Availability of HMPs, Riftcinders, Riftdross

[Grekumah]

The dev. team has looked into increasing the number of methods to obtain these upgrade items, however, the stats on the completed weapons are very strong and they decided to put this on hold for the moment. With that said, we are aware that these items can be difficult to obtain so we’re looking into possibly offering them via login campaigns.

Edit Note: Mistakenly included VNMs (Voidwalker Notorious Monsters) as a means of obtaining these upgrade materials.

[Vanfrano]

The dev. team has looked into increasing the number of methods to obtain these upgrade items, however, because there are two methods to obtain them (from VNMs or Void Watch), and the stats on the completed weapons are very strong, they decided to put this on hold for the moment. With that said, we are aware that these items can be difficult to obtain so we’re looking into possibly offering them via login campaigns.

But unless the playerbase and myself are mistaken, Heavy Metal Plates/Pouches, Riftcinder and Riftdross do not drop from Voidwalker NMs, only from Voidwatch. The system might have been nice when people used to fight as an alliance but right now most people are soloing or low-maning and there is indeed a huge lack of these items on the market. For example I spammed Voidwatches during the campaign last month, I used 786 voidstones (all I had) and got 363 Heavy Metal Plates. Even if the players agree to buy their upgrade items, there are not enough items on the market at the moment unless everyone is willing to wait several months. And that is what we end up doing anyway.

[Traxus]

The dev. team has looked into increasing the number of methods to obtain these upgrade items, however, because there are two methods to obtain them (from VNMs or Void Watch), and the stats on the completed weapons are very strong, they decided to put this on hold for the moment. With that said, we are aware that these items can be difficult to obtain so we’re looking into possibly offering them via login campaigns.

So VNMs are bugged and should be dropping heavy metal plates and riftdross/riftcinder? When can we expect this to be fixed?

[Gannon]

The dev. team has looked into increasing the number of methods to obtain these upgrade items, however, because there are two methods to obtain them (from VNMs or Void Watch), and the stats on the completed weapons are very strong, they decided to put this on hold for the moment. With that said, we are aware that these items can be difficult to obtain so we’re looking into possibly offering them via login campaigns.

Hey Grekumah, would you mind asking the devs which VNMs specifically drop Heavy Metal Plates, Riftdross, and Riftcinders?

[Dieth]

The dev. team has looked into increasing the number of methods to obtain these upgrade items, however, because there are two methods to obtain them (from VNMs or Void Watch), and the stats on the completed weapons are very strong, they decided to put this on hold for the moment. With that said, we are aware that these items can be difficult to obtain so we’re looking into possibly offering them via login campaigns.

Which VNMs drop HMPs/Riftdross/Riftcinder??
Original Voidwaker NMs - Drop upgrade items for many of the other Magian trial weapons, but none for the pure Empy path.
Abyssea VNMs drop Colorless souls are unsellable - also not the stage we're complaining about.

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The issue with HMP/Riftcinder/Riftdross collection is the fact that you can't get 12-18 man Allies to have a POOL of people to buy from.
One x12 run on Qilin and I could buy ~50-100 plates with 18 people. One x12 run with my trusts and I'm lucky if I get 0.
One x12 run of Kaggen I could buy ~48 plates. One x12 run with my trusts and I'm lucky if I get 0.

You either seriously need to up the drop rate of HMP/Rift items or give use other means of obtainment. Because the current obtainment rate of 0 per run is fighting against infinity.