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I have accomplished three 50% chance soul failures in a row and refuse to shell out even more right now because this happens every time I do this for literally seven or more consecutive failures. Not an exaggeration, I count every single time.
Fuck chance-based.
You are not alone, gigawuts.
Damn, that stuff gets old fast.
It really needs to go. There's no way to positively influence your changes besides a 5% modifier...which solves nothing. Bad dice rolls still screw you over. Streaks of ridiculous amounts still exist. It is bad, bad, bad, bad, bad design, and it's an insult that it was even implemented this way.
But that's for another thread.
PSU was worse, I failed three 91% synth in a row (rare weapons, obv).
Luck-based to me means it'll fail.
Anything involving luck over skill is bad game design, anyway.
I think it was when I failed five monomate production attempts in a row that I said fuck PSU. If not monomates, then it was some random one star weapon I was just going to sell.
People keep saying PSU was worse, but as you said that doesn't make this system good. It just means PSU was worse. Know what else was worse? Hitler. (Obligatory godwin's law etc.)
Back to the topic, though. A little while ago I found a rare drop off of a Fordran! It was that pink wired lance. I was playing normal. I like to pretend it was really an ardillou, though.
I found a broom XD.... A fish.. and some kind of rifle.
I might believe that if it was actually removing that much from the economy. No, most of the money lost is in the form of opportunity cost in items you could've just sold instead.
I do not understand why grinding, synthesising or adding abilities costs meseta at all. It already costs you grinders, synthesisers and a weapon altogether all of which at a success rate below 10%. The meseta fee is such a bad idea...
Well, that's the actual sink part. Why affixing outright consumes weapons and grinding costs two grinders for rares, or why the rates are so piss awful instead of just costing more meseta, that is the real question.
(The answer is irl money)
I actually appreciate the gold sink aspect of it as it prevents prices from spiraling out of control like they did for (post-meseta-dupe) PSU.
They're still kind of outrageous, but that's more a matter of an absurd disconnect between supply and demand for certain rares than anything else.
DOODOOOOOOOOOO! Failed upgrading my Tuna sword from +2 to +4 about 8 consecutive times. NOT COOL MAN.
On the plus side, I got Fang soul and ShootIII on my Tigredor, first try. Guess the karma balanced out.
EDIT: Heh. Found the log:
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All this for a +4 Tuna sword =_= We should start a "grinding fails" thread...
Got Fang Soul & Shoot III on my Tigredore. Though... grinding is going terrible.
Got Fang Soul & Shoot III on my Rappy Cannon and on my Alva Laser and both to +10 yippee.
Dropped my Tigredor. Dropped couple of vol scales. Dropped 8* wired lance.
Got another Spread Legacy
2012-08-07T08:53:47 1 [Grind(success) +1] 10064393 Julliz パティルメリア+9 attr:Dark(15)
2012-08-07T08:53:47 2 :Consume 10064393 Julliz グラインダー Num(2)
2012-08-07T08:54:07 3 [Grind(success) +1] 10064393 Julliz パティルメリア+10 attr:Dark(15)
decided to grind my patty lumeria which was at +8 for a while without grind protections for shits and giggles (well i had grind protect -1, but that does nothing) and i got it to +10 with two grinds, hooray! now for vol soul to stick and i'm ready for the dragon islands.
Have you played any other MMO?
Consider the Affix items + Grinders as just extra money. If you think about it this way the cost then becomes the same idea as scrolls/ enhancement things in other games. Instead of having those stupid items and stuff like 50% scrolls, 60%, etc... you just have it split into different parts. This I'd say it works much better as overall it IS much cheaper. I mean affix items and grinders are quite damn cheap even though you fail alot (to balance it out). I don't want stupid stuff like scrolls costing a shit ton then just out right failing.
After what seemed like a crazy idea, I decided to do it.
I managed to get Garland with the affixes of Ragne Soul, Technic III, and Mutation. Just to help my OCD and break that 600 T-ATK mark. Worked on the first attempt, the success rates were 50%, 60%, and 50% without modifier and all of them managed to transfer over which I was thrilled about. (Used the 5%+ thing because.. well, every percent counts).
I wasted about 400k, and even then about half of that came from player shops buying what I needed. Technique III with 3 affix slots is not cheap. I could make it myself but I can imagine it costing more than to just buy knowing my usual luck.
Pretty sure I've used up all my luck with this drop.
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Nice, I wanna get one of those but It'll probably take me a while
WOOT I was hunting for this and finally got it! Sadly only enough room for a vol soul :(
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Adding an affix to the extra slot decreases the chance of any of the affixes working. That's why it's red.
Patty Lumeria dropped during a Tundra run.
