Ship Schematics really useless.

pooky

I, like many players, have already maxed out all the ships that have schematics that are available through normal portal pulls. It used to be that if you pulled schematics, you could at least use them in the replicator. Now, with the voyages providing more than enough replicator rations, everyone has thousands of schematics that they will never use, and so pulling them is meaningless, disappointing, and wasteful.

Fix it please.

Leola Root

It's actually amazing when you think about what voyages screwed:
- surplus ship schematics useless with replicator rashions
- Sunday rep.rashions dailies useless
- gauntlet rewards with the exception of featured 5*
- galaxy event featured gauntlets with increased chron chance
- trainers as replicator fuel
- unbalanced galaxy events
Even chronitos to a degree are something I'm not paying much attention anymore with 2x 7h voyages... But maybe that's endgame.

Speckles the Destroyer of Worlds

I consider them the gag reward that just isn't very funny anymore.

We can reliably expect to get 50% schematics from any 10 pack we buy. That means we lose out on about 500 honor per pack from these things.

Unless you buy the special 6000+ dilithium packs that contain no schematics. Yay, that is a good value.

eXo | Cadet Matt

It's not that schematics are useless as there are a number of schematics for ships I (and other captains) need. The real issue is that the portal (and dabo) haven't been updated to feature any of the new schematics (including those that are beyond "new") for ages. Why these weren't updated with the last crew refresh is at best an oversight and at worst lazy.

C-Note

Schematics aren't useless, just less valuable now. Before voyages, I needed them for replicator rations, and only built the minimum number of ships needed in game, and for the arena. Now, I can build all those fancy 4* and 5* ships, and have a more interesting experience at least in the arena.

AviTrek

Voyages has actually made it more important to FF all ships because you don't know what trait will show up next. The problem is the portals/dabo only contain the old ships so people have them FF while the newer ships are stuck in limbo.

Educated_Beast

eXo | Cadet Matt wrote: »

It's not that schematics are useless as there are a number of schematics for ships I (and other captains) need. The real issue is that the portal (and dabo) haven't been updated to feature any of the new schematics (including those that are beyond "new") for ages. Why these weren't updated with the last crew refresh is at best an oversight and at worst lazy.

You mean at best an oversight and at worse greedy.

I don't see DB as a company with long term goals. They are in it for as much money as possible before bailing. No way they are going to stick around unless major changes in management choices are made.

I've already accepted this and see my monthly card purchase like putting quarters into an arcade machine.

Nothing I'm doing here is going to last unless someone buys them out.

WaldoMag

You can say what you will. But eventually the new schematics will end up in the packs. And I would not mind getting those schematics when they are. If that means I acquire a ton of the old, so be it. I still use the old for replications just to use some of them up.

Bigstupidgrin

Would be cool to be able to sell schematics for a few credits.

Speckles the Destroyer of Worlds

DB values 100 3* schematics the same as a 3* hero on packs since they are interchangeable in 10 pack rewards as the minimum draw.

Therefore I think it would be fair to offer us 100 honor and up for comparable ship schematic sales.

Pallidyne

Due to being paranoid about the item limit, I've been dropping schems into the replicator before the I use replicator rations.
I've had my peak around 860, but I want to keep it down around 800.

Jim Steele

I have tons of ship schematics, I am hoping one day there is a use for them? perhaps its time to increase the ship level cap?
I also think that we are in dire need of some new schematics in the portal pulls!

Sir Whale

May be we need option to convert schematics to honor ?

[PAaA] Admiral Spear

Si Whale wrote: »

May be we need option to convert schematics to honor ?

Or schematics to credits

Mithiwithi

AviTrek wrote: »

Voyages has actually made it more important to FF all ships because you don't know what trait will show up next. The problem is the portals/dabo only contain the old ships so people have them FF while the newer ships are stuck in limbo.

That only applies to 5* ships (or whatever the best rank ship you have) - a maxed 5* without trait beats a maxed 4* with trait.

Ships generally are an aspect of the game that DB hasn't put nearly as much attention into as they have for crew. Voyages are a good start, but they need more if we're going to care about schematics.

[10F] NewtonianQBalls

Leola Root wrote: »

It's actually amazing when you think about what voyages screwed:
- surplus ship schematics useless with replicator rations
- Sunday rep.rations dailies useless
- gauntlet rewards with the exception of featured 5*
- galaxy event featured gauntlets with increased chron chance
- trainers as replicator fuel
- unbalanced galaxy events
Even chronitons to a degree are something I'm not paying much attention anymore with 2x 7h voyages... But maybe that's endgame.

I am actually okay with the Sunday issue as it leaves me the option to pick and choose which mission I want for faction components. I think that being out of the way I can focus on what I need more than trying to get the top dollar amount of rations. So some of this is actually a good thing.

Miles "Coffins for Cardies" O'Brien

Maybe they could have it so we could scrap schematics for credits or honour.