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BOD MADNESS!!!!!

TheLetterQ

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This change has to be the most cool change I think the Dev's have ever made.

I spent last evening messing about with a few bod books copied over from my prod shard on TC1.

I was able to get a valorite runinc hammer BOD set for just over 1mil in gold. Let me just say it's not easy. If you just stand there and keep handing in the bods to the same guys then the cost sky rockets. But if you bounce around to the different shops trading one here and there....you can upgrade fairly cheap.

I started with all Iron 20 EX smalls..and an Agapite 15 EX large. 250k to upgrade the large to val...and then to 20.

Each piece took anywhere from 60-100k to upgrade depending on how the smiths were feeling.

A potential massive gold sink. Makes just about ever BOD have value. You keep any plate bod for a verite or valortie hammer. Chain and Ring deeds get upgraded for either hammers or Powder of Fort.

The whole concept is Fabulous! :thumbup1:

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Tjalle

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No limit on the number of times a certain BOD can be upgraded?
 

kelmo

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Tjalle... there is some info on the test center forums as well.
 

G.v.P

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People are going to snip your post and say, "1 mil for a val hammer?" And respond with trolling. My question is how will the vendors react on production, and how will they reset. If they're going to be like ingot vendors, for example, then hardcore BOD runners will be all about server-up, huh? ;p my problem with BODs has always been lockdown space, so it's nice to know you can sort of get what you want now via upgrade, or less wait time than just stashing them all away and waiting to win the monopoly game :)
 

Barok

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There are a few limitations with this new system.

1) You don't have control over which aspect of the BOD is upgraded. It seems to upgrade resource type first. So if all you want to do is upgrade from 15 count to 20 count you can't.

2) The item type of the BOD never changes, so you can't start with a weapon BOD and upgrade to a platemail BOD. So if you have been saving tons of weapon BOD's they are still going to be pretty worthless.
 

RaistlinNowhere

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wizal , have just tried with a 10 HQ iron bod, first try went into 15 HQ iron , second try went into 15 HQ DC. And finally i continued until i had 20 HQ valorite, so yes they can be upgraded.
 

Wizal the Fox

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wizal , have just tried with a 10 HQ iron bod, first try went into 15 HQ iron , second try went into 15 HQ DC. And finally i continued until i had 20 HQ valorite, so yes they can be upgraded.
Interesting, I tried many times yesterday without success... perhaps they fixed something which was not intended
 

popps

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I was able to get a valorite runinc hammer BOD set for just over 1mil in gold. Let me just say it's not easy. If you just stand there and keep handing in the bods to the same guys then the cost sky rockets. But if you bounce around to the different shops trading one here and there....you can upgrade fairly cheap.


The real question, I think, is this process scriptable ?

Because if the Developers were ingenuous to make it a process that cannot be scripted then yes, it is a great change and much welcomed one to the game. But if this new process can be scripted just like the old one was, well, we will just end up seeing tons, but TONS of valorite hammers around.........
 

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we are trying to compile results and ideas in the Tc forum under the appropriate headings if you all could post findings there we also have had a couple dev posts there ...just saying they are looking at info there
 

Freelsy

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The real question, I think, is this process scriptable ?

Because if the Developers were ingenuous to make it a process that cannot be scripted then yes, it is a great change and much welcomed one to the game. But if this new process can be scripted just like the old one was, well, we will just end up seeing tons, but TONS of valorite hammers around.........
Does it really matter in this case? If the vendors charge X amount to upgrade BODs, then the market will have a set price that a Valorite hammer will be sold at. Probably just above what it costs to actually take it through each upgrade stage... That stated, scripters can do it, but they can't jack up their prices too high. Besides, they're dumping their money into the system as well to do this... Shouldn't cause to much of a ruckus .

Also, you will start seeing TONS of Valorites anyways. With everyone able to do this easily (I use easily because getting a val hammer before was a PITA) they're going to flood the market.

Whether it's scripted or not. I don't see any bad outcome....
 

Goodmann

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The real question, I think, is this process scriptable ?

Because if the Developers were ingenuous to make it a process that cannot be scripted then yes, it is a great change and much welcomed one to the game. But if this new process can be scripted just like the old one was, well, we will just end up seeing tons, but TONS of valorite hammers around.........
anything in game can be scripted so.............
 

Theo_GL

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Anyone want to help me upgrade my GL bod collection?
And the Weapon bods are still useful - you fill and turn in to get more bods. Once you get a plate bod - you start the upgrade process. If you get say plate ex bronze - you are closer to Val hammer than upgrading all the way from iron plate for example.

I'll likely upgrade anything copper and up. Anything iron/dc/shadow nm will get upgraded to EX DC/Shadow for the powder of fort instead.

 

Warpig Inc

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All that crazy gold going to the pixel wasteland is a good thing. And for an honest player, one val hammer taste 100x better then 100 scripted val hammers. Just now feeding this monster gold doesn't have it jumping from backpack to backpack. Bribery system is the greatest thing to come along since the Butcher's skinning or the # crafted option.

As far as flooding the market. How fast does forginging items burn up theese runics doing tasty mods? Sounds like it takes loads of charges to get choice mods. May not be enough runics to feed the modding hunger. So maybe pricing will be stable.


Now does the bribing meter apply to a character or the NPC vendor. Is the next player that comes by going to find a testy NPC for a bribes till server up? And does the BOD bump drop with a bribe apply to crafter's skills or can any swinging Richard Bump a BOD? Guess only need one worked crafter and few points skill smith and tailor on the rest of your characters.


With this new surge of BOD activity I think mining scripters will be an easier find. But as the old system tought us for mining. They had no clue where the val/frostwood spots was located to catch theese fools. So be on mark to say they have no clue where the BOD NPCs are to police up any asshat activity. Hell they didn't even know where the Brit Library is to observer a railer.
 
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