Novus weapon upgrade system findings

[Nero]

On Ragnarok you can see materia lv4 being sold for one mil. This has the potential to end up being worst than atma.

Price increase is almost always like that for an needed Item and will drop steady over weeks. If people think they are forced to buy it on the first day, then yea.. good gil sink right there. If people will wait with buying, the price will drop. People dictate the price, not the system.

[XNihili]

It looks like FFXI relic quest to me ... so long, expensive and boring that most people won't even bother.
But in FFXIV, people do bother and then they do moan and complain and whine and maybe riot ?

[HulveinBlitz]

So, how do I get the Alexandrite things ? And do we need one for each materia we use ?

Maps which cost 800 myth each.
Fates with Animus weapon equipped.

I would say you need 1 per materia.

Its also not always 100% to infuse.

[Duuude007]

Update: i tried to meld materia to see what kinds of errors I got on curtana and holy shield.

The first meld on each (possibly more) HAS to be grade I.

This may take awhile, heh.

Also, mysterious maps can be earned once a day at a repeatable quest npc in mor dhona (requires first unlocking sphere scrolls and talking to new npc by Gerolt). Only requirement to satisfy daily is to complete the roulette the nnpc asks for. It was expert roulette for me, I'll see whether it changes after this morning's reset, or not.

[HulveinBlitz]

Update: i tried to meld materia to see what kinds of errors I got on curtana and holy shield.

The first meld on each (possibly more) HAS to be grade I.

This may take awhile, heh.

Interesting.

So you can't just slot highest tier from the get go?

[Alkimi]

So basically a risk/reward thing?

Use higher tier materia and you might get done faster, but the melding success rate is lower.

I'll have to see properly how this thing works I guess.

[Enepttastic]

So basically a risk/reward thing?

Use higher tier materia and you might get done faster, but the melding success rate is lower.

I'll have to see properly how this thing works I guess.

No, sounds like you have to ramp up. Duuuuude's report makes it seem as there may not even be an option to choose which grades you'll be using.

[Duuude007]

Interesting.

So you can't just slot highest tier from the get go?

When i tried to meld grade II, III or IV, it said "Materia of a different grade must be used to progress this meld.

When I tried Grade I, it said "You do not possess any Alexandrites."

[Enepttastic]

It mention how many were needed by any chance?

[HulveinBlitz]

It makes sense.