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Mk 12 rare versus Mk 11 very rare...identical?

fidelstixfidelstix Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited August 2013 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
For example, a Blue Mk 12 Plasma Infuser 28.1% has the same numbers as a Purple Mk 11 Plasma Infuser, 28.1%

Obviously the numbers are the same, but is there another boost because of the purple or are they 100% identical in power as the numbers suggest?
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  • futurepastnowfuturepastnow Member Posts: 3,660 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Nope. There's nothing hidden. They are identical.
  • rainmotorsportsrainmotorsports Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    You will find this goes with all consoles. A Mk X Very Rare is the same as a MK XII Uncommon etc and so on.
  • zulisvelzulisvel Member Posts: 518 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    The increased rarity of an item gives it the bonus of the same item one mark higher.

    A mark 1 green item is equal in stats to a mark 2 white variant of the same item. A mark 1 blue is the equivalent of a mark 3 white which is also equal to a mark 2 green. And so on all the way up to the top of equipment scale.

    EDIT: what they said. :)
  • fidelstixfidelstix Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    That's how I've been treating it...good. I guess some people just like seeing the color purple based on the large difference in exchange prices for the items mentioned.
  • theanothernametheanothername Member Posts: 1,512 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Consoles. But AFAIK not weapons.
  • orangeitisorangeitis Member Posts: 5,222 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Interestingly enough, the rarer ones are usually still more expensive in the exchange.
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  • rainmotorsportsrainmotorsports Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    fidelstix wrote: »
    That's how I've been treating it...good. I guess some people just like seeing the color purple based on the large difference in exchange prices for the items mentioned.

    Sometimes the exchange prices are the same, sometimes a Mark higher but a rarity lower is a bit cheaper. Since you can't see both at the same time when searching its hard to keep the prices matched. The prices are affected more individually by demand. A bunch of noobs might eat up the MK 11 VR driving the prices up for awhile and the smarter people peck away at the MK 12 R. At the end of the day the demand is almost even.
    theanothername wrote: »
    Consoles. But AFAIK not weapons.

    Weapon rarity affects the number of modifiers. Uncommon 1, Rare 2, Very Rare 3. The exception being some special double proc weapons might have one less modifier and of course there is the various fleet weapons as well.
  • sunseahlsunseahl Member Posts: 827 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    fidelstix wrote: »
    That's how I've been treating it...good. I guess some people just like seeing the color purple based on the large difference in exchange prices for the items mentioned.
    orangeitis wrote: »
    Interestingly enough, the rarer ones are usually still more expensive in the exchange.




    SHHHHH... you'll make things more expensive.
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    drowrulesupreme wrote: »
    We don't want what the Feds have. We want the equivalent. We want fairer treatment. Concern, desire, greed to some extent, and passionate belief that the enough people would buy KDF items to make it worth Cryptic's while.
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