Augments Listing & Discussion

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Pretty sure the rang posted a few pages back with the rng attk +2 was from Behe Dominion?

Edit: Yeah



Edit Again: NVM I'm an idiot. You said Behemoth, not the zone. dont mind me

No, actually you were right. There is only one NM in Behemoth's Dom., The Behemoth NM lol.

I wanted to add to this that every ranged piece I've seen augmented so far has given some ranged attack/acc or AGI bonus (or a combination). So maybe only the armor gets resistance in BD?

EDIT: from other thread:

Woodsman Ring "upgraded" in Behemoth's Dominion
INT+1 MND+1 CHR-1

royal knight's belt in BD, hp+4 mp+4....

So I guess we can throw that idea out the window. Oh well. RANDOM TIEM

[Balrock246]

Not sure if anyone mentioned this but....

As illustrated above, players will be able to customize certain pieces of equipment by adding two augments of their choice to supplement the item's base attributes. This new feature will allow for two pieces of armor bearing the same name to possess distinct capabilities, specially tailored to complement the skills of the wearer.
A wealth of heretofore unseen diversity in adventuring attire awaits you!

adding two augments of their choice to supplement the item's base attributes.

From SE's announcement on 3/17/09 and no they weren't talking about the rewards for the expansion. So the question to ask is....

WHERE THE HELL IS OUR CHOICE IN THIS PROCESS?!?!?

also why do some ppl get 3-4 augments when we're only supposed to get 2 augments.

[Demonic]

I'm pretty sure they were referring to the new Body pieces.

[levish]

someone mentioned it in that thread, this might not be the augmenting system they were referring to.

perhaps the one where you choose stuff to agument comes from the same npc that hands out the body armors, further speculation perhaps the only augment-able armor for him is body and the next mini expansion will let you augment something else.

[Stubwub]

I'm pretty sure they were referring to the new Body pieces.

No they were not. This was the note for this augment system.

FINAL FANTASY XI Official Web Site

See how they talk about YOUR equip that you dont want to give up. The place that talks about the augments on the ACP armor is on the ACP site itself. Two different things.

Square said one thing and did another. They have no defense.

Any veteran adventurer knows the feeling:
A beloved breastplate that served you in countless epic battles...
A cherished cuirass that fended off many a vicious enemy blow...
Equipment once treasured, now auctioned off for a purseful of gil or relegated to a dank, lonely corner of your Mog House in favor of more potent apparel better suited to your burgeoning abilities.
What could be done to give these items a longer lease on life? This is the question we asked ourselves, and in the next version update, you can experience the answer—the new Augments system!

[Deemos]

just for the lulz, since the argument was Behe NM... i believe it's total random... you put a mage item and get melee stats while you can even obtain MP on a Sniper's...

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/228/lulzv.jpg

[Trolll]

I'm pretty sure they were referring to the new Body pieces.

If they were then they posted in the wrong topic.

http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics...226/4226_0.jpg

That was the example they gave directly above the paragraph. :/

This update was kind of a joke. Hopefully they just pulled off some epic glitch with FoV augments or something. If anybody could do it, it would be SE and this is the exact kind of thing they'd ninja fix. Guess we'll see after emergency maintenance. Other then that we can always hope it'll be implemented later...

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Confirmed: You cannot re-augment already augmented items. Says "That item cannot be traded". MASSIVE FAILURE.
SE just crushed the only hopes of potential I ever had in this system.

ps. the reason this took so long is waiting for japanese midnight to do another elite training regime

[Nameless]

Will be a good idea to try to augment blitz ring xD... if I can get anything like acc +4 it turns into a full time piece I think.

[Day]

Thank you finally at least it's confirmed.

Maybe they will and an NPC to clear it later.

Maybe not and crafters get boners.

[Corrderio]

I traded my Mercenary Captain's Doublet (20 DEF and +1 DEX/AGI on it before doing anything) and fought the NM behemoth. This is what I got back:

20 DEF, +1 DEX/AGI
AGI/INT -1, MND/CHR +1

Underline = Augments on it.

I'm kind of worried trying this on other gear now since last thing I want is a DEX penilty on an accuracy piece or something gay like that.

