Juuust be careful. Wait for the hype train to confirm it stops to pick up dropped loot before you climb aboard.

Least that's what I'm doing anyway.

Are we going to have a method for PvP players to get these crystals? Maybe IC vendor of sorts?

so VMA and trial loot too yes or no ??? @ZOS_GinaBruno

"LFG farm fungal grotto 1/City of Ash 1 HM!"
"WTS Crystals, 10k ea!"
"FG1/COA1 HM RUN, 30k DPS only!!!"
...

Close enough. I'm happy it's a standard crafting material, lighter on the inventory load for non-subs. If you play vet content regularly, you should be swimming in the stuff after a while.

Artis wrote: »

It's not a token system. Token system doesn't mean what you think it means.

Both serve to pretty much the same purpose, and I definetly prefer it this way.

Gedalya wrote: »

Somehow I have a feeling this is limited to craftable gear.

limiting it to craftable gear makes no sense. as you can already craft gear with trait of your choice.

But I want to be able to change the style of my gear as well as trait! Hopefully that's coming soon as well.

I'm glad to finally see some progress on a trait changing system. However to really get me excited I'd like to see the transmutation crystals be obtained via other ways (such as PvP, exploration, etc.) than just vet dungeons & trials. Let folks play the content they enjoy and still have a means of obtaining these transmutation crystals please.

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CavalryPK wrote: »

Phinix1 wrote: »

Customize Your Item Traits

The Clockwork City DLC game pack and Update 16 also introduce the all-new Transmutation system, allowing you to change the traits on your gear, including weapons and armors.

In order to Transmute an item, you must locate a Transmutation station and have the item trait researched in your crafting Skill Line. This means if you'd like to add the Sharpened trait to your dagger, you must first ensure you have the ability to craft daggers with that trait. You'll be able to find a Transmutation station in the heart of the Brass Fortress within the Clockwork City or acquire one for your home from a certain Master Writ merchant.

In addition to the crafting skill requirement, Transmutation requires a special new resource called Transmutation Crystals that you'll need to collect and save. You'll be able to earn Transmutation Crystals by completing veteran level content (such as Veteran Mode Dungeons or Trials).

We're very excited to introduce this new crafting system, so keep an eye out for more information on Transmutation in the future!

http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/26183

It sounds as if these stones will be bound on pickup, which will give a nice little income boost to crafters.

Sounds great, thanks for listening ZOS!

ok question here. Lets say your buddy has BOP spinners fire staff that has crap trait. and you are the master crafter. how are you going to change his weapon's trait?

Based on what I am reading .. people can only re-trait their own weapons if only "they" have the traits researched. you cannot re-trait someone's bound armor/weapons.

so crafters making money on this sounds like not going to happen. unless I am missing something.

I imagine in that scenario, the way to make things work is for your buddy (presuming he hasn't learned any traits yet) to learn the trait he wants, that 1st trait goes quick no?, then they can buy the station, if its not bound. depending on prices of the stations, may or may not be worth it?

Eddyble wrote: »

CavalryPK wrote: »

Phinix1 wrote: »

Customize Your Item Traits

The Clockwork City DLC game pack and Update 16 also introduce the all-new Transmutation system, allowing you to change the traits on your gear, including weapons and armors.

In order to Transmute an item, you must locate a Transmutation station and have the item trait researched in your crafting Skill Line. This means if you'd like to add the Sharpened trait to your dagger, you must first ensure you have the ability to craft daggers with that trait. You'll be able to find a Transmutation station in the heart of the Brass Fortress within the Clockwork City or acquire one for your home from a certain Master Writ merchant.

In addition to the crafting skill requirement, Transmutation requires a special new resource called Transmutation Crystals that you'll need to collect and save. You'll be able to earn Transmutation Crystals by completing veteran level content (such as Veteran Mode Dungeons or Trials).

We're very excited to introduce this new crafting system, so keep an eye out for more information on Transmutation in the future!

http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/26183

It sounds as if these stones will be bound on pickup, which will give a nice little income boost to crafters.

Sounds great, thanks for listening ZOS!

ok question here. Lets say your buddy has BOP spinners fire staff that has crap trait. and you are the master crafter. how are you going to change his weapon's trait?

