For those of us who do not care about implants and chargers, can we exchange them for certs? Currently, they are just stacking up and there is no use for them.
They can't do that so long as you can get These items with Station cash as well, otherwise it would let people but certs, which is one thing they don't want. Sure it is a round about way, but when you consider that Cert only upgrades are ment to prevent the whole "Pay to Win" that people fear of in a F2P, having a system that lets you do this can't be allowed.
If it was for a net loss, meaning the stuff you buy with certs would give you 25% back in certs, then I wouldn't see it as an issue. That'd be P2L at that point. Only the super rich would buy their certs like that. And if they do that, we benefit since that'd be one heck of a F2P Whale.
It might be possible to set it so that the implants you buy are locked and not able to be recycled into certs. Whilst the implants earned through xp gain can be. I'd prefer some extra certs instead of the implant.
That's a valid concern but SOE can easily add an internal flag to indicate whether implants/chargers were bought with SC or not. They could prohibit refunding of SC purchased ones
Or you could... you know... equip them? Maybe? Seriously, it takes maybe 45 seconds to equip some implants, click the auto-recharge box, and never have to "mess with" them again. Are suits slots and weapon attachments too complicated for you to use as well? You would spend FAR more time trying to sort them out. And then there's deciding where to spend your certs. Unless that was too much of a hassle too, and you haven't used certs to upgrade anything?
Or they could set the +xp amount that you are receiving and allow you a smaller chance of getting implants but get +10% more xp.
Don't be a dick, Dick. @ TS: Not entirely sure whether I am or am not on board with this. If SOE were to do something like this, then a T3, imo, shouldn't be worth more than, say, 10 certs. A T1, as easy as they are to come by, shouldn't be worth more than 3-5, if even that. The idea, then, would be that the certs gained from this would supplement the certs gained from other gameplay. (Reading that back, it sounds really obvious, but I'm letting it stand.)
