Tikey Wrote:EDIT: Nevermind, found it. o.O Anyways, I've been out of the loop since the Manticore/Apocalypse patch. Has farming for resources gotten less grindy?
Farming for materials to make nest pieces has become far, FAR less grindy. You're pretty much guaranteed two blue mats at the end chest of every normal mode nest now. The chance that you could outright get a nest equip set piece from a gold chest at the results screen seems to have been boosted way up too, along with said gold chests handing out epic sparks as well. In West, each blue mat is only worth like 50-150 gold now, compared to 300+ about three months ago.
Unfortunately, with the new Hybrid FTG system, grinding for stuff like Average Onyx pretty much requires that you have PWR now. Drop rates fall to 20% of what they originally were if you have no PWR. Fortunately, you only consume about 30 PWR per dungeon run if your character is Level 1-39, but PWR consumption rate is back to normal at Level 40. It's likely that PWR consumption rate will be reduced from 1-49 once Level 50 cap is out.
EDIT: I just found out that as of the latest patch, Nexon reinstated crude approval stamps being able to unbind level 32 and below skill plates. That's why skill plate prices have been dropping like a rock. (Incidentally, crude approval stamps work on horse badges as well. If you are lucky enough to have one drop in a Hell mode nest.)