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Please accept my apologies if this has been asked and answered, however a brief search failed to convince me otherwise
Within the Magic Academy (MA) on the Crafting tab we have a clear representation of what we have in terms of the numbers of ingredients available to craft a majority (?) of various items (Spell Fragments and Combining Catalysts). There are, of course, other items which require additional ingredients from time to time, one of which is relics, however we don't have that information readily at hand.
Okay sure, it's not too difficult to exit the MA, click the Main Hall or go to the world map, and then click the Relic tab or the Relic Overview, but in all, and to get back to the Crafting tab in the MA, requires 6 clicks of the mouse (7 plus load times going to the world map...I think). It's not hard at all, however it would be far more handy if the information were available when we need it in the MA itself. That said, I'm not one to bring a problem, without a possible solution or two, here are some;
1) I think the easiest way would be to make use of the spare tab area in the MA to create an additional tab which provides a mirror of the same information contained in the World map relic overview, or the Main Hall Relic tab
2) The area between the Combining Catalyst count and the timer on the Crafting tab could possibly be used to house that information in either a drop down, or just by hovering the mouse over it (not sure whether this works in the mobile version)
3) Perhaps the individual ingredients in each of the recipes could provide that detail when you hover the mouse over the item, perhaps in the same way as when you hover over specific Goods (for e.g. in the costs of producing enchantments on the 'Produce' tab of the MA) and it displays its' stockpile value. This would be of particular use when other ingredients are enlisted as ingredients for crafting (for e.g. the soon to be defunct Phoenix and Coldfire exchange requiring one or the other to craft each way)
Personally, I think the first one is the best, particularly as I don't know if the other 2 would work in the mobile app (or for any other reason I may not know), but I do think it's worth making that information available within the MA in some way so that we can decide quickly as to whether we're prepared to craft any given item...I think the same format as it is within the Main Hall and on the world map would be in keeping with the current visual displays
As an aside, and completely my subjective opinion, I have never really found the Relic tab in the Main Hall to be worthwhile as I have always taken a similar number of clicks to the World Map Relic overview. Perhaps others might disagree, but it seems to me that were it to disappear from the Main Hall as a tab, and appear where it is useful in the MA, then it wouldn't really be too much of a loss (in my mind), especially as it would require the same number of clicks to access...
A similar question pertaining to the relevance of the Relics Tab in the Main Hall was raised here on this forum in May '19
Anyway, just my 2 cents, thanks for reading and considering; cheers!
Within the Magic Academy (MA) on the Crafting tab we have a clear representation of what we have in terms of the numbers of ingredients available to craft a majority (?) of various items (Spell Fragments and Combining Catalysts). There are, of course, other items which require additional ingredients from time to time, one of which is relics, however we don't have that information readily at hand.
Okay sure, it's not too difficult to exit the MA, click the Main Hall or go to the world map, and then click the Relic tab or the Relic Overview, but in all, and to get back to the Crafting tab in the MA, requires 6 clicks of the mouse (7 plus load times going to the world map...I think). It's not hard at all, however it would be far more handy if the information were available when we need it in the MA itself. That said, I'm not one to bring a problem, without a possible solution or two, here are some;
1) I think the easiest way would be to make use of the spare tab area in the MA to create an additional tab which provides a mirror of the same information contained in the World map relic overview, or the Main Hall Relic tab
2) The area between the Combining Catalyst count and the timer on the Crafting tab could possibly be used to house that information in either a drop down, or just by hovering the mouse over it (not sure whether this works in the mobile version)
3) Perhaps the individual ingredients in each of the recipes could provide that detail when you hover the mouse over the item, perhaps in the same way as when you hover over specific Goods (for e.g. in the costs of producing enchantments on the 'Produce' tab of the MA) and it displays its' stockpile value. This would be of particular use when other ingredients are enlisted as ingredients for crafting (for e.g. the soon to be defunct Phoenix and Coldfire exchange requiring one or the other to craft each way)
Personally, I think the first one is the best, particularly as I don't know if the other 2 would work in the mobile app (or for any other reason I may not know), but I do think it's worth making that information available within the MA in some way so that we can decide quickly as to whether we're prepared to craft any given item...I think the same format as it is within the Main Hall and on the world map would be in keeping with the current visual displays
As an aside, and completely my subjective opinion, I have never really found the Relic tab in the Main Hall to be worthwhile as I have always taken a similar number of clicks to the World Map Relic overview. Perhaps others might disagree, but it seems to me that were it to disappear from the Main Hall as a tab, and appear where it is useful in the MA, then it wouldn't really be too much of a loss (in my mind), especially as it would require the same number of clicks to access...
A similar question pertaining to the relevance of the Relics Tab in the Main Hall was raised here on this forum in May '19
Anyway, just my 2 cents, thanks for reading and considering; cheers!