I did the engine focused distributor on an AspX yesterday, and it took this many rolls: 1-1-2-3-8.
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That's basically no different to how it was... At least, just to push through without maxing.
Have fdev actually confirmed exactly what this is or is everyone just guessing? Some of the comments in this thread suggest change but the numbers do not.
The article doesn't explicitly say what's being suggested at all (no, sorry, it doesn't, arguing about the potential semantics doesn't explicitly confirm it). And it's a temporary thing (7th January) anyway.
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There is a 1 roll difference for grades 2-4. G5 rolls have been in the range of 6-10 rolls for me. Almost the same snoozefest.
I've been able to max g1 in one roll for months though. G2 sometimes too.
Just doesn't seem there's an empirical confirmation of this. It's just theory? Or did this happen before at Christmas?
This time G2 is maxed out in a guaranteed single roll.
So is 11238 maxing out each?
I did it again, this time with Thermal Resistant Shields, and got the same 1-1-2-3-8.
I must specify that by maxing out a grade I mean unlocking the next grade, but not necessarily getting the tick on the previous grade. In the video below I spent 1 roll on G2 and unlocked G3, but there was no tick on G2. From G3 to G4 there was.
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11238 is consistently possible to just get to G5 max; the guideline is 2-2-4-4-10 because rarely it'll take that many (but never for all 5). If that's what you're seeing now, either nothing has changed yet or the article means something else changed or is going to change.
I can't remember a single time I was able to go from G2 to G3 in a single roll, let alone do it consistently. G3 to G4 in just 2 rolls I could not do either. Same goes for unlocking G5 in just 3 rolls. To me this sounds like a reduced mat requirement albeit a tiny one.
Our experiences differ then
As I said above, it's largely anecdotal right now. And I'd suggest Occam's razor if the "buff" just happens to only impact grade 1 (immaterial anyway) to maybe g4 (3 rolls isn't an upgrade in my book), conveniently ignoring g5, which is the only grade that really matters in terms of materials costs. More so given the wording of the article.
I admit I might be seeing double. I've recently engineered a brand new AspS, and it felt weird and way too easy. Then I saw this announcement.Our experiences differ then
As I said above, it's largely anecdotal right now. And I'd suggest Occam's razor if the "buff" just happens to only impact grade 1 (immaterial anyway) to maybe g4 (3 rolls isn't an upgrade in my book), conveniently ignoring g5, which is the only grade that really matters in terms of materials costs. More so given the wording of the article.
Our experiences differ then
As I said above, it's largely anecdotal right now. And I'd suggest Occam's razor if the "buff" just happens to only impact grade 1 (immaterial anyway) to maybe g4 (3 rolls isn't an upgrade in my book), conveniently ignoring g5, which is the only grade that really matters in terms of materials costs. More so given the wording of the article.
On one side I’m like “whatever - just don’t think about it”, but on the other side I can feel that I’m irritated with them for excluding the grade that matters the most: G5, as you say. It’s like saying: “Here’s a nice Christmas gift, but because we don’t want you to be too happy or greedy we’ll just grab G5 once you‘ve removed the wrapping”. That’s a pretty strange behavior in my book.
That's fine but have fdev actually confirmed any of this?
I've not tried engineering since yesterday, I'll admit, but all I'm seeing here is anecdotal placebo. 11238 == the sugar pill imo.
Yes, 6 rolls to get G1 to 100%. And yes, unlocked him last week, took me some time to get the mats etc. hence the recent visit...
G1 in single roll happened to me once. I did FSD upgrade a while back via remote workshop. Never seen this again after...
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I'm just confused then. G1 maxes for me 99% of the time in 1 roll.
2 is an outlying rarity. But 6???
I could go record a video this afternoon just spamming g1 max rolls with absolute confidence. Really not understanding how your experience can be so wildly different.
The only time it takes close to 6 rolls is if the engineer is freshly unlocked and reputation is zero.
Your reputation rank with that engineer must've been under 5 when you were doing your rolls. Doing a full module upgrade is enough to raise your standing with them from 1 to 5. Come back to the same engineer again, and you'll see how the number of rolls is significantly less.
Something really not right there.