thanx an interesting update ^^

hmm i hope people don't feel too bad with jade and hard tissue which are often used to increase ranks, hence many of these types will be marked

yes before i thought when ranks are equal, the bases must be in order in which they are put to compound , but lately i have seen many high level compounds similar to red dragon gown .(one of them is confirmed compound of cross pike, i even added a comment abt it)

i saw one such compound in aikachan's guide also , so i even asked her the question and she answered its ok both methods will work

here's the question and what she said
http://forum.wl.igg.com/viewthread.php?tid=3020...

since i have seen many such formula from experienced alchemists i "think"(haven't done enough research into it) it works like this

so this is just a hypothesis in my mind(its hard to explain this,cus its kinda complex and have many possibilities to consider)

JUNIOR/SUPERIOR alchemy
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when all items are same rank / or lower rank than first item

eg item =>test (base = X/Y/Z)

primary base of result = first item (base = X)
sub materials order = best way is Y/Z but Z/Y can work if in the range of results (junior =-8+4, sup =-7+5) there is no Y/Z item or if compound fail to climb/fall to the certain rank of existing Y/Z item

u got the point? if not don't worry too much lol , its confusing for me as well

so

best formula for this is
test = X + Y + Z

but
test = X + Z + Y
can also work, and probability of success for this is same as "test = X + Y + Z" if no X/Z/Y item exist in the rang of results , but probability of success is decreased if an X/Z/Y exist in the range of results

oh and i don't think alchemy book have any affect to base in anyways though its internally grass based, and so i think u should exclude alchemy books from this algorithm

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or even sometimes we see formula like these

test2(A/B) = A + B => normal
test2(A/B) = A + C =>abnormal xD but this type works sometimes
test2(A/B) = A + A =>abnormal xD but this type works sometimes

Last edited Sat, 31 Jan 2009, 3:25am by dotnet54

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