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avengerofvulcan
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Hello,
I asked this question several months ago and have yet to get an answer.
Will we be able to import our PC character to the console version of the game?
I will not be playing on console if I have to start completely over and forgo all my purchases on PC.
I asked this question several months ago and have yet to get an answer.
Will we be able to import our PC character to the console version of the game?
I will not be playing on console if I have to start completely over and forgo all my purchases on PC.
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You want to play on console, you will likely be starting from scratch.
Losing faith in humanity, one person at a time.
It's not.
On the one hand, we have thousands of potential new console players that join the game with a 1st level character, no EC, no Dilithiu, no Zen, no nothing.
On the other, we have PC players that already pay and play the game, some of them having millions of Dilithium, billions of EC across multiple characters, maxed out reputation, a huge stable of ships, and Mark XIV Very Rare to Epic gear, maxed out after 6 years of power creep.
And you want t mix these two groups and hope that the actually new players stay around once they see that they would need 3 years of play or spend hundreds of dollars to pay for a single lockbox ship on the exchange as the rich PC people set their prices as they are used to?
Cryptic isn't trying to convert PC players into console gamers. They want new players on the consoles.
Aside from that - the console versions of the game will have content and version differences that will make it unlikely that a data transfer would be "safe".
> I don't accept that answer. every other game that has ported to the consoles has separate servers, but they all import. it would be nice if Arc or Perfect World would actually make a statement about it. I cannot find any official answer to my question.
Which ones? Neither my World of Tanks nor DC Universe Online did.
but I do very much agree with furiousfred77 - I have warned everyone that's asked me about it to avoid the game like the plague, since they obviously don't care about their long-time dedicated players.
They didn't though and we can still play on PC. If you've played on PC for years and purchased lots of things then continue to play on PC and all of your stuff is still here.
Do you expect to buy a game for the XBOne and then expect the game developer to give you a free copy of that game for the PS4 simply because you want to play on that system as well?
They ported the game to consoles to bring in MORE money by getting console players. They do not expect PC players to switch to console, but they will gladly take your money if you decide to.
Losing faith in humanity, one person at a time.
Oh yea lets let you have access to things the console players are probably months and months away from having, that would go over well. It's hard enough to get console players to stick to one game, but let's add in some (what they would call cheating) and make the console version a ghost town.
I was able to start with a brand new STO community from the ground up.
I am in a community before the formation of long-standing fleets, and the advent of PvP players with the best Top Tier equipment. We all have the same basic control setup, without macros or other edges granted by better frame rates and such.
So... while I mourn the loss of my Carrier, and other goods, I believe that the pros outweigh the cons.
Ged
Some mechanics are different, there's bugs on Console where there isn't on PC, Its a completely different UI, theres no crafting, fleet ships, or DOFF's - so if you transferred to console, these things would have to be removed/locked on your account until the console caught up. It would be unfair for you to have crafted items on a transferred character for instance, or a fleet ship that is not currently available.
So, for ease of play, No Transfers.