Aion Riftshade

The Stigma Shard System sucks.
Why do we have to pay millions of Kinah worth of Shards just to play the Class how we want to play it ?

Either massively increase the droprate of Shards or remove it entirely. Its bullshit that some classes never need to change their stigmas. But Classes like Cleric, Spiritmaster or Sorcerer have to pay a fortune just to play the Character how the want and how its situational viable.

My suggestion make it like Retail pay a small Kinah fee and be done with it. You shouldn't need to think about if you can switch your skillset now or you rather not because its too expensive to change back a few hours later.

Those who vote for "No" Tell me why ?

don't forget chanter pls

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Those who vote for "No" Tell me why ?

because if the price is scaled on the current stigma shard (npc), it will be as problematic as it is now.

and knowing NC, it will be scaled or the same.

it's a "small fee" on retail because we don't count kinah

here is the small fee for 9 stigma :

161k for gold stigma

40k for blue stigma

10k for green stigma

I voted No, cause there´s no point between a fee or Stigmashards.

Besides the fact, that you have to farm the stigmashards. Which will incentify PVP.

So Big No for me.

As a small hint: Plan your week, when to do PVE and PVP and then switcht. If you have to switch several times daylie, your planning is just bad

especially with only one dredgion a day most of the switching and planning is gone. next step we will just pay a small fee to replenish mana, to dispell or to run faster to replace those annoying potions and scrolls?

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Those who vote for "No" Tell me why ?

Because firstly is one more way to farm kinah especially with these npc prices, secondly because as some1 already mentioned the kinah cost would probably be higher and would drain the kinah out of the game and finally because stigma shard farming is existent mainly in abyss which promotes pvp

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I voted No, cause there's no point between a fee or Stigma Shards.
There actually is you are not forced to farm 900 shards just to switch your skills. Kinah u gain all day on the side.

Besides the fact, that you have to farm the stigma shards. Which will incentify PVP.
If the shards would actually drop properly id agree on that. But aside from the few you get at forts and where you get zerged to death 90% of the time the "pvp" aspect you can stick somewhere.
the moment we hit Gelk/Ingisson you will know why i hate the stigma shard system with a passion.


As a small hint: Plan your week, when to do PVE and PVP and then swatch. If you have to switch several times daylie, your planning is just bad

You miss the point. I shouldn't need to plan my day according a stupid mechanic. Flexibility is impossible with how it is now.

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Those who vote for "No" Tell me why ?

because if the price is scaled on the current stigma shard (npc), it will be as problematic as it is now.

and knowing NC, it will be scaled or the same.

it's a "small fee" on retail because we don't count kinah

here is the small fee for 9 stigma :

161k for gold stigma

40k for blue stigma

10k for green stigma

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funny enough dunno the prices on ely side. but on asmo side this is cheaper lol

Asmoside ~750 kinah a shard

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Those who vote for "No" Tell me why ?

because if the price is scaled on the current stigma shard (npc), it will be as problematic as it is now.

and knowing NC, it will be scaled or the same.

it's a "small fee" on retail because we don't count kinah

here is the small fee for 9 stigma :

161k for gold stigma

40k for blue stigma

10k for green stigma

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funny enough dunno the prices on ely side. but on asmo side this is cheaper lol

Asmoside ~750 kinah a shard

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The screenshot was taken on retail as example, can't tell on classic for elyos right now, I'll check later

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Asmoside ~750 kinah a shard

right now, 483/u for stigma shard

(so a little less than 670k for 3 blue stigma & 5 green)