Jamus_Divinus Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 (edited) Have done over 120 slicing missions today (51-55) and have not had gotten one Thermal Regulator (purple component). On the PTS I was averaging one Thermal Regulator every 5 missions...now i'm upto 120 missions on live servers and nada. My 8 toons are at 430-450 slicing. Anyone gotten one of these Thermal Regulators on live servers yet? If so, out of how many attempts? Thanks. Edited April 9, 2013 by Jamus_Divinus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lojdkvist Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 (edited) Have done 30~ 51-55 missions and 0 here aswell, and 0 on the gtn. edit: my brother is slicing aswell and he havent got a single thermal regulator neither. edit 2: over 100 missions, still nothing. edit 3 : 250~ missions, 3 thermal regulators.... Edited April 9, 2013 by Lojdkvist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lusche Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 (edited) got one 450 unlock slicing mission edit: and also one via a normal mission Edited April 9, 2013 by Lusche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khevar Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Nothing yet for me ~50 slicing missions so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sameria Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 got 1 as well, after about 30 missions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthBama Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 So I guess these should be priced around $60k a piece and MK-9 augments $240k at a MINIMUM? Yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psandak Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 So I guess these should be priced around $60k a piece and MK-9 augments $240k at a MINIMUM? Yikes. That sounds about right for the "pre-opening" of an expansion. Prices will fall rapidly though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blasphemerr Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 (edited) I hope it's bugged, I mean, with 8 slicers I've earned 3 purples in ~5 hours. The rate isn't as bad as the yield--1 purple per mission is a bit shady. Edited April 9, 2013 by Blasphemerr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lojdkvist Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 60k? not sure if you read what I said, 250 MISSIONS! and I've gotten three, my brother have done almost the same amount and got about 4, no way they'll go for 60k, if so I'll buy them all and make a fortune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebado Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I'm experiencing similarly low drop rates compared to when I did it on the PTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatFrosty Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Have done over 120 slicing missions today (51-55) and have not had gotten one Thermal Regulator (purple component). On the PTS I was averaging one Thermal Regulator every 5 missions...now i'm upto 120 missions on live servers and nada. My 8 toons are at 430-450 slicing. Anyone gotten one of these Thermal Regulators on live servers yet? If so, out of how many attempts? Thanks. I have 7 crafters at level 50 with all companions and affection points. I honestly believe Slicing is bugged. Diplomacy is criti crafting as normal, and out of the 150 + Slicing missions I've done, I've had one purple mat. Either this is intended or there is a bug in which the criti result (the one that give a recipe in addition to the blue) is also meant to give a purple, but in its current form is broken. A Dev response to clarify would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urantia Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Same here :-(. Have more 50s than I like to admit and not seen any purples from anything all day {all from advanced crew skill missions}. Oddly I did see 2 one the same toon though spaced out over time. I think they came from treasure hunting or Archae {would have to go look to make sure}. But aye...I have been at it all day and the drop rates are rediculous or broken. I sincerely hope they fix this....or at least inform us as to what the deal is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urantia Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I have 7 crafters at level 50 with all companions and affection points. I honestly believe Slicing is bugged. Diplomacy is criti crafting as normal, and out of the 150 + Slicing missions I've done, I've had one purple mat. Either this is intended or there is a bug in which the criti result (the one that give a recipe in addition to the blue) is also meant to give a purple, but in its current form is broken. A Dev response to clarify would be great. Glad you are having luck with at least Diplo. I am seeing zero purples from any crew skill. Save a couple crits {literally 2} from my Artifice crafter. Like many here, I have all toons maxed on affection etc...and nothing. I did never buy the Legacy crafting perks though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urantia Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) Same here :-(. Have more 50s than I like to admit and not seen any purples from anything all day {all from advanced crew skill missions}. Oddly I did see 2 one the same toon though spaced out over time. I think they came from treasure hunting or Archae {would have to go look to make sure}. But aye...I have been at it all day and the drop rates are rediculous or broken. I sincerely hope they fix this....or at least inform us as to what the deal is. Just double checked...it was Treasure hunting that I saw a couple crits on now....zero on anything else :-(. And Duh on me...i of course meant crew skills that can actually return with purple mats lol. Edited April 10, 2013 by Urantia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mthovey Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I agree with all of the previous posters. I have 11 toons who started Slicing @ 400 yesterday. They are all 450 today and I have been sending them on at least 2 missions every 2 hours (other than when I was sleeping this equates to roughly 140 missions) and I have maybe 15 purples. The crit rate of 1 is completely unwarranted. All other Mission Skills yield 2 on crit, I don't believe this is as intended. We really need a Dev to confirm either way. At this rate crafting augments for 1 character is going to take roughly 600 missions. I think slowing down the augment gearing is fine but a straight reduction of crits from 3-4 to 2 is reduction enough. Not to mention the major increase in material requirements to create Aug Kits the pace of augmenting your characters is severely slowed and the cost is increased significantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marxhunter Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I also have been experiencing this with slicing as well. I have accumulated various lvl 450 missions through lockboxes as well but don't plan on using them until a reply from a Dev whether this is a intended issue or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebado Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 FWIW my Diplomacy missions have returned crits at a normal rate. I haven't tried other mission skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Damask- Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Are all your slicers lvl55 or just 50, and does this have anything to do with mission difficulty maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVaglin Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 For me, returns did increase as my characters leveld up. It's not quite as common as before, and yields are much lower (one per crit), but they're coming in a somewhat regular fashion now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wainot-keel Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 hmmm.... character level never mattered before in terms of chance for a crit. You'd think they would say if it does now.... Not a big number, but after 44 missions (with companions at max affection) no purple mat at all and only 1 schematic.... on the PTS it was much, much, much better.... this doesnt feel right.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nextstopover Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I have 4 slicers and all day they have been losing money on lockbox missions.. everytime.. its pissing me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frtommy Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I have 4 slicers and all day they have been losing money on lockbox missions.. everytime.. its pissing me off. The worst thing is that. Me too. Put lockboxes missions every time and i get 1k less than the mission cost. Slicing is totally bugged. OFC Purple thing,yesterday, i dropped 1 purple in 15hours playing . I dont know if atm is better stop doing slincing. My credits go down fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groncho Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 2 toons with slicing, ccoms max affextionfull running = 9 drops = WUT?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVaglin Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 hmmm.... character level never mattered before in terms of chance for a crit. You'd think they would say if it does now.... Not a big number, but after 44 missions (with companions at max affection) no purple mat at all and only 1 schematic.... on the PTS it was much, much, much better.... this doesnt feel right.... I'm sorry, I used bad terminology. I meant as my skill in slicing increased, not character level. When slicing was between 400-430, I had the same horrid returns as you, 1 in about 50 attempts. But after getting access to rich and bountiful, rate got a lot better and I now have about 20 or so. I think it has to do with crit chance being a fair bit higher on yellow missions than orange. I'm not seeing the rates I did before, when I had a crit about 1 in 5, but all my slicers aren't 450 yet. Once they are I'll try and keep better track of it. Also, I am pretty sure the moderate mission will never return a purple even with a crit, just a schematic. If anyone's gotten a purple mat on that, please let me know. Not sure about abundant, haven't paid enough attention yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuga Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I got 1 from a slicing mission 450 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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