Will they EVER be upgraded to be inscribable?
Right now I've got a nice gothic sword and stuff I'd like to use an inscription or two on, can I do it? no
I got a batch of pre-order weapons that some even USED to be moddable, can I mod them AT ALL? no
It's kinda frustrating when this new thing comes along and won't work with previous aquisitions =(
Even ARMOR can't be done with insignias with chapters 1/2 =(
Any word somewhere I may have missed about them being upgraded, similar to the stat upgrade a while ago?
About Chapter 1/2 Equipment and preorder weapons....
Sarevok Thordin
coleslawdressin
I agree that this is bull crap.
Sarevok Thordin
A friend of mine also got a gothic defender and was pretty mad when he couldn't mod it. Considering it's hard to get with good stats x_x
xiaotsu
Well, I'd love to have Prophecies/Factions armor inscribable, as well as my weapons. I hate having my bows with 15% enchanted 
But, I don't see it happening, unfortunately.
But, I don't see it happening, unfortunately.
Anphobia
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A friend of mine also got a gothic defender and was pretty mad when he couldn't mod it. Considering it's hard to get with good stats x_x
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Neo Nugget
what i want is the game of the year weapons to be upgraded.
KamikazeChicken
ITEMS will never drop inscribable because people who don't own Nightfall aren't allowed to unlock inscriptions. It would be easy enough to add 1 set of armor for each graphic w/ the ability to add insignias, but don't count on that being done either, even though a large number of players want it.
Sarevok Thordin
Couldn't they even put in an NPC to add the ability to do this to aquired weapons/armor? -_-
Xethrion
That would be the logical solution. Put an NPC in Kamadan or any of the NF towns to make the item inscribable for a fee. Heck, if you want to stop abuse of this by possibly salvaging out cheap inscriptions from collector items or some such, make it so that all mods on the item itself are destroyed when you make it inscribable, such that it becomes totally plain.
Unfortunately, the complexity of making such an NPC might be such that the devs don't really want to bother with it.
Unfortunately, the complexity of making such an NPC might be such that the devs don't really want to bother with it.
Sarevok Thordin
Well what about this question
FUTURE chapters..........if inscriptions are going to be available there, it's kinda screwing the 2 older ones >_>
FUTURE chapters..........if inscriptions are going to be available there, it's kinda screwing the 2 older ones >_>
chicks boy
They will make 1/2 chapter weapons/armor inscriptable... I just know it. ^^
manitoba1073
Nope they not gonna, chapter 4 will not have inscriptable weapons either.
Ps. heard that from the rabbit in pre-searing
Ps. heard that from the rabbit in pre-searing
Priest Of Sin
I want a full set of Glads... my FoW boots are Ascalon because of the OLD damage reduction thing. AND I BLOODY WANT OBSIDIAN IN THE NAME, DANG IT.
*regains composure*
*regains composure*
coleslawdressin
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Originally Posted by KamikazeChicken
ITEMS will never drop inscribable because people who don't own Nightfall aren't allowed to unlock inscriptions. It would be easy enough to add 1 set of armor for each graphic w/ the ability to add insignias, but don't count on that being done either, even though a large number of players want it.
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KamikazeChicken
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Originally Posted by coleslawdressin
What does unlocking have to do with anything?...... We are talking PVE here. I don't care nearly as much about weapons as I do armor. They went back and added it for FOW armor so they should be able to address every other armor in chapter 1.
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FoW is CORE, so they had to add a new version. They wouldn't have to do the same for any other armors, but Anet is much more likely to add the armors.
Paperfly
I'm still a bit annoyed at the fact that they stripped the condition-effect-reduction bonus from all Assassin armours to put them "in line" with the insignias system... And then didn't let us mod our old sets! I wouldn't have chosen a flat "vs. Blunt damage" mod, ANet! 
...I can't even replace the armour portion (assuming I had the inclination to pay for 15K sets again) - they're using an old dye mix, so it's impossible to make them match.
Er, why? Owners of the first two chapters get the equivalent mod unlocks automatically. It's only Nightfall-only inscriptions and insignias that need to be unlocked.
...I can't even replace the armour portion (assuming I had the inclination to pay for 15K sets again) - they're using an old dye mix, so it's impossible to make them match.
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Sarevok Thordin
It can't be difficult to do so, as I said they upgraded the old stats on armor from proph after factions came out.
Blackhawk
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Originally Posted by KamikazeChicken
FoW is CORE, so they had to add a new version.
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Why should the "veteran" players with the highest costing armour in the game who invested in FoW before NF have to collect everything all over again and go back into FoW all the time instead of just visiting the Rune Trader?
Luckily my FoW still does me fine without me needing to change anything, so it's a moot point with me, but that's not the case for a lot of players, and a-net needs to take that into account when borking some of the stats like with the Assassin.
Ashleigh McMahon
I totally agree with the OP.
I hate getting a max damage sword with a nice skin, then realising it isn't inscribable.
