Family Name: BashForFun
Region (NA/EU): EU
The problem:
Here a couple of stats from the EU Market:
Possible ways to improve the system:
1. Introduction of an automatic polishing and upgrading system:
2. Intoducing failstacks for Alchemy Stones and show upgrade chances:
3. Adding protection to all alchemy stone upgrades or removing downgrades from lower alchemy stone levels and allow force upgrades on lower levels:
4. Increase Marketplace Price to make clicking alch stones profitable
Final remarks:
With best regards,
BashForFun
1. Merge polish and growth into one thing then introduce continous growth until you have materials in inventory. Also change required alchemy stone exp to always be 100% only to simplify things.
2. True
3. I wouldn't add force upgrades if they would add continous polish/growth. Protection (similar to cron stones) from destroying/downgrading is definitely must have, it could be new recipe that utilises currently useless items like Crystallized Despairs, Scorching Sun Shards, Corrupted Breath and other items from another regions.
4. True
I would add one more point - rework Alchemy Stone of Life. It's almost useless for every life skill. Slightly better for gathering and maybe alchemy/cooking but cheap and very accessible khan's heart is also very good with additional mastery and Treant's Tear is top for leveling. Top life stones like splendid/shining should be better than combined khan's heart and treant's tear so people would go for them. Also for some life skills Alchemy Stones are completely useless - sailing/barter, trading, training, farming, fishing doesn't get anything from them.
YES, this! Can only support all points original post has included.
This hasnt been touched in years and is supposed to be endgame, but has the QOL of 2018.
Please look into this PA.
Introduction of an automatic polishing and upgrading system + Cron-Stones to protect them are necessary at this point.
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