transmute crystals cap...

valkyrie93

wondering if the cap on these will ever be raised...
i think it would be a good idea to make it 500.. this way you could transmute 7 pieces of gear and a couple of weapons or jewellery if you wanted to.

It's so easy to get the geodes that they just clog up inventory space when you can't open them since they don't even stack....... i just don't see a reason why the cap isn't higher. i'm not transmuting things 24/7 so i wouldn't mind destroying the geodes when they take up too much space, only if the cap was higher.

500 seems like a reasonable number. what do you think?

edit: or just make the uncracked geodes stack PLEASE!

CyberSkooma

I mean honestly I don't think there should be any cap at all. What's the reason for it existing?

Haashhtaag

Especially because once your full the geodes take up so many inventory/bank space.

Shadowmaster

CyberSkooma wrote: »

I mean honestly I don't think there should be any cap at all. What's the reason for it existing?

Duh, DB storage costs $

VaranisArano

While 500 would be great for players to transmute a bunch of gear at once, that's exactly what ZOS doesn't want you to be able to do.

Huh? Why not?

Transmute isn't suppose to replace the grind for gear. Its supposed to address situations where you finally get that one last piece you need, but in the wrong trait.

So ZOS doesn't want us storing tons of stones. They want us using those stones as we get them so we have to run more content/PVP more to get the stones we need, or better yet, so we run the content we need to grind so we only have to change one or two pieces. The inconvenience of only storing 200/100 stones and taking up inventory with geodes is meant to keep us from storing up loads of transmute stones.

Alex_Lex

Well, I gathered like 1k in yellow boxes and wanted to do my Cyrodiil's Ward rings swift for my toons to run fast.
But since ZOS broke what no one asked to breake, I have zero clue what to do with it.

So I keep all my crystals in yellow boxes

VaranisArano

I keep 7 or 8 of the PVP end of campaign reward geodes with 50 geodes each sitting in inventory so I can transmute dungeon gear I don't want to grind for.

Everything else, I use to transmute weapons to nirncrux and decon it for the chance at potent nirncrux. I suppose a jewelry trait with an expensive style mat would be even better?

valkyrie93

VaranisArano wrote: »

While 500 would be great for players to transmute a bunch of gear at once, that's exactly what ZOS doesn't want you to be able to do.

Huh? Why not?

Transmute isn't suppose to replace the grind for gear. Its supposed to address situations where you finally get that one last piece you need, but in the wrong trait.

So ZOS doesn't want us storing tons of stones. They want us using those stones as we get them so we have to run more content/PVP more to get the stones we need, or better yet, so we run the content we need to grind so we only have to change one or two pieces. The inconvenience of only storing 200/100 stones and taking up inventory with geodes is meant to keep us from storing up loads of transmute stones.

yeah from that perspective it's completely understandable why they haven't increased the cap. any reason to make people play the game more i guess..

It's just a pain when they take up inventory slots individually and you can't even store them in the bank but i suppose that's the point..

Acrolas

The caps are fine.

I'd rather see ZOS get creative with alternative uses for excess crystals. Like, maybe a vendor that has a biweekly assortment of decorative trait stones and decorative style materials that you can trade the crystals for. Then you can manage your quantities and make a little bit of coin in the process if furnishings aren't your thing.

CyberSkooma

Is it possible to have excess crystals? Lmao, I'm always running out. I guess that's what I get for trying to gear so many characters.

p00tx

Shadowmaster wrote: »

CyberSkooma wrote: »

I mean honestly I don't think there should be any cap at all. What's the reason for it existing?

Duh, DB storage costs $

Bottomless Craft Bags

Soleya

VaranisArano wrote: »

The inconvenience of only storing 200/100 stones and taking up inventory with geodes is meant to keep us from storing up loads of transmute stones.

It's failing. I have over 30 geodes from 30 day campaigns sitting on one of my alts.

lillybit

Soleya wrote: »

VaranisArano wrote: »

The inconvenience of only storing 200/100 stones and taking up inventory with geodes is meant to keep us from storing up loads of transmute stones.

It's failing. I have over 30 geodes from 30 day campaigns sitting on one of my alts.

This. Anyone who wants to have a plentiful supply on hand pretty much can with just a little inconvenience. That's all the cap is really, just an inconvenience. Those who never have enough crystals still won't have enough without a cap, those who have plenty get a bit more storage on an alt and a few less load screens.

I get why there's a cap, but maybe they should spend less time trying to force people to grind and let them just do stuff they actually find fun. There's a reason we play this game after all, and I'm sure for most of us it isn't to just repeat stuff we hate.

I spent a load of crystals transmuting most of my Siroria gear. Now I run Cloudrest to get better and, more importantly, to have fun instead of obsessing over getting the right gear in the right traits. Being able to get the stuff we want before it makes us hate the game shouldn't be a bad thing!

Pink_Violinz

People will hoard these things regardless, so forcing them to take up inventory space is just unnecessary at this point. If a player wants 1000 crystals, the only thing holding them back is their bank capacity.

Taleof2Cities

To transmute a full gear set (including jewelry) you only need 200/200 transmute stones on-hand plus eight (8) uncracked geodes from the 30-day end of campaign rewards in inventory.