[dejet]

>.> how is this a system that is to good to only be a limit of 1 day lol?

+1 chr go!

[Fwahm]

Wasn't there a post in one of the data mining topics about dialogue concerning Augmenting? If I recall correctly, an NPC said that you can rechoose your augments on something by re-completing the final Crystalline Prophecy BCNM, which seems to point to a different augmenting method.

I'll go look for it now.

Edit: Found it. The dialogue is as follows:

Which scenario's key will you use?
≺Selection Dialog≻Cancel.
A Crystalline Prophecy.
A Moogle Kupo d'Etat.
A Shantotto Acension.≺Prompt≻
Which scenario's key will you use
Obtain Which Item
Are you certain you want this item?
You may customize this item by selecting two augments from the following list

Your (Armor name) has been augmented with the attributes of your choice! It pulsates with arcane energy

If you ever wish to acquire a different reward item, you may do so by first discarding the item in your possession, then replaying the battlefield “Ode of Life Bestowing”

[dejet]

Actually that's not bad for resist builds.

if i could get that on feet id take + fire please!

[sruon]

Wasn't there a post in one of the data mining topics about dialogue concerning Augmenting? If I recall correctly, an NPC said that you can rechoose your augments on something by re-completing the final Crystalline Prophecy BCNM, which seems to point to a different augmenting method.

I'll go look for it now.

Edit: Found it. The dialogue is as follows:

Which scenario's key will you use?
≺Selection Dialog≻Cancel.
A Crystalline Prophecy.
A Moogle Kupo d'Etat.
A Shantotto Acension.≺Prompt≻
Which scenario's key will you use
Obtain Which Item
Are you certain you want this item?
You may customize this item by selecting two augments from the following list

Your (Armor name) has been augmented with the attributes of your choice! It pulsates with arcane energy

If you ever wish to acquire a different reward item, you may do so by first discarding the item in your possession, then replaying the battlefield “Ode of Life Bestowing”

That is only for the final 3 Bodies piece.

[Pooky]

pretty sure that dialog was referring to the new body pieces (acp reward)

[zantes]

Wasn't there a post in one of the data mining topics about dialogue concerning Augmenting? If I recall correctly, an NPC said that you can rechoose your augments on something by re-completing the final Crystalline Prophecy BCNM, which seems to point to a different augmenting method.

I'll go look for it now.

Edit: Found it. The dialogue is as follows:

Which scenario's key will you use?
≺Selection Dialog≻Cancel.
A Crystalline Prophecy.
A Moogle Kupo d'Etat.
A Shantotto Acension.≺Prompt≻
Which scenario's key will you use
Obtain Which Item
Are you certain you want this item?
You may customize this item by selecting two augments from the following list

Your (Armor name) has been augmented with the attributes of your choice! It pulsates with arcane energy

If you ever wish to acquire a different reward item, you may do so by first discarding the item in your possession, then replaying the battlefield “Ode of Life Bestowing”

That's only for the body pieces from ACP. As far as we know, there's no way to re-augment normal armor/weapons.

[Deemos]

Will be a good idea to try to augment blitz ring xD... if I can get anything like acc +4 it turns into a full time piece I think.

You can't trade almost all Rare equipment, but isn't a common rule, since seems someone pwnd his Peacock Charm with negative stats.
I tried to trade Astral Earring, and something else rare i don't remind, and it says you cannot trade that item. If i only could put the DEX+2 i made on Baron's Saio to my Sniper's Ring +1... fucking random shit -_-

[Ultimagi]

Augments randomly generated and dropped from Elite Training Regimes... called it.

[zantes]

So, while most people seem to think this is extreme fail, I see it differently.

Some possible applications for the augment system:

• Elemental Resistances -> we've seen up to +14 for 1 resistance already. On the right pieces this could help out resistance builds immensely.
• Augmenting cheap inferior items -> most people take an item like spike necklace over tiger stole for DD jobs, but if you can get some decent melee stats on a tiger stole in addition to the +5 attack it changes the situation.
• Augmenting gear you're going to keep anyway -> if you'd keep a piece of gear no matter what stats are on it, there's little harm in augmenting it (you just can't sell it/trade it to someone, you can sell to npc currently).