Hecate essence is extremely hard to find

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Then keep complaining away.
You wanted an explanation, I (or rather, Maple) gave you an explanation.

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What were we supposed to do if we chose a bad magic when creating our file, then put dozens (if not hundreds) of hours of progress onto that file?

Look, I’m happy Hecate exists now. It’s a step in the right direction. But it needs to be better.

Making certain player customization very hard to obtain for lore purposes is not a good game design choice.

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Explanation? More like excuses. Weak ones at that

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Not my problem, I don’t need to change my magic.
Besides, it’s already getting changed. Your opinion is already heard. Don’t season your food more just because you can’t taste the previous seasoning yet.

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You’re the one excusing someone elses decisions. If you don’t need to change your magic then you’re in no position to judge.
How about you stay down, you don’t even phrase your own opinion and use others words.
So take the L and take yourself out of this discussion

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If it’s not your problem, don’t reply.
We’ll have to see how good these changes are before we jump to conclusions. We hear that Hecate Essence hunting is being changed, but how?

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We’ll wait and see, so far full release has fixed a lot of problemes and i have no doubt many more will be fixed

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I don’t know, I’m just here to say something, express my opinion and then dip.
Besides, isn’t that what you just did?
cough

cough

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Gongrats you told us your opinion, now let people who have experienced the hecate grind. You’re like an aristocrate talking about working class problems

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Yes, I did do that. But at least I experienced the problem firsthand before commenting about it.
If it is a matter you are not experienced in, try to be more understanding. I don’t want to start an argument over this, so I’m trying to stay civil.

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I went on 1 hecate hunt and gave up :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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This is very valuable information

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Man, almost no one cares for this unless you’re a pvper or some cosplayer in the game.

If you’re a pvper, you most likely have a ton of files already and if you’re a cosplayer, just give up, this game isn’t the right genre for you.

If you’re one of the few who plays only in one file and for some reason want a magic change, there’s an easy trick on finding hecate. Considering the chances are just 1/12, you’re better off skipping tall islands that go past above the clouds and only search near sea level height. At the very least that’s how I keep finding four of my hecate essences in 3-5 hours. Forgot to mention this but I did all those four in quality 1 but with a render distance of 10, so you can bet that I have the smallest possible particles of the hecate essence.

Also, could I ask for a screenshot of your hours? Im trying to gather data on people who have complained about how hard hecate essence is to find.

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I spent 80 in-game hours in i3/range 4 AND 360k galleons in hecate taxis, guess how many Hecate’s I got?

But then I randomly found it lool

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It’s good that you found multiple essences, but the problem with Hecate is that it’s luck-based. I’m extremely tired right now and I’m about to get off, so what I say is going to be short.
I have around 444 hours in the game, last I checked.

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He didn’t add it for AA, or if he did he made it paid. So I’m not surprised it didn’t initially exist in AO.

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I mean it would still be hella hard (Like 1/10000 chance) if he made it an item considering Vetex quite blatantly doesn’t want it to be added nor easy to obtain to make magic more special, and since it would be hella rare along with a huge demand (PvPers would most likely be the main consumers), players would price it around 3-5Mil to keep up with the demand.

Making it an item is a huge risk too considering dupe exploits can still pop up no matter how much patches they make because it’s roblox, and since it would be second expensive item, you can guarantee that it would be the number one target for exploiters to ruin the economy of the game. You most likely wouldn’t care since you’ll use it regardless but a lot of people who farmed or bought it at an expensive price would be hella mad which results in Vetex being blamed once again.

If you still want to change magic on your main file, your best bet is the method I gave in searching for one along with a fast ship. Granted it takes about 3-5 hours, it’s still the least expensive option since the only concern is repairs instead of paying someone 100K+ for a ferry, 2K robux, or if an item exists then 3Mil+ galleons/drachmas. Either way, you’ll still use up 3-5 hours of your time in gathering stuff needed so at the very least choose the one that uses up less resources.

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Okay, these numbers are a bit high.
A chance to get a Prometheus’s Acrimony from a chest is 1/6000
The maximum galleons a player can carry (at least right now) is 5,000,000.
I’m really tired right now, but I’m going to attempt to type this out.
The main problem with the Hecate Essence is that it’s RNG based. The same could be said about the Acrimony or Sunkens, but the difference is that Hecate Essence cannot be turned into an item.
As for the rarity, Vetex just has to get over the rarity of magic. The comparison has been made a million times, but magic has to be on par with changing your weapon or fighting style. Of course, not that easy, but not RNG reliant.
I don’t have a lot to say about the duping part. Anything can get duped, it’s just up to Vetex and Co. to deal with the duping.

TL;DR
There has to be some way to change your magic that isn’t reliant on RNG.

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That is the one thing Vet will never change. He understandably wants wealthier players not to be able to buy their way through the entire game

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Yeah, that makes sense then.
There still has to be a way to make a magic change that doesn’t depend on RNG.