World Powder Replacement, Crystals!

A few discussions talking about the weapon elements sparked this thread, tell me what you think.
This is my first post as well, so I hope you take that into account.

Instead of powders, which has been disabled currently, it would be replaced with crystals. The crystals come in all the elements. There would be a new NPC which attaches and/or infuses the crystal into your weapon, this is how it would work for all the classes.

[ I'm using mage as an example, lets say the staff used has the exact same value, dmg and stuff ]
Attaching a crystal to a staff: [ 100E ]
The staff would have a protrusion to show that the crystal has been attached, and should have a buff for that specific element, doing more damage.
Infusing a crystal to a staff: [ 150E ]
The staff would be enchanted and have a slightly better buff for that specific element, doing more damage and increasing a few stats.
Empty staff: [ Can be bought from a weapon merchant ]
This staff has a very low base damage, however you can attach a crystal to the tip, then infuse multiple other crystals into it for an exponential price.
Empty staff: [ Attaching and Infusing ]
You have to attach a crystal to it to denote the staff's base element, then you are able to infuse the staff multiple times.

The rarer the weapon, more crystals can be attached and/or infused into it.
The higher the level of weapons, the more expensive the attachment and infusion will be.
The higher the level where the empty staff is bought from, the higher the base damage, more crystals can be attached and then infused onto it, as well as the exponential increase in the infusion price.

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How it would look like: [ Staff with an infusion ]
Sage
Fast Attack Speed

+ Neutral Damage: 54-76

✓ Class Req: Mage/Dark Wizard
✓ Lv. Min: 47

+10% [+20%] Air Damage [-] Text should be inline or at the right side of the description
+17% XP Bonus
+11% Loot Bonus
+2/4s [+1s] Mana Regen [-] Additional stats shown in the crystal's color
+0% [+20%] Water Damage [-] In this case; Water in blue, Air in white/gray

[2/3] Infusions
+ Water Crystal Infusion [-] Attachment or Infusion will be specified here
+ Air Crystal Infusion [-] Can't really do white on a white background
Legendary Item [-] Legendary items have more infusion spots

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How it would look like: [ Empty Staff without attachments and infusions ]
Empty Staff
Very Fast Attack Speed

+ Neutral Damage: 3-5

✓ Class Req: Mage/Dark Wizard
✓ Lv. Min: 20


[0/4] Infusions
Common Item

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How it would look like: [ Empty Staff with an attachment ]
Fire Staff
Normal Attack Speed

+ Neutral Damage: 3-5

✓ Class Req: Mage/Dark Wizard
✓ Lv. Min: 20 [-] Staff level doesn't increase

+0% [+100%] Fire Damage [-] It would do the average damage of a level 20 staff

[1/4] Infusions
+Fire Crystal Attachment [-] Attachment or Infusion will be specified here
Common Item

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How it would look like: [ Empty Staff with an attachment and multiple infusions ]
Infused Fire Staff
Slow Attack Speed

+ Neutral Damage: 3-5

✓ Class Req: Mage/Dark Wizard
✓ Lv. Min: 20 [-] Staff level doesn't increase

+0% [+120%] Fire Damage [-] It would do the average damage of a level 20 staff +20% fire dmg
+0% [+40%] Thunder Damage
+5% Spell Damage [-] Other stats will come randomly as shown

[3/4] Infusions
+Fire Crystal Attachment [-] Attachment or Infusion will be specified here
+Fire Crystal Infusion
+Thunder Crystal Infusion
Common Item

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How it would look like: [ Empty Staff with an attachment and multiple CONFLICTING infusions ]
Infused Fire Staff
Very Slow Attack Speed

+ Neutral Damage: 3-5

✓ Class Req: Mage/Dark Wizard
✓ Lv. Min: 20 [-] Staff level doesn't increase

+0% [+70%] Fire Damage [-] The staff is now weaker than it once was
+0% [+20%] Water Damage
-5% Spell Damage [-] Other stats will come randomly and it can be negative

[2/4] Infusions
+Fire Crystal Attachment [-] Attachment or Infusion will be specified here
+Water Crystal Infusion
Common Item
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Thanks for reading it all the way to the end!

 

Couldn't we wait until the new powders are actually out? They are being worked on right now and it would kinda suck if that was scrapped and replaced with something without is even being able to try out the new system.
And even so, what about Powder Relics? How would they work?

 

This is just a suggestion if they need any more ideas. :) And true it would suck if it was scrapped mid-project, I wouldn't like that if I was one of the devs.

 

I hate to say it, but this seems a lot like what it feels the powder system that is being made will be. I always suspected with the slots that powders would effect IDs, and this just sort of feels like a Reskin of the old version :/

Not trying to rain on your parade. Content is content, and this was well thought out content.

Side note: there is this thing called dark theme. Colors like Black that appear standard are next to unreadable on this version of the website. I recommend changing those to the "none" color.

 

I am not sure i am a fan of this system... Dont get me wrong you have told what you think can be improved on by i don't hate it or love it

 

Thanks for your reply, I kinda made this idea to fit the existing version because I didn't really want them to scrap all their hard work if they take any inspiration from this.
This is meant to be an addition, a mod you could say. :)

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Its fine, thanks for your reply! If you can suggest changes to what I already have, it'll be great, I'll definitely consider everything.