Premium journal discussion

[deszolate]

Currently the premium journal (especially Master/High Master) provide some items that players has concerns about it's being useless
so here I want to hear the feedback from everyone about them that what should be in there or what not
feel free to reply here and I'll revise the journal according to what everyone suggest (in reasonable suggestion of course)

 

[puarin]

Hello,

Avid buyer of Expert journals here, below I will nitpick a few items that I personally feel is useless for current contents.
Reference to the journals: https://granado-espada.to/index.php?threads/u-t-d-premium-pioneer-journals.951/

Expert Journal

Day 2 - Field Manual Master (30 days) (20% Droprate): I never use this as it only increases the trash ore drops, making my pet unable to pick up the actual good stuffs. It used to be quite ok for active farming in Distorted Apostadero, but as of right now, the only good items worth farming are mostly scripted, can't be boosted, i.e. Portunums, Cameltoes, food mats, etc.
Suggestion: Replace this with Combat Manual (100% Exp for 30 days)

Day 12 - Karin's Elixir - Decrease Damage from monster (-4%): Not sure about anyone else but I never use this as the eHP increase is terrible.
Suggestion: Replace this with Karin's Elixir - ATK (+3%)

Day 16 - Event Enchant Sedative (10 Minutes): This is a noob trap, period. In the current economy, it is not worth using this over Magic Sedatives if you ever want good mods. Besides, this item is also available in feso shop in shorter duration, so this item really doesn't have a use.
Suggestion: Replace this with 100 to 200 Magic Enchant Sedatives

Day 17 & 18 - Selenite - Lumin, Eucanite - Lumin: I'm certain absolutely nobody put these on their valuable costumes. There are unique lumins out there that provide interesting build-enabling options, like these, yet they are unsustainable due to the duration and short supply:

http://imgur.com/yQu0hm8

It would be nice if we get a summon stone to select these lumins (remove the duration and make the lumins last permanently).
Suggestion: Give us the summon stone as mentioned on Day 17, and Lyndon's Weapon Costume Summon Stone on Day 18. We are in short supply of Lyndon's Weapon Costume Summon Stone ever since it was removed from Master Journal.

Overall, I suggest Expert Journal should be treated like a premium subscription, containing lucrative items with affordable price to attract spendings. The current version is too stingy with the rewards, I only buy them for the Pioneer Premium and Arche/Carpo Lumins because it is literally the only source for these lumins.

 

[puarin]

Master Journal

Imo, this one offers terrible value for the price, sure it helps boost newbies with 5e weapon summon stones, but the majority of items from Master Journal can be obtained during the course of normal gameplay, so what happens is people only purchase a few of these to gear up then stop altogether. As a result, the current Master Journal is not considered a repeat sale.

I think it will be better to remake Master Journal to be Expert Journal 2, valued at 20 Euro and condense the usable stuffs into it to be a complement to the OG Expert Journal. Example could be as follow:

Day	Item	Amount
1	Pioneer Premium (30 days)	1
2	Premium Character Card Summon Stone	1
3	Enhanced Liquor of Steroid	10
4	Principal Liquor	10
5	Triumph Liquor	10
6	Karin's Vital Potion	40
7	Grand Master Exp Card	150
8	Weapon Costume Crystal	100
9	Magic Enchant Sedative	100
10	Andromida Lucky Box 2021	10
11	Socket Processing Tranquillizer	100
12	Madrid's Artifact Box	30
13	Ring Box Package (10 Ring Boxes of each type)	50
14	5 Elements Weapon Summon Stone (Event)	1
15	Valeron's Powder Box	20
16	Shiny Solarion	350
17	Karin's Enchant Sedative Ticket - Grade 37	10
18	Karin's Enchant Sedative Ticket - Grade 38	10
19	Taaffeite - Lumin (Body Costume, +6 Immunity)	4
20	Black Diamond - Lumin (Body Costume, +7 Defense)	4

Then put the unattainable but rarely used items into the Veteral Journal (10 Euro):

• Recruit Character Card Summon Stone
• Diplomatic Delegation Certificate - Kielce
• Trans Liquor (Event)
• Squad Soul Crystal
• Enhanced Soul Crystal

The idea is to make 2 Expert Journals with desirable rewards that are never redundant, and fit different objectives. I understand that after making the list, the suggested Expert Journal 2 looks much more rewarding the the original Expert Journal, but you get the gist, just swap item slots around to balance it out.

 

[BlackCoffee]

Premium Pioneer Journal (Veteran)

In my opinion, this should be newbie friendly journal.

1. Pioneer Premium (15 days) x1
2. Appreciation Plaque of Crusade (Base EXP +20%, Stance EXP +20%, Droprate +5%)
Information: Stacks with all manuals and Boosting Packages. x1
3. Principal Liquor x10
4. Enhanced Liquor of Steroid x10
5. Triumph Liquor x10
6. Veteran Character Summon Stone x3
7. Growth stones x100
8. Valeron Weapon summon stone x1
9. Santo armor summon stone x1
10. Master Chips x500

This journal can help the newbies to start in a new server.

 

[Elite_Le_Nub]

Expert Journal

Day 2 - Field Manual Master (30 days) (20% Droprate): I never use this as it only increases the trash ore drops, making my pet unable to pick up the actual good stuffs. It used to be quite ok for active farming in Distorted Apostadero, but as of right now, the only good items worth farming are mostly scripted, can't be boosted, i.e. Portunums, Cameltoes, food mats, etc.
Suggestion: Replace this with Combat Manual (100% Exp for 30 days)

Do you understand that more closely lvl 90 than less EXP booster needs? Especially fo 15-30 days.
On these lvls you levelup 1-2 new chars to HM in month.