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Doodoo finally had mercy on me and let me perfect my new Partisan for the new area. :V
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+10 my dream Tali for less than 300k.
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Was happy all day.
I sold a bunch of stuff and bought a Fire Arms for my ranger. Not really a find, just really happy about it!
Force level 29, and I already have all but just a few of the lilipa data necessary for 31-40!
Gigrants Lv10 dropped for me in the new area.
Found an untekked new 8* rod in the floating islands. Not the mic stand, the other one.
Hate playing force... still find nothing but force rares.
YESSS GOT THIS FROM 0 SLOTS TO THIS =D AFTER 400K SPENT AND MANY FAILS I AM A HAPPY CAMPER lol
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Woot now to grind this beast Spardion to +10 lol
Holy hell!!
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I am stopping here!! I think I have pushed lady luck extreme here lol. I will now only use grind protections to make it +10
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Found this also from floating islands, worth anything? I think it is?
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Still one away from a whole set :/
Got my Signo Braver to +10. I was happy.
EDIT: Also got my Knight Lancer to +10. Whoo-hoo.
Shifta 10 goes for like, half a mil.
I can't seem to find the Candy Head Gear (キャンディヘッドギア) in the MP. Am I typing it wrong or can the item not be sold?
Those aren't tradeable even so yeah.
Got a Leg armor piece of the new crystal set and found a new card that looked like japanies paper dolls.
Found a Fire Arms in the Floating Islands and sold it for 600k ^^
What dropped a fire arms in floating islands?
Got a Spread Legacy in Mines
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And a unit from Quartz Dragon
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First run ever of free field floating islands and dragon drops this
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I am crushed the requirement is TEQ Nooooo!! lol I really wanted to wear this as a hunter
http://i514.photobucket.com/albums/t...aeru/NEWWL.png
Yeeeeaaaaaaahhhhh!!!
They're not uber rare, so get to it :P
Ohh that? Yeah itīs quite nice, i bought one myself with +10 and a soul with 30 S-atk.
My Hyperion i havenīt bothered much with since itīs only 8+.
Still, i prefer the new weapon for the looks.
I like to get a Jagriath though since it also looks nice and strong, but my colour obsession is draining.
Haha.
Man, too bad the stats of those wired lances stop me from using them, otherwise I wouldnt mind having them in my weapon palette.
Does purchasing a +10 Ardillo 13% Wind (god yes...the % blows) with Vol Soul + Power III from Shops count as an accomplishment? My buyer's remorse is starting to kick in, though.
Well just did 2 runs of quartz dragon and both time I get these lol
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2nd one has the soul on it lol. Either way are these really easy to get or am I just stupid lucky cause I have now found 3 rare unit pieces in 5 runs
EDIT: OMG I did not know I managed to full set in 5 runs!! O_O
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This blows how its tek requirement!! I want to wear this full set!!! AS A HUNTER!
They're down to like 3k in the shops. I downed, oh, 6 or 7 quartz dragons before finally finding my first ever boss rare - the quartz back unit. Feels good man. Or maybe it doesn't.
got 2 leg units from quartz dragon....hunter though
Decided to do Koffee's CO for floating islands access and Lisa's CO for free mines at the same time.
Free Field Mines in 45 minutes with Lisa. Lets do this.
Going fine...
Transforming Mech drops on me, but can't move around on the bridges so it's pretty easy to kill.
Keep going...
Get to Big Vardha.
Lisa is pretty much useless at this point as an NPC, so it's me vs Vardha and I have ~20 - 25 minutes left. I run around and try not to die killing all his guns and missiles, but it takes a while since it's just me. Get to him on top and take out his turrets, and start working on taking his arms. I get the first arm probably around 35 minutes in. Get the 2nd arm maybe around 40 minutes in. Time is ticking down. I take out his chest cannon at about 43 minutes. His last missile launchers go down shortly after.
I'm at 44 minutes. All his weapons are down, and his core is exposed. I unload Cracker Shot after Cracker Shot into his core.
30 seconds left... still not dead.
20 seconds... still not dead.
10 seconds... still not dead.
5...
4...
3...
2...
Dead.
At 44:59 I see him die and I hear the sound of a client order getting completed. I know the Lisa CO is complete as she was just running around being useless the whole time. I didn't get off him in time so I got blown sky high, but didn't die (luckily). So I check the list...
Completed.
The rest is history.
I found and promptly ground the Hitogota to +10 with lucky rise and poison1.
I need the gunslash "Prophet of Monatv" to make Dancing Hitogota now :<
(lying bout that 2nd bit)
Was stuck in a Funji with a Tranmizer. I lasted three seconds.
Oh, hey, look what I found:
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Yes, I know it's not loot. It's still a find! A purrdy, purrdy find.
