Gems Polished Up!

Gems are powerful and full of potential. To be frank, though, using the Gem Atelier to make the most of your gems can require quite a bit of effort at the moment. We want to make things easier by removing complexity and certain restrictions while also improving the possibilities to put your gems to good use.

First, let us smooth out some rough edges!

Domain affinity currently limits in which of the four vessels you can place a gem. But no longer! We will remove the domain affinity of gems, and you will be able to place a revealed gem into any vessel slot that matches the gem's quality. Small oval markers will indicate whether a slot can hold a gem of lesser, regular, or greater quality. With domain affinity gone, gems will now keep their vocation-specific colour after being revealed.

While Vessel Resonance has a nice ring to it, it currently adds another layer of complexity to using gems. Therefore, we will also let go of Vessel Resonance and the corresponding twelve perks in the wheel. The Wheel of Destiny will receive eight Gem Vessel perks instead, two per domain. Filled, each of them will grant +1 damage and healing, and unlock a gem vessel slot in your Gem Atelier.

Yes, this means that you will be able to use up to eight gems at once instead of just four: two lesser, two regular and four greater gems!

The other four slices of the wheel will receive Revelation Mastery perks, one per domain. Each grants 125 promotion points of progress towards the domain's Revelation perk. In addition, the slices with Revelation Mastery perks will swap places with the conviction perk that is currently located in the middle of the respective domain.

The revamped Gem Atelier will display all eight gem vessels at once, with those not yet available to you being greyed out. As mentioned earlier, each vessel can only hold a gem of the corresponding quality. The gem vessels are unlocked in a fixed order: 1. lesser > 2. regular > 3. greater > 4. lesser > 5. greater > 6. regular > 7. greater > 8. greater.

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Now for some extra shaping!

Have you ever revealed a gem with the supreme mod you were hoping for, only to find that its basic mods were not quite to your liking?

We have good news! The new Reshape option under "Modify Gem" in the Gem Atelier will offer you a more clear-cut way to pursue your ideal combination. It allows Premium players to reroll each mod of a gem while being inside a temple. Reshaping a gem requires gold and lesser or greater fragments, depending on the slot for which you want to reroll the mod.

Let us make those gems shine!

Raising a mod to its highest grade in the Fragment Workshop currently earns you an additional promotion point for your Wheel of Destiny. But why stop there? We will make upgrading gems even more rewarding: Each mod upgrade from Grade I to Grade IV will grant you +5 hit points, mana and capacity. A new info box in the Fragment Workshop will summarise the bonuses you have unlocked by upgrading mods.

Moreover, upgraded mods on your gems will always provide the bonus of the highest grade you have unlocked for them, regardless of the grades of preceding mods on a gem. The highest grade you have unlocked for a mod now always applies.

Finally, ready to discover new gems?

Each vocation will also receive four new supreme mods with augments, two for each of the following spells:

• Knights: Shield Slam, Intense Wound Cleansing
• Paladins: Divine Barrage, Ethereal Barrage
• Druids: Forked Glacier, Forked Thorns
• Sorcerers: Death Echo, Lightning
• Monks: Chained Penance, Thousand Fist Blows

All in all, these improvements mean less hassle and complexity, more flexibility and plenty of room for powerful gems in your Gem Atelier, Tibians. A summary of the changes and a few further details can be found here.

Make sure to gem it up in the upcoming test!
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