one idea that's been very visible lately is the idea of combining gear to upgrade in order to reduce the flood of equipemnt out there "Not Breaking" because of the Safe 7 Certificates
A major concern it seems is that using this process in itself would balance out high end gear but would make low level gear (much easier to obtain) far easier to upgrade
Soo.....
why not combine the process with a factor that that cannot be mass farmed or mass purchased from the kafra shop..
Combining the idea of mixing 2 Peices of gear of the same Upgrade with an increasing ammount of Eden Merit Badges
The # of actual Merit Badges needed could always be reduced based on Level of Weapon or type Armor
Initially there would be a flux of +10's from people sitting on large stashes of Badges and +9's out there..
but after the initial Boom things would even out.
Instead of having a flood of different certs of multiple types of gear (making the process exclusive to high end gear) you would simply need to have the NPC check for the equipped item and a copy in the inventory plus the added reagents.. (Badges,money,Elu/Ori) saving on some coding nightmares. and it would still be usable with all gear
example: a regular Muffler[1]
Chance of Breaking
Chance of Failing
Guaranteed Success
Normal
+0 Muffler[1], Elunium = +1 Muffler[1]
+1 Muffler[1], Elunium = +2 Muffler[1]
+2 Muffler[1], Elunium = +3 Muffler[1]
+3 Muffler[1], Elunium = +4 Muffler[1]
+4 Muffler[1], Elunium = +5 Muffler[1]
+5 Muffler[1], Elunium = +6 Muffler[1]
+6 Muffler[1], Elunium = +7 Muffler[1]
+7 Muffler[1], Elunium = +8 Muffler[1]
+8 Muffler[1], Elunium = +9 Muffler[1]
+9 Muffler[1], Elunium = +10 Muffler[1]
Using Safe 7 Certificates
+0 Muffler[1],Elunium = +1 Muffler[1]
+1 Muffler[1],Elunium = +2 Muffler[1]
+2 Muffler[1],Elunium = +3 Muffler[1]
+3 Muffler[1],Elunium = +4 Muffler[1]
+4 Muffler[1],Elunium,Safe 7 Cert = +5 Muffler[1]
+5 Muffler[1],Elunium,Safe 7 Cert = +6 Muffler[1]
+6 Muffler[1],Elunium,Safe 7 Cert = +7 Muffler[1]
+7 Muffler[1],+7 Muffler[1], Elunium, 5x Eden Merit Badge = +8 Muffler[1]
+8 Muffler[1],+8 Muffler[1], Elunium, 10x Eden Merit Badges = +9 Muffler[1]
+9 Muffler[1],+9 Muffler[1], Elunium, 50x Eden Merit Badges = +10 Muffler[1]
Using Duplicate Armor
+0 Muffler[1], Elunium = +1 Muffler[1]
+1 Muffler[1], Elunium = +2 Muffler[1]
+2 Muffler[1], Elunium = +3 Muffler[1]
+3 Muffler[1], Elunium = +4 Muffler[1]
+4 Muffler[1], +4 Muffler[1], Elunium, 1x Eden Merit Badge = +5 Muffler[1]
+5 Muffler[1], +5 Muffler[1], Elunium, 1x Eden Merit Badge = +6 Muffler[1]
+6 Muffler[1], +6 Muffler[1], Elunium, 1x Eden Merit Badge = +7 Muffler[1]
+7 Muffler[1], +7 Muffler[1], Elunium, 5x Eden Merit Badge = +8 Muffler[1]
+8 Muffler[1], +8 Muffler[1], Elunium, 10x Eden Merit Badges = +9 Muffler[1]
+9 Muffler[1], +9 Muffler[1], Elunium, 50x Eden Merit Badges = +10 Muffler[1]
potential # of Muffler [1] consumed = A LOT
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8
9 9
10
Edited by Helios0, 23 November 2011 - 10:54 PM.
