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skk1701j
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Does anyone know, if the kits are still needed to get the IV abilities.
- MK XII demo needed to get the IV mines
- MK XII fabrication needed to get the IV turret
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Or are the kits obsolete now?
- MK XII demo needed to get the IV mines
- MK XII fabrication needed to get the IV turret
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Or are the kits obsolete now?
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Kit frames themselves have a reduced cost to 21k fleet credits for Mk11, 42k for Mk12. Modules for the enhanced powers (equivalent to the old Mk4 turret or mines) now cost 9k for Mk11 and 18k for Mk12. So buying the frame with the single enhanced power costs the same as before, and then you buy the other four modules individually (so costs more in total by whatever the other powers cost, but you don't get powers you don't like).
Also note frames themselves aren't fully universal. A tac might have 2 slots for Power Group A, 2 slots for Group B, and 1 slot for Group C (I forget the power group names), which would allow you to pick like 2 ranged-weapon powers 2 status-buffing powers and 1 grenade power. So if you wanted to combine the Enemy Neutralization and Fabrication kits into one loadout, gotta find a frame that supports the combination you want, or buy multiple frames.
does having a lower level frame limit the mk module that I can put in it ?
or does the fram just provide the number of module slots and the stat bonuses ?
This makes purchasing the actual MK XII versions from fleet obsolete. Don't know why doing Spire except the tac consols. Players who brought the old MK XII kits are left standing. You can just buy the modules without having unlocked/brought the kit. Thought they would make at least the modules purcaseable by buing the kit. (Buy MK XII set to get the MK XII turret, take it out of the kit and put it in the new one).
Well if you want the Mk12 Embassy Turret, you'll need to unlock the Mk12 modules. My guess is that when S9 does formally launch, we'll see a lot of people using Mk11 frames (for 5 power slots) loaded with Mk12 modules (unless 12 modules can only go in a 12 frame). Plus depending on which module layout and skill bonuses you want, you may decide on the Embassy frame or one of the Spire frames or a lockbox frame or whatever else comes out next.
PS
Whichever mod keeps burying all the getting-ready-for-S9 stuff at the bottom of the Tribble forums, please stop. Getting ready for a new launch, knowing what to buy now while you still can, versus what is worth waiting on, is relevant to all players right now. Its not about Tribble testing, but preparing while we still can.
You can have 5 Mk 12 Ultra Rare Modules on your Kit, but right now there is only 3 of them available. The next lockbox is likely to have some unique modules available, but whether they are Ultra Rare remains to be seen.
And the Undine rep has some new modules.
Joined January 2009
But those aren't Ultra Rare just Very Rare.
My character Tsin'xing
Is that accurate?
For instance, on my Tac, I want one kit that is Lunge, Sweeping Strikes, Motion Accelerator, Stealth, and Ambush. I think a Spire kit would give me the slotting options for that.
I want another kit that is four grenades and something else. I think the Romulan Embassy kit has the slots for that.
Are the modules available from Fleet stores to do this?
And for that matter, the Embassy/Spire kits provide one preslotted ultra-rare module, right? Can those modules be bought individually or should I buy those kits on live to hand them in?
Modules for the special Level 4 power only (now as a Mk11 or Mk12 module) are available. So at the Embassy you can buy a fleet Plasma Grenade or fleet Turret module, because that was the special ability that previously came with that kit. The other modules you have to locate elsewhere. And the new frames do not have any modules pre slotted, just an empty frame, which is why their costs were reduced.
So like to build your tac kit, you'd have to buy a frame with the right slots, then buy a Fleet Lunge Mk 12, then a bunch of VR Mk10 of the other four powers off the Exchange.
The Spire kit that currently has Lunge converts to a Kit with Lunge equipped, right?
My character Tsin'xing
-the new kit frames are empty, no matter where you buy them from
-the older fleet kits are no longer available ... I miss the Romulan Fire team
-you can rebuild the old kits like the Romulan Fire Team kit and even make it better, or more fit to your goals
-you can not buy all the kit abilities in their ultra rare form as not all of them are available
-you can put the fleet abilities on not fleet frames
-I think you can put MK XII abilities on MK XI frames... but not sure
-some kit abilities are best bought from spire/embassy, some are best bought from the exchange
This is how I rebuild the Romulan Fire Team and made it better.
- I bought a MK XI purple frame from the exchange as it was the only one that fit my goals
-unlike the original this one provides bonus to Combat, Spec Force, and Squad Comm
-there was another one at the spire with 4 bonuses but the slots were not to my liking, any way it's worth checking
-I bought the abilities from embassy (Plasma Grenade), and spire (Rally Cry), and the rest from the exchange
-there was no vendor with an appropriate level for the kit abilities :mad:
-the ones bought from the spire and embassy I bought them MK XI because the price was half and the difference between MK XI and MK XII is very small
-I equipped the empty frame on my character, and it's slots appeared next to it
-I filled each slot with the abilities I bought from the exchange, spire and embassy
-the result is a kit better than the original Fire Team
-I get the bonuses
-I have a better motion accelerator
-I have Rally Cry instead of Suppressing Fire which helps me more in the Dyson Adventure Zone, mainly when having to run from one sector to the other to kill the big dinosaurs
I am not sure, but is it possible to remove the abilities from the current frame and replace them with other ones ... I think that is the next thing I should to try.
btw, here is a link with kit specs to help you combine the frames with the abilities
http://sto.gamepedia.com/Kit
Hope this helps you all.
I just tested two more things.
-Once you put your abilities in a frame they are not stuck there forever, you can remove them and replace them with other ones corresponding to the same type of frame slot
-you can not put two same abilities in a kit frame ... like two Ambush or two Rally Cry ... I so wish I could