test content
What is the Arc Client?
Install Arc

Why are the rep weapons not getting the boost in lvl like gear?

So this has been bugging me for a bit.. Why are all the other rep items except the rep weapons jumping in rarity and lvl? I mean, its supposed to be endgame gear, half of it got better, why not the beams and ground weapons?
5qq2uyi63rep.jpg

Comments

  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 59,174 Community Moderator
    If you're referring to the mark and quality boost you recieve from a Temporal Recruit... It only applies to the PROJECT requiring gear. Not the rep store/random box gear. So you will get a Mk XIII UR Counter Command Bio-Molecular Rifle, but not a basic Bio-Molecular Phaser Array you can get from the rep store or from the box you can get for marks.
    db80k0m-89201ed8-eadb-45d3-830f-bb2f0d4c0fe7.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2ExOGQ4ZWM2LTUyZjQtNDdiMS05YTI1LTVlYmZkYmJkOGM3N1wvZGI4MGswbS04OTIwMWVkOC1lYWRiLTQ1ZDMtODMwZi1iYjJmMGQ0YzBmZTcucG5nIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.8G-Pg35Qi8qxiKLjAofaKRH6fmNH3qAAEI628gW0eXc
    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
    The nut who actually ground out many packs. The resident forum voice of reason (I HAZ FORUM REP! YAY!)
    normal text = me speaking as fellow formite
    colored text = mod mode
  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,557 Arc User
    Because Reputation Store items are a lot cheaper than Reputation Project items. 7,500 dilithium for a Reputation Store Ground Weapon compared to 9,000 dilithium, 500 Marks, 5 Elite Marks, and 40,000 Energy Credits for a Reputation Project Ground Weapon. Reputation Store Space Weapons cost more for Dilithium, but they still don't have all the other requirements. Another reason is that you can get a bunch of Reputation Store Space Weapons by doing the daily or hourly project. So essentially, making Reputation Store equipment available in the Ultra Rare Mk XIII variant would make us skip in a step in upgrading our equipment resulting in less $ for Cryptic.
  • centricitycentricity Member Posts: 48 Arc User
    Well said
  • nikeixnikeix Member Posts: 3,972 Arc User
    Because when you give a mouse a cookie, you DON'T have to give it a glass of milk.
  • hanover2hanover2 Member Posts: 1,053 Arc User
    I, too was disappointed to learn this when it was released.
Sign In or Register to comment.