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The 40 Encrypted data chip items

jacenjacen24jacenjacen24 Member Posts: 159 Arc User
edited September 2012 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I found that for 40 encrypted data chips you get veteran requisition item. What i cant find is what gear/equipment that turns into.

Is there a list or does anyone just know off the top of their what that gets?
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  • darkenzedddarkenzedd Member Posts: 881
    edited September 2012
    Here you go, just go to this link :)

    http://www.stowiki.org/Roxy/Veteran_Requisitions

    And the gear you can get, go here :)

    http://www.stowiki.org/M.A.C.O._Commando
  • thedoctorblueboxthedoctorbluebox Member Posts: 749 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    In the same room you turn in the EDCs for is the gear you buy for it, ground and space, right there, in the same room, turn around from Roxy and talk to the people on the sides of the room ;)
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  • lordmalak1lordmalak1 Member Posts: 4,681 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Veteran gear is Mk 11 gear.
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  • jacenjacen24jacenjacen24 Member Posts: 159 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Thank you.

    Just to be clear 40 EDC is basically the same as a rare borg salvage?
  • lordmalak1lordmalak1 Member Posts: 4,681 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    yes, interchangable, and cheaper to use the rare salvage instead of buying requisitions with EDC's.
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  • darkenzedddarkenzedd Member Posts: 881
    edited September 2012
    jacenjacen24 wrote: »
    Thank you.

    Just to be clear 40 EDC is basically the same as a rare borg salvage?

    No, rare salvage equals 10 edc iirc.

    Never use edc to buy ship and ground borg standard issue weapons. As above, use rare salvage for those.

    Save up edc's for the "Special Reserve" items :)
  • lordmalak1lordmalak1 Member Posts: 4,681 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    darkenzedd wrote: »
    No, rare salvage equals 10 edc iirc.

    NO, don't sell your salvage to buy EDC's to buy requisitions !

    Buy the requisition with salvage directly, 2 rare salvage= 1 veteran requisition IIRC.

    http://www.stowiki.org/Roxy

    Special reserve (KHG, MACO) gear can be bought with Mk 11 requisitions as well as Borg general merchandise.
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  • darkenzedddarkenzedd Member Posts: 881
    edited September 2012
    lordmalak1 wrote: »
    NO, don't sell your salvage to buy EDC's to buy requisitions !

    Buy the requisition with salvage directly, 5 rare salvage= 1 veteran requisition IIRC.

    I re-edited my post to reflect what I meant ;)
  • lordmalak1lordmalak1 Member Posts: 4,681 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    darkenzedd wrote: »
    I re-edited my post to reflect what I meant ;)

    Heh, I saw, and did the same.
    :P
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  • jacenjacen24jacenjacen24 Member Posts: 159 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Shod i only use EDCs for the lower end stuff like weapons and such and save the salvage and such for the ship equipment?

    Ive been playin for about a month and just started doing STF's. Sorry if this seems redundant.
  • jacenjacen24jacenjacen24 Member Posts: 159 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    I got it disregard last post. My phone loade responses to slow. You have answered all the questions. Thank you.
  • badname834854badname834854 Member Posts: 1,186 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Lol I am mystified by the confusion, but then again, I understand.:

    20 EDC = A single MK X "Special Reseve" item, Space or Ground (M.A.C.O, Omega, KHG)
    40 EDC - A Single Mk XI "Special Reserve Item, Space or ground (M.A.C.O, Omega, KHG)

    Obviously, you can use uncommon or rare tech for these as well. These will be specific and say "Rare Borg Shield Tech" or "Uncomon Borg Weapon Tech", etc).

    The only way to get Mk XII items is through drops; you can't pay 60 edc, as some people seem to think. Obviously, you can spend EDC and Standard Rare/Uncommon Borg techs on Borg Standard Issue items or Dil.

    My Suggestion? Save up 15 EDC and head straight for the Retro Borg Set and use that as a basis if you don't already have something else.
  • darkjeffdarkjeff Member Posts: 2,590 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    This system confused the hell out of me when I first saw it, and I still haven't bothered trying to learn it. Cryptic needs to streamline it, rather than have all the options scattered amongst different NPCs and currencies.
  • thedoctorblueboxthedoctorbluebox Member Posts: 749 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    darkjeff wrote: »
    This system confused the hell out of me when I first saw it, and I still haven't bothered trying to learn it. Cryptic needs to streamline it, rather than have all the options scattered amongst different NPCs and currencies.

    The whole idea when Cryptic introduced Dilithium was to streamline and unify the currency systems. Then Cryptic went and added EDCs, Veteran and Special Reserve items you have to buy for each specific piece of gear and Rare and Very Rare Borg Salvage, and other currencies to completely F-Up the whole thing and confuse everyone. WHY did they do this? Who knows. They wanted to streamline and unify currency in the game, then they go and add in a bunch of new and different currencies confusing everyone. Cryptic makes no sense.

