hq items after .21

is it true that after 1.21 all our hq +1 2 or 3's all will become hq? wondering if i should be making +1's now for this or if it's not true. i was to understand only possible +2 or 3's would become hq but now told even +1's. is there a link or something that explains this or a thread that is verified or if mods can verify this one please? don't want to use up all my hq mats right now to find out it's not true.

also would like to know if they will be hq but dated? like yeah hq but can't materia them or anything? ty

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1.20 Merging of HQ tiers
-NEW- Abolishment of the three HQ tiers

thats from the latest letter....
Looks like the HQ change is starting at 1.20.....
but possibly the guaranteed HQ for all HQ mats will come at 1.21.
Also in 1.21 looks like they will readjust gear so HQ means more than just a little extra defense or damage.

If they were smart they'd make it to where when they consolidate the HQ tiers that the items take on the stats of a +3 item.

If they're also adding a full set of artifact armor for jobs in 1.21, they should make this armor resoundingly better than anything crafted until a level cap raise and better gear is released.

because of materia and forbiden melds having HQ items means nothing its all about the materia that maters. often times its cheaper and smarter to make/buy the lesser ranked gear and do forbiden melds on them then to buy the optimal BiS and go for forbiden. Something like felt hat green is BiS for CON pure healing but requires 3 felt, and the dye making the item cost 100k+ in raw mats alone. Trying to make a x3 forbiden meld gives you 1/50 odds give or take. 100k x 50 => 5M in just the hat add in the materia involved and its easily a 7-10M adventure.

If you were to substitute a felt coif grey that cost you 1 felt and 1 cheap dye. 30k x50 => you save 2-3M in the process and you sacrafice 4MND from the green hat.

My point is that the stats on HQ items mater very little and I could care less what they do with current +1 ~ +3 items, till they revamp the HQ stat boosts and/or the materia success rate it doesn't affect anyone in the slightest.

so at 1.20 all my +1's will become HQ? as in every +1 will become best hq then right? and not get dated as well?

I don't think there was any mention of making any other items dated other than the ones in 1.19.

A few things

1) we dont have anything concrete as to what each + is going to become, however, you can assume only +2/3 will be the new HQ at this time.

2) its happening in 1.20, not 1.21, in 1.21 we get the "hq material becomes hq gear" deal

3) the stats on your gear right now, regardless of what it is, will not be what the hq version of the gear will be in 1.20, its been stated they will have their own set of stats at that time, for all we know, it will be better then +3, or it could be worse, we dont know anything, but itl be somewhere around there probly.

According to what has been mentioned in previous dev posts, NQ and +1 items will be considered NQ, while +2 and +3 items will be considered HQ.

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Originally Posted by TheVedis

2) its happening in 1.20, not 1.21, in 1.21 we get the "hq material becomes hq gear" deal.

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From the previous producers letter it looks like HQ mats = HQ product is 1.21 (if this is what you were referring to).

1.21 -NEW-
Changes to synthesis with all HQ ingredients

-NEW-
Adjustment of base value when using HQ ingredients exclusively so players can aim for HQ from an earlier stage -

They also stated in one of the interviews of a game site (unsure which one) that +1, +2, and +3 items will NOT be converted to HQ and NQ items, they will remain as is.

Meaning all new HQ items after the change will have to be gathered or made... none will automatically be changed into them.

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Originally Posted by Zdenka

They also stated in one of the interviews of a game site (unsure which one) that +1, +2, and +3 items will NOT be converted to HQ and NQ items, they will remain as is.

Meaning all new HQ items after the change will have to be gathered or made... none will automatically be changed into them.

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lol so everyone including myself that is hording our +3 mats are gonna be screwed an they will not work for the new hq stystem? that is same as making them dated only that the new hq has the different name to it><

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Originally Posted by Vermilion

According to what has been mentioned in previous dev posts, NQ and +1 items will be considered NQ, while +2 and +3 items will be considered HQ.

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Source please.

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Originally Posted by Zdenka

They also stated in one of the interviews of a game site (unsure which one) that +1, +2, and +3 items will NOT be converted to HQ and NQ items, they will remain as is.

Meaning all new HQ items after the change will have to be gathered or made... none will automatically be changed into them.

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Would you be willing to try to find that interview for us? Since you have it in mind you'd probably be the best person to dig it up.

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Originally Posted by Zdenka

They also stated in one of the interviews of a game site (unsure which one) that +1, +2, and +3 items will NOT be converted to HQ and NQ items, they will remain as is.

Meaning all new HQ items after the change will have to be gathered or made... none will automatically be changed into them.

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they have never stated this
they stated it would be converted but no concrete details have been given past that yet

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Originally Posted by Zdenka

They also stated in one of the interviews of a game site (unsure which one) that +1, +2, and +3 items will NOT be converted to HQ and NQ items, they will remain as is.

Meaning all new HQ items after the change will have to be gathered or made... none will automatically be changed into them.

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What TheVedis said, I remember Yoshi saying that they were thinking about whether to remove all the current values or just make +3 into HQ. Think they were going to take how many +3's were in each server into account.

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Originally Posted by tachikoma

because of materia and forbiden melds having HQ items means nothing its all about the materia that maters. often times its cheaper and smarter to make/buy the lesser ranked gear and do forbiden melds on them then to buy the optimal BiS and go for forbiden. Something like felt hat green is BiS for CON pure healing but requires 3 felt, and the dye making the item cost 100k+ in raw mats alone. Trying to make a x3 forbiden meld gives you 1/50 odds give or take. 100k x 50 => 5M in just the hat add in the materia involved and its easily a 7-10M adventure.

If you were to substitute a felt coif grey that cost you 1 felt and 1 cheap dye. 30k x50 => you save 2-3M in the process and you sacrafice 4MND from the green hat.

My point is that the stats on HQ items mater very little and I could care less what they do with current +1 ~ +3 items, till they revamp the HQ stat boosts and/or the materia success rate it doesn't affect anyone in the slightest.

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According to the letter, 1.21 is when HQ items might actually have stat boosts aside from DMG or DEF. But for now, +1 items give a 2% boost to the success rate of melding materia. I haven't tested +2 or +3 items but I imagine they help boost success rate more as well. Course, whether 2% or 6% is significant is up to the player.

This is a noob question, but what is nq and hq?

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Originally Posted by Jim

This is a noob question, but what is nq and hq?

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normal quality
high quality