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Do we really have to grind these same 2 zones over and over?

Adeon Hawkwood

By Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2011-04-05 17:26 in Player Questions

 

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Originally Posted by Arbegla View Post
My understand of how numbers work is clear actually. You need on average 250k inf to convert 1 shard into 1 thread, and about 2.5 million inf to convert 1 thread into 50k iXP. So, on average you need to make about 500k inf per shard in order to convert it into iXP (straight from shard to thread and from thread to iXP) as you need 10 shards in order to convert to threads. Now, as most common recipes sell to a vendor for 100k, and people have mentioned (in this very thread) that you can fill your recipes inventory twice over before getting a single shard, I'm pretty certain you can get 500k inf per shard pretty easily.

Wait, where does the 500k come from exactly?

Wouldn't you actually need to make 2.75 million per shard to convert it into XP? (250k to convert a shard into a thread + 2.5 million to convert a thread into iXP)

 

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Originally Posted by Bossa_Nova View Post
Wait, where does the 500k come from exactly?

Wouldn't you actually need to make 2.75 million per shard to convert it into XP? (250k to convert a shard into a thread + 2.5 million to convert a thread into iXP)
You need 10 shards to convert into threads. thats where the 500k comes from. You can't do 1:1 conversions (only 10:10)

 

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Originally Posted by Arbegla View Post
You need 10 shards to convert into threads. thats where the 500k comes from. You can't do 1:1 conversions (only 10:10)
10:10 conversion is 2,500,000 inf.

2,500,000 / 10 = 250,000 per thread

It also costs 2,500,000 inf per thread to convert it into iXP.

2,500,000 + 250,000 = 2,750,000 per shard

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Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU View Post
Dispari has more than enough credability, and certainly doesn't need to borrow any from you.

 

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There would be an easy solution: Just give threads like shards randomly everywhere instead of limiting them on 2 trials.

Like it is working now, it is an epic fail. This is not gamedesign at all, this is nonsense grind on 2 missions forever. It might make fun for 1-2 weeks but then... we do not have only 1 level 50 char and playing only 2 missions forever from now on... if anybody now says something again about AE-people, we should be ashamed. What's the difference now? Same grind, thanks devs.

Yes, I know, you can exchange shards in threads. 10 every 20 hours, you would be mad changing 10 shards into 5 threads. Honestly, the new stuff needs thousands of threads, so why limiting these things onto 2 trials only. Shards are not dropping in masses either, so just put additonal threads as drops similar like shards too and all is fine.

 

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Originally Posted by Arbegla View Post
You need 10 shards to convert into threads. thats where the 500k comes from. You can't do 1:1 conversions (only 10:10)
Again, math escapes you.