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Easiest/most profitable Elite or Normal STFs?

ericsonxxericsonxx Member Posts: 253 Arc User
edited September 2012 in Federation Discussion
I'm trying to make money, but not stress myself too much on top of it. I was thinking maybe Cure Elite, assuming at least one person on the team stays and babysits the Kang? I mean, how much tougher are enemies in STFs between Normal and Elite? Note: I've flown my Tac/Armitage in only a few Cure's so far, but all but one the Kang optional was met. So, fill me in?
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  • amayakitsuneamayakitsune Member Posts: 977 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    ericsonxx wrote: »
    I'm trying to make money, but not stress myself too much on top of it. I was thinking maybe Cure Elite, assuming at least one person on the team stays and babysits the Kang? I mean, how much tougher are enemies in STFs between Normal and Elite? Note: I've flown my Tac/Armitage in only a few Cure's so far, but all but one the Kang optional was met. So, fill me in?

    Infected is by far the easiest Elite if its done correctly. KA is pretty easy. Im not a big fan of cure, but its not too bad if the proper strategy is followed, although Id still class it as the hardest, because if the Kang takes enough fire it just sort of crumples...

    So:

    Easiest: Infected Space followed by KA.
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  • lordmalak1lordmalak1 Member Posts: 4,681 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    I dig cure more than infected, but it's harder. And tho I enjoy guarding the Kang it goes downhill real fast when somebody pops the wrong nanite gen and all 3 cubes go into spam-spawn overdrive.
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  • mimey2mimey2 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    On the ground, KA is generally considered the easiest, optional or no, while Infected and Cure are considered harder.
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  • voporakvoporak Member Posts: 5,621 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Infected Space Elite. Can be done quickly, with optional, and it gives the prototype shield tech.
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  • hroothvitnirhroothvitnir Member Posts: 322
    edited September 2012
    Puging elites, KA and infected are the ones to farm. If you have a supership and build you can pull terrible people though cure.

    If your with a set group, run all three and then go do something else for half an hour.
  • f9thaceshighf9thaceshigh Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Cure Space is probably the easiest to do with an unskilled team. While tactics like MLRRML or whatever work best, there is nothing akin to the 10% rule in CSE, no tactic that absolutely must be adhered to in order to complete the mission. As long as someone protects the Kang, you'll be alright. The tactics are also much easier to explain to people.

    Another bonus is that you can fail CSE. ISE has no failure condition, matches can literally be endless if you have a griefer or a bad crew. This means you waste less time with leaver penalties. If your group fails to protect the Kang, you just have to deal with the normal cooldown on cure, if some noob ignores the 10% rule in ISE, you've got to either stick it out until you finish the run, or give up and take the penalty on all your STFs.
  • velktravelktra Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    The 10% rule isn't the only way to beat ISE and get the optional. I've been in teams recently where someone actually blew up my gen after I took it to 10% and clicked off to see where the others were, and we still got both objectives. You just have to have someone kill the spheres and probes before they reach the transformer. Of course, that only works if you have enough DPS teamwide to take down the transformer while one person chases the nanite ships off.

    10% is the easiest way (and the most efficient), but it can be done other ways too. ;)

    Of course, on the flipside... I've run through ISE with a team that had low DPS and that takes friggin' forever. If you're short on time, run CSE or KASE.
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  • johnynormusjohnynormus Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    space elite ----> infected
    ground elite ---> khitomer accord


    regular --> doesn't matter they are all crazy easy mode
  • kylesal24kylesal24 Member Posts: 312
    edited September 2012
    If you can find someone who is a full blow carrier with a good setup you can run any of them pretty fast.

    CC + fighters = no spheres or probes.

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  • aspheasphe Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    ericsonxx wrote: »
    I'm trying to make money, but not stress myself too much on top of it. I was thinking maybe Cure Elite, assuming at least one person on the team stays and babysits the Kang? I mean, how much tougher are enemies in STFs between Normal and Elite? Note: I've flown my Tac/Armitage in only a few Cure's so far, but all but one the Kang optional was met. So, fill me in?

    No-CD CSE is probably your best bet. 5 to 9 mins per run. With enough luck (salvage), you will reach the daily 8k limit to refine dilithium ore on one captain in an hour. It is certainly helpful for fleets needing dilithium, an hour to generate 40k of refined dilithium is not that bad.
  • ericsonxxericsonxx Member Posts: 253 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    No, by money, I mean stuff worth a lot of EC. I have a Recluse to buy!
  • jellico1jellico1 Member Posts: 2,719
    edited September 2012
    Cure space reg space
    Infected elite space
    Kit. Elite. Space

    Kit ground elite
    Infected reg

    That's my usual farm pattern unless a fleetie
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  • maddog0000doommaddog0000doom Member Posts: 1,017 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    lordmalak1 wrote: »
    I dig cure more than infected, but it's harder. And tho I enjoy guarding the Kang it goes downhill real fast when somebody pops the wrong nanite gen and all 3 cubes go into spam-spawn overdrive.

    since when does killing probes cause the cubes to spwan more more adds they only do that if someone kills a cube.
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  • maddog0000doommaddog0000doom Member Posts: 1,017 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    ericsonxx wrote: »
    No, by money, I mean stuff worth a lot of EC. I have a Recluse to buy!

    goto echange and buy something that u find thats put in on the cheep and buy it repost it for more and continue til u have the ec needed.

    hell of alot quicker than need rolling on everything u see.
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