So, I know that in order to upgrade your gear you need to have a recipe. But is there by any chance some other way of doing it? For example, if im going to use a particular recipe only one time? Like, I don’t plan on making multiple electron bombs out of electron charges to make a living for myself .__. But do other people out there still buy their own recipes and upgrade by themselves? Cause it seems like that would be a lot of trouble. Thanks in advance (:
Question on using recipes only one time.
Wed, 01/11/2012 - 23:03
Thu, 01/12/2012 - 04:39
#2
It is a lot of trouble;
It is a lot of trouble; that's the point and fun of the game; you can't just get something quickly; you're forced to find a recipe, craft, then upgrade to +5/10, find the next recipe, craft that.
It takes time. The game doesn't have a character levelling system, so they let you lvl up your weapons instead. If it didn't take time, you'd be finished with it too soon.
And who knows; there's nothing saying you won't craft more stuff one day. Maybe to help a friend, or craftspam the lower versions for UVs, and rebuild them up to 5*.
Thu, 01/12/2012 - 08:32
#3
i personally dont mind buying
i personally dont mind buying the recipes as it is part of the fun of the game, but i would like to get more out of the recipes i buy. i would like it better if they took away the having to bind the item and level it to say 5 or 10, that way i could craft the item(s) and sell them on ah.. the unbind fees are rediculous and not worth unbinding the item once it gets to 3/4/5 *.. doing that i think would put alot more items on a.h as well as put more cr into the sk economy. and i would have more crowns to buy more uv's on the items i sell. i would buy the recipe make the first one and bind it and get uv's, then ragecraft multiples of the same and sell them on a.h
Thu, 01/12/2012 - 08:41
#4
Which then leads into the
Which then leads into the problem of people creating 5* items to "get more out of the recipe", then selling on ah. Then the new players can just buy a whole set of 5*, and do each boss/tier run with no skill whatsoever.
Thu, 01/12/2012 - 09:12
#5
good point
thats true! you made a great point that i didnt think of, but even then they would have to do alot of runs to start buyin 5* in a.h. unless they borrowed the crowns. maybe they could make it where u cant buy that tier recipe unless you are ready for that tier! idk just tryin to think of a better way to make the recipes more efficient for ppl like me who like to craft everything. i never buy items off a.h. unless its recipes that take way too long for me to get from basil.
Thu, 01/12/2012 - 09:56
#6
If you have a friend, you can
If you have a friend, you can avoid buying any 2* or 3* recipes since those weapons don't need to be bound to you. It doesn't save a lot but it does add up.
(5k cr per weapon that you don't need to buy recipies for)
Thu, 01/12/2012 - 11:09
#7
2* is genrally really cheap
2* is genrally really cheap to buy. People ragecraft, or craft with mist. Theres just no reason to craft at a loss, unless you are trying for uv's like other people.
If 5* were to have lower unbind, we can see an influx of new players buying ce, selling it on the market, buying 5*, dying, and quitting the game cuz its "QQ too hard"
Sun, 01/15/2012 - 22:09
#8
well then, going on with
well then, going on with that, what is "ragecrafting" exactly? like, how do you do it and what does it involve?
Sun, 01/15/2012 - 22:47
#9
RAGECRAFTING
Ragecrafting is basically you just craft the same item over and over and over again in hopes of getting a good UV. the alternative is using Punch, who gives you a random UV for 20k crowns. You can pay punch to give 1, 2 or 3 UVs on a weapon at the same time, but the price dramatically increases (non-linearly) per number of UVs on the weapon. The benefit ragecrafting has over punch is that it ends up being about the same price for a weapon with a UV, but with ragecrafting you have a chance of getting 2 or 3 UVs. Also, you can sell off your extras, UV or no, at the AH.
You can ragecraft either by spending purely your mist, two times a day for 2* items. The other option is just spending CE. All depends on preference/wealth.
Also, people forget that a lot of newbies start by buying CE. Most of the time, they buy the Starter Pack. With a few thousand CE, you can just sell it for crowns and then use that to buy the 5* equip.
Another benefit to recipes is that if you still have the option of ragecrafting a weapon you already have. For example, I had a nightblade. I once got bored and started ragecrafting brandishes. With some luck I got a Brandish with ASI high and +dam vs Gremlins med, which now is my dearly wuved Acheron. If I didn't have the Brandish and Nightblade recipes, I would have to rely on Punch and that could of taken a while (and a lot of crowns).
No there is no other way, unless you unbind your stuff so that someone else upgrade it (which would be a silly waste, because the unbind cost is way higher than the cost of a recipe).
In order to upgrade your stuff, you will have to find the recipe and learn it.