Skill Gem Vendor Recipe

I think it would be great to have a vendor recipe to get a RANDOM skill gem.

Lets say you put in 5 skill gems of the same color, same type, same quality.

So 5 red supports or 5 red skill and you get a random gem of the same color, same type, same quality.

This would help players gain skill gems they would actually want/use.

This would also make gems a type of currency and help the trading of gems.

Let me know your thoughts.

Thanks.

I was just about to post almost this exact idea. Forum search ftw.

My thoughts:

-Number of input gems is obviously up to devs. I was going to suggest 3, 5 would work.
-Should definitely be segregated by color.
-Could be segregated by gem type (skill vs. support) but I think it would be less useful. I would prefer it not to be this way.
-I hadn't even thought about quality. Random is probably best, but none is fine.

I think this would provide a better sink for unneeded gems, while giving another shot at a useful gem.

You would probably have to ensure that the skill gem was unrecognisable until the trade was accepted, or else a player with a bunch of random skill gems could hammer various combinations into the vendor window until the result they wanted came up.

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MesostelZe wrote:

You would probably have to ensure that the skill gem was unrecognisable until the trade was accepted, or else a player with a bunch of random skill gems could hammer various combinations into the vendor window until the result they wanted came up.

I agree, Maybe make them Unidentified?

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kodfod wrote:

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MesostelZe wrote:

You would probably have to ensure that the skill gem was unrecognisable until the trade was accepted, or else a player with a bunch of random skill gems could hammer various combinations into the vendor window until the result they wanted came up.

I agree, Maybe make them Unidentified?

Also agreed. Gem name needs to be hidden in some way, also the graphic. Just use the old gem art until you actually receive the gem.

Nice idea.

Yeah the problem is then everyone would make a new toons, get the start gem and combine it with a hillock gem of the same color and rinse / repeat until they got valuable drop only gems to trade.

I like this idea on first thought; it reminds me of TorchLight II's gem recipes, and would seriously help the much needed use of gems. It's clear from trade chat, that a lot of people are completely inundated with gems, as I am, so this change would really help people have a use of those junk gems. I do see a problem with this, though - it would make it easier to get those really good gems like Chain, GMP, and Multistrike, but I'm sure there's something worth looking into with this thread!

To the previous poster:

Good point. :\ Perhaps they could limit the recipe(s) to only higher tier gems?