Alchemy Reform

I'd really like to know whats going on with this & what the community is looking for regarding Alchemy. ^^ my thoughts on this or things Id like to see...

-Clusters>Crystals>Shards-

I believe they will keep the breaking down of these about the same just different recipes. I really like this aspect of Alchemy, so I hope that it stays.

-Items/Potions-

I don't know about the rest of you, but every Final Fantasy game I ever played I found myself using these ALL the time (FFXI is the exeption for me where I only ever found myself poping Megaelixers for solo BCNM or Wings for stuff like KV or Bv2). I feel these need to make a strong comeback in FFXIV, so we can recapture more of that FF feel.

(May only carry x12 of any item "In Your Pouch" at a time. Can only use items/food out of your pouch. Something is needed to separate the ability to use in the field vs crafting a bunch to sell. Something like not being able to add items to your pouch while you/PT members are engaged or while you/PT have enmity on any target)

-20 to 30 sec Linked Cooldown-

Chocobo Down Remedy - Removes Heavy
Treant Root Remedy - Removes Bind
Funguar Shriek Remedy - Removes Sleep
Aurelia Kiss Remedy - Removes Poison
Coeurl Eye Remedy - Removes Blind
Pixie Tongue Remedy - Removes Silence
Wyvern Skin Remedy - Removes Petrification
Cactuar Foot Remedy - Removes Slow

-Lasts 3min +5 to +10 resist & they don't stack-

Ice Veil Booster - +Ice Resist
Wind Veil Booster - +Wind Resist
Fire Veil Booster - +Fire Resist
Earth Veil Booster - +Earth Resist
Lightning Veil Booster - +Lightning Resist
Water Veil Booster - +Water Resist

-Linked Cooldown 20 to 30 sec-

r10+ Potion = 100HP
r30+ Hi-Potion = 200HP
r50+ X-Potion = 300HP

r10+ Ether = 75MP
r30+ Hi-Ether = 150MP
r50+ X-Ether = 225MP

r10+ Elixir = 50HP/50MP
r30+ Hi-Elixir = 100HP/75MP
r50+ X-Elixir = 200HP/100MP

-30 min Cooldown-

r30+ Phoenix Down = Reraise 1 effect same as getting an R1

-30 min Linked Cooldown-

r30+ Icarus Wing = 1000TP
r50+ Daeudalus Wing = 2000TP

Any adjustments should all focus on keeping these from being abused, but still powerful enough for people to want to use them on a regular basis.

-Materia Fuse/Defuse-

The concept came from my friend Dao Sama about 1-2 months ago & this write up is my attempt at making it work :P

Combining and breaking down tiers of materia ^^. I pretty much npc/toss all tier 1, 2 & NQ3 materia, so this would be a great way to put them to use & give more incentive for lower lvl players to Meld & sell materia.

Fuse (Can only Fuse together matching Materia. Each Fuse has a chance to random HQ)
Tier 1 + Tier 1 = Tier 2
Tier 1 + Tier 2 = Tier 3
Tier 1 + Tier 3 = Tier 4
Tier 2 + Tier 2 = Tier 4

Defuse (All Defused Materia will result in matching NQ lower tier)
Tier 4 = Tier 3
Tier 3 = Tier 2
Tier 2 = Tier 1

Colors of Materia & Cluster/Crystal/Shard usage in recipes

Fusing will take X number of Crystals &/or Shards
Defusing will take X number of Clusters

STR = Fire, Dex = WIND , VIT = Earth, MND = Water, INT = LIGHTNING, PIE = ICE

White = Matching Attribute for Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Black = Matching Element for Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Purple = Requires Lightning Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Blue = Requires Water Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Green = Requires Wind Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Red = Requires Fire Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Light Blue = Requires Ice Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Yellow = Requires Earth Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Orange = Requires 0/No/None Cluster/Crystal/Shard

Example - Tier 1 STR materia + Tier 3 STR materia + 6 Fire Crystals = Tier 4 STR Materia
- Tier 4 Manaflight Materia + 1 Water Cluster = Tier 3 Manaflight Materia

Using Clusters to Defuse is a great way to avoid too much abuse. Orange materia has less effect than all the others, so fusing & defusing them without any Cluster/Crystal/Shards is ok. These are all recipes, so they have a chance to break. You could also swap Clusters used with Fusing & Crystals/Shards used for Defusing.

