Runes of Magic US / AU

Pretty much nobody that I know of spends diamonds on buying plussing jewels for really low level equipment so let's get rid of them altogether.

Vendor Jewels should still be available for the gear around their zone levels. These should have their plussing rates updated to be a little more sane. 50% to +1, 33% to +2, 20% to +3, 10% to +4, 5% to +5 and 3% to +6. It'll make a great gold sink.

IS Jewels should simply be:

1. Basic Jewels ( Star, Moon, Sun ) = +1 to +6. Chances of plussing are Perfect to +1, 50% + ( max level - item level )% to +2. -10% to +3, -20% to +4, -30% to +5, -40% to +6. So if we're looking @ 99 gear w/ max item level @ 99... +1 perfect, +2 50%, +3 40%, +4 30%, +5 20%, +6 10%. Level 87 gear ( HOE ) would be: +1 perfect, +2 62%, +3 52%, +4 42%, +5 32%, +6 22%

2. Advanced Jewels = +7 to +12. Same chances as Basic. +7 is Perfect, +8 = 40% + ( max level - item level ), +9 = 30% + level difference, +10 = 20% + level difference, +11 & 12 = 10% + level difference

3. Enhanced Jewels = +13 to +16. +13 is perfect, +14 = 30% + level difference, +15 = 20% + level difference, +16 = 10% + level difference

4. +17 to +20: +17 is perfect, +18 = 25% + level difference, +19 = 20% + level difference, +20 = 10% + level difference

5. +21 to +30: +21 is perfect, +22 to +25 = 20% + level difference, +26 to +30 = 10% + level difference

Basically, the IS jewels would be more "powerful" on older gear and current gear is the gamble.

I would also suggest that RW/GF provide an IS item to "protect" the items from "breaking" ( losing a plus ). You could call them: weapon guard, accessory guard & armor guard.

Effect: 60 second buff that prevents the loss of plussing during failures. ( for each type )

I guarantee you that people would buy the crap out of them.

As it is, we already spend crap-tons of $$$ on plussing. I'd rather have a single IS jewel instead of lvl 40, 60, 80, etc... ( like forever stamps ). The percentages are examples. If anything, the percentages I'm putting out there are roughly what I've seen in my years of plussing. ( of course, I suck at the plussing game, ask Wolf about that ) If GF decides to go this route, maybe they'll give out better values.

& I really do believe we need a cheap plus protector IS item to prevent drops. How many times have you bounced between 10-12 & 14-15? I'd prefer to just have failures that didn't drop.

I was thinking more along the lines of 5-7 diamonds.