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Thread: Difference between 45 'perfect' rate crafting stations and 'non-perfect'?
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Atobusarragra
Tue Sep 21, 2004 4:43 pm
#1
HI,
I was wondering whether there is any real proof of difference between a 45 rate station and a lesser rated station? What are the supposed differences and how do they work? Is it merely a case of supposed higher success rate? Is this merely a myth?
Thanks,
Ato
Nosfeast
Tue Sep 21, 2004 9:38 pm
#2
I heard that nothing was differnt and id guess that's the case.
sciguyCO
Wed Sep 22, 2004 12:42 pm
#3
The only effect that tool/station effectiveness has is the quality of your successes (amazing, great, good, moderate, etc). Better quality means you have an increased chance on getting the better successes. This was confirmed at a Fan Fest panel, although they were a bit vague on details.
The amount of the increase has been the topic for a lot of debate, which is probably why you're asking in the first place. 
The difference appears to be relative to your personal assembly/experimentation skill. At low levels, new crafters hit mostly "moderate" and "good" successes (and more failures), while Masters tend to get mostly great successes.
My personal belief is that the effectiveness is ranked equally with your +experimentation and +assembly skills. Since a Master crafter has +100 just from their skill boxes (even more with SEAs), the difference between a +40 and a +45 is about a 3% increase. Someone who just picked up Novice {whatever} generally has +10 assembly/experimentation, so the relative improvement is around 9% for that person.
I suppose the only real way to tell would be to get a -13 tool, -40 station, craft a bunch of stuff, track the success types, then redo the crafting with a +13 tool, +40 station. You'd probably need a sample set in the hundreds to really pin down the details (although I barely made it through college statistics, so it's likely I'm way off).
Just FYI, droids and public stations have an implicit effectiveness of 0.
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