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Science focus issue.

Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
edited October 2009 in Items and Crafting
Just wondering if anyone else saw a dramatic decrease in the number of stars you're getting for each item you break down? I'm frequently having to stack 5 or more items just to get to "3 stars" . I know it decreases as you get higher, but at 200, my toon with science focus is worse on item breakdowns than my 300 mysticism toon. I do remember one glitch I saw that showed up around 205 where the item i had queued for breakdown showed up as 5 stars then suddenly shot to 1, but I don't really know if that is the cause or if it mattered. Anyone else experiencing the same or a similar issue?
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
    edited September 2009
    Yeah... I've leveled Arms to 300 on one toon and he'd get 3-4 stars for any item. Now, for Science, it takes 4 or 5 items to get to 4 stars. It might be from the fact that more "whtie" items seem to drop now than when I was crafting Arms. On my Arms character, I was always able to craft items to actually use and on the Science character, I rarely have a crafted item equipped. My experience has been that Science isn't nearly as useful or easy to level as Arms.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
    edited September 2009
    The_V wrote:
    Just wondering if anyone else saw a dramatic decrease in the number of stars you're getting for each item you break down? I'm frequently having to stack 5 or more items just to get to "3 stars" . I know it decreases as you get higher, but at 200, my toon with science focus is worse on item breakdowns than my 300 mysticism toon. I do remember one glitch I saw that showed up around 205 where the item i had queued for breakdown showed up as 5 stars then suddenly shot to 1, but I don't really know if that is the cause or if it mattered. Anyone else experiencing the same or a similar issue?

    Yeah, my 300+ science breakdown is so worthless that I don't do it anymore. I was putting up 5+ items for research and not even getting 2/5 on the little research bar (and these were lvl 30's items). Is science broken???
  • Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
    edited September 2009
    Yes, I have to pour 8-10 things in to get it up to 4/5. I think it came with the economy patch. I believe they lowered the yield as they increased the drop rate to compensate.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
    edited September 2009
    You can stack items to raise the stars?


    Holy crap sometimes I wish this game had better documentation.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
    edited September 2009
    Yes, after you add an item, the item will be in the window. Below the item in the window, will be a button bar that will let you add another item. The more items you add, the more stars you get. But right now, as this thread describes, at least in science you have to add a ton to bump the quality up.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Posts: 1,156,071 Arc User
    edited October 2009
    They also said in the most recent patch that they lowered the breakdown quality of secondary slot items to 25% of a similar level and quality primary slot item.
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