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discuss your alchemy problems and addictions and how it has hurt your economic state

my friend lost 2 lvl 42 glavies a spear and 3 chest armor to that RIP pieces

(they where all +3+++)

When I was on my hybrid int, I once had 98mill....it was reduced too 40mill within a matter of days...

Trying to fix white stats on my weapon, and trying to add str to my gear has been the key to my financial downward spiral



I went from 80mil to 21k in about 30 mins after i got my sun bow, lmao...and still stuff to fix

hmmm that sounds like me... a LOT like me actually lol

Hi, my name is irritated, and im addicted to stones.

Yesterday i wanted crit higher then 9 on my spear, i just had to have it. 4 stones later i had a crit of 14, but then, i seen my magic attact %. It dropped from 74% to 0%. Already have used 12 stones only to get 22%.

Now im in seach of more stones, but im running low on gold so i can't afford them...

anyone spare some change?

Big Group HI Irritated

The funny thing is, my wep only got to +5.

I dropped the crit on my sos +7 lvl64 bow twice in trying to bring the str value up..

1st time cost aprox 85m to regain a 10 crit and fix the assims..

2nd time cost 70m...

Neadless to say I tend to leave well enough alone now.. :\

lol you probally wasted more on the alchemy then the gold you get when you sell it

i hate spending 10 mil on int/str stones,

and getting in total about 1 str more and 4 more int

drops FTW
every set i have always had has been made from at least 70% drops

I hate alchemy, but when it works it gives a good feeling xD
Like when i bought a lvl 32 som shield for 10m(cheap i think) It was plain and no blues.
Now its: +3, br18 & +4int(100%) I got the +4int on my first and only stone lol.
I can pretty much double the price of it

Thats a good way of making money btw, for those who wonder how to make some cash ^^ Buy it plain > pimp it > sell for more.

I had a lvl 72 +6 sword with a crit 12, got the strength to 5, crit went to 2
NPC'ed the bitch

thats how we all wish it would work but normally its buy it > ruin it > npc it

*stands up*
Hi. My name's Fena, and I'm here to share my alchemy problems with you here. My girlfriend signed me up for this rehab group after I threw a vase at her because my Glavie got farked up.

I bought a nice 42 SoM Glavie for 60M. I bought a Stone of Challenge 10%, which consequently turned my Critical from an 8 -> 4. I spent 78M getting the Critical back to 8.

Thank you for your time.
*sits down*

i spent 2 weeks to get over 8m, i buy 2 str stones and then BOOM both fail

i just spend 9 mil on a 5% stone for my mag. attck on my spear

it failed, assimilating the mag attck to 0%, and attack rating blue to 5 (0%)

I feel for you. Im a Addict too, I spent so Far @ lvls 28-37 I reckon about 50m on Pimping Gear Made the sweatest +5 bow ever had it scammed off me cried for 3 days made a lvl 38+4 full blue and now got a sos set prot that i bought seperatly which I have used all my tabs collection on numbering around 50+ The chest is pretty awesome and legs not bad but I cant for the life of me get any of the pieces to go better than +2, I have 4m left and im leaving it its Euro money .


PS does anyone know if our stones will work on Euro Gear.

Spend 400 mil on my whole set ( 72 ~ 80 )

I made my som 16+5 spear +7, went for +8 and it dropped back to +4, went for +5 and it went to 0. Figured I lost about 20m.

On Pacific i bought sun shield 32+3 br 16 for 37mil - no blues.
First think was: 4int, 4str, 20% dura, critical 3 -- all in max cost 500-600k.
Second: 6 acc. elixirs to burn ring twice one over another. Then 1 shield elixir and its +4.

Then another 1mil for agility lvl 5 stones - after 4th i made br20. But it was to low. Br 22 is max and i had crit only 5 (+0%). So i decided to add penetration lvl 5. After 3rd stone +60 (+100%) crit i shied but BR went to 16 +0%.

Then after 32 stones (total cost maybe 4-5mil) i got br 20 again ! YEY. But my phys. def. and mag def. went to 0. So 1st stone phys +41%. I decided to change phys. reinf. 0->0 an br to 17!

I was OMFG !!! Another 5 agility stones br is 19.

Next goal: br 20+

Whats needed: max 20 tablets (i have elements).

Total spend so far: max 10-12mil = summary cost 50m. Shield now is worth 110-120m

So nad bad for br 19.

yes they still work.


This thread reminds me of a song by Amy winehouse.

i had to quit one of my characters cause he had big gap no SP and about 560 gold left......all because of trying to +7......

I have wasted 60 mil on trying to +7 my sword, and it is still not +7

I like alchemy. Correction, I alchemy.

I made my first sword 68+7 full blues, and shield 68+7 full blues to farm with, loved them dearly. When I lent it to my friend to use I actually cried .

I make a lot of +5's now and again, to sell them for gold. But I can never sell my 72+7 sword, nor any of my max blue equips or my sosuns (I gave them away).

I guess thats probably my problem . I get too attached to items I spent so much time in the game tinkering with.

talking about alchemy, i try to change some stat on my sosun sword +7. spend over over 100m physical att 22% and mag att 61%..physical and mag absorption both 0. It embarass to show my sword to other ppl. Im going to try to spend another 100m on it..wish me lick guys

Good luck

I had the first +7 72 sword on venice.. and here's how i did it...

1st. Buy 500 Silk
2nd. Make 10 steady stones
3rd. Have plenty of wep elixirs ready
4th. Grind
5th. Teleport to Jangan
6th. Stand next to portal (which happens to be the place that has no lag for me)
7th. +5 it
8th. Go grind for 10 min
9th. +6 it
10th. Go grind
11. Teleport to donwhang and go behind storage
12. fail
13. Repeat
14. 138 silk later, i have a +7 sword

oh, then I tried the same routine with a spear and failed until I ran out of 500 silk and destroyed the damn spear out of anger

why would you try to make a lvl 16 spear +8? even if it is som. i dont see a point. its not good to farm with. you will end up lvling very fast and very soon wont even need it. dont think anyone would even have bought it.