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hojain2020
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HI Ive got one character and played the game about three months. Ive run out of saved dilithium making a t-5 u ship with very rare MK XII fleet and rep gear, im not competitive in advanced. How long do you guys estimate for me to be relatively competitive for Advanced ques? I can only make about 50 zen a day.
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you will also get 3x more dilithium that you can use on your favorite.
also dont be in such a hurry to upgrade stuff, T5 ships are perfectly adequate for most things.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
Some examples, after getting the characters to the level required to access them:
-DOFF with them, even have one or two on the KDF side as they get a shed load of contraband that you can turn in for 2k dil for a four hour DOFF mission. This works with the next one paricularly well
-Do the mining, even more so during the bonus dil weekend, one coming up next weekend. It's a short hop between DS9, contraband hand in, and the mining asteroid. If doing the above it is a short hop between two or three sectors for marauding missions so rather efficient.
What you have to understand with a freemium game, which this is as opposed to a pure free to play, is that they make their mopney from the impatient. I have been playing since the game went to this model and other than the 500 zen I bought early on for cash, I haven't spend a single penny on zen. If you are a patient person then it is not hopeless to do it all for free, if you are impatient then yes it is hopeless to do it for free. How long it would take is based on to many variables for people to tell you an estimated time let alone a specific time frame.
If you want the real low down on dil earning in this game, and going by another post of yours you may, then you can have no better source of info for this than Cosmic1. When I started I never thought I would get enough dil for this that and the other, it was advice from Cosmic in another thread back then that got me above my refining cap on just one character, back then. He was to me the Lobotomy of STO, old EU WoW board reference for those who may get it, but basically he knows the most efficient ways to make the most out of an earning system.
There's plenty of power gamers, min/maxers and crafters around I'm sure. In time the better gear will be more readily available. And DR has only just arrived, so I think it's safe to assume plenty more tweaks to the content will happen down the road.
If you are earning enough dilithium to exchange for 50 Zen, then that means you currently maxing out the daily refinement limit. If the plan is to continually exchange all the dil you have refined to Zen, then you will never have any refined dil for projects or new rep gear unless you purchase dil using your Zen.
Advanced is basically for max level toons (meaning level 60) who has new abilities when leveling up from 50 to 60. The higher your captain level the more hit points your T5U ship will have. Additionally, your T5U ship will 4 mastery levels that will advance with you as long as you continue to play with that ship. So basically, you should be level 60 when you play Advanced and you should have mastered your ship as well.
You should probably look into acquiring Mk XIII weapons because the general weapon damage going from Mk XII to Mk XIII is higher than compared to going from Mk XI to Mk XII. For example, damage caused by generic beam array Mk XI to Mk XII increases by about 10. However, from what I have seen going from generic beam array Mk XII to Mk XIII the damage increases by about 20.
There are two ways to obtain Mk XIII weapons other than doing the DR main story missions (I have not played the missions yet I am only assuming at this point). You can either upgrade your weapons via the crafting system or by purchasing the weapons from the Exchange. If you have not started doing the crafting system, then you have a long road ahead of you. I believe you need to be level 15 in a specific crafting school you upgrade your gear by one mark and a random modifier. Getting to level 15 can take 3 months by simply doing the daily crafting project, but can be cut down a bit if you actually craft some gear as well. If you look at the Exchange to get your gear, then you need to spend a lot of ECs to get them. However, the more people that max out their crafting skills and put Mk XIII gear on the Exchange means the asking prices can come down a bit, but will still be expensive... just less so.
Won't be lightning fast, but it is way more manageable.
Also, don't ignore the Foundry as a dil source. Playing one mission which rewards while also accepting the officer reports "hourly" bonus gives you somewhere to 2000-3000dil per mission played. And if you dont like the missions there are few decent battleship missions where you just fight enemies for about 40 minutes and it pays rewards. Also great for testing builds.
Take your time. No need to rush. Invest in crafting and upgrading gear as you have time and you will find yourself growing competitively.
Might I also suggest while you are 'underpowered' to take this time to work on tactics and strategies that allow you to beat higher ranking opponents with lower quality gear. It will test you but at least I find it more enjoyable to get the most out of my gear even if it isn't top notch.
Best of luck
Getting a mk XII item to XIII is basically 1.5-3 days of refining, mk XIII to XIV is 3-6. Quality upgrading is a very high order even for people with extensive alt networks funneling resources to their main, and you get more out of mks than mods anyway, so file that as a long term goal the same as level 20 R&D.
