Mastery Chain

Summary

• Players can now craft Mastery Chains using the Tinkering skill
• Mastery Chains are blessed, wearable items occupying the Talisman slot on a player
• Mastery Chains can have Links added to them that provide permanent PvM bonuses (i.e. against creatures) to that player
  • Similar to Aspect Gear, Mastery Chains will never provide any bonuses to players who are currently in PvP or have been in combat with another player within the last 2 minutes
• There are four visual styles of Mastery Chain: Gilded, Exquisite, Fashionable, and Twin Loop
  • The visual style of a Mastery Chain does not affect it's mechanics, simply how it looks

Using Mastery Chains

• Mastery Chains must be permanently bound to that player in order for that player to receive bonuses from the item
• Players can have multiple Mastery Chains bound to themselves, although most players will likely maintain just one due to large amount of effort required to upgrade a Mastery Chain
• Players may choose to simply keep their Mastery Chain in their backpack, rather than wear it (since it takes up a Talisman slot on their character), however they must equip it at least once in order to set that Mastery Chain as their "active" one for bonus purposes
• Single-clicking a bound mastery chain will display who the owner is

Upgrading Mastery Chains

• Mastery Chains by themselves will provide no benefit to the player until they add Mastery Chain Links to the chain
• Players are allowed to add up to 25 Mastery Chain Links to a Mastery Chain, however they must first Unlock Links in them by earning XP
• Players earn XP by performing actions that earn gold (killing monsters / unlocking dungeon chests / etc) while wearing their Mastery Chain
• Players will earn 1 XP for every 1 gold that they earn (will also be adding other ways to earn XP in the very near future)
• When players earn enough XP to Unlock a new Link, they will receive a notification that their Mastery Chain has Unlocked a new link
• Players can unlock up to 25 Links, and they can see how many total they have unlocked at the top of the Mastery Chain gump window (1/25 in this image)
• If players have any available Unlocked links in their Mastery Chain, they will see one or more Green colored links in the chain graphic
• Installing a new Link requires consuming 250 Arcane Essence

Mastery Chain Link Types

• Mastery Chain Links are very rare loot items that are only available through a few specific game mechanics, or alternatively, purchasable by using a very large number of reward points from certain systems
• Mastery Chain Links come in 3 different material types: Bronze, Silver, and Gold
• Each Link has a specific effect or bonus it adds to a player when installed into a Mastery Chain, with that effect/bonus amount increasing based on the material type
  • Silver Links are even more rare than Bronze, and typically will have 25% higher bonus amounts than Bronze Links
  • Gold Links are ultra rare and typically have 50% higher bonus amounts than Bronze Links

Installing Mastery Chain Links

• If a player has an available unlocked link in their Mastery Chain (displayed in Green at the top chain graphic) players can click the Install Link button in the Mastery Chain gump window to target and add a Chain Link in their backpack to their Mastery Chain
• Players are allowed to install up to 10 Chain Links of the same bonus effect into a single Mastery Chain, and the cumulative total bonus for each effect is displayed in the Mastery Chain window
• Players can remove Links by clicking the Remove Links button in the bottom right corner of the window

Removing Mastery Chain Links

• When Removing Links from a mastery chain, players can click the Left/Right arrows to navigate through their currently installed links, with the selected link denoted with a Green pointer and the individual Link bonus displayed in the bottom panel
• Clicking the Remove Link red button will remove the highlighted link from the chain and place it back in the player's backpack
• Players will not receive the 250 Arcane Essence back when removing links, but they will be able to place a new link back into the chain in place of the removed one
• When a player is done removing links, they can click the Done button in the lower right corner to return to the main page

Acquiring Mastery Chain Links

• Lore Books and Tomes of Heroism (described later in this patch notes) are sources of Mastery Chain Links
• Players can also purchase them with reward points from the Arenas, Factions, Achievements, and Society Reward system menus for a very large number of reward points

Mastery Chain Link Bonus Values

Current values for potential Mastery Chain Links are listed below:

Mastery Chain Link Reforging Tools

• Due to the scarcity of Mastery Chain Links and because there are over 50 different types of potential randomized bonus effects possible on Mastery Chain Links, it will be very, very difficult for a player to acquire a large number of the matching or similar types of bonuses through pure random chance
• To address this, players have the opportunity to purchase Reforging Tools, which can be used to alter a Mastery Chain Link to a specific bonus effect
• There are Bronze, Silver, and Gold Reforging Tools available, and players must use a Reforging Tool of the same material type as the Mastery Chain Link they wish to alter (i.e. Bronze Reforging Tool on a Bronze Mastery Chain Link)
• Players can double-click the Reforging Tool in their backpack, and then target the specific Mastery Chain Link they wish to alter
• In the resulting menu, players can use the left/right arrows to rotate through the different bonus effects available that they may to change the Link to
• When the player is satisfied with their selection, they can click the Reforge Link button to change the bonus on the Link (this will consume the Reforging Tool)
• Players can acquire Reforging Tools by spending Reward Points from Arena, Achievement, Faction, and Society Reward systems
• Players can also acquire Reforging Tools by spending gold at the Prevalia Market

Mastery Chain Link Tome

Players will now be able to purchase Mastery Chain Link Tomes from the Prevalia Market Merchant as way to store their various Mastery Chain Links they acquire.