T-POINT'S??

Do you mean C-Points?

He means "test points", as used on Tribble.

This is it on the nose. I've thinking adding up slowly on a per day basis (the holidays are right around the corner after all )

Using Mr. Jonathan_Kent's 500 Dilithium = 1 CP as my base case here ie a formula.

the daily cap is 8,000 Dilithium so how much is the daily cap worth?

lets get our formula in a 1 to 1 ratio by dividing both sides by 500
1 Dilithium = 1/500 th of a CPoint
Multiply the new equation by the daily cap
8,000 * (1) = ( 1 / 500 ) * 8,000
is equal to
8,000 Dilithium = 16 CPoints (I did a maximum "money" to Dilithium as well using the $7 = 500 CPoints where selling 8,0000 Dilithium for 25 CPoints per day would yield the most "money" but to keep things on a 1:1 ratio this would be it)

And since everyone here is getting a nice "headstart" with Dilithium on ALL Characters, it would be quite easy to make CPoints.
Assuming 1 VA:
8,000 = 25 CPoints per day * 30 days = 750 CPoints per month (For Lifers add 400, = 1,150CPoints per month)

For people looking to get their hands on Dilithium for the smallest possible CPoint purchase, this will be their best bet. For $7 people get 500 CPoints, and for 25 CPoints they basically get 1 extra refinement daily cap in the hands. They would only be paying 5% of their 500CPoints for 1 Extra Refinement. IMO, as a future Dilithium buyer (thank you LTS) These are the sales I will be looking for as I can maximizes my monthly stipend.

Oh...thought I missed something...

Thanks Your Rich-ness...

Sorry how this sounds of me, But I would never let a CStore point I paid real money for go for less than 1000Dil.

At this rate, I would almost pay not to play. I guess that's what gearing up for cash really is. Working as intended.

Kidding aside, I really don't want to be flying around in a virtual ship worth a hundred real bucks (worst case scenario with all maxed weapons, consoles and other gear).

I hope the testing metrics and feedback lead to some positive improvement.

PWI /Cryptic does not want You to make out with this 'scheme' of Theirs...

What were you thinking.

Just calculate how much hourly wage people get from earning and converting 8k dilithium to C-Points. Even at 300/1 conversion it's NOT much. It's probably under minimum wage... in India.

If you go through and take my above equations a few steps further you'll see 8,000 Dilithium = 25 CPoints which is approximately $0.30 per 25 CPoints. out of the $7 you're spending for 500, you're only spending 5% on 8,000. This gives you 20 transactions ( 100% / 5% ) giving you 160,000 Dilithium ( 20 * 8,000)

But I can understand people not wanting to spend any. The point is there are tons of options when dealing with Dilithium and people just have to look and get a feel for the numbers

I'd like to see that we should have armor/weapon/etc...damage and we should pay for it in Dillithium. Also, there should be a fee to upkeep/maintenance of starship. Also, this should be paid in Dillithium.

Just some more creative ideas..