Spenders rewarded while non-spenders get the shaft once again

[Andy]

what you are all not getting about chips is this. They give a small advantage compared to everything else. The chips have the gem costs associated with them to make them a spenders thing. and to give the spenders a controllable way to take advantage over non spenders and each other. Now i agree that they screwed up not giving a warning about the gem removal cost for level 4 and up. So simple fix to that is to have a patch that removes all level 4 and higher chips and places them in inventory. SO then you can decide with the knowledge if you want to embed them again with their being an associated removal cost or save them up for merging

No, please. That would leave the sockets empty, with the corresponding lost of power, and nothing to put in them. Also that is a lot of chips to clutter up the inventory and some people may not have the room for them. One of the other solutions is a better one. The following are in order of preference from my point of view.

1. Remove the cost for removing level 4 chips.
2. Allow in place merge. This means that you can use 4 more lvl 4 chips to merge with the one that is in the socket and it turns it into a lvl 5 chip in the socket.
3. Allow a higher level chip to to replace the lvl 4 chip. The lvl 4 chip will be destroyed.

[mattp169]

No, please. That would leave the sockets empty, with the corresponding lost of power, and nothing to put in them. Also that is a lot of chips to clutter up the inventory and some people may not have the room for them. One of the other solutions is a better one. The following are in order of preference from my point of view.

1. Remove the cost for removing level 4 chips.
2. Allow in place merge. This means that you can use 4 more lvl 4 chips to merge with the one that is in the socket and it turns it into a lvl 5 chip in the socket.
3. Allow a higher level chip to to replace the lvl 4 chip. The lvl 4 chip will be destroyed.

Andy you have said before you have all these level 4 chips embedded. And you embedded them without knowing about the 100 gem removal cost.
All I suggest is to undo that. ONE TIME. That's it. Then you can decide knowing that there is a gem removal cost how you want to deal with chips.
Knowing there is a gem removal cost would you still embed them? Would you not worry about them? Would you have them clutter up your inventory? etc etc
Because I doubt they will change the chip system. Dawn has stated before it is working exactly as intended.
The only issue I have with how it is working, which I believe dawn has even commented on the fact that this was missed in development, that there is no warning about the removal cost before embedding.

So correct that oversight and remove all level 4 + chips from everyone one time and warn them of the unembed cost when embedding.

[Revan]

You all put too much value in chips thats all i got to say.

I'll agree with you on that.

Note: my previous post in this thread was just something that popped into my head while reading the thread.

[Herby]

You all put too much value in chips thats all i got to say.

Agreed. Players should focus on other aspects of their game instead of stressing over things that are insignificant.
Removing gem cost to remove level 4+ chips would make the game too easy, would remove the last real edge coiners have over non-coiners.

People keep asking for new content, complaining that the game is unfinished and they have nothing else to do, yet they ask that the game be made easier. Doesn't make sense.

[Boroeast]

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