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Desynthesizing problems

From: Licoge @Unicorn
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Posted: 2005-01-27 07:41:47

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The site states the level cap of desynthesizing a Leather Bandana is the level 5. My leathercraft skill is 7 at the moment. I was trying yesterday to desynthesise Leather Bandanas to get sheep leather. Without the image support, the desynthesis process fails most of the time. With the image support from the guild, it still fails more than 50% of the time.
For synthesis it's usual that the synthesis does not fail in most cases when the level cap is exceeded.
Anyone knows if the failure rate is a general thing for doing a desynthesis of items, or is the level 5 listed for this particular desynthesis is wrong?

From: Cuer
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Posted: 2005-01-27 13:00:09

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Desynthesis has it's own rules about success and failure; you often fail with it far more than you normally would doing a regular synthesis. It's possible that the desynthesis level is higher for that recipe, although most of the time desynthesis of a crafted item matches up with the synthesis level of that item. If you continue getting those kind of problems, you might want to switch to another item; some items just seem to be harder to desynthesize than others.

From: Melphina
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Posted: 2005-01-27 21:52:45

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Desynthesis inded is separate from the other 7 crystals. I am a lvl 60 goldsmith and I fail on items I am over 50 lvls above the cap about half the time on bad days (that would be copper rings if you wondered which item). Basically I find that desynthesis stops failing as much once you are 30-35 lvls above the cap. And even then it can have its fits. Desynthesis is like this because the items recieved can often be much more valuable than item cost. Also desynthesis has a habit of HQ a lot more than regular synthesis and of higher degree as well. I can HQ2 a silver earring and get 2 silver ingots. The end result is 4 times more valuable than the item used. In general, desynthesis sucks to do, but when you DO succeed it can pay off nicely. Just make sure you are WELL above the cap before trying it for profit.

From: Dora from Panda
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Posted: 2005-02-10 06:29:40

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If you're going to try to make gil desynthing pleas PLEASE get some good Moghancement: Desythesis. It makes a huge different in your loss of item rate. I don't remember exactly but I beleive it only takes something like 25 or so book stands to get up one level of moghancement strength and the difference it makes is profound. Don't forget you can easily farm lightning clusters as well in Qufim and Pashow. I don't personally desynth anything (cooking doesn't lend itself to that) but have many friends who's major source of income is desynthing.

Also, for desynthing don't neglect NPC purchased items. Often times lower level armour can be purchased from NPC's rather cheaply and desynth into things worth more than the cost to buy.

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Desynthesizing problems