A weapon takes 25 refining parts to fully upgrade. There are 157 weapons in the game by my count, and the number will keep going up with every single update. 25 x 157 = nearly 4000 weapon upgrade materials. This is right around 11 years to fully maximize every single weapon, which is a goal I am striving towards (even if I never do reach it).
Conceptually, the system works well of “one a day”. It makes sense that there should be a minimum amount of time to upgrade weapons, measured in days. But does it need to be so long?
I would like to see a handful of refining parts made as part of Qualily’s events, and potentially a Hunter Rank-dependent permanent bonus (similar to the 2k dailies, which have been a godsend for my Zenny problems, thank you). As a final suggestion, maybe add a way to condense 100 or 300 sharp claws into one weapon refining part, and 100 or 300 wingdrake hide into one armor refining part. If this doesn’t happen, then by the end of the year the amount of dailies I might need to invest in this game might very well range into 20 years. By the end of next year, it might be 30. The amount of content in this game is exploding almost exponentially, and the rate of refining parts is incredibly limited in comparison.
please, dont add only a paid method to get more weapon/armor refining matherial, you have a lot of ways to add them in a free way so all people can get more of them
some examples
add 1 more of each per day in the dailies atached to you HR, like you already did with 2000 coins at HR100
add 5-10-15 in the weekly friend mission in addition to the mat rewards, either all of them in one completion or diluted in the five possible completions ( for example 10 in the weekly in step one or 2 in each of the five times you can complete the mission)
1 of them guaranted os a reward for finishing either a hunt a thon or elder dragon interception
I am HR 200 and my progress has come to a standstill due to only receiving 1 Refining Part a day, which equates to 1 G10 every 25 days.
There needs to be a way to acquire more Weapon and Armor Refining Parts, because being time-gated by them this severely is sapping the fun out of the game.
IDEAS:
Perhaps make the Daily Quest Rewards give 2 Refining Parts each for players over HR200.
Or allow us to exchange WGS for Refining Parts.
Or Refining Parts could be a rare bonus drop from Hunt-a-thons.
Or the Prime Hunter’s Pass could give 1 of each a day.
I feel like we need to upgrade our blacksmith.
Like… what kind of blacksmith need 9 tails of great girros to upgrade a Hammer. Are they so inexperienced? Then some other time, they need 44 sharp claws. Why? Are they making the whole thing using The Claw?
I get it that this is a game (a mobile one at that). But the material requirement is waay too bland, as in they simply choose higher grade = higher number of Material.
Then, why is breaking the respective part of the monster doesn’t provide the part we are breaking? So we break tail, but the drop is claw? Like… What???
Why was this topic merged into this thread? They are quite unrelated ideas. One is complaining about general upgrade costs, and the other is referring to a single time-gated material needed everywhere.