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So with this newest update, you can now trade in 200 sparks for 1 heart. Now I can't see a time anyone would ever want to do that, especially since I have 20+ hearts on me at most times, even after surging entire meme sets just for fun.

What I think the majority of players would love is a system where you can trade 2 hearts for 100 sparks. Most people playing after the reforge update are simply trying to reforge, and whether you are trying to get all of the weapons to 10 or your main weapon to reforge 50-100, you need sparks more than anything else at this point. Personally, I spend roughly 1-2 hours a day farming events looking for sparks so that I can reforge because with the removal of buying sparks for plat, patrol key prices are way too aggressive to be realistic (25 keys for 500 plat and I get 4 sparks per key 99% of the time) meaning I need to spend approximately $5 USD anytime I want to continue playing the game or spend the next hour+ event hopping server to server.

I'd love to hear what players and devs have to say about this idea, but I can assure you I'm not the only one in desperate need of sparks. Let me know what you guys think

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over 3 years ago - /u/Proteus505 - Direct link

One change that was missed in our patch notes was increasing the drop rate of Aethersparks, Rams, and Mertis by 10-15% in public events in the Hunting Grounds. Later islands received a bigger increase than earlier islands. We'll continue to keep an eye on the Aetherspark drop rate until we find the right balance.

over 3 years ago - /u/Proteus505 - Direct link

Originally posted by Kahinh

/u/Proteus505, could you please clarify the "public events" ? Does that mean we need to queue in public islands to benefit from this 10 15% upgrade ?

Just the special island events in the Hunting Grounds. Works in public or private queues.

over 3 years ago - /u/Proteus505 - Direct link

Originally posted by Matt--Reddit

Ah, that's a welcome change for sure. Definitely appreciate that, but I typically receive 4-5 sparks per event, so I'm wondering how much 10-15% would affect that (adding 0.4-0.75 sparks). Either way, this is a step in the right direction for sure! I love to see the drop rate buffed and quite frankly still wish Escalations offered sparks or at least a chance at sparks.

Yeah the 10-15% is an estimate overall since we drop a single spark sometimes in certain waves. In some cases those went to 2 and in some cases it didn't change. Overall you should be receiving the 10-15% increase across many events.