Patch Available - KMST 1.2.475

Are you reading something im not? Additional Options are pretty straight forward, ill paste what Max had to say:

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Items have become more powerful! Equipment from drops, blacksmithing, and shops will have a chance to come with Additional Options! These additional stats will appear as orange text beside the regular stats of the item (Note: this means that Additional Options, above average stats, and scrolled stats will all be combined into one number).

-You can receive 1 to 4 Options per item and there are five ranks of Additional Options, each with better stats.
-Certain boss items will always receive 4 Options, and have a greater chance of getting higher ranked stats.
-Items that drop may also vary in required level.

Only weapons, armor, accessories, and pocket items can have Additional Options. This does not include secondary weapons and shields, rings, or medals. If you’re lucky, you’ll also receive the extra Additional Options that are possible to get (% total damage, % all stats, % boss damage, and reduction in required level). These will appear in bolded white text.

A new item called the Flame of Reincarnation has been added! This item was made for equipment from before this update, it gives Additional Options to items! There are 5 different kinds, each for a different level range. The Flame of Reincarnation drops from boss monsters, and the more difficult bosses will drop the higher level Flames.



However, when you use a Flame on an item, it will become untradeable on equipping and receive a Scissor count of 5. This means that you can use a maximum of 5 Karma Scissors (Platinum if the item requires it) before it becomes completely untradeable.

For items that were initially fully tradeable (like a weapon), it will also become untradeable on equipping. However, when the item is equipped, you will need to use the new Silver Karma Scissors. They are available through in-game means, you do not need to buy them from the Cash Shop~

Fully untradeable items (those that can’t be scissored at all) will stay untradeable, will not gain a scissor count, and will only receive additional options.

I do not really understand why you are saying this will destroy old gear. Flames of Reincarnation can grant the same amount of additional options to old gear that new gear can have. Of course, I do understand that making an item only tradeable with the new scissors and only tradeable 5 times is a pain for people with many alts. Then again, for people with just 1 main it isn't much of a big deal.

I honestly did not know Flames of Reincarnation existed. However, can you re-add additional options much like a cube? Because if you can't, or if it's a cash item, then it will most likely make old gear useless still. Sure, you have a chance for good stats, but the likelyhood that you will get it is probably pretty low, especially considering the types of buffs I've seen.

Plus there's also the part about getting flames for your gear (which is probably Cygnus for most people who don't want to replace their current gear), which creates another issue of...what drops those? Probably bosses a lot of people can't kill.