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Some gear cannot be upgraded?

cantoneverettcantoneverett Member Posts: 54 Arc User
edited September 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
So, I was all excited about the new upgrade system, and I promptly went to get the items, planning on upgradin' all my loot.

Unfortunately, it seems like some items are disqualified. My KDF toon found that the game wouldn't let him select the items from his Mk. XI Reman space set, while my fed toon had the same issue with the pieces of her Mk XII Solanae space set.

Are these just not supposed to upgrade? I'd been under the impression that the game let you improve pretty much any item, especially because the Gear Upgrade System blog post showed that it worked on the Breen shields, another mission-granted space set.

Is there some reason I'm missing that these things don't work?
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,559 Community Moderator
    edited September 2014
    Could be a bug on the Reman set, and we can't go past mk XII yet until DR launches.
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  • rake0321rake0321 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    can't upgrade my Jem'Hadar set yet either....
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • shaitan100shaitan100 Member Posts: 131 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    i'm in the same boat as op. i tried to "upgrade" a mk12 adapted maco rifle but after putting in 2 of the upgrades and the accelerator the little slider bar is at 72%.... i guess they want me to buy more? but im not. or did i do it wrong?
  • jarodroto123jarodroto123 Member Posts: 1,337 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    shaitan100 wrote: »
    i'm in the same boat as op. i tried to "upgrade" a mk12 adapted maco rifle but after putting in 2 of the upgrades and the accelerator the little slider bar is at 72%.... i guess they want me to buy more? but im not. or did i do it wrong?

    you didi it right, got to get more
  • azniadeetazniadeet Member Posts: 1,871 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    rake0321 wrote: »
    can't upgrade my Jem'Hadar set yet either....

    Is it the Mk XI set or the Mk XII set?

    I would imagine that you can't upgrade from the XI to the XII because that is a lobi store purchase, but if it's XII, I don't see why they wouldn't let you go further.
  • kerriknightkerriknight Member Posts: 274
    edited September 2014
    azniadeet wrote: »
    Is it the Mk XI set or the Mk XII set?

    I would imagine that you can't upgrade from the XI to the XII because that is a lobi store purchase, but if it's XII, I don't see why they wouldn't let you go further.

    The following items have been removed from the Lobi Store:

    Jem'Hadar Space Set - Dominion Circuitry
    Jem'Hadar Ground Set - Shrouded Nanofibers
    Jem'Hadar Pistol - Upgraded Firing Mechanism
    The items previously upgraded via these packs can now be improved via the Upgrade System
  • rake0321rake0321 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    exactly. The release notes state:

    -All Lobi Store Space and Ground Equipment can now be converted into Mk XII for free, once the player is level 50.
    -This conversion will happen automatically by choosing to Upgrade the item.
    -Players do not need to use a Tech Upgrade or spend Dilithium, unless players want to attempt to Upgrade it higher than Mk XII.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • cantoneverettcantoneverett Member Posts: 54 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    rattler2 wrote: »
    Could be a bug on the Reman set, and we can't go past mk XII yet until DR launches.

    I was under the impression you could go to XIII, and it was XIV that was waiting for DR to launch.
    jarodroto123 wrote: »
    you didi it right, got to get more


    Remember, you can make more upgrade items through the Research/Crafting system.
  • lucho80lucho80 Member Posts: 6,600 Bug Hunter
    edited September 2014
    rake0321 wrote: »
    can't upgrade my Jem'Hadar set yet either....

    Very bugged in Tribble. Believe me, you don't want to upgrade it. Some of its stats actually get worse right now.
  • policestate76policestate76 Member Posts: 1,424 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    lucho80 wrote: »
    Very bugged in Tribble. Believe me, you don't want to upgrade it. Some of its stats actually get worse right now.

    Actually you dont want to upgrade anything. The system is actually bugged as hell. A lot of items will not be upgraded, some others will not give you the option to do it, some others will be upgraded with THE SAME stats as the previous tier, and a huge etc. I tried about 20 items. In 75% of em, the final upgraded item was exactly the same or for example, throwing changes in the primary shot but not the secondary (ground weapons) and so on. And some users have reported erased items doing the upgrade, and missing items without even doing the upgrade, just placing em in the slot...

