Faeshards

[Myk]

How about a Quest instead?

You have to perform exciting, interesting tasks before a NPC can hand it over to you.

At least make it more interesting than the stuff we're doing at the moment.

[Leiren]

I'd like a quest that contains all of the above.

A quest that gives you options. You can either steal xyz rare item specific to the quest, or craft her the item, or beat an NPC for the item, or convince at Fae to bring it to you in that ritual or find her information about the item she wants in a hack, ECT.

Then when you go to turn in the item, she tells you she really needed that item, so she will sell you the fae shard for 500k/750k just this once (one time per character period). Every other time you go to her a fae shard would be 1Mill.

[Alexandrea]

okay I changed my mind! I want that! ~points up~ Kudos to Myk and Lieren, great brainstorming!

[Levi DAmico]

Love it!

I'd personally increase the price a bit more still, but that's because I am super mean.

[Jedediah]

Cus let's face it, just like everything else? They'll be some that never find the drops on grid and some that are beloved of the rng gods who'll get more than one and sell the extras.

couldnt even begin to count the blood thieves i have killed amongst my players....no blood buff relic....

[Alexandrea]

Cus let's face it, just like everything else? They'll be some that never find the drops on grid and some that are beloved of the rng gods who'll get more than one and sell the extras.

couldnt even begin to count the blood thieves i have killed amongst my players....no blood buff relic....

Ditto, lol

[Pi dArtois]

I'd wager it hasn't changed at all yet, because I haven't changed the available fae shards. Mastery fae shards won't be available until mastery powers are done.

I'm open to the discussion regarding fae shard drops, though. I'm torn between making exclusively sold in magic shops (or by NPCs at auction), or making them very, very, very rarely drop during certain circumstances. But if they did drop, then it poses many balance problems as far as which ones, in which circumstances, and how certain skillset characters would be able to get the ones they need.

I"m thinking it's a really bad idea to make a Mastery Faeshard an NPC drop of any kind. It' just means your killer NPC fighters will get them all and then corner the market.

I like Michelle's idea, with options that you can use for your character depending on their specialty, that they can get one for themselves.

I'd like a quest that contains all of the above.

A quest that gives you options. You can either steal xyz rare item specific to the quest, or craft her the item, or beat an NPC for the item, or convince at Fae to bring it to you in that ritual or find her information about the item she wants in a hack, ECT.

Then when you go to turn in the item, she tells you she really needed that item, so she will sell you the fae shard for 500k/750k just this once (one time per character period). Every other time you go to her a fae shard would be 1Mill.

I'd still make the cost 1,000,000 along with the quest. >.> Cause it's masteries.

[Mooncalf]

If there are different shards for every path (and I'm thinking that's the plan?) how about 'fitting' them to type? IE: The killer path fae shard is a rare npc kill drop, the shadow a rare B&E or stealth raid, etc.

That would be pigeonholing paths way too much. I play a new mystic character, but I'm going for combat and crafting centric, which is totally the reverse of what most people assume they are.

[Mooncalf]

How about a Quest instead?

You have to perform exciting, interesting tasks before a NPC can hand it over to you.

At least make it more interesting than the stuff we're doing at the moment.

I was thinking of making it so that there's a quest AND a shard you need to buy.

Only problem that raises is what quest? I mean, if we made it so you have to do a stealth related quest for shadows, not all shadows are going to be statted for sneaking.

Or I suppose they could be generic quests, like they have in DA (RBC).

[Mooncalf]

I'd like a quest that contains all of the above.

A quest that gives you options. You can either steal xyz rare item specific to the quest, or craft her the item, or beat an NPC for the item, or convince at Fae to bring it to you in that ritual or find her information about the item she wants in a hack, ECT.

Then when you go to turn in the item, she tells you she really needed that item, so she will sell you the fae shard for 500k/750k just this once (one time per character period). Every other time you go to her a fae shard would be 1Mill.

That's a huge amount of programming. You're talking 6 quests for every single mastery.