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The great "Dilithium Exchange Rate" poll
yakodym
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With the dilithium exchange rate being where it is, what (if anything) do you think should be done about it?
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The great "Dilithium Exchange Rate" poll 44 votes
There must be less dilithium rewards
2%
1 vote
There must be less zen-consuming events
0%
Increase the fleet credit value of dilithium in fleet projects
11%
5 votes
Change some zen-based services to dil-based services (respec, captain rename, etc.)
29%
13 votes
Add more items into dilithium store (purple Mk XII kit modules, admirality 1x cards, packs-of-stuff, etc.)
20%
9 votes
Don't mess with it, free market + supply + demand FTW
15%
7 votes
It's pointless to argue, the exchange rate will always be right where Cryptic wants it
2%
1 vote
Increase the cap! I want more dil for my zen! MORE!
2%
1 vote
Start buying zen with cash you ftp peasants
4%
2 votes
Other
11%
5 votes
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The reason for this insane price is because people are buying Zen, and waiting for the Agent of Yesteryawn pack to be available in game. (It is currently only available directly on the STO website.)
Personally, I hope Cryptic does not make that pack available in game, which means everyone would have bought all that Zen for nothing. That will result in the market collapsing, and the price goes back to 200 per (which is where it was at this time last year). If that happened, I might start buying again.
No way am I buying now.
As for this poll, make kits upgradeable. By that, I mean make frames AND modules upgradeable. No way am I going to shell out millions for a single XII module.
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Also I doubt that players will develop their TOS era toon, to get to level 60 is, according to my google search about 4m XP, to complete the current specialisations its four times that again, and thats not counting the next spec tree. Whats the point getting a T6 ship for a toon you won't develop?
Cryptic have no responsibility to do anything about the current rates (if it truly is player controlled. I'm sure some manipulation of the exchange does go on by Zen being made available by Cryptic.) as the principle of it is that it's player generated and therefore does not fall into any criteria where they need to be involved. Should they get involved regarding a lockbox ship being sold for 500 mil EC when we think its real value is 100mil EC ?.
Coming back to what i said it takes the Zen buyers to stand up and say no i'm not trading my dil at these rates for the Zen sellers to lower their prices.
I wouldn't seeing items like respecs and name change tokens having a change of currency from Zen to Dil.
Most players have upgraded everything they want, most are in fleets that have completed all projects and are fully provisioned, most don't need to buy anything that cost dilithium in-game.
However nearly all players will have something in the c-store they fancy, be it upcoming ships, stuff they are saving for, respecs, doffs, costumes etc.
Basically, although dilithium is easy to come buy it has barely any value for most of us outside of exchanging it.
So the only realistic use for all that pink stuff most of us have is to buy zen with it and use it in the c-store.
Coupled to this, there's no point in buying zen just to convert to dilithium for the exact same reasons. Demand for zen is high but also nobody is willing to sell as there's no point.
Now if they were to put respecs or costumes or minor consumables like bank slots in the dilithium store i'd happily pour the pink crystals at it all day long!
Anyone grinding out dilithium could purchase respecs in-game direct without the exchange. That gives them a fixed price in dilithium, making them more popular as well. Easier access to respecs = more experimentation = better build diversity.
And anyone willing to buy zen with real money now has a reason to convert it as well.
I'd also add in i'd like to see other stuff like kit modules and admiralty cards added as well but my main concern is with how expensive it is just to change your build about a bit. Allowing better access to this will be better all round for the game.
If the reason the exchange is so high is because there is an excess of dilithium in the game, then logically there should be someplace else to spend dilithium. To me the best place would be fleet projects IF it was actually worth it. Perhaps a bonus token in the dilithium store.. for 5000 dilithium you get 25-1 fleet creds up to 100k when donating to fleet projects.
I would buy a lot of them. That's my two cents.
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0 % more dill to special Doff Assainments and Admirality
12,5% more dill to standart Doffing .
25,0% more dill to Reputation exchange.
37,5% more dill to PvE queues.
50,0% more dill for mission episodes and Minigames.
Every Character who got lvl 50 post Contraband nerf should get a lvl 50 free ship.
(+ship token if Gold Member)
Generally though, the zen market is overpriced anyway. There is very little value in buying the new ships which cost the most. We need to see a change in how ships are handled, in my opinion. This is the biggest issue in this game.