Based on what I am reading .. people can only re-trait their own weapons if only "they" have the traits researched. you cannot re-trait's bound armor/weapons.

so crafters making money on this sounds like not going to happen. unless I am missing something.

I imagine in that scenario, the way to make things work is for your buddy (presuming he hasn't learned any traits yet) to learn the trait he wants, that 1st trait goes quick no?, then they can buy the station, if its not bound. depending on prices of the stations, may or may not be worth it?

Or he could just access a station from a friend's house or the one on the Clockwork City.

@CavalryPK you won't be able to help your friend in that situation, his best shot is just to learn the traits he need the most first, those are pretty fast to get. And how crafters are going to make gold out of this, depends on if gear gets bound after retraiting, if it does, well they won't be able to.

SanTii.92 wrote: »

Eddyble wrote: »

CavalryPK wrote: »

Phinix1 wrote: »

Customize Your Item Traits

The Clockwork City DLC game pack and Update 16 also introduce the all-new Transmutation system, allowing you to change the traits on your gear, including weapons and armors.

In order to Transmute an item, you must locate a Transmutation station and have the item trait researched in your crafting Skill Line. This means if you'd like to add the Sharpened trait to your dagger, you must first ensure you have the ability to craft daggers with that trait. You'll be able to find a Transmutation station in the heart of the Brass Fortress within the Clockwork City or acquire one for your home from a certain Master Writ merchant.

In addition to the crafting skill requirement, Transmutation requires a special new resource called Transmutation Crystals that you'll need to collect and save. You'll be able to earn Transmutation Crystals by completing veteran level content (such as Veteran Mode Dungeons or Trials).

We're very excited to introduce this new crafting system, so keep an eye out for more information on Transmutation in the future!

http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/26183

It sounds as if these stones will be bound on pickup, which will give a nice little income boost to crafters.

Sounds great, thanks for listening ZOS!

ok question here. Lets say your buddy has BOP spinners fire staff that has crap trait. and you are the master crafter. how are you going to change his weapon's trait?

Based on what I am reading .. people can only re-trait their own weapons if only "they" have the traits researched. you cannot re-trait's bound armor/weapons.

so crafters making money on this sounds like not going to happen. unless I am missing something.

I imagine in that scenario, the way to make things work is for your buddy (presuming he hasn't learned any traits yet) to learn the trait he wants, that 1st trait goes quick no?, then they can buy the station, if its not bound. depending on prices of the stations, may or may not be worth it?

Or he could just access a station from a friend's house or the one on the Clockwork City.

@CavalryPK you won't be able to help your friend in that situation, his best shot is just to learn the traits he need the most first, those are pretty fast to get. And how crafters are going to make gold out of this, depends on if gear gets bound after retraiting, if it does, well they won't be able to.

mmm, yes, of course, (face palm moment there) but I was also thinking along the lines of a person who may not have bought/access to dlc, although that was not in the original scenario, as well as long term to not have to rely on someone else.

This doesn't even sort of function as a token system.

For example, I don't have a Hulking Draugr necklace. I've run Direfrost Keep until I puked, then ran it some more, and then a few more again. Still no necklace. I don't necessarily need the thing, but that's beside the point because it's an example of an item I simply can't seem to get to drop.

Unless these shards can turn a different piece of gear into that necklace, I'm still looking at a potentially infinite number of runs to maybe get that necklace. If this was a token system, or competitor for one, or even a vague semblance of what a token system could really offer, I'd be able to look at the token merchant and know for a fact that at maximum I'll need to run it X number of times to acquire that item.

This system does nothing of the sort. At best it reduces the number of runs you'll need to get your magic-boots-of-whatever from the number of runs it takes to get it in the trait you want to instead acquiring them when that specific item drops. You're still not getting a sword or shield or necklace with a definitive end in sight that'll allow you to move on.

It's a desperate attempt to make a time sink for dungeon runners. Your gear will be bound, you won't be able to trade it, but now you can trait it how you want IF you proceed to spend the time to get your crafting up.

The upshot of it is that a fairly limited number of traits are actually good, and getting a limited number doesn't take very long. It makes a player who already has their gear able to stop grinding after acquiring the shards they'll need, so it is a win for someone that realistically didn't need it anyway.