-Enhancing Weapons-

Alchemy doesnt get to attach materia to enhanced weapons. The original craft still retains the ability to attach materia to the newly enhanced weapon. Alchemist should only do the repairs to these weapons.

Toxins used for throwing at enemies & enhancing certain weapons

Blind Pot
Slow Pot
Paralyze Pot
Poison Pot
Whatever else you want to add or combine together like Disabling Pot = Paralyze/Poison

Example of enhancing a weapon

Cobalt Claws r49
Damage 117 Blunt 100%
Attack Power 8
Delay 3.2s Number Of Attacks 2

After Recipe Cobalt Claws + Paralyze Pot + 4 Earth Crystal

Paralyzing Cobalt Claws r49
Damage 110 Blunt 100%
Attack Power 8 Additional Effect: Paralyze (Chance to inflict)
Delay 3.0s Number Of Attacks 2

Enhancing weapons should lower its base DMG & Delay in exchange for the Added Effect.
The effects of the Pots & Enhanced Weapons shouldnt be better than the casted versions of the same effects if they put them back into the game.

Hope you enjoyed my 2 cents ^^ & keep up the good work Yoshi/TeamFFXIV

PS sorry in advance if any of this was posted before. I tried a few searches, but didnt find anything.

Yes, yes and yes!

You can take my 2 cents as well, and maybe it'll be enough to get some attention.

My only suggestion would be, I wish they have a functioning weapon poisoning system in the game. Where you just apply the poison directly to the weapon and it gains that effect for 30 minutes.

The only thing I can disagree with is Ether and Elixir. The cooldown on those should be set to about 2 mins, imo. Or else they can easily be spammed and those regenerating MP actions that CNJ and THM have would be rendered useless to somebody with stacks of Ether and Elixirs.

Everything else seems pretty good, imo. Hell, Personally I think (didn't read it all. not sure if it was mentioned) that Alchemist should get a job like the fighting and magic classes are. It should become a Chemist and assist in battle by throwing items out to allies to heal and buff them. Perhaps some of the skills can involve making an item on the spot (wouldn't take nearly as long as crafting) and throwing it to its target. Being a Chemist could also gives items enhanced effects, such as 50% more HP gets healed when throwing potions, 25% extra MP gets restored if you follow an Ether throw after a Potion throw (combo system).

very good stuff, and exactly what I would like to see from Alchemist.

I would add:
STR Pots
VIT Pot
etc
Att Pot
Def Pot
etc

For materia I would add a method to create the mixed attribute materia by combining the appropriate materia of the same tier.

I would mate the items like paralyze enhancements temporary salves, aka 5-10 minutes without cool down between use, to use during fights.

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Originally Posted by normalforce

Yes, yes and yes!

You can take my 2 cents as well, and maybe it'll be enough to get some attention.

My only suggestion would be, I wish they have a functioning weapon poisoning system in the game. Where you just apply the poison directly to the weapon and it gains that effect for 30 minutes.

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I like this idea alot more than my own ^^. It would be alot less work for the devs to create & would make it a great long term consumable craft for Alchemists to make gil off of.

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Originally Posted by KamikazeMan

The only thing I can disagree with is Ether and Elixir. The cooldown on those should be set to about 2 mins, imo. Or else they can easily be spammed and those regenerating MP actions that CNJ and THM have would be rendered useless to somebody with stacks of Ether and Elixirs.

Everything else seems pretty good, imo. Hell, Personally I think (didn't read it all. not sure if it was mentioned) that Alchemist should get a job like the fighting and magic classes are. It should become a Chemist and assist in battle by throwing items out to allies to heal and buff them. Perhaps some of the skills can involve making an item on the spot (wouldn't take nearly as long as crafting) and throwing it to its target. Being a Chemist could also gives items enhanced effects, such as 50% more HP gets healed when throwing potions, 25% extra MP gets restored if you follow an Ether throw after a Potion throw (combo system).

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Maybe make it so your pouch can only hold 1 of the 3 types? Potion, Ether or Elixir. After looking at the cooldown of the MP ones again I can see what you mean by someone having access to & spamming x12 Ether & x12 Elixir with that short cooldown, so yeah I agree it needs to be increased or the amount of MP decreased. Once engaged though you cannot access anymore than x12 during a boss fight & even in Strongholds someone pretty much always has agro on something.

