Game Mechanics Major ID's for Crafted Items, Balancing/Improving HICH gameplay. EFFORT POST!

So, I have recently started a HICH play-through, and have soon realised that no ingredients give any Major ID's. This isn't much of a problem until higher levels of gameplay where builds rely on their Major ID. E.g. Greed, Hawkeye, Plague, Sorcery.

(I'm just throwing ideas out into the world)

I propose this,

ALL ingredients which provide Major ID's will be Tier 3.
Only ONE Major ID per crafting recipe.
These ingredients should mainly come from BOSS ALTARS.

What does this do?

Adds more variation to crafted gear.
Rare enough to make them exciting to find.
Adds more uses to boss altars but doesn't make them mandatory .

Here are some ideas for ingredients.
And here is a link to all the Major ID's if you can't remember them all.
Identifications - Official Wynncraft Wiki (fandom.com)

BOVINE BARN
ITEM - Cow Hoof
MJAOR ID - Cavalryman
Other ID - +1%-4% Walkspeed
-70 Durability
PROFESSIONS - Tailoring

ROTTEN PASSAGE
ITEM - Corrupted Crown
MAJOR ID - Greed
Other ID - -Intelligence
+4%-8% Exploding
-100 Durability
PROFESSIONS - Armouring, Weaponsmithing, Woodworking

SUNRISE CANYON
ITEM - Pocket Watch
MAJOR ID - Magnet
Other ID - +2%-4% Stealing
+1%-3% Reflection
-75 Durability
PROFESSIONS - Jeweling

PRISON OF SOULS
ITEM - Broken Chains
MAJOR ID - Free Runner
Other ID - -30% Sprint Regeneration
+3-6 Strength
-90 Durability
PROFESSIONS - Armouring, Jeweling, Weaponsmithing

PLAGUE LABORATORY
ITEM - Infected Fingers
MAJOR ID - Plague
Other ID - +42/3-70/3 Poison
-66%-77% Main Attack
-66%-77% Spell Damage
-14-22 Health Regeneration
+40 duration
PROFESSIONS - Cooking, Alchemism

TRIBAL SANCTUARY
ITEM - Tribal Scriptures
MAJOR ID - Transcendence
Other ID - -33%-49% Spell Damage
+6-12% Loot Bonus
+5-10% Xp
- 50 Duration / -120 Durability
PROFESSIONS - Scribing, Tailoring

MAGMASTREAM CORE
ITEM - Fiery Heart
MAJOR ID - Heart of the Pack
Other ID - +10%-20% Fire Defence
+10%-20% Fire Damage
+1 Tier Attackspeed
+4-8 Defence
-4-8 Strength
-140 Durability
PROFESSIONS - Armouring, Tailoring, Weaponsmithing

CHALLENGE OF THE BLADES
ITEM - Haunting Shadow
MAJOR ID - Taunt
Other ID - +9-16 Agility
+9-16 Defence
+7-14% Earth Defence
+7-14% Thunder Defence
+7-14% Water Defence
+5-8% Thorns
-13%-23% Main Attack Damage
-13%-23% Spell Damage
-16%-24% Walk Speed
-160 Duration / -175 Durability
PROFESSIONS - Armouring, Tailoring, Jeweling, Alchemism

ALTAR OF SANCTIFICATION
ITEM - Skien's Courage
MAJOR ID - Rally
Other ID - +18-27% Main Attack Damage
+120/4-180/4 Life Steal
+1/3 Mana Steal
-75%-90% Health Regeneration
-26%-39% Soulpoint Regeneration
-230 Durability
PROFESSIONS - Weaponsmithing

ITEM - Skien's Anger
MAJOR ID - Furious Effigy
Other ID - -1/3-2/3 Mana Regeneration
-1/3-2/3 Mana Steal
-30/4-90/4 Life Steal
+14%-32% Walk Speed
+21%-41% Spell Damage
+48%-72% Exploding
-210 Durability
PROFESSIONS - Woodworking

