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Creating magic gems?

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How exactly does one create magic gems from normal ones?? I read the book in the library, it says "transform at one of the five altars"...I tried everything at the Elara shrine in the library building, but the only special thing that happened was the usual demonic laugh, which scares my char out of his wits. Someody help??!!
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no no no...if you have three of the same kind of magical gem, you can exchange them for a more powerful one. you can't turn regular gems into magical ones.
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araknyd wrote:that happened was the usual demonic laugh, which scares my char out of his wits. Someody help??!!
O_o Demonic laugh? Cool. I really need to try this out.
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Yeah ive never heard a demonic laugh. Maybe he means the dragon roar?
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araknyd wrote:transform at one of the five altars"...I tried everything at the Elara shrine in the library building
Elara isn't one of the fives by the way
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araknyd wrote:How exactly does one create magic gems from normal ones?? I read the book in the library, it says "transform at one of the five altars"...I tried everything at the Elara shrine in the library building, but the only special thing that happened was the usual demonic laugh, which scares my char out of his wits. Someody help??!!
It would never possible to make a normal gem to a magical... :)

Thats what i hear about "magic gems" but what the others say, you can transfom 3 magical gems (the same gem... Diamant, Topas) into a stronger magical gem :)
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here are some fun numbers for you guys

there are 10 lvls of gems. taking 3 lvl 1 gems to make one lvl 2 gem....

at this rate... it will take 19683 lvl 1 gems (currently the only gem dropped) to make a lvl 10 gem. It took me about 4-5 hours to get a gem (i've gotten 4, that is the average time), so at that rate it will take 9-11 years of nonstop combat to get a lvl 10 gem.

assuming you dont fail when upgrading =). And my lvl 2 gem gives me a lvl 1 gem bonus...

But i've been told that there will be a faster way to upgrade gems.

nonetheless, i still like the gems.
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Salathe wrote:so at that rate it will take 9-11 years of nonstop combat to get a lvl 10 gem.
Thats what I call "long time motivation" 8)
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Nitram wrote:
Salathe wrote:so at that rate it will take 9-11 years of nonstop combat to get a lvl 10 gem.
Thats what I call "long time motivation" 8)
The awesomeness, is too much for me to handle

*closes his eyes and looks away*
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Hadrian_Abela wrote:
Nitram wrote:
Salathe wrote:so at that rate it will take 9-11 years of nonstop combat to get a lvl 10 gem.
Thats what I call "long time motivation" 8)
The awesomeness, is too much for me to handle

*closes his eyes and looks away*
Or you just pay ridiculous sums of money for them and have every person on the server fighting for your gems.

With 50 people fighting nonstop, it'd only take 80 days :D .
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AlexRose wrote:
Hadrian_Abela wrote:
Nitram wrote:Thats what I call "long time motivation" 8)
The awesomeness, is too much for me to handle

*closes his eyes and looks away*
Or you just pay ridiculous sums of money for them and have every person on the server fighting for your gems.

With 50 people fighting nonstop, it'd only take 80 days :D .
good luck finding even 3 people that will stick to the cause, part time, for 80 days ;D
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I hereby found the holy order of "LAAH", with the ultimate goal to create one level 10 gem of each kind and then sacrifice them all to Nargùn by letting them rot in front of the eyes of a dwarf.
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Damien wrote:I hereby found the holy order of "LAAH", with the ultimate goal to create one level 10 gem of each kind and then sacrifice them all to Nargùn by letting them rot in front of the eyes of a dwarf.
We will see ya IC :twisted:
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Damien wrote:I hereby found the holy order of "LAAH", with the ultimate goal to create one level 10 gem of each kind and then sacrifice them all to Nargùn by letting them rot in front of the eyes of a dwarf.
WULLAH!
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Lets check Salathe's values

19683 lvl 1 gems
4.5 hours each gem

= 88573.5 hours

= 3690.5625 days

= 10.1 years

Now lets assume that instead you play illarion everyday and you spend 5 of those hours IG just looking for gems
=17714.7 days
= 48.5 years

Riight

That's longterm motivation at its finest
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Isn't that... shorter than life expectancy in some countries?
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Vern Kron wrote:Isn't that... shorter than life expectancy in some countries?
In 18 to be exact. All of them African
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Hadrian_Abela wrote:
Vern Kron wrote:Isn't that... shorter than life expectancy in some countries?
In 18 to be exact. All of them African
That's sad. :(

It's even more sad about how bad this system is. If your going to implant something like this, why not wait till it's fully functional?
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Protip: If you live in Swaziland, don't play this game.
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Hadrian_Abela wrote:Protip: If you live in Swaziland, don't play this game.
No.

If you live there and you happen to find a lvl 1 magic gem, better plug it into an item right after you've found it.

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LMAO....thanks, guys.
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And yeah, there's a demonic laugh when you pray for a bit at any altar.
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