I don't want to see them spammed/used as a primary means, but at the same time I want them there when it counts with enough juice to make it worth doing & also for that FF feel. I really do miss the whole poping items thing mid fights XP, so I'm sure a balance of multiple types of items can be achieved.

I don't see Alchemist fighting at all, but I do like the whole poping an item inside a combo for an additional % or maybe even turns said item into an AoE :P. Good stuff ^^

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Originally Posted by LadySaeko

Maybe make it so your pouch can only hold 1 of the 3 types? Potion, Ether or Elixir. After looking at the cooldown of the MP ones again I can see what you mean by someone having access to & spamming x12 Ether & x12 Elixir with that short cooldown, so yeah I agree it needs to be increased or the amount of MP decreased. Once engaged though you cannot access anymore than x12 during a boss fight & even in Strongholds someone pretty much always has agro on something.

I don't want to see them spammed/used as a primary means, but at the same time I want them there when it counts with enough juice to make it worth doing & also for that FF feel. I really do miss the whole poping items thing mid fights XP, so I'm sure a balance of multiple types of items can be achieved.

I don't see Alchemist fighting at all, but I do like the whole poping an item inside a combo for an additional % or maybe even turns said item into an AoE :P. Good stuff ^^

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That's actually a good idea. Short cooldown and limited supply can balance each other out. Maybe not into battle, but as a support class....or...dare I say, as a sub job! Getting it to a certain level can unlock abilities for other classes given you equip the Alchemist subjob. Let's not dwell into that though, haha.

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Originally Posted by LadySaeko

Maybe make it so your pouch can only hold 1 of the 3 types? Potion, Ether or Elixir. After looking at the cooldown of the MP ones again I can see what you mean by someone having access to & spamming x12 Ether & x12 Elixir with that short cooldown, so yeah I agree it needs to be increased or the amount of MP decreased. Once engaged though you cannot access anymore than x12 during a boss fight & even in Strongholds someone pretty much always has agro on something.

I don't want to see them spammed/used as a primary means, but at the same time I want them there when it counts with enough juice to make it worth doing & also for that FF feel. I really do miss the whole poping items thing mid fights XP, so I'm sure a balance of multiple types of items can be achieved.

I don't see Alchemist fighting at all, but I do like the whole poping an item inside a combo for an additional % or maybe even turns said item into an AoE :P. Good stuff ^^

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I never did like how in FFXI and FFXIV the base potions and ethers were practical useless. At least FFXI had Max-Potions and Pro-Ethers so you could recover a decent amount. I think a 20 or 30 sec cooldown for potions is just fine.

Actually, 45 seconds to a minute might be better, around the same recast time as Second Wind. But I'd also expect Potions and Ethers to recover more of your HP and MP as well.

That and HP/MP regen drinks would be nice.

yeah....lvl 50 alc and all i do is play with fish and crystals.....potions would be nice :D

The price of Ether/Elixirs would make me believe they would not be spammed and used sparingly.

Some very good ideas, hope Alchemist doesnt get dumped on!

Five minute recast on 50 mp ethers pretty much says you can't get that much more dumped on.

Anything would be an improvement at this point.

good ideas, i'd also like it if they let ALC to be the only class that can desynth and produce the base element of that item/gear

for example :
CRP grind on making ALOT of masks, instead of NPCing them or flooding the market, ALCs can take em and desynth them, and produce the Log or Lumber that was used (with low% success rate, to not flood the market with lumbers again)

at least ALC will not be only about making shards and glue

It has promise, but a few notes:

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Originally Posted by LadySaeko

Dex = WIND , INT = LIGHTNING, PIE = ICE

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I'm pretty sure you meant: Dex = LIGHTNING , INT = ICE, PIE = WIND

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Originally Posted by LadySaeko

White = Matching Attribute for Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Black = Matching Element for Cluster/Crystal/Shard

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Its not as cut and dry as this every time.
Ex: Are you suggesting a materia that offers both STR and VIT requires both clusters to diffuse?

all sounds good to me. but i would change the amout a potion restores seems 300 for a r50, is not going to do much either make it give back more. or maybe give back a percentage of max HP. (i understand it should not be anywhere near as useful as a healer but it needs to be worth something :D)

I think most of the potion's you listed would be useless and would be just used to grind exp on.

