Incarnate Screenshots (test server)

Since solo content does not and evidently will never require Incarnate-level abilities, it is no loss and in fact probably for the best if solo content does not give Incarnate-level rewards.

The breakdown screen makes me wonder if there won't be ways to get uncommon components as drops. Right now, you can only craft them from common components and shards. Breaking them down would be a loss of 1-2 shards. I suppose that could be handy if you've created an uncommon component you decide you will never actually use, but otherwise I can't see ever making use of that particular breakdown.

I should go look and see if there's a breakdown option for common components.

Edit: The same logic applies to the Favor of the Well, which currently has to be crafted from Notices (which do drop).

Will they? Right now they work 45+. Why would that change?
Or are you talking about the Rare and Very Rare levels?

If the cutoff is 45 then mea culpa; I thought it was 50. But still: you have to be 50 to get Incarnate abilities and you won't be able to use them when autoleveled below 45, so what exactly will someone "ride roughshod" over with them? High-end inventions are a bigger threat.

That is very strange, I am sure we were told that the Alpha Slot would only work at level 50. I have just tested it, and it definitely sticks around down to level 45. I couldn't readily test between 40 and 44, but it goes away at 40.

The difficulty slider goes all the way to +4x8, so I'd say Incarnate abilities will come in handy for non-Incarnate content. Very much so.

WARNING: I bold names.

I for one fully expect either level 55 and over enemies in our future, or some variation with equivalent buffs, debuffs, and damage.

The Alpha Slot powers work exemplared down to 45. They stop working at 44 and below. That is in the patch notes and has been verified by player testing. (Originally, in Closed Beta, it was stated they wouldn't work exemplared at all, that may be where the confusion is coming from. But, that was changed shortly before Live.)

It is unknown under what conditions other slots will or won't work. Unknown. Will other slots work while exemplared? Unknown. Will other slots work with non-Incarnate End-Game content? Unknown.

We only know how the Alpha Slot works.

It is unknown whether other slots will have level shifts or not. A leak of slot info showed at least some others had it. But, like anything before it goes Live, it could change (just like the exemplaring conditions of the Alpha Slot changed in Test). Especially something that's not even in regular Closed Beta yet, but still in pre-Closed Beta. So......... unknown.

Those breakdown exchange rates are pretty horrible. Do they have any for the common components, or just uncommon and higher? (Uncommons netting 2-3 should mean commons, if they can be broken down, would yield 0-1, I think. I suspect "no breakdown" is far more likely.)

Commons yield 1

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.