Repairing Repairs

[Reika]

The unfortunate truth is that our community reps comment on threads here in General a lot more than they do in the appropriate sections. I've seen topics get made about something in the appropriate section and then a few weeks later another one pops up in the General discussion. The one in General gets a rep comment while the one in the appropriate forum usually doesn't. Good example of this recently was player housing, hardly any time passed before that one got a reply in General.

Funny, in the Japanese forums the reps AND yoshida make lots of replies when they have discussions in the appropriate forum.... I see lots of posts with crowns on them in items synthesis and gathering forums there. Really, just take a look http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/forums/72 . I suppose its our reps fault for spoiling us ; ;.

While I do like the idea for naming the different dark matters that way, I'm pretty sure the "number grade" they are going to have is so they can add more levels of them when the level cap rises. How do you get darker than Darker than Dark Dark Matter? =P

Too Dark to See Dark Matter

[Rentahamster]

I am increasingly getting depressed about the dumbing down of the game.

Nothing is being "dumbed down", as I have already explained earlier.

[Keith_Dragoon]

I agree with this. I want to date Kilta, but I also want her to stop spouting uneducated opinions.

I meant like as a person not in the way you are implying. but I do agree with the rest.

As far as the repair stones of infinity goes, I have no problem with them so now I can base my gear off stats and appearance instead of repair mat rarity.

[Imagene]

honestly, if they have this system, I don't know why each profession wont just be able to use these Dark matter to make level and profession appropriate REPAIR KITS that they can sell. This would move the repairing economy far quicker than having both PCs to be physically making a repair transaction.

The could sell these REPAIR KITS through their retainers and DoW/M classes can purchase and be able to repair in the field?

[syntaxlies]

Funny, in the Japanese forums the reps AND yoshida make lots of replies when they have discussions in the appropriate forum.... I see lots of posts with crowns on them in items synthesis and gathering forums there. Really, just take a look http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/forums/72 . I suppose its our reps fault for spoiling us ; ;.



Too Dark to See Dark Matter

super really extra dark matter of course

Also instead of dark matter, they could add duct tape. duct tape fixes anything.

[Reinheart]

Copy/Paste from my translation thread.
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Just like NA forum the JP forum is asking why is the repair item Dark Matter? they feel that Dark Matter is unknown element in previous FF series and doesn't match as a repair item. Also Dark Matter being some item you get towards end of the game in other FF series, why is it going to be a common item in FF14?

Original Thread Link: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/16464

こんにちは。
Hello,

「修理材料の名称がなぜダークマターになったのか？」について開発チームと話をしてきました。
Talked to the dev team on why "repair item was named dark matter"?

エオルゼアにおいて、どんな装備品でも修理可能な修理材料はとてもとても重要な物質であり、今後もずっと使用され続ける存在のため、ダークマターという名称を用いることになりました。
It was named Dark Matter as it is a very important material that can repair any type of weapon/gear and will be continues to be used in the world of Eorzea

そして、「ダークマター」や「属性を失ったクリスタル」が採れるようになったという事実は、エオルゼアに訪れる激変の予兆だと言えるかもしれません。
It may be it is a sign that major changes are coming to Eorzea since "Dark Matter" and "Deaspected Crystals" can now be obtained.

pretty sure NA rep will translate this one and post official one, but that's it means in the JP rep response version.

[DurtiMonkeyToe]

[SIZE="7"]I am increasingly getting depressed about the dumbing down of the game[/SIZE].

Said the rank 1 Gladiator. I assume that either you A. Don't actually play the game or B. Have already been banned from the forums once forcing you to post as an alt.

[Reinheart]

Said the rank 1 Gladiator. I assume that either you A. Don't actually play the game or B. Have already been banned from the forums once forcing you to post as an alt.

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Don'f feed the trolls

[DurtiMonkeyToe]

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...icuid=10569376

Don'f feed the trolls

But I am bored at work ;_; Feeding the trolls is my only source of entertainment during the day!

[lackofwords]

Alright, since you want to believe market trend will remain low priced and low demand, lets just see what happens when patch comes.

Here's the current pricing for some common repair materials according to yg global median
Maple Plank - 250
Ash Plank - 1000
Copper Nugget - (400) via NPC
Brass Nugget - 1500
Iron Nugget - 1200
Silver Nugget - 1750
Dodo Leather Spetch - 600
Buffalo Leather Spetch - 1000
Boar Leather Spetch - 500
Cotton Fent - 1000
Canvas Fent - 270
Linen Fent - 750
Velveteen Fent - 1000

So, taking those common materials, roughly cost 1000 for r20-50 equipments, and roughly about 300 for r1-20. Lets see how much dark matter is going to sell for when the patch goes live and settles in after a week or two. Lets hope it's around 1k all around for grades 1-5.

Thankfully, SE prices for grades 1-3 Dark Matter is reasonable. It matches roughly the cost if not lower for repairs materials pre-patch 1.18. However, prices for 4 and 5 cost twice and four times as much as one would pay for repairs respectively for the materials alone. Don't forget, I didn't add tip cost if you were asking someone else to repair. I'm speaking solely about the repair materials themselves.

You can see the price increases exponentially from rank to rank. So, you can just imagine what the price would be when we break free of the r50 cap.

Here's the price from the NPC selling Dark Matter ;
(anyone that is selling it on bazaar over that price is ripping people off)
Grade 1: 100 gil
Grade 2: 600 gil
Grade 3: 1,500 gil
Grade 4: 2,800 gil
Grade 5: 4,500 gil

Cheers.