[dev1017] Materia crafting system & Materia: A Matter of Mystery (08/26/2011)

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Originally Posted by Royal

A while back I read that HQ items will be made from HQ materials. I can't find the source but we have been discussing it for a while. Is that going to be implemented in 1.19? I can't remember. I'm trying to determine if we will be attaching materia to +1, +2, and +3 items in 1.19 and patch 1.20 will revamp the HQ process. Can someone set me straight?

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This is correct, yes. :)

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post307704

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•HQ Synthesis Revamp Planned for after Patch 1.20
We are planning a revamp for HQ item synthesis from Patch 1.20 on. Currently, there are multiple qualities of HQ items, which can get confusing. To fix this issue, we plan on separating these items into normal quality (NQ) and high quality (HQ). NQ and HQ items will have clear differences in quality. Also, the synthesis process for HQ items will be changed as follows:

HQ Cobalt Sabatons
├　HQ Cobalt Plate　×　3
├　HQ Cobalt Rings　×　1
├　HQ Boar Leather　×　1
└　HQ Electrum Ingot　×　1

Basically, in order to synthesize an HQ final item, HQ versions of every ingredient must be used. Players are guaranteed to synthesize HQ items if all the ingredients used are HQ. However, it will be very difficult to obtain HQ versions of all ingredients.

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So making HQ items in patch 1.19 will remain the same (i.e. based on quality and luck) and we will be attaching materia to +1, +2, and +3 items. The HQ revamp won't take place till 1.20 and we will have 3 tiers of HQ till then.

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Originally Posted by syntaxlies

what do you mean minor no penalty dual wielding sword would mean no shield, which would mean no shield skills which would mean massive defense nerf.

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Well, who knows...You're forgetting the jobs will have their own role-specific set of actions...it's VERY possible that PLD actions surpass by far in effectiveness shield actions just by the fact it will be job-exclusive and shield ones aren't. You see MRD...it doesn't use shield...maybe PLD can use a great sword in the very same way. IMO it's very possible that in some moment, if dual wield happens to be as unbalanced as in other FFs, that we end having only shieldless tanks...no matter if using axe, 2-handed sword or dual wielding 1-handed swords...