Amount of Gran for Summoning

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  1. Lazriser

    Lazriser Well-Known Member

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    Gran are miracles left behind in Ark in the form of grain sized energy crystals. Gran are only useful for Summons as it can strengthen or weaken the abilities and items of Summons; excluding TYPES Denizens.

    They can be obtained from defeated Summons or from gradually cultivated in underground and underwater TYPES Nests. TYPES Nests are dangerous places where Gran are clustered together and transform into TYPES Denizens. TYPES Denizens are very hostile to Summons and feed on anything alive with Ark energy or with Gran inside them.

    Summons are sentient species from other worlds who partake as servants fighting for their Summoner's commission. A Summoner are privileged persons in Ark and grant Summons something in return for summoning them permanently with Gran.

    Summons stay in Ark until they are recalled back to their home world after dying or completing their Summoner's commission.

    What should be the units of Gran for each Summon?

    King Class (Melee)
    Royal Ranked Summon
    Requires _ _ _ _ _ _ units of Gran (for summoning and leveling up)
    Pinnacle Level: _ _ _ _ _ _
    Superior Level: _ _ _ _ _ _
    Advanced Level: _ _ _ _ _ _
    Normal Level: _ _ _ _ _ _
    Queen Class (Melee/Long Range)
    Royal Ranked Summon
    Requires _ _ _ _ _ _ units of Gran (for summoning and leveling up)
    Pinnacle Level: _ _ _ _ _ _
    Superior Level: _ _ _ _ _ _
    Advanced Level: _ _ _ _ _ _
    Normal Level: _ _ _ _ _ _
    Bishop Class (Melee/Long Range)
    Noble Ranked Summon
    Requires _ _ _ _ _ units of Gran (for summoning and leveling up)
    Pinnacle Level: _ _ _ _ _
    Superior Level: _ _ _ _ _
    Advanced Level: _ _ _ _ _
    Normal Level: _ _ _ _ _
    Knight Class (Melee/Short Range)
    Noble Ranked Summon
    Requires _ _ _ _ _ units of Gran (for summoning and leveling up)
    Pinnacle Level: _ _ _ _ _
    Superior Level: _ _ _ _ _
    Advanced Level: _ _ _ _ _
    Normal Level: _ _ _ _ _
    Rook Class (Melee/Long Range)
    General Rank Summon
    Requires _ _ _ _ units of Gran (for summoning and leveling up)
    Pinnacle Level: _ _ _ _
    Superior Level: _ _ _ _
    Advanced Level: _ _ _ _
    Normal Level: _ _ _ _
    Pawn Class (Melee)
    General Rank Summon
    Requires _ _ _ _ units of Gran (for summoning and leveling up)
    Pinnacle Level: _ _ _ _
    Superior Level: _ _ _ _
    Advanced Level: _ _ _ _
    Normal Level: _ _ _ _
     
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  2. Invisalats

    Invisalats The Bearded One

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    Definitely need to give more information relative to rarity of Gran, like how difficult is it to obtain say 1 Gran for someone with an average summon.
     
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    How about something like this
    1k for pawn, 1000k for Rook, 10^9 for knight, 10^12 for bishop, 10^15 for queen and 10^18 for king
     
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    Lazriser Well-Known Member

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    Gran is common in Ark. Rather than hard to find, it's hard to mine as it grows in TYPES Nests and in them are TYPES Denizens.
    I don't plan to make the amount too large. Just stopping at 999,999 something but having it at 999,999 requirement doesn't make sense given the world building. Easy to find but hard to collect as Ark natives cannot handle TYPES Denizens or venture outside Ark without Summons.
     
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  5. Zeusomega

    Zeusomega M.D of Olympus Pvt Ltd. Seeking [Boltzmann brain]

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    Well you should give what you want the minimum gran for the pawn class normal rank to have.

    Or you could just make each rank requiring 30000 gran, that should be somewhere close to that 999999 figure in the end.
     
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    Lazriser Well-Known Member

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    I want to use the amount of moves allowed and squares on the chess board as the amount for their Gran. But I don't know how to calculate it. I was here hoping someone knows their chess.
     
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    Zeusomega M.D of Olympus Pvt Ltd. Seeking [Boltzmann brain]

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    Try reddit then, there might be someone, also you can try on Quora.
     
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    @Invisalats @Kalto @Zeusomega

    Since you people were the only ones to reply, please do visit this Not A Blog #1. It contains all information I almost finish revising. Scrolling down will be annoying to one or two or all of you, so I recommend reading those in spoilers in the comments. Easier to navigate what you might want to read. Thanks for replying! Do give a rating if it's an interesting read.
     
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