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fay
Apr 20, 2009, 09:13 AM
I was gonna mark this as a guide but decided not to :)

I will outline what luck does and does not do. Well as far as we know anyway.



Wat luck does:

1 - It helps you with grinding I don't remember the exact % it boosts on grinding. its not that high but hey, every little helps

2 - It gives you a better chance at finding rares. i.e boost the drop rare for normal boxes and normal enemy's. Remember it does NOT boost the rare of boss or end boxes. With the enemy's it doesn't actually boost it's rare drop rate. it is the drop anything rate. this means you will see an increase on all those monomate's as well. I can't remember eactly but i believe it boosts about 2% on a 3 star luck day

3 - This is only a rummer so choose wither to believe it or not. This rummer goes that luck also gives you a better chance of receiving better items from the offerings box next to the luck lady on Neudais.


What luck does not do:

Quite simply what ever i did not mention above but here is a few examples.

1 - Syncing a weapon.

2 - Boosting the rate of finding rares from the boss.

3 - Boost the chance of megid killing in one hit (yes people still believe this somehow)

4 - Help your chance of winning at the Casino.


This was pretty short but it should be enough to cover how luck works. Iv saw countless topics on how people are confused about this. The latest one being the topic Pinkace has posted

ashley50
Apr 20, 2009, 09:15 AM
...Grinding is all its good for. That's what i believe.

fay
Apr 20, 2009, 09:16 AM
i think the boost on drop anythign rate is only about 2% on a 3star luck day. not very noticable but yea.

i added that in.

pinkace
Apr 20, 2009, 10:13 AM
Thanks. You need to enable spellchecker on your browser though...

fay
Apr 20, 2009, 11:20 AM
oh please. dont start on the spelling stuff. i know im crap at spelling and grammer and stuff so please dont be an ass about it.

if it was at a point where it was impossible or hard to understand then yes i would agree but its not...
for the record by the way. it is enabled. on my original post it came up with no spelling errors etc

pinkace
Apr 20, 2009, 12:50 PM
I wasn't picking on your poor spelling. What I was saying is that if you use firefox for example, you have a spellcheck feature so you don't have to worry about it. I use it all the time, do you think I spell this well normally? ;)

It would make some people take your very informative posts more seriously.

kejen
Apr 20, 2009, 01:46 PM
...Grinding is all its good for. That's what i believe.

Me too.

gratefulgriz
Apr 20, 2009, 01:48 PM
thanks for posting, I wish *luck* had more of a purpose, I am always checking, but I guess it really doesn't matter. ..FAIL

pinkace
Apr 20, 2009, 04:01 PM
i was just asking on another post if luck mattered for synthing stuff.

Bushido808
Apr 20, 2009, 04:09 PM
luck does help at the casino, only at the slots not at the roulete

NDW
Apr 20, 2009, 04:45 PM
luck does help at the casino, only at the slots not at the roulete

No it doesn't.

PACHI
Apr 20, 2009, 04:58 PM
luck does help at the casino, only at the slots not at the roulete

False information...

Suzuka Miyamoto
Apr 20, 2009, 08:43 PM
oh please. dont start on the spelling stuff. i know im crap at spelling and grammer and stuff so please dont be an ass about it.

if it was at a point where it was impossible or hard to understand then yes i would agree but its not...
for the record by the way. it is enabled. on my original post it came up with no spelling errors etc

I agree with you fay i hate nerds. Who cares if one or two words are spelled wrong.:D


I beleave luck does boost drop rate. 4 relic edges in one mission!?
This happened to me on sunday 4 edges in one mission

necman
Apr 20, 2009, 09:45 PM
luck does nothing. It makes people in the party more relaxed to see the glowing leader. I had no more successes with no luck grinding as I did with 3 star. Never find anything better with luck on anystage as opposed to no luck. On the other hand maybe my luck sucks to begin with!

Waki Miko Syamemaru!
Apr 20, 2009, 09:58 PM
Its all about the mathmatics baby! There is a simple formula for everything! Also for slots its about timing! I should know...I play slots all the time! Woohoo!

fay
Apr 21, 2009, 01:49 AM
luck does nothing. It makes people in the party more relaxed to see the glowing leader. I had no more successes with no luck grinding as I did with 3 star. Never find anything better with luck on anystage as opposed to no luck. On the other hand maybe my luck sucks to begin with!

thats because luck doesnt guarantee anything. it only help your chances. its still very possible that you end up with even less that day

in this game personal luck > PSU luck

syamemaru - what do you mean by slots? is it like the the time thing in PSO?

