Look, it doesnt matter how great your internet is, your going to experience some lag every once and a while.   But why is Crystal break on death still a thing.   Even at 400 DP, if your grinding at Endgame spots, Your just one lag spike away from a Crystal break.   

And no, PA's 2 crystal restoration per year is not the answer lol.

Crystal breakage needs to stop all together period.  If they are going to keep it, they need to change it to happen upon release to node without using tears.  If you use a tear to node you can't lose crystals, if you rez on the spot after a PvE death you would either need to spend 2 tears or risk breakage of crytals.  

I've brought this up multiple times on this forum. Most of the people here are the 1% who want as much barriers as there can be for new players to catch up to them and so downvote anything related to making things better when it comes to crystals. Maybe you'll have better luck but I wouldn't count on it.

TLDR: I've posted this exact thing at least 3 times on this forum over the span of 2 years and all of the posts get downvoted/deleted. 

Money must flow in the trash so yeah we aint geting rich!

Crystals have become what DR/Evasion Gear, Lightstone Combos with Artifacts, Skill Addons/ Enhancements and Class Spec are:

''Build Enablers''

The fact they can break makes myself not using them anywhere.

Sometimes i activate them during grind sessions however the impact isn't noticeable compared to what they could offer during ''X'' phase of ''X'' Boss Attack ''X Player Defensive or Offensive Action''

I do use them on Rift bosses sometimes but i avoid them during some of them due to ''Wrong Moment Internet connection coincidence'' which happened once at Griffon.

At World Bosses i dont think its risky to use them unless its ''Vell'' or if you're doing a hardmode version and you find yourself ''landing at the wrong second on a random red mark on the ground'' (see Thundercloud Kutum) which is how most die in that fight anyway making an ''out of control'' case.

There are other special cases in Attoraxion but most important would be, Land of the Morning Light Black Shrine Bosses.

Its new content and mechanics and players discover the Boss Fights which means ''mistakes will be made in the attempt to learn them''

eventually leading to crystal loss if active.

So you cant risk using them because they are your ''Build Enablers'' alongside the rest and if you loose them you might loose billions of silver which equalls weeks/ moths of playtime/ progress. I'll add to that, that i am not a fan of accesory explosion in enhancing either because of it without going off topic but using it as an additional argument as of ''which things might be a turn off for different players''

making them eventually use ''Bypassing methods'' to avoid the frustration in which case its ''Dont enhance a TET unless you're ready to waste and buy another TET accesory to reattempt'' or ''Dont use your Crystal Build which ''Enables your build by giving it it's edge it needs to achieve that'' for example making DR or Evasion really good or your classes Resistances etc.

In the end we all aim for efficiency and we grind the tools for them to actually use them so if we loose them we lost this extra efficiency and if the chance of loosing them is extremely high and thus we dont use them then why did we grind for them in the first place?

And that's why Crystals breaking is a sad story.

Hopefully, If they make a Mediah and/or Valencia Elivia Realm they'll think about adding some upgrade to ensure your crystals don't break.  Something along the lines of grinding for the Accessory pieces.  This change is long overdue, the mechanic has become so arbitrary but adding an option at higher end zones would be a good way to alleviate the "playtime gap."

BTW.  If I remember right, when you carry trade items (fish) they get used before crystals on death!  Multiple at a time but filling up a couple lines of inventory space accounts for a few deaths at least.

Back when Tera was a thing, they had scrolls where it would protect your crystals from breaking.  Of course they were only 12 hours but still... knowing that you are protected for even half your grinding session is worth it.  PA just wants everyone to spend their silver which is how they make money (behind closed doors)

I almost had one of these moments last night. All is going well, full health, no unusual weather outside.. Suddenly I notice that none of the mobs nor their health bars are moving... two seconds later the game finds connection again, my screen is flashing red, Im almost dead. Another .5 seconds later and I would have been chalked by an internet hiccup.

What irritates me most is thinking if that happens and a rebellious breaks.. do I put in a request for restoration or covetously hold onto my restorations incase I ever break Girins Tears?

I think PA will actually address this though. Increased crystal cost has really highlighted the issues with current system and Im sure KR players have noticed as well.

On todays episode of "Everything was going great until the Engine attacked"
T-T
came back dead of course, but didnt lose any crystals 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

didnt intend to bump but thought Id share one last one..

Got on tonight, checked my spot and it was taken. Tried another server, also taken. As I am a Shai and they were a striker I decided not to invole ye olde dfs and instead set up my fisher and took a shower

When I came back my game had been offline for almost 5 minutes and discord was out. Come to find out that my ISP was doing a 2+ hour maintainence. 

I have specifically signed up with my ISP for notifications for these things and even called to confirm, but the rep claims this is a "maintainence" and not a "scheduled maintainence" 😭

Anyways, had my spot not been taken I would have been grinding, and I would be dead. 

I think this is super relevant because often in these threads(not this one) people will claim "how could you even die more than 2 times in a year that isnt your fault"

Well heres a prime example, from my first post to now: a lag hiccup, a game crash, unscheduled maintainence, all in one week.

A less lucky person could find themselves with a broken 5b crystal and no restores today