Whining about the Materials

Hooplah

Hooplah
Greetings,

OK, I love the game. Even when I'm not sure what the heck the Frontier Devs are doing I always have a positive attitude maybe thinking that they know what they are doing. Others often disagree a lot on the Forum. Some very passionately. But I'm biased since playing the game from 1984, devoted a website to it, doing free tech support in 1995 and my life is perfect playing the current version. Well, actual real life suffers a little...My dogs want more playtime with me and a girl on FaceBook who likes me doesn't have a clue what she is getting in to.

So for my first ever whine what is with the 6 multiplier with trading materials?

1-6-36-216-1296-7776.

This is pretty harsh. Yes, lower level grade materials are often used for engineering but after that they are useless. Perhaps we could go to a 4 multiplier.

1-4-26-64-256-1024.

A player still has to work for the grade 5 materials but in a pinch swapping grade 3 and 4 to get a few grade 5 needed at the moment won't seem like we are being totally ripped off. For many players (not me of course...I love it!) we have enough grind in the game to frustrate many. Consider making this one a little easier.

Just a suggestion. My first and only whine. Maybe three years from now I'll come up with another one.

Best Regards
 
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IcemanAJL

IcemanAJL
Sounds reasonable as a means to help against the grind...

Which means someone is going to come along and say it’s not immersive enough. Like with every decent idea.

+1 Would like to see better mat trading
 

Cory280

Cory280
Yes, the current mat trading is a bit strange. Even making it a 3 multiplier would be reasonable, and maybe make it so we lose fewer materials when changing.
 

Hooplah

Hooplah
Cory280 said:
Yes, the current mat trading is a bit strange. Even making it a 3 multiplier would be reasonable, and maybe make it so we lose fewer materials when changing.
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Nice try with a 3 multiplier but I don't think Frontier will go with it. Still one can always hope for the best.

1-3-9-27-81-243
 

elkiller

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Hooplah said:
Greetings,

OK, I love the game. Even when I'm not sure what the heck the Frontier Devs are doing I always have a positive attitude maybe thinking that they know what they are doing. Others often disagree a lot on the Forum. Some very passionately. But I'm biased since playing the game from 1984, doing tech support in 1995 and my life is perfect playing the current version. Well, actual real life suffers a little...My dogs want more playtime with me and a girl on FaceBook who likes me doesn't have a clue what she is getting in to.

So for my first ever whine what is with the 6 multiplier with trading materials?

1-6-36-216-1296-7776.

This is pretty harsh. Yes, lower level grade materials are often used for engineering but after that they are useless. Perhaps we could go to a 4 multiplier.

1-4-26-64-256-1024.

A player still has to work for the grade 5 materials but in a pinch swapping grade 3 and 4 to get a few grade 5 needed at the moment won't seem like we are being totally ripped off. For many players (not me of course...I love it!) we have enough grind in the game to frustrate many. Consider making this one a little easier.

Just a suggestion. My first and only whine. Maybe three years from now I'll come up with another one.

Best Regards
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i would gladly pay credits to get materials
 

MK Regular

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Hooplah said:
Nice try with a 3 multiplier but I don't think Frontier will go with it. Still one can always hope for the best.

1-3-9-27-81-243
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I remember when mat trading was first announced I was thinking of trading at 3:1 going up (1-3-9-27-81) and 1:2 going down (1-2-4-8-16), with sideways trading at 3:2.

Effectively:
  • G1->G5 would be 81 for 1
  • G1->G5 of a different material family would be 243 for 2
  • G5->G1 would be 1 for 16
  • G5->G1 of a different material family would be 3 for 32
Admittedly, it might be a bit much, but it would probably be significantly better than the current 1:6 and 3:1 ratios
 

metatheurgist

metatheurgist
You're not supposed to trade G1 for G5. It's not supposed to be your primary way of getting high grade mats. It's only supposed to be a handy stopgap if you need a couple of a specific item, you can't be bothered to go looking and you happen to have some other higher grade spare.
 

Hooplah

Hooplah
comdr0303 said:
It's faKebook, forget the girl but play more with your dogs because they only live a short time and really need your love.
"A dog loves you more than it loves itself and that's why I worship dogs." -- R Gervais
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I couldn't agree more. I won't go so far as to worship pets but will provide a loving caring life. Then when their short life ends I know that they had a great one with me. Then I'll get another critter and start all over. Meanwhile FaceBook girls have an agenda mostly dealing with money. Imagine that.
 
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