Remove +'s on Gathered Items

[Vesper]

This would be one good fix, tho some would complain that it is too easy to HQ everything since every item will be considered +3. I like it tho. Will save much inv space, and involve less variables in the coding.

Why would it be easier Reika? When they rolled all drop items into NQ and +3 they did not change the drop rate. It fact it makes it harder to HQ as you only have NQ and +3. You still get the same drop rate on items as +1 and 2 goes away and they don't increase a drop on +3.

[Amineri]

From the Nov 25 2010 Patch Notes

The following adjustments have been made to loot.
High quality +1 and +2 materials can no longer be obtained through combat. The frequency of drops will remain the same, though all items will now be either normal quality or high quality +3.

Prior to Version Update 　 After Version Update
Normal Quality → Normal Quality
High Quality +1 → Normal Quality
High Quality +2 → High Quality +3
High Quality +3 → High Quality +3

The change to battle drops didn't keep the +3 drop rate the same, it increased it (effectively a stealth nerf to gathering). I was very surprised that the exact same action wasn't taken for gathering drops.

[Vesper]

From the Nov 25 2010 Patch Notes



The change to battle drops didn't keep the +3 drop rate the same, it increased it (effectively a stealth nerf to gathering). I was very surprised that the exact same action wasn't taken for gathering drops.

I missed that. But either way its not going to flood the market with HQ gear imo. Not with how damn random the HQ system is.

[Xenor]

From the Nov 25 2010 Patch Notes

The change to battle drops didn't keep the +3 drop rate the same, it increased it (effectively a stealth nerf to gathering). I was very surprised that the exact same action wasn't taken for gathering drops.

I think that was more of a panic fix. They saw people desperately wanting more inventory and changing a couple of variables in the code seemed like the easiest way to apply a quick fix.

I actually wouldn't have a problem with +1 and +2s returning to battle drops if they handle the inventory better. But I want gathering to be on equal footing so either get rid of +1/2 in gathering or re-add them to battle drops and find a better way of handling them in the inventory.

[tragic]

I would be absolutely against the removal of +1 and +2 when gathering. If they where to do it the same way they did it for battle that would put a huge dent in my hqing potential. Lets look at one of my recent gather sessions on silver sand.
54% NQ
22% +1
16% +2
8% +3

So if they where to change it how they did for battle that would put it at
76% NQ
24% +3

Another thing to consider it seems that when you gather a +3 it typically is a lower yield amount. How many times do you get hard cap yield as +3? I hardly ever see it while I get hard cap +1 and +2 all the time. Would this change still keep it a rare occasion that you would get maximum yield at +3?

Overall I think I would much prefer half of my items of various high qualities instead of 3/4 being NQ and the last fourth being +3.

[Reika]

I've no problem with any of the above issues.