you have to refine the grommets. once you refine them they will upgrade like enchantments. the higher the level of the "grommet" the higher rank reward you can turn them in for.
Anyone get a blacksmith companion from the event? Shows a purple blacksmith companion as a potential reward, I wonder if that is yet another false advertisement and it really is blue like the zen store version?
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beckylunaticMember, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 14,231Arc User
edited July 2014
Gateway doesn't display tiered results properly on any task that has quantities of things as the tiers instead of a different item. It's not just the event.
What previous event has even had crafting since the curios were introduced? If it's an event with a chest, they stick it in there, but other events have included them in various ways.
I collected 96 grommets before I decided to give up (Though it wasn't a complete waste, as I was (still) working on my Dread Ring and Sharandar dailies). I could see that there was no possibility I would have the strength of will to put in enough hours to gain a worthwhile reward. A shame, but there's no way I personally would find it worth the time and/or expense - Not without a guaranteed payout.
From wonderous Gizmo takes - Roughly 3,2k Refine points - Each sprocket gives you 5 refinement points.
After the upgrade to thingamabob - its take about 12.5k refining points to upgrade.
If you roughly farm for the sprockets to upgrade from start to finish with only the sprockets it will take about +_ 28 Hours to get.
Then after you give it in, you stand a chance to win a good item, but with neverwinters RNG drop so bad, you will properly get 5 preservation wards, and that would mean you spend 28 hour of your life to get 5 pres wards.
The idea about events is to have fun while we play the game not to force people to grind for something they might not even get, or force people to buy Zen with real money seeing that you won't get Zen, because Zen backlog is more than 9.6m in back log. You can't buy the blueprints from the AH because people are exploiting the prices as ever.
So to sum this event up, either you spend money and get the blueprints to speed the process up or you farm +_ 28 hours to stand a change to win a price that you might not even get.
Properly the worst event that Neverwinter ever hosted. Not wasting my time on this event.
you have to refine the grommets. once you refine them they will upgrade like enchantments. the higher the level of the "grommet" the higher rank reward you can turn them in for.
Umm sorry. I have one more question. How do you refine grommets, and what are they refined with?
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zebularMember, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 15,270Community Moderator
edited July 2014
. . . From what I am told, grommets are obtained through monster drops. Higher quality grommets and other items are gained either through refinement or profession tasks. Never-the-less, the Developers are checking to make sure everything is working properly.
17275 Total RP / 5 if feed by grommet with no crit = 3455 (total amout of grommet from rank 1 to 7)
3455 grommets with internal loot cooldown 30 sec (120 per hour),(2880 per 24 h of non stop farm) total 28.7 h of farm(keep going no life and try loot this pro grommets)
now calculate in zen value
110 zen= 1800 RP(you need total 10 pack to fully refine from rank 1 to 7)
10 packs = 1100 zen=10$
you can earn 7.25$ per hour in minimal pay in usa
So this event is total PAY 2 WIN and trying loot this items in normal way is waste of time becouse for 1100 zen you save 28 hours of life
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zebularMember, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 15,270Community Moderator
Umm sorry. I have one more question. How do you refine grommets, and what are they refined with?
You can only refine them with other grommets or the special Gond refinement items (like the bluperint in the Zen store for 110Z a pop for 1800 RPs). There are also level 6 tasks in the various craft professions that can give you some refinement items, (takes 2hrs a pop).
Meh... I spent the Zen to get a costume set - only took 3 blueprints - so got a costume set for 330 Zen.
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degraafinationMember, Neverwinter Beta UsersPosts: 0Arc User
edited July 2014
Does anyone have a compiled list of refining mats needed from Rank 1 to 7 for the Doohickey?
I don't know why I expected to get anything other than the absolute lowest possible award form the Creations of Wonder pack. Easily the most time-consuming, bothersome way to get a Gizmo and some Preservation Wards. *sigh* Upgraded the Gizmo for my Blacksmith Fashion set and I'm out. Thanks but no thanks, Wonders of Gond event.
Yeah the crafting prices are really expensive, farming 45 refining points (9 x rank 1) is faster then crafting and cheaper (in addition to all the other stuff i can gather and the only thing i need is patients)
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theskymovesMember, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 60Arc User
anyone seen any doohickeys on the AH or did they forget to add them to the table again?
Doohickeys are in the Miscellaneous section of the AH. There are currently about 20 available, with a buyout range of 1.48 million AD to 5.5 mil.
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arkanis555Member, Neverwinter Beta UsersPosts: 4Arc User
edited July 2014
In addition to finding the Wondrous items via the creatures of the Forgotten Realms, a limited time profession task will be introduced which players can create the Rank 3 Sprocket along with lower tier Wondrous event items.
So you hide it in other professions just for fun ?
Is the Crafting a Rare task? I just looked at all my maxed Professions and didnt see one.
The crafting tasks I saw had the word "SPECIAL" in the title, filter by that in the crafting window. Obviously make sure you're displaying all tasks included those you may not have the resources for.
Cost me 1100 zen, and about 200k in upgrade material, but I have a doohickey !
Very happy with it too.
Plz note, you'd have to be absolutely crazy to trade it in at the vendor for a chance to pull a mount out of the wonder bag. Equip it, throw it at people. Fun.
