Novus Meld Failure - Remove Please

[Tsuwu]

My "perfect" SMN Novus cost me around 3.8 million.
I failed twice, ever. Once on a grade II Savage Aim, and once on a grade IV savage might.
Not that bad.
50% still means decent odds.

It made it more fun, that apprehension as to whether or not my materia would stick.
I don't get why everyone wants safety nets put up around an already forgiving system.

Danger/risk/accomplishment... {Can I have it?}

[Toodles]

My "perfect" SMN Novus cost me around 3.8 million.
I failed twice, ever. Once on a grade II Savage Aim, and once on a grade IV savage might.
Not that bad.
50% still means decent odds.

It made it more fun, that apprehension as to whether or not my materia would stick.
I don't get why everyone wants safety nets put up around an already forgiving system.

Danger/risk/accomplishment... {Can I have it?}

It's just 'too severe' I think.

Plenty of players lose 16 Grade IV's in a row.

Perhaps if the odds increased with every successive failure.

Or it takes plenty of players 100+ hours to get a measly 4 Atma's.

I don't think this' a very choice of area to implement such a hefty risk, personally.

[Dwill]

Plenty of players lose 16 Grade IV's in a row.

Got any proof of that or is it simply your own anecdotal evidence ?

[Toodles]

Got any proof of that or simple your own anecdotal evidence ?

Seen plenty of screenshot proof on Reddit, etc. Heard about it a lot, seen it happen in-game.

Easy enough to find if you browse around. Also, 16 is obviously an erroneous figure but I've seen that figure surpassed on multiple occasions.

It's reasonable to assume it happens elsewhere, besides just in front of me or apart from those who decide to post it to Reddit.

Heck, I got up to 14 consecutive failures myself.

It's just fact that it happens period, even if only to a handful of people, it's too punishing still IMHO.

I just don't think it makes for good gameplay whatsoever.

I think SE puts too much reliance on "pure" or "true" RNG.

[Barboron]

Novus melding is perfectly fine as is in my opinion. Failure/success rates don't even drop that low, lowest being a 50% chance.
If it costs too much, can spiritbind. It doesn't take that long really. Don't want to put the time in? Go for the coil weapon.

[Parodine]

My "perfect" SMN Novus cost me around 3.8 million.
I failed twice, ever. Once on a grade II Savage Aim, and once on a grade IV savage might.
Not that bad.
50% still means decent odds.

It made it more fun, that apprehension as to whether or not my materia would stick.
I don't get why everyone wants safety nets put up around an already forgiving system.

Danger/risk/accomplishment... {Can I have it?}

Being lucky with meld chances isn't an accomplishment.

This post is akin to all the people who got their atma in a single day going 'The system isn't that bad! Stop being lazy.' Womp.

[PandaPause]

I failed quite a few melds on mine. By the time of completion I was 9.5M invested. It sucked blowing up so much materia but I knew the risk since RNG is involved just like everyone else. There were cheaper options available to me and I still chose to do it.

I think its fine the way it is. If SE decides to change it thats fine too. Makes no difference to me. I would still build another one either way.

InB4 "you got your atma in a single day" response.

[Shougun]

Got any proof of that or is it simply your own anecdotal evidence ?

Not sure how to quantify plenty but more than 16 has likely happened at least once (discussing the statistical probability a statistic happened, I'm in love with this conversation! lol).

I hate %s.. lol, even when I'm lucky I can't help but think some poor soul just got back stabbed. You know "shit happens" when you fail 95% success rate for all gathering attempts on a +1 gathering node (thankfully it was all garbage materials and I laughed at how /incredibly/ lucky (unlucky) that moment was).

It would be nice for each failed attempt you get one guaranteed attempt of the same materia and grade.

[Dwill]

Seen plenty of screenshot proof on Reddit, etc. Heard about it a lot, seen it happen in-game.

Easy enough to find if you browse around. Also, 16 is obviously an erroneous figure but I've seen that figure surpassed on multiple occasions.

It's reasonable to assume it happens elsewhere, besides just in front of me or apart from those who decide to post it to Reddit.

Heck, I got up to 14 consecutive failures myself.

It's just fact that it happens period, even if only to a handful of people, it's too punishing still IMHO.

I just don't think it makes for good gameplay whatsoever.

I think SE puts too much reliance on "pure" or "true" RNG.

The statistical possibility of failing 16 in a row even with 50% are excessively low. I'm not saying that it never happened to anyone but I highly doubt it's as common as you're making it out to be.

Could it be better ? Sure. Is it as bad as people are making it out to be ? Not at all.

Not sure how to quantify plenty but more than 16 has likely happened at least once (discussing the statistical probability a statistic happened, I'm in love with this conversation! lol).

I hate %s.. lol, even when I'm lucky I can't help but think some poor soul just got back stabbed. You know "shit happens" when you fail 95% success rate for all gathering attempts on a +1 gathering node (thankfully it was all garbage materials and I laughed at how /incredibly/ lucky (unlucky) that moment was).

It would be nice for each failed attempt you get one guaranteed attempt of the same materia and grade.

It does suck to fail at a high percentage chance of success but as long as it isn't 100% chance, the probability that it might fail will exists. Like I said in the previous quote, it could be a better system but it's far from being as bad as people are making it out to be.

[Giantbane]

The statistical possibility of failing 16 in a row even with 50% are excessively low. I'm not saying that it never happened to anyone but I highly doubt it's as common as you're making it out to be..

With a 100,000 people attempting that meld, there's something like an 80% chance for it to happen to someone. There are more than 100,000 people playing the game. Why is it acceptable for some people to just get screwed for no other reason than RNG hates them.

And that's only failing 16 times in a row, you'll see 10 in a row a lot more frequently.