Not that I can't go buy another mold, but I'm not supposed to lose the mold on combines, failed or not. and yes, I had the mold before the last fail.
Some time ago I think Ngreth posted a fairly detailed explanation of how the fail mechanics work and it was much more complicated than I expected. As I recall he was explaining how you could lose components even if you had a Draught of the Craftsman running. Now I never have any problem with Jewelcrafting, but Tinkering... oh boy! I recently tried to make a new Waist for our SK and failed the 510 trivial 23 times in a row with a 336 Tinker. And of course it ate the most expensive component every single time!
Eqtraders lists that those return the following on failure: Ring Mold, Duo Setting Tool, and Enchanted Refined Restless Velium. However, there's also a note that says there's a chance you'll only recover the Duo Setting Tool. So it could be a bug, but it could also be an annoying design.
Gotta read the small print dude There is a chance you may only recover the Duo Setting Tool on a failure. Trivial at: 510 Which means the returns listed might only be the Duo setting and not the mold Also Returns: Earring Mold(1), Duo Setting Tool(1) Sorry other post was same time as mine lol
I get that it can, but I've made thousands of jewelry pieces over the years and this is the first time it ate the mold. so I was hoping it was a bug.
Sigle/Duo/Trio jewelry can and do consume molds on failures. Not every time, but it happens. In about 1000 combines for Cosgrite/Temporite etc jewelry pieces I would lose 10-15 molds on average, although very randomly.
I had several molds eaten while maxing out JC. Seeing as how they stack, it's not really that big of a deal.
um.. I don't even have Tinkering mastery listed as an AA? not in general, not in archtype, not in class.. so I assume it is 0.. she is only level 85..
Ok, I am gonna talk about open secret, which probably will ruin my tinkering market profit: Tinkering Mastery quest https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=4301 Tinkering Mastery AA are gained by reading books from that quest, as well as usual 3,6,9 AA per level. You end up with usual 3/13 in Tinkering Mastery AA in your General tab, similar to other tradeskills. That 3/13 reduces your failure rate by 50%, with maxxed trophy you start making 3-4 belts out of 5 attempts, instead of 20-70 failures in a row. Here go my tinkering bazaar profits.
yeah.. I just did the quest.. I went to Allahs and looked up Tinkering mastery ... and nah.. I won't be in on your bazaar needs.. I log in, play, log off.. no baz
I semi remember a dev saying that tools are not supposed to be fragile and be returned, but molds are and have a chance you break it in a failed combine. It will be very uncommon but it is by design.