Dragon Nikana Does Not Retain Orokin Catalyst.

[FreshShockwave]

So, I'm not quite sure if this is intended or not, but I had my Nikana potato'd, and when I hit rank 8, I crafted my Dragon Nikana, only to find it did not retain catalyst, and I am not too sure, but I'd bet it wouldn't retain formas either. This is rather annoying, as potatoes are pretty rare.

[Catalyst1945]

The regular Nikana isn't even that great. Imo it's just mastery rank fodder.

[Cyborger1]

Weapons crafted from other weapons will not retain any of the Catalysts or Formas installed onto their components.

Edited September 25, 2014 by Cyborger1

[Ayamiss]

Why is this in bugs section? You should read or ask before you spend valuable consumables.

[Meenmu]

It works exactly like crafting dual weapons from potato'd singles.

[Mcl_Blue]

Not a bug. This is supposed to happen.

[FreshShockwave]

Why is this in bugs section? You should read or ask before you spend valuable consumables.

Have not seen DE's official word on this.

Not a bug. This is supposed to happen.

Is it? I haven't seen any word from DE about it. It might just be a heavily ignored bug.

[Mcl_Blue]

No, it's not a bug. It's supposed to be this way.

[paul62626]

Its known by most, and im sure DE knows the mechanic, i wouldnt consider it a bug

[[DE]Rebecca]

Moving to Players helping Players. The same thing happens if you have a potatoe'd Bolto and make an Akbolto, etc.

[Paradoxbomb]

Unfortunately this is just how it works out, using a potatoed weapon to make an akimbo pair wastes your catalyst, and in this case using a potatoed Nikana to make the Dragon version follows suit. I can see the logic since DE needs money and potatoes are a great source of said money, but it does suck to buy and catalyze a single pistol only to have it undermined by a dual version that's superior in every way two months later. It pretty much discourages potatoing single pistols.

 

I same with the Nikana -> Dragon Nikana or any normal weapon -> the Prime version.

Edited September 25, 2014 by Paradoxbomb

[Karamethien]

In the crafting system the ingredients are takened out of your inventory - "destroyed".  Then the new crafted item when finished is put in.

 

It is not "upgrading your old Nikana into an better version," but "getting a new dragon nikana in exchange for the old one."

 

So the potato is not passed along.

[Rhundis]

Be cool if it did though.

[Llyssa]

There should probably be a (better) warning that the weapon and all of its components will be destroyed in the process.

 

I believe there was one formerly, but it's not something I need to do often enough to know how it looks now.

[nemarsde]

It'd probably be a good idea to convert a weapon's catalyst and forma into blueprints when you use it as a component in crafting another weapon.

 

I think that would be a reasonable compromise.

[Llyssa]

It'd probably be a good idea to convert a weapon's catalyst and forma into blueprints when you use it as a component in crafting another weapon.

 

I think that would be a reasonable compromise.

But what about the xp?

[FierceRadiance]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here, and guess that DE would prefer players to spend plat and buy another potato, and any suggestions we might have would prolly have to look better to them than making money.  Good luck. 

 

Remember (say it with me) "DE is a business....DE is a business..."

 

Sorry to be the (moderately) snarky bearer of wet-blanket (probable) truth, but it is what it is.  More player education would be better, but WF has always been notoriously weak in that area.  And nothing teaches like experience.