Please be truthful with us...

[Elamys]

Plenty of people have done the math on this and the percentages ARE correct. When you take everyone who's doing these, over a period of time, the chance to gather is correct.

Every single time you gather, you have a chance to fail. And a 20% chance to fail each and every swing is actually pretty big. Having an 80% success rate doesn't mean you'll do 10 swings and only 2 of them will fail.

Streaking/clumping does happen on occasion even with the best RNG systems, but it's not some sign that the gathering percentages are incorrect. I would say that on the whole, for the 2 years I've been playing and gathering, I've never felt the percentages were incorrect.

[Maeka]

Streaking/clumping does happen on occasion even with the best RNG systems, but it's not some sign that the gathering percentages are incorrect. I would say that on the whole, for the 2 years I've been playing and gathering, I've never felt the percentages were incorrect.

On occasion!?

It's every. freaking. time. I go to gather I get clumps/streaks. It's never a gradual curve, it's *always* clumps of fails or clumps of HQs with long dry spells between of nothing.

[ManuelBravo]

On occasion!?

It's every. freaking. time. I go to gather I get clumps/streaks. It's never a gradual curve, it's *always* clumps of fails or clumps of HQs with long dry spells between of nothing.

I Agree with Elamys to I've been playing this game for a long time and for the majority of the time I believed I had the same issue as Maeka. However, the more I play it the more it makes sense. Lets take a few examples, when it comes to gathering or crafting is per that attempt and based on the difficulty vs your current level makes a huge difference. If you go back and do easier locations / receipts the odds are in your favor 80%-90% of the time. So yes there are some hidden perimeters that can influence , yet its more of a common sense kind of deal. If you go back and revisit those spot while gathering with higher stats RNG seems more fair. If your a lvl 65 gathering on a 69 node your odds are against you unless your 100%. Once again common sense. To ensure higher HQ you need around 2-3x the perception recommended. Same things work for battle the more you contribute the higher your chances based on role. There are some items that some people believe may influence the out come. Example Lucky eggs. Personally I did a 6 month test on it. In my experience it did help me a bit more having them than not. Another thing that is in debate is your birth sign and time. If your within the characters guardian phase it helps somewhat. How far have you tested it? Have you taken that into consideration? Are you well geared for that level or are you under gear? soooo many things to consider, then again common sense is a dying trait . It's a matter of what you think works for you that your just plain salty.