Remove Protean Crystal Requirement for First Quest

Title says it all.

Eureka could be so much better if the content wasn't gated before the 1st protean crystal, I''ve grinded up to elemental level 10 and haven't gotten any.

Thank you.

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Originally Posted by HV01

Title says it all.

Eureka could be so much better if the content wasn't gated before the 1st protean crystal, I''ve grinded up to elemental level 10 and haven't gotten any.

Thank you.

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There's something wrong if you haven't gotten any crystals by lvl 10, have you been doing chains solo/party or were you with a party doing the NMs? Do you have any Anemos crystals?

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Originally Posted by Shouko

There's something wrong if you haven't gotten any crystals by lvl 10, have you been doing chains solo/party or were you with a party doing the NMs? Do you have any Anemos crystals?

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Even if they had Anemos crystals, I don't think you can trade them until doing that first quest. That opens up another quest to talk to Gerolt, who exchanges them. So I don't know what the OP is doing. Probably just following NM trains around.

You just fight enemies at your level or higher, generating a chain bonus which makes protean acquisition more likely. At starting level we got our first protean right away at Squib Sands. Since you are level 10, just solo a chain of lv10 enemies like Val Bears or something until a protean pops.

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Originally Posted by TarynH

Even if they had Anemos crystals, I don't think you can trade them until doing that first quest. That opens up another quest to talk to Gerolt, who exchanges them. So I don't know what the OP is doing. Probably just following NM trains around.

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I did grind up to lvl 4 with Mobs, I after that I figured that maybe if I did fates (NMs) I would get some, but I still havent gotten one. I found out too late that the best way to do it is to push the chain to 30. Unfortunately, the mobs my level are too strong for me to take with 1 Magica (as the rest are gated trough the 1st quest) so my only recourse here is follow the train until they get to a low level NM and pull as many monsters as I can to the train so the zerg kills them while everyone is synced.

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Originally Posted by Shouko

Do you have any Anemos crystals?

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Anemos to protean conversion is locked behind the quest that the OP is talking about.

I think they should just change the quest to requiring one protean -or- one anemos crystal.

Just like the Level 3, 5, 13, and 17 quests typically go, the fault lies on the player. You didn't read how to obtain it when the game told you, nor did you look it up it seems. I got my first Protean Crystal when I was level 1, solo chaining mobs right outside the gate. I believe it was somewhere in the 20's during my chain. Either way this is a non-issue compared to all the other massive ones that Eureka has.

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Originally Posted by Ayirez

Just like the Level 3, 5, 13, and 17 quests typically go, the fault lies on the player. You didn't read how to obtain it when the game told you, nor did you look it up it seems.

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From what I remember, the game just tells you to kill stuff. Not exactly much to read.

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Originally Posted by Ayirez

I got my first Protean Crystal when I was level 1, solo chaining mobs right outside the gate. I believe it was somewhere in the 20's during my chain.

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Good for you. I had multiple chains in the 20s when I did the first few levels, and didn't get any. After that, I started running NMs with friends, and got to lvl 10. Even then, it took a few chains in the high 20s for me to get one.

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Originally Posted by Ayirez

Either way this is a non-issue compared to all the other massive ones that Eureka has.

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Just because it's a small issue, doesn't make it a non-issue. It's easy for them to fix it by allowing a player to show an anemos crystal instead of a protean one.

I get very few prot crystals and lots of anemos due to multiple groups in the train getting chain credit when they get first hit. As I recall, I got my quest crystal soloing pretty quick so I'd question that also. The idiotic quest guide response that got me was the one that said "ask other players". Really?

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Originally Posted by Nezerius

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That's exactly why it's a non-issue, because the fix is that ridiculously simple. Additionally, the reason it's a non-issue is because it doesn't seem to happen to that many players, only the rather unlucky ones. Either way I do agree that it either shouldn't be a requirement or that they allow players to turn in Anemos Crystals to obtain them prior to the quest completion.