Mining > Earth Shatter & Fire Sunder

[Potpie]

I don't understand those 2 abilities... I thought I could just right click on any stack of 10 motes and get one primal - with any character?

Is that not true for Earth and Fire?

[Aessina]

That's correct. Earth Shatter & Fire Sunder is the opposite way. You can split a primal earth or a primal fire into motes.

[Potpie]

OK these tooltips have it backwards then!

http://www.hordelandsecurity.org/roster/char.php?name=Myrkris&server=Baelgun&action=recipes

[Aessina]

No, they are correct :)

It shows that Myrkris knows Earth Shatter. It requires 1 Primal Earth. It creates Motes of Earth and the tooltip for Mote of Earth is that if you have 10, you can right click it to get a Primal Earth :)

[Potpie]

I see now. The icon tooltip doesn't have anything to do with the ability/skill, and is NOT the description for it.

Convoluted bullshit.

[Aessina]

Exactly :)

The tooltip is just the standard item tooltip, which really makes a lot of sense. Just for those 2 abilities, it gets kind of confusing. If it'll make you feel any better, I was perplexed when I learned them. Because just like you, I read it the opposite way.

[Kawht]

I feel sorry for the tooltip.

[Potpie]

OK next question: Do Earth Shatter and Fire Sunder have practical applications?

When would you want motes instead of primals?

I don't think I've seen anything that requires motes instead of primals to craft...

[Myrkris]

OK next question: Do Earth Shatter and Fire Sunder have practical applications?

When would you want motes instead of primals?

I don't think I've seen anything that requires motes instead of primals to craft...

Two recipes use Motes of Fire:

http://www.thottbot.com/i22574

Three use Motes of Earth:

http://www.thottbot.com/i22573

No idea how useful they really are, of course. Seems pretty limited utility to me, though.

[Sol]

OK next question: Do Earth Shatter and Fire Sunder have practical applications?

When would you want motes instead of primals?

I don't think I've seen anything that requires motes instead of primals to craft...

I busted a primal of fire to get motes so i could make elemental blasting powder. :Cry:

I believe the quest to make a key for shattered halls costs motes.

[Aessina]

Yeah, I remember busting some primals to get motes for the SH key quest.