Im gonna quote my most recent experience.
I have been making oak half masks as a carpenter since rank 21. There wasnt much problem making em, maybe 2 or 3 fails every now and then....I am now a rank 25 carpenter... Im constantly getting up to 9...NINE... failed crafts attempt in a row constantly!
How does this make any sense? shouldnt it be LESS LIKELY TO FAIL THE HIGHER YOUR RANK IS? Fix this, this is working completely wrong!