Just for +0.1...

Tried skilling up again today.

Starting Goldsmithing skill: 72.4
Skillup synth: Ashura (cap 75)
Imagery Support: None
Equipment of note: Pluto's Staff
Direction: North
Location: Mog House
Moghancement: Powerful Fire
Moon phase: Darksday, Waxing Gibbous (64%)

72.4
2:52 Success.
3:05 Success.
3:20 Failed- lost the Gold Ingot, Uchigatana.
4:34 Success.

No skillup. >_<

I tried again later during the day though, and did...slightly better:

Starting Goldsmithing skill: 72.4
Skillup synth: Ashura (cap 75)
Imagery Support: None
Equipment of note: Pluto's Staff
Direction: North
Location: Mog House
Moghancement: Powerful Fire
Moon phase: Darksday, Waxing Gibbous (83%)

72.4
7:49 Success, +0.1!

72.5
8:02 Failed- lost the Gold Thread.
8:15 Success.
8:29 Success.
10:45 Success.

Just out of curiosity, I decided to go back and count all the Ashuras I've made so far, just to get an idea of what the pace is like. The count isn't exactly the most encouraging, either. In twenty-nine synths, I've gotten +0.5. >_<

I remember back when I was doing Moonring Blades, I figured a stack of synths would get +0.3, or one skillup every four synths. This is even worse than that. I really ought to start looking back at my data and see just when the skillup conditions are more favourable. I'm already having a rough idea, but I need some more data to confirm that.

On another note, I checked out the Platinum Ingots in lieu of what I said in my previous post. For goodnes knows what reason, there are now fourteen stacks of Platinum Ingots on sale...-_-