109103-random-ability-on-crafted-items

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Most of these random abilities are are either completely useless (like bonus healing to a tank/dps class), or they are nearly so (the bonus they provide is very minor or only useful in rare situations), yet they take up lots of Charge on the item. Often, they take up so much Charge that the stats you can put on the item are actually worse than lower level items you can craft for that same slot.
 
When crafting gear for my characters to wear as they level, I often find myself skipping over these +Random Ability items, as they just aren't as good as their lower level counterparts (which have more unsed Charge I can assign to increasing stats). I run into the same problem with many of the Expert Research tier items. The +Random Specials they have are often not very good, and they end up having less room for stats than a lower Tier Research item.
 
I would love to see these +Random Special chips removed from all crafted items (replaced with an Open slot), but I'm sure that people would complain about that, so here's what I propose:
 
1) Sort all random specials into three categories, red/green/blue (aka capacitor/inductor/resistor for weaponcrafting)
2) Create a new Chip for each of these three categories call +Random Special
3) Remove all +Random Special chips from all patterns
 
In this way, you can add a +Random Special chip to any slot you like, and it would be easier to get that certain Random special you want as the specials are now sorted into three smaller categories. Or, you could just choose to go all stats, and have no Random Specials.
 
While we're at it, I'd like to see all the +Random Stat chips removed as well, and replaced with an Open slot, to allow us full customization over our equipment.	
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Not a gold sink if they do that, I wasted 20 plat getting whatever it was that I wanted for 5 pieces.
Was sad it took that many but it is what it is, now I got no plat so i stand in illum now.
 
Farm/drop locations are already full if not have more than 1 faction fighting on them, people are always there to prevent others from getting any further or gain any plat cause they are sitting there all day everyday... if you manage to get a spot, they will go there just to check if anyone is there and start doing it because your there. ect.ect., yadda, yadda.	
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			I wouldn't mind them as much if they wouldn't drop the random specials as something that can't even be used (Like focus recovery on an engineer gun or on plate) Atleast even if you want to make it random, make it something that can be sold. Not a random chance to be complete garbage. 	
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