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Thread: Efficiency 4 not working?
I jsut picked up Efficiency 4. This is supposed to give Reduced Maintenance Fees. But everything is still running at its normal rate. Is this 'skill' broken?
Sgt D'Maro Feldar - Bria - Master Artisan
and I thought this was just me
to be fair though I was going to wait until after todays reboot because Eclipse has been wobbly all weekend but after getting the skill (and master merchant) Sunday night by Monday morning all my maint fees were still 'normal'
ASHRID wrote:
and I thought this was just me
to be fair though I was going to wait until after todays reboot because Eclipse has been wobbly all weekend but after getting the skill (and master merchant) Sunday night by Monday morning all my maint fees were still 'normal'
Have you paid maintenance since you got the skill? Currently the system validates the maintenance rate when you put credits into the system. Try putting in 1 credit and and see if this help. I know it works this way for structures. I don't remember one way or the other for vendors.
Hmm. Eff 4 is working fine for me. I've had it for ages. (Eagerly awaits the Master Merchant discount) And it didn't register my 20% discount until I'd paid maintenance into the structure or vendor. Even when I don't own that structure...
If I pay the maintenance on anyone else's structures, harvesters, factories, etc.,MY discount applies there as well. I'm pretty surethatmust bea bug but I am at a loss what to do about that. I borrow friends lots to run my business facilities. I pay for what goes on those lots, including the maintenance and power for everything on them. So maybe it isn't a bug? Is it a merchant perk?
However, it's possible to abuse it, yes? Anyone could hand me some credits and ask me to deposit it into something for them so that my discount applies to it. I'll tell you what; it's nice to see the meter jump from 10 days to say... 14, just because I dropped 10 credits in on top of whatever was there before. Ka-ching! 20% discount applied, thank you buh bye!
I 'spose I could reverse that scenario and give my friends the credits to pay the maints on MY operations but... the whole point of borrowing the lots and taking on all the management was because it is MY business, not theirs to hassle with. I'd get a lot of "thanks but no thanks, I'll leave my lots idle rather than have to hustle to keep track of all that."
So yeah, as far as I have seen , Eff 4 works great. Too great maybe? LOL!
My maintenance rates are just fine, but I did notice one thing since the last patch (or since I made Master Merchant - the two happened about the same time): My redeed fees have gone up. Before the patch (or the Master title), it'd cost me 2400 credits to redeed my medium harvesters. Now it costs me 3000 credits. Same harvesters.
Just me, or a bug? Bug before, or bug now?