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 Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:56 pm
March 16th, 2015: bluealaris Nenanah Question Originally by Woo Mee I would like to hear an answer for that as well, adding new alchemy updates would be awesome! Maybe I will finally grind to become a lvl 10 alchemist if new high tier lvl 10 items are added to the things I can quest Question is originally by Kitsunen We are adding more Alchemy recipes- in the recent past we had them as level 1 so that all Gaians could use them. In the future we would like to release higher level recipes for rare and exclusive items, however we'd like to be sure that there are ways of actively questing and earning the ingredients that were all but extinct from our economy in the first release of Alchemy. bluealaris Nenanah ( Items) Is it possible to get a chance item for the fish like there's the Bug Trap for getting some of the bugs in Loyal's? Question is originally by ( CherryblossomGoodbye ) We probably won't be releasing a fishing gen in GoFusion, because we are in the process of doing a big fix to fishing. This will hopefully bring more users to the Fishing Hole and more fish into the Marketplace. Also, it is currently one of the best ways for Fishing enthusiasts to earn gold. bluealaris Belle Redevance FeaturesThank you so much for releasing alchemy formulas such as the Bee March! Will we be seeing more formulas in the near future? You know it! bluealaris AishiSo Features: AlchemyAlchemy is about equivalent trade, but as we all know, there are recipes that require a lot of (currently) expensive items, while the alchemised item is worth often less than half of the cost of the ingredients. Now, since Loyal's Wildcard and Gates of Olympus, there is a surge of items on Gaia that take up space in our inventory (thank you for the Bee March btw - it is so cute!). Maybe we could get some new recipes with those items (with reasonable amounts needed - or the items soon become extinct again ans the recipes will become useless) with brand new items to alchemise, that will not be available through other means (so that they are worth making). I am not expecting it right away, but it would be nice, if it would be considered at least. Items from Loyal's Wildcard are especially in abundance now and I would really want to see them put to good use. Though the item kickstarter is as good of an idea as new recipes xd I think that's a fantastic idea. Thank you for the suggestion.
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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 11:34 pm
March 23rd, 2015: bluealaris `Hydro ItemsMight it be possible to introduce a few more rare fish into the system, like the ones for Backwings formulas? They are so rare and their purpose is to be used up, so perhaps they could appear in deflation RIGs? We are not planning on releasing any rare fish at this time- fish can be caught and exchanged for items through the game and earning gold/crafting items are a reward for that hard work. 3nodding Zero Omega angie_sash Items/Features(?): Flynn's PlunderLast AtS, someone requested for Flynn's Plunder to be stocked with wings, and this request was granted. After the current auction in Flynn's ends, can Flynn's be restocked with nothing but rare fishes or even just a huge number of durem fishes? Please? This would greatly help those who are pursuing the alchemy backwings quest, since the rare fishes are so inflated right now. We will more than likely not be restocking Flynn's exclusively with rare fish as fish are a way for the fishers on Gaia to earn their gold and enjoy Gaia. However, fish will occasionally make an appearance for you to bid on.
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 8:13 pm
March 30th, 2015: milkbun The Iron Magus ItemsIn the bad old days of Alchemy, many formulas required rare equippables that existed only in limited quantities, causing said items to become practically extinct. Case in point,  SDPlus #026 Sam, which was a required component to craft a Sam Companion. Fast-forward to several years later, and there is nary a Sam Doll to be found... anywhere! Considering Sam's recent prominence in the Buffer Every Day event, would you consider re-releasing her SDPlus doll? We'll note it down to have some dolls drop! bluealaris Ducktor Doom Features/Items
Could you please consider making some pawitems for crafting in Alchemy?
Thanks for reading (And thank you for the latest pawitems in the gold shops!) Yesssss, I can't wait to do that. Any suggestions would be more than welcome! I stop by the Paws forum often so if you either want to make a thread or PM me I'll check them out. bluealaris Emmer of Emmer Features (Alchemy)Question: I was wondering if you could fix the names of the following formulas: Formula 1: Dark Reflection 2 Formula 1:Forgotten Reverie Formula 1:Orb Aggregate Formula 1:Runic Challenge Formula 1:Titan's Legacy So there's a space between the : and the first word of the rest of the name? it makes the alphabetical order all crazy in the alchemy tab. I know it's a little thing, but I bet you could fix it pretty fast. Thank you! I can totally do that- can you PM me that list?
