Artifact gems shouldn't auto-pickup

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Grey
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Artifact gems shouldn't auto-pickup

#1 Post by Grey »

It can be a pain to not notice when you've picked up an important artifact gem when it's part of a bigger pile. It's even more of a pain if that gem is the Goedalath Rock and you're bleeding HP... I think artifact gems should have the auto_pickup flag set to false.
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Re: Artifact gems shouldn't auto-pickup

#2 Post by Zonk »

Even when it's not a pain, it means you might not notice you've gotten the Crystal Focus or Telos Staff crystal from a boss, and be disappointed at the boss not dropping an art. So yeah, definetely disable autopickup on art gems.
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Re: Artifact gems shouldn't auto-pickup

#3 Post by Avianpilot »

Along those same lines, would it be possible to have alchemist gems not auto-pickup? They can't be sold or transmogrified, and (as far as I know) only two classes can get any sort of use out of them, so they end up as clutter for everyone else. Or is there something that you can do with them when you're not an Alchemist or Mindslayer that I've missed?

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Re: Artifact gems shouldn't auto-pickup

#4 Post by TheRani »

I don't think even Mindslayers can use alchemist gems. They just use regular gems.

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Re: Artifact gems shouldn't auto-pickup

#5 Post by Nagyhal »

Zonk, you're saying that you might not notice that you've picked up an artefact gem from a boss?

Only might? I'm the only one who does this every freaking time, then?

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Re: Artifact gems shouldn't auto-pickup

#6 Post by Zonk »

Nagyhal wrote:Zonk, you're saying that you might not notice that you've picked up an artefact gem from a boss?

Only might? I'm the only one who does this every freaking time, then?
I had actually forgotten 'not' in the original post :lol: But yeah, it actually happens to me most of the time. I was just implying that perhaps others are more focused/pay more attention to details than me :)
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