edw3rdwood
Grandmaster
What is the best way to determine my chance to provo advanced mobs? I'm looking to take Provo to 100+ but am wondering how high I need it to be for certain monsters
100+ Provocation question
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Blaine the Gypsy
Grandmaster
I don't know but I have 120 and I still fail even on lower end mobs.
DragonxBC
Grandmaster
you only need 115 provoke to always suceed except on ancient shadow wryms paragorns you get a small 2% chance to fail.
If blaine is failing on lower end mobs i already know why its happening lol
If blaine is failing on lower end mobs i already know why its happening lol
Check out the official UO bard difficulty calculator: http://uo.stratics.com/content/skills/bardingdifficulty.php
Again, it might not be 100% correct as UOF is a custom server.
Again, it might not be 100% correct as UOF is a custom server.
DragonxBC
Grandmaster
i have two 115 provokers and 2 tamers 120, im a power farmer i know these things
edw3rdwood
Grandmaster
Nice, thanks for that link, perfect
Magpie
Adept
What's the best way to raise Provo from 100-115? Does deceit table rotting corpses still work?
Snickle
Grandmaster
Yea I'd imagine blaine is probably using below then 100 music. If you fail your music check, you won't even get to the Provo check. 100 music and you never fail your music check. I've tested at 90 music and way too often did I get the message "you play your instrument poorly, thus having no effect." Which means I failed the music check and didn't even make it to the Provo check.
I have 115 provo and still fail like one in ten time vs ancient wyrms at my lvl 6 maps. Also at 115, I still fail on some shadow wyrm paragons. I'd recommend striving for 120 so you don't fail paragons
I have 115 provo and still fail like one in ten time vs ancient wyrms at my lvl 6 maps. Also at 115, I still fail on some shadow wyrm paragons. I'd recommend striving for 120 so you don't fail paragons
Snickle
Grandmaster
You should have kept it at that. It's more accurate then your original statement.
Blaine the Gypsy
Grandmaster
No I have 100 Music 120 Provo and use slayer instruments. Well fed and not thirsty.
Snickle
Grandmaster
Hmm. I never use slayer weapons. Tends to be a lot more work. Using the wrong slayer on as mob could lead to a higher chance of failing. Like a Repond drum on a lich Lord. Maybe that's the problem you're having. Exceptional ftw 
Bromista
Grandmaster
lol 120 never fails unless using an opposing slayer instruments on high end paragons.
Shame on you Blaine!
Shame on you Blaine!
edw3rdwood
Grandmaster
I noticed an Ancient Lich "cannot be the first target of Provoke" or whatever on that site. Does this carry for any other mobs? Should I generally provoke "weaker" mobs ONTO stronger mobs as a rule of thumb?
Bromista
Grandmaster
I actually don't think skill gain is effected by the order of difficulty of mobs provoked. I think skill gain is just based on pass/fail and just seems like a correlation.
However there are a handful of spawn that cannot be provoked (you get a msg saying you cannot provoke these creatures) but CAN be provoked onto. Ancient liches are not one of these creatures, you can provoke these at will assuming 120 provo.
All this being said I have been 120 provo for a year now. Before 120 there were creatures I could not provoke, actually I think 110 was the benchmark you had to hit to be able to provoke some creatures that a GM provo could not.
However there are a handful of spawn that cannot be provoked (you get a msg saying you cannot provoke these creatures) but CAN be provoked onto. Ancient liches are not one of these creatures, you can provoke these at will assuming 120 provo.
All this being said I have been 120 provo for a year now. Before 120 there were creatures I could not provoke, actually I think 110 was the benchmark you had to hit to be able to provoke some creatures that a GM provo could not.
Bromista
Grandmaster
Could be wrong about that first part but I'm pretty sure there's some sort of equation that takes the difficulty of both monsters and spits out a success chance that's the same forwards or backwards.