All affirmations are true in some sense, false in some sense, meaningless in some sense, true and false in some sense, true and meaningless in some sense, false and meaningless in some sense, and true and false and meaningless in some sense.
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FFXI: Leviathan > Arcon
FFXIV: Selbina > Arcon Villiers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
I love this shit.... Hear it all the time:
"I always craft on/facing X day/direction and I get X results."
If you always do it... Then how do you know if it works when you don't?
"I got X HQ in a row on a <element> synth and it's <unfavorable day/direction to craft>! must be a freak accident. That's funny cause I didn't HQ even once on <assumed favorable crystal day>."
Or the inverse:
"That's wierd I just critical broke/nq'd a <element> synth X times in a row, and it's <favorable element day/direction>, must be a fluke."
Yeah, that must be it...
People see what they want to see.
Does it hurt to do it? Naw. Preaching it as fact when it's been proven in the more negative light as "bullshit" and the more positive light as "Not significant enough to produce results", is dumb.
If you don't understand why Haste is so important, or if you don't think it is:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/1847-Haste-and-You...-A-guide-to-the-misinformed.
"Puppetmaster was our last best hope for peace. It failed.
Now it's our last best hope.. for victory!"
Meh. I've looked into all of it years ago, followed it for a while, but I never really felt like it helped much.
Now here's the thing... I don't think it matters whether it's real or not. If direction had an impact on synth results, it would most likely be a small impact, for a couple of reasons... game balance for one, and also because if it were actually a big factor, it would NOT be a secret with how big the player base was. I don't believe much of what sc4500 wrote either...
So really, who cares. Either it exists and it barely helps, or it doesn't exist. I think I'll just face what ever way I happen to be facing. :P
Try crit failing 3 of 4 arrowwood lumber synths at WW 100... I'm more inclined to believe that the RNG favors similar results within a short timeframe (due to a bad seed routine) then direction. Sometimes it's good, sometimes bad.. (usually the bad for me, and the good for the guy next to me, but that's Life in Vana'diel for you...)
"Puppetmaster was our last best hope for peace. It failed.
Now it's our last best hope.. for victory!"
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