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 7:22 pm
April 6th, 2015: bluealaris Niki-Senpai Hello staff! Thank you for another week of AtS! Hope you guys had a good weekend between Easter and Wondercon. c: Items/Features?? There's two alchemy formulas that can craft Night Jewels, however both of them require multiple of other Night Jewels. I think that is extremely counter-productive for those who wish to craft the Sheer Glittering Stockings. @ _ @;; Any chance that we could get re-vamped formulas for the Vile and Envious Night Jewels? Thank you for the suggestion! We can definitely look into this. bluealaris Platonix bluealaris Niki-Senpai Items/Features?? Could we get some mass re-releases for alchemy components? Specifically the furniture. I know a lot a of users would love it if there were a furniture rig similar to the Bug Trap rig in Loyal's. That's a good idea! I think we had some rigs with them in it, we'll look into making some new ones. 3nodding The Angelic Furniture has always been available from Golden Enchanted Trunks, and Nitemare Furniture has always been available from Wooden Enchanted Trunks. It's why I always look askance at requests to "re-release" them...can it be called a re-release if their original release never stopped? That is true- the odds of getting them are certainly hard and they wouldn't be any easier in a new RIG, but having more opportunities to get them would help crafters. bluealaris Christian_Grey-sama bluealaris Tall Dark and Snarky Items or Features?Would it be possible to begin rereleasing some key alchemy components in the future? Because of how bogged down the fishing system has become, the fish and some game-only components that are required for alchemy are now absolutely unobtainable because of sheer lack of supply. The same goes for a lot of other things used in backwings, such as angelic and nitemare furniture --- weighing more heavily on the angelic furniture side. We won't be releasing fishing items since we are re-making this feature to be not buggy and also adding incentives/new rods/new bait. However we can do Alchemy RIGs that contain other components! I hope wont happen the same as zOMG... right? neutral confused No, fishing won't be taken down while we make alterations and add features. Its not maintenance- its more like adding additions! 3nodding bluealaris Glitched Existence ItemThis that's the right category, or would it be shop? Anyways my question is: Might there be more backwings added to alchemy? --If this was already asked, sorry for the repeat. I'm just really curious and would love to create more backwings aside from what's already offered. This hasn't been requested yet, thank you for the suggestion!
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 7:56 pm
April 13th, 2015: [NPC] Gaia Staff Welcome Back! Quote: ItemsCan you guys think about re-releasing the Mogas and Starseeds so people that want to make Submarine Capsules in Alchemy can have enough supplies and without having to pay through the nose for them? We can consider this, yes.
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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 12:35 am
April 20th, 2015: [NPC] Gaia Staff Welcome Back! Quote: Items/GamesAre there any plans to update what we can make with the flowers and papers from the towns? New items, new alchemy formulas, etc. Something that might up the marketplace value of these items perhaps. Yes, there are plans to use a number of these as ingredients in future Alchemy updates! bluealaris Meromictic bluealaris XonyMudd Features/AlchemyNote: Copied and pasted from when I asked last week. Would it be possible to tweak some of the formulas to make them more practical and affordable? I know these Alchemy questions are pretty possible, but I just want to share my PoV on it. Some of the formulas are too expensive component wise or are simply not available in the amounts we need (like Diapered Egg requires Baby Breaths Bows that aren’t even being sold in MP to provide enough required to make it) that it is just cheaper to buy the item you want to make rather than make it. Also, in the case of creating RIGs, it requires several copies of the same failed item (I know one requires 9 and it has multiple pathways and it is possible to acquire those items via another RIG instead of trying to get them from the MP) which seems redundant and just not worth it. A suggestion would be to create more pathways, with one being a possible combination of different items from that RIG instead of the one. Yes, Alchemy is going to be getting some big updates soon. If you have any ideas in specific, or feel like there are glaring bugs feel free to PM me! Will you guys be looking at the thread that originally asked for suggestions? http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/gaia-item-alchemy/suggest-an-item-alchemy-formula/t.74094147/Yes we will. heart Zero Omega xvampericxchickx ItemsI thought there was something a while back about being able to open all Philosopher's caches at once, but now I can't find it. Can we please have the ability to open all Philosopher's caches at once? This probably won't be available for quite some time, if at all, being able to open all items at once has the possible impact of doing more harm than good, unfortunately. :c bluealaris emotioneater Alchemy/ ItemsThis is kind of late I guess, but The Epic recipes from Dead Man's Shadow (before the death of zOMG) still require items that are not availible anymore (now that zOMG is gone and the ingredients are not in zOMG caches) , I was curious if you would remake Epic recipes such as: Epic Recipe: Blood Bat (only one that came to mind) and other Epic recipes into Alchemy recipes so that players can still make the items. I'll keep that in mind, feel free to PM me about specific requests. We have a ZOMG Back Alley Grab Bag with components in it that you can dig into as well. bluealaris Tsukita-chan Items/Features we will be able to craft items again w/the "fail" items we will get from Pandora's Gate??? emotion_kirakira emotion_kirakira Maybe! mrgreen
