Research Should Have Options Across All Alts

FlopsyPrince · February 2019

It finally hit me that I can only see which items I have that help my current character, not all my possible alts. I know the PC has some addons, but none of those are on the PS4.

I would really like the research interface to help me save (and only save) items that are needed across my characters, not just the current character.

Taleof2Cities · February 2019

Still a great idea, @FlopsyPrince, even though it may not be a new idea.

When your crafting main is feeding research pieces to your Alts, it’s nice not to have to change characters to see what still needs to be researched.

ghastley · February 2019

Don't worry too much. If one character deconstructs an item they know, but another doesn't, then that's because they have the knowledge to make another to replace it. They can make that out of the rank 1 material, which means you're not wasting mats. Research gives you nothing back from an item other than the trait, so it's better done on a white one.

But then you have a different reason for wanting to know what the other characters can make, when you have a specific trait you want to research. I think that's a bit less of an issue.

FlopsyPrince · February 2019

ghastley wrote: »

Don't worry too much. If one character deconstructs an item they know, but another doesn't, then that's because they have the knowledge to make another to replace it. They can make that out of the rank 1 material, which means you're not wasting mats. Research gives you nothing back from an item other than the trait, so it's better done on a white one.

But then you have a different reason for wanting to know what the other characters can make, when you have a specific trait you want to research. I think that's a bit less of an issue.

I always want to max everything I can in my alts, though just making a level 1 item for the others to deconstruct sounds great in theory, it is bumpy in practice for some things that are rare, such as jewelry.

Jayne_Doe · February 2019

FlopsyPrince wrote: »

ghastley wrote: »

Don't worry too much. If one character deconstructs an item they know, but another doesn't, then that's because they have the knowledge to make another to replace it. They can make that out of the rank 1 material, which means you're not wasting mats. Research gives you nothing back from an item other than the trait, so it's better done on a white one.

But then you have a different reason for wanting to know what the other characters can make, when you have a specific trait you want to research. I think that's a bit less of an issue.

I always want to max everything I can in my alts, though just making a level 1 item for the others to deconstruct sounds great in theory, it is bumpy in practice for some things that are rare, such as jewelry.

For jewelry, yes, that would be more difficult/costly to craft research items for alts, for many of the traits. However, for the other gear crafts, it's pretty easy to get the trait stones and craft level 1 gear for research. That's what I've done for all my alts that have done research - my main crafted research gear for them. I'm on XB, so I had to create a spreadsheet to track everyone's research progress.

Thus, even if you were to craft research items for your alts, having the ability to see the research needs of all your characters would be helpful.

FlopsyPrince · February 2019

I did look at other crafting and it does look more affordable there.

I am running for more skyshards on my alts to at least get research up as high as I can to eat up the huge amount of bank space I am wasting. The system does a really poor job telling you what you really need to keep, unfortunately.