Desynthesis Endgame Guide

[Nyalia]

Replying to Nyalia's post here:

I was just basing that off a feeling I got from the new numbers I posted before that. When I said it should be "fine" to use equal ilvl items, I meant about 65% chance and up. After all, levelling desynthesis is all practically based on your personal risk assessment and tolerance. As for what item level, I meant anything in Heavensward, though there is some overlap at 115-130. I'm surprised I was as close as I was.

Also, I'm sorry to say there is an inconsistency in your estimate. Before 3.1 at 180 GSM skill, my success chance with Valerian gear (ilvl 160) was 70%, and in 3.1 it's 85%, not 93.50%. However, you did estimate ilvl 170, 180, and 185 correctly. I think it's just that your rlvl 141-160 list actually goes to 159 and your rlvl 161+ list should actually be rlvl 160+ because "dSkill = rlvl+20: 85.00" from your rlvl 161+ list fits Valerian gear perfectly. Then again, Valerian gear's recipe level could be slightly higher than 160 because it's dungeon gear. Anyway, everything else seems correct.

And btw, is the way I formatted my post too confusing to read? http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post3443196 I understand if it is, just wondering. I was trying to figure out a way to give data without making it repetitive and bloating the post's size. I removed the Careful Desynthesis numbers for +1-5 because now I see that's just clutter.

Yeah, the format is fine. I missed your posts when I did my analysis because I am a total ditz and forgot that November even happened. I was like, those posts are from before December, so the patch couldn't have been live yet, so those must be pre-patch numbers. (In my defense, November was a sleepless blur of feces and screaming)

I'm trying to understand your Valerian numbers though. It was 70% at dSkill 180 pre-patch? That just doesn't sound right. That'd be the right value if we're talking about Yasha items, but Valerian from the 60 dungeons should have been 85% before. Now I can't recall what my chances were when I did those desynths myself... Also, if they were 70% before, it makes no sense that they'd be 85% now. BUT, if they were 85% before, I could see them being 85% now. That would mean you're right that the final round of bonuses is 141-159 instead of 141-160 like I would expect, and the Valerian didn't get the 10% boost that I expected them to get. I'll have to confirm that later. But, if that's true, then I want to know someone's chances to desynth an r140-150 item.

So, if they were 70% before, that might have been a bug where the game incorrectly had them listed at rlvl 170 instead of 160, or maybe you're thinking of when you had 170 dSkill?

Hmm, is there anyone with dSkill 170 exactly who could check their desynth chance of an r150 item? It should be 93.5%, but if it's 85%, the bonuses do something weird. Or, if someone has 150-170, checking items at any of the following rlvls: 133, 136, 139, 142, 145, 148, and 150 would be really, really helpful... Sadly, I can't since I'm past that point with two classes and not anywhere close with the third less exciting class.