Gem Removal Cost From Equipment Complaint

The gems used for equipment upgrade is a great idea. This is also a good way for Tynon to make money as people spend more to purchase gems to get coins or credit to purchase more gems. And the more gems you get the more you can combine.

However there is a big issue with having to spend actual gems in order to remove a gem from equipment from lvl4 and up. You are already making money from us buying the gems and I have a big issue as well as several others with having to spend even more in order to remove a gem to combine a few we have to make a larger gem. This is double dipping and completely wrong and needs to be looked at. We are already spending money to get these we should not have to use our gems to remove them.

I agree with Justified for lvl4 and up to have to use 100 gems is plain rididculous we already buy the gems and use them for a lot of things but the cost to remove that is way to high at that right you're forcing players to spend a lot of money or to remake there weapons from scratch because we can't use the gems anymore we bought for that exact purpose

why would you WANT to remove it? It doesn't disappear when you upgrade it to the next quality.

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Originally Posted by Tynon

why would you WANT to remove it? It doesn't disappear when you upgrade it to the next quality.

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You need to remove chips to Craft an item to a higher level. DUH.

Taken from: http://bbs.tynon.com/showthread.php?...when-upgrading


So today I was upgrading my Hope Bringer's Chestpiece to Champion:

http://s22.postimg.org/ygv5wo0c1/HP_1.png

http://s22.postimg.org/mg9pvxsxd/HP_2.png

Wow I didn't know you had to take off any chips embedded. So ok, lets do just that

http://s16.postimg.org/4jgnpjk8l/HP_3.png

Now here comes the nasty and unpleasant surprise:

http://s24.postimg.org/tfggwumdh/HP_4.png

I was like WTH is this serious!??

I tried removing a level 5 Obsidian I had on a Sword. It cost 200 gems!!

I've seen other concepts like this (Might and Magic, etc), and none cost anything to remove embedded chips from equipment.


Tynon, is this intended? or a bug?

If this is intended, no one would ever bother with level 4 and higher chips at all. The effects are not worth it.

This is BRAND new then...

Holy cow thats was done today couse i removed mines to updrade and never ask me for gems hmmmm intresting

Well i just tryed it now and it dosent ask me for gems !! :)

TrueGod this is only with lvl4 and up. Lvl1-3 does not require gems to be removed only lvl4 and up.

lvl 5 jewels needs 200 GEMS to remove EACH.

Before you can craft the item into a higher level.

Gem cost may be there as a convenience so you can't shift embeds around willy-nilly. I see the point about being forced to remove embeds before upgrading though, and I'll bring it up. Thanks for pointing this out.

This is what beta is all about.

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Originally Posted by Dawnseeker

Gem cost may be there as a convenience so you can't shift embeds around willy-nilly. I see the point about being forced to remove embeds before upgrading though, and I'll bring it up. Thanks for pointing this out.

This is what beta is all about.

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I see that the intended use of this was so people would not shift their jewels around the gear.

But Dawn, each jewel only can be put into 1 specific gear. One would just take out the whole equipment piece and move it to the desired hero.

In any case, requiring to pay a lot of gems to remove high level jewels in order to craft to a higher level of gear is, as what justified had called it, "double dipping".

Hoping this can be remedied soon. Thanks so much.

I just spoke to our lead developer, Tony, about this and he said it is a bug that you have to remove the gem to upgrade purple armor. The Gem cost to remove a jewel is intended, but you should be able to upgrade the armor without removing it. It will be fixed in a patch in the near future.

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Originally Posted by Dawnseeker

I just spoke to our lead developer, Tony, about this and he said it is a bug that you have to remove the gem to upgrade purple armor. The Gem cost to remove a jewel is intended, but you should be able to upgrade the armor without removing it. It will be fixed in a patch in the near future.

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That is good news Dawn!

Thank you

That is good news about the upgrade but does not solve the whole question as to why you have to pay twice to remove a gem that is embedded. Who cares if someone removes a gem to place on a different hero everyday. They should not have to pay twice for it.

Here is my scenario. I finally merged my gems into a lvl4. Now as I go along I am working on getting the gems needed to merge that 4 into a 5 and so on. I had to pay to get the gems to begin with, I am having to pay to get the gems needed to merge to create a higher gem. And now you are telling me that I have to pay to remove that gem just in order to merge that gem to create a higher gem. That is complete BS.

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Originally Posted by Justified

That is good news about the upgrade but does not solve the whole question as to why you have to pay twice to remove a gem that is embedded. Who cares if someone removes a gem to place on a different hero everyday. They should not have to pay twice for it.

Here is my scenario. I finally merged my gems into a lvl4. Now as I go along I am working on getting the gems needed to merge that 4 into a 5 and so on. I had to pay to get the gems to begin with, I am having to pay to get the gems needed to merge to create a higher gem. And now you are telling me that I have to pay to remove that gem just in order to merge that gem to create a higher gem. That is complete BS.

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I understand your point. It may be better if Gems couldn't be removed from armor, only overwritten. That way it wouldn't seem like a money grab.

I completely agree, using gems to remove these items is a bit ridiculous.

If you must have to pay for them to be removed, at least make it gold or credits, something readily available...

I am very happy to report this has been fixed! :)

One does not need to remove embeds to craft an item to a higher level anymore!

Woot woot.. more power to the Tynon team!

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Originally Posted by Dawnseeker

I just spoke to our lead developer, Tony, about this and he said it is a bug that you have to remove the gem to upgrade purple armor. The Gem cost to remove a jewel is intended, but you should be able to upgrade the armor without removing it. It will be fixed in a patch in the near future.

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awsome ty dawn now i can sleep better and my wallet to :)

ty for helping us all the time

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Originally Posted by Dawnseeker

I just spoke to our lead developer, Tony, about this and he said it is a bug that you have to remove the gem to upgrade purple armor. The Gem cost to remove a jewel is intended, but you should be able to upgrade the armor without removing it. It will be fixed in a patch in the near future.

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Is there any possibility of them being able to make it so that you can also upgrade the gem right from the armor screen. Say I get 4 lvl 4 rubies and have a level 4 ruby on my mages staff. I then have to pay another 100 gems just to get that 5th one off to upgrade after I already put in the coin to make that gem in the first place. If not, it sucks, but I'll understand, it's just a suggestion.

I agree - this 'feature' (and the stars feature) should be removed.

This is totally biased in favour of the 'coiners' who can afford to waste thousands of gems to get upgrades and stars for their hero's.

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Only one word: Greedy!

u guys need to remove the gem cost asap thats just over the top

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