Profundity release

"SubieDoobieDoo;c-2378675" wrote:

"dgree;c-2378673" wrote:
Tbh, one main gripe: WHY IS IT A 1-DAY RELEASE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK? Why not on the weekend?

It is the same type of event as Executor, which was released on a Monday initially and the 15th of every month after that. I assume profundity will follow similar cadence of the last day of every month.

This is a good point, but if anything it only indicates how bad this is. It minimizes the time for doing the event, testing, etc.--which is sorely needed because CG doesn't put enough effort into designing their fleets and doesn't test them, and we saw this with Executor. So many of CG's recent releases are big on hype and costs and fairly underwhelming But I suppose the flip side of this is that if stuff is *really* broken, if it's not the weekend it'll be faster for the devs to hotfix it.

"dgree;c-2378672" wrote:

If they don't do this update, I don't see myself putting the immense investment into profundity.

So you won't gear 3 R5, 1 R7, 1 R8 and 1 R9 in 6 days because of the 60 carbonites you'd have to pay extra ?

"SubieDoobieDoo;c-2378675" wrote:

"dgree;c-2378673" wrote:
Tbh, one main gripe: WHY IS IT A 1-DAY RELEASE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK? Why not on the weekend?

It is the same type of event as Executor, which was released on a Monday initially and the 15th of every month after that. I assume profundity will follow similar cadence of the last day of every month.

In my opinion, that's a pretty big assumption to make, considering there is virtually no data to base it on except that they are both capital ships.

I assume the big assumption will be absolutely correct.

"Starslayer;c-2378699" wrote:

"dgree;c-2378672" wrote:

If they don't do this update, I don't see myself putting the immense investment into profundity.

So you won't gear 3 R5, 1 R7, 1 R8 and 1 R9 in 6 days because of the 60 carbonites you'd have to pay extra ?

Idk. We'll see. This isn't portrayed as some earthshattering meta-shift. We'll see the kit and hopefully some gameplay, and then can make a decision about whether there's a rush to get it ASAP. CCBs and Bronzium Wiring are some of the main bottlenecks in the game (I farm bronzium wiring every day! It's not enough!)

"dgree;c-2378748" wrote:

"Starslayer;c-2378699" wrote:

"dgree;c-2378672" wrote:

If they don't do this update, I don't see myself putting the immense investment into profundity.

So you won't gear 3 R5, 1 R7, 1 R8 and 1 R9 in 6 days because of the 60 carbonites you'd have to pay extra ?

Idk. We'll see. This isn't portrayed as some earthshattering meta-shift. We'll see the kit and hopefully some gameplay, and then can make a decision about whether there's a rush to get it ASAP. CCBs and Bronzium Wiring are some of the main bottlenecks in the game (I farm bronzium wiring every day! It's not enough!)

That’s probably why I don’t understand your situation. I only took into account ccbs, because i never farmed bronziums. You should have tons of relic’d characters to be there.

"Starslayer;c-2378935" wrote:

"dgree;c-2378748" wrote:

"Starslayer;c-2378699" wrote:

"dgree;c-2378672" wrote:

If they don't do this update, I don't see myself putting the immense investment into profundity.

So you won't gear 3 R5, 1 R7, 1 R8 and 1 R9 in 6 days because of the 60 carbonites you'd have to pay extra ?

Idk. We'll see. This isn't portrayed as some earthshattering meta-shift. We'll see the kit and hopefully some gameplay, and then can make a decision about whether there's a rush to get it ASAP. CCBs and Bronzium Wiring are some of the main bottlenecks in the game (I farm bronzium wiring every day! It's not enough!)

That’s probably why I don’t understand your situation. I only took into account ccbs, because i never farmed bronziums. You should have tons of relic’d characters to be there.

This isn't that much. One r7 alone is 220, so this is enough for 3 characters and the gear scavenge mats you're showing have a low conversion. There's a reason why CG is lowering the bronzium cost of high relic levels, and it's because it reduces incentive to power up characters more and gets in the way more more investment (so it's probably not great for either players or CG).

It's not about the amount of reliced characters someone already has, but the rate of relicing characters relative to income.

"dgree;c-2379212" wrote:

"Starslayer;c-2378935" wrote:

"dgree;c-2378748" wrote:

"Starslayer;c-2378699" wrote:

"dgree;c-2378672" wrote:

If they don't do this update, I don't see myself putting the immense investment into profundity.

So you won't gear 3 R5, 1 R7, 1 R8 and 1 R9 in 6 days because of the 60 carbonites you'd have to pay extra ?

Idk. We'll see. This isn't portrayed as some earthshattering meta-shift. We'll see the kit and hopefully some gameplay, and then can make a decision about whether there's a rush to get it ASAP. CCBs and Bronzium Wiring are some of the main bottlenecks in the game (I farm bronzium wiring every day! It's not enough!)

