New System 'Harvest Magic'

What if while playing PoE, every magic or rare item that became old, you didn't need, or you couldn't trade you reduced to a magic dust which stacks in your inventory (only 1 slot)?

The amount of dust you get from an item depends on the rarity of the item (yellows yield more then the bluish-purples), and the rank of the dust depends on its level.

For example a lv 80 magic piece would yield rank 8 dust, a lv 10 piece would yield rank 1 dust.

Each armour slot (ring, chest, belt, weapon) has a set amount of dust required to transfer the harvested magic from your items to them. So a ring would require 15 dusts, chest 70, weapon 50 and so on.

When you have enough dust of the same rank; for example, with 15 x (rank 1 dusts) you can then add 1 and only 1 attribute of your choice to your ring scaled based on the rank of the dust.

So if your a ranger with 15 x (rank 1 dust) you might want to choose accuracy to add to your ring. Rank one adds 10 accuracy, rank 2 adds 20 accuracy and so on.

Thanks for giving it a chance, just a fun idea to add another dimension to the game and tell me what you think!

That sounds like it would be really really fun. Vendor the white crap, break down the magic items, and save the best of the best for trading. everything would have a place and it would give you a little something to do.

In general, not a bad idea. Diablo III is supposed to do this in some capacity, as well, but I think it's particularly relevant for a game which states that it won't use gold as its currency.

What else are you going to do with that Sword of +1 To Life? It's not like anyone will want to trade for it and, if the developers are to be believed, it's not like the gold you get for selling it would be much use.

I like this idea. Helps with keeping the screen and inventory clear plus you get rewarded for doing it. Would it be tradeable?

The way I imagined, yes the item would stay completely tradeable.

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harmlessfun wrote:

I like this idea. Helps with keeping the screen and inventory clear plus you get rewarded for doing it. Would it be tradeable?

Yeah it would still be tradeable

Wait couldnt the dusts also become like a form of currency almost then and ppl might trade you a sword for 40 rank 6 dusts so they can get more evasion on an item for example

Wow! Thats a really cool idea actually, u deserve a job there and a beta key lol

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Mikebuckley3 wrote:

Wow! Thats a really cool idea actually, u deserve a job there and a beta key lol

never knew ideas were that valuable.

interesting idea although I think the amount you get from items would need some work. I could see lots of people grabbing up the lowest items and converting a ton of them to dust.