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Issues with the Tech giveaway
aelfwin1
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I have several thoughts on these:
- The Tech that is given away is bound to character .
This means that you cannot gift it , you cannot pass it on to your crafter toon (assuming you have multiple toons) .
So far I have only collected these Tech freebies on my crafter too s as I see them as useless on any other toon as long as they are bound .
- Another thought that vaguely came to mind was that once upon a time there was a similar give away (or some such) of bound to character Winter Item materials (targ fur earmuffs, Bolian candles etc.) , and when those freebies got stacked with winter items that you earned during the winter event then the whole stack became account bound, with no option to sell or trade .
Thus I am concerned that if these Tech freebies will behave the same, then they might "infect" other Tech items we earn down the road and make them account bound as well .
- The Tech that is given away is bound to character .
This means that you cannot gift it , you cannot pass it on to your crafter toon (assuming you have multiple toons) .
So far I have only collected these Tech freebies on my crafter too s as I see them as useless on any other toon as long as they are bound .
- Another thought that vaguely came to mind was that once upon a time there was a similar give away (or some such) of bound to character Winter Item materials (targ fur earmuffs, Bolian candles etc.) , and when those freebies got stacked with winter items that you earned during the winter event then the whole stack became account bound, with no option to sell or trade .
Thus I am concerned that if these Tech freebies will behave the same, then they might "infect" other Tech items we earn down the road and make them account bound as well .
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"Coffee: the finest organic suspension ever devised. It's got me through the worst of the last three years. I beat the Borg with it."
Ummmmm what?:D
I believe that post may be doom. in fact I'm sure of it.
the really need to add a homeless guy outfit to off duty.
if I stop posting it doesn't make you right it. just means I don't have enough rum to continue interacting with you.
You can only create so many character without having to buy and upgrade from the Zstore, in which case cryptic would be making money. So your post makes no sense. They don't need to be completely unbound, just account bound instead of character bound.
You can delete a character and create new a one a million times
Regardless of that, most gear these days is account bound anyway...
Actually , the way I figure is that Cryptic wants me to level up in Crafting to 15 on each of my toons ... if I should want to make use of this generous gift .
No thanks .
If Cryptic is trying to get more ppl to craft that's their business ... , but the not-so-upfront truth is that to make use of these "gifts" will cost you a ton of Dil to rush through crafting , or a year or so of logging in each day ... .
... that would be the reason behind the reason , behind the reason ...
- transfer item and dil to alt character
- receive giveaway upgrade kits
- apply kits to item, complete upgrade if possible
- transfer item back to main/crafting character
As others pointed out already, applying upgrade kits to items is not dependant on crafting skill.Check the exchange, they can be crafted now and are sold there already.
What does crafting have to do w/free Tech kits? I think you need to learn more about the upgrade system.
Most if not all of the weapons & ship/ground equipment that I need to upgrade is bound to character , thus I can't "send them over" to be upgraded by another toon .
But crafting upgrade kits is .
I won't be spending EC for outrageous exchange prices .
In fact I'm pretty sure I won't be upgrading anything any time soon .
Break the bound, transfer to your crafting toon, and done!
Upgrading isn't dependent on crafting ability.
Anything you craft is not bound (unless you equip it of course).
So, you don't have to send anything to your crafter, and your crafter can make upgrade kits, and transfer them over to whoever's got the equipment you want upgraded.
How's that?
The problem is that there were PLENTY of bug reports on tribble they could use to work the kinks out. Testing on Holodeck where you could permanently remove procs (like [Borg]) on customers gear wasn't well thought out. My best guess is that this was planned at least a month ago, and had to be rolled out, regardless of its state.
(I used to have a boss who had built rides for Disney. Publicity announced the ride would be open 2 months before they had it scheduled, and they HAD to go with the announced date. They got it done, and then the entire team quit.)
Take unbound item on toon A, upgrade it, keep passing around toons B, C, D, etc. and upgrading it. Problem solved.
For those with Ferengi like skills, there is a lot of EC to be made.
Sort of an 'Oh, well) sort of thing. Not going to use them right now, any ways. Bank them and sell dilithium for the next month, or so...then, after any and all bugs are sorted out; work on whatever items I wish to upgrade.
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That's the conclusion I came to; get an unbound duplicate and upgrade that.
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Except my MACO armor , or my Fleet consoles , or my whatever else is bound to character .
Your solution might work great for players who just got to Lvl 50 and have made little to no investment .
No doubt , but didn't it cost you dil to get to Lvl 15 in crafting to be able to make the purple Tech upgrade thingys ? :cool: