Let us decon potions!
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Violynne✭✭✭✭✭
✭NoSorry, but no. This is immersion breaking.
It's like trying to pull out the cream after it's been stirred into the coffee.
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Mureel✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭YesMany of us have explained possibilities and how we could do it.
If you're just saying no before reading through, you're only removing possibilities from your own game play.1 -
The_Protagonist✭✭✭✭✭
✭NoTrust me I like your idea very much OP and even though this an imaginary world that we play in, I just cant imagine deconning potions with current game mechanics.
Unless a new concept of extracting essential-oils/toxins is introduced into the game where we can perform extractions from only looted potions/poisons is possible, which in turn can be used to make a new series of concoctions. But trust me no one would like a complex system like that, maybe just nerds like me.
So no I don't ZOS would find it feasible to implement in a logical way.0 -
driosketch✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭shadowwraith666 wrote: »which ingredients would it give? all alchemy effects exist on multiple ingredients, decon for blacksmithing/clothing etc gives the mats used for it's creation, in alchemy there are many combinations to make even the simplest restore health potion.
How about powders of flowers, randomly? Much rather decon and see, than vendor. Would be super nice!
I think you take it a step further. You get concentrate of health or magicka powder. Get ten of each, combine with a bugloss, get 4 magikca/health potions, (with passives of course).
Or columbine + bugloss + stam powder (10) and save your mountain flowers.Edited by driosketch on July 11, 2018 4:40PMMain: Drio Azul ~ DC, Redguard, Healer/Magicka Templar ~ NA-PC
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logarifmik✭✭✭✭✭
✭No
I definitely "love" stories about how someones kids are smarter than me. Tell me more. Seriously, I don't think, that the game really needs any type of "deconstruction potions" feature. It's quite easy to aquire any ingredients. Though, it would be interesting to have more "deep" system, which will be based on some pseudo-chemistry laws, like in The Witcher 3. For now, at least for me it's not quite clear how alchemy actually works in Nirn. It looks more like some weird kind of "magic", because it's lacking any explanations how it works on molecular level. I don't remember any lore about molecules or atoms. You can't speak about obtaining a citric acid from a lemon juice without any molecules existing in your universe, right? Maybe the matter in Nirn is not equal to the matter of our universe, maybe it consists of spirit of some kind or a thought? A world based on the idealism, huh? Who knows.
Can definitely get citric acid from lemon juice. What's the difference at the end of the day between this and chucking whole flowers in a pot with water? Nothing.logarifmik wrote: »Sure, but only when OP will demonstrate us, how he obtain a lemon from a lemon juice.
Do you just chuck whole lemons in some water with sugar and call it lemonade?
My 10yo daughter has successfully extracted citric acid from lemon juice.EU PC: @logarifmik | Languages: Русский, English
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DenMoria✭✭✭✭✭
✭NoSomeone doesn't have a basic understanding of chemistry. Combining is easy, separating is hard.1 -
logarifmik✭✭✭✭✭
✭No
Finally, the voice of reason.Someone doesn't have a basic understanding of chemistry. Combining is easy, separating is hard.EU PC: @logarifmik | Languages: Русский, English
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Watchdog✭✭✭✭✭
✭YesI would happily settle for the deconstruction yielding Inspiration in the Alchemy skill line.Member of Alith Legion: https://www.alithlegion.com1 -
shadowwraith666✭✭✭✭shadowwraith666 wrote: »which ingredients would it give? all alchemy effects exist on multiple ingredients, decon for blacksmithing/clothing etc gives the mats used for it's creation, in alchemy there are many combinations to make even the simplest restore health potion.
How about powders of flowers, randomly? Much rather decon and see, than vendor. Would be super nice!
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DenMoria✭✭✭✭✭
✭No
Hops + natural waterjedtb16_ESO wrote: »unbrew beer?
undistill cognac?
unferment wine?
ridiculous idea.
Grapes + natural water
Grapes + natural water
yes?
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DeadlyPhoenix✭✭✭✭✭NoI voted no because, while it may be possible to do in the real world through various methods, I think it would ultimately hurt the flower economy even more.
Alchemy is already one of the easiest crafting skills to level without needing to decon anything.
Also, there are multiple ingredients that have the same effect, so you would be getting a random dust of two flowers minimal, unless they do it similar to enchanting where you get very little back if anything.
