So...Alchemy, anyone?

[LilChibiusa]

I've used alchemy once on Gaia, but that was only to make an item from the free game items given during the piehard event. It was a butt collecting them as they only rarely appeared, but I got a guitar out of it. biggrin

I haven't tried any of the recipes from the shops though. The reason is that it costs more to buy the ingredients than to buy item you're making. I know that you're supposed to be making a loss at first to build your alchemy skills for later so you can make super cool items like the Ian Companion, but I think I would rather just buy it from the marketplace than waste a fortune at leveling up.  

[LilChibiusa]

Mademoiselle Alvinette

Yeah, it doesn't seem very economical. Maybe it's more of a "status" thing, I dunno. At first it seemed kind of cool, so I claimed my free starter kit, but I haven't used it even once! blaugh I'm like you; I'd rather just use my gold directly on the items I actually WANT instead of spending even more to try to "make" them. I wonder if there's some kind of reward later on down the line for leveling up in Alchemy, kind of like how they keep hinting at an eventual reward for getting a bunch of Achievements.

A reward for all of those achievements would be nice. xd  

[Sachie Whitby]

I am currently Level 2 in Alchemy, which means I can make any L1 or L2 formula. I will most likely go higher but right now I am waiting as there are a lot of still unreleased ingredients, including something I need for a L1 formula that I really want to make. >.<

Right now it looks like I can get skill points off L1 and L2 formula still so if someone wants something made that is either of those, I'm willing to cover the gold cost for making it so long as the success rate isn't Low or Very Low if the person wants to get all of the other stuff.