Possible Balance Changes?

[Kamiroo Wolf]

So, I was thinking a small and simple, but significant change could be made to big ticket guns such as the Bar, Pbp, Minigun, and various legendary tier weapons(PK/Spar Weapons). The central idea revolves around making the the weapon harder to maintain and by that I mean repairing/upgrading.

What we could do is simply add a rare mineral(such as gold, rubies, diamonds, emerald, maaaaybe silver for the mediocre tier weapons) to the list of minerals required to upgrade/repair weapons. The higher tier the weapon, the rarer the mineral required. For instance:

Bar, PBP, and Minigun would now require 2 gold in addition to the regular minerals to upgrade.
The PK/Spar weapons would now require 1 diamond(or emerald/ruby/sapphire) to upgrade.
Mediocre guns that are still pretty good would now require like 1 silver or something simple.

Something along these lines but doesn't have to be this exactly. The main focus is making these weapons harder to maintain, since they are rather easy to obtain.

I am open to feedback and please feel free to share any ideas you have to improve this idea!

[Enfy]

Why?
You already put a lot of hard work by earning a ec item, now you have to work hard for the rest of your gameplay to keep it in good shape?

[Kamiroo Wolf]

Why?
You already put a lot of hard work by earning a ec item, now you have to work hard for the rest of your gameplay to keep it in good shape?

Good point. Perhaps remove the Event Coin items from the list of weapons that need changing? However, the guns that cost graalats will remain indefinitely.

EDIT: EC items removed from the list!

[crd]

What about VIP? This will give people even more leverage above others.

[Kamiroo Wolf]

What about VIP? This will give people even more leverage above others.

That IS a good point to bring up. I'm open to suggestions as I think about this.

[Smilez]

absolutely not. it's already a pain pressing a button continuously at a wall to haven a chance of getting what they need. They spent a lot of money on the game, let them enjoy it.

[olive6661]

absolutely not. it's already a pain pressing a button continuously at a wall to haven a chance of getting what they need. They spent a lot of money on the game, let them enjoy it.

Do you tap over and over to mine, or do you hold down? I could've sworn I remember holding down when mining back in 2011, but after I came back I realized I had to tap. Was there a change or am I getting old?

[Kamiroo Wolf]

Do you tap over and over to mine, or do you hold down? I could've sworn I remember holding down when mining back in 2011, but after I came back I realized I had to tap. Was there a change or am I getting old?

You tap

[crd]

How about with VIP you don't have to collect as many minerals, or perhaps less rare minerals.

[tsunami]

The main focus is making these weapons harder to maintain, since they are rather easy to obtain.

i'm not sure if I understand this, correct me if I'm wrong (i'm rather new) but the bar/minigun/guns of that caliber are not easy to obtain -- they're actually harder to obtain, they're the most expensive weapons in the entire game. they're easy to use, but at the expense of being extremely difficult to get. nerfing them further doesn't make sense.