The Latest Evolution in Equipment—Announcing the Evolith System! (11/04/2009)

[TummieGaruda]

The biggest difference is that old augment are random, while this one focus on obtaining the augment with conventional mean.

I honestly believe that the Evolith Stones acquired from the Hunt Registries will be a stat that is randomly generated similar to the Watchful Pixie NM's, which is different from the FoV Augment system due to the fact that you can obtain negative stats. For instance, the augment for Axe Weaponskill might be "Axe Weaponskill: Attack +X" where X is a randomly generated number between 6 and 14. What remains to be seen is what, if any, influences what drops from the NM's or if the Evolith you obtain will be completely random.

[Kaylia]

I honestly believe that the Evolith Stones acquired from the Hunt Registries will be a stat that is randomly generated similar to the Watchful Pixie NM's, which is different from the FoV Augment system due to the fact that you can obtain negative stats. For instance, the augment for Axe Weaponskill might be "Axe Weaponskill: Attack +X" where X is a randomly generated number between 6 and 14. What remains to be seen is what, if any, influences what drops from the NM's or if the Evolith you obtain will be completely random.

I'm sure they will, but the probability of getting 3 consecutive good trait on a weapon is much lower than collecting "good" stone, assuming a similar drop rate. Also, your friend who score good, but uneeded augments can't trade them, however, if you're all in the same party, it might be easier to split the good stuff now.


I don't know, even if they have shitty drop rate, I think it will be less frustrating to collect your weapon pieces by pieces.

[Redflame]

Japanese is similarly ambiguous to English:

So it's basically the same thing. Could be that it can fail, or it could just be there because you need to match the rocks up with the slots and it won't do anything otherwise.

Does the BG forum system still fuck up if Japanese is posted? I left the original line out just in case.

I think failing will cause the item to have the negative effect of the gem. so instead of getting attack+6 you will get attack-6!!!!!

[TummieGaruda]

I don't know, even if they have shitty drop rate, I think it will be less frustrating to collect your weapon pieces by pieces.

Definitely because if it is similar to ANNM's (Using Conquest Points) where everyone in the party can flag a different NM, you can do multiple runs and just split the drops between players to get the best pieces you want. At least this way you can sit on your augment and collect what you want before having it socketed which does break a lot of the frustration.

[Zumi]

Wonder if they will let me put gems in my relic? If not then its already pretty fail.

[Max™]

I wonder if these will have the same lag on equip before you receive the effect as augmented stuff?

I finished AMK and was playing with my Salade on Ro'Maeve weapons to see how it compared to Ohat, since I do that page a lot while chatting or watching TV and know the damages I usually get.

I actually got lower dmg ranges when I had a macro with non-visible slots > visible slots + WS, so I started testing with a bit of pause in there, and started getting better than ohat Jins consistently again.

These will probably have the same lag before the game applies the stats. Will definitely influence my decisions about anything I'd be putting these on.

[Tricen]

Give me Meta gems or give me death !

[UninvitedGuestXI]

I like Evoliths already.

Edit: confound 10post restricted [IMG] tags... Someone be a good lad and blow this ol' crippled man's sig. up in all its lulzworth.

[Corrderio]

Shall we speculate on what the Hunt Registries consume to give pop items?

http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics...017/5017_3.jpg

That little green (EX) says "no secondary market for evoliths". At least we should be able to narrow down the random drops by selecting which NM to fight, similar to Augments... >_>

I just noticed something that caught my eye.

"Light elemental healing magic: Enmity -1"

What other element can heal? I guess Healing Breeze but it's not really that effective.

[Destinye]

I just noticed something that caught my eye.

"Light elemental healing magic: Enmity -1"

What other element can heal? I guess Healing Breeze but it's not really that effective.

iirc BLU has Light(Wild Carrot, Magic Fruit)/Dark (Digest/Blood Drain/Blood Saber - These are 'Drain' but it's healing)/Fire(Exhuviation - It's more of an Erase/Minor heal) based healing.

RDM/WHM/SCH Has light based (Cure)

Garuda has Wind Based healing etc.

Throughout FF healing has been broken into Light/Dark/Water/Wind only FFXI (being an MMORPG) has an element tied to it, but generally you could tell in older FF games (and other Square/Enix RPGs) they were typically Light/Dark/Water/Wind based.

[Silenka]

I just noticed something that caught my eye.

"Light elemental healing magic: Enmity -1"

What other element can heal? I guess Healing Breeze but it's not really that effective.

Wouldn't that mean, um, summoner's light elemental... >.>

[Knyghtmayre]

Give me Meta gems or give me death !

I get the feeling that this is a really really shitty version of gem-socketing too. Instead of finding someone with the recipe you need and getting what you want made, though, you'll most likely have to go through some awful quest to 'hunt' an NM and get a stat+N gem and then get all pissed off when it's not the right stat and/or the right quantity and do it all over again and again, not to mention that it'll most likely be limited to only awful weapons/armor anyway - much like augmenting - so who cares? Attack+6 is not going to make a Tabarzin the best shit ever.

Someone give me a run-on award.

[kodos1]

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[Malacite]

Leave it to SE to over-compensate...


I can't be the only one here who misses Diablo II's simplistic system, and the epic win that was Rune Words.

[FenreyVarn]

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