Warm Fire Crystals problem

[vindicar]

So I'm about to finish 6-2 missions, and I've found that I'm still getting loads of Warm Fire Crystals. Moreover, I've just got recipe to craft them!
Just to clarify: if Hall of Heroes mission to be believed, player is supposed to move from 3* to 4* gear by that point, and WFC are only good for heating up 2* gear!
The question is, what do I do with them? They are bound, and their value is not even close to covering unbinding fee. Crafting 3* gear does not required leveled 2* precursor either.

It would be somewhat useful if it was possible to craft Fire Crystals into ones of higher star tiers.

[Batabii • Suikoden I&II HD]

Save them?

The reason you can't craft UP is because people could bypass tier 2 entirely...

[Protocol27]

You can always sell them at the auction... House... Oh wait, you can't. I think you just keep them. You can't even sell them to vendors, trust me I tried.

[vindicar]

Well, yeah, since there is no use for them I end up saving them. But every time I pick up one on elite I think that there could be something actually useful in it's place.

Originally posted by Batabii - Waiting for SK fixes:

The reason you can't craft UP is because people could bypass tier 2 entirely...

It could be adjusted by playing with required levels, I think. Make 3* require 3+ level precursors, and make 4* require 7+ level ones, for example.

[Batabii • Suikoden I&II HD]

Originally posted by vindicar:

Originally posted by Batabii - Waiting for SK fixes:

The reason you can't craft UP is because people could bypass tier 2 entirely...

It could be adjusted by playing with required levels, I think. Make 3* require 3+ level precursors, and make 4* require 7+ level ones, for example.

doesn't make a difference.

[vindicar]

Originally posted by Batabii - Waiting for SK fixes:

doesn't make a difference.

Can you explain, please?

[Batabii • Suikoden I&II HD]

Originally posted by vindicar:

Originally posted by Batabii - Waiting for SK fixes:

doesn't make a difference.

Can you explain, please?

it still doesn't prevent skipping tier 2

[vindicar]

Originally posted by Batabii - Waiting for SK fixes:

it still doesn't prevent skipping tier 2

How exactly the need to heat up your 2* items lets someone skip it? If anything, you can skip it now, since you can craft 3* items using lvl 1 2* precursor.

[Batabii • Suikoden I&II HD]

Originally posted by vindicar:

Originally posted by Batabii - Waiting for SK fixes:

it still doesn't prevent skipping tier 2

How exactly the need to heat up your 2* items lets someone skip it? If anything, you can skip it now, since you can craft 3* items using lvl 1 2* precursor.

3* weapons are still tier 2 man

[vindicar]

Ah, so you mean skipping straight to 4* gear?
But how would one get ceritification to equip those without having proper gear to do rank missions?

[Revolucas]

I think they should have made it a requirement to get level 10 on each weapon tier before you can upgrade it in the forge. I have hundreds upon hundreds of warm and glowing fire crystals. This would also balance out the progression a bit. You can get to Defender Elite pretty quickly (I did so myself in under a week) but then it takes quite a bit of time to get a full set of *5 gear (Took me a month.) I noticed a lot of people who still barely know how to play the game or understand game mechanics and managed to be running around in 4* gear with the Defender Elite title. Slowing it down would also make dead-end equipment lines (Stopping at tier 3 or 4) a little more relevant.

[Jakal, Lady kisser]

i think there's a slightly better chnce of getting a variant ability when you heat something to level ten befor upgrading it, but that's just my experience

[mikespruce]

Hope so, or it's a waste going to 10 all the time

[vindicar]

Well, I do try to go to lvl 10, mostly because of forge boxes =)

[Batabii • Suikoden I&II HD]

Originally posted by Jakal (Now in HD!):

i think there's a slightly better chnce of getting a variant ability when you heat something to level ten befor upgrading it, but that's just my experience

Pretty sure this isn't true.