Moon Phases

[Darkillumina]

I've become more and more convinced recently that moon phase effects melding success and failure. I know SE said in the past that it didn't effect anything but since 1.22 I have noticed that a full moon seems to offer better results for double and triple melds while a new moon seems to offer absolutely terrible gains.

While this is a small sample size, during a full moon I pulled off a triple meld, and two double melds in quick succession without any failures in between. The next day I waited for a new moon and tried to double meld about 10 items. All of which ended in failure.

I know absolutely nothing has been proven one way or another but has anyone else noticed anything similar?

[Deltara]

It tells you the percentage chance before you try the meld, though. You can compare the rates during full moon with the rates during new moon and come up with an exact number, right?

[Zenaku]

the moon-phases does noting but yoshi-p does not want to tell us if it does or not he want people who believe to believe in it.

[Darkillumina]

It tells you the percentage chance before you try the meld, though. You can compare the rates during full moon with the rates during new moon and come up with an exact number, right?

The % displayed doesn't change with the moon. Besides those numbers are ball park I think. I would like to believe full moon adds a hidden modifier.

[Deltara]

You know though... you really have to question game developers that put the moon phase icon on your screen and then tell you it does nothing.

Of course there are a few gear pieces tied to the moon, but that don't seem enough to put the icon cluttering your screen.

[Zenaku]

You know though... you really have to question game developers that put the moon phase icon on your screen and then tell you it does nothing.

Of course there are a few gear pieces tied to the moon, but that don't seem enough to put the icon cluttering your screen.

the plan for weather and moon is something to do with 2.0 system that why it's there and i'm sure the moon does somethign to crafting

[Deltara]

I'll accept that maybe they will be doing something with weather and moon phases in 2.0, sure. But that moon icon was on my screen in 2010, before 2.0 was even a glimmer in yoshi's eye.

I hope they give us info about it when they do though, so it isn't the guess-fest that FFXI was. lol

But then again, the whole craftsmanship vs magic craftsmanship is still a mystery to me. I wish the synths would have some way of knowing when you go down on a knee which type you need for that synth.

[Turanga_Leela]

I feel like the devs are doing a good job explaining what stats effect, but they have yet to touch on C vs MC. It's kind of a big part of the game and I don't see any reason why they need to hide what influences these stats have.... Devs???

[Raldo]

The birthday and which god of the 12 you choose upon character creation doesn't do anything either, so I don't think it's a stretch to say that the moon doesn't. I make it a point to never look at the moon phase, because I was reeeeeally tired of that in XI.

[Deltara]

I really had hoped the god we chose affected our character in some way. They dropped the ball on that one.