Add a special upgrade protection potion

[zinc lion]

so we have ways to reinstate the the ability to enchant and special upgrade with (hard to make) potions. Enchanting has a potion that protects it from failure so why not for special upgrade? this would be useful especially since eweca and ladeca protection upgrade stones are so rare. They are rarely given out during events or sold in the web-shop

[mossy wolf]

It is true that the stones are not craftable, other than the standard Ladeca Blue/Red upgrade stones. Had to double check myself but it seems that there is no current in game method of protection from special upgrade break other than ignoring >+5 upgrades.

Personally I would like to see more of the game being less p2w and p2progress, as upgrades like these are essential towards progression and efficiency.

You will have others argue not too, and probably valid, but for the most part, a lot of people would have a vested interest in the market as these stones are expensive, and establishing a means to craft them, would drastically reduce the price and crash that market, thus people may demand a means of compensation. The downsides of having unobtainable items in Cash shop that give a clear advantage in progression.

[velvet sonnet]

i think just releasing eweca and ladeca prot stones more frequently, especially in events, would be better than adding a whole new item that does the same job. maybe let more of them not expire too, or at least put them in the non-expiring boxes that let you choose which color. they're currently way too scarce though for sure.

[zinc lion]

i agree, they should give us more opportunities to actually play the game to earn rewards rather than buy it. However, this is nexon, they want money so perhaps they should have both. the ability to craft protection ladeca and eweca stones and a p2win item that makes it so that you only need to make the regular ones.

[civic meadow]

If it were easy, everyone would do it

[mossy wolf]

I don't see a problem with it being easy, same with not being hard, issue is the RNG and % chance walls up after your first upgrade, and you're just wasting money and resources for a good 5 mins, after that its a high chance of losing the weapon unless you 'pay' into it with the already low rate of success on top of that.

When it comes to difficulty curves it can hurt or make a game, a lot of people wouldn't attempt or buy into the special upgrade unless they have obtain said item from events, so- its maybe hard, but I wouldn't spend a dime on it anyways if the rates remain low for hard earn cash. To add to that, I wouldn't buy into it as it disgusts me in how poorly setup it is, and the same applies to Erging your weapon. Atleast that is my personal experience.

Now, if they want to make it hard, then make it hard to craft or obtain (and it better be better than obtaining drops from Tech Missions), instead of just being a cashshop item.

[hot kraken]

I agree with this- rather than a new item just make (event) versions of eweca and ladeca prots, even if they take exceptional effort. That, or make them a drop in lategame content to make them more affordable year round.