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Crafting - am I impatient or is it *just plain terrible*?
drazursouthclaw
Member Posts: 223 Arc User
So all those crafting mats I collected and hung on to are now useless?
Oh, I can use them later, maybe, perhaps?
Perhaps I can use them but don't have psychic powers so didn't know about that, even though the crafting and doff popup was 15 damn pages/entires long? I HAD ONE QUESTION. ONE. Did you answer it during those 15 pages/entries? No.
I swear, it's like you want me to hate progress.
Is it really too much to expect to be able to find an answer WITHIN THE GAME?
Apparently so, or I am stupid. That's not impossible.
Hell, it's probably a heady mix of both.
But my point remains - stupid crafting revamp remains aloof and stupid.
Oh, I can use them later, maybe, perhaps?
Perhaps I can use them but don't have psychic powers so didn't know about that, even though the crafting and doff popup was 15 damn pages/entires long? I HAD ONE QUESTION. ONE. Did you answer it during those 15 pages/entries? No.
I swear, it's like you want me to hate progress.
Is it really too much to expect to be able to find an answer WITHIN THE GAME?
Apparently so, or I am stupid. That's not impossible.
Hell, it's probably a heady mix of both.
But my point remains - stupid crafting revamp remains aloof and stupid.
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Agreed they don't explain things well.. ok, not at all.
Wasn't happy about having to relevel crafting till someone pointed out the 20 hour mission at the bottom of each category page. (the one that claims 0exp on the summary page) WHen you start the mission it gives 6k crafting research exp for the cost of one common material. More exp if you crit it. (purple doff adds +30 to that chance so if you have purp doffs you will crit it fairly often)
For myself i just treat it like one more doff mission, set the 20 hour craft 1x and i had 2 R&D slots, set it again on the 2 slots now i have 3. Few more days I will have a skill up to useful levels to actually make something I might need.
Is the new syetem good or bad? I think its too soon for me to say. Better than the old system certainly as you couldn't craft anything anyone wanted to use under the old. Figure about 7-10 days I will have enough high level skills to really make stuff and know for sure. If nothing else though, have you checked beam array prices on the exchange since the patch? Dirt cheap for low level beam arrays as everyone makes them to level up beams. Even good ones. So If you have a new character and/or plan to make one soon, buy gear now while everyone is leveling crafting.. lolz
I think the time needed until you really have a chance of getting something useful is a bit too long. They should probably have added a few low grade items you would still want to have- say, consumables - that you can start early.
THANK YOU! I didn't understand why that mission gives 0 crafting XP. And the button gives you the impression that you can't 'view details' of the mission prior to starting it, so was in a quandary.
Another example of no information given; misleading info and just plain incorrect. I'm a 'read the directions' person; I feel for the OP. Nothing about the 'help' actually tells you what's happening.
Thanks again for the 20 hr project details.
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As for the rest of the system... I was willing to put up with some randomness in output. In the hope that eventually I'd be able to make some high quality Mk XII gear. But the "20 hour" timer on projects and the fact that you can only do One Project at a time is just excessive to the point of being ridiculous. Then to add insult to injury they let you buy your way out of it for only a mere 18k dillithium.
This system is far worse than just "Terrible" its an egregious attempt to force us to buy zen. And I really resent it. And I love the Star Trek IP but they might just loose me permanently over this issue. There are other games out, or on the way, that I can play and not have to put up with kind of TRIBBLE.
They can be converted , you must split one of them in 2 stacks and then start to convert them.
No. You just get the sector science/exploration missions.
Within episodes and patrol mission there are the scan anomalies particles.
As prizes for STF's there are now crafting prize boxes.
A 1K dil recruitment assignment at you local academy recruiter will have crafting material and a chance at an R&D doff.
C-store offer crafting packs.
Tell me again why I bought extra doff slots? I am forgetting now. And regretting a bit.
There is another way, the feature episodes. They revamped all the scanning points. New art, new locations, and there's more of them. You can actually play something worthwhile now AND get crafting materials at your own pace.
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