The remedies like Throat Drops to cure silence are present via Grand Company seals. But as you say, more crafting options in the reform. And for alchemist goods to be worth buying.

Potion and ether should share a cooldown for balance reasons. Generate no threat. A mage would have a choice of healing up that stray hit or gather the MP for the last stretch of battle.

These are all great suggestions. I'm a big fan of the Materia fusing system (which has been suggested before but w/e).

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Originally Posted by Duuude007

It has promise, but a few notes:



I'm pretty sure you meant: Dex = LIGHTNING , INT = ICE, PIE = WIND


Its not as cut and dry as this every time.
Ex: Are you suggesting a materia that offers both STR and VIT requires both clusters to diffuse?

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From the new reform of THM-Black Mage it looks like Lightning/Ice is gona be the boss again lol, so I just kinda went off that & gave Lightning to INT :P. Now that Im thinking about it Puglist-Monk is getting Wind as it's top element, so my accidental placement of Wind w/ DEX makes more sense to me now ^^.

Can really make them whatever you want atm in this game. This was just for the purpose of making all the crafting recipes for the materia fall into place and make some sense. I suppose you can do x1 Fire Cluster & x1 Earth Cluster for that materia or if x2 clusters are too much you can just use x1 Fire Cluster ^^ just use the 1st Attribute in each of the 6 materia that are like that even though I believe some begin with the same Attribute.

I really didn't spend much time putting it together, but the idea was in my head thanks to my friend for awhile. It crossed my mind yesterday & I just felt the need to put something together around it ^^.

Yes please! Give me something worth making, and make it something consumable... I got my alch to 40 and realize that there wasn't anything useful worth making so I gave up... Ok, crystals, but whatever...

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Originally Posted by AngryNixon

These are all great suggestions. I'm a big fan of the Materia fusing system (which has been suggested before but w/e).

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I figured it had been tossed around before by multiple people, but I couldnt find anything on it on these forums. This idea/concept of adding materia together through Alchemy recipes was my friends idea (Hes the 1st/only one Ive heard it from & it was a bit after Materia was released) & that thought poped into my head again yesterday, so I just felt that need to put it to paper because I was bored :P. I'm sure this idea can be implemented in one way or another with a far better layout than the one I came up with in 20min.

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Originally Posted by Yelta_Sumasu

Yes please! Give me something worth making, and make it something consumable... I got my alch to 40 and realize that there wasn't anything useful worth making so I gave up... Ok, crystals, but whatever...

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I know exactly what you mean :P. Alchemy was my main from the start & every single update/patch was like a huge middle finger from the devs directly at me because I lost huge amounts of gil every time (lenses/bugs/sheepskin/fish/dye/moraines) lol all the way up to becoming obsolete. My most recent hit will come from the over 1,000 Umbral/Astral Morianes Ive got stored which I planned to use once level cap was raised have been tossed out the window. Can't tell you how much time I spent on mining +3 bugs/buying +3 moss & creating/storing +3 dyes that all ended up being npced. Ohwell ^^ crossing my fingers that Alchemy finds its niche upon revamp.

I don't know if this has been brought up yet, but I would also like to see cool down timers on the potions, so I'm not all like: "ether time nao! .....no? *wait 2 min* gogo ether! .....no? Dammit!"

Timers are fine, but the cooldown should make sense for the amount of HP/MP restored. A small amount should have a short timer and a high amount a longer timer. I don't want to get 50 mp back and have to wait 5 minutes...

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Originally Posted by Yelta_Sumasu

Timers are fine, but the cooldown should make sense for the amount of HP/MP restored. A small amount should have a short timer and a high amount a longer timer. I don't want to get 50 mp back and have to wait 5 minutes...

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I agree. I think the cooldown should be comparable to Second Wind, and it should recover a respectable amount. You can't spam Second Wind but it helps in a jam, or even just to top yourself off.

I like the enhancing part. Agree that it should be a different kind of enhancements to weapons and armor.

We are planning on revamping medicine recipes in patch 1.21. We also made sure to tell the dev. team your great suggestions for the revamp. :)

We will be posting the changes on Lodestone topics and on the forums so check them regularly if you haven't been already!

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Originally Posted by Rukkirii

We are planning on revamping medicine recipes in patch 1.21. We also made sure to tell the dev. team your great suggestions for the revamp. :)

We will be posting the changes on Lodestone topics and on the forums so check them regularly if you haven't been already!

