Forbidden Materia

[Sephr]

Don't pull numbers out of your ass, second materia is about 24% and the third is 7%, that's almost four times as much as your 2% chance.

Yeesh, no need to get so angry over it. Did you have any feedback on the rest of what I was saying, or were you just getting upset over that one percentage?

if second is 25% 1/4 and third is 7% you divide 7% on 4 7/4 = 1.75% chance to add 3 materia to an item.

That's more of what I was getting at (although obviously that's theory over solid figures), the numbers were being thrown around in various places, I should've referenced them. The risk of failure getting 5 (remember now, it goes beyond three) is pretty high.

[IStolzI]

No, but an 18.95% chance on adding a second tier four on a tier four slotted item is ridiculous. With that math, it should tell you 0% when you try to add five tier 4! How is it possible to succeed on a zero percent chance? K

The game is balanced for ppl having one gear in each item. if it was easy to get 2 or 3, the game would be easier than it already is.

[Sol_Aureus]

I really don't like this system :/ I'm fine with a risk vs reward system, but it's infuriating when you blow up 10 shields, all of which had a 27-30% success rate for the 2nd slot, then someone else slots it first try.

Random number generator stuff with very little skill involved is not what I want from this game, it's why I quit Aion.

[grandm]

seems to me this whole thread is the exact opposite of this thread
1 Materia makes any crafted item better than any NM/Raid/Dungeon

its balance you should not get 3 or 4 slot materia easy. if you do then the ppl that argue that raid gear is useless are right.

trust in the fact SE is trying to make the game balanced for both combat and craft

[Fensfield]

+4 Double Boned Claymore, anyone?

Seriously it's just as I'd like it. But then, I'm from RO - and those really high failure rates on upgrade steps past the first one or two just make sense to me. Crafters can literally make rare items. I loved that idea in the first few pages, of crafters that get a max'd out piece of gear being able to tinker with the name.

So.. yeah keep it as is, I say. It's one of the things I actually happen to like about the patch.

[Buddhsie]

Ok, iv'e gotten the forbidden materia item, and ive added 1 materia, to add my second materia, it is a 26% chance of success 1/4. When adding my third, were down to 7% success rate! Meaning that to add 3 materia we will need 50 of the gear, 50 of the catalyst and 50 of the materia. This is about 3 full days of farming, for only 3 materia added. A bit much maybe? with 7 materias we will have to try about 300k times to get ONE gear with seven materia, meaning that in about 4-5 years we will have one person with a gear with 7 materia. Oh, and did i mention that this is level 1 materia? Level 4 materia is MUCH harder to make meld.

"OMG I DISCOVER MATH"

[Neptune]

It's retarded because after you put that much effort into 1 piece of gear will be it will be outdated in 3 months' time.

[Aion]

I hope they added a content that designed to defeat with min 3 materia..so the hardcore will have something to aim for...(not me of course!)

[zaviermhigo]

Here's the materia system in a nut shell. You got three pieces on a gear piece, YOU ARE A GOD. Most people are okay with one, and only a small percentage of people will be risky enough to try two till the system is well known.

[Jennestia]

It's retarded because after you put that much effort into 1 piece of gear will be it will be outdated in 3 months' time.

Hmm..wasn't there a topic recently with people saying this is the exact system this game should have because other MMOs have it and it's a "good system"?