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Red Matter Converter

indysharkindyshark Member Posts: 1,556 Arc User
edited March 2013 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
How do you get one of these? It's not on the exchange or the C-Store. Do I have to buy a copy of the STO collector's edition? Where is the cheapest place to do so?
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  • elric071elric071 Member Posts: 159 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    yup, it comes from the Collector's Edition. As for a cheap place to buy it, check Amazon. I got mine from them a year or so ago for $5 :)

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  • tribbleorlfltribbleorlfl Member Posts: 143 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    The Red Matter capacitor is only available via the Collector's edition. I got mine at Gamestop for a couple bucks last year, but the stores no longer have them anymore (I was told by the mngr of the store i bought mine at that they subsequently destroyed the remaining copies per corporate). Best bet is probably Amazon.
  • ursusmorologusursusmorologus Member Posts: 5,328 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    they're on ebay, but you'll have to wait a while to find one for $5
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  • chi1701dchi1701d Member Posts: 174 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    And yet the console is still bugged after 3 years :(
  • darkkindness2darkkindness2 Member Posts: 257 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    chi1701d wrote: »
    And yet the console is still bugged after 3 years :(

    Two things: first, it's not a console. Second, how is it bugged?
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  • snoggymack22snoggymack22 Member Posts: 7,084 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Shouldn't we all be telling the OP that JJ Abrams inspired Star Trek items do not belong in this game? And that the OP should just forget about the Red Matter, since anything Abrams is worthy of contempt?

    That's how these threads are supposed to go whenever anyone mentions stuff related to the 2009 Trek film.
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  • wenom4wenom4 Member Posts: 123 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Here u have Red matter Capacitor as device not as console and its not bugged

    Red Matter Capacitor on ship
    Red Matter Capacitor on stowiki
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Another fun thing about RMC is that you can claim it as many times as you want and literally put another one on each ship you own. The game will let you put two on the same ship, but.... that doesn't give you the ability to use it twice. They have a 100% shared cooldown.
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  • chi1701dchi1701d Member Posts: 174 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    ursusmorologus wrote: »
    they're on ebay, but you'll have to wait a while to find one for $5
    darkkindness2 wrote: »
    Two things: first, it's not a console. Second, how is it bugged?


    Doesnt repair any disabled subsystem.
  • logicalspocklogicalspock Member Posts: 836 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    chi1701d wrote: »
    Doesnt repair any disabled subsystem.

    Really, because it seems to do so most of the time when I use it.

    For instance, if my engines are disabled, red matter capacitor will usually re-enable them.
  • wolfdog14wolfdog14 Member Posts: 55 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Can you post your full build for your galor ship please, it interests me.
    I have one too just wondering on your layout console wise.
    Thanks in advance.
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  • chi1701dchi1701d Member Posts: 174 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    logicalspock wrote: »
    Really, because it seems to do so most of the time when I use it.

    For instance, if my engines are disabled, red matter capacitor will usually re-enable them.

    When my weapons go offline for vault ensnared, cant get weapons back online using it.
  • crownvic2doorcrownvic2door Member Posts: 301 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I bought mine from walmart online store, I found that it was the cheapest place to find it. it came in a rather large heavy box, it has the book, a badge a few guest passes, a disk and a code to enter after you sign onto your account... the red matter converter is available for ALL characters on your account for an unlimited number of times, every ship you own can have its own converter. Also has a costume unlock. I am fairly happy with it, also now that it is free to play perhaps an update to the bonus you get would make more copy's sell:D
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    chi1701d wrote: »
    When my weapons go offline for vault ensnared, cant get weapons back online using it.
    that's different, that's a special disable used only by the Tholians.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    crownvic2door wrote: »
    I bought mine from walmart online store, I found that it was the cheapest place to find it. it came in a rather large heavy box, it has the book, a badge a few guest passes, a disk and a code to enter after you sign onto your account... the red matter converter is available for ALL characters on your account for an unlimited number of times, every ship you own can have its own converter. Also has a costume unlock. I am fairly happy with it, also now that it is free to play perhaps an update to the bonus you get would make more copy's sell:D
    If that's the same as the one I got it, the code also give you free Lib Borg Boffs.
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  • juliamateusjuliamateus Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    The Liberated Borg is only if you buy it from Amazon.
  • mikeflmikefl Member Posts: 861 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    markhawkman wrote: »
    If that's the same as the one I got it, the code also give you free Lib Borg Boffs.

    My borg BOFF came as an amazon pre-order and is unlocked for all toons on your account. I bought a standard edition when I first signed up. I then bought an LTS in June 2010 and this past xmas I bought the collector's edition for the red matter capacitor and the uniform off Amazon for $12. They still have them on amazon.
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  • logicalspocklogicalspock Member Posts: 836 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    mikefl wrote: »
    My borg BOFF came as an amazon pre-order and is unlocked for all toons on your account. I bought a standard edition when I first signed up. I then bought an LTS in June 2010 and this past xmas I bought the collector's edition for the red matter capacitor and the uniform off Amazon for $12. They still have them on amazon.

    Yeah, but the ones on Amazon are from third parties. They may contain absolutely no special goodies whatsoever. I know mine didn't. But for the price of $5 I got a nice badge and the red matter capacitor (plus the TNG/DS9 uniforms which I had already unlocked), so it was well worth it.

    I think if you can find the Amazon version or the Target version, they might be well worth $20 or so, since they come with an account unlock of the borg BOFF and rifle respectively. However, they are hard to find. The versions sold by amazon vendors rarely are the Amazon version.
  • darkkindness2darkkindness2 Member Posts: 257 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    chi1701d wrote: »
    When my weapons go offline for vault ensnared, cant get weapons back online using it.

    I just did some testing with a fleet mate after reading this, and the Red Matter Capacitor seems to behave... well, not as advertised.

    My fleet mate was running a drain/Target Subsystems/Viral Matrix build, and I had him disabling me in various ways to test the RMC. It appears that it will restore any system, disabled in any way that one player can disable another, except Weapons. It never restored my Weapons subsystem, regardless of how it was disabled (VM, Target, or drain), but it reliably restored the other three subsystems no matter how they were disabled, and often restored two of them at once.

    Very interesting, but the RMC is still a solid investment, with that information.
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  • bumperthumperbumperthumper Member Posts: 513 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I read that the RMC, Enhanced Plasma Manifold and batteries all share a cooldown. Is this true?
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    bumperthumper wrote: »
    I read that the RMC, Enhanced Plasma Manifold and batteries all share a cooldown. Is this true?
    Well, I know the first two do, I don't bother with the third often enough to notice. BUT, it's a PARTIAL cooldown. Using RMC only gives EPM a short cooldown, not the full cooldown.
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  • gavinrunebladegavinruneblade Member Posts: 3,894 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    logicalspock wrote: »
    Yeah, but the ones on Amazon are from third parties. They may contain absolutely no special goodies whatsoever. I know mine didn't. But for the price of $5 I got a nice badge and the red matter capacitor (plus the TNG/DS9 uniforms which I had already unlocked), so it was well worth it.

    I think if you can find the Amazon version or the Target version, they might be well worth $20 or so, since they come with an account unlock of the borg BOFF and rifle respectively. However, they are hard to find. The versions sold by amazon vendors rarely are the Amazon version.

    I got mine on Amazon for $7 plus shipping and it did indeed have the lib borg officer for all my characters. Was totally worth it.

    As mentioned in another thread though, it does lie about the "aluminum case" which is just cardboard with some kind of metallic paint. Other than that it's pretty cool.
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