Skill up rate been nerfed?

[Darkakuma]

Decided to level bonecraft to 100 again. Had 100 on Darkakuma.
So I started this task about a week ago. So far I am 62.2 Bone
60 leather rest around 10ish in progress to 60. Thing is my skill
up seems horrible. I am going on what I remember from Darkakuma
which was a couple years ago but before 60 I remember getting
.3 and .4 skill ups randomly and past 60 skill got a skill up every
3-4 synths on average. On darkakumaa however I have gotten
nothing over .2 and around 50 on leather and bone skill up rate
dropped almost 200% at times. Dunno just seems extremely bad
to go 12 synths/per 1 skill up at this level or any level from what
I remember. Using crafting compass etc. Any advice or similar
results from people would be great.
Ty Dark.

 

[buckeyespud]

sounds like you are doing everything correct. I remember when I was using wind crystals, I tried to synth on firesday for skillups and ice day for HQ. Moon also factors in there. Is your skill level within 5 levels of the recipe? I know that the skillup code changes when you are in the advanced levels (post 60) but you have already walked the walk. Sometimes they are streaky, but seems like 1/12 for post 60 skillup is a little low.

 

[Sanoske]

Why you would still use the crafting compass is beyond me. It doesn't effect anything. Days and moon phases are a waste of your time.

As for the skillup rate, .3s are pretty rare outside of the first 10 levels and I never saw a 0.4 skillup ever. (And that's having leveled 2 crafts to 100 and many more to 60+) The accepted average is about 36 synths per level, and I found that to be largely true.

When doing CC I only kept track of how many synths it took me per level 90-100, but the average was in the 30s. Low was 22, high was around 40. When doing LC I kept track the first 60 levels or so before I forgot about it. The average was still in the 30s, although the high(60) and the low(11) were much more extreme. I went ~25-30 synths once without a single skillup, so yes... it does happen. Just remember for every streak of horrible skillups, you will most likely have a time later on where you get 5 skillups in a row at lvl 97.

SE did not ninja nerf the skillup rate, it's just the retarded random number generator that controls crafting.

 

[Darkakuma]

Thanks Sano for the info. Did some more crafting yesterday was gonna
take pics but my camera isn't holding a charge atm. Prolly needs a new
battery. Anyways cooking 1-28 was on average with what you said.
Never higher than .2 skill up but on average about 16-18 synths per
level. Bone again was disappointing maybe it was just the item I am
crafting or just a streak of badluck. 62-63 synthing leveling 65 ladybug
rings took me 82 synths worst was 21 synths for .1 skill up. As far as
elemental compass and days of the week I am never been a big believer
either but used on every synth this time(Wind standing East for HQ on
new moon even for a few synths) Just seems to be getting worse. I will
put what it takes on next couple levels hope'n just badluck but we will
see.
Dark.

 

[Daveee]

Dark, to me, I always try to skillup on the day that is strong against the crystal I use, and it helped a lot, to me at least.

Like when I did Leather, had some super tough time finishing up the last few lvls, when crafting on random days. Then I stoped, only skillup on Fire's day with Ice crystal, some may say it's bs, but it sure helped me a lot.