To craft a Doohickey from level 6 to 7:+12000 refinning points.
That is craft 266 sprockets...
This is crazy. Im not happy or excited with the event.
Edit: 266 sprocket with leatherworking is 26.000 simple leathers.
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Is this a joke?
Simple leather sells for more than 200 each from the AH and there are only 3k-ish available.
Assuming your calculation is correct, it takes 26,000 x 200 = 5.2 million AD just to get a rank 6 event item to rank 7 Doohickey.
However, the cheapest Doohickey goes for 1.475 million AD in the AH. Obviously, it makes no sense to spend the time to craft it yourself as well as buy or farm the refinement items.
Even if you want to lose money and time crafting all the way, you still won't be able to do so since even if you buy out all the simple leathers in the AH, you still only have a little more than 10% of the required resources.
Curious mind ponders how the economics of this event works...
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What previous event has even had crafting since the curios were introduced? If it's an event with a chest, they stick it in there, but other events have included them in various ways.
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From wonderous Gizmo takes - Roughly 3,2k Refine points - Each sprocket gives you 5 refinement points.
After the upgrade to thingamabob - its take about 12.5k refining points to upgrade.
If you roughly farm for the sprockets to upgrade from start to finish with only the sprockets it will take about +_ 28 Hours to get.
Then after you give it in, you stand a chance to win a good item, but with neverwinters RNG drop so bad, you will properly get 5 preservation wards, and that would mean you spend 28 hour of your life to get 5 pres wards.
The idea about events is to have fun while we play the game not to force people to grind for something they might not even get, or force people to buy Zen with real money seeing that you won't get Zen, because Zen backlog is more than 9.6m in back log. You can't buy the blueprints from the AH because people are exploiting the prices as ever.
So to sum this event up, either you spend money and get the blueprints to speed the process up or you farm +_ 28 hours to stand a change to win a price that you might not even get.
Properly the worst event that Neverwinter ever hosted. Not wasting my time on this event.
Umm sorry. I have one more question. How do you refine grommets, and what are they refined with?
What is this that you believe is a Typo in the Gond article?
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3455 grommets with internal loot cooldown 30 sec (120 per hour),(2880 per 24 h of non stop farm) total 28.7 h of farm(keep going no life and try loot this pro grommets)
now calculate in zen value
110 zen= 1800 RP(you need total 10 pack to fully refine from rank 1 to 7)
10 packs = 1100 zen=10$
you can earn 7.25$ per hour in minimal pay in usa
So this event is total PAY 2 WIN and trying loot this items in normal way is waste of time becouse for 1100 zen you save 28 hours of life
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You can only refine them with other grommets or the special Gond refinement items (like the bluperint in the Zen store for 110Z a pop for 1800 RPs). There are also level 6 tasks in the various craft professions that can give you some refinement items, (takes 2hrs a pop).
Meh... I spent the Zen to get a costume set - only took 3 blueprints - so got a costume set for 330 Zen.
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. . . I just got word of the following which may help to better understand things:
. . . Higher level grommets can only be crafted or upgraded to. Rank 1s are the ones that drop from monsters.
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Well great, could you check with them what quality blacksmith companion the wonders pack can drop? Purple as shown or blue as known?
You do not craft.
You simply refine your doohickey or wondrous cog etc
Level 6 common task, with some hefty resource requirements.
You are able to craft a level three cog to use for refining.
No it's regular lvl 6 but only some professions get it, not all of them.
Search for special. It's not a rare but it may only pop up at certain times as if it was a rare. Not completely sure by that.
No but you can craft. It only gives you a rank 3+extras, but also gives you a chance of getting an ancient curio.
Leadership and black ice shaping don't, the others do though require different ingredients.
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Doohickeys are in the Miscellaneous section of the AH. There are currently about 20 available, with a buyout range of 1.48 million AD to 5.5 mil.
So you hide it in other professions just for fun ?
The crafting tasks I saw had the word "SPECIAL" in the title, filter by that in the crafting window. Obviously make sure you're displaying all tasks included those you may not have the resources for.
Very happy with it too.
Plz note, you'd have to be absolutely crazy to trade it in at the vendor for a chance to pull a mount out of the wonder bag. Equip it, throw it at people. Fun.
That is craft 266 sprockets...
This is crazy. Im not happy or excited with the event.
Edit: 266 sprocket with leatherworking is 26.000 simple leathers.
¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?
Is this a joke?
Simple leather sells for more than 200 each from the AH and there are only 3k-ish available.
Assuming your calculation is correct, it takes 26,000 x 200 = 5.2 million AD just to get a rank 6 event item to rank 7 Doohickey.
However, the cheapest Doohickey goes for 1.475 million AD in the AH. Obviously, it makes no sense to spend the time to craft it yourself as well as buy or farm the refinement items.
Even if you want to lose money and time crafting all the way, you still won't be able to do so since even if you buy out all the simple leathers in the AH, you still only have a little more than 10% of the required resources.
Curious mind ponders how the economics of this event works...
Unless you are heavily botting, there is no way you make enough Doohickeys to get the mount. All mounts you are seeing right now are from Blueprints.
I think a player should be able to get the top tier reward with reasonable effort and time investment. Considering that, the event is a total fail.
Yes - a list of the complete set of reagents and RP would be very useful as the wiki doesn't have the information either.