ATTN DEVS and COMMUNITY REPS: Mythics

[Alhanelem]

To be completely honest I did. But why would I want to post in the other threads that are getting no response.

Because posting a new thread doesn't increase the chances of a response. They only respond to issues and subjects for which they have news to give.

It makes a lot more sense to participate in an already active discussion (well, in most cases).

[Staren]

Because posting a new thread doesn't increase the chances of a response. They only respond to issues and subjects for which they have news to give.

It makes a lot more sense to participate in an already active discussion (well, in most cases).

I used to have the same faith in SE that you did until people started getting items like Cheese Sandwiches added to the game instead of getting real answers on actual important stuff from SquareEnix. At this point I believe their mentality is whatever is in their face they'll handle otherwise it'll be something they let us talk about for years until they finally do something about it. That's the SE we've known and seen for years. You must be new here.

[Rearden]

Nah, he's just the pseudo community rep. Didn't you know he is a FORUM MODERATOR

[Darkwizardzin]

I'm sure that once they revamp salvage (just how they revamped dynamis) Alexandrite will be easier to get. Until then I wouldn't expect much.

[Staren]

The revamp for Dynamis -INCREASED- prices on coins, byne bills are double to three times their old values, and decreased availability. I don't want them to do salvage like they did dyna. I have no want to do dyna after the changes. They need to increase drop rates, provide an alternate source to get alexandrite, or decrease required amount. Its literally the three options they have. If they dont increase drop rates prices arent going to fall even if more people start doing salvage due to the number of people who are sitting on alexandrite looking to finish a mythic and when they need 30000 its not something they're going to finish quickly. If they provide a way for people who are doing salvage now to trade drops for alex or a way for them to get more alex on a run then it would help but it'd need to be a significant amount, and if they decreased requirements the system could go on as is with less stress due to the a lowered requirement 10,000-15,000 should be sufficient and at least put the mythics on par money wise (even though the extra quests and work still make them more difficult) with relics.

[Alhanelem]

The revamp for Dynamis -INCREASED- prices on coins

On shiva, prices equalized. All currencies are like 10-12k, instead of bronze being like 16k and byne being 6k. Overall there was no increase on our server.

[Elexia]

I'm not sure what the salvage adjustment is, but the obtainment of Alexandrite needs to be looked at. As in the initial "Vision" (SE's favorite word!). The idea behind Mythic was more of a quest based weapon progression, instead of Quest Progression + Ancient Currency all over again.

It's more like:

Quest 1 - Just obtain the weapon. Easy.
Quest 2 - Finish - Goes Ninja Gaiden II on your ass.

[Navuh]

Man, I wish prices on valefor were just creeping up to 10k. Prices right now are mostly around 20k, and if you are extremely lucky, they are 15k, but those are rare and get snatched up really fast. Thankfully, I got a few friends who are willing to do salvage with me, and let me have the alex drops. But still, it is pretty daunting.

I can't wait to see the salvage adjustments. Hell, even if they made the purses from boss 100% drop, it would be nice. Right now, I am working on other requirments before starting on alex stage to hope I can wait out the adjustments.

[Suirieko]

The revamp for Dynamis -INCREASED- prices on coins, byne bills are double to three times their old values, and decreased availability. I don't want them to do salvage like they did dyna. I have no want to do dyna after the changes. They need to increase drop rates, provide an alternate source to get alexandrite, or decrease required amount. Its literally the three options they have. If they dont increase drop rates prices arent going to fall even if more people start doing salvage due to the number of people who are sitting on alexandrite looking to finish a mythic and when they need 30000 its not something they're going to finish quickly. If they provide a way for people who are doing salvage now to trade drops for alex or a way for them to get more alex on a run then it would help but it'd need to be a significant amount, and if they decreased requirements the system could go on as is with less stress due to the a lowered requirement 10,000-15,000 should be sufficient and at least put the mythics on par money wise (even though the extra quests and work still make them more difficult) with relics.

On Phoenix, the prices for currency initially increased (Mainly Byne, since it went up to 11K from 6K. Bronzepieces and whiteshells basically stayed the same at 13K~15K), due to panic from the new dynamis system and the lack of coins without the staggering, but now that everyone knows how staggering works in Dynamis, the price for currencies have been steadily falling as more and more currencies are entering the market.

Personally, I'm just waiting on the salvage overhaul before I start to look into the possibility of mythic upgrade. SE did say that they weren't going to change the 30K Alexandrites requirement, which is discouraging in a way, but the fact that they made the final three ZNM Trophies 100% drop is pretty promising (because face it, making it only 10% after all the work is sheer ridiculous and was one of the main reason I wasn't focusing on mythic).

I'm hoping we'll see a similar changes with Alexandrites and Salvage: Making it so that Salvage can be soloable (or lowmanned) by anyone, but there will be new stuff that will be pretty challenging and will require a somewhat decent size.

I am also hoping that they do /not/ have a stagger system for Salvage at all.

[Staren]

@Suirieko mind giving me a link to the stagger stuff for dyna? I've not looked into it because I've only heard bad things about new dyna. I'd like to get this information and give it a try to gain a fresh perspective on it. The group I went in with initially didnt stagger once with a wide range of jobs.