Lucky/Unlucky on new rollsFollow

From testing on Wiki, looks like the lucky/unlucky numbers don't follow the formula of the previous 20 rolls, where the unlucky was always lucky+4.

Caster's is estimated to be:

1	2% (Lowest) 
2 	18% (Lucky) 
3	5% 
4	6% 
5	8% 
6	10% 
7 	5% (Unlucky) 
8	11% 
9	12% 
10	13% 
11	20%

Two interesting things...
1) The unlucky isn't lucky+4, meaning it's something we have to pay attention to instead of using common COR wisdom.

2) A roll of 1 is actually the lowest buff, which is unusual. Ones are usually bad rolls, but not as bad as the unlucky.

Bolter's is also possibly unusual. Wiki claims lucky/unlucky are 3/9, but I haven't seen much testing.

These rolls have nob job boost do they?

OK if no job boost, then does AF2 hat have any effect?
And is there actually a speed boost with different rolls on bolters?

1) AF2 hat doesn't have any effect on Corsair's Roll, so there is precedent in AF2 hat doing nothing for a particular roll. If we're assuming that COR is the associated job to the new rolls (I think this is probably a safe assumption), the Tricorne shouldn't have any affect.

2) Keep in mind I haven't personally tested either roll, but from people who are playing around with it they claim there are different speeds with different rolls on Bolter's. Bolter's is likely harder to test to get true numbers, but you could probably get a close enough baseline to at least tell worse/same/better than other players with either:
a) A different number Bolter's Roll
b) The 5 different levels of Quickening from the Swift Shoes super Kupower
c) Various movement speed gear (many 12% pieces, 8% ASA legs, 25% NIN AF feet)
d) Other movement buffs (Mazurkas, Spectral Jig)

The best thing about Bolter's is that it does seem from reports to stack with movement speed gear (including Quickening).



Again, I can't personally confirm anything. But the numbers on Wiki seem too specific to be just pulled from out of nowhere. It does seem odd, and that's what prompted me to make the topic to begin with. But doesn't seem completely unrealistic to think that SE would deviate from the standard with these new rolls, which are already a bit odd in that they don't neatly map to the 20 jobs.

By the numbers, you should only stay on II or VIII+.

Average expected result is Fast Cast+12.77%.

No testing is needed, as the game gives us the lucky/unlucky numbers at the top of the screen when you highlight the ability in the phantom roll menu.

Edit: fail2quote

Edited, Jun 26th 2010 2:12am by AniRedMage