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Make the account bank able to hold refined dilithium!

lexusk19lexusk19 Member Posts: 1,415 Arc User
in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I mean, come on. we already move our dil around, just let us put it in the account bank already. I would even pay for that feature.
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  • tyler002tyler002 Member Posts: 1,586 Arc User
    Well, it would make it a lot easier than the current method...
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  • slifox#0768 slifox
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         Member Posts: 379 Arc User
    Totally in favor of this. Transferring D is a real pain.
  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,657 Arc User
    Sure, why not. We can shift it using the dil exchange, why not let us use our account bank too?

    Though the exchange can be easier sometimes since you can use it anywhere and without a map transfer.
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  • saurializardsaurializard Member Posts: 4,404 Arc User
    edited October 2017
    Wouldn't that cause dilithium to be even a bit more expensive than it already is when Phoenix Prize Packs aren't around? I'm pretty sure that's a side-effect you DO NOT want.

    After all, a simpler way to transfer dil means it's easier for a character to get more, thus making the player a bit less careful with it if they see a large amount, as opposed to a smaller amount for one character, and thus throwing even more on the market.
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  • isthisscienceisthisscience Member Posts: 863 Arc User
    If they do that, might as well make it an account-wide currency like Zen. Doubt it would happen though unless it is incredibly easy for them to do, otherwise why put the time into something we can kind of do anyway?
  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited October 2017
    Trouble is that extra security will be needed to protect your account bank incase an intruder gets into it and just sells your refined dilithium off. However there is a history of accounts and fleet accounts being emptied and Cryptic washing their hands of any such dealings.

    Without some good enough security, it doesn't make that much difference from keeping it on your characters or in the account, either way it's going to be used.
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  • jade1280jade1280 Member Posts: 868 Arc User
    Why don't you buy some overpriced coats for your federation character with some dill from the dil store :blush:
  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    Transfering dilithium in the account bank would work exactly the same as transfering it in the dilex, except more dev work.

    No thanks.
  • avoozuulavoozuul Member Posts: 3,215 Arc User
    The problem with the transfer system is it only holds 5 offers, so when you move on to transferring 8000 dil from the 6th toon you have to claim all offers back and combine them to put them back up again before moving on to more toons.
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  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    avoozuul wrote: »
    The problem with the transfer system is it only holds 5 offers, so when you move on to transferring 8000 dil from the 6th toon you have to claim all offers back and combine them to put them back up again before moving on to more toons.
    Yeah, oh so horrible problem you have to click one extra button. That's so much harder than having all those toons travel to a bank console. :p
  • avoozuulavoozuul Member Posts: 3,215 Arc User
    edited October 2017
    Actually that is more than just one button, 5 clicks for every offer taken down per 5 toons. When you have more than 20+ toons it can take up quite a bit of time to do.
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  • trennantrennan Member Posts: 2,839 Arc User
    avoozuul wrote: »
    The problem with the transfer system is it only holds 5 offers, so when you move on to transferring 8000 dil from the 6th toon you have to claim all offers back and combine them to put them back up again before moving on to more toons.

    This one is simple to solve.

    At 25 dil per zen, this means to transfer 8K dilithium is 320 zen. Then all you have to do is cancel offer each time and resubmit on each character. You don't even have to withdraw it from the DilEx.

    Alt 1: Post 320
    Alt 2: Post 640
    Alt 3: Post 960
    Alt 4: Post 1280
    Alt 5: Post 1600
    Alt 6: Post 1920

    You can do this all the way up to the maximum purchase of 5000 zen. This makes it 1 offer.
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  • annemarie30annemarie30 Member Posts: 2,693 Arc User
    edited October 2017
    trennan wrote: »
    avoozuul wrote: »
    The problem with the transfer system is it only holds 5 offers, so when you move on to transferring 8000 dil from the 6th toon you have to claim all offers back and combine them to put them back up again before moving on to more toons.

    This one is simple to solve.

    At 25 dil per zen, this means to transfer 8K dilithium is 320 zen. Then all you have to do is cancel offer each time and resubmit on each character. You don't even have to withdraw it from the DilEx.

