PSA: Lucky Upgrade Stones are Broken!

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Rydian wrote on 2015-05-28 01:46

Okay, looks like pretty much everything is actually server-sided.

[code]001 [001000000005BE6C] Long : 4503599627746924
002 [..............01] Byte : 1
003 [........0000000A] Int : 10
004 [................] String : 50000 Gold
Upgrade Stone 1
005 [................] String : Magic Attack

006 [................] String : :

007 [................] String : <color=3>+68</color>

008 [................] String :
009 [................] String : Chance of Success:
<color=7>100%</color>

010 [................] String : Upgrading to Savage Ice Wand level 5.

If the upgrade fails, the item's upgrade level may decrease.
Proceed?
011 [................] String : Upgrade
012 [................] String :

013 [................] String : SType 5 Level[/code]
Darkboy132 wrote on 2015-05-29 17:04

http://mabinogi.nexon.net/News/Announcements/1/00IYJ

Oh, just a 100% for a time period. Not exactly the best of compensations...
M wrote on 2015-05-29 18:02

Quote from Darkboy132;1276809:
http://mabinogi.nexon.net/News/Announcements/1/00IYJ

Oh, just a 100% for a time period. Not exactly the best of compensations...

Wouldn't permanent 100% be a little OP as compensation? This compensation is great considering the cost we pay for failing 1 maybe 2 upgrades. They even gave us a week to prepare.
Darkboy132 wrote on 2015-05-29 18:46
Quote from M;1276821:
Wouldn't permanent 100% be a little OP as compensation? This compensation is great considering the cost we pay for failing 1 maybe 2 upgrades. They even gave us a week to prepare.
- "Oh, my internet broke down. Can't participate :("
- "Oh, well I'll be out of town. Can't participate :("
- "RNG god hates me! Can't find this damn stone!"
Its unfortunate but there's things that will cause people to miss out. All they'll have is a failed upgrade afterwards.

A week to prepare is nice, I suppose, unlike that random 3x AP event.
Snowie Stormflower wrote on 2015-05-29 19:00
Quote from Darkboy132;1276829:
- "Oh, my internet broke down. Can't participate :("
- "Oh, well I'll be out of town. Can't participate :("
- "RNG god hates me! Can't find this damn stone!"
Its unfortunate but there's things that will cause people to miss out. All they'll have is a failed upgrade afterwards.

A week to prepare is nice, I suppose, unlike that random 3x AP event.
The first two in that list could have happened last weekend too, you'll never know!

I'm pretty sure it won't be that hard to find at least 1 stone or get the money for it in a week's worth of time (And if there's aren't any on the market, you could try the Ducat shop as a last resort, despite the cost)
[SIZE="1"]Speaking of the Ducat shop, isn't the gold cost of Ancient powder under the 1:1 ratio by now?[/SIZE]

I find 4~5 stones a week playing casually though, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem for people who play more than casually!
callback wrote on 2015-05-29 19:10

Quote from Darkboy132;1276809:
http://mabinogi.nexon.net/News/Announcements/1/00IYJ

Oh, just a 100% for a time period. Not exactly the best of compensations...

It's not 100%, it's another "no decrease" event. I'd say it's a damn fine compensation. Market has been flooded with normal stones, so those are easy to come by, and the event lets you just shove everything to 5 in under a stack.
M wrote on 2015-05-29 19:37

Yeah I think this event far exceeds the original. Plus there's the added bonus that people who were patient got the 100% stones + this. Snowie pretty much covered all the logical points. Even if it's just "no decrease" and not 100%, it's still superior because ultimately you can get 0->5 from this unlike the MAX 2 upgrades on any one item from the initial stones (granted we only lost out on one).
Darkboy132 wrote on 2015-05-29 19:44

Oh okay, I don't see anyone giving their condolences for those who ended up missing out. That's a bit depressing.

That said, that's the only issue I have for this kind of compensation.
callback wrote on 2015-05-29 20:01

Quote from Darkboy132;1276842:
Oh okay, I don't see anyone giving their condolences for those who ended up missing out. That's a bit depressing.

That said, that's the only issue I have for this kind of compensation.

How about... thank you for your sacrifice. Because of your initial misfortune, we all get to benefit from your recovery.
Kapra wrote on 2015-05-29 20:55

Over compensation is better than under-compensation. On one hand, this compensation might not be available to everyone, on the other hand, for those it is available to, its a much greater opportunity than what they lost (probably). Not a perfect compensation but better than doing nothing at all. (DevCAT's motto now days, definitely not the best way to handle it but still decent and better than nothing. . .)
Darkboy132 wrote on 2015-05-29 21:14

Quote from Kapra;1276856:
Over compensation is better than under-compensation. On one hand, this compensation might not be available to everyone, on the other hand, for those it is available to, its a much greater opportunity than what they lost (probably). Not a perfect compensation but better than doing nothing at all. (DevCAT's motto now days, definitely not the best way to handle it but still decent and better than nothing. . .)

+rep if it would let me. Bolded was what I was driving at.

But alas, better than nothing, even if we don't like it.

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