I just crunched some D grade items that I've had laying around. I found that the crystal count is lower than before the update. So while its true they lowered the price of items in the store, it appears they also lowered the crystal count.
hmm, for a moment I was wondering if they just gave the BH a gimped version of the crystalize skill.
the Cost to Buy the Items in the first place got reduced so the Crystal amount had 2 get reduced. or you can just buy a ton and crystal them and make a killing selling the crystals.
Unrelated, but in the same category: "Commnon" items, while plentiful, don't really represent any significant crystals when crushed. It looks like shot prices will remain pretty stable.
truth, but still nice to have the extra crystals from the normal items.think i had a nm robe normal drop last night which only translated to 68 a grade crystals. still that can craft a decent amount of shots.
Ok, I can maybe understand why they reduced the crystal count on stuff you can buy in the store. What about stuff you can't buy? I just crushed a Doom Shield that I got on a drop a couple weeks ago, that's top B grade. I got 87 crystals instead of the 112 that the web site says it's worth. I don't think that's quit fair.
Unrelated, but in the same category: "Commnon" items, while plentiful, don't really represent any significant crystals when crushed. It looks like shot prices will remain pretty stable.
Except it bumped up the threshold for easily obtainable crystals through NPC's From C/B to B/A grade
Ok, I can maybe understand why they reduced the crystal count on stuff you can buy in the store. What about stuff you can't buy? I just crushed a Doom Shield that I got on a drop a couple weeks ago, that's top B grade. I got 87 crystals instead of the 112 that the web site says it's worth. I don't think that's quit fair.
I think the reduce of prices hitting the shops is not only for buying but also for selling, meaning that if you sell a Doom shield now and get less back from npc shop than before Gracia (ofcourse don't sell, just look at the price you get for it), then the crystal amount decrease should make sense, has anyone tried this? (also mats amount for crafting stays the same if this is true because mats sold to npc might also be cheaper (not sure but only explaination i would find possible))
Simple example:
selling <some random gear> to npc shop:
- in Gracia gives you back: 5mil adena
- before Gracia gives you back: 4mil adena
At the same time though, Now S crystal prices have skyrocketed about 25-30% in price, so S shots which were stupid pricey before, are even more expensive now.
truth, but still nice to have the extra crystals from the normal items.think i had a nm robe normal drop last night which only translated to 68 a grade crystals. still that can craft a decent amount of shots.
Absolutely. I love the changes. I was trying to head off the inevitable, "OMG they nerfed WS SOOOOOO BAD!" conclusion that some might have been tempted to jump to since everyone will have at least a small trickle of crystals available to them.
Also, I noticed last night that since the drop rate for common items is so high, and the weight/slots that the items take up remain the same...some of the "automatons" are just leaving those items where they lie. So yeah, it's hardly any crystals for one common item, but a field full of them? Good times. :D
Dunno but I got 2 standard carnage 1 standard bloody orchid and 6 standard dc/tallum boots/gloves .... all where lying on the ground around hot springs :)
gotta love them bots, got all the crystals I needed for 3 dle crafts
common sorry ... used to play on the pts and i guess "standard" stuck as the name for them.
but then again It took me 3 chronicles to stop calling BoPs Hazard bows :p
LOL
I know what you mean. In my case I was talking about the new Common Item drops. Something I understand is supposed happen fairly often. Normal full drops are still as scarce a +16 wep droping from a raid boss.
The highest standard (common :P ) item i ever got was Avadon Gloves in a catacomb on the PTS. Afterwards i did quite a bit of exping with my level 73 char and didnt get anything anymore.
I'm guessing you dont get higher standard items than the items you can buy in the Luxury Shop.