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Upgrading: To go for the Gold......

killalljedikillalljedi Member Posts: 88 Arc User
edited April 2015 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
.....or should Ultra-Rare be good enough? Such a PITA to make an item *DING!* into Gold IMO, and in some cases, the stats seem a tad inferior to the UR version anyway.

What's your preference?
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  • szimszim Member Posts: 2,503 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    I usually stop at ultra rare. In my opinion the incredibly high amount of ressources (dilithium, tech upgrades) you have to invest to get it to epic quality isn't worth it.
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  • birzarkbirzark Member Posts: 634 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Go for MK 14, any quality crit you gain getting to 14 is bonus and lucky. Going for quality upgrades on most items especially set items are not worth it, the difference is so minimal. The only thing that isn't terrible with quality is spire tact consoles which usually upgrade quality after only a few tries(exceptions may occur). Weapons do get a significant bonus from mk12 to mk14 but only alight difference is you upgrade quality.

    Rank is guaranteed Quality isn't.
  • sistericsisteric Member Posts: 768 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Mark 14 Very Rare is all that I push for. If I get Ultra Rare or Epic on my way to Mark 14 is just bonus.
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  • blakes7tvseriesblakes7tvseries Member Posts: 704 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Numbers don't lie going Epic is well the epic way to go.
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  • bobbydazlersbobbydazlers Member Posts: 4,534 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    personally for basic drops I don't worry too much about quality as long as something is rare or above and at least mk12, if I happen to get a mk12 v.rare I can slot in place or a rare I will but other then that no.
    if im upgrading I am quite happy to get the same quality I started with, if I start with a mk12 v.rare and end up with a mk14 v.rare that's fine, if I happen to get a booste to ultra that's just a nice bonus but I don't carry on after mk14 v.rare by playing the quality lotto.
    for the difference its just not worth the dilithium.

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  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    birzark wrote: »
    Go for MK 14, any quality crit you gain getting to 14 is bonus and lucky. Going for quality upgrades on most items especially set items are not worth it, the difference is so minimal. The only thing that isn't terrible with quality is spire tact consoles which usually upgrade quality after only a few tries(exceptions may occur). Weapons do get a significant bonus from mk12 to mk14 but only alight difference is you upgrade quality.

    Rank is guaranteed Quality isn't.


    Exactly my philosophy as well. I never go for gold, if it happens then bonus.. but I honestly don't care.

    Majority of the gear on my main is Mk XIV Ultra Rare, a few are Very Rare. I have absolutely no intention of dumping the huge amount of Dilithium it would take to push those UR items to Epic.

    Absolutely not worth it.
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  • burstorionburstorion Member Posts: 1,750 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Mark 14, any rarity upgrades are bonuses

    To heck with wasting millions of dil upgrading upgrades with no return
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  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    For weapons ultra rare Mk XIV is fine for me. But crafting weapons with the mods I want is the tricky part.

    For tactical consoles, I do try for epic though. Crafting them is very simple since they have no mods anyway. The only thing to hope for is getting an epic tactical console using one superior tech upgrade and one research boost x1.5. Very rare versions are sold on the Exchange. Ultra rare ones gets put into my inventory in case the epic RNG gods are truly against me.
  • robert359robert359 Member Posts: 355 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    I only tried a rarity upgrade once. Took my jem'hadar rifle from vr to ur. Had to fill the bucket 4 times before it tripped, I know people have posted about having to do more. Got a critx mod and 10 or 20 more dps.

    I am not going to do it again, if it happens it happens.
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  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Unless you have oodles of Dilithium and VR Mats it is not. To XIV I go and let it sit at that. On the very rare occasions that a Rare Console or Item (Lobi or Zefran Cochrane Shotgun, etc.) make it to VR then I'll take it. I think maybe one or two Rep items made it to UR but through no effort of mine.

    What I have pursued Quality upgrades on are items that I crafted at Level 2. I apply a quality upgrade (1.5x or 2x) at start that affects it through the five or six levels that one Superior Upgrade Token will provide. I have gotten a decent number of UR from the initial VR creation. Some of my characters have quite few of those Quality or Tech point multipliers in inventory so occasionally I use them but never on items that are already at XI or more.
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  • valenn1valenn1 Member Posts: 842 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Main and secondary character: Only Gold is good enough.
    Other chars: i don't care.
    Beta, LTA, CE, Multiple preorder Versions, all Addon Packs except AoY, nearly all KDF/Rom and ~50% of all Fedships, over 25 LockboxShips, Endurer of Atari's "Year of Hell", but...
    unfortunately:

    NOT LOYAL ENOUGH!!!
  • roadghostroadghost Member Posts: 394 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    I got lucky on my main, everthing upgraded to UR by Mk XIV. Couple of my VL' s went to Epic. My Borg space set is setting at UR Mk XIII, will upgrade it sometime, but once I hit XIV I don't put any more resources into things, they stay at whatever quality they are.
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