The NPC Amity mini-game in BDO can get confusing and has a lot of detail and permutations. It is also very useful if you want to get gear for your horse, Yuria weapons, the new Grunil armor, etc. much cheaper from an NPC than from the marketplace.
You can fumble through it and get enough success that you don''t really need to understand how it works to get by. But then, you run into a tough SOB like Mevo Muranan in Altinova, the blacksmith who sells Grunil armor.
He's tough regardless and if you get a "fail to spark interest" of more than 2, you might as well just escape right out, waste your energy and try again. Words to the wise: with him if you can get +50 in one or two tries, just take it and run and don't try to get lucky on the third try.
Our friend Duffy has a nice guide the explains all the ins and outs of how the mini-game works:
http://dulfy.net/2016/03/04/black-desert-online-conversation-and-amity-guide/But someone who posted on reddit threw math at the problem and came-up with a web tool that makes it even simpler to have good success:
http://bdotools.com/ ... hence the "for dummies" part of the title
Enjoy!
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