Ultimately I don't think it's needed or necessary. An expansion into alchemy potions, like ones that can be thrown, is what I would rather see them do.0 -
jedtb16_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭No
Hops + natural waterjedtb16_ESO wrote: »unbrew beer?
undistill cognac?
unferment wine?
ridiculous idea.
Grapes + natural water
Grapes + natural water
yes?
how do you unbrew beer?
how do you reverse the chemical reaction that occurs?0 -
DeadlyPhoenix✭✭✭✭✭Nojedtb16_ESO wrote: »
Hops + natural waterjedtb16_ESO wrote: »unbrew beer?
undistill cognac?
unferment wine?
ridiculous idea.
Grapes + natural water
Grapes + natural water
yes?
how do you unbrew beer?
how do you reverse the chemical reaction that occurs?
You could, technically do it through some dehydration process. How do you think scientists break down things and reconstruct them? How do you think we can isolate genomes in our DNA?
Is it easy? No. Can it be done? Absolutely yes. That is not to say however, that you would get the whole hop or wheat or whatever back from whatever alcoholic beverage that you made nor would you be able to salvage every ingredient back out of it. You can continue to strip them down to their base properties, but you would never get the original items back in their original state except for the water that was used.1 -
DenMoria✭✭✭✭✭
✭NoDeadlyPhoenix wrote: »jedtb16_ESO wrote: »
Hops + natural waterjedtb16_ESO wrote: »unbrew beer?
undistill cognac?
unferment wine?
ridiculous idea.
Grapes + natural water
Grapes + natural water
yes?
how do you unbrew beer?
how do you reverse the chemical reaction that occurs?
You could, technically do it through some dehydration process. How do you think scientists break down things and reconstruct them? How do you think we can isolate genomes in our DNA?
Is it easy? No. Can it be done? Absolutely yes. That is not to say however, that you would get the whole hop or wheat or whatever back from whatever alcoholic beverage that you made nor would you be able to salvage every ingredient back out of it. You can continue to strip them down to their base properties, but you would never get the original items back in their original state except for the water that was used.
Wouldn't the water end up being "Pure" water too through the distillation process?0 -
Unit117✭✭✭✭✭Nothat doesn’t make any sense. Even if you separated it’s contents. You wouldn’t get the ingredients back in thier normal state. If you just want just the water back for a lesser quality then sure maybe0
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DeadlyPhoenix✭✭✭✭✭NoDeadlyPhoenix wrote: »jedtb16_ESO wrote: »
Hops + natural waterjedtb16_ESO wrote: »unbrew beer?
undistill cognac?
unferment wine?
ridiculous idea.
Grapes + natural water
Grapes + natural water
yes?
how do you unbrew beer?
how do you reverse the chemical reaction that occurs?
You could, technically do it through some dehydration process. How do you think scientists break down things and reconstruct them? How do you think we can isolate genomes in our DNA?
Is it easy? No. Can it be done? Absolutely yes. That is not to say however, that you would get the whole hop or wheat or whatever back from whatever alcoholic beverage that you made nor would you be able to salvage every ingredient back out of it. You can continue to strip them down to their base properties, but you would never get the original items back in their original state except for the water that was used.
Wouldn't the water end up being "Pure" water too through the distillation process?
Yes it would. Which is why I said this could technically work to begin with, I just dont think it's needed. I would like to see them expand alchemy in a different way first rather than just allowing us to deconstruct trash potions.
Anyone who doesn't think it's possible needs to go do 10 seconds of research.0 -
DenMoria✭✭✭✭✭
✭No
Agree. I would like to see a new skill in Alchemy allowing for concentration - maybe 2x, 3x, 4x? Does that make sense?DeadlyPhoenix wrote: »DeadlyPhoenix wrote: »jedtb16_ESO wrote: »
Hops + natural waterjedtb16_ESO wrote: »unbrew beer?
undistill cognac?
unferment wine?
ridiculous idea.
Grapes + natural water
Grapes + natural water
yes?
how do you unbrew beer?
how do you reverse the chemical reaction that occurs?
You could, technically do it through some dehydration process. How do you think scientists break down things and reconstruct them? How do you think we can isolate genomes in our DNA?
Is it easy? No. Can it be done? Absolutely yes. That is not to say however, that you would get the whole hop or wheat or whatever back from whatever alcoholic beverage that you made nor would you be able to salvage every ingredient back out of it. You can continue to strip them down to their base properties, but you would never get the original items back in their original state except for the water that was used.
