Jedi Archive
Thread: Crystal Tuning
StarDryfter
Thu Jan 27, 2005 5:51 am
#53
I, too, have the "LUCK" branch, but this doesn't seem to matter. I tuned 12 qualities and 4 goods last night with terrible results. Only one of the 16 tuned to a -7 with damage of 12 or 15. This is good for grinding, but I REALLY thought I'd have some better luck by tuning 16 at a time! LOL.
Stupid crystals! LOL. ![]()
Dakmangr
Thu Jan 27, 2005 6:19 am
#54
If that helps guys , since its large numbers : i started tuning at July . I have tuned about 50 premiums till now . Crystals or Pearls , doesnt make a diffrence really , as my experience shows (pearls or crystals) . The results are 8 crystals over 40 40 dmg and -9 fc .
3 of them with decimals over -9,5 thus making a 1st generation ls to go from 12 to 2 fc . Also about 10 x -8 fc(4 are -8,5 + ) , another6 with -9 but dmg lower than 40 40 . So my presentage of tuning premiums and get a good fc ( -8 or -9 ) is about 50% . As numbers are large , i think i can contribute to come to a conclusion for tunning .
jason67
Thu Jan 27, 2005 6:49 am
#55
I think I saw it best described as a plinko game lol.
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take a flalwess pearl for example would be dropped at the top of that diagram on the very right hand slot. It then bounces on the pegs(@) until it lands at the bottom on the stats. While it is likely that it will land somewhere near the 50/50 -9 it is purely within the realm of possibility that it may hit all the pegs just right(or wrong) and end up all the way at the other end and you would then get a 0/0 -0 pearl.
Flawless pearl dropped here
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If it's a poor quality crystal then it would be dropped on the opposite end, and your chances of landing at 0/0 -0 are greatly increased
Poor crystal dropped here
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This explination seems to be the most accurate based on all reports that I have seen so far. Unfortunately I can't remember who it was that I stole this description from, but it was not originally mine, sorry I can't give credit where it is due since I don't recall the name of the person, just know that it wasn't originally my description.
droidroid
Thu Jan 27, 2005 6:57 am
#56
I gave up on tuning anything less than premium. Me and a couple of guildmates bought like 30 quality crystals, and not a single one tuned well. That was on top of a ton of other quality crystals and pearls we'd tuned as wel. I've only had a couple of premium tunes go horribly wrong.
OO69
Thu Jan 27, 2005 7:12 am
#57
I would have to say tuning is random........last night I tuned a premium and got 14\14 -4, after that I tuned a fair and got 47\47 -8. As of late my best tunes have been from good and fair crystals
Outkster
Thu Jan 27, 2005 7:30 am
#58
Being a NOOB jedi myself, I am starting to belive that it is RANDOM. I can tune a fair crystal one day & get junk. The next day I tune another fair & get decent stats, so that leads me to believe that like smuggler slices it is all RANDOM.
But what do I know? I'm a NOOB jedi 
Shierre
Thu Jan 27, 2005 1:06 pm
#59
I have the luck line and all 12 twelve damage crystlas I have tuned all suck and they suck hard. Half the crystals have between damage -4/-4 to -1/-1. Some of them have no damage mods, the last few have damage mods but 0 to -2 force use. I would have to say my best crystal is 0/0 damage mods, no speed mod roughly -2 to all ham costs and -7 force cost. Best damage crystal is +26/+26 no speed, ham betwenn -1 and -3 adn no force cost mods. I would be so happy if I could just get 1 crystal with something like 20 to 30 damage, a bit of speed off.. say 0.2 ham about -2 and force use -5 or -6 but I don't think that will happen anytime soon.
laodamas
Thu Jan 27, 2005 1:29 pm
#60
Last night I tuned 2 premium pearls, scored 42/42 -9 and 44/44 -9. Both take 10 fc off my sabre. Tonight tuned 2 more premiums 17/17 -7 and 28/28 -4. All 4 came from Canyon Krayt Dragons and all four are very similar condition wise.
Seems random to me.
Message Edited by laodamas on 01-27-2005 01:30 AM
Coach_Z
Thu Jan 27, 2005 1:34 pm
#61
i have been jedi for very short time but here is what my tuning has been thus far...you can tell me if i've been lucky or unlucky
bout 7 or 8 good crystals most of them were like 1/1 damage or so with 0 to -2 fc, but one of them(the very first crystal i ever tuned) was 32/32 -8 fc and another was 25/25 -5 fc
4 qualities i think all were between 10/10 to 20/20 damage with like -2/-2/-4/-7 as force costs
1 premium -37/-37, its says -7 fc but when i put it in my saber it actually gives -8.......anyone else had this happen?
as far as the luck boxes i have the very first luck box is all, so +1 luck
laodamas
Thu Jan 27, 2005 1:44 pm
#62
Pearls and crystals have hidden decimals on force cost, so the actual best tune is a -9.9. I really dont feel anything helps the tuning process, its a dice roll. You at least have a decent crystal to grind with.
ffdemt
Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:21 am
#63
Ok, I've tuned probably 15 crystals of varying qualities and gotten differnt stats for each one. Do you stand a better chance with your tunes with a specific skill? For example, a padawan at novice saber tunes a crystal and get say 33 min/max and 0 force cost. Is there any skill that gives you a chance at a better tune or is it just luck of the draw on the crystals?
PlasmaFlow
Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:23 am
#64
No modifiers for tuning or luck for getting better tunes, its all random.
Armourboy
Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:25 am
#65
PlasmaFlow wrote:
No modifiers for tuning or luck for getting better tunes, its all random.
Which stinks by the way but I digress