“Exponential effort” rule broken - Dragon Weapon

[Genkahi]

Dears GMs @Hime@Juji@Arctic@LIME@EMpulse and @ the whole  Dev team,

 

I'm writing you about an inconstincency in the status of game.

Since the very begining of L2 (I'm playing since C5), the dynamics of the game changed several times. Skills and classes got improved and nerfed. Items originally very rare or unique, became extremly popular and inflationated.

There was one rule, only one, that was consistent. “Exponential effort”. And it is still in place. For instance to get to the next level you need a much higher exp than you needed to get the previous one (let's say double each level?).

Another example of the “Exponential effort” rule is the Jewelery Gems:

• to get one lvl2 you need 2 lvl1 (if you succeed 100%)

• to get one lvl3 you need 4 lvl1 (if you succeed 100%)

• to get one lvl4 you need 8 lvl1 (if you succeed 100%)

• to get one lvl5 you need 16 lvl1 (if you succeed 100%)

 

Another example is the Wing of Splendor:

• to get one lvl2 you need 60 Splendor Fragment (if you succeed 100%)

• to get one lvl3 you need 800 Splendor Fragment (if you succeed 100%)

• to get one lvl4 you need 1600 Splendor Fragment (if you succeed 100%)

• to get one lvl5 you need 2400 Splendor Fragment (if you succeed 100%)

 

It's fair. It's working. It shouldn't be changed.

 

But this is not applicable to the Dragon Weapon:

• to get one lvl1 you need 50 Dragon Claws

• to get one lvl2 you need 60 Dragon Claws

• to get one lvl3 you need 120 Dragon Claws

 

The amount of Dragon Claws needed for upgrade to stg1 and stg2 are very similar. So, somehow, DW break the golden rule of L2.

 

As of today, the DW FRAGMENTS are pretty much useless: they have no SAs, no Agument possibilities, no Element and a lower p./m. atk then a +12 R110.

 

Now, as of today, 1 Dragon Claw costs +/-100bil each on the market.

This means to upgrade a DW Fragment to a stg1 you need 50*100bil = 5Trilions of Adena. In the Auction House you cqan buy one for 1.0/1.5Trilion. Therefore, noone will use a Dragon Claw to upgrade to stg1. It's better to sell them and buy a Stg1 directly (therefore the DW fragments are useless).

 

Considering the fact that to upgrade to each level you need the same Dragon Claws, this means they worth more if you use them only to upgradt to a higher stage then levle1.

 

There are 4 possible solution here:

1. delete the DW fragment form the server (and compensate the owners)

2. Make Dragon Claws more accessibles (this will also boost the presence in the server of Stage 3, and top/rich players will benefit the most)

3. differenciate the KIND of Dragon Claws needed to upgrade a DW weapon for each stage (Dragon Claws Basic Quality to upgrade a Fragment to stg1, Dragon Claws Normal Quality to upgrade a stg1 to stg2 and Dragon Claws High Quality to upgrade a stg2 to stg3)

4. Reduse the amounts of Dragon Claws needed to upgrade a Fragment DW to a stg1 to (let's say) 10. This ammount will mantain more or less the same value of a DW stg1 aroung 1.0/1.5 trilions adena

 

I think the game needs a fix on this aspect.

Please let me know what are your thoughts

[JTAI]

50 Dragon Claws to upgrade a Fragment DW to a stg1 is ridiculusly too high!

[Genkahi]

Another way to make the DW FRAGMENTS useful somehow, is to have the possibility to "crystalize" them and getting in return some Dragon Weapon CLAWS