Will crafting blueprints be bound to accounts like event rewards, or will they be items earned through gameplay that can be lost? Will mined materials for crafting persist between patches?asked by CasaBLACK
TL;DRBlueprints persist through patches but aren't permanently account-bound like event rewards and would be lost in a full wipe, except cosmetic blueprints, which stay account-bound; resource persistence issues are looking to be addressed.
Hello, yes the LTP issues with resources is looking to be addressed.
For blueprints, they will persist through patches but are not permanently bound to your account like event rewards, so if there was ever to be a full wipe they would be lost. The exception to this rule is some cosmetic blueprints.
The long term goal with cosmetics / paints is to convert them into a blueprint so they are no longer physicalized at a location (like ship paints) or bound to an entity (like weapons and armour). If one of the items that you earned in an event is converted to be item + cosmetic blueprint, then that cosmetic blueprint will of course still be permanently account bound.
Just to be very clear, a cosmetic blueprint does not craft the item itself, it just allows for that cosmetic to be applied to the item via the crafting UI. So if you earned an event armour with a cool red skin, you could then craft / find / trade for better version of that armour later on and apply your cool red event skin to it.
Thanks,
Dec