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Mk XIII & MK IV Gear!>?

jam3s1701jam3s1701 Member Posts: 1,825 Arc User
edited October 2014 in Federation Discussion
Ok peeps..

Whats the score here I know we will! be able to craft these items and upgrade our gear atm...

BUT!!

Will there be any Fleet gear XIII & XIV for sale when DR hits??

OR!

Will it be upgrade only??

Does anyone know?

Thanks :D
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  • jer5488jer5488 Member Posts: 506 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    Right now - it's 'upgrade only'. There have been no new holdings announced and there are no new fleet vendors on tribble. And upgrading gear to mk xiv is actually cheaper then a whole new loadout would be dilithium wise.
  • jam3s1701jam3s1701 Member Posts: 1,825 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    jer5488 wrote: »
    Right now - it's 'upgrade only'. There have been no new holdings announced and there are no new fleet vendors on tribble. And upgrading gear to mk xiv is actually cheaper then a whole new loadout would be dilithium wise.

    Ok just asking as a fellow fleet mate said there would be but i havent heard anything so i just wanted to ask the guys on here as i dont have Tribble etc etc

    :-)
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  • dave18193dave18193 Member Posts: 416 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    As far as I know its upgrade only for now. Upgrading makes a lot of sense for existing 50's who are already happy with the basics of their build.

    But it will be prohibitively costly if, for example, we want to change energy weapon type. Before, all we'd have to do is buy the necessary spire consoles (at about 24,000 dil for 3) and the weapons could either be exchange bought (for about 1.5 mill per weapon for 6 weapons)

    Wheras now there will be those costs AND a long, costly, timegated and RNG dependant upgrade process as well.

    But hey. Its progress.

    Ironically it could make fresh alts a little easier to prep and level. Just get the mod spread you want at low level and upgrade them as you go through the game (it s after all cheaper to produce VR Mk 2 - 8 weapons than it is Mk 12, so you could just replace them until you get the mods spread you want without fear).
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  • kozar2kozar2 Member Posts: 602 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    They said there will be some xiii item drops in a limited number of mission but other than that xii is the cap. I think they will keep this with all items honestly. xii will be the top item and you can upgrade from there. It saves them from going back and changing all of the rep systems and if xiii or xiv fleet gear is brought out nothing is stopping people from upgrading their xii anyway I suppose. But this crafting systems lets them move to XV in a year without all of the headaches this change has caused.
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