ticket ID #2,467,522
Mark XII kit modules for the standard kit powers (powers that existed prior to season 9) do not show up in searches on the exchange.
1. Set price filter to Descending (these should be among the most expensive modules)
2a. Set rank to Rear Admiral Upper Half
2b. Leave the Quality filter at Any Quality (the quality filter is broken in the All category)
3. Search the All category for the following terms:
"assault kit module"
"strategic kit module"
"medic kit module"
"research kit module"
"mechanic kit module"
"fabrication kit module"
4. Repeat steps 1-3, changing rank to Vice Admiral
Actual results: Plenty of X and XI modules are found at RAUH but no XII modules. Only lockbox modules are found at VA.
Expected results: Mk XII modules of standard kit powers appear in exchange search results.
Additional notes: There is ONE exception to this bug, and that is Common quality Medic Kit Module - Biofilter Sweep Mk XII. That is the ONLY one that will appear.
Searching for each individual module also produces no results, except for Common Biofilter Sweep.
More troubleshooting details from others in this thread:
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1107531
Joined January 2009
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Joined January 2009
Not sure why any one would buy biofilter sweep. Now that we have the choice to not use it at all any more I am sure cryptic's much loved metrics are going to show nobody ever using this ability ever.
Now If it had gotten the same treatment the hypospray abilities did, so that it now purged all de-buffs maybe it might be used once in a while. But as it stands I expect cryptics metrics to be showing a sharp decline in player use.
Sorry off topic... exchange is still useless when it comes to kit modules, please fix.
Biofilter Sweep is now extremely effective in PvP directly due to the kit revamp. My Science officer can provide +53 all damage resistance rating to the entire team for 15 seconds. That is great protection against environmental damage and damage resistance debuffs.
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Real join date: March 2012 / PvP Veteran since May 2012 (Ground and Space)
The trade-in version of "Spire Science Kit - Medic Mk XII" should probably come with green "Biofilter Sweep Mk XII" instead of white. This is similar to the bug where "Romulan Engineering Kit - Fabrication Specialist Mk XII" comes with Mk XI modules instead of Mk XII.
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1089701
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1090071
And the side issues of rarity search busted in All, and the "Spire Science Kit - Medic Mk XII" biofilter sweep trade-in issue.
Joined January 2009
Joined January 2009
So far as we know only xi modules are drops xii are fleet and probably the next fleet holding will fill in the rest of the xii modules, most likely in season 10 or season 9.5 if we have another .5 like season 8.5 the first one.
Would help if your Exchange wasn't horribly broken / under-developed. There are no categories for the new Kit stuff for instance. But even before that, the Exchange would often "break" if you chose a Rank and/or Quality selection. And the "All" category is on a 50/50 chance of working from one day to the next.
One wonders when the Exchange will be properly fixed, rather than the band-aid, after band-aid that it's received over the years. Look at new ESD. That's how you fix things: Throw out the old, in with the new.
A dev has already said that Mk XII kit modules are supposed to drop, so it can't be intentional.
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=16826491&postcount=7
You should really consider how unlikely this is. Not one Mk XII module (except from lockboxes and trade-in kits) in the entire time since Season 9 was released? Not even white ones? Not even for the unpopular powers?
This. If there truly is nothing wrong with the exchange search (meaning there are indeed 0 listed at all, of any quality, even the unpopular ones) and they are indeed properly part of the loot drop table, then the drop rate must surely be infinitesimally small which seems like an error considering the tens or hundreds of thousands of players that may have a chance to get one as a drop, for an entire month.
This is like the Drake Equation..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation
Given X number of players, killing Y number of mobs of the appropriate level and difficulty, over a span of Z days (nearly 30), there should be at least a sparse handful of drops. Further, given that A% of these drops will be placed onto the exchange by players that either don't want them or know that an XII module will sell for big bucks, and that only B% of those placed on the exchange will be of an agreeable price to anyone but the biggest millionaires and billionaires in STO, then at least SOME number of them should be visible in an exchange search.
Joined January 2009
Please tell me what they searched for. Were the modules from lockboxes? Were the modules white "Biofilter Sweep Mk XII"? Please note that we have already ruled out these cases. See the following posts for more information.
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=16834811&postcount=9
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=16850911&postcount=19
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=16871631&postcount=26
Based on the about 20 number I doubt it's lockbox modules (there are hundreds of those on the exchange atm) and highly doubt it's only the white Biofilter sweep module (less than 10 when I checked, plus there can't be that many people who owned the old one to trade in, right?). But I've also searched for MK XII versions of the powers in a variety of ways and only the white biofilter sweep shows up so something is going on - I certainly can't find the 20 QA is referring to.
It is possible that the Exchange works differently from inside Cryptic's internal network. I suggest that a QA access the Exchange from outside Cryptic's network using a normal user account and search for all the non-lockbox modules on this page. If he can find any Mk XII non-lockbox modules besides white "Biofilter Sweep Mk XII", I would certainly like to know what it is, because I can't find any after two extensive searches.
No offense sir, I know you guys have a lot of things to do, but something still does not feel right. Could you name specific modules from the ~20 or so that you guys are seeing? As the other guys said, the only ones I'm seeing are lockbox modules or the common biofilter that comes from a kit trade in, not a drop.
Joined January 2009
Thanks for the confirmation. I guess it's a little unfair for those who didn't buy the fleet kits to turn in but seeing the new kit modules bring life back to replaying assimilation the intent makes sense.
It'd be cool if they were added as rare drops to different ground ESTF bosses though as an incentive to do things like Elite mode Into the Hive.
I don't understand the purpose of this design. Mk XII versions of other types of equipment do drop. It also contradicts adjudicatorhawk's earlier statement that Mk XII modules drop from critters in elite ground content.
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=16826491&postcount=7
My main objection is that characters who did not buy fleet kits before Season 9 cannot get Mk XII modules.
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Well thanks for verifying exactly what is going on.
I guess it gives a bit of exclusivity to those that supported the fleet system before S9, but it hardly seems fair to the new players that weren't even around then.
Having them drop exclusively from ground bosses would be kinda cool.
Joined January 2009