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Ridiculous prices for ship customization.

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
4k to change ONE color?? 8K to change the type of saucer??? I've heard of gold sinks but this is ridiculous.

Character and BO costume changes are equally ridiculous, especially given the degree of customization the game provides.

I doubt any of us want to be fined so heavily just to change the look of our ships or characters a little. It is kind of silly to charge so much for changes when the creation tools have so many options that it is a GIVEN that people are going to want to retool their looks a bit.

I mean do you really expect people to spend 2 hours making sure everything is perfect before they play the game, just to avoid some insane charges to redo minor aspects of the visuals?

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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Those customization charges are pocket change at higher levels. Also, few people change after their free change.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Yeah, ignore it and level up. You'll look back and probably laugh on this later. ;)

    I'm levelling alts and throwing a few 100k at them just to maybe spend it somehow knowing that they too are going to end up with 1mil+ by the time they get to RA5.

    My toons are also aliens, so I just mess around with their look in the tailor shop just to throw credits away also. I think it's a good problem to have. Take that credit sellers!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    When be says pocket change he means it. Also, when he says high level I'm assuming he means Lt. Cmdr 2 because that's what I am and the money is rolling in like a wave.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Between Ensign and RA 5 i must have made like at least 4 million without even half trying. :rolleyes:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    branix wrote: »
    When be says pocket change he means it. Also, when he says high level I'm assuming he means Lt. Cmdr 2 because that's what I am and the money is rolling in like a wave.

    Exactly. I'm at Captain with 700k. I've heard Admirals saying they have a couple mil.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Cancrizans wrote: »
    4k to change ONE color?? 8K to change the type of saucer??? I've heard of gold sinks but this is ridiculous.

    Character and BO costume changes are equally ridiculous, especially given the degree of customization the game provides.

    I doubt any of us want to be fined so heavily just to change the look of our ships or characters a little. It is kind of silly to charge so much for changes when the creation tools have so many options that it is a GIVEN that people are going to want to retool their looks a bit.

    I mean do you really expect people to spend 2 hours making sure everything is perfect before they play the game, just to avoid some insane charges to redo minor aspects of the visuals?

    I was paying for those customizations with the change from my sofa. As there isn't much else to buy (unless you make the mistake of going to the exchange... ouch) you will have more money than you can possibly ever spend.

    I usually just did the free customization once and then never touched it though, not until the end of the game. At the end all I had to do was customize my ship and even then 40-60k to redo my ship was chump change.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    What else do you have to spend energy credits on anyways?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    dhaise wrote: »
    What else do you have to spend energy credits on anyways?

    After I hit RA1, I bought the other T5 cruiser that I didn't get free, and by the time I was done outfitting it, I somehow ended up with more credits than what I spent to buy it. Granted, I vendored all of the mark viii items and sold some things on the exchange. I guess my point is, nothing, you can't even throw credits away right now!

    I'm looking forward to the skill tree resets. I hope they start low (100-200k) and go up in price as you keep resetting (similar to WoW and other games that have such setups). Also I hope the price slowly goes back down over time if you don't continuously reset the skills. :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Cancrizans wrote: »
    4k to change ONE color?? 8K to change the type of saucer??? I've heard of gold sinks but this is ridiculous.

    Character and BO costume changes are equally ridiculous, especially given the degree of customization the game provides.

    I doubt any of us want to be fined so heavily just to change the look of our ships or characters a little. It is kind of silly to charge so much for changes when the creation tools have so many options that it is a GIVEN that people are going to want to retool their looks a bit.

    I mean do you really expect people to spend 2 hours making sure everything is perfect before they play the game, just to avoid some insane charges to redo minor aspects of the visuals?

    I've made a few tweaks here and there, especially on costumes since many of them weren't working for BOffs for some time. I haven't found the prices to be too out of order. It should scale with level though. I can see lower level characters finding the prices far too high. But by the time I'm level Lt 7 I've generally got the credits to cover it.

    It's name changes I am having trouble with. Since I have spend most of my Merits on promoting my crew on one alt, I still can't afford to change the name of my ship or some BOffs, whose names I messed up when I used the free change. Maybe in another 3 or 4 levels.


    :cool:
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