Soo, I got that new launcher the リドゥルティブ (Ridultiv) and grinded it to +10 with not a single fail, and put one of those new souls on it without failing. I was pretty happy to say the least. :D
Yeah, when I looked back at it I was like "Um... is this NSFW?" To be honest, I still think it's kind of weirdly suggestive. Which... is kind of ingenious, in a way. It is a Caseal, after all.
Still waiting on maintenance, so why not have another?
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Your link is broken. <_< (Funnyjunk doesn't support hotlinking)
Got a sword, while clearing NPC quest.
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http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s258/jeykama/tig.jpg
Can finally stop hemorrhaging meseta for the near future...
:O 50% fire. Impressive. Those +5% attribute things must have cost a ton.
I actually only used one of those +5% things... The rest was just patiently camping the market for ice Tigs >_< (used a fire switch thing at the end)
Putting this in a spoiler box because the image is so huge.
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ended today with finding this unit.
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my 3 day My Shop ticket expires today. though I'm quite pleased with the results I got. ^^
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Finally finished my armor setup, now I have three Stamina epsilon units and all three have Vol Souls :D With my 100 S-ATK / 50 ABL MAG and a Vol Soul on my Patty Lumeria, I have 699 base HP and about 900 base S-ATK. Happy :D
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I hate my life... :argh:
http://i.imgur.com/L0tzm.png
Nearly wanted to rage after failing at +5 4 times
I got 5150 AC on my account yesterday. Think it's pretty much an acclomplishment when you consider I have to click through pages where I don't understand a word. xD
Soooooooooooooooooooo, 90 days premium for Sakura, an additional mag and the rest of AC for scratches today!!! \o/
All of my rage....
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Got my first... Daylight Scar. Yay...
The good thing is that it comes with HP III. So I might use it for affix, hoho. ~
Also, got the whole Jagd Fur set (Fangs') on 2 runs.
However, the thing is... I got two tails on the same Banshee during a code.
I didn't know that was possible. o_O
(I'm not totally sure though, but I recall getting two rare units on her, and when I looked in my inventory, there were only two unequipped rare units, which were the tails.)
Hahaha, it dropped two tails? That's pretty funny actually. It only had one tail though, right?
...Maybe one isn't a tail.
Just finds.
My storage is filling up with untekked rifles and gunblades.
After DAYS OF GRINDING MESETA AND CONSTANT FAILS I HAVE FINALLY DONE IT!
Most amazing Unit I have ever made =D
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/2...3205704007.jpg
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3...3205751008.jpg
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/2...3205817009.jpg
WOOT now that is a beast of a unit!! 239 S-DEF <3!! lol
Sorry but after so much trial and error with Doo-Doo this made me scream F*** YES! lol
Holy Hell in just 1 go!!
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/774...3210952010.jpg
0-10 no fails!! HAHA DOO-DOO IS HAPPY TODAY!
Was working on clearing the fifth matter board the other day and was doing the Vol Dragon bit in hard mode when a change-over code duel dragon pops up and despite going underground two or three times, it never powered up or anything. This made the fight pretty easy and it dropped an unteched Vol Scale. Good Stuff. The boss Vol Dragon dropped a Vol Tail too. I can't equip either but getting some new rares is always nice.
Since none of the hard dragons dropped the unit needed for the matter board entry, I tried out the normal caves instead yesterday. The matter board entry didn't differentiate between the two. Low-and-behold, the second normal dragon I see drops the matter board unit and I finish up matter board 5 at 100%.
I also joined a team. I don't really think it's too much of an accomplishment though because it's small (11~13 members) and is called something you'd expect a Japanese junior/senior highschool student to think up. Oh well. I'll see how long it lasts.
So uh, was it worth it?
the mods have greatly caused me to run to a corner and cry myself to sleep... this accomplishment is still amazing to me :).. Nothing like going from 0-3 abilities numerous times buying snow souls at 20k since no one wanted to sell cheap.. and wow just what weight lifted off me to finally have done it
Now for an actual accomplishment :-D
Dodo had mercy on my soul following that double 80% fail.
http://i.imgur.com/U4xPa.jpg?1
I'm beginning to think I should start a new thread for these.
Oh, well!
The Gel Bulfs have found new victims:
https://xptjdq.bay.livefilestore.com...1_m.jpg?psid=1
By 月蜥蜴
Found this during my first Free Floating Continent run. :3
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More than 400k Meseta later, Dodo finally gives it up. Yay, Salvadore +5 with 3 affixes and Dark Element, all ready for the floating continent. Dammit Sega, gib Code: DODO already will you?
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Shard just reached Level 20 and can now equip his Zanba, courtesy of Crystal.
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very nice, first and only AC Gold scratch got me a purple yukata for my char! :D