GONE!
By Crazy Idea, I mean something that will likely never happen, but hey, let’s dream.
So I’m personally not a fan of RNG (Random Number Generator, for the newbies) outside of how much damage a weapon can do and such.
The way the Centraforge is mostly about RNG annoys me greatly.
So I thought, what if the Centraforge was GONE?
Don’t panic!
Woah-woah-woah, calm down!
So, what if instead of the Centraforge, we had an Upgrader machine.
Changing the name or machine visual wouldn’t even be required, really, but the idea would be to ‘reforge’ (ha-ha) the Centraforge.
In essence, that’s it.
Feature 1 : Crafting augments!
That machine’s first tab would allow us to craft augments, instead of the Compactor, and there would be more augments.
To simplify things, all Boons and Quirks would become craftable Augments, and Defects would be gone, because really, who needs them?
Each Boon / Quirk / Augment would have 5 ranks, as they already do in the Centraforge.
Feature 2 : Socketing augments!
Now, all tools and weapons would get up to 3 slots where you can socket the permanent Boon and Quirk upgrades.
To summarize, the idea would be to simply remove the whole RNG aspect of Centraforging, removing the feeling of wasting materials when you don’t get exactly what you wanted, and allowing every player to craft upgrades in a straight-forward manner without feeling like they need a guide to know which gum = which boon.
Casing point, I feel the need to check this sign I made every so often :
The only Centraforge compounds that would stay would be the Setting and Deconstruction resins, to apply or remove Boons and Quirks in slots.
But the old compounds/gums/pastes/catalysts could be re-used as components to craft the boons/quirks augment-items.
In the end, this all means that people wouldn’t have to hope someone sells the exact tool they want with the exact boons/quirks they need for a job : they’d be able to simply buy the boons/quirks as items and socket these themselves without any headaches.
BUT WAIT.
Let’s go even further!
Feature 3 : Upgrade!
What if this new Centraforge machine had another feature. What if it could hold some blocks & items to upgrade them?
Some items would gain a new word in their description : a simple “Upgradable”, right next to where you’d read “Axe tool” under “Titanium balanced axe”.
This would signify that you can shove the block, object, tool or weapon in the machine to upgrade if by spending the required materials, IF there isn’t a way to already convert the item into one of a higher tier.
Here’s an example : There is a way to turn Refined gleam into Decorative gleam through the Refinery, so the Refined gleam wouldn’t be upgradable through the modified Centraforge.
But there is no way to turn Linear mosaic into Fish-scale mosaic and into Mosaic. So the Upgrade machine would simply ask for Enriched bounding-agent to turn the Linear mosaic into Fish-scale mosaic, and so on.
With the right balance of materials to pay, the machine would be able to convert a Power-coil into an Advanced power-coil, or an Iron furnace into a Titanium furnace!
It’d be able to upgrade the quality of a stack of beacon fuel, or convert a titanium tool into a gem tool.
