Need input on special gear drops

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Originally Posted by Velaethia

So I was actually thinking of a bypass for something like this. A high level augmentation person should be able to simply up the level on virtually any piece of gear to max level. Probably for some costly and rare resources to make it not easy and for only items you really wanna boost. Like you got the perfect mods on an item that's level 50 but you want it to be relevant at end game. You can augment it so all the mods and stats reflect level 80. (And eventually, 90, and 100). I'm not sure how difficult that would be to make happen with coding. But ultimately it allows all (or almost all) items in the game to be leveled up while also providing a sink for resources. So basically you can gamble with modern augmentation to try and get the right mods or you can sink more rare mods and upgrade a low level item you have that has the perfect mods. It'd also upgrade any special item function such as the sprint shoes. (maybe even increased sprint speed for the level 80 version). Anyways that's my 2 cent.

It would have to be a hugely expensive cost to do this.

Right now, if we went to level 90 gear, a player has to farm the materials for an average of 50 attempts at a master crafted piece. Then possibly spend weeks working on the mods. Taking a pair of level 80 leather boots you are looking at 50 vervadium, 50 YGC, 100 gems, 100 level 80 hides and tannin. After it's made I'd guess 16 large prisms and 420 quality phlog. Plus another augment.

Upgrading a lower level item to level 80 would have to have an equivalent cost.

Going to level 90 would have to be tremendously more.