Thread: [dev1016] Post 1.20 HQ Crafting

Originally Posted by Perrin_Aybarra

We will have to see what how everything pans out with those changes for sure. But don't you think it's fair for someone who spent the time to gather HQ mats (or lots of money to buy them, which is good since in that case gils change hands) have a guarantee to have a HQ craft? If you really want to make that HQ gear then you work for it and go get the necessary mats. Right now, it's just luck based mostly.

But yes, I agree if it's too common then there will be an overload of HQ mats and make NQ stuff go away but I am confident they can find the balance to make them rare enough yet not unobtainable.

The other question is if you have all HQ items but 1, do you have a change at HQ or not at all? The way I read it it's not at all.

i don't think people should be guranteed HQ. if you do a raid or w/e and get the HQ's items for you and your LS you have no reason to go back and play that content again, you'll end up with dead zones which hardly anyone ever enters, if your familur with XI i'm going to use Sky/Sea/Dynamis as a example, there are still a select few that return and continue playing the content (me for one) but for the most part it was a waste of server space. i'm gonna be flame'd for that comparison i bet ^^, what you need is a reason to keep going back enjoying the content. and if no guarentee on a HQ item is one way to do it so be it.

also in a way i see it's taking somting away from the game, it's the uncertainty that makes games enjoyable.

From Yoshi-P's post.

"Basically, in order to synthesize an HQ final item, HQ versions of every ingredient must be used. Players are guaranteed to synthesize HQ items if all the ingredients used are HQ. However, it will be very difficult to obtain HQ versions of all ingredients."

Edit: if very difficult to obtain = dynamis HQ itmes, then most ppl orher then a very very select few are not even going to bother. felt i need ot add another XI referance cos for some reason they annoy some XIV palyers