The ability to use high grade dark matter to repair lower lvl gear

Hello everyone :)

I have a small suggestion about the repair system. Since i reached 50 and while doing many raids, i found myself collecting alot of grade 5 dark matter, and as you know, you cannot use grade 5 dark matter to repair lower gear.

My suggestion is that we should be able to repair our gear using the required grade of dark matter or higher, not only the matching grade for the gear lvl. I know someone might say that its not smart to use grade 5 dark matter to repair lvl 35 gear, but i believe i should have the choice whether to use higher grade dark matter or not, since i have many grade 5 dark matter that i'm not using.

What do you guys think?

Would love if higher grade could work on lower grades.

I agree, it makes sense, backwards compatible matter.

This would be nice to at least have the option and have the player decide if it's worthwhile or not. Coding it might be a little complicated due to the repair material being automatically placed in your repair window, but I'm sure they can work around that.

Great idea.

Highly unlikely. We've seen how limiting their system has been so far, so I think it's safe to assume said system strictly allows only 1 option for repairing any item. But it would be nice!

And interesting idea with interesting implications. Not sure if I like it, but I certainly don't hate it.

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Originally Posted by Catapult

And interesting idea with interesting implications. Not sure if I like it, but I certainly don't hate it.

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I'll second this.
I personally wouldn't need it (since I always have 50+ of each grade up to 4 on me at all times) but I know some people don't always have the correct Dark Matter on them.

I agree this should be implemented, and it seems more people are open to the idea than they were when I started a similar thread a little over a month ago.

"<you> repair the hempen trousers to 110%"

it's a stupid idea, you can buy low grade dark matter for a bunch of gil from npc

This is actually a good idea, makes sense too! Of course if it makes sense to us, it doesn't make sense to SE ;\

Ok so now we have a second window pop up and repairing takes even longer now because you have to choose your dark matter. People complained enough already which is why we have the current quicker system. I would say leave it as it is

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Originally Posted by Cypher

Ok so now we have a second window pop up and repairing takes even longer now because you have to choose your dark matter. People complained enough already which is why we have the current quicker system. I would say leave it as it is

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Have the game do a simple check, if Dark Matter 1 present, then repair with Dark Matter 1. If not, use Dark Matter 5 or 4 or whatever. (Assuming its a piece of gear that needs at least DM1 to repair it with)

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Originally Posted by Steggun

I agree this should be implemented, and it seems more people are open to the idea than they were when I started a similar thread a little over a month ago.

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Haven't seen this thread before, but i'm glad we're sharing the same idea ;)

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Originally Posted by GhordonNewgate

it's a stupid idea, you can buy low grade dark matter for a bunch of gil from npc

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I have to explain myself again in case you didn't get what i said. When doing raids, leves... etc you get for example many grade 5 dark matter. And since u ding 50, you do lvl 50 events with group so whenever you die u get raised and that saves alot of DM.

So why wouldn't i have the option to use those grade 5 DM's that been piling up in my inventory to repair lower gear instead of buying the matching DM for the gear?

'cause you can sell them in market ward and buy tons of grade 1 and grade 2 d. matter...

I think refining the current system so that only one generic type of Dark Matter exists would be nice (it would add four inventory slots for me, at least, instead of having to carry around all 5 types). Repairs would be similar to how they are now, but with the following changes in requirements.

(Current req. => New req.)
Grade 1 => x1 Dark Matter
Grade 2 => x2 Dark Matter
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Grade 5 => x5 Dark Matter

I just don't understand the reasoning behind anyone not wanting this, it's not like you would be forced to use grade 5 dark matter on a low level repair. It would just be an option for those of us that don't feel like carrying around all 5 grades and have a bunch of grade 5.

I think this is a great idea. More inventory space ftw!