I hate getting a max damage sword with a nice skin, then realising it isn't inscribable.
Thibor
I agree with the OP. We arent asking them to drop new skins just make the weapons equal to the new ones. Could that be so hard? People need some incentive to play the old chapters and to recommend others to get them.
Uzul
I would like inscriptions and insignias on old weapons, but I don't mind not having it.
What I freaking want though is the ability to mod my preorder items like it used to be... No clue why that didn't get fixed by now.
What I freaking want though is the ability to mod my preorder items like it used to be... No clue why that didn't get fixed by now.
Ashleigh McMahon
Totally agree :P
The bonus items from the 'Game of the Year/Million Edition' should be modable aswell
The bonus items from the 'Game of the Year/Million Edition' should be modable aswell
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I would like inscriptions and insignias on old weapons, but I don't mind not having it.
What I freaking want though is the ability to mod my preorder items like it used to be... No clue why that didn't get fixed by now. |
Raziel665
I'd have to say I like the NPC to inscribe Chapter 1 & 2 items best.
I doubt they add it in full for Prophecies and Factions, but this would be a good way to make sure people still buy Nightfall for it.
I doubt they add it in full for Prophecies and Factions, but this would be a good way to make sure people still buy Nightfall for it.
freekedoutfish
They will update armor eventually.
They did this when factions was released.
I had just finished buying me 15k granit armor in tyria, and they JUST released factions with better elemental armor same time.
After a while, they updated the tyrian armor to be the same stats as canthan stuff. But any armor bought before that was out-dated and used the old stats.
It took about a year to finally have them update armor which was bought before the update. But they did do it eventually.
Demand states they let tyrian and canthan armor use insignias. They would be foolish not to.
They did this when factions was released.
I had just finished buying me 15k granit armor in tyria, and they JUST released factions with better elemental armor same time.
After a while, they updated the tyrian armor to be the same stats as canthan stuff. But any armor bought before that was out-dated and used the old stats.
It took about a year to finally have them update armor which was bought before the update. But they did do it eventually.
Demand states they let tyrian and canthan armor use insignias. They would be foolish not to.
KamikazeChicken
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I had just finished buying me 15k granit armor in tyria, and they JUST released factions with better elemental armor same time.
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Marth Reynolds
I would understand they letting us update our armor to inscripable ones, for a free perhaps.
But if they would allow our chapter 1 and 2 weapons to be updated to inscipable... then GW would loose some customers.
there are a lot of peeps who just feel good and godly because of theire "leet" weapons with perfect stats etc (chapter 1 and 2 items again)
and of course they would have wasted a lot of money if that would happen
But if they would allow our chapter 1 and 2 weapons to be updated to inscipable... then GW would loose some customers.
there are a lot of peeps who just feel good and godly because of theire "leet" weapons with perfect stats etc (chapter 1 and 2 items again)
and of course they would have wasted a lot of money if that would happen
Crom The Pale
Adding the ability to inscribe old armor would be rather easy and would not upset anything that I can see.
However as far as weapons/items go there is another problem. Right now you can pay 5k + crafting materials to acuire a max inscribable weapon/item.
On the flip side I can buy a max white weapon/item for about 200g
That means that the cost of making an item/weapon inscribable would be very high, 10k+, in order to prevent these crafters from becoming obsolete.
While I would still love that, most people could not afford to make more than a couple of items inscribable at that price. ie: your cattering to the rich.
The average player would likely never pay to make an item inscribable since buying an inscribable version of the same item would be cheeper.
The rich would just love being able to inscribe there Crystaline Swords and such.
In the end though id still like to see both changes happen!
However as far as weapons/items go there is another problem. Right now you can pay 5k + crafting materials to acuire a max inscribable weapon/item.
On the flip side I can buy a max white weapon/item for about 200g
That means that the cost of making an item/weapon inscribable would be very high, 10k+, in order to prevent these crafters from becoming obsolete.
While I would still love that, most people could not afford to make more than a couple of items inscribable at that price. ie: your cattering to the rich.
The average player would likely never pay to make an item inscribable since buying an inscribable version of the same item would be cheeper.
The rich would just love being able to inscribe there Crystaline Swords and such.
In the end though id still like to see both changes happen!
Sarevok Thordin
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Originally Posted by Marth Reynolds
I would understand they letting us update our armor to inscripable ones, for a free perhaps.
But if they would allow our chapter 1 and 2 weapons to be updated to inscipable... then GW would loose some customers. there are a lot of peeps who just feel good and godly because of theire "leet" weapons with perfect stats etc (chapter 1 and 2 items again) and of course they would have wasted a lot of money if that would happen |
Paperfly
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However as far as weapons/items go there is another problem. Right now you can pay 5k + crafting materials to acuire a max inscribable weapon/item. On the flip side I can buy a max white weapon/item for about 200g That means that the cost of making an item/weapon inscribable would be very high, 10k+, in order to prevent these crafters from becoming obsolete. |
Sarevok Thordin
Really want a word in from Gaile about this, if possible
Mr_T_bot
No, and they don't need to be. Now, cut out da jibba jabba, foo'.
