Uncommon unreplicateable materials to spare?

thetraveler82

Greetings, Ten Forwarders! ^_^

I know, kinda late on my behalf, but... better late than never. :-) I am one of your scientific Rear Admiral comrades - level 44 now... but with bad builds onto his advanced escorts and deep-space science vessels :-( -, as you might've guessed.
Now, to be as to-the-point as possible,... I need your help, guys. I need some 300 *uncommon unreplicateable materials* for which, I know, you guys pay 1K of refined dilithium crystals - per each such material! O.o -, but it's for a great research project, I assure you: somebody very nice to me offered herself to research for me an *adaptive* shield and some other space and ground weapons and devices. And for these, I need those materials; I need them badly as Kirk would put it. :-P Of course, I also know what you would say: "Do the: patrols, PvEs, Red Alerts, STFs, and Events to gain the dilithium! And *mine*, damn it, *mine*!" :-))) Well, I do all that... except for mining because, every time I try to get to a dilithium ore 'vein', somebody else depletes it. O.o And I don't have VIP permits for mining because I don't and can't have Zen due to my bad financial background, so... you understand my predicament, I hope. :-( I'm all 'silver' in this game. So, if you can and want to help me, at least by donating from 5 to 10 such items, each of you, I would be forever in your debt.


N.B. Find me in-game as part of the Feds faction; I am:
*irini-serena@thetraveler8230*; I play for and with my 8 years-old niece since this February; I am 31. :-D

P.S. Even though I'm asking for your help, I don't take lightly random insults from anybody for asking you for your support in this way. So, if ANY of you has in mind to insult me for this thread, better refrain yourselves from replying.


Thank you, in advance!

gfreeman98

I will put some on the Exchange... at Market rates.

thetraveler82

gfreeman98 wrote: »

I will put some on the Exchange... at Market rates.

I *was* hoping for some sharing, but you're placing them at Exchange. Thanks...

hrisvalar

thetraveler82 wrote: »

Well, I do all that... except for mining because, every time I try to get to a dilithium ore 'vein', somebody else depletes it. O.o

This.

Does not happen.

Multiple people can mine the same node and it doesn't affect any of the others at it.

(Though it is annoying. Hey, watch where you point that thing!)

As for the materials... Don't have any. Stopped crafting when they monetized the be'qeylIS out of it. It was time-consuming/costly enough to look for the rare particle traces. More than that, there's still no mk XII gear, as far as I know, so the few times I still touched it was to make odd-number mark gear for leveling alts. Was, cause leveling is so fast now, at one level a mission, there's hardly any point anymore...

But I crafted a lot of spare equipment before the change went through, so if you'll tell me roughly what you're looking for, I can see if any of it matches the list.

thetraveler82

hrisvalar wrote: »

This.

Does not happen.

Multiple people can mine the same node and it doesn't affect any of the others at it.

Then, how come it happens to me everytime I get on that asteroid? Keep in mind that I can't get any VIPs because I don't have Keys nor Zen nor enough Dilithium Crystals to buy that needed Zen. So, when I come close to a small 'vein', to excavate it with my beam, it doesn't show to be... exploitable anymore. (?!!) That's my dilemma. Of course, sometimes, these 'veins' ARE exploitable even for me! But, STILL there's not enough ore in there... In other words, it would take me a little more than HALF A YEAR to make some 100 Ks of Dilithium Crystals, for example!
Anyway... As crafting is concerned, could you design some... *adapted* shielding for my starship? And/or some 'special' deflectors? I don't know, I can't be more specific than that, but... something to have many HPs! Much like a 'borged' Scimitar in an STF mission or... a Bortas'q. A shielding - deflective system strong enough to withstand most of the game's strong(-est) NPC parties: Breen, Borg, Undine... And some Warp *better* core... Also, could you craft something for my 'boffs'? Or for me, for my character? Some CRM200-like weapon? I know, it's unique and all... I know that, but I have this fantasy about it.

Could you be MY crafting SLAVE?! :-)))) Just kidding!

Waitin' for *better* ideas...


Thank you, in advance!

supremeheretic36

Honestly the uncommon and common unreplicateable materials should be taken out of crafting permanently, and the ability to craft even numbered tiers of gear of all rarity type should be put back in.

The only reason crafting is limited to odd numbers and these materials exist is that Cryptic wanted to shoehorn in dilithium to the game at any cost. The end result is lobotimized crafting, no real purpose to craft, and dilithium vendors that serve zero purpose because the items they sell were what you used to be able to make.

Cryptic, if you want to correct mistakes, make crafters viable again and right the wrongs of the horrible changes you made to crafting with the ill-fated F2P transition.

thetraveler82

supremeheretic36 wrote: »

Honestly the uncommon and common unreplicateable materials should be taken out of crafting permanently, and the ability to craft even numbered tiers of gear of all rarity type should be put back in.

The only reason crafting is limited to odd numbers and these materials exist is that Cryptic wanted to shoehorn in dilithium to the game at any cost. The end result is lobotimized crafting, no real purpose to craft, and dilithium vendors that serve zero purpose because the items they sell were what you used to be able to make.

I wouldn't know what to say, SupremeHeretic... I play this game for the last five months, only.

hrisvalar

Most of the stuff you requested just isn't craftable. Not even a little bit. They call it R&D, but that is exactly what it isn't. And mining is only effective if you play the minigame and don't right-away click away the minigame to collect a minute amount of dilithium. And you need to turn in and pick up the mission (daily) to get used nodes back.

Also, you seem to not exist in game. Can't get the mail system to send you anything. That either means you gave out the wrong handle, the mail system has some personal beef with you, or your mailbox is already full of items, so it's leaving just the attachments behind, in which case I wish you the best of luck with that.

thetraveler82

hrisvalar wrote: »

Most of the stuff you requested just isn't craftable. Not even a little bit. They call it R&D, but that is exactly what it isn't. And mining is only effective if you play the minigame and don't right-away click away the minigame to collect a minute amount of dilithium. And you need to turn in and pick up the mission (daily) to get used nodes back.

Also, you seem to not exist in game. Can't get the mail system to send you anything. That either means you gave out the wrong handle, the mail system has some personal beef with you, or your mailbox is already full of items, so it's leaving just the attachments behind, in which case I wish you the best of luck with that.

1.) I know about R&D. I did some of that, but I couldn't afford the samples for further R&D to increase my skill points.

2.) I know how to mine. Anyway, I already explained my dilemma with the 'veins'.

2.) The handle is precisely my forum one: thetraveler82. As the mailbox is concerned, you may be right, but it's not full. Remember that this "LoR"-textured STO, now has unresolvable issues / 'bugs' with the mailing system, to say the least. I, for one, try to retrieve some of my returned items and I can't see them! Nor can I delete them. But that doesn't mean that my box is full or that my handler is wrong.

hrisvalar

Actually, the handle in your starting post is not the same as your forum display name. And since my forum display name isn't the same as the ingame one (thank you PWE), that didn't raise an eyebrow.

thetraveler82

hrisvalar wrote: »

Actually, the handle in your starting post is not the same as your forum display name. And since my forum display name isn't the same as the ingame one (thank you PWE), that didn't raise an eyebrow.

I hope so...

http://oi40.tinypic.com/2sa1jlw.jpg


N.B. Try with: "thetraveler8230" - I'm confused with this handler thingy. :P