Originally Posted by
AyinDygra
"Improvements and adjustments in order to rejuvenate salvage, assault, ToAU content"... that do not include methods to obtain Alexandrite, or lowering the Alexandrite requirement... I don't think that course of action could be considered an "Improvement" regarding mythic weapons.
Judging by how Sky was "rejuvenated" by augments synergized from NM drops... my fear is that you mean: destroy "15, 25 and 35" gear pieces to create "usukane tatters" to add augments to Usukane Salvage gear, so it's no longer storable and its minor increase in stats makes it desirable only as a side-grade or macro piece for a certain action.
For the people I know, this will not rejuvenate Salvage. The only reason I'm still interested in Salvage is for completion's sake, and an update mirroring the Sky update as I described would not help getting my group back into those events. I still need a couple pieces for a couple sets, but my group abandoned Salvage when Abyssea was introduced, and I don't really blame them; +1 and +2 Empyrean armors are better and far easier to get than anything from Salvage.
The only reason people were willing to endure Salvage Pathos and time constraints and crazy NM pop conditions, was because the gear was some of the best in the game. I don't "expect" any of these "rejuvenation" changes to impact any of those issues.
One of my hopes is that the changes include allowing the Remnants Permits to be purchased with Imperial Standing Points or Imperial Currency (1 mythril piece) as well (maybe even Jettons; Zasshal may be an avid Pankration fan); essentially separating Assault from Salvage, thus freeing Nyzul to be more accessible.
Changes to Assault and Nyzul: Allow people to join Nyzul expeditions or Assault Missions without using a tag, with the restriction that you cannot gain "Runic Disk floor completion saving" or "Assault Points" for your efforts without a tag. People would be able to help each other out a lot more often if they didn't have to choose between Assault and Nyzul. As it stands, most people who are serious about gaining assault ranks have "static groups" that meet each week to complete each Assault Mission. If somebody were to ask one of these "static group" members to help them in Nyzul, or on their own Assault Mission, guess what answer they'd get. (The answer would be "I'm sorry, but I'll have to pass." ... even if they wanted to help, just to be clear)
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Alexandrite
My Salvage group never focused on Alexandrite acquisition, but our highest runs would net us about 80 Alexandrite, split between 6-12 people. We went twice a week, so 160 a week (on the best weeks). At that rate, it's 8320 Alexandrite per year. For the duration of our group's activity (over a year), I walked away with under 1,000 Alexandrite. 30+ years for a mythic weapon, no thanks! Go buy Alexandrite from other players? I thought the concept behind Mythic weapons was: Quest-based acquisition, not gil-based, like relics. (Also, from what I understand, the amount of Alexandrite making its way into the world was artificially inflated with item duping, skewing whatever numbers you had collected when making an evaluation of whether or not to reduce the Alexandrite requirements at one point early on.)
What I would do about Alexandrite:
* Add Alexandrite purses as 100% drops from all Salvage NMs, especially bosses.
* Add Alexandrite purses as 100% drops from Nyzul 20/40/60/80/100 floor bosses.
* Allow all enemies in Salvage AND Nyzul to drop Alexandrite. (especially Qiqirns who love their sparklies)
* Increase Alexandrite drop rate from all archaic machinery (Ramparts, Gears, Chariots), 1 minimum, up to 3?
And 2 more ideas, much less likely to be implemented, but would be welcome:
* Reward from Besieged and Rescuing Prisoners, maybe make it an alternate reward from experience and imperial standing. (Combine this with a method of talking to a gate guard near the mog house during the battle to collect rewards for participation and leave, or continue fighting, for those who are plagued by frequent disconnects in those horrid battles)
* They could add "the Depths of Alzadaal"; new sections of the existing Alzadaal Undersea Ruins zone (separated by teleporters), that is always open to exploration and fighting, populated by Archaic Ramparts, Gears, Spheres, Acroliths, Rogue Automatons, Qiqirns and Chariots that all have chances to drop Alexandrite. Notorious monsters (if any) could drop Cotton and Linen Coin Purses like the bosses within Salvage. With enough spawns on 5min repops, at a level that would drop Kindred's Crests and High Kindred's Crests, they might become a popular farming target, increasing the supply of Alexandrite beyond just that obtained by mythic upgrading soloers.
These modifications would change the focus from buying Alexandrite back to your own efforts to gather Alexandrite.
I'd also like to be able to check in with the Mythic quest Qiqirn in Nashmau to see a running tally of what I've given him. (eyepatch, book, assault logs, current alexandrite)
What I would do to rejuvenate Salvage Gear:
* Add Magian trials to Salvage gear (Ideally: kill <Salvage NM> # of times, not item gathering). (each completed step could still be stored) You could even add separate paths for each job, since multiple jobs can wear each set. If people REALLY like the Salvage gear created from these job specific paths, they might be encouraged to create, for example, three Usukane sets, one for Monk, one for Puppetmaster, and one for Samurai. And some jobs like Summoner could actually get appropriate stats on their gear, not just generic mage stats.
* Resulting gear should have its name changed, so people can have Job-customized sets of the same Rare/Ex gear, since there has been an issue with past Magian items sharing the same name. (Mnk:"Brawler's Usukane <gear>", Sam:"Swordmaster's Usukane <gear>", Pup:"Manipulator's Usukane <gear>", Nin:"Shadow's Usukane <gear>")
* The resulting job-customized gear should still allow the original job list to equip it!
* And lastly, increase drop rates of 35's, because if people are now creating 2 or more of each set for different jobs, the current drop rates will infuriate people.
For Zeni NMs:
* Make trophies 100% drop. Please.
* Increase the Zeni gained from each picture, or reduce Zeni costs.
* Allow trading in more pictures each day.
* Create a new inventory bag (album) to hold just soul plates!
A smaller thought, related to both Empyrean and Salvage gear because of "set bonuses":
Perhaps add a new "wild card" feature to some gear to allow it to complete any "set bonus" that would otherwise be either removed or diminished by the replacing of that gear with this "wild card" gear.
* If pieces of two or more sets are equipped with the wild card gear, only the set with the most pieces will be completed by the wild card. In case of a tie, there could be a priority list by gear slot, so the set with the highest priority piece gets the set bonus completed: Body, Legs, Head, Hands, Feet, Accessories, since any of those could be wild cards.
* Without a feature like this, new pieces of gear will have to be MORE powerful than either Salvage or Empyrean gear AND their set bonuses, to justify the loss of some "Set Bonuses" by mixing and matching of newly released non-set gear.
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