Upgrading to legendary with 75% chance

Jdray

So if I want to upgrade my purple to gold but I have 3 chromium platings what are my chances of this working so far it says 75% but wondering if anyones tried it and had success. I really dont wanna waste any more money on this its redic expensive. (I am only here for the divine gold achievement)

Juhasow

it's 75% chance. What other answer are You expecting. You can fail or not. It's rng.

Aisleyne

I would suggest waiting until you've saved up one more plating. You may get lucky, but rng is rng and you'll be much worse off if you lose the 3 platings you have.

xWarbrain

Don't know what server you play on, but on Xbox NA you'd be gambling ~195k for a chance at saving ~65k.

If you have the luck that I do, save up for the 4th plate. For me, 75% might as well be 0%.

Gilvoth

Aisleyne wrote: »

I would suggest waiting until you've saved up one more plating. You may get lucky, but rng is rng and you'll be much worse off if you lose the 3 platings you have.

i have to go with this ^

in addition, i would suggest simply build up purple jewelry and break them down and then sell those rewards untill you earn enough to outright build your own gold set. in the process youll also get some gold matterials needed for the gold platings just from breaking down purple jewelry.
it might seem really tuff, but its worth the work, and you'll enjoy it far better than chancing destroying a purple set and 3 gold platings.

Taleof2Cities

Are you participating in the types of content where you even need gold jewelry, @Jdray?

Unless you’re chasing Trials or Arena Leaderboards, or in an organized PvP raid, there’s really no need for gold jewelry to clear content.

The stat difference between purple and gold is minuscule.

Gnortranermara

Jdray wrote: »

what are my chances of this working so far it says 75%

It's lying. Never trust the machines; they're trying to take over. The chance is 100%. Do it. Dooooo it.

method__01

the only time i tried was years ago with a piece of armor (75%)
lost all mats
just wait till you got 100%

Gilvoth

my friend did it with 75% chance
yes
he did succeed but ....
i do not suggest doing it.

Alinhbo_Tyaka

Like the other's have said I would wait until you have all of the materials. Given the rarity of Chromium it isn't worth the risk of losing what you have.

idk

Juhasow wrote: »

it's 75% chance. What other answer are You expecting. You can fail or not. It's rng.

Pretty much this. OP can decide to not "waste" any more money on upgrading but may be left losing the everything in the process.

There is a truthism that the more important the task is the less favorable RNG will be. LOL.

CassandraGemini

method__01 wrote: »

the only time i tried was years ago with a piece of armor (75%)
lost all mats
just wait till you got 100%

Does it also destroy the item you try to improve? I believe the description says something like this when you don't have a 100% chance. I never took the chance to go with anything less than 100%, so I don't know, but that would really suck.

Royaji

CassandraGemini wrote: »

method__01 wrote: »

the only time i tried was years ago with a piece of armor (75%)
lost all mats
just wait till you got 100%

Does it also destroy the item you try to improve? I believe the description says something like this when you don't have a 100% chance. I never took the chance to go with anything less than 100%, so I don't know, but that would really suck.

It does. Trying to improve with anything below 100% can make your item go "poof". Don't do it.

CassandraGemini

Royaji wrote: »

CassandraGemini wrote: »

method__01 wrote: »

the only time i tried was years ago with a piece of armor (75%)
lost all mats
just wait till you got 100%

Does it also destroy the item you try to improve? I believe the description says something like this when you don't have a 100% chance. I never took the chance to go with anything less than 100%, so I don't know, but that would really suck.

It does. Trying to improve with anything below 100% can make your item go "poof". Don't do it.

Damn. Good thing I never did it then. Thanks for the info!

Gilvoth

you can do just as good with purple as you can with Gold.
the amount of increase from purple to Gold is minimal.

Hippie4927

Gilvoth wrote: »

you can do just as good with purple as you can with Gold.
the amount of increase from purple to Gold is minimal.

The OP stated that they are doing it for the achievement so gold is necessary.

To the OP.........I wouldn't risk it. I would get that last plating and go with 100%.

Jdray

Juhasow wrote: »

it's 75% chance. What other answer are You expecting. You can fail or not. It's rng.

This is the most "internet" response lol

SirAndy

Juhasow wrote: »

it's 75% chance. What other answer are You expecting. You can fail or not. It's rng.

And since it is ZOS rng, your actual chances are more like 25% ...

Alinhbo_Tyaka

SirAndy wrote: »

Juhasow wrote: »

it's 75% chance. What other answer are You expecting. You can fail or not. It's rng.

And since it is ZOS rng, your actual chances are more like 25% ...

If you're lucky.

Taleof2Cities

SirAndy wrote: »

Juhasow wrote: »

it's 75% chance. What other answer are You expecting. You can fail or not. It's rng.

And since it is ZOS rng, your actual chances are more like 25% ...

Here’s another insightful ...

Banana

Tried once. Failed once. Dont do it.

validifyedneb18_ESO

not worth it.

bmnoble

Never worth the risk of upgrading anything without a 100% chance of success.

If it fails you lose the mats and the item.

A mate of mine lost one of the DLC monster helms upgrading below the 100% success chance, ended up costing him another 100K to get another one of the Golden vendor, then another 40 - 50K in mats to upgrade it later on once he maxed the crafting line.

Juhasow

Jdray wrote: »

Juhasow wrote: »

it's 75% chance. What other answer are You expecting. You can fail or not. It's rng.

This is the most "internet" response lol

You also want a chart attached presenting propability distribution ? I mean like seriously what answer can You expect when You basically ask "what is my chance to fail when I have 75% to succed ?".

Jdray

Juhasow wrote: »

Jdray wrote: »

Juhasow wrote: »

it's 75% chance. What other answer are You expecting. You can fail or not. It's rng.

This is the most "internet" response lol

You also want a chart attached presenting propability distribution ? I mean like seriously what answer can You expect when You basically ask "what is my chance to fail when I have 75% to succed ?".

nope insight, and a few opinions needed to sway my decision. Im gathering more folks risked it lost there gear in the process (didn't know that )then the latter. I honestly thought allot of more people risked it and succeeded, seeing the 75% odds where in their favor.
In the end this was helpful as I will just save up and wait to get the additional plating.

Buttt to answer your original (what was I expecting?) every answer you didn't give ..so like if you couldn't be bothered why respond?

Reivax

Considering how many times I fail at a 90% pickpocket attempt... I wouldn't risk it.

sharquez

75% really means 0% chance. Do not take the risk.

WiseSky

YOLO

Veinblood1965

I was curious about this a while back and tried it once and was able to make the upgrade. So it's actually 100%.

iluvataris

I used to to this.. a few times.. until that one fail... Haha

Salix_alba

I tried it once and it worked that means It will never work again for me knowing this game. And by tried I mean I I sneezed with my hands on the upgrade and accept keys

Don't risk it that will be 240,000 gone because when they say 75% it seems they mean 95% of the time it will fail