capture chance

[brittle minnow]

Something is wrong with capture chance. I only had t5 and master shards because everything lower fails. Yesterday i failed two in a row at 70-75% i dont remember well. And today i said lets just consume the t5 and went with a 98% capture chance, and it failed obviously. Heard alot of people saying that there is smtg off

[stiff lagoon]

Can confirm this, just had 100% Capture rate chance with a T4 shard and +35 capture power drone upgrade on a T1 stage 3 Tibi Rukko, and it failed so there has to be a offset

[bright solar]

I have once failed to capture an illuvial with 96% success chance, 3 times in a row.

[brittle minnow]

Omg guys, what you are telling is worse than i expected

[heavy dock]

Yesterday I failed 5x 100% captures 🤣

[wooden sable]

For sure lynx are bugged. Most others seem ok to me

[cyan imp]

Is it the bonding curve?
Cause lynx are hunted hard for airdrop points?

[wooden sable]

i dont think capture rate has anything to do with that? and think it was before anyway

[cyan imp]

it has, bonding curve influences drop and capture rate

[wooden sable]

oh wow didnt know that. Either way dont think it is and its not showing the correct amount by a long way

[cyan imp]

yea, indeed

[rough prairie]

Didnt know that either, good to know!

I keep hearing people missing all the time with 98-100% on lynx, i think its bugged

I caught 4-5 with epic shards without any problem yesterday

[cyan imp]

yea, noted 40 tries with 90-96%capture rate and result was pretty much a coinflip.
Just 40 tries, but you get a feeling where it could be 🙂

[echo oak]

my personal theory is capture power chips only work visually from my experience playing

[west kestrel]

Capture rates are definitely too punishing. I just missed out on a lynx twice using resplendent shards. You shouldn't need to throw a Master Shard at a T2 Illuviual.

[iron furnace]

the bonding curve should mean less encounter, not lower capture rate

[true socket]

It's buged 100% 🙂

I reported this problem a long time ago, it is especially pronounced on the LYNX S3

[cyan imp]

both

[heavy dock]

why do we need both though?

[cyan imp]

one of many times aaron mentioned it

[heavy dock]

if it's capped to a 100% max increased difficulty I'm fine with it.

[iron furnace]

how does it make sense that the bonding curve affecting capture difficulty?

does the illuvial aware that they are on the brink of extinction and struggle more

[cyan imp]

what do i know mate 😄
If i had to guess i would say to counter inflation
Droprate just balances appearance but has no impact at all on inflation

[heavy dock]

obviously they develop shard resistance over time 🤓

[raven pelican]

Can confirm that I've failed many 80-99% rates in a row. They tend to be Lynxes too

[brittle minnow]

I completely agree with you

[brittle minnow]

Can't stop laughing

[cyan imp]

due to evolution, every creature either develops resistance, or techs vs their natural predator.
But who knows the lore behind it.... can't wait for mainnet and lore launch

[inner anvil]

would you expect lower spawnrates of the illuvial instead? that would just make the overworld boring with 10000 [insert useless illuvial here] and nothing else. as the rest is being caught for arena.

[desert heath]

still a problem with shards I see

[iron furnace]

thats shoud be the idea of a bonding curve.
the more u catch em the rarer they get.
lots of the illuvials are endangered species
some animals do learn from each other like raven/crows
but the illuvials are defeated and chained.
how can they develop resistance to the shards, the drone is disintegrating the illuvials
the only way they can increase resistance is by increasing the bonding of the atoms which should increase their mass and making them slower with the same anatomy

[inner anvil]

You could argue only the most elusive illuvials eith the highest atomic bonding remain in nature after the less dense ones were caught before. #survival of the fittest.

[iron furnace]

#plot armor

[inner anvil]

For sure. But i dont think it would be nicr to do a run and only find T1S1s and not a single intrresting illuvial.

[iron furnace]

that can make the higher tiers, higher stages more valuable
as intended

[brittle minnow]

Maybe the illuvials that are at the final of bonding curve can appear as ethereals helping the other one

[dreamy blade]

While I was testing it, the range between 85-89% is just broken. And that's no Lynxes.... I had 22 captures and 9 failed captures. Then I stopped counting because it's obviously broken.

Also the range from 60-67% I was at like 4 captures and 7 fails....

Personally I think it's dumb that you can't catch something that's tier 3 with tier 3 shard. (Even though you should have like 75% chance to do it in two tries) I never captured a tier 4 with anything other than Master shards. I have no idea how others are doing it....

The numbers in game are just wrong or I have the worst luck ever...

*edit: there is actually 35% chance of catching something tier 4 with tier 4 shard....

Also, the testnet is out for like a month. If that's the reason why % are silly then what will happen when we go live and have like twice as many players? We won't be able to catch anything after 2 weeks?

[stark pumice]

Have any of Illuvium team said anything on this yet?

[dreamy blade]

I haven't heard anything apart from Lynx problem that will be fixed in the future.

[stark pumice]

It's more than just Lynx

[iron furnace]

yes its gonna get fixed

[stark pumice]

Sweet

[dreamy blade]

What is? Lynxes or everything? Is there anything from team members about that anywhere?

[stark pumice]

It's 100% not just Lynxes, just failed Axodon 3 times, 85%, 85%, 96%

Raffle ticket lost and what, $30 of shards?

[heavy dock]

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[stark pumice]

Ahhh ok

Aight I'll sit out till it's fixed

[uneven berry]

This is indeed really frustrating. Also shards are way to expensive.

[dreamy blade]

Especially if you need tier 5 shards to catch tier 3 illuvials...

[dreamy blade]

Just a bit more proof that it's broken...

This is without any Lynxes...

Even if all of the numbers were 50% it would be pretty bad... but with these numbers is obviously just very broken and should be the main focus to fix imo.

[inner anvil]

They are aware and in the process of fixing. As it is a testnet beta, this stuff can naturally happen when new mechanics are introduced.

[cold stone]

Can confirm stabbin/vermillia line is also broken

[dreamy blade]

Did we see any comments from the team?

[inner anvil]

About 2 yes.

[dreamy blade]

Would it be possible to link them or where can one find them?