General

@Alesanah:
@Karkinos:
What happens is when it booms you get this thing called an item trace, you can apply it to a weapon like a scroll. You place the item trace on the item of the same kind and it turns that weapon into an exact replica of the weapon that recently boomed. Except you lose all the stars you've obtained.

I agree that star force is awesome for non superior equips as its so easy and relatively cheap to get at least 10 stars :-) but superior equip star force was nerfed hard so I guess they balance each other out in the end. Although I have a problem trusting nexons % success rates lol

[quote=tianbozpear]Some of us are just... disappointed, because if StarForce were to come, exactly as copy-pasted out of KMS, it would patch up the gigantic gap between middle-class funded players and insanely funded players ( 500k-1m ---> 2m-2m range). This gap, atm goes into the 100b's maybe even 1000b mesos. This is the giant paywall that mid-tier players cannot break without years of dedication, or hundreds if not thousands of dollars, which prevents everyone but the 2m-2m from attempting bosses that are actually relevant, such as the ones that drop Superior Gollux, Tyrants, CRA...

Not that I'm not thankful for 100 free WA and 500 STR, but that is no where near enough to bring mid-tier players to the level where their damage is useful. e.g. my range went from 800-900k to 1.0-1.1m. I'm still stuck doing hard gollux and normal magnus.

And to the even poorer, newer players, StarForce just wastes money. Sure they get some range, but what will that range help them do? As well, congrats they just dumped all their mesos into items with close to zero retail value. Great investment!

TLDR: StarForce, un-nerfd, would have made the bosses that drop actually relevant items (hard magnus, hellux, cra) available to more members of the population. StarForce was hyped to be a bridge between the rich and the poor, a bridge that I and several of my friends were dying to use, but all it did was give false hope to the poorer players (midtier and beginning players alike).[/quote]

You are not forced to star force and it offers a better alternative for a system already in place. You have zero right to complain.

[quote=kaxi]I thought when they meant that you would lose the star levels on the time of destruction, was that if you are 13 star and if you boom it, you will go back 12 star but you can keep it
Nexon's wordings are sometimes bad[/quote]

to your question about zero weps that u had ealier.. the zero weps reverts into the basic form and u get trace..soo for an example h2o zero wep goes boom u get regular zero wep + trace and then u have to re h 20 scroll again before u can apply it

[quote=Axnslicer]And some people are still complaining about star force lol.[/quote]

Some of us are just... disappointed, because if StarForce were to come, exactly as copy-pasted out of KMS, it would patch up the gigantic gap between middle-class funded players and insanely funded players ( 500k-1m ---> 2m-2m range). This gap, atm goes into the 100b's maybe even 1000b mesos. This is the giant paywall that mid-tier players cannot break without years of dedication, or hundreds if not thousands of dollars, which prevents everyone but the 2m-2m from attempting bosses that are actually relevant, such as the ones that drop Superior Gollux, Tyrants, CRA...

Not that I'm not thankful for 100 free WA and 500 STR, but that is no where near enough to bring mid-tier players to the level where their damage is useful. e.g. my range went from 800-900k to 1.0-1.1m. I'm still stuck doing hard gollux and normal magnus.

And to the even poorer, newer players, StarForce just wastes money. Sure they get some range, but what will that range help them do? As well, congrats they just dumped all their mesos into items with close to zero retail value. Great investment!

TLDR: StarForce, un-nerfd, would have made the bosses that drop actually relevant items (hard magnus, hellux, cra) available to more members of the population. StarForce was hyped to be a bridge between the rich and the poor, a bridge that I and several of my friends were dying to use, but all it did was give false hope to the poorer players (midtier and beginning players alike).

[quote=Erag0n1]Idk if any of your gear is anviled, but can you confirm whether or not anvils are lost[/quote]

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_HhbzWJi-c]they're lost[/url]

[quote=Senkets]If you boom your weapon all you need is another weapon of the same kind and you can bring your old one back with the same stats, pots, etc.

ie. if I blow up my perfected fafnir perry talon, all I need is another perry talon and I can bring back my old perry talon with the same stats before the explosion[/quote]
really? how O.o I thought if you boom your weapon it's just GONE.

[quote=Samygxz85]dont wanna risk my 12star staff with this
re-enhancing to 12 again? not sure if im up for that[/quote]

1% is a very low rate if you think about it.
only a few people will boom an item, and most of the times, I don't think they would be utterly depressed if it was an easily obtainable item.

lol at saying "it's not hard to understand" and immediately exposing you didn't understand the patch notes.

dont wanna risk my 12star staff with this
re-enhancing to 12 again? not sure if im up for that

[quote=mach5]and that is why it's hard to understand lol.[/quote]
I thought when they meant that you would lose the star levels on the time of destruction, was that if you are 13 star and if you boom it, you will go back 12 star but you can keep it
Nexon's wordings are sometimes bad

Can you use an item that has rare pot but still all the slots or does it need to be 100% clean?

