Since my first attempt at getting a Weaver or Recluse involved several lockbox fails, I might as well toss the question out, and maybe someone nice/generous will answer: Anyone here rich or loaded enough to help someone with crappy luck get a Recluse or Weaver? Worst case, everyone says no, I'm no worse off than I already am. Best case, someone who's been playing since the start who views the loss of 50-60 mill a minor thing helps out a highly grateful person. That said....::ducks under flame shield::::
Well, just so you know, the Recluse is only gotten out of the Lobi store for 800 lobi, and at 4 lobi per key, you will need up to (as in, the maximum), 200 opened boxes to get enough, as long as you don't speed lobi on other stuff.
I remain empathetic to the concerns of my community, but do me a favor and lay off the god damn name calling and petty remarks. It will get you nowhere.
I must admit, respect points to Trendy for laying down the law like that.
And by that point I'll have unscrewed my own head in frustration, heh. I'm simply asking if anyone old school enough and/or rich enough would be able to help me out. If not, oh well, if so, awesome.
I wouldn't even know how to go about doing that, assuming I had any urge to do so, and I've no wish to be a jackass. But hell, a sugar daddy, whatever you wanna call it, I call it a singular act of charity, as the other ships I'll be buying I can get via grinding Dil for Zen. slowly making my way to 60-70 mill without bankrupting myself will drive me nuts. So I'm basically asking for a real nice act is all, rare, I know, but what harm can asking do.
Let's say I have a spare weaver or recluse, why should I give it to you? Both are different types of ship and you want one or the other which says to me you care more about having a special lockbox ship than you do about having a science ship or a carrier.
I'm not flaming or trolling here, if that's the impression given I apologize, but I think it's a fair question.
Well, I'm honestly not sure which one I'd like more, but both of them fit the idea I have for my Sci character, in that wanting to use one of the exotic, non-standard designs. Which is the Dykr, Atrox, or one of the Tholian ships, both of which though are sci-oriented, though they each have those universal BOFF spots, so thats nice too. Hey, I've got low faith that anyone will bite, but what the hell do I have to lose by asking.
Well, I'm honestly not sure which one I'd like more, but both of them fit the idea I have for my Sci character, in that wanting to use one of the exotic, non-standard designs. Which is the Dykr, Atrox, or one of the Tholian ships, both of which though are sci-oriented, though they each have those universal BOFF spots, so thats nice too. Hey, I've got low faith that anyone will bite, but what the hell do I have to lose by asking.
worst they can do is say no. not like they will find you, beat you up and take all your stuff....
i got a d'kora out of a ferengi lockbox i had in my bank. sold it and bought a recluse off the exchange.
The problem is spending so long trying to do it, with a lot of frustration, in a game, leads to one quitting a game. 6 weeks in Diablo 3 taught me that. If your search for something feels more like work than fun, you're in trouble.
im only 41 lobi away from being able to buy the carrier from the store. though more likely im gonna wait till the next lockbox comes out and get that ship. or wait for the photonic BO to come back.
Good luck with this. I have been trying to find a kind soul (or a not-so-kind soul with a massive head injury) to trade me a jem attack ship for my D'kora. No luck so far.
Considering that fleet ship modules are going for 8 mil, the tholian ships 60 mil and the modules are 500 zen that gives us a relative value of (7.5 * 500) 3,750 zen per ship. More expensive than a standard ship but still within reach is grinded for properly.
Run the 5 'request new personnel' plus the 3 extra recruit missions around either academy, gets you 11 free doffs plus a Junior Cadre Pack every couple of days. With the way the doff market is for starbases right now, that can make a couple hundred thousand each for the popular ones. Take the unpopular ones to Cardassian space and send them on exchange programs, you'll get probably a green or blue in return, then either sell that one or feed it into the grinder for more whites. I've been making a million a day lately doing just that, and it doesn't take much effort or careful market monitoring, just maybe half an hour a day to check what's hot and selling accordingly, then going to do the rest of my stuff. I imagine someone who was serious and thorough and really worked the markets could do far more.
The problem is spending so long trying to do it, with a lot of frustration, in a game, leads to one quitting a game. 6 weeks in Diablo 3 taught me that. If your search for something feels more like work than fun, you're in trouble.
Begging on forums is a bit much, though.
Well please tell me the easiest way to grind up 50-70 mill that won't involve me giving up this game in disgust well before getting to the goal.
-Everyone has their own threshold. If 6 weeks playing D3 made you quit (what were you grinding for anyway?), know that some folks adamant about not spending anything for Zen (which you seem to be) grind for weeks or even months to get the dil/EC/Zen they need to buy a rare ship on the exchange or store. Plan accordingly, and if it sounds like that sucks, give up.
-Play daily missions for Dilithium (mining, Officer Reports, Academy, Lore , Deferi, etc.) and exchange it for Zen, then use the Zen to buy Master Keys (or fleet modules, I'm not sure which has a better investment return), then sell the keys/modules on the exchange. Keys go for 1.5mil each the last I checked and Modules go for 8 mil plus accdg to Bareel above. Even selling the loot from those missions on the exchange can get you good money, every little bit helps.
-Play the Tour the Universe event. You can do 2-3 runs in the hour alloted and make 750,000 EC per run.
-Recruit and sell Duty Officers. Even with the new Doff grinder, the prices for even white Doffs have skyrocketed, and certain purple doffs are very profitable due to high demand by PVPers.
-Duty officer missions are a good source too. they don't gain too much per mission, but you don't have to do anything except queue them up every few hours.
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on the other hand, you could always go and rob EC from a careless fleet!
I'm not flaming or trolling here, if that's the impression given I apologize, but I think it's a fair question.
worst they can do is say no. not like they will find you, beat you up and take all your stuff....
i got a d'kora out of a ferengi lockbox i had in my bank. sold it and bought a recluse off the exchange.
But like you say - it never hurts to ask.
Yeah, thats why I am holding out for Captain Head Injury.
That's a bit of a gamble for the cash spent, IMO.
Begging on forums is a bit much, though.
-Everyone has their own threshold. If 6 weeks playing D3 made you quit (what were you grinding for anyway?), know that some folks adamant about not spending anything for Zen (which you seem to be) grind for weeks or even months to get the dil/EC/Zen they need to buy a rare ship on the exchange or store. Plan accordingly, and if it sounds like that sucks, give up.
-Play daily missions for Dilithium (mining, Officer Reports, Academy, Lore , Deferi, etc.) and exchange it for Zen, then use the Zen to buy Master Keys (or fleet modules, I'm not sure which has a better investment return), then sell the keys/modules on the exchange. Keys go for 1.5mil each the last I checked and Modules go for 8 mil plus accdg to Bareel above. Even selling the loot from those missions on the exchange can get you good money, every little bit helps.
-Play the Tour the Universe event. You can do 2-3 runs in the hour alloted and make 750,000 EC per run.
-Recruit and sell Duty Officers. Even with the new Doff grinder, the prices for even white Doffs have skyrocketed, and certain purple doffs are very profitable due to high demand by PVPers.
-Duty officer missions are a good source too. they don't gain too much per mission, but you don't have to do anything except queue them up every few hours.