Enigma of the Alchemist Volume 3

Piccolo · 10-16-2007, 09:04 PM

Enigma of the Alchemist Volume 2 and 4 have rugged and thriving and epiphant(sp)polishes.

any reason why volume 3 doesnt have these recipe's?

Rijacki · 10-16-2007, 09:27 PM

Hank@Nagafen wrote:

Enigma of the Alchemist Volume 2 and 4 have rugged and thriving and epiphant(sp)polishes.
any reason why volume 3 doesnt have these recipe's?

Cause not ever recipe is in every tier.

Calthine · 10-16-2007, 11:50 PM

Rijacki wrote:

Hank@Nagafen wrote:
Enigma of the Alchemist Volume 2 and 4 have rugged and thriving and epiphant(sp)polishes.
any reason why volume 3 doesnt have these recipe's?
Cause not ever recipe is in every tier.

It's not just alchemists. WW's have a couple that are one-Tier only. Pretty nice stuff, too.

hun_gover · 10-17-2007, 08:18 AM

Its about balancing the game. Some items for instance give a 1% crit boost to certain skills, now making an upgrade to 2% or higher later on can cause balancing problems between classes, so keeping these low is desired. Adornments have to be taken into the context of classes and while the adorn upgrade itself may seem minimal, when added to several things across a class the impact can be significant.

Rijacki · 10-17-2007, 11:44 AM

Not making certain adornments every tier allows a progression in the item (i.e. 1% for one, skip a tier, 2% for the next) that isn't overpowering. It makes it reasonable to allow more effects be part of adornments. Also, remember you can adorn a higher level item with a lower level adornment. A level 56 item can be adorned with a level 50, 40, 30, etc, but not a 60.

10-16-2007, 09:27 PM	#2
Rijacki Tester Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,842	Hank@Nagafen wrote: *Enigma of the Alchemist Volume 2 and 4 have rugged and thriving and epiphant(sp)polishes.* *any reason why volume 3 doesnt have these recipe's?* Cause not ever recipe is in every tier. __________________

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Calthine ZAM EQII Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,439	Rijacki wrote: Hank@Nagafen wrote: *Enigma of the Alchemist Volume 2 and 4 have rugged and thriving and epiphant(sp)polishes.* *any reason why volume 3 doesnt have these recipe's?* Cause not ever recipe is in every tier. It's not just alchemists. WW's have a couple that are one-Tier only. Pretty nice stuff, too. __________________ Please visit my non-gaming Blog! or follow me on Twitter!

10-17-2007, 11:44 AM	#5
Rijacki Tester Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,842	Not making certain adornments every tier allows a progression in the item (i.e. 1% for one, skip a tier, 2% for the next) that isn't overpowering. It makes it reasonable to allow more effects be part of adornments. Also, remember you can adorn a higher level item with a lower level adornment. A level 56 item can be adorned with a level 50, 40, 30, etc, but not a 60. __________________

10-16-2007, 09:04 PM	#1
Piccolo Server: Everfrost Guild: Campaign of Light Rank: Senior Member Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 287	*Enigma of the Alchemist Volume 2 and 4 have rugged and thriving and epiphant(sp)polishes.* *any reason why volume 3 doesnt have these recipe's?*

10-17-2007, 08:18 AM	#4
hun_gover Lord Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 81	Its about balancing the game. Some items for instance give a 1% crit boost to certain skills, now making an upgrade to 2% or higher later on can cause balancing problems between classes, so keeping these low is desired. Adornments have to be taken into the context of classes and while the adorn upgrade itself may seem minimal, when added to several things across a class the impact can be significant.