Do 3 purple items able to grind out a legendary item?

[jielong1234]

i have try a few dozen times putting 3 purple item into the grinder,but it always gets a purple item
is there really a chance of getting a legendary from 3 purple ?
also how do i get a revolver from the grinder ? is there a formula to get a specific type of item from grinder ? or just specific category of item like pistol or shield ?

thank you so much

[Stinking1]

no

[trukr]

Yes 3 purple can make an orange but IMHO not often. Here is a link to a grinder guide that may help.
http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/t/color-coded-grinder-recipes-guide/192416

[jielong1234]

i m confused.
what is the % of getting a orange from 3 purple ?

[trukr]

Originally posted by jielong1234:

i m confused.
what is the % of getting a orange from 3 purple ?

I don't know, but I never try to know those things. I don't really use the grinder much anyway, maybe I should but I keep thinking no time, there are places to go and people to kill.... wow that sounds bad

[MR2_Pilot]

I like the way the chances are given in that link; "Better than average"! :)

[jielong1234]

"Better than average" that is a total lie !!
i have grind more than 60 purple guns and never ever get an orange gun

[trukr]

Originally posted by jielong1234:

"Better than average" that is a total lie !!
i have grind more than 60 purple guns and never ever get an orange gun

See, that's the thing about chance, each time you try the chance-O-meter is reset, you have the same exact chance each time. There are a number of places where I can't remember getting anything, like Flameknuckle, no Nukem in for-freaking-ever now, but had been seeing them from time to time, chance is chance.

[decimus28]

You can get orange. I've gotten 5 or 6 orange handguns by grinding 3 purple handguns. A foxtrot shield from 3 purple shields and so on. My rate is about 5% to get legendary from purple playing in TVHM at lvl 47.

[RCJenn]

Here's the only guaranteed way of getting legendaries from the grinder;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl8YwG5bnHw

[FireBurn]

There are slim chance to get legendary from three purple weapons. Keep trying, but you may farm some bosses.

Originally posted by rcjenn40:

Here's the only guaranteed way of getting legendaries from the grinder;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl8YwG5bnHw

You nuts?

[decimus28]

It might be as high as 10%. I got another 6 legendary shotguns from grinding purple tonight. This one was first try.

https://youtu.be/-zPeGiMuqNc

[jielong1234]

i read a post at the gearbox offical forum,it says it is about 5% to grind purple into orange
http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/t/grinder-success-rate-for-non-moonstone-grinds/74747

so that settled this post i guess

[decimus28]

Those samples sizes are way too small but they do line up with my results. 194 purple grinds last night for 9 legendary, so 4.64%. Not sure why it would go down after the increased loot patch.

[jielong1234]

i have grinded more than 150 purple and still no legendary.WTF

[Thunderclapsasquatch]

Originally posted by jielong1234:

i m confused.
what is the % of getting a orange from 3 purple ?

The recipe for legendaries is two legendaries and a purple of the legendary type you want,

Example: two legendaries and a purple rocket launcher gives you a random rocket launcher legendary