Hey everyone,
We’re updating the previous changelog with a confirmed change that was included in version 2.2.264624 but not credited as it was pending internal testing:
- Re-balanced reward chances and costs of Eldarium recipes: players are now guaranteed a reward when delving an Eldarium item, but the costs of crafting them has increased roughly by 50%.
Our lead designer in Oslo, Alex, gives a bit more insight about this change:
We are changing how the delving bench works. Previously, players had a chance to receive a recipe reward for delving, and vault Eldarium rewards were balanced so that players had multiple delving attempts for clearing a single vault. However, since this was chance based, it was still possible to receive no reward for a vault clear, causing frustration.
Because of this issue we are re-balancing the reward chance and cost: players will now be guaranteed a reward for a delving. However, the cost will also increase.
Overall this does not impact the rate of gain of Eldarium recipes when extrapolated over multiple vault runs.