I never understood why the Engines of Mischief (subsequently the pet shops, IMS Rewards, etc.) were removed from the game. EME GMs say that they were "useless" and clogged up the drop pool but it's obvious to me that the EME GM either didn't play the game to the level we're at or logged on his GM account and went around smacking things for 999,999 damage. And here is why:



When optimal crystals cost nearly the same amount as the EQUIPMENT that it's going to be placed in, there's something terribly wrong. The fact that crystals can break (and quite frequently if you're PvPing) only makes the entire situation worse : We don't have tools to obtain crystals at a reasonable pace anymore. Eggs, Engines, nearly every method we had of getting crystals is gone save for killing mobs. Surprised that there aren't any crystals anymore?

The entire point of removing the Engines, according to the GMs, was that they were frequently "useless". All they did was clog up the drop pool and players had never used them. So instead of substituting the engines with an alternative, they just flat out removed them. All of them. And that would be fine if you could purchase the Engines from an NPC like you always could, except they don't sell them anymore. So by "clearing up the drop pool", they've basically made us totally reliant on the drop pool for crystals at this point.

Engines of Crystalline Mischief II, originally sold by NPCs for 2,100 gold, was our solution. By taking any crystal and rolling it into a random Fine crystal of its level, you could roll those obnoxious Virulents that nobody would care for into something useful. The Engines were cheap, crystals were easier to come by, and everybody could easily replace lost crystals from death. Removing the Engines from the game completely definitely impacted us, but for the worse rather than for the better. To be honest I wouldn't mind if drop pools included the Engines, because really crystals are a pain in the [filtered] to obtain now.

Can we please have enough of EME listening to this "feedback" from its forum and can you please put back things in your game that were intended to be used by the players? Enough of removing items and things from your game as a solution to a non-existent problem. Bluehole put these things in because they're useful to players, not because they're a hindrance. And the players of your game doesn't need to be babied around in order to suit the "western audience". Just leave the game as it is, or rather what it used to be.

Christ, this is the first time I've asked somebody to not listen to their players.

Been making and bumping these threads since this short-sighted change was announced, seriously EME you've done a lot of good things, but taking our boxes wasn't one of them, give them back!

I want these back too. I shouldn't have to look around forever to get crystals. I can understand later on around max level but this is just...

I don't want the pets back, but I would like the rewards back..

I'm going to have to agree with the OP on this one, EME. Ever since the removal of the engines, crystal prices have gone up quite a bit. Crystals that were once easily affordable are now hard to come by and require hefty funds. I'm not sure what your intentions were by doing this, but I'm having difficulty seeing the positive side to all of this. Money is harder to come by, crystals still break as easily as ever, crystals now cost a lot more, and this is a good thing? At the very least, I would like an explanation as to why they were removed and not some little quip about making room in the drop tables.

If they upped the drop rate for green crystals, I think it would even out a bit.

Cutting out the BS middleman of these engines was fine... but they need to make sure crystals are making it into the game at a reasonable rate still.

EME, if you've implemented another feature to account for the removal of Mischief boxes and how they were used to get the correct crystals, please let us know. I can't believe you didn't expect this to happen.

However, if you really haven't implemented anything, you should seriously consider re-introducing the boxes. It was a great way of turning crystals you don't need into crystals you can use. I don't care if they have a chance to break, if you want to remove the gambling part, just remove the chance to break. It doesn't matter, crystals aren't exactly luxing or enchanting.

It's fine how it is. The crystals are EASILY obtained from boss monsters (field and dungeon).

The only reason they are that expensive is because it's the first day, people got lucky and put them up for a lot. They're not going to stay that expensive.

While we're at it complaining about the things EME removed that people used... Since you took out eggs can we get some way to get Unglyphs? I actually used those things, they were quite convenient.

Signed. This change is extremely obnoxious...

And those who say it's fine you can get them easy from bams, i suggest you think before you post, bams drops much more trash crystals than they do proper ones and there is never going to be more crystals than there is now due to people farming CR and stacking BAM quests like their life depended on it.

Green vendor boxes need to be back asap, and also yes give me my eggs back.
The argument that they were removed to help alchemy is flawed, none in their right mind cracked eggs for pots, we made fortune eggs wich do not contain pots.

I feel like i've been robbed of a significant part of the game.

I totally agree, also put back pet shops into the game!