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Thoughts on R&D

mongomongo Member Posts: 34 Arc User
edited September 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
OK I have 12 Characters, But from the start I had 1 for crafting.

Now that we have the New R&D I am grind leveling that character to be Maxed out in all Crafts. That character only, I'm not going to level any other character for crafting.

With the new Upgrades for stuff added on Tribble I wanted to pop on and check it out. I really like the Ideal, I think in the long run it may be a little on the high side right now for resources.

But I have seen one MAJOR PROBLEM right now. A lot of the stuff my Captains have are Bound to character. This REALLY needs to change to BOUND to ACCOUNT.

If I have one character that is a Crafter he needs to be able to upgrade the stuff on the other Captains. PLEASE tell me this will be able to happen, There is NO WAY I will level 12 Character in R&D.
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  • imruinedimruined Member Posts: 1,457 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    mongo wrote: »
    OK I have 12 Characters, But from the start I had 1 for crafting.

    Now that we have the New R&D I am grind leveling that character to be Maxed out in all Crafts. That character only, I'm not going to level any other character for crafting.

    With the new Upgrades for stuff added on Tribble I wanted to pop on and check it out. I really like the Ideal, I think in the long run it may be a little on the high side right now for resources.

    But I have seen one MAJOR PROBLEM right now. A lot of the stuff my Captains have are Bound to character. This REALLY needs to change to BOUND to ACCOUNT.

    If I have one character that is a Crafter he needs to be able to upgrade the stuff on the other Captains. PLEASE tell me this will be able to happen, There is NO WAY I will level 12 Character in R&D.

    Upgrade tokens are not bound to the character... They can even be sold on the exchange...
    The entitlement is strong in these forums...

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  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    I had one crafter too before the change. But since I'm in no hurry and since the 6k XP 20hr mission is so 'mat friendly'; I've just been leveling all my toons. All are at level 10 w/ the one priority school at 12. (One school always gets the daily mission so I can unlock that 5th project slot asap.)
  • jarodroto123jarodroto123 Member Posts: 1,337 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    mongo wrote: »
    OK I have 12 Characters, But from the start I had 1 for crafting.

    Now that we have the New R&D I am grind leveling that character to be Maxed out in all Crafts. That character only, I'm not going to level any other character for crafting.

    With the new Upgrades for stuff added on Tribble I wanted to pop on and check it out. I really like the Ideal, I think in the long run it may be a little on the high side right now for resources.

    But I have seen one MAJOR PROBLEM right now. A lot of the stuff my Captains have are Bound to character. This REALLY needs to change to BOUND to ACCOUNT.

    If I have one character that is a Crafter he needs to be able to upgrade the stuff on the other Captains. PLEASE tell me this will be able to happen, There is NO WAY I will level 12 Character in R&D.

    ilke the OP said, just make the upgrade kits on one toon, and mail to the other
  • stf65stf65 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    dracounguis wrote: »
    I had one crafter too before the change. But since I'm in no hurry and since the 6k XP 20hr mission is so 'mat friendly'; I've just been leveling all my toons. All are at level 10 w/ the one priority school at 12. (One school always gets the daily mission so I can unlock that 5th project slot asap.)
    i'm the same. it's not hard to level your crafting. it just takes time if you're not wanting to pay to do it.
  • mongomongo Member Posts: 34 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    Yes but if my Crafter makes the tokens for the other characters to upgrade their stuff and they are 0 skill in that craft. Then what, and will that even work?



    PS: Have you seen how many Mats you will burn doing the Upgrades? Its a lot.
  • stf65stf65 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    mongo wrote: »
    Yes but if my Crafter makes the tokens for the other characters to upgrade their stuff and they are 0 skill in that craft. Then what, and will that even work?



    PS: Have you seen how many Mats you will burn doing the Upgrades? Its a lot.
    so spend a few minutes and have your other characters start crafting doing the daily. it won't cost you any resources. it just takes time. if you feel all your characters need to craft and have better gear then you need to work at it. like anything, just do it one step at a time.
  • thegcbaconthegcbacon Member Posts: 434 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    mongo wrote: »
    Yes but if my Crafter makes the tokens for the other characters to upgrade their stuff and they are 0 skill in that craft. Then what, and will that even work?



    PS: Have you seen how many Mats you will burn doing the Upgrades? Its a lot.

    You don't need to upgrade every single item you own. A lot barely give more stats.
  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    mongo wrote: »
    Yes but if my Crafter makes the tokens for the other characters to upgrade their stuff and they are 0 skill in that craft. Then what, and will that even work?
    Yes. That's a bit of the point of it being tradeable.
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  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    im 1 day away from level 13 beams, and several others are around 10-12 in level, a few are level 5 and two 7's one will be level 8 soon anyways. so cannons for the moment are my weakness, i dont really use em at all on any of my toons.
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  • captainrevo1captainrevo1 Member Posts: 3,948 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    mongo wrote: »
    OK I have 12 Characters, But from the start I had 1 for crafting.

    Now that we have the New R&D I am grind leveling that character to be Maxed out in all Crafts. That character only, I'm not going to level any other character for crafting.

    With the new Upgrades for stuff added on Tribble I wanted to pop on and check it out. I really like the Ideal, I think in the long run it may be a little on the high side right now for resources.

    But I have seen one MAJOR PROBLEM right now. A lot of the stuff my Captains have are Bound to character. This REALLY needs to change to BOUND to ACCOUNT.

    If I have one character that is a Crafter he needs to be able to upgrade the stuff on the other Captains. PLEASE tell me this will be able to happen, There is NO WAY I will level 12 Character in R&D.

    First nothing in the crafting system is bound to account. any resources you find, any components you make, any equipment you make can be traded around with ease. once you equip it then it becomes bound.

    if you have 12 characters, what you really want to do is pick 7 and have each one pick a field and go with that. run the 20 hour project in one slot, and if and when others open up use those slots to craft items of that field to speed ity up.

    if you go it all on one character then its going to be years of work.
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