Jetdoc
1. I completely agree with the OP when it comes to armor. All chapters armor should be inscribable, as the armor is still purchaseable today.
2. I completely disagree with the OP when it comes to weapons, shields and focii. It's the same reason they issued new versions of the old holiday hats - people do not want their current possessions (i.e. Chapter 1 and 2 weapons) that they worked hard to get made worthless by a subsequent chapter.
There was a long debate on this subject in the Suggestion forum, but in short - many players strive for those "almost perfect" chapter 1 and chapter 2 weapons as a goal in the game. Those same players view inscribable weapons as not as desirable, and as a result, they aren't "goals" for those characters. So, A-Net's solution was very wise - allow inscribable weapons, but keep the old weapons intact (i.e. without inscriptions). It makes both camps happy.
2. I completely disagree with the OP when it comes to weapons, shields and focii. It's the same reason they issued new versions of the old holiday hats - people do not want their current possessions (i.e. Chapter 1 and 2 weapons) that they worked hard to get made worthless by a subsequent chapter.
There was a long debate on this subject in the Suggestion forum, but in short - many players strive for those "almost perfect" chapter 1 and chapter 2 weapons as a goal in the game. Those same players view inscribable weapons as not as desirable, and as a result, they aren't "goals" for those characters. So, A-Net's solution was very wise - allow inscribable weapons, but keep the old weapons intact (i.e. without inscriptions). It makes both camps happy.
Jetdoc
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Originally Posted by Crom The Pale
The rich would just love being able to inscribe there Crystaline Swords and such.
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Metanoia
Petition: Insignias available for Tyrian/Canthan armor
Good luck with this... You'll need it. I'm personally a PvP-character-user, and it took an ungodly amount of time before ANet got around to fixing the blatant advantage PvE characters potentially had over PvP-only characters (and 2/3rds of the grind, yay UAS* edition!).
*I think they left out Runes, Insignia, Weapon Mods just to spite TGH. Since this way it's technically not 'UAX'.
Good luck with this... You'll need it. I'm personally a PvP-character-user, and it took an ungodly amount of time before ANet got around to fixing the blatant advantage PvE characters potentially had over PvP-only characters (and 2/3rds of the grind, yay UAS* edition!).
*I think they left out Runes, Insignia, Weapon Mods just to spite TGH. Since this way it's technically not 'UAX'.
lacasner
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Originally Posted by Sarevok Thordin
Well sorry their vanity can't be appeased but some of us want a practical update.
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Hehe, just playing devils advocate there, but ya id love to be able to mod my previously owned items, it would be a very nice convenience, plus I could actually buy useful stuff with my money now.
Skyy High
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Originally Posted by KamikazeChicken
That change was made because of balance; insignias don't disrupt balance of old armors. There's a very slim chance they ever go back to add blank sets to Tyria/Cantha.
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Amity and Truth
I guess by the time of release of chapter 4, there will be an option to inscribe all kinds of weapons that drop from then on. They did this with the storage too. Unless the inscriptions turn out to be some "Nightfall only" feature.
Sort of like the alliance system was exclusive to Factions.
Sort of like the alliance system was exclusive to Factions.
jackie
For weapons:
While it would be awesome to have inscribable weapons in c1 & c2 (i.e get a phoenix blade with +20% while hexed and replace that with +5 energy), there would be yet another bunch of items that would lose their value in money.
Many players would be devastaded when their precious req8 gothic sword +5 energy/echovald shield/etc would drop in value especially when they have worked so hard for those items.
It would have been better to have that inscription option from start since implementing it now or in near future would obviously cause plenty of controversial feelings.
Personally I don't mind if it's added or not, but some will definately feel little bit cheated. I'm afraid that the later this kind of change comes, the more grief it'll bring.
While it would be awesome to have inscribable weapons in c1 & c2 (i.e get a phoenix blade with +20% while hexed and replace that with +5 energy), there would be yet another bunch of items that would lose their value in money.
Many players would be devastaded when their precious req8 gothic sword +5 energy/echovald shield/etc would drop in value especially when they have worked so hard for those items.
It would have been better to have that inscription option from start since implementing it now or in near future would obviously cause plenty of controversial feelings.
Personally I don't mind if it's added or not, but some will definately feel little bit cheated. I'm afraid that the later this kind of change comes, the more grief it'll bring.
Mr_T_bot
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Originally Posted by Skyy High
They already have blank 1.5k sets in Tyria and Cantha that are mod-less, just like there was a blank FoW set. They made the blank FoW set accept inscriptions; doing the same with the other armors wouldn't be so hard.
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Conn
Pretty much every change to things already in the game was met with hostility and threats of leaving. Well the game is still being played. I certainly would enjoy the cries of anguish from those that feel slighted.