Greetings,
The problem I am facing now is that I have dozens of marks in reptutation I have maxed out wich I could need for slotting Space Sets on other reputation projects.
As example one of my chars has over 1000 Romulan marks but I dont need them as Romulan Reputation is on Tier V and I dont intend to slot any gear for that char.
I either could need thoose marks on Omega Reputation.
I think it would be beneficial if we could convert earned marks to other reputation marks. It doesent have to be available from Tier 1 as it could be exploited for sure.
But I think it would be fair if we could convert marks from maxed out reputation projects.
As example you have Romulan Reputation completed there should be a reputation assignment like "Convert Romulan Mark to > Omega / Nukara / Dyson / Undine
That would greatly utilize the marks you have already earned but never use again...
Note: I know you could convert them to dilithium but that just doesent cut it. I dont need dilithium. I need other marks
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How about an option that, at any tier, we can choose fleet marks as a rewards instead of Rep marks, or have an option to convert rep marks into fleet marks, and make the adventure zones offer 10-15 rep marks at the minimum, since Defera offers only 5-7 on none group missions.
I've finished off Dyson and I still have over 1000 Dyson marks, why can't I just exchange them for say Nukara marks, or Romulan marks.
Even better...Make marks all universal.
Thats what I am proposing.
Of course Universal marks would be even better.
In the past there has been a mark-converter in the Battlegroup Omega. You could convert into all kind of currently available marks back and forth.
Bring it back!
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A Reputation Marks to Fleet Marks system and Fleet Marks to dilithium system would make sense not a Reputation Marks to Reputation Marks system.
Personally I enjoy the old content more. Doing things on Romulus, doing Crystaline, ect.
I hate to grind for Dyson and Undine Marks as I dont really enjoy that content.
We had that Conversion of Marks System in the past for thoose people that dont enjoy some of the content but still want to be able to get the gear from it.
Its not that you get it for free or something. You still have to farm marks... just from different content. In other words your logic is flawed.
There is no such things like a headstart. Reputation Projects are time-based.
it doesent matter were you get the marks from you still can do it only once a day... no biggie no harm to anyone.
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But yeah, as the above poster said exchanging rep marks for other rep marks, or just making universal marks kills any incentive to explore new content in the form of adventure zones or STFs if people are only in it for story or item sets.
If you can grind your way to success in a high yield zone like Nukara or Dyson what's the point of visiting NR or Defera which have much lower yields. Such a system would kill diversity of gameplay be rather self defeating in terms of why the reputation system had so many different storylines to follow. If you don't like the gameplay styles, just stick with an item set and rep powers of one you do like, or learn to adapt. Originally i didn't like Nukara for its grindiness or NR for its dull missions but i percivered because i wanted the items and to see the story unfold
There is a difference between the old Mark Conversion system and what is being proposed. Certain items were unavailable through other means like the Covariant Mk X [Cap]x3 expect by using Marks of Honor. Marks of Honor didn't give better PvP equipments and Marks of Exploration didn't give better PvE equipment so there is no difference between Marks of Honor equipment and Marks of Exploration equipment while there is a huge difference between Reputation equipment. The shield was no different than any other regular purple shield in the game except for the stats. The Reputation equipment is specially designed by a specific group so it has its own unique look and stats. Therefore, only players that have obtained respect from a group would be able to purchase their unique items. People should work for the items they want so if they want the STF ground sets, then they have to do STFs.
Certain Marks are far easier to obtain than others depending on a player's play style. Omega Marks are far easier to obtain than Nukara Marks and Romulan Marks if a player is really into Elite STFs. It makes no sense that killing Borg would cause the Romulans to respect you.
The Headstart aspect is due to players not having to work for the items. So if I have 5,000 Omega Marks, then I can log in for 5 minutes each day to get the Nukara Marks without doing any effort and get all the items at each tier.
A win-win scenario for both parties devs and players.
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Something your not getting. there are people that DO NOT want to join a fleet. Those people should not have to be forced to take fleet marks when they have NO USE for them. There should be a flag behind the scenes telling you in a fleet or not to provide you with universal marks .
However another use could be this
allow a new special project where you can spend marks to buy support ships from that faction to assist you in whatever content you choose
or support ground troops/fortifications
Saphire.. Science ground......Ko'el Romulan space Tac
Leva........Tactical ground.....Koj Romulan space Eng
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Players would be going crazy, breeding bunnies and selling them for Rom Rep Marks, then converting them to to other Reps without firing a single shot, or even really trying all that hard (letting your DoFF's do all the work)
Once you get the routine going, you can easily get 800 to 1600 Rom Rep Marks a week ... for 'bout 10mins "work" each day ... Kinda defeats the purpose don't you think?
Remove Bunny breeding for marks would pretty much solve that.
You wouldnt have to breed bunnys to have a viable source of Romulan Marks if you can trade in all others.
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It's along the lines of earning Omega Marks vs. Nukara Marks...then comparing getting Voth/Undine compared to Nukara. If you could earn Omega Marks as quickly as you can get Voth/Undine...outside of folks zipping through ISE every hour, would they bother touching any of the other Borg content? It takes a Hell of a lot longer to get 5 Omega Marks on Defera than it does to get 10 Dyson Marks in the Dyson Ground Battlezone. You can run an ISE every hour or run two Crystalline every hour.
The Marks simply do not have equal value - do not have equal investment requirements...so trading one for the other just doesn't make sense.
What kind of monster are you? Do you actually want to kill off the Romulan Republic? Epohhs are the Romulan Republic's main source of food. Removing Epohh Breeding will cause millions of Romulans and Remans to starve.
HOW!!!???? Last I checked, marks are not transferrable from one toon to another.
Nah! Just make sure you keep the food replicators in the Staging Area up and running and all is good. :rolleyes:
Your work is very important!
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For fleet marks, say your selling flete marks, find out what the current selling rate is, find a fleet who needs marks, get the creds, donate the marks (could be flipped on those last two)
I personally have never done this, but i do watch some channels, like NOP or The Trading Channel and see if come up once in awhile.