In XI a friend of mine really wanted an armor for his dragoon, but it was very expensive. He spent months getting the materials to make it instead of buying the mats or the armor itself on the auction house. He began the quest months before reaching the level where he could wear it. The moment the crafter made it was very suspensfull for him too. The epic nature of his quest to get this item really added to his enjoyment of having it. It was a level 70 item and he still keeps it at 90 even though its no longer useful.
I think there should be similar items that are gotten by finding all of the parts needed, and then having the final item crafted. This should also be a player crafter, and not an NPC like with +1 Relic and Artifact armor. Perhaps like with synergy items in XI there would be NM drops needed along with items aquired through quests. Optionally this might require making it possible for a person to add rare ex items to the materials list in a crafters pool, and having an untradable item given to the person who is requesting the craft, and not the crafter. The journey itself should be epic in nature, and the item returned should be equal to the effort involved. It should be something that a player should be able to begin questing for before the item is needed.
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05-03-2011, 10:11 AMMireilleEpic craft quests
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05-05-2011, 10:00 AMKorPoni
They probably will when more endgame content comes out. They're still working on the R01-50 stuff.
Btw, what's your server/ingame name? I'm an old friend and would tell you who if I could send private messages on the forum. -
05-05-2011, 11:00 AMMitholas
From what I am starting to see in the synthesis mechanics, I believe what Mire said would come true some where along the way. Many of the materials now requires a lot of farming by the players themself, and so I would believe SE would release materials that would require epic NM or HNM fights in order to obtain. REALLY looking forward to the good old time of NM Camping hahaha.
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05-05-2011, 01:55 PMMireilleWhat server were you on in XI, or do you mean a real life friend? Since you know nothing about me I'm a bit confused by the comment.Quote:
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05-05-2011, 02:30 PMShampooo
at least a quest for an R50 tool lol
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05-05-2011, 10:19 PMKorPoni
Rank 40-50 tools/weapons quests would be awesome. Could follow the 3 main quests from the guild, with rank 40 as required before you could start it. Just hope it'd be better gear than Final Fantasy XI's artifact weapons.
No, ingame friend. Was on Carbuncle. Been away from the game awhile, then when I came back you were gone. If you're not that Mireille I apologize for the mixup.Quote:
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05-06-2011, 04:41 AMBigglesworth
I posted this in another thread, but if you look at the new quest hub encampments in the producer's letter, then all have heavy crafting themes. (gridania has a tanning vat, LL has a pumpkin garden) We could very well see some crafting quests before you know it.
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05-06-2011, 10:53 AMMireilleQuote:
Originally Posted by KorPoni
I'm sort of hoping for upgradable relic crafting tools, but I'm a bit weird.
Unless I miss my guess your name on Carby began with a K, and we have the same friend in common. There is no other way you could have connected me to Carby from that story. I did quit for a year. I'm on Mysidia, but Serv went to another server, and then left for a game that lets him PvP in the air, the noob >.> -
05-09-2011, 02:49 PMMireille
I guess I did miss my guess.
Barria I had wondered what had happened to you and Bloom. SE needs some sort of feature for messaging on the forums. It is sort of odd to communicate in a post on a completely different topic.I hope the both of you and your kids are well. -
05-09-2011, 10:19 PMKorPoniI'm glad to have found you. A familiar face is nice to see. I can head over to the mysidia server now actually, but I still don't have a full ingame name to find you by.Quote:
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05-10-2011, 10:31 AMMireille
Updated profile with Char name and server.
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05-10-2011, 12:49 PMRadaghast
EQ2 had something similar where you did an epic line of quests with the last one needing a high end item crafted from each class to complete. Ended up with a earring that gave you a runspeed buff clicky and a bunch of craft/gathering stats.