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Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 8:58 pm
April 27th, 2015: [NPC] Gaia Staff Welcome Back! Quote: Items Why do Sapphires cost 2000 Fragments to craft? That's a much higher Fragment-per-Post cost than any of the Gold variants, even Babys... you could spend those 2000 Fragments on 4 Golden Tickets, and get 24 poses instead of the Sapphire 15. Or 1500 Fragments on 3 Golden Tickets, and still get 3 more poses over a Sapphire. And that's not even counting the additional bonus poses that come with splitting your concept across multiple items. I'm finding these numbers pretty confusing. What 500-Fragment worthy benefit is there of getting an item released as an REI rather than a collection of LQIs? The Evolving Item creation as part of the Sapphire Ticket includes working with Gaia staff to create a story, spread over 6 separate announcement updates, that will be included in the weekly EI reports. This is also an opportunity to invent part of Gaia's canon, as characters and stories presented in these reports are sometimes used in future chance items or continued in additional evolving items. As such, it requires more work involving multiple staff members to approve and edit this item type. bluealaris RandomKate Items/ShopsSix days ago, Ye Olde Trunk of Forgotten Things was released in Bifrost. Not even 24 hours later, it was taken out. Is there a reason to this and will we see its return? The Trunk will be appearing again, it is getting its item list tweaked (since it had some Zomg items that can be found in the Back Alley Bargain Grab Bag). It will be released once it is finished and we have compiled more missing components from old CIs. bluealaris Castiel Lover ItemsWHY did you make winning tickets even harder, with these ticket fragments? Instead of a chance to win a ticket, we now get a chance to win 1/1000th of a ticket?? Did you do the math for how much it'd cost to make even a ONE POSE ticket?? You're basically insuring that only the super rich will ever get these tickets. I pray to god you don't do this to Ruby tickets or the rest of them, and still give chances to win the gold type tickets in future chance items. Winning ticket fragments is a way to distribute far more rewards and allow users a greater chance at questing for them. For instance, it is much more likely for a larger number of people to win a semi-rare fragment and slowly collect them over time than a single super rare ticket. It also allows for users who don't want them to have a stable and desired reward that they can sell on the MP that aren't totally unaffordable except by a few very wealthy exchangers. bluealaris E U R Y D l C E ItemsWill there be other ways to acquire gold fragments that do not involve GC? Yes, there will be. bluealaris AishiSo FeaturesHi, first of all, thank you for the "Play again" button when opening the Philosopher's Cache! My question is: Would you consider adding that button to unsealed caches? Sometimes you need 15 (or more) ingredients out of one type of caches, and it takes time to do that one by one, with the site refreshing after each one. Anyway, thank you for making the life of Alchemists gradually easier heart We'd love to, but currently we're working with a glitch involving the format that it was originally made. Its on our bug list. bluealaris Flint Jakobs ItemsHow many(-ish) Golden Fragments are out there currently, and is there going to be a limit to how many are released? surprised Several hundred are floating out there in the great unknown- waiting to be crafted. bluealaris Diosu Hey I've been keeping my avatar unchanged, how are you feeling on the consideration of adding the other tickets to the Bifrost? I----- can't resist. The allure of your cold vampire bod. It compels me to put Old Pete's ticket into Alchemy.
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 10:21 pm
May 4th, 2015: bluealaris Fibonacci To Infinity Items/Alchemy These guys. Don't get me wrong, these Golden Fragments (Which I & a few friends have been calling them Jiggies for nostalgia's sake.), are a great thing. However...The rarity of them is way too extreme for the cost of them & what is needed to make tickets. I'm trying my hand at making one because I REALLY REALLY want an item made, but with the forced rarity of these things makes it extremely hard for someone who doesn't always have the funds for them. They are only being offered in coupons & in the CI's in the Cash Shop.This isn't very fair to those who don't always have the money to even try their hand at getting one. Also it seems like they are getting more & more useful in Alchemy, such as the new options with the Dark Eclipse item having them for an option. I understand the need for rarity of these Fragments, but if they are going to become more prevalent in Alchemy then they need to be more common than they already are.
