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Omega tech upgrades explained

ambassadormolariambassadormolari Member Posts: 709 Arc User
edited February 2015 in The Academy
I just want to be absolutely clear about the Omega tech upgrades that can be gained from getting the Omega particles and refining them down to shards, fragments, etc: what do they do? Are they primarily used for boosting existing items, or aiding in research? Can they be used to, say, help bump a current crafting skill rating up? (ie get to a 16 rating in Science from 15).

I just want to know, before I decide to use or sell my last few shards.
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  • birzarkbirzark Member Posts: 634 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    they are the super versions of upgrade kits to increase rarity and rank of any item. It does double the rarity chance and double the amount of tech point of the experimental upgrade kit but uses ZERO dilithium to do so.
  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Omega Tech Upgrades acts like a double strength Superior Tech Upgrade which provides double the tech points and doubles the percentage chance of a quality upgrade if I am not mistaken. They can be used on any item that is upgradeable; kits are not upgradeable because of the way the were coded when they were released according one of the Dev posts. And they require absolutely no dilithium to use.

    If you want to make any Omega Tech Upgrades, then there is not much time left to grind all the mats that you need 'cuz it is all coming to an end on March 2nd @ 10am PST / 1pm EST.
  • centaurianalphacentaurianalpha Member Posts: 1,150 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    I've used a pair of Omega upgrades (twice now) to take a Fleet Neutronium (Turn) console from Mk XI (UR) to Mk XIII (Epic), for free! The Omegas seem to have extra pull with the RNG when it comes to rarity upgrades... :)
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  • jerichoredoranjerichoredoran Member Posts: 195 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Not for free. You spend some time to gather the materials or bought them for EC and a used a crafting slot.

    Anyway, do not sell them now, wait for the event to end and price go up a bit and sell then or use them yourself.
  • rodentmasterrodentmaster Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Definitely NOT free. A massive grind-fest and the buggy-TRIBBLE code has killed any and all gameplay from being viable since the anniversary event started.


    The end result is nice... but you still need 10-20 of them to upgrade a set piece one mark level sometimes. They're not worth the required effort or investment. You can sink hundreds of millions of ECs into them when simply buying 2 superior experimental tech upgrades would do the same thing as one of these omega upgrades at a fraction of the cost.
  • kapla1755kapla1755 Member Posts: 1,249
    edited February 2015
    jerichoredoran wrote: »
    Not for free. You spend some time to gather the materials or bought them for EC and a used a crafting slot.

    Anyway, do not sell them now, wait for the event to end and price go up a bit and sell then or use them yourself.


    Be kinda hard to sell Omega tech upgrades since they are bound to account.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    kapla1755 wrote: »
    Be kinda hard to sell Omega tech upgrades since they are bound to account.
    all of the materials are not bound so you can sell the particles.
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