Stealth nerfs to weapon crafting?

[Shiaru]

First off hello again everyone. So let me just jump right in and say that I've read all the patch notes that I missed while on a hiatus. (Was waiting for the new area) But there are several issues that i noticed were not in the patch notes. One of these issues is the percentage of success on smelting. I was enhancing my newly made dark enbus when i noticed that the percent was only 50% when i smelted from +40 to +50 enhancement. Another issue with yoshitsune I'm having is that she is not giving me as many great repairs as she used to, it also seems like she is giving bad repairs more often. Did i miss something in the patch notes or am i just delusional?

[Miyako Tachibana]

Sadly to say, this was always a thing, even at the birth of Onigiri.

[Firon]

According to the wiki, the base smelting chance for the +40 has been increased (from 40%). I'm not sure if it was the case before, but the chance is now based on Yoshitsune's level which is probably why it's different. The thing about bad repairs is that there were some people who also thought the rate increased, but given the sample size, it's impossible to make a definite conclusion. Given that you weren't the first to think so, it may not be entirely baseless, or it might just be that dungeons are longer now (as some concluded before).

[Shiaru]

Firon,
My yoshitsune is maxed. its just extremely frustrating when you fail a 65% success chance like 9 times in a row and blow all your gold. This game's weapons system is the worst

[Ryxa]

According to the wiki, the base smelting chance for the +40 has been increased (from 40%). I'm not sure if it was the case before, but the chance is now based on Yoshitsune's level which is probably why it's different.

It's base success rate on the wiki. Yoshitsune's level will give a bonus from between 0% to 10% based on friendship level, which is why Shiaru (And pretty much all of us) has 50%.

[Firon]

According to the wiki, the base smelting chance for the +40 has been increased (from 40%). I'm not sure if it was the case before, but the chance is now based on Yoshitsune's level which is probably why it's different.

It's base success rate on the wiki. Yoshitsune's level will give a bonus from between 0% to 10% based on friendship level, which is why Shiaru (And pretty much all of us) has 50%.

Oh, that makes sense. I assumed base with respect to smelting options only for some reason.

Firon,
My yoshitsune is maxed. its just extremely frustrating when you fail a 65% success chance like 9 times in a row and blow all your gold. This game's weapons system is the worst

Fail chaining can be pretty bad. The thing I hate the most about the enhancement system, though, would be the variation in the best +100 and worst +100 of a weapon, eg. a D3 CROSS has a possible 2.5k atk difference due to smelting rng -.-