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I know that to get two experimentation skills you neeed +20 skill attachements. Since the maximum is +25, does it matter to max it after +20? I figured it may help for assembly but does it do anything for experimentatio?
help on this much appreciated

What does the assemble bonus exactly do?

Less chance of criticals on assembly of the thing.
Not important for Chefs, since you just try again with no significant losses.

For Weaponsmiths it's critical

I went all the way up to +25 in experimentation. I like to think of the extra 5 as having drunk a regular Bespin port before every attempt. Oh, and it's nice to also drink an enhanced one on top of it. In my opinion, anything I can to to get more amazing successes the better. Besides, when I got to +20 all I did was make food, I had no combat skills at all, so what else should I spend my money on but tapes to make me a better chef, even if it's minimal.

So if I am correct, you are also of the opinion that there is no proof that a crafting center does anything, and no proof that bespin has any effect at all. None of these things will give you more experimentation points, but in my experience I sure get a lot more amazing successes when I combine them all.

1. You assemble an item, the game makes a random "roll", between some negative and positive number.


2. Your assembly skill (including skill tapes), the tool effectiveness, the station effectiveness (if applicable), being in a manufacturing specialized city, bonus from Pyollian Cake, and the item's complexity modify that roll to get a final number.


3. That final number is looked up in some "success chart" to determine how good of a success or fail you get on the initial assembly.


4. You experiment on an item, the game makes another random roll.


5. Your experimentation skill, tool effectiveness, station effectiveness, research specialized city, bonus from Bespin Port, number of experimentation points, and item's complexity modify that roll.


6. Another lookup on a success chart to determine the experiment's success or failure.
   Repeat steps 4-6 for each experiment.

All those variables are known except for the range of the random roll and the breakdown of the success chart (or charts, experimentation may use a separate one). Without those two numbers, it's hard to gauge the relative merit of a +45 station vs. a +0 station (public stations and droid crafting modules), or a +15 tool vs. a -15 tool, or the expected improvement of a +10 Bespin Port.

My hunch is that as far as success type goes the skill modifier, tool's effectiveness, station's effectiveness, city bonus, and Bespin/Pyollian bonus are weighted equally. So an additional +5 to your experimentation skill is equivalent to using a +5 port, or replacing a +35 station with a +40 station.

The difference between a "great" success and an "amazing" success is only another +1% per point spent, but if you spend 7 points and get an amazing, that's the same as an additional experimentation point (assuming that "great" successes make up the majority of results for a Master Chef).

And I doubt that getting another +5 to experimentation will help any with assembly, otherwise why have a separate skill.

thanks for all the responses, this was most helpful

Neuro (Master Chef - Flurry)