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Cryptic , please help us refine Marks to Dil faster

aelfwin1aelfwin1 Member Posts: 2,896 Arc User
This is not the first time this subject came up (last Dil weekend was at least one other occasion) , but at this point , as I look at possibly a dosen or so hours of doing nothing in game but slotting Marks and BNI's for Dil refinement ... what else can I do but post about it ?

The math is simple :

15 secs = 50 Omega Marks

60 secs (1 minute) = 200 Omega Marks

1 hour = 12000

1/2 an hour = 6000

I have roughly 8500 + 550 + 2600 + 1000 Marks on one toon (and that does not include BNP's) .
Refining that :

12650 Marks = 1+ hours

In reality (with re-setting the projects for 50 Marks each time) , it takes much-much longer (more like 2-3 hours , if I have the patience) .

This is ONE toon .
I have SEVERAL OTHERS .

And I know I'm not the only one in this mind numbing predicament .

So once again , can we please have a faster way to refine our earnings than what we have now ?
500 Marks & 10 BNP's perhaps ?

Thanks .
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  • grazyc2#7847 grazyc2 Member Posts: 1,988 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Maybe it's handy to make a slider how much of your amount you like to refine/Convert ...
    That would take a minute or so to refine, it would go much faster than setting it up and select the whole time.

    If they could do this I would be happy !! :D
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  • coupaholiccoupaholic Member Posts: 2,188 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    God yes.

    Increase the amount from 50 to 100 marks, and add another 500 mark option too. Same for BNP's and those types of projects. Have a 5 unit version and a 10 unit version.

    Even better, make the result instant. The second you give stuff in you get Dil back - there is no need to wait around for this service - leave the time gates for earning rep and buying gear.
  • iceeaglexiceeaglex Member Posts: 375 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    I understand why they wont. Same as everything, grind grind. You are on for longer just doing this, this shows up as you being online, which they can sell to their investors/shareholders.

    Now, why this is wrong, is that, while people are online doing this annoyingly boring thing, they are using up game time they could instead have used, playing the game. Playing STFs, playing missions, pvping. Lots of stuff.
    Now what do you use when you play the game? Ships!!!Weapons!!!Items!!!!
    A lot of which people spend REAL money on buying.

    Of course, why would i spend real money buying a lockbox ship, when i can't play it, because i'm wasting all my gaming time clicking on rep marks?

    So, my point is, yes rep mark clicking looks good to shareholders.
    Buying ZEN looks even better......
  • aelfwin1aelfwin1 Member Posts: 2,896 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    iceeaglex wrote: »
    I understand why they wont.

    There is no reason they should not allow this .
    The Dil refinement cap of 8000-9500 is already there . It does not matter how fast you turn your marks into Raw Dil , as the Refinement cap still blocks you .

    Anyho , I don't want to make this into an argument .
    They will either do this or they won't . :)
  • shadowwraith77shadowwraith77 Member Posts: 6,395 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Yeah I thought about this myself, and figured they do it for a reason, but a horrid reason none the less.

    If they are trying to timegate us in some ways, than allow us 5 rep projects in all, and each rep with an unlimited amount of conversion of marks/bnp's/Iso's/Vci's for the last 2, and once everything has been dumped into the project(s) it starts a 20hr timer, for which no more of these items can be converted till it finishes.

    An example would be like say someone has 1,000 OM's, and 50 BNP's.

    Than the extra 2 rep project would allow them to slot a project for marks only, and a project for BNP's only.

    Each project will have both a slider, and a number entry available without a limit to them other than the max number of each item they have, as in this case the max would be 1,000 OM's, and 50BNP's.

    Once these are filled they will start a 20hr timer, and will lockout the 3rd rep slot from being able to convert any more earned marks, or BNP's.

    Otherwise allow us to convert much easier in some fashion because, as it stands right now this and doff contributions to fleet projects are a major badly designed system.
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  • sonnikkusonnikku Member Posts: 77 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    aelfwin1 wrote: »
    There is no reason they should not allow this .
    The Dil refinement cap of 8000-9500 is already there . It does not matter how fast you turn your marks into Raw Dil , as the Refinement cap still blocks you .

    Anyho , I don't want to make this into an argument .
    They will either do this or they won't . :)

    Except it does matter how fast you can turn in your marks into unrefined dil, because even if you can only refine 8000 of it a day, at least you aren't cashing in marks at a hillareously tedious pace of 50 marks per 15 seconds. (which takes forever when converting large sums) Less time spent cashing in marks is time that could be spent on something productive.
  • empireofsteveempireofsteve Member Posts: 665 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    This would give my 30,000 omega marks a purpose.
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