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rtk142
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Why aren't they in every drop box from the STFs? I've opened a few of them now and have gotten zero trellium k. How are we supposed to craft if we can't get the crafting materials? Am I the only one that thinks the drop rate needs to be higher?
Let us upgrade the Seleya Ceremonial Lirpa and Kri'stak Blade
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It would be nice if they added a reputation project to the various rep systems for the various components. For example they should put a Trellium-K project under the Omega reputation and have it require Borg Neural Processors (since you can only get those from elites). The same could go for the other reputation systems...though I don't know what they would do about Tholian rep since they don't have a special elite currency for them.
That way those of us with atrocious luck are not completely hosed. They made the Omega gear reputation project based instead of luck based, so they can do the same for this.
You can supplement your vr's with bonus packs from the doff officer for 1000 dil. The payouts have been very good for vr's and components.
The only one I've even gotten was Trellium-K. There's a theory that there's more of the boxes out there and opened and that accounts for how easy it is to find, but I don't believe that. I've opened plenty of the others and have gotten ZERO purples out of them. Trellium-K has the highest drop rate by far. I have no idea why, but go figure.
Plekton comes from Ground STFs.
I think Radiogenic Particles come from the Nukara PvEs and Crystaline Entity.
No idea on the Craylon Gas...
And was there a couple more?
Currently you can get craylon only from the C-Store packs and the R&D Mission at the Academy.
(It's supposed to drop from Nukara ground, the Romulan Station and Mine Trap, but it doesn't).
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Only Reason i can think of: Because it is the most useless.
Which costs dilithium and comes with useless white doffs to promote key sales for the very rare Xindi lock box crafting doffs.
Let's be honest, the crafting system is a big steaming pile of targ excrements. It could have been good, the basic mechanics are sound (except the randomness of rewards), but they decided to turn it into a money sink.
Sometimes, if you want to bury the hatchet with a Klingon, it has to be in his skull. - Captain K'Tar of the USS Danu about J'mpok.
That's what I'm asking, WHY is it random? Why isn't it GUARANTEED? They really want it that rare?
Let us upgrade the Seleya Ceremonial Lirpa and Kri'stak Blade
1) To annoy and frustrate
2) Open up your wallet and look inside. You will find the reason there. <
But, they rushed it out when time was up and here we are.
I'd recommend you dont take it too seriously and just do the daily for the next year or so, which is how long a school takes to level, casually and then we'll whats what late 2015 if game is still up.
Do yourself a huge favour and put crafting on the back burner - as sad as that is
I'm looking in there and I'm seeing... nothing. NOTHING. :mad::mad:
What is supposed to be IN this wallet??
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Wait, I see something. Sadness. Oh yeah, and lint.
It seems the vast majority of your most active players (forum regulars) hate the idea... and while that's a small subset of the playerbase, I think it's an important constituency.
THE PLAYERS DO NOT WANT THIS.
So if that system was unfair meaning you could do twenty stf's and not get a single drop you needed then why bring it back oh what the new rng boxes in the c store but even then they are a gamble as well am I wrong about this please correct me if so.
Sadly, for most, this is the best advice out there vis a vis crafting.
Slot the projects and forget about it for nearly a year.
Until you approach tier 15 you're not going to be making anything reliably good for endgame, so essentially we're just waiting to see.
What we've been given with this crafting update is a deferred benefit....maybe.
Although, allowing multiple projects to slot just long enough for the whales to unload their cash, then pulling the drawbridge back up behind them....that was cynical.
Well, in the new system, if you don't get what you need, there's always the exchange.
Cryptic say stuff, and cryptic do stuff.
Some times the stuff that cryptic dose exemplifies the stuff that cryptic does. Example:
Cryptic said they would give us more inventory slots. Cryptic gave us more inventory slots. Well done cryptic.
Some times the stuff that cryptic says is completely removed from the stuff that cryptic does. Example:
Cryptic says they want to reduce the number of currencies in the game. Cryptic reduces the number of currencies in the game, but then introduces more. Bad cryptic, boooo.
At the end of the day cryptic do things for business reasons. The player base wants cryptic to do things for gameplay reasons. Some times these two things are compatible. Some times they are not. When they are not cryptic chooses spin over honesty.
Personally I would prefer honesty, but apparently spin makes them more money.
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Throw the doffs away if you don't want them. What a goofy thing to complain about.
The project costs 1k dil, a fraction of the price of one of the old dilithium store weapons, and you get millions of EC worth of materials. It's worth it even if you don't use a single thing you get.
Whining is swell but sorry, the project is worth it.
yes this is the only one that is worthless because it comes from borg space. now search craylon, argonite and plekton and tell me how easy they are to get. You will spend between 5 and 10 million to make something that you could buy outright for much less. The only exception being field generator, but even that is close as it takes the damn craylon which isn't in any elite queue.
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
On the other hand, I think they want to leave VR and UR stuff being VR and UR.
Radiogenic are from C.E.E. just got 3 of them,,
A capital idea! Maybe put them in a 20 hour in the dyson sphere or former nebulae as well.
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
They would not be very rare if you could get them when ever you wanted by doing a 5 min or less faceroll a.k.a. stf's.
Is crafting meant to cost 5 times the exchange then?
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
Not sure what you mean here. If you meant to say the components are selling for less than the materials used to make them.... That is due to flooding of the market with components. Players are willing to sell at a loss...or not. Many of us have a 20-30% crit rate which is making 1.5 components per build on average. Either way the fact some players can and will sell cheaper than you has nothing to do with a drop rate.
No I mean buying the materials at current prices is way more expensive than buying a finished item except a few things.
These are not VR materials they are AR - absurdly or astronomically rare.
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
I'm pretty much in the same boat. I got a TRIBBLE-load of them from doing the same events and have no intention of wasting my time with crafting... The only good thing that has come out of this "so far" is a few more players in the klink event queues.
Props to the Devs for their efforts though.
- Judge Aaron Satie