That’s probably why I don’t understand your situation. I only took into account ccbs, because i never farmed bronziums. You should have tons of relic’d characters to be there.

This isn't that much. One r7 alone is 220, so this is enough for 3 characters and the gear scavenge mats you're showing have a low conversion. There's a reason why CG is lowering the bronzium cost of high relic levels, and it's because it reduces incentive to power up characters more and gets in the way more more investment (so it's probably not great for either players or CG).

It's not about the amount of reliced characters someone already has, but the rate of relicing characters relative to income.

"Rkelly;c-2379054" wrote:

"dgree;c-2378673" wrote:
Tbh, one main gripe: WHY IS IT A 1-DAY RELEASE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK? Why not on the weekend?

Middle of the week works just fine in my opinion. I do most of my playing while I'm procrastinating at work, or while I'm pooping. Both of which I do in the middle of the week.

Corporate analysts have referred to this phenomenon as "quiet ****", and it's one of the new ways that millennial employees are wrecking national productivity and the economy.

My pace of relic is pretty high for a f2p, and I have the same situation. I never need farm bronzium material and my inventory is actually going up. down. My bottleneck is now Gryda Pad. I have more R8/R9 material than what I can farm Gryda Pad now.

"dgree;c-2379212" wrote:

"Starslayer;c-2378935" wrote:

"dgree;c-2378748" wrote:

"Starslayer;c-2378699" wrote:

"dgree;c-2378672" wrote:

If they don't do this update, I don't see myself putting the immense investment into profundity.

So you won't gear 3 R5, 1 R7, 1 R8 and 1 R9 in 6 days because of the 60 carbonites you'd have to pay extra ?

Idk. We'll see. This isn't portrayed as some earthshattering meta-shift. We'll see the kit and hopefully some gameplay, and then can make a decision about whether there's a rush to get it ASAP. CCBs and Bronzium Wiring are some of the main bottlenecks in the game (I farm bronzium wiring every day! It's not enough!)

That’s probably why I don’t understand your situation. I only took into account ccbs, because i never farmed bronziums. You should have tons of relic’d characters to be there.

This isn't that much. One r7 alone is 220, so this is enough for 3 characters and the gear scavenge mats you're showing have a low conversion. There's a reason why CG is lowering the bronzium cost of high relic levels, and it's because it reduces incentive to power up characters more and gets in the way more more investment (so it's probably not great for either players or CG).

Yeah but you're ignoring the left side of that screen. So sure, they can only r7 3 characters with what they already have converted, but there's enough gear to convert for a couple dozen r7's. And the real point was that they never farmed those pieces for relics, and the left side of the screen shows that there is no need for them to do so. I'm in the same boat, but it's because I'm a launch player and have so much gear for the first 3 sets of relics that it doesn't really matter.

"dgree;c-2379212" wrote:

"Starslayer;c-2378935" wrote:

"dgree;c-2378748" wrote:

"Starslayer;c-2378699" wrote:

"dgree;c-2378672" wrote:

If they don't do this update, I don't see myself putting the immense investment into profundity.

So you won't gear 3 R5, 1 R7, 1 R8 and 1 R9 in 6 days because of the 60 carbonites you'd have to pay extra ?

Idk. We'll see. This isn't portrayed as some earthshattering meta-shift. We'll see the kit and hopefully some gameplay, and then can make a decision about whether there's a rush to get it ASAP. CCBs and Bronzium Wiring are some of the main bottlenecks in the game (I farm bronzium wiring every day! It's not enough!)

That’s probably why I don’t understand your situation. I only took into account ccbs, because i never farmed bronziums. You should have tons of relic’d characters to be there.

This isn't that much. One r7 alone is 220, so this is enough for 3 characters and the gear scavenge mats you're showing have a low conversion. There's a reason why CG is lowering the bronzium cost of high relic levels, and it's because it reduces incentive to power up characters more and gets in the way more more investment (so it's probably not great for either players or CG).

It's not about the amount of reliced characters someone already has, but the rate of relicing characters relative to income.

You are right to some dgree. As Sloweagle and Starson explained, I'm not alone in this situation. Other players who unlocked every character available still haven't depleted their bronzium stash.

However, I don't deny the bronzium shortage is a problem for players like you and others who put far higher relics on their characters as we did. Now that R5 is a prerequisite to enjoy dtc goodness, more are likely to follow the same path. You are a vision of the future that awaits us if we're not very stingy with our relics.

To sum up: considering 90 bronziums could cost 1,800 crystals (so 2,100 crystals in total with carbonite), I understand why you could wonder if you're not better off waiting for the Relic 8-9 update, even if it means not getting Profundity until next month. If I was in your shoes; I will definitely pay the extra crystals without doing any maths for the pleasure of getting the new stuff right away.