@ karbuncle
well the thing is they could develop new ways to obtain the evoliths, the method of hunting for them to an extent was faulty, while one could say at least 18 people can obtain it at one time, it was still a random mess that could be frustrating. In the example in which let's say i wanted a grade 4 and my friend wanted a grade 8, but I end up with the 8 and they get the 4 it's just mean. It's kinda sad how they reduced the "fix" to saying oh you can sell them for gil or use them to increase your nations influence in an area lol.

What I'm thinking though is maybe a full overhaul on obtaining evoliths so the journey to obtain all of a "family" type to gain the "all" effect doesn't seem to bad.

FoV: use tabs to purchase a random Evolith or a specific evolith based on the zone you are in.

Evolith merging: Merge evoliths to create new evoliths
Example: grade 1 Vs Beast: Evasion + and grade 8 Vs beast: Att += grade 5 Vs beast: MATT +

Alchemic recipes: using materials from the mob affinity to create evoliths.
Synergy Example: Evolith Core + rabbit hide= Grade 1 vs Beast: Def + (Alchemy 5)

Evolith Trading: Trade Evoliths through an NPC that are the same grade or type
Example: Go in a party with the person you wish to trade with, talk to the NPC to initiate the trade, Trade the NPC the item, then the other player does the same, the NPC checks to see if it's a legal trade and if it is both users confirm again before obtaining the evolith.
Example: Grade 8 + Grade 8= Tradeable
Grade 1 Vs Beast: Evasion + + Grade 7 Vs Beast: Evasion +=Tradeable

They could also change it and make it work like MMM in which you can use the evolith on yourself and it would be stored. And it would keep tabs of how many of that evolith you have stored and give you the ability to pull it out if you wanted to trade it or etch it to a Blank slate.

There are just so many ways they could've gone with it, while I won't disagree and say things like magian blow the whole concept of evolith out of the water, I just wish they had put more care into creating the system when they introduced it, just like with how MMM use to be a fun thing that died down. MMM use to be so popular they had to put a 24hr restriction just so people could get in easier lol. Sames goes for pankration, if I recall I swear they were going to develop it so people could have team battles and such but then it was reduced to nothing more then a time sink to obtain points to take pictures for ZNM lol.

Then there's the actual system they actually did scratch which is the whole coliseum thing, though it makes you wonder if they actually scrapped that idea how underdeveloped must have it been if they then released the evolith system only to have it stagnate with the release of magian trials.