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Hi, my name is kavos, Ive been playing almost from launch and this is my thoughts on how the player base currently has a problem with dilithium.
Perhaps some of the problem people are having with the changers on tribble at the moment are more word based than game mechanic based? In Star Trek you dont see captains trying to scrape around enough dilithium to pay for a ship upgrade, or to buy a new ship. What you see are captains and crews doing there best to improve themselves, their ship, the lives of others and the federation.
Perhaps calling this new economy dilithium was a mistake? Why not instead call it commendation points or the like? As you progress on goals that advanced the cause of the federation, saves lives and so on and so forth, raise your image in the eyes of the Starfleet brass. So when you go to upgrade your phasor array to that nice new shini purple set, you dont have to bribe the brass with a stock of dilithium, you call in some of that respect that youve earned?
It would essentially be the exact same system (minus the ore which admittedly Im not quite sure of the point of besides thematic purpose.) but it would chance the way we the players see our advancement.
Instead of slaving away for our Starfleet over lords were improving the federation and her ideas and along the way we earn the respect of the brass.
Also while I doubt anything would be done if you wanted some form of hard currency for non-federation species, why not use Gold Pressed Latinum, its already been established that many cultures use it as a currency in Star Trek, is already in game, and could be used for non-federation/klingon stores (assuming new ways of earning GPL is added besides playing dabbo.)
Whether this would have any difference Im not sure but thats my two cents on the matter.
Kavos.
Perhaps some of the problem people are having with the changers on tribble at the moment are more word based than game mechanic based? In Star Trek you dont see captains trying to scrape around enough dilithium to pay for a ship upgrade, or to buy a new ship. What you see are captains and crews doing there best to improve themselves, their ship, the lives of others and the federation.
Perhaps calling this new economy dilithium was a mistake? Why not instead call it commendation points or the like? As you progress on goals that advanced the cause of the federation, saves lives and so on and so forth, raise your image in the eyes of the Starfleet brass. So when you go to upgrade your phasor array to that nice new shini purple set, you dont have to bribe the brass with a stock of dilithium, you call in some of that respect that youve earned?
It would essentially be the exact same system (minus the ore which admittedly Im not quite sure of the point of besides thematic purpose.) but it would chance the way we the players see our advancement.
Instead of slaving away for our Starfleet over lords were improving the federation and her ideas and along the way we earn the respect of the brass.
Also while I doubt anything would be done if you wanted some form of hard currency for non-federation species, why not use Gold Pressed Latinum, its already been established that many cultures use it as a currency in Star Trek, is already in game, and could be used for non-federation/klingon stores (assuming new ways of earning GPL is added besides playing dabbo.)
Whether this would have any difference Im not sure but thats my two cents on the matter.
Kavos.
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