ACtually even in eq1 your player stats have nothing to do with the chance of a successful combine, SOE even released a statement years ago to confirm that. However your stats in eq1 did increase your chance at skill ups. For instance if your STR was higher then WIS/INT then STR would increase your chance for successful blacksmithing combines.
I have actually found with the eq2 tradeskill system I can still get less then pristine on a combine that is 30 levels below me if I don't use my counter skills etc.
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