I kinda thought you could just use w/e even if it was scrolled and the trace would overwrite it..that could be a problem if not

[quote=noqb]around 400-600k nx from 10-15 star not including no booms[/quote]

It was a rhetorical question but thanks for taking the time to think of a specific number.

[quote=noqb]around 400-600k nx from 10-15 star not including no booms[/quote]

And some people are still complaining about star force lol.

@Kaxi: No, you don't keep the stars.

[quote=mach5]wait so if you boom it on 13->14th star. and you put the trace back onto an equip is it at 0 stars? or is it at 13th star?[/quote]

It's not hard to understand.
When you boom your item, you will receive an equipment trace to use on a clean equipment of the same kind. You can then get your item back with the same stats (STARS),

Aw :C I welp, knowing my luck rip anvil on my wep

[quote=Senkets]If you boom your weapon all you need is another weapon of the same kind and you can bring your old one back with the same stats, pots, etc.

ie. if I blow up my perfected fafnir perry talon, all I need is another perry talon and I can bring back my old perry talon with the same stats before the explosion[/quote]

but you lose all of the stars. so to the guy who spent 5b to get it to 15 stars, and boom, he has to pay 1-2b for a new weapon with same stats and 0 stars.

[quote=Erag0n1]Idk if any of your gear is anviled, but can you confirm whether or not anvils are lost[/quote]

"Equipment Traces will not retain the appearance of an item that has had its appearance changed by a Fusion Anvil."

I can understand wanting to get your primary weapon to 15 stars for the extra Att / M Att, but attempting to get RA gear and Gollux items from 12 to 15... for any extra 9 points to your primary stat doesn't sound like a good risk / reward ratio.

[quote=Erag0n1]Idk if any of your gear is anviled, but can you confirm whether or not anvils are lost[/quote]
anvils are bye bye after you boom it

if you don't know what means, anviled items will not keep the anviled look after boom.

[quote=xXMCheifXx]12->13 0.7%
13->14, 14->15 1.4%

i boomed my hat on the 0.7%
used equip trace on a clean one and then got it to 15 stars
nbd[/quote]

Idk if any of your gear is anviled, but can you confirm whether or not anvils are lost

[quote=Senkets]If you boom your weapon all you need is another weapon of the same kind and you can bring your old one back with the same stats, pots, etc.

ie. if I blow up my perfected fafnir perry talon, all I need is another perry talon and I can bring back my old perry talon with the same stats before the explosion[/quote]

Im kind of lost, what do you mean same stats/pot? Like i can recube it and rescroll it? Or is there an actual system to bring back an exploded item?

Sorry didn't get the chance to log in and try it for myself yet

I boomed my life
I am still trying to figure out what would happen if zero weapons boomed... been over about 3 months and I couldn't find an answer with proof lol.
I wonder if gollux equips are worth enhancing

[quote=xXMCheifXx]12->13 0.7%
13->14, 14->15 1.4%

i boomed my hat on the 0.7%
used equip trace on a clean one and then got it to 15 stars
nbd[/quote]

Ohhh I didn't realize they released the traces this patch as well I must've missed it in the notes, and one of my guildies last week said that was released separately
Well that's a huge relief then. Now I just need nexon to hurry up with maintenance

two items on the fifteenth star too.
tip: yolo when you have spares.
cus when ppl blow up their gollux equips, GL finding a cheap spare.

[quote=silverphoenix]Was trying to enhance my weapon to 15 stars, I went between like 13-15 quite a few times and it only boomed once.
I'm more annoyed that it took 5b to get to 15 stars than the fact that it boomed.[/quote]

Do you know how much it cost to get to 15 stars before this update

If you boom your weapon all you need is another weapon of the same kind and you can bring your old one back with the same stats, pots, etc.

ie. if I blow up my perfected fafnir perry talon, all I need is another perry talon and I can bring back my old perry talon with the same stats before the explosion

Was trying to enhance my weapon to 15 stars, I went between like 13-15 quite a few times and it only boomed once.
I'm more annoyed that it took 5b to get to 15 stars than the fact that it boomed.

I've tried for 13 stars like a dozen times, still no boom. Though admittedly no 13th star either so yeah.

Knowing my luck, I'm going to blow up my gun...

12->13 0.7%
13->14, 14->15 1.4%

i boomed my hat on the 0.7%
used equip trace on a clean one and then got it to 15 stars
nbd