Quote Originally Posted by Dubont View Post
Actually, it DOES help. Yes, the result is a little random, but the things I listed DO help. At r22 weaver, without weaving training, I failed 1/3 of my canvas cloth synths. Once I got weaving training, I only fail 1/6-7 now. I got rank appropriate gear and decreased that to around 1/8. With guild support, it's around 1/10. This is doing a r29 synth at r22.


Also, what MHB3000 said, sub-crafts help a ton on the few synths that require it.
The last two numbers you made up from placebo effect. Of course books help success rates, you sustain 50% more durability loss without them compared to a synth that doesn't need them. Gear has next to nothing to do with success rate unless you grossly fail or succeed, it's more like a lightswitch than a continuous gradient of improvement. You either have the craftsmanship required for the synth and do well, or you don't and you suck at it. No middle ground. That's why levelling changes your outcomes so crazily, it alters the craft or mcraft you need for the synth.

Guild support does nothing for success rates, don't care how many crafters swear it does.