Quote Originally Posted by Kysaiana View Post
While I agree most of the trial upgrades were pretty lack-luster, 40 geodes really isn't a big deal to get it. Septimus you said the perp - staves didn't get much this update and I agree. However, did you already forget the trials were you only got 1 base damage and nothing else for killing 200 mobs with the avatar? The trials aren't really "finished" till 99 so I'll reserve judgment until then. If 40 geodes isn't worth getting to upgrade a particular trial just don't bother with it then. It's not like they asked for 1500 items that only drop from one event in the game and didn't exist for a full year before hand for elemental path weapons...
Yes, I do remember that. The time when the base damage of Teiwaz went from +4 to +5 was when there were two sets of upgrades given in one update, the second upgrade reduced avatar perp by one. (That was the level 80 cap update.)

Yes, the perp staves are not done, this is why you are going to have to upgrade them now; otherwise when the level 99 versions come out you are going to have to plunk down the 40 geodes for this upgrade along with however many more it is going to cost for the next one which probably have one extra perp on it. So SMNs are going to have to have one upgrade for the price of two when all is said and done.

But let me reiterate, the problem isn't with the geodes themselves, the problem is that it is incredibly lazy game design.