[dev1017] Materia crafting system & Materia: A Matter of Mystery (08/26/2011)

[Deceptistar]

Players can never fail to attach the first piece of materia. However, the success rate progressively decreases with each subsequent piece of materia. A failed attempt to attach materia will result in the loss of all items involved in the process, barring the key item.

not too excited about this part.
whatever gear we want to put materia on, most likely is gonna be our best gear >.> i dont think im too hyped up to hear that any more than 1 materia has a chance to make my valuable gear, break.

+2+3 gear? forget it no ones gonna touch it >.>

[TheVedis]

not too excited about this part.
whatever gear we want to put materia on, most likely is gonna be our best gear >.> i dont think im too hyped up to hear that any more than 1 materia has a chance to make my valuable gear, break.

thats why you have the OPTION to not go further then 1 materia
if you want more, you take the risk, you know the risk ahead of time too so its not like its sneakling up and surprising you


those who want that 5 slotted gear are gonna work their asses off for it(and itl cost them alot)

[Perrin_Aybarra]

thats why you have the OPTION to not go further then 1 materia
if you want more, you take the risk, you know the risk ahead of time too so its not like its sneakling up and surprising you


those who want that 5 slotted gear are gonna work their asses off for it(and itl cost them alot)

I agree with this, plus it will give some people a goal to work toward to, adding some extra "content".

[Arcell]

thats why you have the OPTION to not go further then 1 materia
if you want more, you take the risk, you know the risk ahead of time too so its not like its sneakling up and surprising you


those who want that 5 slotted gear are gonna work their asses off for it(and itl cost them alot)

^pretty much this. It's really hard for some people to comprehend apparently, a few people here seem to think it's absolutely necessary.

[TheVedis]

^pretty much this. It's really hard for some people to comprehend apparently, a few people here seem to think it's absolutely necessary.

you can only blame the fact people think this way on min/max guilds in other games, that many players have had to put up with for who knows how long.
we even got a few of those shells floating around here already(several of which promote botting/exploiting to get away with it too, not naming names, but they do exist)

[Arcell]

you can only blame the fact people think this way on min/max guilds in other games, that many players have had to put up with for who knows how long.
we even got a few of those shells floating around here already(several of which promote botting/exploiting to get away with it too, not naming names, but they do exist)

Oh I'm sure, and yeah I've seen that in other games too. I tend to steer clear of these kinds of players though, part of the reason I mainly play with my Linkshell as they're a laid-back/non-elitist group.

I think all in all its a more or less commendable addition to the game. Its just a matter of how SE balances the bonuses. I'm hoping for a scale like this:

<--[NH0]---[NH2]---[NM0][NH3]--[NM1]--[NH4]--[NM2]--[NH5]--[NM3]--[NM4]--[NM5]

NH = Normal Quality and High Quality, paired because they should always be within a 3~10% range of each other
NM = Notorious Monster / Special Gear
# = Number of Augments.

I think that would be fine considering what's a stake if you fail. Though at this point we don't know what gear is restricted to no materia slots/conversion.

[ViolentDjango]

not too excited about this part.
whatever gear we want to put materia on, most likely is gonna be our best gear >.> i dont think im too hyped up to hear that any more than 1 materia has a chance to make my valuable gear, break.

I'm hoping it has a low cap. 30% isn't too bad of a risk for a fully augmented piece of gear. I'm sure they'll be traits (or, ironically enough, augmented gear) you can get to decrease the chances of critical failures.