ShonagarACE
Apr 21, 2009, 02:03 AM
thats because luck doesnt guarantee anything. it only help your chances. its still very possible that you end up with even less that day

in this game personal luck > PSU luck

syamemaru - what do you mean by slots? is it like the the time thing in PSO?

As in slot machines at the Casino haha.

hunterseifer
Apr 21, 2009, 02:54 AM
Here's a more clear and simple version of photon fortune(luck) for what it does and doesnt do:http://psupedia.info/Photon_Fortune

Anyone new to grinding, this is a good, simple outline for your odds:http://psupedia.info/Weapon_grinding

Syl
Apr 21, 2009, 03:20 AM
oh please. dont start on the spelling stuff. i know im crap at spelling and grammer and stuff so please dont be an ass about it.

if it was at a point where it was impossible or hard to understand then yes i would agree but its not...
for the record by the way. it is enabled. on my original post it came up with no spelling errors etc

O RLY?


I was gonna mark this as a guide but decided not to :)

I will outline what luck does and does not do. Well as far as we know anyway.



Wat luck does:

1 - It helps you with grinding I don't remember the exact % it boosts on grinding. its not that high but hey, every little helps

2 - It gives you a better chance at finding rares. i.e boost the drop rare for normal boxes and normal enemy's. Remember it does NOT boost the rare of boss or end boxes. With the enemy's it doesn't actually boost it's rare drop rate. it is the drop anything rate. this means you will see an increase on all those monomate's as well. I can't remember eactly but i believe it boosts about 2% on a 3 star luck day

3 - This is only a rummer so choose wither to believe it or not. This rummer goes that luck also gives you a better chance of receiving better items from the offerings box next to the luck lady on Neudais.


What luck does not do:

Quite simply what ever i did not mention above but here is a few examples.

1 - Syncing a weapon.

2 - Boosting the rate of finding rares from the boss.

3 - Boost the chance of megid killing in one hit (yes people still believe this somehow)

4 - Help your chance of winning at the Casino.


This was pretty short but it should be enough to cover how luck works. Iv saw countless topics on how people are confused about this. The latest one being the topic Pinkace has posted

Not trying to be a jerk or anything, but if you're presenting any form of information, you should really try to up the quality of your spelling and grammar. Pinkace made a good point, because people would take your "guide" much more seriously. Don't be lazy ;)

I'd like to add to your info though (since you pretty much covered all of it):

Luck does NOT affect the elemental % your weapon will have when synthed
Luck does NOT affect rare spawns
Luck does NOT affect how good your grinders come out (but synth rate does, so burn em when you get synth bonuses!)
Luck does NOT stack. Just cause the whole party has 3* luck doesn't mean your luck will multiply by six fold. Sorry. Only the leader affects it.

Protip: Luck is luck. You can still have the % and numbers behind to back you up and boost your mathematical chances with whatever you're trying to do, but it always always always comes down to personal luck. Stick to this mentality and you'll be fine. Unless your luck sucks no matter what, then you better go cry yourself to sleep lol.

And 2 sounds hella confusing. Other than that, there you go.

fay
Apr 21, 2009, 07:09 AM
Not trying to be a jerk or anything, but if you're presenting any form of information, you should really try to up the quality of your spelling and grammar. Pinkace made a good point, because people would take your "guide" much more seriously. Don't be lazy ;)


so your basicly being an ass about it :/

like i said im not good with spelling or grammar. i am not being lazy im just not good at it. if thats a problem to you then i feel sorry for you because i dont know one person who has perfect grammar etc and uses it all the time.

as i said before my spell checker didnt even pick up on any mistakes. care to show what i missed out? on that note, want me to show you what grammatical error you made through out your whole post (lol).

Overlord Zenon
Apr 21, 2009, 07:33 AM
i doubt anyone truely cares about spelling, sure it can be annoying but for the most part as long as its understandable, most wont give a crap, as for luck, its usually a varient our of a fixed percentage in most programming, i dont really care what luck does in game it doesnt seem to do all that much as far as i've noticed

pinkace
Apr 21, 2009, 09:40 AM
so your basicly being an ass about it :/

like i said im not good with spelling or grammar. i am not being lazy im just not good at it. if thats a problem to you then i feel sorry for you because i dont know one person who has perfect grammar etc and uses it all the time.

as i said before my spell checker didnt even pick up on any mistakes. care to show what i missed out? on that note, want me to show you what grammatical error you made through out your whole post (lol).