If you focus on dilithium and marks, you can manage a steady stream of upgrades. Foundry and doing some quickie rounds on the adventure/battle zones for the 55 mark dailies is a good way. Voth battle zone can usually finish it off from there.
The most important advice, already said by two people, is don't be in a rush.
if u have high end fleet gear MKXII you will beable t derfeat the new content IF you have set your ship up right
like boff abilites doffs on duty skilltree etc
My Engineer has maxed every REp. System and has nearly every Set and i am close to finish all the R&Ds. My Tac is still working on the Rep. Systems, just got the T6 Escort but i am thinking about killing him too.
My Ship gear is still Mk XII and i won´t upgrade it till i finish R&D Its strong enough to play the missions and Strong enough in easy STFs.
If you really want to make more ZEn i think you should buy some. If you start to work and work just for ZEN it takes the fun out of the game because you always have one eye on your Wallet and the other on the timer.
Because he only wants 1 character? How idiotic to ask why you nos got all charactr slots filled OP! ! !
Just stick with the one and enjoy it. If you're curious about the other storylines...there's always YouTube.
Just my two cents until Cryptic figures out a way to make upgrades, crafting and specializations more alt friendly as they did with the reputation system.
You don't need rep on farming alts, just mk xi green and blue ground gear for them and their boffs is all they need to farm dyson battlezone. They will gradually finish dyson rep by doing this also.
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Do what feels comfortable. Stick with one character. Doff all the time; learn and read about techniques for Special Task Force Missions after you hit level 50. Start by playing one that you like. Or pick another reputation after you finish content up to lvl 50 and run that particular reputation that interests you. A friendly fleet can help you advance, give you advice, and help support your journey.
Start by playing missions that you like and move on from there.
Yeah, each of my toons make 1500-2500 Dil a day just from doffing. Usually that's the only Dil they make each day cause I'm busy with RL stuff. I do the 'midterm' at SFA, grab all the hi Dil payout missions I can (most are 50, but there are ones up to 500 for the colonists), pop over to our fleet's mine and grab those 2 mining missions there. For 3 toons shouldn't take you more than 30 mins to load up their doff queues.
Don't know what ships you have but some ships get a free T-5U upgrade, like Dyson Science Destroyer and Chel Geth.;)
In any case play the story, and various missions, RP a bit, enjoy the game and the dilithium will come on it's own, it's the only way.
I dont even think about dil half the time only when I look to see if theres any worth converting or to donate to the fleet projects as I do quite often.
apart from the pve ques nothing else has changed in the game the other 95% is still the same as it was before and doing a great deal of it will earn you dil, even if you only play as much as you did before.
don't be in such a rush to upgrade stuff, I am sure what you have now is perfectly adequate for your needs, take your time and upgrade gradually, you will get there in the end and I am sure at some point the pve ques will sort themselves out.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
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i have only 1 account and 1 character on that account, pretty much like you. i've been playing for 2 years, still in that single character, and i'm survive
having only 1 character means you're focusing all out on that character, so technically you know your character inside out. you know the advantage of your character and skill, also the weakness. that will build your unique fighting skill.
if you've played for 3 months, means you're almost 50 or 50 already. the key is: no rush & enjoy the game
my approach is, before to be competitive in pve, you must be survive-able first. invest on what makes you more survive and less be killed first. it's pointless to have high dps but always blow up first
then, if you can manage to survive at every pve you play, start invest on dps. based on my experience, it took about 6 months from when i start playing sto to be kind like competitive in pve. not always first place, but can manage as runner up or number 3 in 5 player mission. just be patient, take one step at a time, master your fighting style. no need to rush, the game was made to be enjoyed anyway
Exactly. It takes a few minutes to set up doffing.
I created a KDF character for this due to contraband practically being thrown at it. This character was moved to DS9 as soon as I could pick up the mining mission.
I only did mining during the eventon this character, which was more often back then. Which added another 10 minutes or so to the time spent on that character due to the 20 hour cooldown method allowing two goes during the limited time of the dil bonus time.
Outside of the mining event it took about 5-10 minutes to set up the Doffing missions, go off andplay the character I played, come back the next day, set up DOFFing, go off and play and rinse and repeat.
This way the OP can coninue to play his main character and not take too long out of his play time to set up DOFFing to help his dil gain.