| Hmm, interesting remarks here. Here are my personal findings:
I get the best success rates on synths on the following days, in order of magnitude(greatest to least)
1). Day of the crystal
2). Day of the element weak vs crystal(example: fire crystal/ice day)
3). Lightsday
I get the worst success rates on synths on the following days, in order of magnitude:
1). Day of the element strong vs the crystal(example: fire crystal/watersday)
2). Darksday
Day before/day after in the weekly cycle of days does not seem to have any effect on success rates or HQ rates for me.
I get the best HQ rates on synths on the following days, in order of magnitude
1). Day of the element strong vs the crystal(example fire crystal/watersday)
2). Day of the element weak vs the crystal(example: fire crystal/iceday)
3). Lightsday(I think? Jury's still out on this one).
I get the worst HQ rates on synths on the following days, in order of magnitude
1). Darksday(only suppresses HQs on certain synths, some desynths HQ frequently on this day. Not sure about this)
2). Day of the crystal.
As far as light crystals and dark crystals go, I find that it's best for me to do all my synths with these crystals on lightsday. My rationale:
Light crystal on lightsday:
Major bonus to success rate for synthing on the day of the crystal, minor generic bonus to success rates applied to all synths by Lightsday, minor generic bonus to HQ rates applied to all synths by Lightsday. Possible minor penalty to HQ rates for synthing on the day of the crystal.
Dark crystal on lightsday: decent bonus to success rate for synthing on the day of the element weak vs the crystal, minor bonus to HQs for synthing on the day of the element weak vs the crystal, minor bonus to HQs applied to all synths on Lightsday.
For some reason, when using dark crystals on lightsday, the penalties that theoretically should emerge when using a crystal on the day of the element strong vs the crystal do not emerge. I get higher success rates with dark crystals on lightsday than I do on darksday. I would assume that similar conditions prevail when using light crystals on darksday, though given the latent bonuses/penalties associated with lightsday and darksday, I believe that you'll see better success rates with light crystals on lightsday(rather than darksday). |