How does hidden potential work?

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thread starter Cromi38 Oct 26 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

My friend said buy about 40k NX and try cubing to get 3lined stat % items. But I don't even know how to start that? And whats with the rare epic and unique things, do they matter to what I'm trying to do? also whats with the potential scrolls, what exactly do they do to benefit me in this thing.

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LeGars + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Ok this is kinda long to explain.. You got 3 catogeries of potential items. Rare is the most commonly found, and..its not rare at alll (ironic..) Epic is pretty hard to find and worth alot..ish.. Unique gets you rich 1 line potential means one stat..for example...Dex 6% 2 lines potential means two stats..for example, dex 6%, hp 2% 3 lines potential means tree stats..for example, dex 6%, hp 2%, str 2% When you cube you can only make you item better.. Better meaning, if you have an epic item, when you cube it, it can NOT become Rare, but it might come Unique. Thats pretty much it..i think. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX EDIT: Some ppl waste like hundreds of dollars to upgrade their items to epic-unique.. Try not getting addicted. ^^

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Jslep19 10/26/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Guy above has the line part right. Cubing goes Rare>Epic>Unique It can go foward, not backwards. There are different tiers: 1-30, Tier 1- 1, 2, or 3% on an item 31-70, tier 2- 2, 4, or 6% on an item 71+, Tier 3- 3, 6, 9% on an item If it is Rare it can have the smallest percent of that tier (example, 1st tier it can only get up to 1%), Epic can have smallest + middle (example, 1st tier epic can get 1 or 2%), Unique can have any (example, first tier unique can have 3, 6, or 9%). All % stack. So if you have unique earrings with 9% 6% 6% Dex, for example, it will total to being +21% Dex.

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Cromi38 10/26/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

so how do i change it to unique without cubes? also does unique make the stats way better on all lines? And what determines how many lines it has and how can you upgrade them?

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BBD + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] Cromi38 : so how do i change it to unique without cubes? [/quote] No cubes are only way, or random luck [quote] Cromi38 : also does unique make the stats way better on all lines? [/quote] yes [quote] Cromi38 : And what determines how many lines it has and how can you upgrade them? [/quote] random there is a 30% chance to be 3 lined item, and once it has 2 lines it has 2 lines forever, once it has 3 lines it has 3 lines for ever. An item can NEVER have only 1 line. Visit this guide http://www.basilmarket.com/show/guide/345 to see more about potential

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LeGars 10/26/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] BBD : No cubes are only way, or random luck yes random, and once it has 2 lines it has 2 lines forever, once it has 3 lines it has 3 lines for ever. An item can NEVER have only 1 line. [/quote] I tought you could add lines with cubes?

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BBD 10/26/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] LeGars : I tought you could add lines with cubes? [/quote] Sorry but thought wrong. Once a 2 line always a 2 line. Once a 3 line always a 3 line.

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LeGars 10/26/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

BBD Good to know i guess thank you! lol

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larryd23 10/26/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

And one more thing worth noting... you can spend a fortune cubing... it is very addictive!

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Cromi38 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

So what I'm thinking about doing is buying a level 71+ earring and trying to get it to 3 lines with the highest tier which is unique how would I do so? Or how would the cheapest way be? It doesn't even have to be unique it just should make me more profit then the 40k NX im putting into it.

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larryd23 10/26/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] Cromi38 : So what I'm thinking about doing is buying a level 71+ earring and trying to get it to 3 lines with the highest tier which is unique how would I do so? Or how would the cheapest way be? It doesn't even have to be unique it just should make me more profit then the 40k NX im putting into it. [/quote] Actually, what you should do is buy Rose Earrings that already have 3 lines and crap potential. Then cube it until you get what you want.

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PhaseOfFact 10/26/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] BBD : No cubes are only way, or random luck yes random there is a 30% chance to be 3 lined item, and once it has 2 lines it has 2 lines forever, once it has 3 lines it has 3 lines for ever. An item can NEVER have only 1 line. Visit this guide http://www.basilmarket.com/show/guide/345 to see more about potential [/quote] Thank you for the link to the guide! I am also thinking of buying a lvl 71+ earrings and cubing it, but around how many cubes does it take to get a rare item to epic, and an epic item to unique? Thank you~

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noobestpros 11/04/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

can you choose what to change with cube? or it resets all the stats

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PhaseOfFact 11/04/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

The cube resets the entire potential.

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noobestpros 11/04/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

and can the cube add hidden potiental on a item that doesn't have potiental? O_o

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