Absurd difficulty increases? Not for me
Eltiner
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I have a lot going on in my life but I had been using WU as a nice diversion but the obvious alterations to mechanics during events has finally hit the breaking point. Just had four (4) Masterful casts on a single Low Brilliant Trace resisted. I'm level 32. Yup, I'm done. I've seen this happen time and time again (but not to this extent) during special events where it takes twice as many casts to do the same thing for the needed quest achievements.
Just deleted the game from the phone.
Hopefully the powers that be will rethink this policy and maybe save others who feel as I do. In the meantime, the reclaimed time will be well used with reading, tidying and appeasing the cats
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According to the charts at https://community.harrypotterwizardsunite.com/en/discussion/2334/frustrating-foundables-the-threat-scale-explained#latest
A "low" threat can have a base return rate of 45%; this means that a beginning wizard has a 45-70% chance of success. At level 32, your chance of success ranges from 47-73%.
So you still have slightly more than 1/4th chance of failure with a masterful cast.
4 fails in a row? That's about a 1-in-200+ chance of happening, or 0.5%.
That's expected to happen to everyone at least once. Sorry you feel so upset about it.
If you had 70% success chance, and missed each? That's 0.3^4 or 0.8%, or about 1 in 120.
4 perfect, 73% fails? 0.53%. 1 in 188.
That's not changed odds. That's just RNG.
I'm almost level 34 and I've been having the same problem. One minute I'm able to catch a graphorn with one cast the next I'm having to do it 10+ times to get it to work, if it doesn't flee on me at that point. I thought things were supposed to be easier to catch the higher you go but clearly that's not true. Low and even medium threats should not be that hard to catch🤦🏼♀️
It is true. You are expecting a massively larger bonus than what actually exists.
I agree with @Keybounce explaining the percentages and RNG. A masterful cast is not necessarily a GUARANTEE unless (1) the hand on the threat clock points directly up and (2) your masterful is perfect and the arrow moves all the way to the right. Only if BOTH of those circumstances are met can you be guaranteed success. That doesn’t happen often, but you can force it with an exstimulo if necessary.
@Eltiner sorry to hear you’ve given up over something like RNG and odds. Mischief managed.
Why should it be that the catch rate is so stupid low though? Also am I not supposed to improve as I level? I honestly don't see much of a difference now at 40 from when I was level 5 or so.
Devs should really review catch/resist rates imo, its very frustrating to see my masterful casts fail 10x in a row against a mooncalf or some other low foundable. It kills the game's momentum and really drives people away from playing/spending if its that frustrating.
Too bad that it's quite easy at level 50 to catch most severe's without a potion and doing only great.
There is RNG, but most of the time it's just boring to catch everything...
But now they made this game so easy that it feels more like PoGo where you can get to max level so fast that it's not worth playing. I don't even play every day, and mostly only 2 hours a day.
@Hidrazona Love your handle! And you're my hero. I finally broke 100 masterful casts recently and I threw a covid party for my wife and I to celebrate. I'm not a great caster and don't ever expect to reach 1000 for the final achievement but it should be fun trying. 10x in a row? You're definitely my hero today. Thumbs up!