Raw engineering materials as mission rewards

[Tigir]

The addition of raw engineering materials to mission rewards would help cut out a lot of the griping over grinding in the game.
Material grade offered could be linked to mission ranking, and with the traders even getting lower grades of materials that can be traded up could make for a happier user base.

Edit: These are the element materials such as sulphur, carbon, arsenic, or selenium.

 

[[VR] CMDR TYRTHEMIS]

We already have this I believe

 

[Tigir]

We already have this I believe

We have encoded and manufactured materials as rewards, but do not have raw materials.

 

[GreyAreaUK]

We have encoded and manufactured materials as rewards, but do not have raw materials.

Just to clarify, I assume you're talking about substances like arsenic, tin, iron etc. Not things like polymer capacitors.

 

[Tigir]

Just to clarify, I assume you're talking about substances like arsenic, tin, iron etc. Not things like polymer capacitors.

Yes, the element engineering materials.

 

[CMDR Cosmic Spacehead]

+1

I've not seen them as a reward for a long time, if ever.

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead

 

[GreyAreaUK]

Yes, the element engineering materials.

No arguments here. Very low percentage stuff like Antimony can be an absolute bast...er...problem to find sometimes...

 

[Limoncello Lizard]

Hopefully Q4 gets a complete rewrite of how raw materials (elements) are implemented in the game.

1. redo the percentages to reflect the new classes
2. add some class-5 raw materials to planet surfaces
3. add some class-4 and 5 mats to asteroids
4. fix the inconsistencies between materials list and brokers
5. add some as mission rewards - and not just for mining missions, as they were for a while
6. add planetary ring percentages to system maps
7. explain the hand-waving that makes rhenium common