And yet you made no major spelling mistakes here :)

You see? It is easier than you think.

Syl
Apr 21, 2009, 01:00 PM
so your basicly being an ass about it :/

like i said im not good with spelling or grammar. i am not being lazy im just not good at it. if thats a problem to you then i feel sorry for you because i dont know one person who has perfect grammar etc and uses it all the time.

as i said before my spell checker didnt even pick up on any mistakes. care to show what i missed out? on that note, want me to show you what grammatical error you made through out your whole post (lol).

Easy there hombre, you might pop a vein or two. Way to take a little playful criticism too seriously.

I already know I'm a spelling and grammar Nazi, but I never call people out on it to prove them wrong (hell I even said that your info was good and a good solid chunk of covering what's already known). That's just petty and weak. I was just quoting it to make a point. >_>

Not to mention disregarding the info I added just cause I "insulted" you is... gee I dunno, childish? They're very good (proven) points and they need to be known.

No mistakes? I'm not sure how rummer = rumor or how eactly isn't a misspelling of exactly, but hey, maybe you just need to upgrade your spell checker eh?

And you know the old saying, you should worry about your own mistakes first before correcting other people's errors. I could be a dick again and do the same for this quote, but that's adding insult to injury. I mean if you can barely do it yourself, how can you correct others? ;(

fay
Apr 21, 2009, 03:53 PM
sorry. wasnt trying to sound all serious or anything though it does kinda anoy me when people start on this type of thing regardless if its me or not.

i dont need to upgrade the spell checker. i come from the uk. english (american) and english (british) both have lots of words that are spelled different. for example. you say center. we say centre.

im sure i have heard that saying. i only mentioned that because your a "grammar Nazi" as you say and from being one i would have though you would have made sure to get everything right. i mean its not exactly a good look when someone whos never passed english in over 5 attempts at the lowest level has to correct a "grammar Nazi" :P

i didnt disregard the other information. i was going to comment on it but due to being in college at the time i had to just post what i had wrote down at the time.

ill leave it at that though. i dont want this to go more off topic than it is :/

Overlord Zenon
Apr 21, 2009, 03:58 PM
does luck effect anything in story missions at all?

fay
Apr 21, 2009, 04:03 PM
yes. it will still boost the drop rate of all normal boxes and the drop anything rate of monsters.

im pretty sure thats all it will do though since you cant grind in a story mission. as far as i know anyway

darthplagis
Apr 21, 2009, 11:15 PM
sorry. wasnt trying to sound all serious or anything though it does kinda anoy me when people start on this type of thing regardless if its me or not.

i dont need to upgrade the spell checker. i come from the uk. english (american) and english (british) both have lots of words that are spelled different. for example. you say center. we say centre.

im sure i have heard that saying. i only mentioned that because your a "grammar Nazi" as you say and from being one i would have though you would have made sure to get everything right. i mean its not exactly a good look when someone whos never passed english in over 5 attempts at the lowest level has to correct a "grammar Nazi" :P

i didn't disregard the other information. i was going to comment on it but due to being in college at the time i had to just post what i had wrote down at the time.

ill leave it at that though. i dont want this to go more off topic than it is :/

Im sorry but I am far from a grammar nazi, however I to am from the UK and rumor / rumour (wiki it if you want) is not any where near the way you spelled it, and syncing, well we can equip weapons but syncing with them we cant do(unless you count SUV and mags).....however we can syth them (as in synthesis.... to create from parts rather than become in unison as in synchronization.... see where I'm coming from? )

OK spelling doesn't normally get me, but when the argument against the said spelling is that MY OWN country is used as an excuse as to why YOU spell bad then hey...... its called ENGLISH for a reason..... try and remember that in an England Vs world argument :P and if you must know YES I spell check with fire fox but its set to USA English as most forums I use are based in or heavily populated by our rebel cousins :P hehe and never passing an English exam has no reflection on how to use a computer..... hell you can read this fine right? you know what buttons to press to use the PC...... can you see a red line that appears under a mis spelled word? right click it for corrections. Or did u think you were underlining your text?

I know its the internet and no body really gives a shit but when you write something intended for others to read you at least TRY and make it legible to the masses.

and finally an apology for my rant and some additions to the subject at hand.

Luck affecting drop rates is based on the drop rate of ANYTHING, that means monomates AND psycho wands equally not just the red goodies. so with 3* luck chances are you will see a load more blue and a few more red items