So here's my options on fixing the solution:1. Have them as a more permanent feature in the CS or The Bifrost for a relatively decent price. (Even if they are worth GCash) 2. Have a crafting option to make these much like the Golden Giftboxes we had a while back.We're allowed to make other components by crafting, why not these too? 3. Have them as a rare drop in Caches or the Alchemy Grab Bags. Granted a very rare drop, but one none the less. Thanks for this suggestion! We are planning to release the Golden Fragment via. Alchemy and through chance drops as well. bluealaris Nenanah Features/Item Alchemy Since you decided to re-released a lot of items from the past Gates in Pandora's Gate, would you mind releasing something interesting Alchemy formula for items such as Beyond Magent and Deep Blue Sea and the other re-release items? Question is originally by Kitsunen Sure, we have quite a few Alchemy formulas about to be released- feel free to send me suggestions. bluealaris Pengaana FeaturesYou haven't forgotten about using zOMG components in alchemy have you? I noticed since picking alchemy back up that I'm getting A LOT of zOMG caches and there really isn't that much that seem to use them just something that would be great to keep in mind what with all these new formulas popping up this month We really haven't forgotten them. There will be formulas coming out all month and some will definitely include Zomg components. bluealaris Sinfulcraft Items/FeaturesAre there any plans to add certain components like Leathery Egg to the current Philosopher's Cache? As it stands Leathery Eggs only come from Enki Drop. Which you only get from Enki when he dies after 4 months. Even then, it's only a chance to get the alchemy component. New alchemists and old alchemists alike probably don't want to spend 4 months waiting for a fish to die for a chance at a component they need. This also brings up other random components that come from Enki's Catch and Fish Drop [lite]. These components are harder to obtain because it requires a lot of waiting. It would be nice if we could get a Cache dedicated to these components, like the zOMG Cache was made for the zOMG items we needed. The new formulas you're adding are nice. We just need more ways to get the components is all. Thank you for mentioning this! I will keep it in mind as I continue to edit Ye Olde Forgotten Trunk. 3nodding bluealaris Nenanah Features/Item Alchemy Is it possible for you to check what the most populous items in gaia are and make new Alchemy formulas based on that? I'm sure the servers will love it if some of the most populous items can be transformed into something new (and with value). Alchemist will also love all the Alchemy updates <3 Question is originally by Kitsunen We can- there will be a lot of fishing rod recipes. eek bluealaris seoulie FeaturesHi quick question. So you guys won't be doing the whole LQI being used as an alchemy component again, right? That was a pretty eh move. For something very precious, something of equal value must be sacrificed. bluealaris OtherWorldShukumei Item/FeatureWith all of these Tickets flying around, have you considered a Project Alchemist Ticket? Let a user design a formula (components and gold required, level & chance of success) for an already-existing item. There are exceptions, of course, so that a user cannot design a formula for an item that is limited quantity, Monthly Collectible, already has a formula, and other restrictions. Hmm, I think that this would be best utilized if the user also had a unique item created along with it, since releasing an item that has already had its worth determined by the general Gaian populace would lead to astounding displays of greed (aka. 1 angelic halo = trash + common CI drop + cache item, that would take an extraordinarily amount of time to curate). bluealaris AishiSo Feature: Alchemy Hi, would you consider increasing the drop rate of Philosopher's Cache: Gold? It is really rare and that makes crafting components really hard. I know that Alchemy shouldn't be too easy, but there is grinding and there is G-R-I-N-D-I-N-G (once I have opened 200 caches to find 2 gold ones, maybe it was my bad luck, but the odds are still not in our favour) wink Please, make it a little easier for us. Especially now, that the new formulas like the Aria one require A LOT of gold caches. Done! Raised the chances slightly. 3nodding bluealaris Orange Wanderer GamesCould we possibly see an exploration game in the future? Perhaps the game could make collecting Go-Fusion charms easier, and also perhaps give out locked alchemy items so that recipes that require LQI's or old items that don't exist anymore could be filled out. Locked that is to anything but alchemy. I really like alchemy, I just hate not being able to do half of it. As well as with Go-Fusion, I'm too afraid to use any of what I have on me for fear that something better might present itself later. So, could we get a game for helping out with this stuff? Yeah! We do have some games in the works that will allow for you to do some exploring and earning of charms. 3nodding bluealaris S3xy Pantz bluealaris S3xy Pantz Features/ItemsHi there recently you released some alchemy formulas that require currently unavailable components. Formula 1: Unhallowed Cirlce - Requires 10 Leathery Egg, this item is currently not available in the current caches or other means of acquiring alchemy components. Formula 2: [Animal] Lady Chimes Reprise - Requires 5 =Bibbles' Silky White Cat Fur This component was only available during the Summer 2k11 Pie Hard Vengeance Event. Formula 1: Formula 1: Astra: Dancing Flower Party This formula was removed from The Bifrost. Was that removal intentional? Or is this formula supposed to come back? Wheee, another user did inform me the difficulty of obtaining Leathery Eggs, you can find both Leathery Eggs and Bibbles' Silky White Cat Fur in Ye Olde Trunk. Thank you for the response. Is there any word on the Formula for Astra Dancing Flower Party? I'll put it back in if it's gone. bluealaris Stanford Condition FeatureYou've recently added the open next feature to Caches and the Ye Olde Trunk of Forgotten Things. When you reach the last one it gives you the 'go to shop' button. This links by default to the Cash Shop. If I accidentally click it, I think have to wait for it to give me a pop up saying 'this item doesn't exist' before I can close the window. Any chance this could be addressed (either by correct linking or not making me wait for the pop up)? We can look into it. 3nodding bluealaris Parexus ItemsCan we have a re-release of the backwing formula's into the cash shop again, they were sold last year for $10 each in the cash shop. It would be nice to see them return so people can purchase them to craft wings. Most of the formula's are extinct in the MP. Yes, I will put them back in. bluealaris Madam Ace Features/AlchemyFirst, thank you so much for all the Alchemy updates lately. It's awesome seeing the feature getting some much needed love. Next, is there any more plans of using crafted components you can make from Bifrost Formulas (like Angel Blood, Celestial Glow, Hero Heart, ect.) in other future formulas? And if you are planning to make Golden Fragments craftable, would they be made from cache only ingredients... but like in insane amounts? (Like... 100 Philosopher's Stones for 1 Fragment?) Yes, we are planning to use crafted components in high-level sets like Dark Eclipse in the future- and also to put in recipes that allow users to craft Golden Fragments. 3nodding Thank you for all the lovely suggestions lately. heart
