WoW Item Upgrades
Item upgrades--more commonly known as "upping"--are enchantments and items that can be incorporated into armor and weapons, increasing their effectiveness. These upgrade components add a certain number of points to the level gauge for the item upgrading, with their costs scaling with their popularity.
A perfectly formed version of this armor is highly sought-after in the melee PvP community for its ability to minimize the damage caused by weapons.
Type-restricted upgrades
The process of upgrading is a vital part of the crafting process. They can enhance the stats of an item upgrading as well as make it stronger or weaker and even provide an additional benefit. They also affect the item's appearance. While certain upgrades are universal, other have specific rules for weapons or armor. The wrong upgrade can ruin an item upgrade that is otherwise amazing, or even render it useless.
In general, you can only upgrade an item of equipment to the level of its most advanced counterpart. This means that you can only upgrade the helms, body armors and shields and gloves to the level of their highest-level counterparts. Weapons can be upgraded up to the equivalent level of a sword. However, this doesn't increase the damage output of the weapon and could decrease its value in trade.
To upgrade an item you need to spend flightstones and crests. The amount you pay for each depends on the item's level and slot. Upgrades to a sword, for example will cost more flightstones compared to upgrading a Cloak. You may also get discounts on the number flightstones or crests required to upgrade an item.
When you upgrade an item, it fills its diamond-shaped indicator. Each step raises Tier level by one-third. The highest level of Tier is Tier 3. Based on the item it will require a different amount of upgrades to reach this level. It is important to remember that any procedure that may mount a disk shouldn't be performed while upgrading. Also, you must make sure that the disk you are upgrading is not being used as an system drive.
Enchantment lets you change white or Common items to blue or rare ones. Eleanor's Enchantment Shop located in the Capital District is where you can do it. This method does not add gems or rune slots to the equipment, but it does change the size of the equipment. It increases the size of equipment by the size of a creature two categories smaller, so for instance, a Blaster Pistol is deemed Small, whereas an Stormtrooper Armor is Medium.
Universal upgrades
Universal upgrades are upgrades that can be made on any kind of equipment. This includes weapons, armor and trinkets. The upgrade components are usually random, but they may also be obtained through side quests. Universal upgrades are either temporary or permanent and they may overlap with Power-Ups. They can be linear or branching.
Universal Upgrades begin when "internal technology" can provide sentient beings new capabilities that are unlikely to develop naturally. Implants and prostheses are two examples of internal technology. This type of upgrade differs from medical internal technology that seeks to restore natural capabilities. It is rather the beginning of an upgrade process that alters civilizations in a fundamental manner. The universal upgrade is a tense process that may take several years to complete. However, the process can be divided into two different types: full success and partial failure.
It's similar to the ways that resort upgrades are implemented at Disney or Universal. In the case of WDW the majority of them occur because of operational issues like rooms being overbooked or not available. In the case of Universal this could mean to move guests from one resort to another that is open. This is not meant to be a mean-spirited thing but it can be unavoidable in the present climate.
Universal upgrades can be used on any type of gear. Additionally, they can be applied to a variety of items at once. They are therefore more adaptable than other types of upgrade. However, this flexibility can cause problems when upgrading items in the same gear path because it can increase the value of the entire gear path.
Before you upgrade, it's important to stop the PowerShell Universal service and delete the application files that are already in use. After that you can install the new files by using the Get-ChildItem -Recurse or the Unblock-File commands. To ensure that your PSU server is functioning properly, you should also perform a basic verification.
Jewels
Jewels can be incorporated into armor, weapons or other items. They offer varying stat bonuses and secondary effects based on the gem and reagent used to create them. They are found in Golden Chests and Rift Incursions. They can also be bought from a master craftsman for gold or karma. Jewels can also be made on a jewelry table with 1 gem and 5 of the same type of ingredients to create a jewel that is of a lower or higher tier. This process is identical to upgrading a gemstone using a gemcrafting table.
Jewel tiers are determined by the number of modifiers they possess. Jewels with higher tiers have more than lower-tier jewels. The primary effect of a gemstone is determined by the tier it is and the secondary effect is randomized; players can use luck potions to increase the probability of having better secondary effects.
Like other upgrade components jewels can be inserted into an item that has a matching socket to enhance it. A Garnet Jewel and a Garnet Stone both boost strength, but a Garnet Jewel also boosts a player's ability to strike with force. Jewels can be placed in every level of armor, weapon, and accessory slots, and some trinkets with rarer or exotic nature that require a slot that is not used.
As with other DM mechanics, gems can help to ensure that items feel special to their owners. Jewels come with a variety of upgrade paths that allow players to customize and find the best combination for them. They can even upgrade their existing equipment using new jewels if the original set of a particular type is no longer optimal.
Requirements
WoW's item upgrade system allows players to increase the item levels of weapons, set pieces of equipment and trinkets over their current item upgrade level from specific Mists of Pandaria and Warlords of Draenor sources. These upgrades increase item stats and some have special effects. (For example Dolphin's grace grants swimmers the same grace as dolphins). These upgrades can be obtained by upgrading items or salvaging them. Different items drop different upgrade components.
The process of upgrading is a little complex but straightforward. Firstly, the player selects the item they wish to upgrade and then click on the Upgrade button. A window will appear with the different upgrades available for the item. The window will show the upgrade level, the upgrade type bonus (such Tech Points or a Quality Chance) and the cost of upgrading. The upgrade level is displayed in the form of a bar that is located at the top of the screen and the type bonus for upgrading is shown below it.
If a player chooses to make an upgrade, the item upgrader will be brought to the NPC who upgraded the item, who will explain the process of upgrading the item. The player must then provide the appropriate currency and, if needed, additional materials. These requirements are based on the level of manufacture and the weapon's requirements are typically stricter requirements than armor.
In addition to the necessary upgrade components, many upgrade recipes have an 'Acceptable Materials' list. This list contains the other components of an upgrade that can be used to upgrade an item. It also includes an indicator that tells you whether or not it is a guaranteed boost. It is important to be aware because the value of an upgraded item can vary greatly based on the 'extras' it has, with perfectly rolling gear worth more than non-upgraded versions.
The list of upgrades that require crests or valorstones will be listed in a separate list below the main list. The crests and valorstones needed depend on the level of the item, with weapon upgrades requiring the most Valorstones.