[UI] Ore Refinement CPU

Maybe this idea has been posted before but here it is, 1 of the things i hate most about not being premium is not having cargo auto refined, premium members get their cargos auto refined, how about a CPU that will Auto refine for non premium members? Maybe instead of completely refining the ore it can only refine to prometid and duranium and if you want it to refine into promi you have to do it yourself. It would mean that non premium players could shoot a few more npc before having to go to the refining tab and start the process which is generally when someone uncloaks on you and you cant do anything cause the refining tab is taking up half the screen. So anyway thats my idea, an auto refine CPU.

 

Try a lab CPU auto refines and boosts your lasers can be found in the shop or auction along with other CPU's to auto boost shields and rockets, better still send ore from sky lab to boost weapons and sheild's. In honesty though refineing out side of the sky lab costs xenomit that can be used for better purposes. Also premium players want so see something for the money they spend that is why they get little extras.

 

Premium players also get to see red tags and green tags on mini map and non premium people don't unless they equip radar CPU, premium has plenty of perks besides auto refine(example: free reps, faster rocket speed, 5% discount on uri items, free pet repairs), plus im not suggesting it be as good as premium, you could make it only be able to refine the 3 base ores into prometid and duranium. And if you are like most players beyond level 12, you already have plenty of rocks on lasers, rockets, etc...

 

The CPU's you are talking about do nothing to increase the cargo space that he is in need of. Yes the auto refine is a feature of the Premium Player but I have noticed most of them do not even collect the cargo so what difference does it make if this perk is sold to a Free2Play player. I second the request, an auto refine chip that will refine Prometid and Duranium. As a Premium player I would add the option to NOT refine Promerium for us. I do not always want to generate the Promerium but do not have the choice when the Auto-Refine is switched on.

I don't remember the features of the Radar Chip being a Premium Perk, I think I will have to check this out the next time I am in the maps. I have always had the Radar Chip so don't know for sure. As far as rocks on upgrading I had them at level 10 as my SkyLab was productive enough to allow this even before I had premium. But this has nothing to do with the Auto Refine feature as 3 of the 4 items being upgraded is not using refined ores from the ship. If this became too much of an inconvenience to the Premium player add a Seprom refinery for a Premium perk, on the ship.

So to make it fair, as I see it, the premium players are not collecting Cargo so they do not use the auto-refine feature, make auto-refine a game feature not premium. Allow Premium players to make Seprom on the ship and toggle what minerals they Auto-Refine. This allows the NEWBS to collect their cargo without having to worry about being popped all the time, it gives the persons burning Seprom like water a chance to create it on their ship and if we don't want to burn Xenomit we can turn off the Promerium refinery on the ship. So a feature of the Premium is gone but we get a better feature in exchange.

What do you think of this?

 

The diplomacy CPU does take the place of a premium feature. I agree that auto-refining for the most part should be a regular feature for everyone. Seprom refining for premium would encourage Premium users to collect their cargo. The bad thing about it is takes so much Prom to make Seprom, the best thing about it would be that it would keep Seprom available on the ship for shields. You would burn through it too fast for lasers, although rockets may stay charged.

 

I was thinking the shipboard Seprom could fill the gap from the Skylab transfers as it seems too many people are complaining that they do not get enough from their SkyLab and this could help that. The reason for the Auto-Refine selection is some people do not want to use their Xenomit for making Promerium and this would allow the Premium player to make the selection to not make Promerium but use the cargo collected to make Seprom. The amount to make is only 10 units to 1 unit so it is actually less than making the other minerals and is a better ore, that you only get from PvP (those players not smart enough to put it into use before flying in the maps) or SkyLab transfers (oh I forgot the Halloween Gate also gave us some), so a person who played longer than they had put on shields would have the ability to get more without sending from SkyLab (that could already be in the middle of transfer or not have any available for shipping). The Refining to Seprom could be set in the Settings to automatically refine or be a MANUAL REFINE (preferred as there is no value to Seprom if being sold) and this would allow you to keep the Promerium collected for SALE or refine and use the Seprom as soon as it is refined. I think a person being able to put the power of Seprom on their shields from shipboard Promerium at 1 unit per minute is better then getting the Promerium upgrade for 10 minutes.

I believe this change is something that would benefit ALL players of the GAME. Newbs could Auto-Refine what they are collecting all the time and prevent from sitting in the map to be a target dealing with the process, Wallets could now create a mineral they use too fast for their SkyLab production to keep up with and it would not cost (or cause economic commotion) D O any sells or potential sells in doing so, it might even promote more people to buy Premium as they could refine Seprom on the ship.

Any further thoughts or complaints against or for this?

 

Oh, no complaints here, I like it. You just expanded on what I said. Only Seprom is 1 unit for 10 min also.

 

Thanks guys, your ideas are very good, i like the idea of refining to sep on ship for premium players.

 

I know but then it is 10 units of Promerium to make Seprom so if the refinery is on the ship you get 1 minute per Promerium refined. But we have the same idea.

Would be a nice change in the game EVERYONE could use and enjoy, or at least I think so.

 

Note: The thread will be re-opened only if the OP requests for it.

Enjoy the game.

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