[quote] If your armor is already upgraded to a higher energy level, the cost will be the total upgrade materials necessary to reach that energy value plus 1 Upgrade Module. [/quote]
I really hope that I'm reading this wrong, but it sounds like the cost of changing the elemental affinity on a MW armor piece is the total cost of masterworking the gear in the first place (cores, prisms, and a shard). Well, I hope you haven't masterworked any armor yet, because if you did... You're about to be punished for it.
I spent all season grinding so I could fully masterwork three pieces of armor, leaving me completely broke as far as "enhancement" materials go. If Bungie had said a single thing about changing affinities, I might have held off, but they didn't. Now I'm locked in to the elemental affinity on the armor, with no materials to change the element.
What the hell? I masterworked gear, despite the elemental type, because Bungie said elemental types on armor was here to stay. Now they're not and I'm getting charged for it? I played Bungie's way, based on the information they provided at the time. What a massive swing and a miss.
* I chose to upgrade the armor, even though the elemental type wasn't what I wanted. That's on me. However, if they had said ANYTHING about this proposed change, I wouldn't have. Fast forward two weeks and now I'm screwed.
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Edited by Infamous067: 2/14/2020 10:26:16 PMAnyone asking the stupid question “why did you masterwork the armor bruh?”. Idiots, master working armor grants an extra +2 stat on everything. If you masterwork 5 pieces you get a free tier on all your stats, if I get a god rolled armor piece that has exactly everything I need to make my build then yes ill masterwork it even if its the wrong affinity because there is no guarantee ill ever get those same stats again with the affinity I need. What should happen is affinity needs to completely go away or simply reduce the cost of changing said affinity. I don’t have all the time in the world to grind out cores or shards and most of the time I don’t have the players needed to grind these things. Its already a pain to get these materials so knowing I have to now grind tedious nightfalls again seriously sucks.
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I have no idea why you would even masterwork gear with the wrong affinities, but this is why Bungie did it like this: OLD SYSTEM: "Boy, this armor is super awesome! 68 total stats and lots of Recovery! Oh, but I don't like using Auto Rifles or Fusion Rifles, and since it's Solar, that's what I have to use. I'll masterwork it for the stats, but it's not good enough to use the mods I want. Back to grinding, I suppose" Cost: All the materials to masterwork the Solar armor, plus all the materials to masterwork a Void/Arc version (IF YOU CAN EVEN GRIND IT OUT) NEW SYSTEM: "Wow! I can finally change this Solar armor I don't like to Void! Oh, it costs a lot of materials? Well, it is the exact same amount I would use to fully level a new piece, since I was a goof and masterworked armor I didn't like, and this way I don't need to trash this otherwise well-stat-rolled armor OR grind for new armor!" Cost:All the materials to masterwork the Solar armor, plus all the materials you would've spent masterworking a Void/Arc version Bottom line is this: If you get fresh gear with bad affinities, good news! That's fixable for literally zero important currency. If you have 10 Energy gear with bad affinities, this is the same cost as leveling a new piece up (that you'd normally have to do), but with no grinding involved. Literally just an overall +
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Master worked solstice armor getting punished three times
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So a Shard + Upgrade Module, big deal....
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Edited by Nexus_One: 2/15/2020 1:39:44 AMIt was another big fat -blam!- YOU from Bungie. Would you expect anything different from the same asshats that -blam!-ed up the enhancement materials economy with the launch of Shadow Keep? If the whole community keeps -blam!- about things pretty soon it's going to literally cost a testicle just to be able to purchase exotics with Silver. edit: Who wants to take bets on whether or not the stats on the armor change and turn to shit when you change the affinity?
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Yeah I wonder who made that “genius” decision and the reason behind it?
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Again we can’t play how we want is idiotic.
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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me a couple of times and I should really stop visiting nightclubs in Thailand.
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The only thing I dont' know is if you get a level 6 solar as a drop, will it be one upgrade module or all the resources to get to level 6.. same thing with a masterworked drop from the pit.. will it be all the mats or just the one.
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Elemental Types of Armor ARE here to stay. Just kidding!
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To me it sounds like if you have a maxed out armor then switch the element, it will take all 1-10 materials plus an Upgrade Module.
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I was about to to rage so hard than i realised the exotics I masterworked are in the only element i want them in. Void.
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Edited by Lore Oradon: 2/14/2020 9:44:02 PMStart saving up Upgrade Modules. Easy. The ones you can get with bright Dust.
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This game is never easy
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Bungie wants you to no-life ordeals for the rest of your life
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i agree. after mw a piece of gear there shouldnt be a penalty for having done it.