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Question on best way to earn EC currently.

tomgonjinn23tomgonjinn23 Member Posts: 204 Arc User
edited January 2016 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I'm interested in getting the New Paradox temporal Dreadnought. I can't afford to go opening boxes for Lobi so I'm going via the exchange.
My question is what is the best or most efficient way of getting EC.
It used to be convert dil to zen and sell keys but with the rate of dil exchange that's not longer a viable option.
IS it Crafting? (level 15 in all schools) I can make most of the Command Specialization stuff for example.
Thanks for any and all help you guys can give me.
LLAP

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  • kodachikunokodachikuno Member Posts: 6,020 Arc User1
    Buying Keys with zen and selling them for EC is probably still the most efficient method for EC generation.
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  • turbomagnusturbomagnus Member Posts: 3,479 Arc User
    Selling Master Keys is still pretty good, but the Admiralty System - with the right assignments - can net a character a few hundred thousand EC; when one has multiple characters, that can start to add up...
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  • tomgonjinn23tomgonjinn23 Member Posts: 204 Arc User
    kodachikuno wrote: »
    Buying Keys with zen and selling them for EC is probably still the most efficient method for EC generation.

    Even with how bad the exchange rate is? 40,625 is alot for one key.
  • cidjackcidjack Member Posts: 2,017 Arc User
    Join fleet, rob bank, leave. Profit.
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  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    1. Crafting upgrades (blue/purple)
    2. Purple omega shards
    3. Keys
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  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    edited January 2016
    With the Omega Event currently underway, you could use that and a little luck to make EC.

    Either craft or buy Mark II weapons with 'desirable' mods. You're looking for DmG, CrtD, and Pen mods. Use an Omega Kit with a 2x Research Accelerator to upgrade the item. The Omega Kits give a much larger chance of quality upgrade and used with an accelerator you'll have an excellent chance of hitting at least Ultra Rare Quality. If you take it to Mark XII or Mark XIV using Omega Kits, your Dilithium Cost will be Zero and you can usually sell them on the exchange for 60-100M each depending on the type of weapon and mods.

    Just be aware that many people will use this method during the Omega Event, so supply on high quality weapons will be up. This will drive prices down over the course of the event and cause items to take longer to sell as people undercut one another. It's still however, the quickest and cheapest way to make large stores of EC quickly.

    If you don't need it now, make the weapons during the event and then sell them in a month or two when prices have gone back up.
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  • samt1996samt1996 Member Posts: 2,856 Arc User
    Weapons market is crashing hard it'd be better to just sell the Omega traces.
  • tomgonjinn23tomgonjinn23 Member Posts: 204 Arc User
    seaofsorrows wrote: »
    With the Omega Event currently underway, you could use that and a little luck to make EC.

    Either craft or buy Mark II weapons with 'desirable' mods. You're looking for DmG, CrtD, and Pen mods. Use an Omega Kit with a 2x Research Accelerator to upgrade the item. The Omega Kits give a much larger chance of quality upgrade and used with an accelerator you'll have an excellent chance of hitting at least Ultra Rare Quality. If you take it to Mark XII or Mark XIV using Omega Kits, your Dilithium Cost will be Zero and you can usually sell them on the exchange for 60-100M each depending on the type of weapon and mods.

    Just be aware that many people will use this method during the Omega Event, so supply on high quality weapons will be up. This will drive prices down over the course of the event and cause items to take longer to sell as people undercut one another. It's still however, the quickest and cheapest way to make large stores of EC quickly.

    If you don't need it now, make the weapons during the event and then sell them in a month or two when prices have gone back up.

    What Weapon type would be the most profitable? I would think Anti-proton but before starting that I'd like to be sure.
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  • twg042370twg042370 Member Posts: 2,312 Arc User
    Contraband seems to be in a free fall right now so that classic is out. Probably for the same reasons as you want EC, OP.

    As a dirty F2P I've been constantly bumping up against my EC limits with selling R&D mats on the exchange and whatever R&D boosts I get my hands on as I play. Feel free to flood that market too.
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  • salazarrazesalazarraze Member Posts: 3,794 Arc User
    cidjack wrote: »
    Join fleet, rob bank, leave. Profit.
    Ah yes, if Garcia is part of your account/toon name. Does this count as naming and shaming if I only post part of his name? Anyway, nothing has changed OP. The current best and always best way of making EC is buying low/selling high.
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  • zombieman149zombieman149 Member Posts: 29 New User
    > @salazarraze said:
    > cidjack wrote: »
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    > Join fleet, rob bank, leave. Profit.
    >
    >
    >
    > Ah yes, if Garcia is part of your account/toon name. Does this count as naming and shaming if I only post part of his name? Anyway, nothing has changed OP. The current best and always best way of making EC is buying low/selling high.


    agreed
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