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Epinphany issue

Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
edited September 2009 in Items and Crafting
Hello.

I got 260 science on my main, i have researched a TON of differend science items, etc.
but i havent found even a single epinphany, not even a slight epinphany. Possible bug maybe?
On my other character whos arms he has received a lot of thoese similar items for arms but this science guy cant even buy low level power replacements at 260 science because of no epinphany and this is an issue.

Is this intended?
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
    edited September 2009
    Are you making sure to do only 5/5 researches? Are you taking time out at each X00 cap to do some easy-to-create batch development that results in 5/5 researches to "farm" for Epiphanies?

    The only tier I've had a real problem with it is Tier 4, which I imagine is somewhat intended.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
    edited September 2009
    i find it very hard if not even impossible to get 5/5 researches since my science has been ALWAYS above the item levels i have been getting. My character is level 27 and he needs level 30+ items to do 5/5 researches while the items i can craft are level 24 wich is just messed up
  • Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
    edited September 2009
    actualy i was wondering if this is a bit bugged as well. but in a diffeeent sence. yes it is hard to get a 5/5 iv gotten 2 5/5 and did'nt get crap at skill lvl 230-250 by breaking down 1blue and 2 greens and some odd stuff in one go.

    next try was 2 blues and some yellows and some odd stuff-- still nothin

    i did however notice that i had slight and mild epiphanys in my vault i was saving.(2 slight 1 mild) so i decieded to try somthin and used them right away then broke down some small stuff and was able to imediatly get slight ephinays and mild with a 2/5 break down.

    so i suggest you make sure you have no ephiphanies lying around somewhere cause if you do that could be what is holding you back. seems like thats what it was for me.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
    edited September 2009
    Any official response is almost certainly going to be "it's not a bug, it's bad luck". That's been the refrain for some time now.

    I would have to agree, now that I think about it; it is indeed "bad luck" that the folks responsible for basic stuff like making sure that the crafting process works are incapable of doing so. Missing enhancement descriptions? Bad luck. Broken enhancements? Bad luck. No insights despite 200 skill points worth of 5/5? Bad luck. Money wasted on enhancements summarily removed from the game? Bad luck.

    The fact that the entire crafting process is now (after the diversification 'fix') broken for many people due to having superstat combinations that do not fit within Cryptic's exceedingly narrow Vision is also Bad Luck, I suppose.

    Darn that Bad Luck. In a game run by folks that actually gave a crap all this Bad Luck would be taken care of with a little work but it's fairly obvious that's not going to happen here. Same thing happened in WoW, several times - players gave numerous detailed accounts of statistical improbabilities and they were all called Bad Luck. Of course, the WoW folks actually eventually looked at the code and found this wasn't the case, but hey, that's Blizz for you.

    But hey, you know what? I think I've figured out something else that's Bad Luck. But this time it's for Cryptic, not us. It's called canceled subscription. It's fairly obvious when a game is purposefully being driven off a cliff. It was extremely obvious with, say, Age of Conan. I'm seeing the same sort of "fingers in ears to drown out complaints while stomping on the gas" responses here that I did there.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
    edited September 2009
    I can't help but feel the system is broken... I've gone from 200 to 300 without getting a Profundity that matched my current tier... In fact, in the last 50 points or so, I've gotten 1 Slight Profundity, which is 2 tiers below me. I do as many 5/5 experiments as possible, though often it takes 10+ items to get that high.

    At level 300, I still need the following to unlock the blue prints that are BELOW my tier:
    3 Slight Profundities(level 1-100)
    8 Mild Profundities(level 100-200)
    7 Profundities(level 200-300)

    Ugh.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
    edited September 2009
    Yea, same thing here, Since breaking 200 I have not gotten much of anything, Not a single Epinphany, and milf and slight are hard to come by too.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
    edited September 2009
    Wiz33 wrote:
    Yea, same thing here, Since breaking 200 I have not gotten much of anything, Not a single Epinphany, and milf and slight are hard to come by too.

    I wouldnt worry about this too much, crafting is mostly useless since the latest patch anyway. You are now far better off not bothering, selling everything to accumulate gold, and buying what you want on the market. At least until all the decent items that were formerly craftable are gone, then you can save your gold for... well nothing really.
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