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Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 9:46 pm
May 11th, 2015: bluealaris Csilla Silvana Features/ItemsIs it possible to remove items you can get in Philosopher's Cache: zOMG from the Back Alley Grab Bag? It's frustrating to keep getting things I pretty much already have in the 100+ zOMG caches I get, when I'm looking for something I actually need for a zOMG recipe, or alchemy formula. We can take care to eliminate some overlap. bluealaris Nanzzy-chan Items/AlchemyToday, rather than just ask about a re-release of Angelic Beds, I decided to put together a list of stuff used in Alchemy that desperately needs a re-release; some of these may be in the Trunk, in which case, never mind that, but I did double-check the list~ I'm also aware that Seaweed is in the zOMG! Grab Bag but the drop rates for it seem pretty small and considering how many are needed if you want to craft the Leathery Eggs needed for the Unhallowed Circles needed for the Erlking's Mantle (that's a 150, for those keeping track), they could stand to be more available. Some of the things for the older EI formulas and such are especially ridiculous, given that the final crafted product is often available for way cheaper on the MP than crafting it would cost, and that seems a little counter-productive to encouraging people to try Alchemy, if you ask me. (This list is by no means complete, if anyone else has additions please post as well ouo) Items used in Alchemy that are just way too expensive in general:  Angelic Bed/  Angelic Chair Nitemare Neck Scarf/  Angelic Neck Scarf White Body Dye/  Gray Body Dye/  Red Body Dye Dark Playwright's Silky Hair/  Light Playwright's Silky Hair Masquerade (Any gen.)Items that aren't very expensive per se but considering the quantities needed to craft certain items, still need a re-release:  Seaweed Commedia Raging Night Jewel/  Envious Night Jewel/  Frigid Night Jewel/  Vile Night Jewel Roto's Hat Fausto's Bottle: Alchemized Lady UnicornItems that are available for tickets but still way too pricy; these either need a re-release or there should be ways to earn tickets faster. For those doing the wing quests, that's 300k tickets per crown, if you're doing all 6 quests, that's 1.8mil tickets; if you're lucky you get about 1k tickets in an hour from playing Cards. Something here needs to be adjusted, whether it's ticket payout, or the prices of the items in P&J, or just a re-release through a RIG. (and yes, those Crowns have been in RIGs before despite being in P&J, no reason why it couldn't be done again)  Royal Crown Red/  Royal Crown Blue/  Royal Crown Black Blue Giant Stuffed Unicorn/  Purple Giant Stuffed Unicorn/  Pink Giant Stuffed Unicorn Leather Bound Tomahawk (not that bad really, but considering how many hours it would take to get enough tickets for five of them...) ... And should I even have to say it? Either find ways to make the Jiggies Golden Fragments more available for non-cash users, or stop using them in formulas that aren't tickets. These were made specifically as pieces of ripped-up tickets, using them in other formulas isn't doing anyone any favours; not the people who quest for tickets since that makes it even harder on them to get the insane amount of Jiggies needed, and not the people who just want the other items either because using such an expensive component just unnecessarily drives up the price of the item. Yeah, of course it should be harder to craft the more sought-after items, but there's better ways of doing that; the Aria Scuro and L'Ere de Mephiste formulas are great examples of how to do it right. More craftable components, less artificial rarity. These are great suggestions, thanks for compiling this list. bluealaris Shrimp_Man ItemsHow long will the Wing quests be in the Cash shop and will there be any plans of discounting them? They are in the store for the rest of the month, but I don't believe there are any plans to discount them. bluealaris Kiro_Shinigami Alchemy/ Crafting
Golden fragments! I know its supposed to be RARE and elite! but can there be MORE golden fragments for less $$$? Can some of the other creative gaians get a change to make something UNIQUE please? Golden Fragments are in many releases that require very little in GC, and some luck- we're also planning on making the craft-able through alchemy. bluealaris Shrimp_Man ItemsWould it be possible to slip the Seaweed into the zOMG cache so it's easier to collect them for crafting Leathery Egg. Cache's are using a different type of code that is hard to edit. They've been placed in Ye Olde Forgotten Trunk, and we can find a way to disperse more. bluealaris lilloulou Misc.You won't do a Cinderella trick on us with all those Alchemy updates at the end of the month right? I don't say to keep the pace of something new every day, but we will still continue to have some fun stuff at least once a month? I'm having way too much fun! bluealaris Nyadriel Hey all! Items/features With all these zOMG caches being dropped from the bundles of base caches, are we gonna be using any of the loot from them in Alchemy at any time soon? Of course! bluealaris Ranas94 Features/ItemsBeing May the month of Alchemy, lots of gaians have decided to become alchemists, like myself. However, there are some new formulas that require components that are hard to come by. One formula in particular, [Animal] Faithful Friend, requires 25 Cookies Crumbs, which were exclusive components from an event years ago and even tho they are on Ye Olde Trunk of Forgotten Things they are really hard to find. My suggestions in this case are two; one create a new formula to craft Cookies Crumbs, in which we could use those Cookies that lots of us have in our inventories collecting dust since they're useless right now; or two, create somewhat of a Philosopher's Cache: Holidays, with components that came out during past events~ Lovely ideas, thank you for the suggestions!
