It's my idea or there is no critical chance to build stuff in the R&D?, at first it seemed bad luck, but 3 days with no criticals on any of my chars in two separate accounts are odd...
What do you say guys??, seems that the critical chances are broken or really low after the last patch
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The higher your levels are, the better chance of crit, as a theory.
Now the way Ive understood it is that every time the item goes up a level it uses that critical chance displayed to roll on whether or not it will upgrade in quality as well. Maybe Im wrong and it only get 1 chance till it uses up all the r&d points you shoved in it at that moment. That would be a better explanation for having an item go from mark 2-10 at 40% and never upgrade. At the same time I have seen a deflector upgrade to ultra when they first came out with something like 10% chance at when it hit mk 8 on its way from mk 2.
Even at level 20 and with 2 +50 catalysts and a VR doff, the crit chance is I think 40% or just above that.
The R&D assistance is random. There are good ones and bad ones. I have noticed no significant changes since the last patch, and the last 8 i opened on Friday were all above average in the contents.
As for boosts to Research (quality) or technology points (faster upgrades/ less dil) all appear to be working as intended. They too however are random.
I get the best results inside the Dyson sphere. I have no hard data to back that up, purely anecdotal, but all of my epics except 1 where generated there.
srs ? 2 acounts ? that means you hited 50 char limit on 1 acount ? jus wow, do you anyting else than have sto as second/first job ?
by just mere 10 mins per chat to do jus doffs/research means you specding min 500 mins with your first acount, that 9 hours.
well that never ending job
Here is the complete Component Crit Chance table. Your crit chance with a Very Rare Duty Officer ranges from 28% (on common components) to 22% (on very rare components) at level 16. You are dealing with a computerized random number generator (RNG) which will never behave like a true randomizer. Your sample size is probably too low. Over the course of a couple hundred attempts you will see it normalize to the predicted percentage.
If you are trying to play the odds at getting 'free' components on crits, try running them in batches of 2 or 3 at a time, that way the triple payout makes it worth it. If you are really paranoid, try using catalysts, but that rarely feels like the right thing to do when all you are producing is a component.
When I craft things that can crit, I rarely feel like I benefited (unless I crit in the first couple attempts then immediately quit while I am ahead). If your mindset is that you should be critting more often or you should be getting better returns for the time and materials spent, I would suggest that you realign your expectations.
I also crafted some gear and got the usual low upgrade rates. I was disappointed when I used an Omega + 2X quality on a Mk II beam bank and it stayed VR, but that happens too. Sometimes the RNG gives Epics, sometimes it gives rocks. I did have a personal shield go epic - Cap2, Cap, En, Reg x2.
lol, no, i had 2 accounts brom the begining.. one was my main, the other was when the game gone to f2p, for my son, but he never used it.. (i buyed him a subcription later), so i ended up with two accounts..
Anyway, thanks, its odd as for 3 days no criticals.. thanks, ill keep testing