| elements, moon phases, etc may all indeed play a role in synths. however, the effects of this falls far behind the power of chance.
One of my LS members noted that he took data of HQs while synthing carrot broth in december '03 (when you could profit off the HQ), saying that moon phases and days of the week did jack to the results. I was a bit skeptical, so I've been taking data of my nebimonite ink synths over the last month or so. While I don't have enough data to say that moonphases have no effect (though I highly doubt it), I can say for sure that the days of the week did nothing to increase the odds of a HQ. Theoretically, if the days of the week affected it, any wkday other than darksday should see a fair hit in synth success/hq rate as ink synthesis uses dark crystals.
If you'd like to believe in phases and weekdays for synthesis (exempting fishing), go ahead; I still do try to do skillups on certain moonphases as well if they cost a lot of money. Then again, I did do 25 runs on lancewood lumber for only +.4 to woodwork... Oh, the pain.
I'll post the excel sheet up if anyone cares to see it. |