۞✦ Alchemy: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly. ✦۞

[Parvani Symphony]

I just think it's crazy that the things required to make these recipes are very highly priced to begin with. To create a rig while spending like 360,000 to buy the items for the formula, only to have a RARE chance at winning anything good.

Seems like a rip off to me.

[Frothy Crema]

While I still agree that there are not nearly enough components out, and that components for early-level formulas should be far more accessible (ffakgsasdkg toggles), I'm guiltily toying around with Alchemy so I can make money off the giftboxes. xD I'm sure I'll get bored soon enough.

Also, we seem to have heaps of components that have no purpose yet? I'm hoping there's going to be more new items that require them (I'm not so interested in remakes.)

: / And it was certainly released half-baked. Or a quarter-baked, in my opinion.

[samm ravenblood]

bump

[Kisnyuszi]

It would be nice if we could create some of the components with trash or bugs, etc.
Anything to make some of the components easier to obtain; not TOO easy but a bit more realistic.

[+[Skarekrow]+]

You know it's funny. I've been on Gaia since 2004 and never have I felt hopeless about getting items I want until Alchemy came out.

Yeah sure it's just been released and they're still working on it but there are users PAYING users to let them create forumulas just to get XP to go up a level. I'm still at 1. What hope do I have of reaching 10? Or 5 even?

Like I said. Never have I felt that getting an item I liked would be hopeless till now.

[Prue]

Hey Gaia, alchemy still isn't working and the components are still rare as ******** despite your "solution".

Just thought I'd bump up this thread as a reminder of that.

[Vespertte]

Madkool

Hey Gaia, alchemy still isn't working and the components are still rare as ******** despite your "solution".

Just thought I'd bump up this thread as a reminder of that.

Thought you might find this interesting to add to the UGLY of alchemy:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/t.75964917/

While it has not been confirmed that this will be the quest/alchemy to get wings, the soulbound factor turns me off greatly because if in theory each formula begets another formula in higher level (lvl 1 formula gives lvl 2 formula etc), what level are they going to stop at? Level 10? Where only 1 to 3% will ever really make it? So now those who can't afford to go up in levels can't even ask those who are to help them craft?

[Prue]

Vespertte

Madkool

Hey Gaia, alchemy still isn't working and the components are still rare as ******** despite your "solution".

Just thought I'd bump up this thread as a reminder of that.

Thought you might find this interesting to add to the UGLY of alchemy:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/t.75964917/

While it has not been confirmed that this will be the quest/alchemy to get wings, the soulbound factor turns me off greatly because if in theory each formula begets another formula in higher level (lvl 1 formula gives lvl 2 formula etc), what level are they going to stop at? Level 10? Where only 1 to 3% will ever really make it? So now those who can't afford to go up in levels can't even ask those who are to help them craft?

Awesome. Yah, awhile ago the artists gave us a big ******** you with the "We aren't editing anything", and "The backwings were hard for us to make, so no one is getting any." I figured that this was inevitable.

One has to wonder if the artists really hate us this much. Rumor has it that this goes up 14 levels.

[Nyadriel]

That attitude is a feature-killer to be sure. I feel for those who made it to the top as much as I feel for the rest of us. Cause now it feels like there is no point.
Too hard to make? Give us a break!

[MrsrachaelSnape]

I wish it was more like Zomg recipe. It would be so much better if it was in a game where you get the items to craft and no old items to make them.

[Jmpv]

this is insain, the insanity of this is inhuman

[Lapras Lazuli]

I can't stand the new alchemy system, because instead of fighting inflation, it's only made it worse. I'm not spending 20k on toggles for one skirt. >_>

[Lapras Lazuli]

+[Skarekrow]+

You know it's funny. I've been on Gaia since 2004 and never have I felt hopeless about getting items I want until Alchemy came out.

Yeah sure it's just been released and they're still working on it but there are users PAYING users to let them create forumulas just to get XP to go up a level. I'm still at 1. What hope do I have of reaching 10? Or 5 even?

Like I said. Never have I felt that getting an item I liked would be hopeless till now.

Agreed. I've been a member since 2004 as well, and I can't stand looking at people who are sporting OMG's and Nitemare scarves because they bought their way to insane amounts of gold via buying and selling cash shop items. >_> What ever happened to working for what you have?

[Cybersixx]

Lapras Lazuli

+[Skarekrow]+

You know it's funny. I've been on Gaia since 2004 and never have I felt hopeless about getting items I want until Alchemy came out.

Yeah sure it's just been released and they're still working on it but there are users PAYING users to let them create forumulas just to get XP to go up a level. I'm still at 1. What hope do I have of reaching 10? Or 5 even?

Like I said. Never have I felt that getting an item I liked would be hopeless till now.

Agreed. I've been a member since 2004 as well, and I can't stand looking at people who are sporting OMG's and Nitemare scarves because they bought their way to insane amounts of gold via buying and selling cash shop items. >_> What ever happened to working for what you have?

Someone had to make that money.

Also I don't see what people with boatloads of real money has to do with that person's post. S/he is talking about users paying other users in _gaia gold_ to make alchemy items.

[Nyeha_Cyka]

I agree with this. Alchemy to make cash shop items is ridiculous, and alchemy using cash shop items just pisses off those of us who are or were considering questing for them.