Haha, those bomb adds took me by surprise as well first time I had to fight the Golem on my Warrior. Although I was pissed for losing an Alexandrite, I laughed about it and I was much prepared the next battles I had with it. I soloed all of the maps I had and only lost to that one time. You move on and learn your mistake.

I almost lost one the other day. while I was doing on at a really late hour like 2pm GMT so I thought i would solo it with being i102, I almost died if it wasn't for a very kind healer passing by that healed me when i was at 100hp.

The main problem with Novus now is the price of materia. I consider myself a rich player and I am simply not prepared to spend 10 million gil on tier 4 materia to get my Novus, it's not worth it. I imagine the time involved in earning that 10 million back is far more than farming a sands of time via hunts to upgrade a weathered soldiery weapon to i110. So I will likely sit with 75 alexandrite until the upgrade is worth doing.

Originally Posted by Xenor

The main problem with Novus now is the price of materia. I consider myself a rich player and I am simply not prepared to spend 10 million gil on tier 4 materia to get my Novus, it's not worth it. I imagine the time involved in earning that 10 million back is far more than farming a sands of time via hunts to upgrade a weathered soldiery weapon to i110. So I will likely sit with 75 alexandrite until the upgrade is worth doing.

Yh the DPS materia has gone through the roof on my Server, 500-800k for DET IV and CRIT, just glad I did it on tank and the materia prices were only around 190k-200 for IV 4 Parry/Accuracy

Originally Posted by Ami_Kaede

Yh the DPS materia has gone through the roof on my Server, 500-800k for DET IV and CRIT, just glad I did it on tank and the materia prices were only around 190k-200 for IV 4 Parry/Accuracy

500-800k? Crazy. They're "only" 400-450k or so on Ragnarok and it's only going up. I can see SE doing something about materia acquisition because a lot of people are about to get into tier 4 range from doing dailies and they're going to get pissed and complain. Surprised they didn't do anything in 2.3.

Originally Posted by Xenor

500-800k? Crazy. They're "only" 400-450k or so on Ragnarok and it's only going up. I can see SE doing something about materia acquisition because a lot of people are about to get into tier 4 range from doing dailies and they're going to get pissed and complain. Surprised they didn't do anything in 2.3.

They were around 900k on my server a few days ago and people were still buying them...now they are about half that. About 2 weeks ago they were around 300k per, wish I would have jumped on it then but oh well.

I enjoyed the danger the maps gave. It was one of the saving graces to the novus grind imo.

Also hahahahaha @ the conversation about materia prices. Prices for the high demand materia on my server jump around too. I finished my novus awhile back, but I bought my DET materia from somewhere between 100k-350k each. Right now they're 500k+ on my server and steadily going up.

People who don't have millions of gil at their disposal will end up getting all of their alexandrine long before getting enough materia(including backup for fails). With that in mind I don't what the big deal is with loosing out on a map or two in order to learn amusing mechanics.

Originally Posted by Xenor

500-800k? Crazy. They're "only" 400-450k or so on Ragnarok and it's only going up. I can see SE doing something about materia acquisition because a lot of people are about to get into tier 4 range from doing dailies and they're going to get pissed and complain. Surprised they didn't do anything in 2.3.

Its just greedy players, you don't need millions in this game.

Originally Posted by Ami_Kaede

Its just greedy players, you don't need millions in this game.

Well, if you want a Novus you do need millions lol. Likewise if you want a house that is coming soon.

Originally Posted by Xenor

Well, if you want a Novus you do need millions lol. Likewise if you want a house that is coming soon.

I was referring to those players that sit on 22+million gil and don't spend it then put up materia for this obscene price, which I looked at DET IV is now 700k - 1million and Crit is 700 - 800k, those prices will turn players away from doing it, Yes you can spiritbond but most people dont want to do it as they dont like the RNG that comes with it and after Atma grind i want little RNG as possible haha.