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Old Man of UO
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This from an old Five on Friday (which I miss):
"I'm a Legendary Smith - why do I lose durability points so often when I try to repair things?"
"Because there's a pretty high base chance to lose a point of durability" seems to be the simple answer. The formula is as follows:
Chance to lose Durability = ((40 + Max Durability) - Current Durability) - (repairSkill / 100) (where repair skill is Test Center-style, i.e. GM = 1000, not 100.0)
Example: Blacksmithing of 1100 (110.0), 50 current and max durability, yields a 29% chance that max durability will be reduced by 1. If an item has taken more than 71 points of damage, the chance for it to lose a point of durability reaches 100% even for a Legendary smith. So there's a definite choice to be made - do you repair early and often, and risk failure, or late and seldom, and guarantee it?
"I'm a Legendary Smith - why do I lose durability points so often when I try to repair things?"
"Because there's a pretty high base chance to lose a point of durability" seems to be the simple answer. The formula is as follows:
Chance to lose Durability = ((40 + Max Durability) - Current Durability) - (repairSkill / 100) (where repair skill is Test Center-style, i.e. GM = 1000, not 100.0)
Example: Blacksmithing of 1100 (110.0), 50 current and max durability, yields a 29% chance that max durability will be reduced by 1. If an item has taken more than 71 points of damage, the chance for it to lose a point of durability reaches 100% even for a Legendary smith. So there's a definite choice to be made - do you repair early and often, and risk failure, or late and seldom, and guarantee it?
Thank you for the info.
I was hoping I could keep repairing my replicas about every, ohhh, 5 minutes to ensure that I didn't lose durability on them. I know they will still last quite a while without worrying about it, but I'm a bit of a penny pincher.
Thanks again,
Ax
I was hoping I could keep repairing my replicas about every, ohhh, 5 minutes to ensure that I didn't lose durability on them. I know they will still last quite a while without worrying about it, but I'm a bit of a penny pincher.
Thanks again,
Ax
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Old Man of UO
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Personally, any item that I have that can't use the POF's, I wait until the durability gets below 10 before repairing and just assume that you are going to lose a point of durability anyway. If you wait until it only has 1 or even zero durability, you have a very high chance of failing and losing another point.
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Sevin0oo0
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That's what I usually do too, but just had a soul seeker go *poof*, maybe I won't wait so long next time