So after trying for ridiculously long on one particular Ixali reputation quest called
Spread Your Wings and Soar (I have done it over 40 times and still have had 0 successful HQ synths), and after running the numbers through the percentage calculator at
Math.com, I realized there an extremely big math problem going on in FFXIV's Ixali crafting system:
Example 1 -
The game is claiming that 777 is only 13% of 1690. This is a HUGE discrepancy in the game math since 777 is actually 45.97633136094675% of 1690. Rounded it's 46% (using the method we were all taught in grade school, not the banker's rounding method).
Example 2 -
The game is claiming that 751 is also somehow magically only 13% 1690. In real math, 751 is 44.43786982248521% of 1690.
Example 3 -
The game is claiming that 952 is 17% of 1690. Again, wrong... 952 is actually 56.331360946745555% of 1690.
Example 4 -
Game claims 804 is only 14% of 1690. Wrong. It is actually 47.57396449704142%.
Example 5 -
Claiming 670 is 11% of 1690. Incorrect. 670 is really 39.64497041420118%.
Example 6 -
Claiming 871 is 15% of 1690. Nope. It's 51.53846153846153%.
Example 7 -
Says 603 is 10% of 1690. Again, no. It's actually 35.680473372781066%.
Example 8 -
Again, two different numbers are magically the same percentage (example 3, where 952 is supposedly also 17% of 1690). The game is claiming that 938 is 17% of 1690. Wrong, wrong, wrong... It's 55.50295857988166%.
So 8 out of 8 examples are 100% wrong. It seems to me that Square Enix has a major issue with number rounding and/or percentage calculating. As someone who does game programming myself, I can't really figure out how you "accidentally" make such a flawed calculating system. It's actually really hard to get a false percentage reporting system by accident (two completely different numbers coming back at the same percentage), but maybe I'm missing something here... So does anyone else know why these numbers just don't add up? Thanks for your input!
SushiP.S. This quest says you only need a level 18 disciple of the hand to complete it. I call BS on that one since this was not craftable on my level 45 goldsmith using Rolanberry Lassi as a buff, and results actually got worse after I added materia to my gear.