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Thank you. I look forward to seeing more information on the revamp.

I like the idea of alchemical oils that would be applied to weapons for additional effects.

Acid that eats through defenses
Poison that adds a DoT
etc etc

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Originally Posted by Duuude007

I like the idea of alchemical oils that would be applied to weapons for additional effects.

Acid that eats through defenses
Poison that adds a DoT
etc etc

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Something consumable like that would allow Alchemist to play a bigger role in the game, as well as add a new dimension to combat. Goodbye enfeebling magic, hello enfeebling potions. Or something like that.

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Originally Posted by Rukkirii

We are planning on revamping medicine recipes in patch 1.21. We also made sure to tell the dev. team your great suggestions for the revamp. :)

We will be posting the changes on Lodestone topics and on the forums so check them regularly if you haven't been already!

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Are there any plans to alter the current shard and crystal creation recipes?

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Originally Posted by Sephrick

Are there any plans to alter the current shard and crystal creation recipes?

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How would you like to see it altered?

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Originally Posted by normalforce

How would you like to see it altered?

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I wouldn't. Just wondering if they had any plans.

I definetly agree with the OP. We need to add mass amounts of useful potions, salves, elixirs, wings, downs, etc etc etc. I also like the idea of enhancing weapons with alchemy. A fire potion could be added to a sword to add + fire damage as well as a poison pot or paralyze pot. That only makes sense right? I've always loved the idea of ALC as a craft but it doesn't seem to get much attention.

I applaud the OP for not just starting a "OMG ALC SUCKS WTF SE GET IT RIGHT" thread but an actual interesting and productive thread. They seem to be getting quite rare these days...

There are some awesome ideas here, though I have a few thoughts on the op:

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Originally Posted by LadySaeko

May only carry x12 of any item "In Your Pouch" at a time

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Why not 99? Or more than that, even?

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-Linked Cooldown 20 to 30 sec-

r10+ Potion = 100HP
r30+ Hi-Potion = 200HP
r50+ X-Potion = 300HP

r10+ Ether = 75MP
r30+ Hi-Ether = 150MP
r50+ X-Ether = 225MP

r10+ Elixir = 50HP/50MP
r30+ Hi-Elixir = 100HP/75MP
r50+ X-Elixir = 200HP/100MP

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Considering the boost in HP/MP after 1.20, I think those numbers are a little low, and would still render the potions/ethers useless in the end. While these amounts might sound drastic, remember that the average-geared tank now has ~4k HP, and a mage ~3k MP.

r10+ Potion = 500HP
r30+ Hi-Potion = 1000HP
r50+ X-Potion = 1500HP

r10+ Ether = 500MP
r30+ Hi-Ether = 1000MP
r50+ X-Ether = 1500MP

r10+ Elixir = 500HP/500MP
r30+ Hi-Elixir = 1000HP/1000MP
r50+ X-Elixir = 1500HP/1500MP

Also, a 4th tier with the prefix "mega-", which is as follows:

R60+ Mega-potion = full HP
R60+ Mega-ether = full MP
R606 Mega-elixir = full HP/MP

The 'mega' items can be a 12 stack item, or less, since assuming that they'll be very difficult to make and not something that you want people to be able to spam. IE: one of the ingredients is a fuc*ing Goobbue sprout, or some crazyness, and takes a cluster to create.

Also, I'd absolutely love for mob AI to make a comeback (assuming they're holding this off till other, more crucial aspects of the game are hammered down), and introduce aggro-avoidance items like we had in XI. I can't exactly remember the names of the items, but it'd be stuff like:

Invisibility: renders user temporarily invisible and undetectable by sight.
Sneak: muffles a character's footsteps to avoid detection through sound.
Deodorant: removes any scent from a character, rendering scent detection impossible.
NM Eluder: temporarily masks the user from any type of aggression from notorious Monsters (very high level recipe, obv., would only need to be introduced when we have NMs like Odin wandering around open-world NM spawn points).

Also some ideas for medicines:

Chainspell-esque pot, with a very long CD.
Contagion pot, inflicts enemy with all of your enfeebling status effects.
Reflect pot, temporarily redirects any magic back to the target caster.
Max HP/MP increase pot.

