Benny Europe
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I decided to work on tiering an S.I. Combat Knife, and in so doing skill up Shortblades among other skills.
I managed to procure a tier 0.0 Knife out of someone's storage and immediately went to work.
The shank's tiers
I thought I'd work the Puny Challenge for tiers, and headed to Camp Icarus to endeavor the grind.
Tier 0.0 to approximately tier 0.7 took naught more than a few PED per tier at most. Tiers lasted at longest up to an hour each per increment.
During acquisition of tier 0.8, however, timetables changed quite significantly. I continued working at Camp Icarus mobs for over an hour without tier change. Another hour or so, still nothing. I took to forums and took advisement to hunt Kerberos-Young through Old, still no tiering. By this point I had invested over 100PED in repairs while at tier 0.7. I read about how others had also seen tiering issues with UL items, frequently identifying them as "Old Unlimited" items. Many were advised to report similar tiering issues as a bug to MA Support Center.
Thus, I decided to do the same which turned out as follows":
After being told perhaps that one stubborn and unchanging tier 0.7 may have only needed a few more swipes I jumped back in with Kerberos-Young, Mature, and Olds. Another several hours and 200 PED Knife-repairs later the S.I. Combat Knife is still holding out on tiering.
Further research said tiering is not a respecter of mob value or difficulty and thus came the next 300 PED repairs. I sliced at Argonaut-Young/Scout, Kerberos-Provider/Guardian, Caudatergus-Provider/Guardian, and even Ambulimax-Young and -Mature for days at a time with no change in tier.
I've heard from experienced Entropians of old tier rates, previously taking beyond 8 months per tier. I would understand if tier 0.0-0.7 moved as molasses that gaining 0.8 may follow suit but given the tier progression thus far does this sound pretty standard/normal with the changes as of late?
It's not even to the first tier and already MA is absorbing investment of time and PEDS into their wallet. Any insight is welcome, thanks in advance!
I managed to procure a tier 0.0 Knife out of someone's storage and immediately went to work.
The shank's tiers
I thought I'd work the Puny Challenge for tiers, and headed to Camp Icarus to endeavor the grind.
Tier 0.0 to approximately tier 0.7 took naught more than a few PED per tier at most. Tiers lasted at longest up to an hour each per increment.
During acquisition of tier 0.8, however, timetables changed quite significantly. I continued working at Camp Icarus mobs for over an hour without tier change. Another hour or so, still nothing. I took to forums and took advisement to hunt Kerberos-Young through Old, still no tiering. By this point I had invested over 100PED in repairs while at tier 0.7. I read about how others had also seen tiering issues with UL items, frequently identifying them as "Old Unlimited" items. Many were advised to report similar tiering issues as a bug to MA Support Center.
Thus, I decided to do the same which turned out as follows":
I received this response from Mind Ark Support Rep:
I replied with this then closed the Support ticket:
After being told perhaps that one stubborn and unchanging tier 0.7 may have only needed a few more swipes I jumped back in with Kerberos-Young, Mature, and Olds. Another several hours and 200 PED Knife-repairs later the S.I. Combat Knife is still holding out on tiering.
Further research said tiering is not a respecter of mob value or difficulty and thus came the next 300 PED repairs. I sliced at Argonaut-Young/Scout, Kerberos-Provider/Guardian, Caudatergus-Provider/Guardian, and even Ambulimax-Young and -Mature for days at a time with no change in tier.
I've heard from experienced Entropians of old tier rates, previously taking beyond 8 months per tier. I would understand if tier 0.0-0.7 moved as molasses that gaining 0.8 may follow suit but given the tier progression thus far does this sound pretty standard/normal with the changes as of late?
It's not even to the first tier and already MA is absorbing investment of time and PEDS into their wallet. Any insight is welcome, thanks in advance!
The tier rate is 78 at the moment so that plays a huge role in there.. long story short, it's easy to get discouraged but it will eventually tick.. just gota keep swinging that weapon!
