Question on how currency conversion to Essentia will happen

Are there any details on how the converting of currencies to Essentia will happen when it goes live next month? If it's an "automatic" conversion of our current inventory, there are several potential problems with that:

1. If I have unclaimed glory or bg tokens in my stash. What happens if I claim it AFTER the currency conversion takes place? Will it simply disappear, will it still auto-convert to Essentia, will it go in my inventory as the old currency, and/or will I be able to manually convert it to Essentia after it goes in my inventory?
2. Same question but related to selling Deathless and Stellar pieces. I have several 6-star Deathless pieces I want to sell that would return glory, bg tokens, etc. Will those pieces still sell for that when Essentia goes live, or will they be changed to sell for Essentia? What exactly will happen if they're sold after the conversion date?
3. Will there be a cap on Essentia? What if the things we convert make our Essentia go over the cap? Will we just lose that currency?
4. Ultimately, I think a "manual" conversion of Essentia is the only workable solution to all these problems. If it's a one-time automatic conversion, it will cause difficulties and likely result in a loss of resources because of all the situations I mention above.

Comments

Graves_3

Kabam: It will be fine. Trust me bro!!

SirGamesBond

They should also tell us the conversion amounts too.

Chobbly

Hopefully we get a Dev Diary soon. It would be good to know what the conversion ratio will be, and what the new store will look like, so we can make informed decisions.

I've just got enough artefacts for a 7* Incursion crystal but want to make the best decision whether to grab it now or wait.

Kabam Crashed

At some point there will be an automatic conversion but the plan is for manual conversion to be available for at least a few months.

ahmynuts

Im also assuming that all the currency that will be converted to essentia will be done so in rewards from the start, so we can't earn any more of the antiquated currencies, which would only leave the lingering amounts to be manually or automatically converted?

JediJones77

I'd be surprised if they still let us earn the "old" currencies anywhere after Essentia is introduced. But they may need to go in and reprogram those old Deathless pieces in inventory to sell for Essentia in order to fully get the old currency out of the system.

JediJones77

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2926979#Comment_2926979

It'll also be interesting to look at how it affects Raid tickets. This is 2 of the 4 currencies for Raid tickets going away. Will Essentia be added as a currency to buy Raid tickets with? Depending on how the conversion plays out, it may be advantageous to buy your Raid tickets before, or after the conversion. And if Essentia is a really awesome store, it may be wise to stop buying Raid tickets with glory or incursion artifacts now and use loyalty instead.

Stonkz

My biggest worry about essentia is about it's cap and it will probably have one, while all currencies that will be converted to essentia do have caps besides loyalty the way they cap essentia could change the way by a lot on how we buy resources on the long run.

Here's hoping they don't butcher us with a small cap that makes us spend it frequently so we don't hoard for future store updates