Work In Progress Introducing The R&D Gear System!

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EDIT: Sorry Mepps. Not trying to steal your thunder.

Like mentioned before. They're complementary. If you're playing and collecting gear scraps - that means you're getting drops. If you're getting drops, you'll run into rare pieces actually dropping. R&D works in conjunction with drops, not opposite.

Lol the response to my error was strong.

I didn't intend to make it out as an alternative. I just want to know if you should have all 4 of those best pieces via R&D/drops within the time that it is best.

So if I were to look at the best way to maximize my time/value, would it look something like this?

1. Ep 18 drops and I start playing the content regularly
2. I mod and apply rare dops. Anything less I salvage but hold on to (DON'T craft) the scraps in my bank
3. Round about week 6 after Ep 18 drops, I will use the inventoried scraps to craft any rare pieces I haven't gotten through regular play
4. Rinse and repeat by rolling over any unused scraps into the following Episodes 6-week salvage window

You had me at Weapon Reward box!!!

This is the best thing to come out since I've been on DCUO.

My only last request to this is bringing back a precision based gear set for my HL and Celestial toons.

I don't think rings and face should ONLY be R&D. I've been paying my sub for four years, I don't always want to play 10 hours a day/5 days a week. It's a nice option to craft, but it shouldn't be mandatory to get the best gear. I prefer to spend my replays on raids till I have all the drops I want.

Sounds like good news. I'm sceptic about the costs until I see them but I think many peope who get hung up about taking a long time to craft a full set (or are already crying and throwing a tantrum about noobs getting a free pass to endgame) are forgetting that rare gear isn't needed for progression. Vendor gear is enough and crafting a full set of rare gear is neither needed nor intended. And most low SP whatever noobs can already get through endgame by grinding out vendor gear or getting carried through rare drop content so this is no issue whatsoever, just a display of misinformation or ignorance.

Downside of the 3 month thing and components not being tradable is that for most those plans will be one-time only, and the components will be trash after 20 weeks. Upside is that this potentially extends the lifespan of content from the beginning of a cycle to until the last episode of the cycle gets replaced, apart from marks.

Lastly, "Weapon Reward Box" wowowow

Darn you answered my question but I asked it wrong. Does crafting count towards the crafting feat is what I meant to ask.

You wont truly rely on R&D Crafting to make an entire set unless you spend a LARGE amounts of replays and remember Gear from Ep18 wont be replaced until Ep21 so it'll still be the best for 3 months

Thanks Devs! You are AWESOME!

Good system. Really like it so far. Still looking it over.

I'm not sure how I feel about having to choose between buying a plan with marks or buying vendor gear. Considering they are slanted to be similar prices.

Q: Why can't vendor gear be upgraded? You might have answered this. If so you can just quote your previous answer.

Very glad that gear will not become obsolete within the first month.

I am not sure how I feel about raids still being put on a pedestal.

Q: Doesn't this still screw over the smaller content players?

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Mepps (and/or and Dev), is there any chance that the Omnipotent Gear is going to be included in this somehow. So that we can either create updated Omnipotent Gear. Example would be an Omnipotent plan where you could only create one of the components from salvaging the same piece of Omnipotent gear.