Just to clarify, when I say "L4.5" in that earlier post, I mean the skill in question AND the "general" level is 4, and the dial is half-filled to the next level. See below, where Julia is L4 and 100%, and the formula still doesn't work quite like people have previously stated -
And yes, I picked the right option (I have the Fortune Teller equipped).
I should have hit 80% according to the several descriptions, but as you see I do not. So now I have 2 questions -
1) My original question that no one has answered: Is the disparity between a level 3 and level 4 guest expected? If it really is as different as it seems, level 5 guests will require cash bribes to be satisfied.
2) Is the formula that several people have posted (including the quoted post) correct, and I have a bug or something; OR is the formula incorrect and this kind of failure is expected?
Yeah, seems that you're missing 5% from what you should have.
60% for skill.
+ 10% for Cards.
+5% for inventory item.
+ 5% for room item.
You should be hitting 80%. Strange.
I had the same thing in the massage room, once. Laura had previously satisfied her when I did it manually the first time, then failed on auto the following time she visited.
I reloaded & equipped the Courtesan card to make her 85%, just to be sure. She passed without issue then.
I also found that when Sofia is in the Dining Room, I needed to have Courtesan equipped to Amber in the restaurant. Having it equipped to Julia, in the kitchen, brought a failure.
Re your questions:
1. 85% is currently achieveable. It depends how much extra the girls gain when they reach Lv. 5.
We may also get some new items or cards with higher increases. An extra inventory item with a 10% increase would only leave 5% increase required for Lv. 5 skill to make them reach 100%.
2. AFAIK the formula stands correct. As much as your post shows it not to. I do not know why my girl, or yours, both failed. I also do not understand why yours is only achieving 75%, when the items should take her to 80% and satisfaction. That's peculiar but I cannot replicate as I already have the guest at VIP, so cannot see the % I reach as it's on auto now.
I just know that increasing it to 85% removed any problem.
Edit: Just ran a test, with Nora Walsh (the nun) as guest. She needs 70%.
I put Kay in the kitchen. She only has Courtesan card equipped.
So 60% + 5% from card + 5% from room item.
She satisfied the guest.