Endgame Armor Enhancements

[Kyle 63]

Username: Kyle

Suggestion: In 2020, it would be nice to see something similar to the Invention skill be introduced to Ely, but not as a skill. Let me elaborate.

The economy is currently saturated with numerous rare and high-level PvM drops, whether it be from exclusive monthly mystery boxes or from people grinding out bosses (and, understandably so, as the server has been out a decent amount of time). My solution is simple, and reduces strain on developers by providing a way to create an expanded endgame PvM experience without making new models for new gear. This makes such an update feasible, and I would love to know everyone's thoughts on this:

 

For example, let's say you have an extra Nex set lying around in your bank. Everyone has one, so it's not selling and you've had it listed for several days. You decide to do something that benefits the item economy and yourself at the same time. You go out and grind a specific set of bosses. Each one of these specific bosses will drop a shard of a certain piece of equipment. You collect all the shards and you combine them to create an item. You attach this item to your Pernix Top or your Torva Platelegs, and you are given a choice: continue, and lose the ability to ever trade this piece of gear again, or stop now while you can. If you choose to proceed, you will then be able to attach this item to ONE piece of gear, and in return its stats will be increased fairly substantially. You like the results of this, so you get back on the grind again to slowly max out your endgame gear.

 

Obviously, things about this could be changed but I think the central ideas would be as follows:

• These "shards" would have a fairly low drop rate, to make the grind take a little bit longer. I'd say 3-5 pieces should be required to make one "enhancer".
• Each piece of gear you use a fully completed "enhancer" on becomes untradeable, which removes the gear from the economy (creating a demand for more), but also makes the stats well worth the grind and the loss of tradeability.
• Any piece of gear that you use an "enhancer" on (there will be a list of compatible gear) will then be updated to show that you have used one on it. Example: "Torva Platebody (U)". The U is for upgraded
• These pieces of upgraded gear could be added to the collection log (but a community vote would probably be best before doing this)

 

Why (how will it benefit players overall): I think this is a great way to encourage PvM, positively effect the item economy, and create a new end game grind for players who have ran out of things to do. This update would benefit anyone and everyone who regularly PvMs. I think making the "enhancers" tradeable would be permissible, as long as the resulting upgraded gear is not.

 

 

Please let me know what you guys think, I personally believe this is a great way to expand our current gear in an easy and fun way!

[Splash 203]

Very interesting concept, Perhaps the armours could give unique perks such as bonus task damage. Alot of possibilities with this, but I'd like to see this if not something similar implemented in 2020. Support.