The jewelry remnant to blank to item process is broken. We spend a lot of time combining lower level remnants to get to a Polished remnant. And when I say a lot of time, this can take hours to get a good amount of Polished remnants. We then use 34 Pal Gems and 340 feathers to make the blank. We get a random range of blanks - from 94-99 (i haven't seen a 100 yet). When I see a 94-97 qual, I don't even want to make the item as my experience is that anything below 98 is a low utility item.
We get a 99, which is exciting as it offers the potential of an 80s utility. We take the blank and /use it and then we end up with a 34 quality ROG (yes, I know it's a ROG for a reason). This happened to me today and has happened multiple times in the last few weeks.
The point is, there's a high level of effort to get to polished. A high level of effort to get a 99 quality blank. After all of that, to get a 34 quality ROG made is deflating, frustrating and doesn't make any sense.
There are 3 RNGs happening in the process; First, when the remnants drop, it's rare (very rare) to get a polished. Most are spread across all remnants ranges from uncut to rough with a lower drop rate for imperfects as well. Second, the RNG of getting a high quality blank. Again, it's rare to get a 99 - 2 in 10-ish. Third, the RNG of the item utility, which has a massive range. Tonight from 99 qual blanks, I ended up with a 34 utility item and a 42 utility item.
Recommendation:
1/ Review the remnant drop RNG. Is this working as intended? The work/effort to build imperfect and polished seems a bit high but not too far off.
2/ Review the item utility range and tighten this up dramatically. We shouldn't have to work to combine, get lucky on the 99 quality and then get a 34 utility item. The triple negative!
Suggested ranges:
99 Quality Blank: 75-89 utility
98 Quality Blank: 65-79
97 Quality Blank: 55-69
etc...
Thank you,
We get a 99, which is exciting as it offers the potential of an 80s utility. We take the blank and /use it and then we end up with a 34 quality ROG (yes, I know it's a ROG for a reason). This happened to me today and has happened multiple times in the last few weeks.
The point is, there's a high level of effort to get to polished. A high level of effort to get a 99 quality blank. After all of that, to get a 34 quality ROG made is deflating, frustrating and doesn't make any sense.
There are 3 RNGs happening in the process; First, when the remnants drop, it's rare (very rare) to get a polished. Most are spread across all remnants ranges from uncut to rough with a lower drop rate for imperfects as well. Second, the RNG of getting a high quality blank. Again, it's rare to get a 99 - 2 in 10-ish. Third, the RNG of the item utility, which has a massive range. Tonight from 99 qual blanks, I ended up with a 34 utility item and a 42 utility item.
Recommendation:
1/ Review the remnant drop RNG. Is this working as intended? The work/effort to build imperfect and polished seems a bit high but not too far off.
2/ Review the item utility range and tighten this up dramatically. We shouldn't have to work to combine, get lucky on the 99 quality and then get a 34 utility item. The triple negative!
Suggested ranges:
99 Quality Blank: 75-89 utility
98 Quality Blank: 65-79
97 Quality Blank: 55-69
etc...
Thank you,
