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ruadhcaith
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I just hit 40 and I am trying to get some gold to retcon my character. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and have a great day!
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[at]riviania Member since Aug 2009
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> I just hit 40 and I am trying to get time good to retcon my character. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and have a great day!
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> Did you already use the free retcon that comes with you hitting 40?
It doesn't show that I have one. Am I missing something?
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Honestly, this currency system is silly. They should probably just make it one big number & call it 'resources', since that's what it is anyway.
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Another option is to farm Vibora Bay Vampires for rare costume drops to sell. But that's more hit and miss.
But yeah, having the icon gold-colored with a "G" in the middle doesn't help. It's really just easier to roll with it and call it gold than it is to fight it.
That's probably part of it, actually. In STO, it's just "energy credits" without any lesser currency division and you end up with things vendoring for as high as 40,000 and items selling between players for high amounts like 100,000,000 a piece. Meanwhile, World of Warcraft has the same sort of currency division that CO has (gold, silver, copper) and player fortunes are reaching toward the millions in terms of gold. Without silver and copper to trim the fat, we'd be looking at prices in the billions: 1 billion = 100,000g 00s 00c
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Since value to an individual is largely subjective, it's vital for it to be easy to discuss and understand price in order for it to reach any kind of stability for a large group of people.
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Regardless though, I remember getting a free token at lvl 40 even when I was silver. Unless they changed that or you used it without noticing, which may have accidentally happened if this is your first character.
As per your question, there's no definitive answer. Obviously you can throw money at the problem to make it go away. Vibora Bay drops are also an option, though recently I've seen their value plummet. Some things drop valuable costumes (Forum Malvanum, most events, Cosmics) that you can sell. One Firewing's Tights will pay for two retcons. Generally, I find it's more effiecent to earn things that are worth G instead of directly earning the G.
As far as the global/gold debate, I type and say G (pronouncing it Gee). Sort of a neutral stance.
I'm assuming you're referring to "dollars" and "cents" and how we usually use "dollars" by itself unless the price of the items is typically less than $1.
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Silver players have never gotten a respec token for hitting 40. They can, however, get tokens if they have the appropriate number of days sub'd.
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If a silver just hit level 40 your best bet is to farm the gold doing smash alerts. I can do it within a week while having fun. o.O
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However the other methods save you some real world cash. Sell items you don't want yourself, purple gear you find, costume unlocks (especially if you've already unlocked them), also there's action figures, and items that drop during special events.
One thing to remember, check what you can actually sell at the Auction Exchange first. Only sell what you can't put up on auction to the NPC Karnekki the Great.
Finally, do the daily alert missions even if they aren't for Smash. You still earn resources from defeating enemies in the other alerts, and when you turn in the mission you get some Silver Champions Recognition and some Questionite.