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amahoodamahood Member Posts: 0 Arc User
Howdy all,

basically I am wondering, I rarely get zen, but bought some recently, my question is

would you rather go for 4 character slots and a new costume?

or slots and original series ship

or buy a new vice admiral class ship

or any other ideas?

I don't know what to do with it cause I don't know when I'll be able to afford zen next.
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  • stofskstofsk Member Posts: 1,744 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Well, what do you want to do now? Start a new character? Get the slots. Keep playing with your current character? Get a VA ship. Really it is up to you.
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  • divvydavedivvydave Member Posts: 184 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    You could also buy fleet ship modules if you are in a fleet, thats what i plan to do. 2000 zen gets 4 modules.
  • xantrisxantris Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    amahood wrote: »
    Howdy all,

    basically I am wondering, I rarely get zen, but bought some recently, my question is

    would you rather go for 4 character slots and a new costume?

    or slots and original series ship

    or buy a new vice admiral class ship

    or any other ideas?

    I don't know what to do with it cause I don't know when I'll be able to afford zen next.

    I'd buy 4 fleet modules and get into a fleet to grind out the fleet ship of your choice.
  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Tribbles... Lots, and lots of tribbles.
    Don't look silly... Don't call it the "Z-Store/Zen Store"...
    Let me put the rumors to rest: it's definitely still the C-Store (Cryptic Store) It just takes ZEN.
    Like Duty Officers? Support effords to gather ideas
  • darkstarkiriandarkstarkirian Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Assuming your Silver, the Increased EC Cap is a wise buy.
    VA ships are another good one, since more and more upcoming content is focused on end game, you will get long use out her.
    Most of all, Items that unlock for your Account, rather than just a character.
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  • rdm1958rdm1958 Member Posts: 822 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    do you have plenty of inventory space? that always comes in handy. same with bridge officer and doff slots. i highly recommend a full crew. these things are constant. ships come and go. there will always be new ships coming out.
  • amahoodamahood Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Thank you all indeed for all your replies. I appreciate every single one.

    I still do not know what to do , the reason for this is because it is unlikely I shall be able to get zen for a long while now lol.

    So that is my reason for having a good long think bout this.

    I can see both sides of view, to buy a ship or to buy other things like klingon fed character and slots or costumes etc.

    I'm thinking perhaps the original series ship , character slots and costume,

    or a vice admiral ship.

    I Just Don't know! LOL

    anyhow thanks all for your answers.

    Live Long and Prosper.
  • stark2kstark2k Member Posts: 1,467 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    amahood wrote: »
    Thank you all indeed for all your replies. I appreciate every single one.

    I still do not know what to do , the reason for this is because it is unlikely I shall be able to get zen for a long while now lol.

    So that is my reason for having a good long think bout this.

    I can see both sides of view, to buy a ship or to buy other things like klingon fed character and slots or costumes etc.

    I'm thinking perhaps the original series ship , character slots and costume,

    or a vice admiral ship.

    I Just Don't know! LOL

    anyhow thanks all for your answers.

    Live Long and Prosper.

    Since for you ZEN is hard to come by, then I recommend concentrating on the gameplay aspect of your gaming experience.

    This means invest in a VA ship, since it will probably be a long time before you acquire more zen. Also try to stock up on dilithium and exchange them for Zen point.

    It is a slow process but eventually you'll manage to save a substantial amount.

    Keep in mind that if you are a silver player:

    #1 Go for the VA ship of your choosing
    #2 farm dilithium and exchange it for zen points (slow but effective)
    #3 save for zen points and make sure to increase your EC currency silver player cap

    Raising your EC cap is important as you can now save more EC in order to buy and sell in the market.

    Forgot whats the silver account EC cap, I know its very low.

    so here is the order once again:

    1. Buy your choice of a VA ship with zen
    2. Next time you earn Zen points, Buy a increase EC Cap at the CStore
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  • amahoodamahood Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Perfect.

    :)

    Thank You StarK2K ! for your reply!

    I appreciate the advice very much Admiral.

    And in fact , I was wondering about that before, which is why I created that thread question about which ship to buy first.

    I'm glad you have helped me confirm what my inner self was telling me to do.

    Thank you indeed.

    Live long and Prosper.
  • amahoodamahood Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    And thank you to Everybody here . Live Long Dear Starfleet and KDF officers and prosper.
  • amahoodamahood Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    I won't be checking these threads , I've decided now , thanks to all the advice, on what to do.