Wouldn't the water end up being "Pure" water too through the distillation process?
Yes it would. Which is why I said this could technically work to begin with, I just dont think it's needed. I would like to see them expand alchemy in a different way first rather than just allowing us to deconstruct trash potions.
Anyone who doesn't think it's possible needs to go do 10 seconds of research.
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jedtb16_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭NoDeadlyPhoenix wrote: »jedtb16_ESO wrote: »
Hops + natural waterjedtb16_ESO wrote: »unbrew beer?
undistill cognac?
unferment wine?
ridiculous idea.
Grapes + natural water
Grapes + natural water
yes?
how do you unbrew beer?
how do you reverse the chemical reaction that occurs?
You could, technically do it through some dehydration process. How do you think scientists break down things and reconstruct them? How do you think we can isolate genomes in our DNA?
Is it easy? No. Can it be done? Absolutely yes. That is not to say however, that you would get the whole hop or wheat or whatever back from whatever alcoholic beverage that you made nor would you be able to salvage every ingredient back out of it. You can continue to strip them down to their base properties, but you would never get the original items back in their original state except for the water that was used.
that's my point.0 -
DeadlyPhoenix✭✭✭✭✭No
Agree. I would like to see a new skill in Alchemy allowing for concentration - maybe 2x, 3x, 4x? Does that make sense?DeadlyPhoenix wrote: »DeadlyPhoenix wrote: »jedtb16_ESO wrote: »
Hops + natural waterjedtb16_ESO wrote: »unbrew beer?
undistill cognac?
unferment wine?
ridiculous idea.
Grapes + natural water
Grapes + natural water
yes?
how do you unbrew beer?
how do you reverse the chemical reaction that occurs?
You could, technically do it through some dehydration process. How do you think scientists break down things and reconstruct them? How do you think we can isolate genomes in our DNA?
Is it easy? No. Can it be done? Absolutely yes. That is not to say however, that you would get the whole hop or wheat or whatever back from whatever alcoholic beverage that you made nor would you be able to salvage every ingredient back out of it. You can continue to strip them down to their base properties, but you would never get the original items back in their original state except for the water that was used.
Wouldn't the water end up being "Pure" water too through the distillation process?
Yes it would. Which is why I said this could technically work to begin with, I just dont think it's needed. I would like to see them expand alchemy in a different way first rather than just allowing us to deconstruct trash potions.
Anyone who doesn't think it's possible needs to go do 10 seconds of research.
It makes sense yes. I want them to add throwable potions personally. Mass tripot an area to give all resource regen to your teammates or throw an explosion poison that corrodes enemy armor for a time or explodes and deals flame damage over time Molotov style.jedtb16_ESO wrote: »DeadlyPhoenix wrote: »jedtb16_ESO wrote: »
Hops + natural waterjedtb16_ESO wrote: »unbrew beer?
undistill cognac?
unferment wine?
ridiculous idea.
Grapes + natural water
Grapes + natural water
yes?
how do you unbrew beer?
how do you reverse the chemical reaction that occurs?
You could, technically do it through some dehydration process. How do you think scientists break down things and reconstruct them? How do you think we can isolate genomes in our DNA?
Is it easy? No. Can it be done? Absolutely yes. That is not to say however, that you would get the whole hop or wheat or whatever back from whatever alcoholic beverage that you made nor would you be able to salvage every ingredient back out of it. You can continue to strip them down to their base properties, but you would never get the original items back in their original state except for the water that was used.
that's my point.
I get it, thats why some people mention "dusts" because technically you can get a hop byproduct out of if and technically potentially brew another beer with it though it may not taste as good.0 -
DenMoria✭✭✭✭✭
✭NoDeadlyPhoenix wrote: »
Agree. I would like to see a new skill in Alchemy allowing for concentration - maybe 2x, 3x, 4x? Does that make sense?DeadlyPhoenix wrote: »DeadlyPhoenix wrote: »jedtb16_ESO wrote: »
Hops + natural waterjedtb16_ESO wrote: »unbrew beer?
undistill cognac?
unferment wine?
ridiculous idea.
Grapes + natural water
Grapes + natural water
yes?
how do you unbrew beer?
how do you reverse the chemical reaction that occurs?
