Novus weapon upgrade system findings

[Shea]

Infuse 24 for Det Savage Might Grade IV on Sphere Scroll: Stardust Rod. Chance 100% Result: +1 Det
Infuse 25 for Det Savage Might Grade IV on Sphere Scroll: Stardust Rod. Chance 100% Result: +1 Det
Infuse 26 for Det will require Savage Might Grade IV

Total Infusions on scroll: 26
+1/44 Crit
+25/31 Det

[Donjo]

You are a credit to team Shea. Keep things up and solve the mystery once and for all!

As for a reply...

It's pretty clear from existing evidence that it's 1:1...

If it really is so clear, this discussion wouldn't exist. Just wait and see.

[Kaze3434]

You are a credit to team Shea. Keep things up and solve the mystery once and for all!

As for a reply...


If it really is so clear, this discussion wouldn't exist. Just wait and see.

if it really turns out that you can max both det and crit, dps is going to be insane. almost all other stats will be ignored. cant reach acc cap? food and melded.

[Alipoprocks]

I don't see how it would be unclear. Each materia Shea has added has given him +1. Seems very obvious to me.

[Scherwiz]

Has anyone finished a shield yet?

[Keres]

Has anyone finished a shield yet?

Yes, at least one person has, probably more: https://i.imgur.com/ZQ0jDZ3.jpg

Heck, some crazy person even completed a Curtana already: http://gyazo.com/f031baca2a3633fb10825853e8c42824

[Gallus]

You can say it would break the pattern of SE's treatment regarding fixed secondary stats in weapons but I would hardly go beyond and call it "unbalanced and stupid" Donjo. We are talking about 10 points of Determination. Also, consider the following example about why you might be wrong here. Take any i70 crafted accessory for instance, and compare it with any DL accessory. Those i70 crafted accessories have CAPS too, but capping one secondary stat never decreased the cap of another secondary stat, in that regard, i70 accessories completely destroyed DL accessories and in some situations they were regarded as good as some i90 accessories, but that was only because you could infuse MAIN stats into them (Vitality for instance).
Maybe SE's doing it with the Novus this time, your secondary stats are a bit higher than the ones of a normal i110 except you can't infuse any main stats this time excluding piety.

[Nero]

Maybe SE's doing it with the Novus this time, your secondary stats are a bit higher than the ones of a normal i110 except you can't infuse any main stats this time excluding piety.

Maybe will change with further Progress in the Zodiak Line.

[Arkista]

Ok people really have to stop spreading this false information, I had 3 people talking about it in my LS today. All it's doing is confusing an already confusing system for some people. It doesn't matter what stats the other ilvl110 weapons have capped. If you do Crit/Det on your Novus it will be capped at 44/31 no if and or but about it 44/31. Its a theory backed by info on weapons that have nothing to do with the Relic progression system, Like I said we don't know the next part of the quest, For all we know ilvl115 upgrade might only increase primary stats. And the Theory was already proven to be wrong, No offence. Now the new thing that's about to start floating around, Is if you cap DET @31 then your Crit hit isn't going to be capped at 44?????? Just stop its going to be a long time until anyone fully completes the Novus, Even though Shea is doing a great job He still has 49 to go. People are going to be more pissed when they listen to this and screw up. Materia is 1 for 1, 31DET max and 44Crit Max. So until someone actually finishes a Novus with full DET/Crit and they have lesser stats than what they said, Then this info needs to stop floating around. If it was true the stats hard cap would be lower than what it is. I really think a DEV needs to step in and clear this matter up because its going to be a few weeks before anyone is done, So maybe after E3. Flame me if you want, But info based on other weapons that has nothing to do with Relics shouldn't be spread around.

[JayCommon]

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I'm fine with people speculating, but this thread was supposed to be a compilation of "Thread: Novus weapon upgrade system findings" and basically the last multiple pages is plain conjecture with no absolutely no facts behind it, besides Shea doing an excellent job of posting his Infusions. Nothing in the game states a Relic weapon needs to follow the same stat distribution as other weapons in the game. It is making it very tough to find concrete facts behind this system when I have to browse through all of this baseless nonsense.

The concern is valid (regarding the DET stat weight) but it shouldn't be devolving this thread. I'm sure OP could update his/her cover page better if he/she didn't have to skim through all of the speculation.