Augmented Items Abound! (07/13/2009)

[Suteru]

I wonder if COR will get something good on their weapon. MAB and AGI with a decent base DMG stat? Or maybe another quick draw delay down.

[BRP]

Oh holy shit! We'll be able to augment our Elemental Staves, Antares, and Alkaluropses!

I can't wait for someone to get an Aquillo's Staff with INT-5 VIT+5 and Magic Accuracy -2. Oh random stat generator, you show that Square likes to laugh at us all.

Most FoV items lack extreme penalties. The worst thing about them is the elemental resistance. At most you'll get something like INT-1/2 for another stat boost.


EDIT: Errr I mean STUPID SE RAWR RAWR RAWR

[hopefulki]

At least for some jobs Alkalurops gives them a run for their money. That being, jobs concerned with the M.ACC+ and not the +% to dmg.

That is very true, at least one of them is decent! and augments will make them better!! <_<;

[Lyramion]

time to augment your sonic belts, HQ cerb mantles and ancient torques!

[Virtuous Saint]

time to augment your sonic belts, HQ cerb mantles and ancient torques!

Except for the rare part on torque.

[Infini]

Im underwhelmed with this update till someone proves it useful ._.

[stewie]

So who's gonna augment their dusk gloves +1?

[Tifrece]

Great, just what we need, an expansion to a completely random system that provides possible marginal increases in a few select pieces of gear.

Here's hoping the fights needed to do this are at least entertaining, and there is a possibility of controlling the augment.

[hopefulki]

My head hurts at the thought of the new best possible gear setups.. ugh

[Julian]

My head hurts at the thought of the new best possible gear setups.. ugh

Yeah seriously.. mahatma slops with +3int? MAB? I wonder if you can get HMP augments..

edit: Actually, this is good, maybe people will start buying mahatma slops and prism capes again!

[Lyramion]

okok not gonna make this too easy:

What starts with W

and ends in arwolfbelt?


ehh?

eh?

BUY DAT SHIT NAO!

[Toth]

It actually does sound promising this time around XD

[SnickySnacks]

I think that's sort of the point...and as a goldsmither I'm rather excited. For years, expansion reward earrings were the best you could get, but after this patch?

Might actually give people a reason to buy augmentable rings and earrings again to try and get awesome augments on Flame Rings, etc.

Basically this is a voluntary way to decay items in hopes of getting better items. Perhaps not useful if you are generally broke, but if you've already got top notch gear, why not throw money at trying to get HQ augments on already decent/good pieces of gear?

[pchan]

I'll augment my merman's earring and my forager's.

[Sho]

So who's gonna augment their dusk gloves +1?

I'd augment it if I didn't want it self-signed. My own HQ chances are horrible however, so meh.

[Spira]

the pixie quest makes it seem like the weapons crafted are job specific.. and that the possible augments are also job specific...

this will make for some interesting JSE weapons i think...

i think jobs like SAM can expect to see more new weird shit like Enhance "Hasso" or something...

or SMN with Enhances "Elemental Siphon" probably

[Kaslo]

I knew they were gonna add 50+ FOV! Kinda why I gave up on my +mnd bow. Though I needed to farm alot of Lamia Bows and never got around to it. I totally didn't see a boost to augments and this new system though...

[Shassira]

Not specialy exited about this, but I suposse it could be fun. After all, it's more fights to do.
Anyway, we all know how the normal FoV augmenting works and all that, but can someone please comment on that scythe? I have no idea about DRK or scythes in general (Even though my bst has it caped and i have perdu <.<), so i'm not even sure if that's worth anything at all.

The weapon augmenting thing is what's making wonder. They say you need a specialy crafted weapon, which I assume and hope they do job specific weapons and that for some jobs these are meaningful. The crafted part somehow annoys me because we all know these are going to the usual crafts, most likely: hello Smithing.

So far the update seems quite underwhelming, but we are getting two new gameplay systems, so it's one of those things that will need to be tested before branding it. But yes, I have little hopes myself.

[Jaunty]

I can see some big items in line for an Augment, Hagun Hauberk +1 etc.

Also loads of little items such as the Warwolf and Hierach belt's, errant gear and such, could be one great update.

And yay for crafts! Might actually be able to make a profit again. I can see plenty of weskits being sold.

[Rocl]

the pixie quest makes it seem like the weapons crafted are job specific.. and that the possible augments are also job specific...

this will make for some interesting JSE weapons i think...

i think jobs like SAM can expect to see more new weird shit like Enhance "Hasso" or something...

or SMN with Enhances "Elemental Siphon" probably

And MNKs won't get a weapon 8)