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What would YOU buy with 12k Zen?

rilussriluss Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited November 2012 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Well? What WOULD you buy?
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  • azniadeetazniadeet Member Posts: 1,871 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    4000z worth of lockbox keys.

    8000z worth of Dilithium.
  • seekerkorhilseekerkorhil Member Posts: 472
    edited November 2012
    Assuming it was a gift from someone, lots and lots of dilithium. Zen is currently practically useless with there being nothing worth buying in the store. Dilithium on the other hand is useful.

    Plus if cryptic continue removing dilithium from the game you will eventually be able to buy the zen back again for much less dilithium.
  • vesterengvestereng Member Posts: 2,252 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    You know I kind of like the kling guramba for the transformer animation but on the other hand I have to say all my characters have a ship each that gets the job done.

    If I were to go after a new ship I'd have great ships collecting dust.


    Then I thought about doing a caitian in a suit for some reason that just makes so much sense to me, but I'd had to buy additional character slots, then the race and then the suit and then I'd probably end up hating myself for having done it.

    Besides I managed to TRIBBLE up every build so far anyway :D

    Anyway don't know what you enjoy in the game, if you are a ship fanatic or even what faction you play.
    You might have a fleet ship you like or maybe the reputation system has items you want or something else, it all depends.
  • admiraljt#1430 admiraljt
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    edited November 2012
    seekerkorhil wrote: »
    Assuming it was a gift from someone, lots and lots of dilithium. Zen is currently practically useless with there being nothing worth buying in the store. Dilithium on the other hand is useful.

    Plus if cryptic continue removing dilithium from the game you will eventually be able to buy the zen back again for much less dilithium.

    ^^This^^

    Nothing on the store apeals to me so I'd convert a large amount of it to dilithium.
  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Take a look at my signature please. ;)
  • romuzariiromuzarii Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    With 12k zen to make EC off of, you could make... let's see here.... carry the 4.... times 34... 16 + 12 is 6 = wtf and.... 200 million EC give or take about 20-30 million depending on the type of DOFF pack. That's enough EC to deck your ship out in purple MKXII gear which is worth the 12k zen imho if you need purple MKXII gear still. For the escort capt that's 4-5 tac consoles and 2 shield gens, possibly a neut and or definitely the other resist consoles, AND enough left over to go after the DPS temporal console in lobi store which might even pay off with a lockbox ship in the process. Need about 50 million EC for that with keys at 1.8 each to get 200 lobi but it's probably cheaper right now.

    Mileage varies with ship but 200 mil -/+ 20-30 m is going to get you the basic gotta haves. I'd do that long before I buy another overpriced ship or whatnot in the cstore. Doff packs and keys are the only things worth their cstore price, and even then it's sort of iffy steep but oh well if they're happy with 10% of players paying up they can keep the prices where they're at, I suppose.

    Keep in mind, if you happen to have 12k zen right now, that the winter event is next month and they're probably going to have some hot ship up for grabs and probably in boxes you can buy for 125 zen each or whatever. So I'd wait a few days to see what happens with that before you go on a spending spree and have to wear the FFFFFUUUUUUUU face for a few minutes when they announce the goods up for grabs the day after.
  • rilussriluss Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Yeah I just started about 3 weeks ago. With holidays I've only had about a week and a half of access to the game. My cousin used to play and he came over and gave me an "early Christmas present" when he seen me playing.

    As of right now I just have a silver account t with NOTHING unlocked that is not absolutely free. Only have about 15 k diliti from missions and random rewards.

    Just trying to get an idea of what to get or unlock. What's worth it and what's not.
  • travelingmastertravelingmaster Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    For starters, I'd buy the B'Rel retrofit, the Kar'fi carrier, and maybe the Fleet Hoh'sus. That knocks about 6k off there. I'd keep the rest on hand for respeccing and for anything new that looks like a worthy buy.
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  • jexsamxjexsamx Member Posts: 2,803 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Two master key ten-packs.

    The rest would go into Dil, primarily to build a reserve for Mk XII gear at the end of the Omega Rep grind. Maybe some fighters if I decide I want more than what I've got.
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  • reginamala78reginamala78 Member Posts: 4,593 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Turn most of it into dilithium since as the price adjusts you'll be able to buy it back in a few weeks at a decent profit. However if you really want to get something right now to take advantage of the ship sale, there's the Armitage, the Odyssey, the Kar'fi, and the Vandal (for the plasmonic leech).
  • chikahirochikahiro Member Posts: 35 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Tons of Dilithium for when things swing again, plus for my fleet.