You could, technically do it through some dehydration process. How do you think scientists break down things and reconstruct them? How do you think we can isolate genomes in our DNA?
Is it easy? No. Can it be done? Absolutely yes. That is not to say however, that you would get the whole hop or wheat or whatever back from whatever alcoholic beverage that you made nor would you be able to salvage every ingredient back out of it. You can continue to strip them down to their base properties, but you would never get the original items back in their original state except for the water that was used.
Wouldn't the water end up being "Pure" water too through the distillation process?
Yes it would. Which is why I said this could technically work to begin with, I just dont think it's needed. I would like to see them expand alchemy in a different way first rather than just allowing us to deconstruct trash potions.
Anyone who doesn't think it's possible needs to go do 10 seconds of research.
It makes sense yes. I want them to add throwable potions personally. Mass tripot an area to give all resource regen to your teammates or throw an explosion poison that corrodes enemy armor for a time or explodes and deals flame damage over time Molotov style.jedtb16_ESO wrote: »DeadlyPhoenix wrote: »jedtb16_ESO wrote: »
Hops + natural waterjedtb16_ESO wrote: »unbrew beer?
undistill cognac?
unferment wine?
ridiculous idea.
Grapes + natural water
Grapes + natural water
yes?
how do you unbrew beer?
how do you reverse the chemical reaction that occurs?
You could, technically do it through some dehydration process. How do you think scientists break down things and reconstruct them? How do you think we can isolate genomes in our DNA?
Is it easy? No. Can it be done? Absolutely yes. That is not to say however, that you would get the whole hop or wheat or whatever back from whatever alcoholic beverage that you made nor would you be able to salvage every ingredient back out of it. You can continue to strip them down to their base properties, but you would never get the original items back in their original state except for the water that was used.
that's my point.
I get it, thats why some people mention "dusts" because technically you can get a hop byproduct out of if and technically potentially brew another beer with it though it may not taste as good.
Kind of like the variety of grenades in Dragon Age? Healing Mist, Bees, etc.? I like it.
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MisterBigglesworth✭✭✭✭✭
✭How about adding an herb garden to player housing and allowing you to water your crops with potions to make them grow faster?Really we do it without like, the musical instruments. This is the only musical: the mouth. And hopefully the brain attached to the mouth. Right? The brain, more important than the mouth, is the brain. The brain is much more important.1 -
p00tx✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭YesHeck...yes.
I get the whole "it's not realistic" thing, I really do, but we're a bunch of elves, orcs, talking cats and lizards who fight demons with balls of flame and can turn invisible at will. I can't imagine our suspension of disbelief has any really hard limits.PC/Xbox NA
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logarifmik✭✭✭✭✭
✭No
Don't you see this argument of yours illogical? Any fictitious universe or narrative must be self-consistent, logical. Writing is basically a lie, and the writer must be a good liar. If one want to implement any bizzare feature in the narrative, he must provide a bunch of adamant reasons to do so. And by reasons I mean some background lore. Otherwise, one will end up with new Star Trek: Discovery episode.Heck...yes.
I get the whole "it's not realistic" thing, I really do, but we're a bunch of elves, orcs, talking cats and lizards who fight demons with balls of flame and can turn invisible at will. I can't imagine our suspension of disbelief has any really hard limits.EU PC: @logarifmik | Languages: Русский, English
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idk✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭NoFor the same reason we cannot decon provisioning.
The white quality we get in drops is substandard in every way to what we craft. Plus we can buy the junk from NPC traders. Those junk potions would have to be removed from the NPC traders for obvious reasons.
Someone had suggested over a year ago to increase harvest rates from potions similar to nodes for blacksmithng, clothing, etc. They has a very rational comparison utilizing the use of potions and comparing to the other crafts.
His/her suggestion is must more logical that this and a much better solution overall.2 -
jedtb16_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭NoFor the same reason we cannot decon provisioning.
The white quality we get in drops is substandard in every way to what we craft. Plus we can buy the junk from NPC traders. Those junk potions would have to be removed from the NPC traders for obvious reasons.
Someone had suggested over a year ago to increase harvest rates from potions similar to nodes for blacksmithng, clothing, etc. They has a very rational comparison utilizing the use of potions and comparing to the other crafts.
His/her suggestion is must more logical that this and a much better solution overall.
yup...
try unbaking a cake....1
