Allow unique gems to be combined

Offensive and defensive gems have 9 levels from flawed to royal.

Some of the unique gems can be combined to a second level, like the Powerful Onyx Skull.
A few can be combined to a third level, like the Astral Peridot or the Huge Accelerating Jewel.

There is even a few special cases, like the plain ol' Onyx Skull, (regen 7.5 HP/sec, rather than 8.0 HP/sec for the Fortified Onyx Skull), that cannot be combined in any form. (BigPoint might as well upgrade them to 8.0 for the lousy 0.5 HP/sec difference.)

Many of the older gems can not be combined, like Shadow Stones or Jewels of Rage. They were awarded as prizes, just like the Peridots in the Defeat the Undefeatables. There simply are not enough equipment slots, where end-gamers can place them.

1. Let the older gems be combinable as well. There are not enough of these gems to flood the game with uber players, but it would allow older players to actually use their awards. It would give them a reason to continue playing. A little less planned obsolescence is a good thing.

2. Let the unique gems from events continue to combine a few more levels. This would not include the pay-to-win gems from Zumpe or any other cash-equivalent vendor. It would be an incentive to develop skills and talents to use those gems even more.

 

This idea is very old . I have made few threads on this matter in this and the old forums as well.
https://board-en.drakensang.com/threads/special-gems-crafting.14092/#post-131527
I have a lot of event gems and I can't use even 1/10 of them.
So far ... they don't want us to craft them ... instead they introduce new useless gems and make them craftable.