Remove +'s on Gathered Items

[Cairdeas]

You already removed the +1's and 2's from most item tables. I'd rather see them all gone.

Right now all of the variations in gathered items are completely arbitrary and a waste of space for inventory.

I'd like to propose replacing all of the none +, +1, +2, and +3 items in the game with just a Blank item with no + but with the same effect as the +3.

IE

+1, +2, +3 Marmot Hide > Marmot Hide (With +3 Stats) All stacking.

Theres two benefits to this change.

1. The Item Database drops in size. Increasing access times. Improving Lag when accessing your inventory and other things that access a item database.

2. Decreases the amount of inventory slots taken up by one item type. 4 Items becomes 1.

[Reika]

This would be one good fix, tho some would complain that it is too easy to HQ everything since every item will be considered +3. I like it tho. Will save much inv space, and involve less variables in the coding.

[Vesper]

This would be one good fix, tho some would complain that it is too easy to HQ everything since every item will be considered +3. I like it tho. Will save much inv space, and involve less variables in the coding.

Why would it be easier Reika? When they rolled all drop items into NQ and +3 they did not change the drop rate. It fact it makes it harder to HQ as you only have NQ and +3. You still get the same drop rate on items as +1 and 2 goes away and they don't increase a drop on +3.

[Amineri]

From the Nov 25 2010 Patch Notes

The following adjustments have been made to loot.
High quality +1 and +2 materials can no longer be obtained through combat. The frequency of drops will remain the same, though all items will now be either normal quality or high quality +3.

Prior to Version Update 　 After Version Update
Normal Quality → Normal Quality
High Quality +1 → Normal Quality
High Quality +2 → High Quality +3
High Quality +3 → High Quality +3

The change to battle drops didn't keep the +3 drop rate the same, it increased it (effectively a stealth nerf to gathering). I was very surprised that the exact same action wasn't taken for gathering drops.

[Vesper]

From the Nov 25 2010 Patch Notes



The change to battle drops didn't keep the +3 drop rate the same, it increased it (effectively a stealth nerf to gathering). I was very surprised that the exact same action wasn't taken for gathering drops.

I missed that. But either way its not going to flood the market with HQ gear imo. Not with how damn random the HQ system is.

[Xenor]

From the Nov 25 2010 Patch Notes

The change to battle drops didn't keep the +3 drop rate the same, it increased it (effectively a stealth nerf to gathering). I was very surprised that the exact same action wasn't taken for gathering drops.

I think that was more of a panic fix. They saw people desperately wanting more inventory and changing a couple of variables in the code seemed like the easiest way to apply a quick fix.

I actually wouldn't have a problem with +1 and +2s returning to battle drops if they handle the inventory better. But I want gathering to be on equal footing so either get rid of +1/2 in gathering or re-add them to battle drops and find a better way of handling them in the inventory.

[Peregrine]

Nope. Crafters already abuse gatherers enough without everything being the same quality. 2 types of quality is fine though, just like battle drops.

[Lienn]

Well, nah. IMO the correct would be removing the +1 and +2 from any non-equipment item.

Just make NQ as NQ and the +3 as "HQ" of that item...with the +1, +2 and +3 for gear...what i didn't like in your suggestion is that its all or nothing...when you remove all HQ, or everything would work like a NQ item or everything would work like a +3 item...which is bad in both cases.

But the complete removal of non-equipment +1 and +2 items do would be welcome...they could just turn all current +1 and +2 materials already ingame into +3 and permanently remove the +1 and +2 materials for good.

[Cairdeas]

I was only talking about gathering items. Materials and stuff, not gear yet.

[Lienn]

but they would be the next step. And since we talking about gathering stuff, why not also adding crafting materials as a whole? ^^