With all this in mind, I realize that our inv. is already filled to the brim with items and the introduction of a whole slew of necessary medicines would make things even harder to manage, I also suggest the devs. think seriously about making our inventory tabbed (weapons, consumables, crystals/materia/catalysts, currency, misc.). In fact, I found an old thread about it that everyone should go support ;D http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ghlight=tabbed

Apologies if this was already mentioned somewhere in the thread--I haven't really been following it. I realize things can change between concept and actual implementation, but since stack size was just mentioned...
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h251/Odlar/potion.png

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-Materia Fuse/Defuse-

The concept came from my friend Dao Sama about 1-2 months ago & this write up is my attempt at making it work :P

Combining and breaking down tiers of materia ^^. I pretty much npc/toss all tier 1, 2 & NQ3 materia, so this would be a great way to put them to use & give more incentive for lower lvl players to Meld & sell materia.

Fuse (Can only Fuse together matching Materia. Each Fuse has a chance to random HQ)
Tier 1 + Tier 1 = Tier 2
Tier 1 + Tier 2 = Tier 3
Tier 1 + Tier 3 = Tier 4
Tier 2 + Tier 2 = Tier 4

Defuse (All Defused Materia will result in matching NQ lower tier)
Tier 4 = Tier 3
Tier 3 = Tier 2
Tier 2 = Tier 1

Colors of Materia & Cluster/Crystal/Shard usage in recipes

Fusing will take X number of Crystals &/or Shards
Defusing will take X number of Clusters

STR = Fire, Dex = WIND , VIT = Earth, MND = Water, INT = LIGHTNING, PIE = ICE

White = Matching Attribute for Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Black = Matching Element for Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Purple = Requires Lightning Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Blue = Requires Water Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Green = Requires Wind Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Red = Requires Fire Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Light Blue = Requires Ice Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Yellow = Requires Earth Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Orange = Requires 0/No/None Cluster/Crystal/Shard

Example - Tier 1 STR materia + Tier 3 STR materia + 6 Fire Crystals = Tier 4 STR Materia
- Tier 4 Manaflight Materia + 1 Water Cluster = Tier 3 Manaflight Materia

Using Clusters to Defuse is a great way to avoid too much abuse. Orange materia has less effect than all the others, so fusing & defusing them without any Cluster/Crystal/Shards is ok. These are all recipes, so they have a chance to break. You could also swap Clusters used with Fusing & Crystals/Shards used for Defusing.

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This is a highly interesting proposition that could either generate real demand for the lower tier materia while increasing their price or become easily abused to create higher tier materias from lower lvl gear. Either way would stimulate general economic activity.

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Originally Posted by Raldo

Apologies if this was already mentioned somewhere in the thread--I haven't really been following it. I realize things can change between concept and actual implementation, but since stack size was just mentioned...
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h251/Odlar/potion.png

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Oh, very interesting. Hopefully I can infer from image that the medicine reform will make medicine useful.

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Originally Posted by LadySaeko

I'd really like to know whats going on with this & what the community is looking for regarding Alchemy. ^^ my thoughts on this or things Id like to see...

-Clusters>Crystals>Shards-

I believe they will keep the breaking down of these about the same just different recipes. I really like this aspect of Alchemy, so I hope that it stays.

-Items/Potions-

I don't know about the rest of you, but every Final Fantasy game I ever played I found myself using these ALL the time (FFXI is the exeption for me where I only ever found myself poping Megaelixers for solo BCNM or Wings for stuff like KV or Bv2). I feel these need to make a strong comeback in FFXIV, so we can recapture more of that FF feel.

(May only carry x12 of any item "In Your Pouch" at a time. Can only use items/food out of your pouch. Something is needed to separate the ability to use in the field vs crafting a bunch to sell. Something like not being able to add items to your pouch while you/PT members are engaged or while you/PT have enmity on any target)

-20 to 30 sec Linked Cooldown-

Chocobo Down Remedy - Removes Heavy
Treant Root Remedy - Removes Bind
Funguar Shriek Remedy - Removes Sleep
Aurelia Kiss Remedy - Removes Poison
Coeurl Eye Remedy - Removes Blind
Pixie Tongue Remedy - Removes Silence
Wyvern Skin Remedy - Removes Petrification
Cactuar Foot Remedy - Removes Slow

