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For Alchemy - Discoverable recipe 'hints'

As interesting as the free experimentation has been, I think it would be great to have hints to certain recipes available in the game world, particularly for recipes that will be required for quests.

I had to ask someone for a the formula for the first alchemy quest, and I will probably need to ask for the second one as well. Although being social is fine, I would love to be able to find the formulas without it being a total accident.

Posted 2 years ago by Teag the Unphased Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • for the test tube? just dump ten of every color in.
    Posted 2 years ago by Tarod Subscriber! | Permalink
  • it doesn't have to be a total accident. you can brute force the recipes by throwing 50+ of each element into the mix and just mixing.

    it requires a lot of element harvesting, but it actually goes quite quickly.
    Posted 2 years ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I guess the question would be is the brute force method really the desired gameplay?

    I think it would be more interesting to have ways to get hints to the recipes by talking to NPCs or otherwise interacting with the game world.

    If the trade skills don't become an engaging part of the world, then they will simply be a grind fest which won't be very 're-playable'.
    Posted 2 years ago by Teag the Unphased Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "I guess the question would be is the brute force method really the desired gameplay?"

    probably not.

    i think asking for the formulas is optimal gameplay tho, since it allows you to make connections with people you can collaborate with later.

    of course at some point there will be a "glitch walkthrough" site where all the formulas are posted and can be found via a google search, and everyone will just use that instead of brute forcing or questing or interacting : ]
    Posted 2 years ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If you look on the Glitch items list and view the image for each elemental, you get the recipe. I guess it's sort of cheating looking in there, but you do have to make the effort to find them in the list.

    I found randomly throwing in elementals for recipes fun for about five minutes, and then I started wishing for a quest to find an mysterious elemental cookbook. Or parchment, since there really aren't that many. I think it would be cool if the images of the elementals could be scattered in the game backgrounds somehow, like etched on the wall of the caverns or summat. Then at least you have to do a little hunting for them.
    Posted 2 years ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • the alchemical stuff seems more sciencey than mystical to me .. or at least renaissancey.

    i'd like it if the formulas were given out by a devinciesque scientific philosopher NPC, but only after you completed various quests for him as a kind of apprentice/intern/lackey.

    that would sort of break up the consistency of all quests coming from the pet-rock tho.

    maybe players could use some skill [admixing? nah .. that's only for powders] to create formula books that they could trade or use themselves.
    Posted 2 years ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Has anybody figured out what to actually _do_ with the chemicals we make?
    Posted 24 months ago by Ninja Subscriber! | Permalink