I finally managed to lose an item on a 5.5 OC using all 99% qual gems (skill 1002 SC). It looks like the only way to absolutely guarantee you don't lose an item is to use at least 1 MP gem in the imbue.

I don't mean to complain. This is a free server after all, but that's pretty depressing. Crafting on Uthgard is already difficult enough.

I'm just glad this wasn't an MP item.

Update:

Thought maybe I would provide some more detail about this as it has happened to me twice now in the last hour.

I am imbuing level 30 woven cloth (16 imbue points).
I am overcharging by 5.5 points (which I've done countless times on items under lvl 30) which would be 21.5/16 imbue points.
Game says 30% chance of success.....1% of item loss (the usual).

I am using 2 ee gems and 2 pal gems. Very middle of the road gems. This was the case on both explosions. Is this some kind of deadly combination or is it just bad luck?

I think you are unlucky ! i don't wanna want you in rvr i'm sure my comp will crash

Hi Ivan,

I have tested this back and forth .....

99% Item with 4 99% gems is 1% chance of explosion
99% Item with 3 99% and 1 MP gem, no risk
100% Item with 4 99% gems, no risk

It doesn't matter wether you imbue a lvl 30 or a lvl 51 item.

Good Luck

Thorberg

that's how it is on live currently, but on live you cannot lose the item itself anymore

before those changes (shards never had the original system as it was released with shrouded isles) it was enough to have 2x 98% and 2x 99% to never fail


to be 100% sure, at least 1x 100% is required

Thanks for the replies, everyone. It appears that I'm simply the victim of extremely bad luck. Kind of like getting 2 MPs in a row, but in a bad way, lol.

its simply really bad luck, it happens sometimes, to me too ^^