[dev1070] Please change name of Dark Matter

Dear Development Team,

I know that you all are working very hard to improve FFXIV. The adjustments to the repair system in-game is to be commended, at least for the effort.

However the case, the introduction of a new universal repair material called "Dark Matter" is causing many in the community to exhibit some initial hostility to the new adjustments. This is partially due to the fact that the name "Dark Matter" is somewhat of a misleading name. It does not clearly represent the purpose or function of the item itself. A better name would be "Repair Kit", because that is what the item does.

So I humbly ask that the Development Team truly reconsider the name "Dark Matter", and instead use the name "Repair Kit".

shut up jesus .

So instead it will be "Repair Kit"?

How is that any different? Yes it sounds more realistic, but how is "Magic Dark Matter that repairs ALL!!!" different from "Magic Repair Kit that repairs ALL!!!"?

For all intent and purpose, they are both magic goo.

Exactly .

I think "Dark Matter" was chosen for it's relation to the FF series, and that Dark Matter serves a large variety of purposes within those games. "Repair Kit" is very bland and offers no connection to a fantasy realm.

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Originally Posted by Archadius

I think "Dark Matter" was chosen for it's relation to the FF series, and that Dark Matter serves a large variety of purposes within those games. "Repair Kit" is very bland and offers no connection to a fantasy realm.

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That's a good and fair point. I can see how that might be important to some players.

LMAO, close this thread Nothing to see here. Nonsense

The only way I cabn agree to changing it is if they call it Vedonium

I wanna farm me some Vedonium

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Originally Posted by TheVedis

The only way I cabn agree to changing it is if they call it Vedonium

I wanna farm me some Vedonium

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Ummm... would you like some privacy then? :p

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Originally Posted by DurtiMonkeyToe

Ummm... would you like some privacy then? :p

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I deserve an item named after me damnit! lol

Dark matter is like duct tape. It fixes everything!

To me, Dark Matter sound more like a rare crafting-end-game material.
Im struggling to wrap my head around why Dark Matter can fix my Fishing Rod.
Im also struggling to think of a replacement as 'Repair Kit' is lame and would be weird to gather that up. (Although logging Dark Matter from trees is also weird.)
IDK...

Wasnt Dark Matter a really hard to get item in FF9 that served the purpose of creating some weapons?

That should make ppl understand.

Dark Matter could technically be obtained from anything that has matter, it's just the process in which it's created that is subject to speculation.

I hate the new idea. Maybe I just don't like change or something but the idea that items required different reagents to repair MADE SENSE, like it's realistic that to repair an iron haubergeon you'd need to use iron rings to fix what's broken. I hate this dumbing down of the repair system, personally. I really hope they don't destroy some of the complexity of the crafting system like needing iron rings to make chains to then make chainmail and stuff. I really hope they don't go too far.

It doesn't need to be a generic magical repair all kit. It would be possible and logical to make a single repair kit for each craft, thereby limiting the total number of repair items to 7 (assuming culinarian will never be called upon to repair someone's meal). Logically each kit would be either NPC purchased or crafted by that particular craft, and to appease gatherers, would require at least one item obtainable only from gathering. Also a graded system of repair kits could also be possible, though this would increase the total number of repair items.

An example of several kits and their recipes might be as follows:

Novice Weaver Repair Kit: rank 10 weaver
1 bolt of undyed hempen cloth
1 bolt of undyed cotton cloth
1 bolt of undyed canvas
1 discarded satchel (obtained through botany)

Intermediate Weaver Repair Kit: rank 30 weaver
1 bolt of undyed velveteen cloth
1 bolt of undyed linen cloth
1 bolt of undyed woolen cloth
1 discarded satchel

Novice Leatherworker's Repair Kit: rank 10 leatherworking
1 circle of sheep leather
1 circle of dodoskin leather
1 mole sinew cord
1 antelope sinew cord
1 rusty box (obtained through mining)

Novice Armorer's Repair Kit: rank 10 armorer
1 bronze square
1 box of bronze rivets
1 brass square
1 box of brass rivets
1 waterlogged crate (obtained through fishing)

This would seem to satisfy just about everything desired in a more streamlined repair system, low numbers of required items, relevant materials, and a boost to gathering utility, without having to resort to a seemingly forced repair-all material.

