Ok, I kinda get what you guys are saying... and I do agree that the drop rates will have to be carefully set for this to work, probably way higher than what they are now to compensate. Personally I don't get essences very often, but they are almost entirely things I have no intention of ever using. I'm a hoarder too, but really? I'm keeping them because its more work than its currently worth to sell them, and I am as I said a hoarder anyway, but I certainly don't need Nyk essences when I generally detest the species. I don't mind drayl so much, but I doubt I would ever use a mythical one, let alone a common one.

This system IS a way of getting the essences you want rather than a bunch of them you don't, that's kind of the point. I don't really see that as a bad thing. In fact, i think it is a good thing, making the game play more usable and friendly to what people want, rather than just randomly dropping tons of useless stuff in our laps. I don't find that all that appealing myself.

It will also make a huge difference depending on what Fai meant by her hint that essences will be used for more once crafting is implemented. I hesitate to speculate, but that sounds really awesome! Can't wait to see what she means by that. But this kind of fragment to essence system would still work with that kind of crafting (may even be part of it), in that if you need a Nyc or Drayl essence to produce the potion or whatever you are looking for, then you can make it quickly enough. I imagine these fragments would quickly be offered on the broker, so getting the essences would not be that tough, though it might be more expensive than it is at the moment (which, if you are worried about the economy, isn't necessarily a bad thing either.) I personally don't have a problem with being given the choice to buy (relatively expensive) or grind to get the pieces you need.



So I can only base this off the games I know who have something similar, and the best realized one I have tinkered with was in I think WoW. Basically you got a "transmutation" device, where you could put random things in, and if you got the recipe right, you got a new item. It could be put three armors in to get a different, hopefully better armor, or what is probably more relavent to this; put three gem shards in to get a gem chip. Put three chips in to get a gem. Three gems yielded a perfect gem. Add the gem to the armor and you got a buff on the armor. For the essences, you could do it a similar way to this- three shards give you common essence. Three common essences give you an enhanced essence, and maybe even three enhanced give you a mythical essence, though maybe as you go up the tier you need to add something that drops more rarely to get to the mythical essence. (maybe have a repeatable quest of some sort that randomly drops something like a "soulstone" that could be added to the essences to create the mythical essence?)

Oh, and by the way, "Mythical" does kinda mean "so rare you may never see it in your lifetime" lol. Just because other games use it for "rare, but everyone who is anyone has it"... doesn't mean it necessarily needs to be so common in every game. Just sayin. Course, everyone wants it! But in this game, you can get the same thing through breeding, so its not like you need it. It's a shortcut. If anything, this kind of system would make the Mythical Essences easier to come by. Probably. Unless as suggested they were taken out in favor of only having them available for Diamonds.

Mythical Essences were never available in the game. We created Mythical Essences because people complained about the color swing of the Enhanced Essences...so we basically created Mythical Essences with a low color swing...made them $10 (which was the price of the original Enhanced) and then lowered the price of Enhanced Essences. Mythical Essences will never be obtainable in the game other than by the Diamond Shop or given out as a reward for forum games.

Sorry Fai, didn't mean to make it sound like essences were easy to get in the game, and even if this kind of fragment to essence thing was put in place of the current essence drop system, there is no reason the mythical ones need be part of it. I still like this though, lol...

So lets wait and see what the crafting system will bring us....for us hoarders, such as myself...buy another tab for your inventory slot...stack up all your essences there. Who knows, those unwanted essences of today may become valuable in the future!

Link: https://www.sylestia.com/forums/?thread=10184&page=2#14 Author: HibernusMortis Time Posted: 1/12/2014 at 7:58 PM So lets wait and see what the crafting system will bring us....for us hoarders, such as myself...buy another tab for your inventory slot...stack up all your essences there. Who knows, those unwanted essences of today may become valuable in the future!

I still wish there was a bank to make my hoard more organized. xDD (still looking forward to that bank plus that crafting~)

Link: https://www.sylestia.com/forums/?thread=10184&page=2#15 Author: Flute Time Posted: 1/12/2014 at 8:12 PM [quote=171972] I still wish there was a bank to make my hoard more organized. xDD (still looking forward to that bank plus that crafting~)

My sentiments exactly :P