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 11:23 pm
May 18th, 2015: [NPC] Gaia Staff Welcome Back! Quote: ItemsIs there a feasible way to increase the payouts on the zOMG caches for Alchemy? There's a bit of discussion in the May update thread in the GCD about how ridiculous it is to have to open 2,500 caches (over 5,000 clicks) to get the Charge Orbs necessary just to craft 1 item, and it seems to me like the payout could be increased to 5 or even 10 of them per opening. Not at the moment, but we can come up with other ways to find more charge orb pay outs. bluealaris Flint Jakobs ItemsCan we get more Golden Fragments circulating? emotion_kirakira The going has been decent thus far, but it feels like there aren't very many available, outside of the ones that can be spawned from the month-long tier. Also, thank you for putting a ticket in Flynn's Plunder, that's looking to be a great way to sink gold from the right people. 3nodding We'll be putting more Gold Fragments into circulation soon. 3nodding bluealaris Flint Jakobs Features:Also, have any tickets been crafted from alchemy, so far? :3 Not yet, but there are many Gaians who are getting close. 3nodding bluealaris Nanzzy-chan Features/AlchemyWhile on the subject of alchemy, let's discuss something else; the crafting costs. Some of the higher-tier recent items take 1bil, 5bil or even 10bil to craft; while for some people in this economy, that's peanuts, there are others like me who either can't, or won't, out of principle, pay more than a certain price for items, be it 1bil or 2bil or 5bil. For people like that, that automatically makes the item overpriced, and that's not even taking into consideration the amount of time and gold that goes into gathering all the components. I get that alchemy is supposed to work as a gold sink, but making certain recipes only available to the richest people like that is not a good idea; not to mention, what will happen if everything deflates? What if we ever get back to a state where 1bil is way rich again, and there's still formulas floating around that require 10bil in crafting costs? If the Gaia Economy gets to a point where prices are unreachable at the 10 billion price point, we can adjust them accordingly. As it is, its not an impossible feat through some regular Switchem playing, trash collecting/selling and saving for several days. bluealaris XonyMudd Here's a tough one. Misc/CouponsAt 5:04 pm PDT on May 3, 2015 there was a coupon announcement. One of the coupons in this announcement, which could be used thrice before expiring on May 4th at 4:59 pm PDT, was the Golden Fragment Coupon. This coupon guarantees a Golden Fragment, which can be used in alchemy to create tickets, by purchasing at least 10,000 GC, which would be spending a hundred or more in American dollars. Thus, by making three of the minimum $100 purchases of Gaia Cash using this coupon, a user who can afford to spend $300 during the almost 24 hour time period, would receive 3 Golden Fragments. Why was this coupon created, and are you aware that it may appear to cater towards users who have a larger offsite expendable income, guaranteeing them, over all other users, Golden Fragments instead? Edit: fixed the bold tag. Also, I've been meaning to ask this question 2 weeks ago, but kept missing AtS. I only have one more hard hitting question, but I'll save it for later on in this thread if I get to it. It -is- on the same subject. The release of Golden Fragments through a Coupon, especially a higher tier coupon is this: They are meant to be hard to get, and Gaians that take the step to invest in collecting them are rewarded with some of the most exclusive items on the site. Do you have to buy GC to get a Golden Fragment? No- all you have to do is save your gold and purchase it from the MarketPlace. bluealaris shavos ALCHEMY ISSUEShowdy, thanks for all the new recipes. however there appears to be a glitch that is affecting a few of us. The recipe Iced Kahvesi is stuck in the "incomplete" phase, even though level and component requirements have been met. Can this be looked into as its been liek this for several days now. Thank you again! I'll take a look at it! bluealaris Litenguax Features/ShopsI love that we get new formulas daily, and we certainly need more alchemy, specifically alchemy that uses caches. It's a lot easier to scrape together caches than it is to get together ink and bugs and flowers and trash. Which should also be made easier to get together. But is it going to stop at May? Or can we expect more alchemy to happen in the future, just not as often as right now? Lets be honest, I'm having way too much fun. heart bluealaris XonyMudd Not a question, but before I forget I wanted to thank everyone for these new alchemy items, especially the heart crests! ooooo, wait, got a question! Items/Features/AlchemyCan we have even more crests to craft? Like more colors such as orange, yellow, and green, and more shapes like stars, circles, and diamonds? Sure! More components to use later. twisted bluealaris Ranas94 Features/ItemsFirst of all, thank you so much for making Aquarium Prince Enki easier to obtain! Now there's lots of tanks with at least one of them, but even then, Enki's Catches are hard to get. I've talked with people that haven't gotten a single one in days of playing! So it'd be nice to have other way/s of getting them, one of them being through GoFusion. Taking into account how many of them are needed for some alchemy formulas, it'd be nice if they didn't need many charms, or maybe several hearts (between 15 and 30 maybe?)~ We'll consider it, thank you for the suggestion! bluealaris Shrimp_Man ItemsCould we get a time table on a rerelease for the Mogas? I know people want to make the Submarine Capsule, and the lack of Mogas is painful. gonk Yes! Thanks for the reminder. 3nodding bluealaris Lithium Filth FeaturesQuestion Are there any plans to make other tickets alchemizable, like ruby, rainbow, emerald and paw tickets? There are! We are still working out formulas for them and watching the natural procession towards the crafting of the 4 that are currently in Alchemy to get an idea of what we can expect in terms of workload for our Art Team.