    Alt 1: Post 320
    Alt 2: Post 640
    Alt 3: Post 960
    Alt 4: Post 1280
    Alt 5: Post 1600
    Alt 6: Post 1920

    You can do this all the way up to the maximum purchase of 5000 zen. This makes it 1 offer.
    naww to easy they would rather a code monkey go into the Dilithium programming and bork it up so they have a REAL reason to complain when all thier dilithium goes into the ether
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  • taylor1701dtaylor1701d Member Posts: 3,099 Arc User
    No thanks, it's a waste of Dev time.
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  • nimbullnimbull Member Posts: 1,564 Arc User
    edited October 2017
    Having dilithium in the account bank would be a nice feature and make things easier to transfer between characters much like energy credits are done. You don't need extra security on the account bank but more on the account itself when one logs in wouldn't hurt over all. (One time key generators like other MMOs have?)

    My guess is some people might oppose this if there's some way to post dilithium on the exchange at a cheap rate that gets others to buy up what your selling because of a type-o on your part. That would be why I see people object to this. It would remove their chance at cheap dilithium at your expense much like posting a T6 ship on the exchange for 1,000,000 credits gets them a cheaper ship instead of the 100,000,000 you intended to charge.

    Over all this feature would improve quality of life and security for your dilithium from accidents on the exchange. Also it's a more direct implementation of the intended feature rather than using a system that wasn't designed for this sort of thing like the exchange being used for the transfer. (Square peg in round hole so to speak)
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  • dolfanar#1514 dolfanar
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    I suppoet this ONLY if we also get to move *unrefined* dil via the account bank as well.
  • saurializardsaurializard Member Posts: 4,404 Arc User
    repetitiveepic wrote: »
    saurializard wrote: »
    Wouldn't that cause dilithium to be even a bit more expensive than it already is when Phoenix Prize Packs aren't around? I'm pretty sure that's a side-effect you DO NOT want.

    After all, a simpler way to transfer dil means it's easier for a character to get more, thus making the player a bit less careful with it if they see a large amount, as opposed to a smaller amount for one character, and thus throwing even more on the market.

    None of this really makes sense, I think you've overthought yourself down a rabbit hole to nowhere.
    Your concerns have been noted somewhere.
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  • kiralynkiralyn Member Posts: 1,576 Arc User
    dolfanar#1514 wrote: »
    I suppoet this ONLY if we also get to move *unrefined* dil via the account bank as well.

    That would never happen. Free T6 Connies would happen before that would happen.
  • avoozuulavoozuul Member Posts: 3,215 Arc User
    If they did that you would run out of your surplus much faster.
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  • strathkinstrathkin Member Posts: 2,666 Bug Hunter
    Yea I don't think they'd want you to move unrefined DIL around - even if you have one character with a lot of it. It's why you need to watch how much unrefined DIL you've built up if you only play one character... ...then maybe consider switching and playing a different one or two more often while you refine down their limit.
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  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,461 Arc User
    Using the Dil-Ex is way, way, way more efficient than using Account Bank. The only way it would be easier is if Dil was already shared universally amongst toons.
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  • tigerariestigeraries Member Posts: 3,492 Arc User
    waste of resources and man hours to do something that isnt needed. Just use the dil exchange... all your toons on your account can access it.
  • sistericsisteric Member Posts: 768 Arc User
    The Idea has merit and would be preferable for me than having to go through all my ALts to figure out just how much refined Dil I have to convert to Zen. It would also make it easier for me to upgrade some of my lesser played Alts gear, which would then give me a reason to play them more often, since the gear would be up to date and ready for the rewarding end-game content.
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  • psychoplattpsychoplatt Member Posts: 285 Arc User
    nimbull wrote: »
    My guess is some people might oppose this if there's some way to post dilithium on the exchange at a cheap rate that gets others to buy up what your selling because of a type-o on your part. That would be why I see people object to this. It would remove their chance at cheap dilithium at your expense much like posting a T6 ship on the exchange for 1,000,000 credits gets them a cheaper ship instead of the 100,000,000 you intended to charge.

    Thats not the way the dili Exchange works - if u sell zen for 25 u still get the highest offer to buy zen - normaly around 280 atm.
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  • ussvaliant#6064 ussvaliant
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         Member Posts: 1,006 Arc User
    edited October 2017
    It's a nice idea OP but as you have to either be at a social zone or on the bridge of a ship in Space (Call Freighter no longer allows account bank access) using the Dilex for me personally is less time consuming than potentially map moving 25 characters to access the account bank.

    What i wouldn't give though for a bank to be available in the Dyson Battlezone Command Centre.

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  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    Yes, the Developers are too busy coming up with a convoluted 'tensies' system to donate Provisions to the Colony Holding Projects and Coffers to simplify a convoluted method to transfer refined Dilitium. Yes indeed.
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