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Can We Make Mk XII Shields, Engines, Deflectors Purchaseable Please?

boorman73boorman73 Member Posts: 46 Arc User
edited July 2012 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I've lost count of how many ESTF's I've run (and how many have ended in failure) just to get a random borg prototype engine or deflector tech. :( C'mon, I can take a bath in encrypted chips these days.
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  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    I'm guessing they are saving the MK12 stores for the Fleets, like we had to go to the Mk11 Vendor.

    But there is always buying Mk12s on the Exchange.
  • lucentdragonlucentdragon Member Posts: 18 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Agreed.I've also run a mind boggling amount of ESTF's.I have 2 ships outfitted with full MKXII weapons load outs,and all the MKXI pieces I want.Borg,maco,omega,what have you.I have never seen a MKXII shield or engine piece,but I sure have 5 deflector pieces sitting in the bank! Along with who knows how many EDC's,a dozen or so rare salvage,and probably a dozen prototype salvage just sitting there mocking me.I could probably fully outfit a third ship with all the TRIBBLE I have laying around left over if i felt like trolling my stf groups with some old outdated ship just for the laughs.There really needs to be a way to convert salvage/edc's,or trade in other prototype pieces or something for the pieces we actually need/want.Relying on a pos RNG to fill out sets is lame.
  • boorman73boorman73 Member Posts: 46 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    I hadn't thought of that. I'll check it out though I probably don't have enough EC's :(
  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    STFs are just bad, bad, bad, bad. Not only is it impossible to do PUG matches well, obtaining prototype salvage is impossible... I have done at least a hundred of the damn things and all I have are 3 prototype shield techs. Never even seen another one.
  • aexraelaexrael Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    azurianstar wrote: »
    I'm guessing they are saving the MK12 stores for the Fleets, like we had to go to the Mk11 Vendor.

    Lets not give them any terrible ideas.

    There's a better way to handle it.
  • boorman73boorman73 Member Posts: 46 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Alas. No MACO stuff on the exchange.
  • proteus22proteus22 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    you got to do all 3 elites to get the different techs one type is found in the cure i think that might be the engine one 1 type from khitimorer and the last from the infected you dont always got to get the option to get the special tech its luck of the draw i have got several deflectors and shields but it took buying the armitage before i could even finsh yhe cure on elite but the other two generally come with lots of repetition.
  • jkstocbrjkstocbr Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Or just remove the binding system
  • marctraiderzmarctraiderz Member Posts: 539 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Got both Sets MK XII on my Main fed and main kdf.

    Approximately it takes a few weeks to grind them all, if you keep doing the STF's over and over again.

    Hard work, but loads of dilithium in the end and all MK XII :D
  • latinumbarlatinumbar Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    centersolace wrote: »
    STFs are just bad, bad, bad, bad. Not only is it impossible to do PUG matches well, obtaining prototype salvage is impossible... I have done at least a hundred of the damn things and all I have are 3 prototype shield techs. Never even seen another one.
    Prototype salvage is not the same as prototype tech. Obtaining prototype salvage is relatively easy. And you do realize that the techs are linked to specific STFs, right? The shield drops only from Infected, engines only drop in the Cure, Deflectors only drop in Khitomer.

    If you mostly just do Infected, I'm not surprised that all you have are shield techs.
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  • boorman73boorman73 Member Posts: 46 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    If a kind soul wanted to mail a M.A.C.O. mk 12 deflector or engine to me, would I be able to use it? :D
  • captpeacemakercaptpeacemaker Member Posts: 230 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    boorman73 wrote: »
    I've lost count of how many ESTF's I've run (and how many have ended in failure) just to get a random borg prototype engine or deflector tech. :( C'mon, I can take a bath in encrypted chips these days.

    You dont really NEED all that stuff. The only mk XII stuff I have is either:

    1. Stuff I bought with EDCs
    2. Stuff I got with Prototype Borg SALVAGE, not PROTOTYPE BORG TECH.

    Prototype Borg Salvage is not hard to get.

    I run Borg Shield, Console, Engine, and a Positron Deflector Array Mk XII. I have no issues with STFs in that configuration. Unless a Borg cube or a Neg'var gets lucky and one-shots me, I almost never die, and almost always end up with at least 1 Prototype Borg Salvage at the end of the mission.

    In one STF I did the other day I ended up with 3 Prototype Salvage, 2 Rare Borg Shield Tech, and 3 EDCs.

    For my weapons, I am just using Tetryon Beams, Cannons and a Turret, along with Quantums. All Mk XII, all have the [Borg] modifier. I got them all using Prototype Borg Salvage.

    When I am not running STFs, I switch my weapons back to my Mk XI Very Rares, [CrtH]x2 [Dmg], they actually do more DPS than the Mk XIIs against non-Borg targets.

    So despite what you might have been told, you dont HAVE to have Maco, or Omega stuff. I dont use Omega or Maco on ground STFs, and I dont die any more or less than anyone else.

    I was on an Elite STF with some joker the other day, the first thing he did was start talking about how he was BA because he had all Mk XII Omega, and he was the first one to hurry up and die.

    Its all about your play style, career and your skills. It also doesnt hurt to have competent people on your team :)
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  • uxvorastrixuxvorastrix Member Posts: 21 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    I've played in over 500+ Elite STFs and have yet to find even a single Prototype Engine Tech... not one. Yes, I know they only drop in Cure, and I play Cure on Elite at least 3 times a day, every day looking for a Prototype Engine...

    Yet, I know others who get this, the most rare of all drops, a dozen times in one week. Their "random" system has got to change.
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  • boorman73boorman73 Member Posts: 46 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Agreed, this is nuts. At least let people put mk 12 MACO gear on the exchange.
  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    latinumbar wrote: »
    Prototype salvage is not the same as prototype tech. Obtaining prototype salvage is relatively easy. And you do realize that the techs are linked to specific STFs, right? The shield drops only from Infected, engines only drop in the Cure, Deflectors only drop in Khitomer.

    If you mostly just do Infected, I'm not surprised that all you have are shield techs.

    Sorry... I was tired when I typed that, yes I know the difference. Yes I know they're linked. I have done all about equal and I still only have 3 Shield techs. That's what I was trying to say. STF's blow.....
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