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:23 pm
June 1st, 2015: Narumi Misuhara shavos Alchemyhey guys, ive noticed more and more there being validation errors when one tries to 'play again; with caches. Can this be remedied as it take forever to open a good 1k caches? side note: thank you fro all the formulas its been a blast playing and crafting em We'll need to take a look to see what is going on but yes that definitely should be remedied.
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Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:56 pm
June 11th, 2015: [NPC] Gaia Staff Welcome Back! Quote: Question Category: Items/Features (it is kind of a mix of these two)Question: This is Dog Warz.It used to be distributed via a link (it was a free item), but the event is no longer active. The item Dog Warz is needed not only for Alchemy, but specifically it’s a necessary component for a formula that grants an Achievement if you craft it (the Abomination achievement). Since there is no other way to get it, I suspect that the number of available ones floating around on the site is extremely low (thus why the item has jumped in value significantly). Can you please create a new way for us to get Dog Warz? As a suggestion, you could put it in the “Old Trunk of Forgotten Things.” I will say that the number of updates recently to the Alchemy system are very encouraging, and as such I have finally started out on my Alchemy journey. We can definitely consider adding it to the Trunk of Forgotten Things! bluealaris Bubblehead0987654321 Items Can you make some alchemy recipes that uses Mini Monsters Grunny Sub Cards and other cards to make rare aquarium items and backgrounds, maybe even use them for fish that could only be created in alchemy? Question is originally by demonic_angelkynd1 Sure we can- we don't have any plans to create new fish at this time, but there are always more ways to use Alchemy. bluealaris St V-Starr Features/Alchemy There are a lot of new formulas out there that need golden fragments to create but too few ways of getting that that either require a ton of luck or a credit card/paypal. Would it be possible to add in a formula for golden fragments to alchemy in the near future? Yes, we have plans to put out many alternate formulas for the Golden Fragments. bluealaris Lord Elwrind Features/ItemsAlchemy subject: Goddess Gaia formula Thinking ahead and knowing full well that the volumes of Memories are finite and will at some point be inconceivable for use in the future for the formula to create the Goddess Gaia item, might there be an alternative route added to it? Just a thought. This item is supposed to be an event exclusive bonus for Gaians that logged in every day during May, so there will definitely be a finite way to craft it. bluealaris Tsukita-chan Items / AlchemyWould be possible to update Masquerade formula so we can use lower gens of Little Lucie, like other EI formulas? right now it only allow to use 1st gen. heart heart heart Excellent suggestion, thanks! bluealaris XonyMudd Items/AlchemySince Spider Silk is available via the Emerald Cache, has it been removed from the Ye Olde Trunk of Forgotten Things yet? Its been some weeks since I last gotten some from the trunk, but I haven't gotten any recently, so if it has been removed, thank you! Its been removed. 3nodding bluealaris Shrimp_Man ItemsAre there be any plans to make wing quest/DC only items easier to obtain? Especially since you guys added the angel's sweat in a formula this week. We don't have any plans for re-releasing items that are available though the Gift Boxes, Crystal Boxes or DC- if there's anything like rare RIG drops that are no longer in circulation that's another matter! bluealaris Woo Mee Items
Will Golden Fragments be made craft-able in Alchemy soon?
