Dusk_Coven wrote: »
I'm still against any proposed solution that encourages alt-farming. But... if they insist on going this route, AND the results stabilize into something like the above, then
(1) looks like they want us to do Superior writs -- would those become too easy?
(2) if Zircon drops <= Chromium drops, all Epic writs are trash because you won't have enough for Legendary writs
Secondly, it is WAY, WAY, WAAAAAAAY easier to get purple jewelry drops, as it drops from almost all vet content, whereas gold jewelry to decon ONLY drops from vet trials (and leaderboards), so the deconstruction of the purple jewelry will most assuredly produce enough Zircon to "overcome" the additional use you need to do your legendary master writs, especially if the drop rates from doing writs is approximately the same between zircon and chromium grains, as the data indicates they are reasonably close.
Dusk_Coven wrote: »Secondly, it is WAY, WAY, WAAAAAAAY easier to get purple jewelry drops, as it drops from almost all vet content, whereas gold jewelry to decon ONLY drops from vet trials (and leaderboards), so the deconstruction of the purple jewelry will most assuredly produce enough Zircon to "overcome" the additional use you need to do your legendary master writs, especially if the drop rates from doing writs is approximately the same between zircon and chromium grains, as the data indicates they are reasonably close.
If it's so easy why do people complain about Zircon now? Go farm it.
But assuming that people don't want to farm it by running a vet dungeon maybe 10x to maybe get 1 plate, the current stats show writs are dropping Zircon around the same rate as Chromium.
In earlier threads people talk about Chromium NOT being a problem -- probably because they're sitting on it whenever it drops from daily writs. It's stockpiling now and it'll stockpile under the PTS system.
If you use Zircon for your epic writs, every time you do so you are falling behind while stockpiling your supply of chromium. And from your assumption that epic writs are going to drop more often than legendary writs, then you are eroding your supply of zircon even more quickly (IF writs are going to be worth doing; which isn't clear yet).
If you're saying that by the time you get one legendary writ you'll still have both mats available -- that's possible, assuming we are still dumping some writs because they are still not useful to do.
And this assumes you actually have enough zircon to do any epic writ that comes your way that you actually want to do. If you feel you don't, then you are better off waiting for a legendary writ for the higher payout for an equal investment in zircon. To do otherwise would be to pass not just on the opportunity of the higher pay from the legendary writ but incur an ongoing opportunity cost of your chromium sitting around.
If you are getting enough zircon for all the epic writs you want to do, you'll end up with an excess of Chromium because you're not doing legendary writs at the same rate as epic writs.
So they could lower the Chromium drop rate a bit and up the Zircon a bit.
Dusk_Coven wrote: »Dusk_Coven wrote: »
Huh...interesting. I admit that when opening the JC writ coffers, I only pay attention if there is a grain, a swift research piece, or a survey. Never really looked at the other rewards, except, of course, for the useless master writs.
I'm really bad that way what with Dolgubon's opening the boxes for me while I'm turning in another writ...
Dusk_Coven wrote: »f047ys3v3n wrote: »Not a chance, but maybe they will be worth 2k gold instead of 25 gold and will be worth selling at least.
So someone feels they are currently worth doing because they are actually buying writs? O.O
Dusk_Coven wrote: »We're almost at Update 24 now.
So did ZOS achieve the objectives for Jewelry Crafting Master Writ Improvements as outlined in Update 23?
No. A complete waste of time, is what they are.ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »Do you feel these writs are worth completing?
No. Never have done a single JC writ, ever - and not doing any until Hell freezes over.ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »Do you anticipate doing these once the update goes live?
JC writs are a waste of precious upgrade mats and a waste of precious bank space.ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »Do you have any other general feedback?