Ahhh...OK I get it now. For some reason I thought I read that you had the chance to consume less resources if you were way over-skilled for the task. Just wishful thinking I guess. Thank you for the reply, Warpangel
There is a workaround. Pick up the Cardassian episode mission "Crack in the Mirror". The second stage of this mission will take you to Bajor VII with station and particles to mine.
Not to sound like a broken record, but there are NOT any pure R&D doffs. ALL doffs are good at R&D also. For instance, a Warp Core Engineer is going to be good at building warp cores and if they are higher quality, you will get an R&D skill bonus for using them to build warp cores. There are some special DOFFs that give…
I was thinking about this also. If the long touted "Gateway" lets players interface to the DOFF system via mobile devices, it might be the feather in this old stinky knitted cap called the R&D system. One thing really made me laugh, when starting ARC it shows a little panel "read about the exciting new features coming to…
Point taken. I see where you are coming from.....you see the MMO world of WoW and cry foul. I'm not primarily concerned with the increase in difficulty, but rather the time investment and enjoyment of this new R&D system. I'm not an economist, I don't want to have to think about the average price of rare crafting…
This is quite an about face... I say about face because I have a gut feeling that the time to lvl 15 was working as intended. There's a saying; "first impressions are often correct". I gather my first impressions from several sources: 1) The initial blogs and developer interviews compared the time to complete one school to…
I addressed Captain Smirk during the last live stream session on 7/18. He stated that there is not currently an R&D tutorial in game. I think that was the point of the live stream, a way to get some education out to the community, since there was nothing in game. You can view the replay of the session on the PWE twitch…
But...but....but..... They are still available. From the same vendor in New Romulus command.....like I said in that post up there ^ see? Is this thing on? *testing 1 2........testing 1 2*
There is no R&D tutorial yet in game. When first logging in after the 9.5 update, you will get the R&D doffs added automatically. It will then run through a small introduction to the new DOFF interface, but nothing specific to the R&D tab. Today Captain Smirk did a livestream of the new R&D system, which I think was meant…
I spoke with Smirk last night in game and asked him about the availability of the animal vendors after patch. He said "the vendors will be there, but not the DOFF missions". I take this to mean we will be able to trade in for marks and pending missions that will finish or any animals we already possess, but cannot advance…
Hi Cryptic *waves* I'm a long time MMO player (EQ, EQ2, SWG) and I recently had a chance to try out the new crafting mechanics on tribble. First off, the old system was very lacking, thank you for putting the effort in to overhaul what is on holodeck currently. I didn't spend too much time in there, made perhaps a dozen…