ARENA OF THE LEGENDS
ITEM - Legendary Buckler
MAJOR ID - Guardian
Other ID - +1400-2200 Health
+66%-88% Health Regeneration
+300/4-550/4 Life Steal
+6-12% Thunder Defence
+6-12% Air Defence
-66%-69% Spell Damage
-3/3-6/3 Mana Regeneration
-1 Jump Height
-14%-20% Xp
-22%-34% Walk Speed
-240 Durability
PROFESSIONS - Armouring, Weaponsmithing

ITEM - Legendary Quiver
MAJOR ID - Hawkeye
Other ID - +19%-31% Spell Damage
-11%-22% Main Attack Damage
+7-13 Agility
+7-13 Strength
-14-26 Dexterity
-400-800 Health
+4%-6% Reflection
-250 DurabilityPROFESSIONS - Woodworking

GEYSER PIT
ITEM - Iron Chunk
MAJOR ID - Geocentrism
Other ID - +33%-55% Earth Defence
+33%-55% Earth Damage
+5-13 Strength
+5-13 Defence
-2/3-3/3 Mana Steal
-12%-25% Walk Speed
+3%-7% Reflection
-270 Durability
PROFESSIONS - Woodworking

ITEM - Rich Ore Vein
MAJOR ID - Greed
Other ID - -500-750 Health
+3%-5% Stealing
+5%-11% Loot Bonus
+5%-11% Xp Bonus
+2-4 Defence
-70%-110% Health Regeneration
-17%-47% Sprint Regeneration
-230 Durability
PROFESSIONS - Armouring, Tailoring, Jeweling

AERIE OF THE RECLUSE
ITEM - Adamastor's Armguard
MAJOR ID - Saviour's Sacrifice
Other ID - +700-1300 Health
-12%-18% Main Attack Damage
-12%-18% Spell Damage
+1/3 Mana Regeneration
+20%-30% Thunder Defence
-20%-30% Water Defence
-265 Durability
PROFESSIONS - Weaponsmithing, Woodworking

THE ORANGE WYBEL
ITEM - Orange Clock (get it, heh)
MAJOR ID - Peaceful Effigy
Other ID - -4000-6000 Health
+88%-111% Health Regeneration
+25%-45% Earth Defence
+25%-45% Thunder Defence
+25%-45% Water Defence
+25%-45% Fire Defence
+25%-45% Air Defence
+7000/3 Poison
-44%-66% Main Attack Damage
-44%-66% Spell Damage
PROFESSIONS - Woodworking

ITEM - Fluffy Hair
MAJOR ID - Lightweight
Other ID - +15%-30% Air Damage
+30%-45% Air Defence
+7-14 Intelligence
+13%-39% Walk Speed
+16%-32% Spell Damage
-16%-32% Main Attack Damage
-290 Durability / -250 Duration
PROFESSIONS - Armouring, Tailoring, Jeweling, Scribing, Alchemism

BOTTOMLESS PIT
ITEM - Mass Hysteria
MAJOR ID - Fission
Other ID - +33%-44% Exploding
+27%-42% Fire Defence
+27%-42% Air Defence
+32-38 Strength
-2-8 Dexterity
-2-8 Intelligence
-2-8 Defence
-2-8 Agility
+1300/4-1800/4 Life Steal
-250-400 Health Regeneration
-315 Durability
PROFESSIONS - Weaponsmithing, Woodworking, Cooking, Scribing, Alchemism

ITEM - Call of the Void
MAJOR ID - Cherry Bomb
Other ID - +33%-44% Exploding
+27%-42% Fire Defence
+27%-42% Air Defence
-2-8 Strength
-2-8 Dexterity
+32-38 Intelligence
-2-8 Defence
-2-8 Agility
+1300/4-1800/4 Life Steal
-250-400 Health Regeneration
-315 Durability
PROFESSIONS - Weaponsmithing

ITEM - Agitated Eye
MAJOR ID - Flashfreeze
Other ID - -1-3 4th Spell Cost
-19%-38% 4th Spell Cost
+27%-42% Fire Defence
+27%-42% Air Defence
+16-22 Intelligence
+2/4 Mana Steal
-2500-4000 Health
-28%-38% Main Attack Damage
-13%-26% Xp
-13%-26% Loot Bonus
-330 Durability
PROFESSIONS - Woodworking

I will expand on this maybe later. This kinda took a while and I hope I covered all the current Major IDs.

