What is going to happen to current +1/2/3 items come 1.20?

[Falcus]

Hmmm. so guessing any +1 gear I have will become NQ?
Damn, and I paid 2 mil for my +1 vintage haub >_<
Looks like I'll be selling it quickly. It's only worth about 400k now in anyway =/

[Alise]

His point is to reduce inventory slot, so I don't see any profit from changing +1 +2 +3 from actual gear (when 1 item = 1 slot regardless), just materials being NQ,HQ is enough.

[NarikoStar]

Well, as it stands, yes. The current thinking is to have the +2 items become HQ. But he also said they'll be reviewing the logs to see how many +2 items are in circulation. I'd imagine if there are too many of a certain item, they'll downgrade them to NQ to keep the HQ items rare. I'm hoping they do this on a case-by-case basis, seeing as how the amount of +2s can wildly fluctuate between different items.



Considering the example they gave of the cobalt armor, as well as the wording of his posts, the changes will be for all items.



I agree, it's not very fair at all. But we agreed to let them make radical changes, and with a change like this that I believe will be a good decision in the long run, we have to suffer the consequences. Considering there are probably less than 20,000 active players, this is a fairly small price to pay in the grand scheme of things for the game.

Agreed. And as much as it might seem a bit unfair, at least they're giving us a good deal of time to react to this system change. Whether that be selling your +1 items to replace with +3's/NQ, or hoarding away all HQ mats for new system.

We knew changes were bound to come, lets be thankful we have been informed now rather than the week of the update.

[NarikoStar]

His point is to reduce inventory slot, so I don't see any profit from changing +1 +2 +3 from actual gear (when 1 item = 1 slot regardless), just materials being NQ,HQ is enough.

They're optimizing this game for ps3 as well currently. By taking out HQ +1/2 they're reducing 2 spaces on every item that is possible to HQ. When you consider how much gear/weapon/materials are in the game currently, this quickly reduces the absurd amount of items obtainable. It's very similar how they're condensing synthesis and dyeing process.