    They need to do away with all currencies and leave only 3, Dilithium and Energy Credits and C-Store points. Problem solved.
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  • lordmalak1lordmalak1 Member Posts: 4,681 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    It's not like you can go on e-bay and buy a float for your vintage Ferrari. Those parts will need to be 'salvaged' from old cars, not much different in STO when they build a borg deflector and need a certain component to make it work, that you provide when you picked up pieces of the ship you blasted in the last STF you participated in.
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  • thedoctorblueboxthedoctorbluebox Member Posts: 749 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    lordmalak1 wrote: »
    It's not like you can go on e-bay and buy a float for your vintage Ferrari. Those parts will need to be 'salvaged' from old cars, not much different in STO when they build a borg deflector and need a certain component to make it work, that you provide when you picked up pieces of the ship you blasted in the last STF you participated in.

    I get the concept, but as implemented it is entirely confusing. Why not allow EDCs to be directly used to buy the gear with, instead of having to turn in the EDCs to buy the Veteran thingy, it's like they introduced a whole step in-between getting EDCs and Salvage and getting your gear, you have to buy a second thing, which then that is used to buy the actual gear. There are one too many steps involved. You should just get EDCs and then go directly to the NPC (not roxy) to buy your gear you want directly when you have enough EDCs.
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  • kingdoxykingdoxy Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    thedoctorbluebox wrote: »
    The whole idea when Cryptic introduced Dilithium was to streamline and unify the currency systems. Then Cryptic went and added EDCs, Veteran and Special Reserve items you have to buy for each specific piece of gear and Rare and Very Rare Borg Salvage, and other currencies to completely F-Up the whole thing and confuse everyone. WHY did they do this? Who knows. They wanted to streamline and unify currency in the game, then they go and add in a bunch of new and different currencies confusing everyone. Cryptic makes no sense.

    They need to do away with all currencies and leave only 3, Dilithium and Energy Credits and C-Store points. Problem solved.

    They did it becase they didn't want you to buy STF gear using EC, Delithium or GPL.

    If you want STF gear you need to play STF missions. If you want Vault gear you have to play the Vault. If you want Fleet gear, you need to play fleet events.

    That's the way MMOs split up new gear, so get used to it. Season 8 will introduce something new as well count on it.

    Also the idea of being able to buy everything in the game using Zen, EC or Delithium is pretty much Pay to win. STF gear is the only thing in the game that you can't take shortcuts to earn.
  • darkenzedddarkenzedd Member Posts: 881
    edited September 2012
    thedoctorbluebox wrote: »
    The whole idea when Cryptic introduced Dilithium was to streamline and unify the currency systems. Then Cryptic went and added EDCs, Veteran and Special Reserve items you have to buy for each specific piece of gear and Rare and Very Rare Borg Salvage, and other currencies to completely F-Up the whole thing and confuse everyone. WHY did they do this? Who knows. They wanted to streamline and unify currency in the game, then they go and add in a bunch of new and different currencies confusing everyone. Cryptic makes no sense.

    They need to do away with all currencies and leave only 3, Dilithium and Energy Credits and C-Store points. Problem solved.

    Aye, the old Emblem system was much easier to follow than the fail we have now.

    Most think it was just a way or excuse to wipe out a good portion of the communities stored currency.

    As you said above, we were told Dilithium was to replace all other currencies other than ec and latinum, but now we have those +

    EDC's
    Salvage
    Tech drops
    Data Cores
    Lobi


    What I want to know is how much easier is all those "new" currencies from the old system of Emblems, ec and latinum?

    Exactly, they are not. :rolleyes:
  • jacenjacen24jacenjacen24 Member Posts: 159 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    The confusion for me was the different menus and requisition items to get the same piece of equipment.

    But i guess its a learning curve. Cause i have it now lol.
  • thedoctorblueboxthedoctorbluebox Member Posts: 749 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    darkenzedd wrote: »
    Aye, the old Emblem system was much easier to follow than the fail we have now.

    Most think it was just a way or excuse to wipe out a good portion of the communities stored currency.

    As you said above, we were told Dilithium was to replace all other currencies other than ec and latinum, but now we have those +

    EDC's
    Salvage
    Tech drops
    Data Cores
    Lobi


    What I want to know is how much easier is all those "new" currencies from the old system of Emblems, ec and latinum?

    Exactly, they are not. :rolleyes:

    Is it sad that I actually miss Emblems? I wish we still had them to get stuff with like it use to be.
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  • darkjeffdarkjeff Member Posts: 2,590 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    kingdoxy wrote: »
    They did it becase they didn't want you to buy STF gear using EC, Delithium or GPL.

    If you want STF gear you need to play STF missions. If you want Vault gear you have to play the Vault. If you want Fleet gear, you need to play fleet events.

    That's the way MMOs split up new gear, so get used to it. Season 8 will introduce something new as well count on it.

    That's not my complaint. I wouldn't mind a Vault currency, Borg currency, and so on. My complaint is the requisition steps in between.
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