Unveiling the New Synergy System! (05/11/2009)

[Septimus]

what is this I don't even. Also, didn't know this was posted in June, and we're only now finding out about it.

I really.. don't understand any of what they said. At first, it sounded like it was just some sort of new crafting system, and I really don't see how this has anything to do with that evolith system they introduced the other day, sounds like something completely different tbh <_<

Will synergy skill (if it's really a skill level?) be like fishing? That you can take to 100 without fucking your other crafts? I sure hope so >_>

You will need Synergy skill in order to not blow up the Evolith attachments or blow up adding sockets to your armor. So instead of making a system where you just junction stats to your armor like every other sane MMORPG seems to do, they had to Square-Enix it up a notch and add the potential to fail to it. Because it just isn't Final Fantasy XI if it isn't filled with pain, heartache, humiliation, and failure.

Even though the pessimist in my head is shouting "NO! NO! NO!", Synergy skill will probably will be independent of your other crafts.

[Darte]

Awesome. Just plain Awesome.

Spend millions of gil leveling up a craft to 100.

Synth +1 items after spending millions on ingredients and breaks.

Your choices to further enhance your items (if they qualify to do so in the first place) are:

(1): Augments (Or as we know it, Transforming a Hauby+1 into a Hauby-1)

(2): Evolith System: Where you take *yet* another risk on your pre-existing rare item (read +1, non blank equipment like the ones they'll be introducing in the next ver update), and hope that all that time you spent making a single dusk glove +1 doesn't end in something horrific like losing dusk gloves...depending on how they handle failures.

But hey this is Square right? They found a way to screw augments up, I have no doubt in my mind they'll find something to screw this up as well.

[Argettio]

Now before I read the replies I was thinking something along the lines of:

Take one cloth Bone crafter (100+4) and one leather crafter (100), throw in the ingredients for a Cursed cap.... bingo higher HQ rate.

I am not sure how this works, but as ever with SE, the devil is in the detail.

[Rubett]

Don't forget SE also added new aprons in the Oct. update and they need to have some kind of use. So I'm assuming they'll be used for Synergy.

...all participants will be awarded with "cinders," a synergy by-product. Cinders act as points that can be accumulated and traded to synergy engineers in exchange for items that will aid you in your synergistic endeavors.

FFFFFFUUUUUUUUU

[RedRed]

I'm thinking synergy skill = your craft skill. Don't forget SE also added new aprons in the Oct. update and they need to have some kind of use. So I'm assuming they'll be used for Synergy.

makes it feel like its gonna be merits for crafting...

[Thiefami]

they should just stop already;( They are slowly but surely taking all the joy I had about movement speed pants away from me.

[Charismatic]

May 11th?

[The Stig]

May 11th?

EU/UK date format

[drwaffles]

Potential Complications
In the hands of the untrained, synergy may prove to be a painful exercise.

lol

At times like this I really do feel they're just using XI as a sort of testing ground for their XIV developments.

[Corrderio]

lol

At times like this I really do feel they're just using XI as a sort of testing ground for their XIV developments.

I hope not, anyone who thinks team based crafting is a good idea needs to be smacked hard.

[Toth]

Sounds like fun and I can't wait to see how it goes but...

Thanks SE for yet another update without this promised avatar (Yeah they may still announce it patch day but geez...)

[Not Kuno]

What the hell is this?

I have a feeling this is going to suck, be super inconvinient, or just generally useless.

[Serra]

So... are they introducing a new form of crafting that everyone will have to start over with? Cause that would be fan-fucking-tastic! >.> <.<

This sounds like it's going to be unnecessarily complicated. Who knows though.. depending on how the skilling up works/difficulty of obtaining the summonable furnace, might turn into a good cash flow to whore synergy skill...

[DAKPluto]

so the furnace IS a summon after all

Damn....I called that one, didn't I! lol

[Ropeydonkey]

This sounds good to me:

Im reading this as getting help for synths but WITHOUT the risk the synther steals all your items etc etc

You need a high level crafter (possible proof of level through the new aprons or something) but rather than pay someone to do it and hope they dont try to shaft you, you trade the gear to the machine while the crafter is in your pt and ONLY you get the items at the end. Bargain.

This is, of course, assuming your helpers cant screw the synth on purpose but we'll have to wait and see.

[Ropeydonkey]

And LOL if people can screw it up, cos there will be SO MANY GM CALLS - SE would wish they hadnt bothered lol

[Nekio]

http://c.ilike.com/w/0331/158/0331158649_l.jpg
I wonder if there will be new crafter's gear to promote Synergy?

[Ropeydonkey]

http://c.ilike.com/w/0331/158/0331158649_l.jpg
I wonder if there will be new crafter's gear to promote Synergy?

There are a load of new Aprons in the DATs from last update - guessing its these...

[Shuichi]

I don't even.........

Seriously, please leave this kinda bullshit in XI, don't bring this crap to XIV SE! Shit is just overly complicated for no reason at all.

[Ropeydonkey]

I don't even.........

Seriously, please leave this kinda bullshit in XI, don't bring this crap to XIV SE! Shit is just overly complicated for no reason at all.

It may not be so bad, a lot of stuff gets kinda screwed with the translation/localization teams. Lets just wait and see...