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#796331 Composing - In Detail (Revision 1.2)

Posted by Lumbricus on 18 June 2013 - 14:47 in General Discussion

After I've read some posts I feel the big issue with the "Composing" idea seems to be that some feel that composing might lead to neutralize the "selling buffs" aspect of the game because now low level players get access to high level buffs.

On that issue I want to throw in three things to consider:

1.) Those potions are (guild) bound

2.) Most players oganized in guilds don't really have to buy buffs (even high level buffs) because they get them for free from their fellow (higher level) guild mates

3.) In my opinion the composing is meant to be used to get some value some time of otherwise useless items. I think before you start complaining about that this will ruin the "selling buffs" aspect you should try to answer the question about "How often will I be able to actually compose a decent potion of buffs available for players at 1000+ Levels?".

As an example let's see how many fragments are needed for a potion that gives Lvl175 Smashing Hammer and Lvl 175 Coordinated Attack with a duration of 90 minutes:

If I understand the calculation correct you have

- a total of 350 Lvls =  18 Common Fragments *3 (Duration)= 54 Common Fragments

- 299 lvls above Lvl 50 = 15 Rare Fragments * 3 (Duration)= 45 Rare Fragments

- 224 lvl above Lvl 125 = 11 Unique Fragments * 3 (Duration)= 33 Unique Fragments

- 31500 Gold

 

Again my question: How often do you think a player below lvl 1200 and with stamina in the range of 5K-10K will be able to compose this potion/buffs at the already available lvl 175  if he doesn't use the auction house (and spends FSP/gold to get the Fragments - especially the unique ones) simply by levelling up and decomposing the items he gets while doing so? And then ask yourself how often would he be able to compose that potion at a Lvl >175?

My guess would be quite possibly not every simple hunt - maybe not even every other hunt - at least not at lvl175.

I think it might still be cheaper for a player below Lvl 1200 to actually go and buy those buffs from a player if he really needs it every hunt at lvl 175 and does not have the opppertunity to get it for free from a guild mate.

And if he produces this potion at a lower level or at a shorter duration then the buffs available from a player that sells them becomes - rightfully - better.

 

Another issue that came up was that "High Lvl players get more fragments out of their items"

- Well, as Savanc already posted somewhere above, IF you buy them, the best item/fragment ratio/FSP or gold lies within the lvls1-399 items - so maybe there is even a possibility for lower lvl players to profit by selling the items they get.

- If you also want to get more fragments out of the items you find wouldn't it be a good motivation to lvl up?

 

Well, this is my input on this toppic and I hope that we soon get the opportunity to break down our unused items and once in a while use them fragments for a nice little potion.





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