My motivation to get to level 80 is gone.

DShadow · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 343 **Location:**

Assimilation is a bitch even if it's 10%. :banghead:

It was going to be my first crit 10 blade too...

x_iCe_x · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 369 **Location:**

Damn that happened to me at 70 cap w/a 42 som blade, crit went from 9-1, then the stones would always work, but stay at 1

OT- just keep trying, you'll have a lucky assimilation.

Krytenix · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 7 **Location:**

ohned...

K a R e E m · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 597 **Location:**

lolz assimilation sux just buy a pimped one and u will save much gold

DShadow · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 343 **Location:**

Well it's not the full deal, but I managed to get it to critical 8. :roll:

I'm done with alchemy for today before I go crazy.

sting13 · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 689 **Location:**

dont stop... never stop.... until your out of gold like me!!!!!!!

crazy_foo · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1387 **Location:**

alchemy can be like that

MiKe 51-50 · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1284 **Location:**

If your only motivation is a number(crit) on a weapon, you should try a different game.

Tyrese · **Joined:** Aug 2008 **Posts:** 13 **Location:** China

at least you got a nice str on that wep now

DShadow · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 343 **Location:**

MiKe 51-50 wrote:

If your only motivation is a number(crit) on a weapon, you should try a different game.

Nah, each level is different for me. For level 80, yes only the crit is what I'm grinding for since nothing else has been pushing me to play. Other than that, there are times I would grind to finish farming, get new skills, get new equipment, etc.

Rhe7oric · **Joined:** Mar 2008 **Posts:** 711 **Location:**

Alchemy can be your best friend or your worst enemy. I spent almost all my stocks of Wind 9 trying to get some HP on my level 80 legs for my robe. It went something like:

Failed.
Failed
HP -> 70
HP 70 -> 30
Failed
HP 30 -> 250

Then I figured, if it hit 250, I bet I can get this one to max out, right? Wrong, went straight back from 250 -> 30. No more Stamina tabs or Wind 9 to do that again, and I'm not about to go and buy them -- way too expensive.

Yet when I was pimping out my 8th degree gear, I got HP 400 (100%), MP 400 and STR 3 and INT 5 mostly off of at most two tries. That's life, I suppose -- have a drink.

Post · **Posted:** Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:06 am

lol a few stone and it puts you off.

I've used over 50 stones to try and get back my phy.att.pwr back to 80% on my weapon.

[SD]Kratos · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 4787 **Location:**

Post wrote:

lol a few stone and it puts you off.

I've used over 50 stones to try and get back my phy.att.pwr back to 80% on my weapon.

not everyone got money to waste

Hustlar · **Joined:** Jul 2008 **Posts:** 340 **Location:**

ive been lucky lately, made some str stones, then i got +5 str on the first garment piece, and +4 on the second, next day i tried another piece and it when from 1 > 5 + str

Hellraider · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 902 **Location:**

Happened to me twice, once with 80+5 bow c10->2, got c4 and sold it for cheap =.= and once with 85+7 bow c8->2, but managed to get it back to c8 after 60m of challenge stones

Pan_Raider(`_´) · **Joined:** Jul 2006 **Posts:** 4737 **Location:**

My concept of alchemy is to make a 1-3/10 weapon
to around 6-9/10 without big effort, rather than making it unique(10/10)

that means even if it fails i wont sacrifice alot of money on 1 single object.

Alchemy is a fools game, you should just play it reasonably and be happy with what you got

Rock18 · **Joined:** Jul 2008 **Posts:** 24 **Location:**

I feel your pain dude, you are not alone. This is motivatin me to form a support group Alchemy Victims Anonymous... failed alchemy, assimilation, 100 stones for HP 30 -- all that shit, it breaks hearts, messes up happy gamin time, destroys self-confidence... you're not alone dude. :cry:

selenne · **Joined:** Jul 2008 **Posts:** 1176 **Location:**

Hi, my name is Sel and now theres a month since my last alchemy try. Im tryin to stay clear. Thx for the help.

kthnxbai · **Joined:** Mar 2008 **Posts:** 615 **Location:**

selenne wrote:

Hi, my name is Sel and now theres a month since my last alchemy try. Im tryin to stay clear. Thx for the help.