    Lockbox keys to get goodies: ships would be nice, but I'd really like some of the stuff in the Lobi shop. I'll keep the Lobi, but got friends I'd happily give ships to :)

    Every damn goodie I can in the shop.
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  • ericsonxxericsonxx Member Posts: 253 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Maybe a couple Z-store ships, then a lot of keys, half to sell, half to try on lockbox ships.
  • szerontzurszerontzur Member Posts: 2,724 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Hmm... probably a bunch of fleet ship modules. put a couple up on the exchange and use the rest to put fleetmates into ships or some such. Maybe do some giveaways on DS9 or something. It is getting to be that time of the year, afterall.
  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Cryptic Studios.
    Don't look silly... Don't call it the "Z-Store/Zen Store"...
    pwebranflakes wrote: »
    Let me put the rumors to rest: it's definitely still the C-Store (Cryptic Store) It just takes ZEN.
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  • suprcheesesuprcheese Member Posts: 117 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Well, a couple months ago I would have bought as many character slots as 12k zen could get me, since then I could farm for dil with them doing Officer Report dailies... but no more.
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  • voporakvoporak Member Posts: 5,621 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Well, I've bought pretty much everything I want from the c store (except for the Gal-X (that's just for something to play around with) and maybe four more FSMs for the Fleet Patrol Escort) so I'd have to say I'd buy lock box keys until I got the ship. Then the rest I would turn into dilithium. Assuming the 12k zen is a gift, of course.
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  • chalpenchalpen Member Posts: 2,207 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    I have 22k but I only play kdf so I will never actually spent.
    Should I start posting again after all this time?
  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Personally, I would buy all slots I need (bank slots, Inventory slots) for my main characters. And then buy ships, and lockbox keys with the leftovers.
  • jjumetleyjjumetley Member Posts: 281 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    I won't tell you what I would buy but what I bought since they introduced a 20% discount:

    Armitage class (2000 Zen)
    MVAE (2000 Zen)
    Defiant Retrofit (1600 Zen)
    Excelsior Retroft (1600 Zen)
    Vandal Destroyer (800 Zen)

    ...and I'll probably buy a Qorgh Refit (800 Zen) before the end of promotion.

    That's 8800 Zen and I'm still left with 4000 more. I'll spend the rest when there's a discount for other things like uniforms and or various slots. Also - the new Andorian ship might be tempting ;)
  • conundrumnsaconundrumnsa Member Posts: 705 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    I'd warn against trying to convert it to EC. I've tried selling keys and DOFF packs a couple of times with very minimal luck, and that's with undercutting everyone else.
  • bubblygumsworthbubblygumsworth Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    12k Zen worth of runabout pets...
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  • twg042370twg042370 Member Posts: 2,312 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Some ships. Some costumes. And... well, that's the end of anything interesting in the store.
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  • hartzillahartzilla Member Posts: 1,177 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    azniadeet wrote: »
    4000z worth of lockbox keys.

    Meh, I'd sell the keys and just outright buy the good stuff off of the exchange.
    8000z worth of Dilithium.

    That would be useful.
    ericsonxx wrote: »
    Maybe a couple Z-store ships, then a lot of keys, half to sell, half to try on lockbox ships.

    Meh, why not sell the keys and get enough ECs to buy the ship off of the exchange? They usually only go for what around half a billion ECs thats way easy to get for a lot of keys if priced right.
  • conundrumnsaconundrumnsa Member Posts: 705 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    hartzilla wrote: »
    Meh, I'd sell the keys and just outright buy the good stuff off of the exchange.



    That would be useful.



    Meh, why not sell the keys and get enough ECs to buy the ship off of the exchange? They usually only go for what around half a billion ECs thats way easy to get for a lot of keys if priced right.

    LOL..I just looked on the exchange.

    1 Temporal Science Vessel...price....250,000,000 EC.
  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,882 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Lets see hmm...I would buy a KDF character a Guramba...a Vesta pack...some lockbox keys and would save some for dilithium.
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  • praxian2012praxian2012 Member Posts: 127 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    riluss wrote: »
    Well? What WOULD you buy?

    Dilithium. Nothing but. Already have most of what I want on my account unlocked, so any future Zen obtained would be done directly into dilithium.
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