[UI] Crafting Ideas

Hands up anyone who has crafted an advanced jump CPU, a slot CPU 4, a rep bot 4 or a CBS module. I will make a guess and say not very many if none at all. All these items can easily be purchased in the auction for pennies. No one in their right mind would spend weeks bashing NPCs so they have a very small chance of collecting enough materials to craft any of the above.

Who in the DO team thought that putting these items in the crafting was a good idea? They help no one, by the time anyone has gained enough of the materials to craft these items they could buy them with credits and probably uri that they get from killing the NPCs in the first place.

What is the point in bringing out a new feature if items in that new feature are not worth the time or effort? Some of the other items can be useful, so at least its not a complete waste of time.

Now for the ideas:-

Zeus and/or Apis parts
Booty keys
Pet gears and protocols
Havocs and hercs
Extra energy
Cloaking CPUs
and Log discs

 

The recipe costs shouldn't be so high that you need e.g. for 1 extra energy 1 minute.

 

The scrap drop rate is atrocious - many need these for above mentioned crafts. Took me 2 hours for 2 scrap and run arounds with cloakers fun - games.

 

I totally agree with you. The drop rates are very poor. However DO don't really want people to be able to craft things with ease. The crafting system is just another exploit that they use. Just like everything else. On one hand they offer the chance of being able to get lots of nice things but in reality people get very little. Until they are ready to part with their hard earned cash.

Even with the drop rates being so low, they still wont put really useful items in the crafting, they might miss out on making a little money. However there are about two things in the crafting that are worth getting, spec ships and emps, the rest in my opinion are not worth taking the time, uri or money to get.

But with all these cosmetics people seem to be going crazy over (I have no idea why), DO are on to a winner.

 

I am for the most parts you suggested such as log discs, extra energy, booty keys and of course the cloak CPU. But i don't think havoc and hercules would fit, neither PET-Gears do, but i agree about the PET-Protocols.

I would go even further and offer some unique items you cannot just buy in the shops but you REALLY have to work for. Might do an idea about it.

 

Yeah maybe not, but they could bring them out only with a decent two week event. As well as cosmetics, so there will be something for all. Plus with the poor drops rates and expensive nano parts they would still be hard to get but it would give something for a player to work towards.

 

If your 4-5 map is empty/peaceful, use alien locator on Uber Mordon/Uber Saimon and kill all of them. It only took me 1 hour for around 5 scrap!

Zeta parts would fit ^^