Trion Removing Ability To Upgrade Rarity More Than Once Per Item

[hiban]

If you take TRION's age old statement of "A longer and more fulfilling chase"...

The problem is that the chase is already long... but it's not fulfilling at all!

Making orange weapons even more difficult to get will only make the chase longer, but not more fulfulling.
Why? because most orange weapons have crap rolls, so they are usually not worth the chase.

If they granted that an orange weapon would always have good rolls, then that would be something.

[DeadEye68]

If they granted that an orange weapon would always have good rolls, then that would be something.

Speaking of rolls. I can't be the only one to think backpack synergies have no other use than reducing the odds of getting a useful one, right ?

[Pandur]

Speaking of rolls. I can't be the only one to think backpack synergies have no other use than reducing the odds of getting a useful one, right ?

They don't make you feel so bad about adding a non/wrong synergy mod ?

[Kershoc]

"A longer and more fulfilling chase"

You're in a 5K marathon. You have kept a nice pace. The finish line is in sight. All of the sudden ninjas with bats jump out of the bushes clubbing you in the kneecaps and shins. They then grab the finish line and run off, placing it another 5K down the road. An emergency services vehicle shows up. The EMT gets out and instead of working at setting your broken legs, hands you a participation ribbon. On it reads, "Thank you for participating in this longer, more fulfilling chase."

[DeadEye68]

They don't make you feel so bad about adding a non/wrong synergy mod ?

Meh, Ark Hunter to the core I am. A half bad deal is still a bad deal, we ain't shooting stuff because we're philanthropists, are we ?

"A longer and more fulfilling chase"

All joking aside, we all know where this is going to end. We will be -once again- branded as a minority bunch of whiners who want the game to be tailored to their wishes, and all concerns will be swept under the rug.

[JadedSinn]

i dont see this change as bad. for once. there trying to do something right.

yes its a little late to do it. but over all its fine by me. i stoped useing ark forge to upgrade my weapons when i found that i can pick up a gun off the ground that is white or blue or green or even purple and do more damage with it then i was with my legendarys. yes i said it.

i rather save my ark forge for a realy good gun that i want to have at end game then spend it on a gun that is going to be useless in 100-300 ego levels seeing as im still doing the hell bent grind up to ego 5k now only 50 away from 4k after over helf a year playing this game.

i dont consider my self a full vet becuse i got the game when it was 5 dollers on steam. but i do comsider my self a bit of one. and over all i indorse this change and welcome it. the market was flooded with legandarys due to the arkforge salvage matrix snafuu that is allready in place. this will give me a rason to want to buy lock boxes more then i allready do. this gives me a need to chase my loot agine. and spend more then an hour doing dailys being ignored by my clan and haveing nothing better to do all day exsept stair at this forum with every one takeing jabs at one another and trion for speaking there minds or changeing the game

now that this is comeing into the game i have a reason to hard grind to 5k thought the last 1050 egos i have left. and it gives me a reason to fianly buy the last 3 DLCs iv been refuseing to get.

over all i welcome the change and cant wait to test it on the PST and see just how much of a real change it makes.

[Perchta]

Trion if you want to sell more lock boxes then put less Schtako in them. I am a relative n00b to Defiance but have bought many Tier 4 boxes with resources. Of all the boxes I have bought I have gotten one weapon that was actually better than what I already had from Arks and Incursions.

Why would anyone want to buy a crate of schtako unless they are looking to make a fertilizer bomb?

[l Krazey Ivan l]

^ I know right. People are not buying lock box's with bits because the drop rate is horrendous and the orange guns you do pull are god awful.

I used to buy em all the time for the arkforge and for the orange weapons but since the patch I haven't seen an orange weapon and very little arkforge drop from them which is why I stopped buying them so much. Mostley I save my keys and scrip and use it to buy epic mod boxes.

[DeadEye68]

this will give me a rason to want to buy lock boxes more then i allready do. this gives me a need to chase my loot agine.

Of course, who doesn't want more stuff that will be immediately either vendored or salvaged. Let's build up mountains of scrip and salvage and spend them on ... keys, to buy more boxes full of stuff we will vendor and salvage so we can buy more keys to buy boxes full of stuff we ...

I do agree though on one point you made. This could revive the loot chase, but there's a big ... no a huge IF. If they don't make boxes, rewards and general loot more valuable then it will be for naught.

This isn't a bad decision per se, but it's a partial one and a partial solution doesn't solve anything.

[NeuroticHitman]

The problem is that the chase is already long... but it's not fulfilling at all!

You're certainly right on this...I'm not chasing ANYTHING anymore. Now I'm just trying to maximize my enjoyment via arkfall events, sieges etc...from within the game. There is no gear for me to seek out...Hell I can't sell gear off of my high ego characters (5600 / 5500 respectfully). Most everyone at these EGO's have equally impressive gear.