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Dilithium Refinement Cap

quentonwolfquentonwolf Member Posts: 33 Arc User
in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Question for the Devs: Is there a plan to, at some point, raise the dilithium refinement cap to, say, 10,000 or so? I ask because if I stopped accumulating unrefined dilithium today it would still take me 240 days to refine what I have accumulated thus far. Raising the cap from 8,000 to 10,000 would be really helpful to, and appreciated by, many regular players I'm sure.
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  • tunebreakertunebreaker Member Posts: 1,222 Arc User
    If this is not FCT yet, then it definitely should be.

    Also, the answer is "no", as always.
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  • nightkennightken Member Posts: 2,824 Arc User
    it has been explained so many times why this is a terrible idea. just seach for one of the 9 million other threads about this to read it.

    if I stop posting it doesn't make you right it. just means I don't have enough rum to continue interacting with you.
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,577 Community Moderator
    Any change in the refine cap would have an immediate impact on the Dilithium Exchange. And it would be a negative impact, raising the price for Zen because there is more DL in the market.
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  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,918 Arc User
    The suggestion is appreciated OP, don't take it the wrong way.

    It's just that this is asked a lot and it's honestly a very bad idea. Increasing the Cap increases the amount of available dilithium which devalues it even more. While this change may seem like a good idea, it would actually be really bad for the games economy and push Free to Play players further and further back.

    The 8k Dilithium Cap needs to remain in place, it's honestly best for everyone.
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  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,660 Arc User
    The TL;DR if you don't want to read those other threads:

    If you want dil to turn into Zimbabwe dollars then this is a good idea.

    If the dil supply increases 20%, the value will drop 20%, so if you're trading dil for zen you gain nothing.
  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,468 Arc User
    quentonwolf wrote: »
    Question for the Devs: Is there a plan to, at some point, raise the dilithium refinement cap to, say, 10,000 or so? I ask because if I stopped accumulating unrefined dilithium today it would still take me 240 days to refine what I have accumulated thus far. Raising the cap from 8,000 to 10,000 would be really helpful to, and appreciated by, many regular players I'm sure.

    Echoing the rest. It's bad for the economy. The Dil market is equivalent of the Oil market and influcenced heavily on the availability.

    However, you can refine 500 extra Dil at the Fleet Dil Mine a day AND 1000 at the Refining Officer at your local Academy already.
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,577 Community Moderator
    leemwatson wrote: »
    However, you can refine 500 extra Dil at the Fleet Dil Mine a day AND 1000 at the Refining Officer at your local Academy already.

    Isn't that extra 1k only available to Lifers though?
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    Yang Xiao Long wrote:
    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
    The nut who actually ground out many packs. The resident forum voice of reason (I HAZ FORUM REP! YAY!)
  • garaks31garaks31 Member Posts: 2,845 Arc User
    support ,and raise the dil/zen exc. to max. 750d/z plz
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,577 Community Moderator
    azrael605 wrote: »
    Formally requesting that "raise dilithium refining cap' threads be added to the FCT.

    I second the motion.
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    Yang Xiao Long wrote:
    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
    The nut who actually ground out many packs. The resident forum voice of reason (I HAZ FORUM REP! YAY!)
  • bloodyrizbloodyriz Member Posts: 1,756 Arc User
    rattler2 wrote: »
    azrael605 wrote: »
    Formally requesting that "raise dilithium refining cap' threads be added to the FCT.

    I second the motion.

    I third it!​​
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  • quentonwolfquentonwolf Member Posts: 33 Arc User
    Thank you to those who gave the useful explanations about the probable impact on the in-game economy. The snide commentary will be ignored.
  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,918 Arc User
    quentonwolf wrote: »
    Thank you to those who gave the useful explanations about the probable impact on the in-game economy. The snide commentary will be ignored.

    Most people just make several characters so that they can refine more per day. It's kinda tough if you just want to play one character though because you'll have the exact problem you described. You'll end up with a year or more of Unrefined Dilithium stacked up on that one character. At least with multiples you can do stuff on different alts and try to spread the gains a bit. :smile:
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  • darkbladejkdarkbladejk Member Posts: 3,807 Community Moderator
    guys this is already starting to go down hill and these threads never go well. /thread
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