EDIT: Durability should probably be a % of the total durability otherwise low level items could be abused for their Major ID. Maybe 40%-50%

 

Ok, Maybe but I did make it so the Major ID items used up double the normal durability.
Also, how do you propose that HICH players get access to these Major IDs, since they can't use mythics. (the C stands for craftsman)

Also, the most overpowered builds will ofc be completely crafted since crafting is cracked but the trade off is the repairing needing to be done. So, I doubt and good tank builds will use many crafteds since the mobs will tear through the durability. (Maybe the divzer need to be tho...)

 

you need insane -dura like -750 or smth like that to even keep it somewhat balanced so that you can't even use anything else

 

Maybe so,

 

Very simple, they don't. If you chose to play a challenge game mode then you are accepting the challenge. If you don't want to have your gameplay restricted, don't play HICH. The fun of HICH is that its more difficult, making it easier would completely defeat the purpose of it.

 

The goal isn't to make the game easier but more diverse. Obviously the items I mentioned would be balanced (mostly nerfed)
Yes HICH is meant to be a challenge but challenges don't have to be less fun than the default gamemode.

I firmly believe that the Major ID's can be balanced out so they don't become OP and make HICH easy.

 

Absolutely not.

 

perhaps some of the less impactful major ids like freerunner or flashfreeze are fine but something like saviours sacrifice and transcendence are just too impactful to put on ingredients (and if you try to balance it with -ids, they will just get flipped)

 

fair

 

my idea is to give every single ing with a major id a -dura of about 975 but no other stats so you are pretty much forced to repair it constantly even if you put as many +dura items on the craft as you can.

major ids would decay obviously (they would decay first, like tiers do right now)

 

i like this. it's simple and seems to solve the problems
but maybe -800 or somethin

 

i think there should also be a way to craft set items. like using only ghost themed ingredients in an item would give it the Ghostly set bonus. would it be OP? probably. but since crafting requires a huge time commitment, i would rather it be worth it.

 

And the number of ghost themed items is limited so the set bonus can be modified to suit the gear

 

Great effort. But this needs way more massive nerfing both in what others said and the following: FLIPPING. How do you address the flipping aspect? Do you just get negative major id (wtf does that even mean lol)? Does it not just exist? And:

Holy shit flipping this bad boy and amplifying it with major’s badge for a whopping -400+% is making me wince even for my naked HIC playthrough. 18k hp 150% spell and melee dmg while still having maybe 100 dura left? AAAAAHHHHH

And add poll.

 

Explain flipping Ids please

 

Have you heard of Obelisk Core? It is an ingredient that gives -200% effectiveness to an ingredient to the left of itself. This is only used for flipping ingredients. Anything that is less than -100% (more negative) will have all its IDs reversed from positive to negative and vise-versa, then applied on whatever effectiveness is left over. For example, if I put what I quoted for one of your ingredients and I flip this with Obelisk Core, everything positive will be negative, and everything negative will be positive. You can go further with some recipes to make this up to -400% something, meaning everything positive will turn negative and then TRIPLED, and everything negative will turn positive and then TRIPLED.

Flipping DOES NOT work on flipping durability/charges/duration.

 

well then, a lot of this is completely broken then, so ig I'll try to balance it. Do you have any ideas on how to balance ing so the can't be flipped as effectively?

How to add a poll after it's been uploaded

Edit: Maybe Flipping an item would flip the Major ID as well. XD That could be fun.