#0 - Aug. 24, 2010, 7:49 a.m.
When Jay said there are 14 levels of Gems i said "YAY!", and then he said only
the first 5 levels drop in the game... so if my calculations are correct (Which they
might not be, because i suck at math), and it takes 3 gems of each level to create
one gem of the next level... that comes to 19,683 level 5 gems of the same type
to make just one level 14 Gem, assuming you get all gems of the same type...
so 1st, if anyone that's a bit more Math-headed would check my calculation i would
appreciate it much.
and 2nd, Bashiok, Considering this is true, this is a MONSEREUS figure, and i know
you're hell-bent on creating a good economy but nearly 20,000 gems borders in the
insane, now, I'm not saying that you should lower the number (Even though just adding
the 6th gem level as a drop would reduce it to 6561 gems needed, i think), but jay said
that you started with a redicules number, so i got a couple ideas to make it easier to
achieve(except obviosly, simple making level 6 drop), things like:
1 - Item with a Quality of lets say Rare and above (whatever would be equals to Unique,
Set, Rare, and Off course if they add it, Artifacts) could yield 1+ Gems of level 5 or Higher
while they are being salvaged, it only makes sense that " Way Jilsons Holy Shield Of Might"
had a couple of Gems smelted into it when it was created!
2 - aside from having the Jeweler being able to CREATE gems for you, with the parts you
bring, why not create a system that will allow him/her to convert types of gems to the other?
obviously, the higher the gem quality, the more expensive it is, if through items, or cash, examp:
1 L5 Red gem + 1 L1 Blue diamond + Money = L5 BLUE GEM
But converting a L10 Red gem to a L10 Blue gem would take X10 cash, a higher level
blue gem, and maybe another blue item, such as "The Blue ink of Blizzard posts" or
Something... - Additionally, level 14 items cannot be converted.
What do you think?