Availability of HMPs, Riftcinders, Riftdross

[Rydal]

-More guaranteed drop slots
-Faster voidstone generation
-Streamline void dust process and consider 1 void dust -> completely refill your voidstones
-Add Pluton/Beitetsu/Boulders somehow

This plus:

-Increase max voidstone capacity (max is, what, 6 now with the right KIs?)
-Guarantee HMP and/or Rift on higher Tier NM kills (Final tier of 3 nations Jeuno, upper tiers of the rest) in addition to normal drop
-Allow higher tier NMs (same as above) to have a chance to drop HMP bag (via white proc maybe? or just very rare drop chance)

[BurnNotice]

I would think they would have to add it to high tier VWs and add Pluton/Beitetsu/Boulders to those for purpose of balance. But I agree with some of the suggestions above. I hope maybe in the future there will be an announcement for some High Tier VWs with some adjustments. I remember years ago people said they will never be a Blue Mage job because it's over powering. we got it! I also remember people saying the level cap will never be raised about 75. We got it! After WoTG expansion, people said there will never be another expansion. We got it! So I knows there's hope for this. I hope the Dev Team is looking at this forum and will try to test some ideas and see if its feasible to implement them without taking away the quality of producing empy weapons.

[Camate]

Hello, everyone!

I think you'll be happy to hear that the development team is currently planning other avenues to obtain Heavy Metal Plates and all the other item that are in high demand. While this will be addressed sometime after the April version update, I believe you will find that it will be easier to obtain a greater amount of these items. We'll share more information once the plans have been finalized.

[Vae]

The Goblin right, I'm gonna go ahead and reserve my enthusiasm. I suggest you do the same.

"Better than nothing"

[BurnNotice]

Thank you for the reply Camate. This is motivating information. Keep us posted! Would be awesome to see what other avenues we can take advantage of!

[Alhanelem]

Hello, everyone!

I think you'll be happy to hear that the development team is currently planning other avenues to obtain Heavy Metal Plates and all the other item that are in high demand. While this will be addressed sometime after the April version update, I believe you will find that it will be easier to obtain a greater amount of these items. We'll share more information once the plans have been finalized.

While I'll reserve judgement til more details are available, any improvements are welcome and I cautiously interpret this as a sign they've realized that (in particular) empyrean weapons are disproportionately more difficult to forge. And also hopefully that they realized how suddenly and quickly they drained the upgrade rock supply with the latest update.

[Ataraxia]

Hello, everyone!

I think you'll be happy to hear that the development team is currently planning other avenues to obtain Heavy Metal Plates and all the other item that are in high demand. While this will be addressed sometime after the April version update, I believe you will find that it will be easier to obtain a greater amount of these items. We'll share more information once the plans have been finalized.

I'm hoping this is good news. Unity Cord NM are so much better than VW because people are rewarded for their hard work of clearing NM and is able to use accolade to buy upgrade to make +1 119 gear. If their was a npc that a player can trade cruor points for items for HQ weapons, heavy metal, heavy metal pouch and others upgrade. This will lead people to be more interested and farming cruor.

Camate are you aware that 1 copper trade to spark npc is = only 1 pluton? so why can't it be 1 copper = Pluton case or box?
Akihiko Matsui do you have any plans to allow the use of vorseals in Hight Tier Mission Battle and Unity Cord? I have notice people have been killing Escha dragon for a long long time now maybe over 100+. and I think it would be too bad it's only active in Escha after all those hard work. At this point any temporary item are fine if it helps with Unity Cord NM and some high tier mission battle solo. In addition, looking forward to what you have plans for April.

[Jeffil]

I'm hoping this is good news. Unity Cord NM are so much better than VW because people are rewarded for their hard work of clearing NM and is able to use accolade to buy upgrade to make +1 119 gear. If their was a npc that a player can trade cruor points for items for HQ weapons, heavy metal, heavy metal pouch and others upgrade. This will lead people to be more interested and farming cruor.

Camate are you aware that 1 copper trade to spark npc is = only 1 pluton? so why can't it be 1 copper = Pluton case or box?
Akihiko Matsui do you have any plans to allow the use of vorseals in Hight Tier Mission Battle and Unity Cord? I have notice people have been killing Escha dragon for a long long time now maybe over 100+. and I think it would be too bad it's only active in Escha after all those hard work. At this point any temporary item are fine if it helps with Unity Cord NM and some high tier mission battle solo. In addition, looking forward to what you have plans for April.

It actually requires 2 copper vouchers for a single pluton/beitetsu/riftborn boulder. Although it would be nicer to be able to have an option to convert, say, 8 vouchers for 1 case of your choice. Would give another avenue for people to use their vouchers if they are not in need of currency, and would make more sense. Currently, pluton/beitetsu/boulders would need to be more than 20k per in order to make the current conversion more beneficial. I don't see people at this point in time using vouchers to convert directly to these materials.

[Pups323]

Well it looks like (on jp forums) ( google translate so dont shoot he messenger)

1) If you have void stones at the voidwatch officer, you dont have to go get the KI, it can just consume them from the officer until he is out (no running back every 6 mobs).
2) It looks like they are tripling the effect of 'cells'


I guess well see this afternoon if they decide to translate it.

[BurnNotice]

Hmmm. Now the KI idea is good, but I don't think tripling the effect of cells will help with the situation. I believe expanding the avenues of how we can obtain these items is a better plan. Again, most would agree that we are not looking for something so easy that all you have to do is /wave and get what you need, but acquiring the items should be as accessible as the items needed for a mythic and relic. Even if it means expanding these items to new 119+ mobs in abyssea or anything VW related.