    So thank you Starfleet. :)

    I'm looking towards one of those odyssey ships.

    Take care everybody. Live long and prosper.
  • amahoodamahood Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    stark2k wrote: »
    Since for you ZEN is hard to come by, then I recommend concentrating on the gameplay aspect of your gaming experience.



    so here is the order once again:

    1. Buy your choice of a VA ship with zen
    2. Next time you earn Zen points, Buy a increase EC Cap at the CStore

    Howdy Admiral stark2k,

    I just thought I'd say I took your advice recently and got the EC Cap at the CStore.

    Which I'm happy bout cause it's nice to know now that I can try to collect as many EC as I can. I'm hoping to get the ferengi d kora or jem hadar ship someday.
  • duaths1duaths1 Member Posts: 1,232 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    easy - get toon slots, create KDF toons, EDIT: PARK THEM AT DS9 RIGHT AFTER GETTING THE FIRST DOFF PACK, (you'll have to do 2 missions with every toon) collect contraband, convert to dill, convert to zen

    win
  • stark2kstark2k Member Posts: 1,467 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    duaths1 wrote: »
    easy - get toon slots, create KDF toons, collect contraband, convert to dill, convert to zen

    win

    duaths1 has an excellent idea, you can acquire tons of Dilithium via the contraband collecting NPC.

    Take advantage now that the Dilithium exchange is in a slump, you can buy ZEN as if they were hotcakes.

    Last night price per Zen was at 99 Dilithium.
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  • flash525flash525 Member Posts: 5,441 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    At my stage in the game (I'm a Vice Admiral with two characters; one FED the other KDF) I would spend your Zen on Fleet Ship Modules.

    The majority of my Zen (past-tense) has gone on Bank and Inventory slots (though I've still a few to unlock if I wish), a couple of master keys (more than I'd like to admit) and retrain tokens. I've never purchased a uniform (as I feel the stock ones do justice) and I've never felt the need to buy a zen ship when they're all outdated to Fleet ships.
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  • twg042370twg042370 Member Posts: 2,312 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    In my experience...

    Buy:

    Playable races. Lockbox keys and Fleet doff packs for selling on the exchange. Two more character slots... Not four. Just two. You'll be spending a lot of time babysitting even your DS9 parked KDF contraband farmer that would be better spent shooting things.

    Optional:

    EC cap increase. Account bank. VA level ships. TOS/ TNG/ DS9 costume packs.

    Don't buy:

    Everything else. Especially anything bound to a single character and not account wide. Like the Borg BOff unless the plan is to sell it for big EC.
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  • flash525flash525 Member Posts: 5,441 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    twg042370 wrote: »
    EC cap increase.
    Forgot about this. It's 500 Zen I think, but well worth it if you're ever likely to want to buy (or sell) big on the exchange.
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  • zerobangzerobang Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Slots are what i buy when there is nothing left in the C-Store that i want... with 11 Characters there was a lot of Slots to buy, that said, i only have a few bank slots left to unlock...
    i guess after that i'll go for the last 5 or so c-store ships, just to have 'em all... and then i either keep my Dilithium or go for LockBox stuff again... i don't know.
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  • erei1erei1 Member Posts: 4,081 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I want to buy a retrain token, because I really need one for my engineer, but 500zen for only 1token for the whole account is really expensive imo.
    I never felt I needed the EC cap, I store most of my money in the account bank. So far, between my bank and my characters, I have around 20mil max. I really think the EC cap is for people who use to makes deal with the exchange, and hardcore gamer.
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  • admiraljt#1430 admiraljt Member Posts: 452 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Assuming your Silver, the Increased EC Cap is a wise buy.

    Agreed,

    You will need this if you ever intend on buying or selling any of the big ticket items like the lock box ships on the exchange.
  • dyner12dyner12 Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    If i get some Zen how do i send it to my captain without a holodeck?
  • theroyalfamilytheroyalfamily Member Posts: 300 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    dyner12 wrote: »
    If i get some Zen how do i send it to my captain without a holodeck?

    Holodeck is the main, public game server. Tribble is the "open beta" test area, and I believe Redshirt is the "closed beta" test area. So put your Zen in Holodeck, and it will go to your username/password.
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