-Lasts 3min +5 to +10 resist & they don't stack-

Ice Veil Booster - +Ice Resist
Wind Veil Booster - +Wind Resist
Fire Veil Booster - +Fire Resist
Earth Veil Booster - +Earth Resist
Lightning Veil Booster - +Lightning Resist
Water Veil Booster - +Water Resist

-Linked Cooldown 20 to 30 sec-

r10+ Potion = 100HP
r30+ Hi-Potion = 200HP
r50+ X-Potion = 300HP

r10+ Ether = 75MP
r30+ Hi-Ether = 150MP
r50+ X-Ether = 225MP

r10+ Elixir = 50HP/50MP
r30+ Hi-Elixir = 100HP/75MP
r50+ X-Elixir = 200HP/100MP

-30 min Cooldown-

r30+ Phoenix Down = Reraise 1 effect same as getting an R1

-30 min Linked Cooldown-

r30+ Icarus Wing = 1000TP
r50+ Daeudalus Wing = 2000TP

Any adjustments should all focus on keeping these from being abused, but still powerful enough for people to want to use them on a regular basis.

-Materia Fuse/Defuse-

The concept came from my friend Dao Sama about 1-2 months ago & this write up is my attempt at making it work :P

Combining and breaking down tiers of materia ^^. I pretty much npc/toss all tier 1, 2 & NQ3 materia, so this would be a great way to put them to use & give more incentive for lower lvl players to Meld & sell materia.

Fuse (Can only Fuse together matching Materia. Each Fuse has a chance to random HQ)
Tier 1 + Tier 1 = Tier 2
Tier 1 + Tier 2 = Tier 3
Tier 1 + Tier 3 = Tier 4
Tier 2 + Tier 2 = Tier 4

Defuse (All Defused Materia will result in matching NQ lower tier)
Tier 4 = Tier 3
Tier 3 = Tier 2
Tier 2 = Tier 1

Colors of Materia & Cluster/Crystal/Shard usage in recipes

Fusing will take X number of Crystals &/or Shards
Defusing will take X number of Clusters

STR = Fire, Dex = WIND , VIT = Earth, MND = Water, INT = LIGHTNING, PIE = ICE

White = Matching Attribute for Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Black = Matching Element for Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Purple = Requires Lightning Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Blue = Requires Water Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Green = Requires Wind Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Red = Requires Fire Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Light Blue = Requires Ice Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Yellow = Requires Earth Cluster/Crystal/Shard
Orange = Requires 0/No/None Cluster/Crystal/Shard

Example - Tier 1 STR materia + Tier 3 STR materia + 6 Fire Crystals = Tier 4 STR Materia
- Tier 4 Manaflight Materia + 1 Water Cluster = Tier 3 Manaflight Materia

Using Clusters to Defuse is a great way to avoid too much abuse. Orange materia has less effect than all the others, so fusing & defusing them without any Cluster/Crystal/Shards is ok. These are all recipes, so they have a chance to break. You could also swap Clusters used with Fusing & Crystals/Shards used for Defusing.

-Enhancing Weapons-

Alchemy doesnt get to attach materia to enhanced weapons. The original craft still retains the ability to attach materia to the newly enhanced weapon. Alchemist should only do the repairs to these weapons.

Toxins used for throwing at enemies & enhancing certain weapons

Blind Pot
Slow Pot
Paralyze Pot
Poison Pot
Whatever else you want to add or combine together like Disabling Pot = Paralyze/Poison

Example of enhancing a weapon

Cobalt Claws r49
Damage 117 Blunt 100%
Attack Power 8
Delay 3.2s Number Of Attacks 2

After Recipe Cobalt Claws + Paralyze Pot + 4 Earth Crystal

Paralyzing Cobalt Claws r49
Damage 110 Blunt 100%
Attack Power 8 Additional Effect: Paralyze (Chance to inflict)
Delay 3.0s Number Of Attacks 2

Enhancing weapons should lower its base DMG & Delay in exchange for the Added Effect.
The effects of the Pots & Enhanced Weapons shouldnt be better than the casted versions of the same effects if they put them back into the game.

Hope you enjoyed my 2 cents ^^ & keep up the good work Yoshi/TeamFFXIV

PS sorry in advance if any of this was posted before. I tried a few searches, but didnt find anything.

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Great way to get the ball rolling, I like the weapon enhancement idea and materia fusing, although I think that materia fusing should be heavily discussed due to its possible effects on the market.