[Phineaus]

(2009.Mar.13 08:51 PM)Prophesy Wrote:  A lot of activities on awakenedlands are on a set mathematical formula, while it may seem that sometimes success/fail rates are schewed, most of it is just pure randomness, increase in stats will almost always be beneficial, if you've noticed otherwise, its likely a case of bad luck

Bad luck is a transient phenomena, my success/fail rate may fall into this category (I have actually had a few strings of 3 or 4 successes now) but my BUST rate certainly does not.

My bust ratio has climbed steadily since I got to Dexterity 6, were this simply 'bad luck' the phenomena would NOT persist, yet it does persist.

The increase from Dexterity 5 to Dexterity 6 most certainly has NOT been beneficial where my bust ratio is concerned:
When my Dexterity was 5 my bust percentage was 3.2
Since my Dexterity increased to 6 that has risen steadily to it's present 4.2%

I did not change the types of crimes I attempted (90% 'Coin' cons, 10% 'Two Dice' cons), the ONLY change was my Dexterity increasing.

I can only conclude that I fall into the 'almost always' category you mention.

- Phineaus