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Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 10:31 pm
June 17th, 2015: bluealaris Thank you for taking the time make this list, its very appreciated. bluealaris They will likely continue to be rare, but they can definitely be added to more releases. bluealaris XonyMudd Items/AlchemyCan Ye Olde Trunk of Forgotten Things get an increase in Jingle Bell Earrings being dropped? Its already pretty high, there are just so many items in it that it makes it a bit harder to get them as a frequent drop. sad bluealaris The stepfather of lies bluealaris The stepfather of lies ItemsHello, why is that the new formulas don't have their component listed when we click them on the Bifrost? Are you planning to keep with regular updates to alchemy? I love those and you are doing a great job with it, thank you. Hello! I am sorry about the Components not being listed in the description of formulas, I will try to be more diligent. As for continuous updates to Alchemy- there is no end in sight all Ye Aspiring Alchemists. Thank you! Oh! do you have to list them manually? Yes, I just have to add it to my process when I create formulas. 3nodding bluealaris Tsukita-chan Items / Alchemyhi my dear staff! 4laugh last week I ask if could be possible to fix Masquerade formula to use old gens of Little Lucie and blue told me it was a good suggestion, I would know if this will be possible and when we could have it updated?? I have the formula stopped since over a month because of this. 4laugh 4laugh heart heart thanks!! whee  Oh, thank you! I need to do this. bluealaris Shicala Items/AlchemyItems keep getting released that require ZOMG based ingredients, how are we supposed to get those ingredients if zomg no longer exists. I am aware some people still have some zomg stuff, but it'd be nice to know we will always be able to craft a formula. Most of the ingredients are from the ZOMG cache, in the Philosopher's Cache. If they aren't- they should be inside the ye Olde Forgotten Trunk RIG in the Bifrost. If there's anything missing it will probably be added to that mechanic, so let me know if something slipped between the cracks. 3nodding pepper-tea ~ Aki - Fairy ~ Items/AlchemyI don't think it's been asked yet today.. Are there any updates on the [Animal] May Bonus Item (Goddess Gaia)? (as in, will it be out before June's over?) I don't know that it will be happening that soon, but it is definitely something that should happen in the future. Thank you for the suggestion!
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 8:13 pm
June 23rd, 2015: [NPC] Gaia Staff Welcome Back! Quote: FeaturesI haven't had an alchemy item in daily chance for months. With the recent interest in alchemy generated by the new formulas, I'm guessing that these components are going to be in demand. Will the drop rate be increased for these items, or will they be released through another method? The drop rates for alchemy probably won't be tweaked in Daily Chance, but it could be possible for certain items to be available in more avenues. Narumi Misuhara Xashowd Items/AlchemyI think this was suggested before (with a picture example to go with it) but I don't think it got an answer. For the Colored Caches (Ruby, Amethyst, etc.), would it be possible to enable obtaining multiples of a single item via an additional window?Elaboration: Say you have 20 Ruby Caches, and you need a bunch of Moonbeams. You open the Ruby Cache, select Moonbeam, and then a new window pops up asking how many you want. You enter 15, and it grants you 15 Moonbeam while removing the equivalent number of Ruby Caches from your inventory, leaving you with 5. After exiting the window the page refreshes like normal to update. Naturally you can't ask for more of an item than you have Caches for, and it has to be one type of item at a time. This is an interesting idea. Currently though it would not be very feasible. sad bluealaris OokamixHime FeaturesWill there be any plans to add alternate crafting routes to the Luminous Eclipse formula in Alchemy? It's very hard to come by the Golden Fragment needed to craft it and it's at a very unfair advantage for those wanting to craft Luminous Eclipse. We don't have any plans for an alternate route at this point, but if we did add one it would be just as painful and difficult to obtain. pepper-tea XonyMudd Items/AlchemyCan we have magical girl/boy transformation backgrounds in alchemy? That's a good item suggestion! Thank you! bluealaris XonyMudd Items/Re-release or AlchemyCan we either get a re-release of Csilla the Wind Sorceress and/or Mask of the Blind Eye or perhaps an alchemy formula we can use to make either one or both. Asking for a friend...and myself. Note: I don't know the origins of either item so if anyone knows that would be help for me to know too <3 Interesting...I will have to see if we can fit it into our schedule soon. Thank you for the suggestions! bluealaris Shaded Penumbra FeaturesHave you guys considered creating more chain formulas for alchemy? Since alchemy has been gaining popularity, it would be nice to see some more complex item formulas! C: Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! You know it, there are some mean ones coming up. 3nodding bluealaris Tsukita-chan Itemsoh oh a question!! can we have another way to get or craft a Club Verge SDPlus Box? emotion_kirakira emotion_kirakira Yeah, we would probably release that as a formula in a few months, after the artists have gotten through most of the orders from the January release!
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Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 6:28 pm
July 7th, 2015: [NPC] Gaia Staff Welcome Back! Quote: ItemsCan we get a rerelease (or even a formula to make) Papyrus? It's outrageously expensive for use in Alchemy, and we need 5 of them for Infernal Spirit. Thanks for letting us know! We will see if Papyrus can have other means of being obtained. Narumi Misuhara Twisted Lady Shops/FeaturesCan we please, please get the ability to preview the newer formulas in the Bifrost? I'm very grateful for all the alchemy updates, but it's annoying that I can't check out the components list in the store, like I can with the older formulas. At the moment no but we can take a look at this.
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