Politician Archive
Thread: Are city Specializations bugged?
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gunther22
Thu Feb 05, 2004 9:12 pm
#1
I just used my XP to get fiscal 4. I got research facility and turned it on for our city. I then went off to craft. There is nothing different from when the specialization was off? So what gives? Does it actually work or is it bugged??? 125k is alot to spend for nothing!
Sevarhin
Thu Feb 05, 2004 10:19 pm
#2
This has been explained a number of times here (is it in a FAQ yet?), but what you get from research is improved odds on your final roll. It doesn't increase the number of experiment points you have, it improves the odds of getting a favorable roll when experimenting (more frequent amazings, less frequent failures).
DaQuilla
Fri Feb 06, 2004 7:24 am
#4
Well first of all I'm not sure it take effect right away, maybe you have to wait for the next update so it initializes ...
To what it's worth, I can't really say ... the chance of getting "great" and "amazing" is higher ... thus you might need less experimentation points to reach the highest possible value in one category, thus you might still have points left to experiment in other catagories.
HERE is a more detailed report about what Research Center does.
Scoooter
Fri Feb 06, 2004 8:29 am
#5
It does not take affect untilthe update.
And they are not worthless. People have done tests on failure rates.
I can attest that research center makes a big difference in high complexity schematics. We lost research center after having it and it takes me 3 attempts on average to make a good buff pack to where with research center I would have a 4 good packs to every one bad. Buffs are complexity 40.
Do I notice a big difference on lower complexity schematics. Not as much, but a master at a crafting profession has enough modifers that less complex schematics are a breeze anyway.
Chibi-Bar
Fri Feb 06, 2004 9:40 am
#7
I was using someone else's specialization.. I do get better success, but with the SOE totally random number.. you can get bad batch also..
like buffing... I have 920 buff pack.. I can buff one person and get around 1k-2k all stats.. while I buff the NEXT person with the same packs.. I get 2k-3k buffs..
Scoooter
Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:29 am
#8
exactly
But like I stated I do get bad results in research center with complex schmatics, just not near as many as without research center.
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