test content
Logo
What is the Arc Client?
Install Arc
Options
Tech Upgrades & Accelerators
flash525
Member Posts: 5,441 Arc User
Is anyone able to dumb this down for me? If I right click on a piece of kit (say a Mk XII Protonic Polaron Beam Array [Acc] [CrtD]) I am presented with three available upgrade slots, to the right of that, I've got my item, with am empty box asking for a Tech Upgrade (I get these where) and a box next to that asking for an (optional) Accelerator (where do I get these?)
I've then seemingly got a chance for said item to result in Ultra Rare - How would I increase those odds? And if I upgrade a Mk XII Beam Array with [Acc] [CrtD] will the Mk XIII also be [Acc] [CrtD] or would those values change? Likewise, if the item is updated from Very Rare to Ultra Rare, do I get an additional modifier, and if so, do I get a say in what it is?
And lastly, is the upgrade system still in testing, cause it doesn't appear all that straight forward to use.
Thanks in advance!
I've then seemingly got a chance for said item to result in Ultra Rare - How would I increase those odds? And if I upgrade a Mk XII Beam Array with [Acc] [CrtD] will the Mk XIII also be [Acc] [CrtD] or would those values change? Likewise, if the item is updated from Very Rare to Ultra Rare, do I get an additional modifier, and if so, do I get a say in what it is?
And lastly, is the upgrade system still in testing, cause it doesn't appear all that straight forward to use.
Thanks in advance!
Post edited by flash525 on
0
Comments
the accelerator are from the research pack on the c-store, or again from any bonus events, locboxes or future missions cryptic decide.
the base stats of an item increase as you go up the mark ranks.
the modifiers increase in number as you go up the quality. rare has 3, ultra rare has 4, epic has 5. you dont get to pick them.
if you have a mk 12 item, you add your upgrade kits (ideally the large ones to get the most points/dilthium efficacy then after you add about 5 it will upgrade to 13. if you add accelerators they act in a similar way and speed up the process.
there is a small percentage chance to increase in quality every time you upgrade the mark. once you hit 14, these percentage chances start to accumulate, so its largly luck based but given enough time you will eventually get 100% chance of a quality upgrade.
its not that complicated once you see it in action. just takes a few goes o get your head round it. its mostly finished but some items were broken so they just need to fix them and clean up the odd bug.
I can't say I'm too fond of this though; if I'm spending that much resources, I'd like to know exactly what I'm getting out of it.
Thanks for the explanation too.
this is a tech limitation they have. they ideally want people to be able to pick their mods but its not happening at the moment.
I was mainly playing around with the accelerators and the kits.
So 3 kits + 3000 dil + accelerator[no idea what this cost] = upgraded.
The difference is definately better on the gear as i died less in eft. This bodes well for my space gear as im close to reaching .
/edit
(behind a timegate)
I don't get it though; we can pick what modules we want on our kits, why can't we pick what mods we want on our weapons, shields and such? Surely a similar principle could be implemented here? Slot in a Shield, Deflector (or whatever) and then slot in mods atop that. Uncommon gets one mod, Rare gets two, Very Rare gets three, Ultra Rare gets four and Epic (stupid name) gets five.
They did want them in there, saying nothing made mroe sense - minus classic crafting deconstructing items for components (also missing)
But they didn't have the time for it.
Then they went from we will add it soon to it might one day happen to now silent veto it out completely.
Again, what are people willing to accept and people don't even know they are in a position to demand [mods] but just throw millions of dil after recycled animations then there you go, full understanding of the cycle
If it makes you feel better, all rep gear has specific mods for epic versions, no randomness.
Tech limitations are just a part of game development. they need the upgrade system in place for delta rising. this is not something they could hold off until they got it working exactly how they want it.
No one is saying that its impossible to do, but just because it sounds easy does not mean its actually easy to make. Kits were rebuilt to work that way. these items were all made years ago and work in a specific way and the game has thousands. it might be that they cant adjust all the items without wrecking all combat in the game.
if may requires them to remake every item in the game to make that happen then it could add months to development. if they were building the game from scratch then it probably would have been fine, but if its going to push the expansion back 3 or 4 months just to make it desirable then its just not going to happen.
This is interesting. So, I have Spiral Wave Disruptors; VR Infinity with 4 mods. They can be upgraded to Mk12 (and presumably higher) but the only way to get a 5th mod is to make them Epic?
I'll just leave this here:
http://xkcd.com/1425/
Interesting, thanks for that, but does it mean that when the gear gets to Epic XIV, the 5th modifier would be specific too?
Yeah exactly. I posted an idea on the Tribble forums during R&D testing, suggesting that each component we use to make said item should give a certain modifier. So an item can be made up of any combination of specific items, and each separate item gives a different modifier - also allowing you to double, triple or quadruple up on a mod
Commander Science, Lieutenant Commander Engineering, Lieutenant Commander Universal, Lieutenant Tactical, Ensign Science
From tribble this seems to be the case. However the full list of epic mods have not been seen so we don't necessarily know for sure.
Commander Science, Lieutenant Commander Engineering, Lieutenant Commander Universal, Lieutenant Tactical, Ensign Science
The bonus mod for an item at Epic (Gold) quality is a unique special mod that doesn't otherwise appear, generally more powerful than other mods. These are:
I dont know. spiral waves are a little different in that they have 4 at very rare. you might find they go all the way up to 6 mods.
you might want to copy a character over to tribble and test. there is a vendor console at drasana that gives out endless dilithium for testing. you could just try upgrading until it works.
Thanks for this!!
Commander Science, Lieutenant Commander Engineering, Lieutenant Commander Universal, Lieutenant Tactical, Ensign Science
It varies based on level and type of tech used.
Basic tech provides more chance at a quality upgrade but costs more dilithium to get there.
Improved and Superior Tech upgrades provide more tech points but provide less of a chance at a rarity upgrade.
That makes me feel a lot better