Novus weapon upgrade system findings

[LunarEmerald]

Just bought a bunch of determination and critical hit rate materia. I'm ready.

[TomTom1968]

Anybody knows yet whether you can RAISE secondary stats or can they only be replaced? I would like to keep the Spell speed on my Animus staff and only increase it. DET will go away, not sure if I replace it with ACC or Crit chance yet.

[HulveinBlitz]

Anybody knows yet whether you can RAISE secondary stats or can they only be replaced? I would like to keep the Spell speed on my Animus staff and only increase it. DET will go away, not sure if I replace it with ACC or Crit chance yet.

A Novus just comes with two primary stats. Then no secondary. Scroll is used to apply the two secondaries.

[TomTom1968]

A Novus just comes with two primary stats. Then no secondary. Scroll is used to apply the two secondaries.

Ok, now I am completely lost. My Novus BLM staff has INT and KON as main stats and DET and SS as 3rd and 4th stats. I thought these stats (DET/SS) can be changed/replaced or is it so that you have SIX stats if you upgrade to Novus? Can't imagine it to be this way although it would rock.

[Duuude007]

Ok, now I am completely lost. My Novus BLM staff has INT and KON as main stats and DET and SS as 3rd and 4th stats. I thought these stats (DET/SS) can be changed/replaced or is it so that you have SIX stats if you upgrade to Novus? Can't imagine it to be this way although it would rock.

Det and SS can either be replaced with different (secondary) stats, or an alternate value of themselves. Your choice.

Also, since the grade I meld in the SS above only added 1 progress (instead of savage aim I's value of 2)

...it is safe to say a complete novus will require 75 materia, 75 alexandrite.

[LittleBubbles]

Ok, now I am completely lost. My Novus BLM staff has INT and KON as main stats and DET and SS as 3rd and 4th stats. I thought these stats (DET/SS) can be changed/replaced or is it so that you have SIX stats if you upgrade to Novus? Can't imagine it to be this way although it would rock.

It isn't confusing. All secondary stats (except accuracy for healer weapons) will be replaced by whatever is on your scroll. The primary stats get upgraded when you finish the quest.

[Cyfer]

Ok, now I am completely lost. My Novus BLM staff has INT and KON as main stats and DET and SS as 3rd and 4th stats. I thought these stats (DET/SS) can be changed/replaced or is it so that you have SIX stats if you upgrade to Novus? Can't imagine it to be this way although it would rock.

It will replace your 3rd and 4th stats

[TomTom1968]

It will replace your 3rd and 4th stats

Sorry for beeing a pain in the ass with all my questions but the Patch notes make it a kind of mystery to me lol. Can I only replace these stats? I would like to keep one of them and upgrade it. Is that possible?

[Urielparadox]

If what you say is true Then SE flat out lied to us, and postponed the update for no reason at all whatsoever(it's obvious that they added 0 ways since fates where already their plan and buying it with myth does not take a month to code) They told us point blank in the live letter that myth could be used to supplement and help acquire the items, but that it would in no way be required for the quest. first quest need 3x a myth item....

Again SE did not think this through the forums, their bug reports are riddled with complaints. No one likes fate grinding, even the people who finished the atma quest hate it and think it's bad design, and they reuse it? I guess they are reusing it so that people are actually out doing fates again, this was a very very very bad/poor choice.

[Felis]

People don't need gil to get materia (only to get them faster)
People also don't need gil for gear to spiritbound them, they can get gears from lv40+ leves