(I intentionally included all available weaver materials in the 'Novice' and 'Intermediate' repair kits because the cap WILL be raised at some point in the future and there WILL be new materials added, if we start calling everything master level now, then where will we go from there?)

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Originally Posted by Picoman

To me, Dark Matter sound more like a rare crafting-end-game material.
Im struggling to wrap my head around why Dark Matter can fix my Fishing Rod.
Im also struggling to think of a replacement as 'Repair Kit' is lame and would be weird to gather that up. (Although logging Dark Matter from trees is also weird.)
IDK...

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It could still be used as a Rare crafting-end-game material, Dark matter with a different name besides 'Grade x' in front of it.

Repair kit doesn't fit FF at all.

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Originally Posted by Reika

Repair kit doesn't fit FF at all.

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Possibly because no other FF game has ever had a system of durability and repair before.

F*CK people on the forums. Half of these people bitch all the time about sh*t that doesn't need to be changed cause their ornery because this game is blowing a little bit at the moment. The people who b*tch w/out even giving the patch a chance play more FFXIV Forums Beta, than FFXIV online and no one will care if you seriously quit over something being called dark matter.

edit: not mad at people with legitimate problems like "worried about dark matter's effect on the economy"
its just when you nitpick on a game that is already a "fantasy" game in some aspects, its trivial.

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Originally Posted by Reika

Dark matter is like duct tape. It fixes everything!

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Better yet just call dark matter Duct Tape

Wait, why are we arguing about the name dark matter? Isn't 70% of all FF titles made up of some term that is absolutely alien to the actual definition, or completely created from scratch.

Dark Matter is a fantasy term given to an item responsible for repairing damaged equipment. I believe even in FF9 Dark Matter was an item that served the same purpose.

or just call it duct tape.

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Originally Posted by sdegrazi

or just call it duct tape.

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Or Crazy Glue

Dark Matter will be a godsend once materia system is released lol. They made mention of how it would take a few durabilities to get it to 100% for the ability to turn said piece into materia. It's also very likely the gear itself will need to be 100% in order to change form. While at first I can say I was a tad disappointed with the change, if you take the idea as a whole into account the reason for the introduction of dark matter is because of the materia concept that should be in 1.19.

Odds are they will require 100% on gear to change it's form so while at first I did think that perhaps dark matter would lower the cost of repairs, the prices may see an increase as people put up gear they wish to turn into materia. So armor or weapons that offer good materia will cost more to repair cause of the demand to gain that materia. In essence materia itself should be tradeable I think so you create another market of selling materia.

I think don't quote me on being able to sell materia but it would lead to an interesting market. Crafters repair said armor for an amount based on it's demand and in turn the one who obtained and worked on creating the materia sells it based on how much time it took to create said materia and the demand of it. As long as materia offers a wide variety of increases I can see it succeeding, as long as it's more then attribute boost. It would be neat to see materia that enhances abilities and traits as well as overlapping materia where you need a required materia on teh gear first before overlapping it with another one to enhance it's potency.

Materia has a lot of variables as well as a lot of inv clog if it takes up the same inv space so Dark Matter makes even more sense in this context. In a sense materia will replace the old repair items we use to have to hold for our gear. I'm definitely eager to see how materia works out, as of now that's what crafting is missing to make it appealing. Since gear can be obtained through dungeons and even the company system. It takes away from how useful crafting is especially when one can easily repair gear from an NPC. Though once this system is implemented I"m sure it'll make player repairs more useful as well as crafting as a whole. Though I do wonder how cooking will fit into this lol unless the food stat revamp coincides with the materia system introduction.

Honestly, the dark matter makes more sense then the shards / crystals we seem to use for everything for no particular reason. We just sort of like imbuing our building materials with the power of captain planet. Well, everything except the power of heart, as that would just make things very very weird.

On a more serious note, there really isn't anything wrong with dark matter as a repair item as long as they find some way to make it metaphysically fit into the game world some point down the line, which should probably happen once they get to the materia crafting they keep talking about.