Novus weapon upgrade system findings

[Camate]

Just wanted to clarify to see if I'm reading this too literally. Do you mean that nobody with any animus weapon will be able to obtain alexandrite from FATEs until the issue with Curtana Novus is fixed, or do you mean simply that only those who have upgraded to Curtana Novus already will be unable to obtain alexandrite from FATEs for now? Just to be sure before I spend more time FATE grinding! Alternately, has anybody gotten alexandrite drops from FATEs since this message went up yesterday? Thanks for the help.

It's just as Codek has mentioned. Basically, this only applies to paladins who have upgraded their Curtana Animus to Curtana Novus and are trying to upgrade their Holy Shield.

Also, as a side note just to debunk any rumors floating around, equipping both Curtana Animus and Holy Shield Animus at the same time will not improve the drop rate of Alexandrite from FATEs. Similarly, if you equip Curtana Animus and Holy Shield Zenith you will only receive alexandrite as a drop; you will not receive both atma and alexandrite.

[ZephyrAM]

It's just as Codek has mentioned. Basically, this only applies to paladins who have upgraded their Curtana Animus to Curtana Novus and are trying to upgrade their Holy Shield.

Also, as a side note just to debunk any rumors floating around, equipping both Curtana Animus and Holy Shield Animus at the same time will not improve the drop rate of Alexandrite from FATEs. Similarly, if you equip Curtana Animus and Holy Shield Zenith you will only receive alexandrite as a drop; you will not receive both atma and alexandrite.

Glad you clarified this, was actually wondering ^_^.

Awesome as getting both would be, I do see the problem. Ah well XD

[Parz3val]

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Can you please change it so Atma's can drop utilizing Animus/Novus weapons?

It'd be nice to be able to get some headway on a subclass Novus given you still have to go through the whole entire process again, and given how terrible the Atma droprate is (and how boring much of the playerbase perceives it is to grind lowbie FATE's for days).

[Gokuhan]

Can you please change it so Atma's can drop utilizing Animus/Novus weapons?

It'd be nice to be able to get some headway on a subclass Novus given you still have to go through the whole entire process again, and given how terrible the Atma droprate is (and how boring much of the playerbase perceives it is to grind lowbie FATE's for days).

I have all but 2 zenith relics and after getting my Gea Bolg Animus I will never ever go through the pain of grinding FATEs and boring books to get a second.

[Rex]

Can you please change it so Atma's can drop utilizing Animus/Novus weapons?

It'd be nice to be able to get some headway on a subclass Novus given you still have to go through the whole entire process again, and given how terrible the Atma droprate is (and how boring much of the playerbase perceives it is to grind lowbie FATE's for days).

Can I just ask you WHY you would want this?

Think of it this way: If you had all your job's relic weapons above Atma stage, what other use would you have for attaining Atma Crystals? If they made it possible for Animus / Novus weapons to drop Atma Crystals, it'd become just a nuisance as you would have no more use for them.

PS...you have a really huge Snowman head in your profile image.

[necrosis]

Can you please change it so Atma's can drop utilizing Animus/Novus weapons?

It'd be nice to be able to get some headway on a subclass Novus given you still have to go through the whole entire process again, and given how terrible the Atma droprate is (and how boring much of the playerbase perceives it is to grind lowbie FATE's for days).

VERY MUCH THIS

[Arkista]

Can you please change it so Atma's can drop utilizing Animus/Novus weapons?

I don't think that would be such a good idea. Say I have Animus weapon and I'm farming for Alexandrite and We could get Atma/Alex, I get the feeling SE would screw me over and I would get Atma over Alex. Maybe if Alexandrites didn't drop from Fates then, Yes I would go for this. I just think it would screw players over having Both Alex/Atma drop while Animus is equipped. But maybe they could make it so if you are a Novus holder let Atma drop?

Or they would have to increase the Drop rate of both to more than 1% or less.

[Runic]

Greetings,

We’ve confirmed a bug wherein players are unable to receive alexandrite from FATEs after upgrading their Curtana Animus to a Curtana Novus.

While there are other means of obtaining alexandrite, please take note that it will not be possible to obtain them through FATEs while we work to correct this. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.

Did they fix this yet?

[Kaze3434]

Did they fix this yet?

nothing in hot fixes or updates, so i would say no

[Umero]

Can you check if Lalafell girl with stardust rod animus is able to obtain Alexandrite from Fate too? Because it's been more than a week and I sill haven't gotten any from Fate while doing it every night.