Hello Sel, How are you, Where are you from?

selenne · **Joined:** Jul 2008 **Posts:** 1176 **Location:**

kthnxbai wrote:

selenne wrote:

Hi, my name is Sel and now theres a month since my last alchemy try. Im tryin to stay clear. Thx for the help.

Hello Sel, How are you, Where are you from?

Hi, im good now i took alchemy out of my life. Im brazilian. Found out da benefits of quit doin alchemy and spendin my money with girls, beer and fully pimped items.

__dRe · **Joined:** Nov 2007 **Posts:** 128

is ur motivation back?

wootpops · **Posted:** Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:59 pm

@ rhetoric... rly? i find hp/magic easy to put on

my 88 head would not +4 i spent ~ 50-60 elixirs on it it finally went.. dont stop tryin. then it went str 6 int 6 hp 600 parry 30% magice 250 >.> all within 3 stones of each kind.

Amalie · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 390 **Location:**

My sword went crit 3 > 15 (100%) in 1 tab lol.

85 Bow got to crit 10 (80%) in about 35 tabs.

Shadowfox542 · **Joined:** Jul 2008 **Posts:** 914 **Location:**

wootpops wrote:

@ rhetoric... rly? i find hp/magic easy to put on

my 88 head would not +4 i spent ~ 50-60 elixirs on it it finally went.. dont stop tryin. then it went str 6 int 6 hp 600 parry 30% magice 250 >.> all within 3 stones of each kind.

Same here, I can get str5/6 hp600 very quickly, but I'll burn through 30+ elixers for +4, and like 100+ fo +5.

Post · **Posted:** Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:55 pm

[SD]Kratos wrote:

Post wrote:

lol a few stone and it puts you off.

I've used over 50 stones to try and get back my phy.att.pwr back to 80% on my weapon.

not everyone got money to waste

only in game gold I earn from working with in the market.

I'm not spending 300-400m + on a weapon that I can make for 150m or less.

Phix · **Joined:** Mar 2008 **Posts:** 716 **Location:** Ephesus

i had the same problem with my 68 bow, it was crit 6 and i was like hmmz +40% should be easy enough to improve even if it only goes to crit 7 ^^,

22 crit stones later it was +20% (Crit 4) and it never went higher then 6. i was going for 8 or more but still never even went crit 7.

Simplifique · **Joined:** Sep 2007 **Posts:** 372 **Location:**

I guess bladers need all the motivation they can muster. Anyway, at least you got it to crit 8 which is pretty ok.

PR0METHEUS · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 4093 **Location:** Earth

K a R e E m wrote:

lolz assimilation sux just buy a pimped one and u will save much gold

I couldn't agree more. I have no plans of ever trying to pimp tons of stats on a weapon. Sometimes I'll buy a cheap 8D weapon, throw a few elixirs on it to get it to +3 or so, and sell it for some profit, but that's about it. Alchemy can be such a waste of money.

My best weapons were always ones that I just bought from stalls. I miss my 52+3 SOS 100% full blue blade on Venice. That blade had crit 15!

wk123 · **Joined:** Sep 2008 **Posts:** 12 **Location:**

I tend to get lucky with attributes and blues... got 18crit after 3 tries and 100% int /str after 4-5 tries with the stones.

Glavie's Girl · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 1464 **Location:**

selenne wrote:

kthnxbai wrote:

selenne wrote:

Hi, my name is Sel and now theres a month since my last alchemy try. Im tryin to stay clear. Thx for the help.

Hello Sel, How are you, Where are you from?

Hi, im good now i took alchemy out of my life. Im brazilian. Found out da benefits of quit doin alchemy and spendin my money with girls, beer and fully pimped items.

Hehe you guys are funny!!

Being a blader grinding next to a wizard doing three times your dmg, must be very hard. But keep trying, little by little you will get there eventually. =]

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