Originally Posted by
Kawfee
Lots of conflicting information in this thread. My experience and the experience of others and the details of other guides I read directly opposes some of the stuff people are saying here. My experience and most guides from people who crafted heavily in beta say:
White orb = average chance for success on what you are trying to do; best bet is to use STANDARD
Yellow orb = best chance for success on what you are trying to do; for example, if you are trying to HQ, use BOLD for more quality or higher guildleve reward. If you are just trying to get to 100% PROGRESS, use RAPID as that moves the bar the fastest.
Flashing orb = Random result; can give you the effect of either white, yellow, or red orb. Best bet is to WAIT, but I don't like waiting more than 3 times in a row as the durability loss starts to get too high.
Red orb = worst chance for success; always wait on Red.
Following this advice I almost always have success unless the RNG just bitchslaps me down.