    My advise , dont even use the upgrade system until it is released propertly. Actually i will say it is not even 25% complete.
  • capnmanxcapnmanx Member Posts: 1,452 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    TOS disruptor isn't upgradable. Pity.
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  • chk231chk231 Member Posts: 161 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    So for items whose stats don't upgrade, or get erased, etc, will we be reimbursed for this, or will the bug be fixed?
  • grayfoxjamesgrayfoxjames Member Posts: 1,516 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    chk231 wrote: »
    So for items whose stats don't upgrade, or get erased, etc, will we be reimbursed for this, or will the bug be fixed?

    Oh hell it better get fixed cause I just upgraded 20 items on my ship today and honestly damn I didn't check if the stats went up, down, or stayed the same...I'll have to check tomorrow when I log in.
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  • chk231chk231 Member Posts: 161 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    Yeah, I just tested it. I upgraded my Space Klingon Honor Guard Shield from MKII to MK III.

    No stat change.
  • grayfoxjamesgrayfoxjames Member Posts: 1,516 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    chk231 wrote: »
    Yeah, I just tested it. I upgraded my Space Klingon Honor Guard Shield from MKII to MK III.

    No stat change.

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  • kaiserkactokaiserkacto Member Posts: 482 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    chk231 wrote: »
    Yeah, I just tested it. I upgraded my Space Klingon Honor Guard Shield from MKII to MK III.

    No stat change.
    Quoting myself from another post.

    kaiserkacto wrote: »
    I have 2 MACO Shields, I got the first one before the reputation system was implemented( i.e. the annoying random drops from ESTF's), and then i got second one with the reputation system.

    Only the shield I got from the reputation system shows stat changes, but the older one doesn't :confused:

    And if I try to equip the shield i got from the reputation system on my main ship, the game crashes


    Seems like the new update is another half-finished mess :rolleyes:
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  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,882 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    I upgraded a tac console, it got better stats but I can't even mod or covert my Solonae DHC's to XII.
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  • millybunmillybun Member Posts: 232 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    kaiserkacto wrote: »
    Quoting myself from another post.


    *snip*


    This is basically why I'm not going to bother using this upgrade system until its fixed and smoothened out. I myself have a set of ground MACO gear from pre-Rep, so I don't really want to spend on upgrading it only for it to not actually get upgraded, presuming it's a related issue.
  • oldravenman3025oldravenman3025 Member Posts: 1,892 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    rattler2 wrote: »
    Could be a bug on the Reman set, and we can't go past mk XII yet until DR launches.




    Funny, but I upgraded one of my character's Bajoran phaser pistol to Mk XIII (Rare).
  • oldravenman3025oldravenman3025 Member Posts: 1,892 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    policestate76 wrote: »
    Actually you dont want to upgrade anything. The system is actually bugged as hell. A lot of items will not be upgraded, some others will not give you the option to do it, some others will be upgraded with THE SAME stats as the previous tier, and a huge etc. I tried about 20 items. In 75% of em, the final upgraded item was exactly the same or for example, throwing changes in the primary shot but not the secondary (ground weapons) and so on. And some users have reported erased items doing the upgrade, and missing items without even doing the upgrade, just placing em in the slot...

    My advise , dont even use the upgrade system until it is released propertly. Actually i will say it is not even 25% complete.



    Which is why I restricted my upgrading to a few test runs using small arms.


    I can't upgrade certain items either. I did try to get my "free" upgrade for my character's Jem'Hadar equipment. But it won't let me without using tech upgrades. Based on what was in the patch notes, that's not supposed to happen. So, I'll wait until the fixes before trying again. :rolleyes:
  • kayajaykayajay Member Posts: 1,990 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    rake0321 wrote: »
    exactly. The release notes state:

    -All Lobi Store Space and Ground Equipment can now be converted into Mk XII for free, once the player is level 50.
    -This conversion will happen automatically by choosing to Upgrade the item.
    -Players do not need to use a Tech Upgrade or spend Dilithium, unless players want to attempt to Upgrade it higher than Mk XII.

    They've made you waste your money...you can upgrade these on the new system, so it was a waste of our Lobi.
  • kayajaykayajay Member Posts: 1,990 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    This whole "upgrade" business...it's ill-conceived, badly constructed and is going to make people flee. If you don't do it, you're going to be trounced and if you do...it means waiting around, wasting your time and generally getting bored. All the improvements to the Rep system, Starbases and now this...why do they want us to sit on our hands for 20-hours at a time and just GRIND, instead of actually getting enjoy the game? It's really being run by people who have no ideas what they're doing.
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