Dec 21st changelog, Very hard to swallow!

[Proteus1959]

What I have heard about Parsecs and other prototye ships., past and present:

Past. There is information that Parsec and other prototype ships will not be allowed to participate in CQ's and story missions in systems below Sirius.
This is confirmed by Adrana as well as GM's who have been asked about this ever since the system opened up. Paid or not, these GM's are selected by SS and therefore, like it or not, serve as representatives of the developers, specifically, Splitscreen.

Present. "Parsec ships will increases their level along with the armor upgrade. The Armor upgrades are named by the systems where the parsec can be used in Conquest and Missions. Initially its a Mizar ship that can be upgraded to a full blown Sirius ship."
This is from the December 21st change log and I find it quite frustrating!!!

Since I found that the parsec that I have in my inventory served absolutely no purpose in the lesser systems, I opted to purchase the ancient armor for 675,000 cryonite and hoped that I could find some use for the ship in Sirius vs. trashing the ship for a greater loss of cryonite.
Having sold and replaced items obtained from Sirius so that I could use my engineer during the Christmas event, I have felt the saddening affect of what some might call indecision or just plain poor business planning. Players wanted to go to Sirius and some have grinded for weeks to purchase and outfit ships only to discover later that they have become useless in the lower systems. I was lucky enough only to lose just a little more than 100,000 cryonite on the refurbishment, but what have others lost.

I personally have known that the parsec of the past could not be used in the lower systems as everyone should have known. This IS NOT new and I don't blame Adrana or the GMs for this misinformation. At the time, they were totally correct!

My question now, Splitscreen, is how will you correct this? Here is a fitting suggestion. I will not look for the cryonite lost due to the refurbishment of my engineer. I can get that back in a few hour. I would like you, however, to consider this option. Reset all of the armor for the prototype ships now having ancient armor to meta armor and refund to the player the 675,000 cryonite that he or she has lost. After the forthcoming update, the pilot may repurchase his or her armor with the knowledge of the affect that this purchase will have on game play.

 

[Gorgon706]

Tbh honest proteus for them changing the parsec in my opinion brilliant as its giving users a much more options in the game now for sirius m8 there is gonna be need for 2 ships just like for going from sol to draco u need to mutate the sol ship in order to do well on gazica the same principal applies to sirius players need to grind a second draco ship just for sirius and 1 for draco tech easiest way to do it m8

 

[Gorgon706]

also just adding about ur last question to SS to give the players who have bought ancient and want a refund sirius has been out 1 month roughly so its around about 1 month of game data they would have to search through find out when the players (alot) of them when they bought it and find out if they are eligible also it was stated that meth for draco ships and ancient was only a temp fix so that was never set in stone so tbh it was the players choice knowing this.

 

[Proteus1959]

Thanks for responing Gorgon. Correct me if I am wrong about this.
1. prior to recent addition of Sirius, the prototypes were not allowed to participate directly in missions below Draconis.
2. with Draconis, came a layer of armor only available to the prototypes.
I do believe that SS followed this trend with the update to Sirius by allowing Ancient armor and making the prototypes level 85. Level was not dependent upon the type of armor. A bare parsec was a level 70 ship in Drac and that was that.
It is my understanding that with the coming update, the level of the prototype will be dependant uponthe manner in which it is armored or equipped. If, prior to the next update, if you can use a prototype in a Draconis mission, let me know. I will gladly admit my error, but I based my information from what I read on the forum as well as that from GMs.
As far as refunding cryonite, this can be done in the same manner as it is done during Vega CQs. Designate a Draconis conquest planet, set a specific time span to obtain a downgrade, allow any pilot to land, and refund fully the cost of the ancient armor.
I believe that unless otherwise noted prior to the new system, players believe there would be a new armor, and application of it would be similar to the way it is, or was, in Draconis. I see absolutely no reason to believe that the changes forthcoming, would occur leading one to waste 675,000 cryo on an armor upgrade. If there was any information indicating that SS would initiate a phased leveling of the parsec, I, and many others, would not have applied Ancient armor. Gorgon, if there is any information prior to that posted on there webpage 12/20, please point it out. Otherwise, good business sense dictates a refund and an opportunity for the player to make an informed decision.
By the way, the concept of stages for the prototypes is one of the best upgrades I have seen in this game so far. Just wish they had made the decision long ago.