More stones than that does not need to be kept.

I've never had issues with inventory because there's always something to transmute.

Naughty_Ryder

They want to keep you playing as you’ll always be grinding?

lagrue

valkyrie93 wrote: »

It's so easy to get the geodes that they just clog up inventory space!

I wish I had this problem...

Are you PVP? Because in PVE it takes ages to actually get enough geodes for even 1 transmute. 4 Geodes a day per char, and always only 1 shard from them because they're the sh*t green geodes....

On the odd day out of like a month, one of those will become a blue geode and still give crap.

PVE players suffer for transmute

Waffennacht

lagrue wrote: »

valkyrie93 wrote: »

It's so easy to get the geodes that they just clog up inventory space!

I wish I had this problem...

Are you PVP? Because in PVE it takes ages to actually get enough geodes for even 1 transmute. 4 Geodes a day per char, and always only 1 shard from them because they're the sh*t green geodes....

On the odd day out of like a month, one of those will become a blue geode and still give crap.

PVE players suffer for transmute

Daily random either PvP or PvE rewards geodes (green definitely for PvP) so that's 3 PvP or 10 PvE for me potentially
Worthy typically 4

If I tried I could still get approximately 20 crystals per day + 10 per weekly campaign + 50 30 day

I still need 100s of crystals because I don't think any Orsinium sets drop in impenetrable

VaranisArano

Waffennacht wrote: »

lagrue wrote: »

valkyrie93 wrote: »

It's so easy to get the geodes that they just clog up inventory space!

I wish I had this problem...

Are you PVP? Because in PVE it takes ages to actually get enough geodes for even 1 transmute. 4 Geodes a day per char, and always only 1 shard from them because they're the sh*t green geodes....

On the odd day out of like a month, one of those will become a blue geode and still give crap.

PVE players suffer for transmute

Daily random either PvP or PvE rewards geodes (green definitely for PvP) so that's 3 PvP or 10 PvE for me potentially
Worthy typically 4

If I tried I could still get approximately 20 crystals per day + 10 per weekly campaign + 50 30 day

I still need 100s of crystals because I don't think any Orsinium sets drop in impenetrable

Yes, the Orsinium sets drop in Impenetrable. They fixed the weapon drops too, so now they drop in all traits.

sevomd69

Waffennacht wrote: »

lagrue wrote: »

valkyrie93 wrote: »

It's so easy to get the geodes that they just clog up inventory space!

I wish I had this problem...

Are you PVP? Because in PVE it takes ages to actually get enough geodes for even 1 transmute. 4 Geodes a day per char, and always only 1 shard from them because they're the sh*t green geodes....

On the odd day out of like a month, one of those will become a blue geode and still give crap.

PVE players suffer for transmute

Daily random either PvP or PvE rewards geodes (green definitely for PvP) so that's 3 PvP or 10 PvE for me potentially
Worthy typically 4

If I tried I could still get approximately 20 crystals per day + 10 per weekly campaign + 50 30 day

I still need 100s of crystals because I don't think any Orsinium sets drop in impenetrable

Its pretty easy to hit tier 1 rewards(25K AP) in Vivec...which gives you 50 transmute stones at end of campaign...Just zerg surf and you should get them in a couple of hours(not even)...I do this for all 15 characters every month (takes a couple days PVP'ing....which I actually enjoy)...saves on bank space as well since each geode contains a definite 50...don't even bother with the other ones...

Now...if you really want to make the most you can do the weekly campaigns for 3 weeks and then the monthly one in last week...and you could conceivably get 80 per month per toon...did that for midyear mayhem...but wouldn't do it without the AP buff...

Waffennacht

sevomd69 wrote: »

Waffennacht wrote: »

lagrue wrote: »

valkyrie93 wrote: »

It's so easy to get the geodes that they just clog up inventory space!

I wish I had this problem...

Are you PVP? Because in PVE it takes ages to actually get enough geodes for even 1 transmute. 4 Geodes a day per char, and always only 1 shard from them because they're the sh*t green geodes....

On the odd day out of like a month, one of those will become a blue geode and still give crap.

PVE players suffer for transmute

Daily random either PvP or PvE rewards geodes (green definitely for PvP) so that's 3 PvP or 10 PvE for me potentially
Worthy typically 4

If I tried I could still get approximately 20 crystals per day + 10 per weekly campaign + 50 30 day

I still need 100s of crystals because I don't think any Orsinium sets drop in impenetrable

Its pretty easy to hit tier 1 rewards(25K AP) in Vivec...which gives you 50 transmute stones at end of campaign...Just zerg surf and you should get them in a couple of hours(not even)...I do this for all 15 characters every month (takes a couple days PVP'ing....which I actually enjoy)...saves on bank space as well since each geode contains a definite 50...don't even bother with the other ones...

Now...if you really want to make the most you can do the weekly campaigns for 3 weeks and then the monthly one in last week...and you could conceivably get 80 per month per toon...did that for midyear mayhem...but wouldn't do it without the AP buff...

Ohhhhh good thinking!!!

phairdon

Agree. Raise the cap. Or as mentioned already, no cap.