same Crafting Station, Same Skill tree on the build side.

I estimate at least a doubling in crits since Friday gone.

So...what are the theories on crits :

- Does my skill effect anything

- Does my crafting tool have an impact

- Does the station make a difference

- Material Quality, Maleanility, Toughness

What is the rating of a public crafting machine (is it 0 ?)

Or is there a yet to be discerned 'constant' that is doing us !

It may be these crits are here to stay...if they are then so be it...but I want to limit them by knowing what makes them happen.

Cheers,

Bob'the Builder

ps. save time by putting lots of swearing into macros to be used after each crit.

pps. on the upside...that annoying bug where stuff got trapped in the hopper in the last stage of crafting if you clicked to quick during experimentation seems to have gone.

Crit fail rates are as mysterious as unlocking the FSS. I don't think that skill, resource quality, or tool/crafting station have ANY effect on them, but that's just my opinion from crafting over time.

I have had many fewer crit fails then i see reported here often. I really dont know why. Only things i can think of are that I keep eating and drinking while im crafting or that maybe my +10 assembly bonus for being a squid helps.

Fuss

I'm a squid with structure assembly and experimenation of a master architect, and I still get quite a few crit fails. "Master" my ___.

As far as I can tell crits are totally random, though they do tend to occur in streaks. I have had up to 5 in a row, but there have been posts here claiming up to 11 within 20 minutes.

When you fail once...make furniture..make small storage modules..make anything cheap till the streak is over.

I am human, not mon cal, and the frequency of crits has not changed for me since hitting master. I pay absolutely no attention to resource stats. My craft station is at 12.something. I don't use a craft station half the time when I don't have to. My tools are also at 12 something. Not the best, but not too bad I guess. If anything has affected crits other than random chance it has been my craft tools because thats the only thing that has been constant since I hit master. I have had ONE fail on final combine of a large item (harvester/house) since I became master. I make a lot of furniture though, and crit plenty on that.

I am seeing a higher percentage of crit fails since Friday also. I lost at least 3 larges since friday due to crit fails.

Thats so strange, i have had 1 large failure out of about 50-60 now.

You all eat and drink while you craft?

I crit every nearly every time a system message occurs during the crafting stage (mission complete, sample found, etc...) I know for a fact that this happens because both sys messages are going off at the same time. BUT maybe, just maybe it has to do with the fact that your character is distracted.

Hope this helps all crit less.

Drazzen Darkstar-Sunrunner

Masterish Arch (just need the training)

I have found using a higher q station and tool actually increases the crit fail rate. My one tool in particular is my highest q one and fails like 5-6 times more than any of the other 3 i use. It is definately not a coincidence. My higher q station has the same problem. I am almost cretain that the station q is workin opposite.

McBuntah\

Bria