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Crafting & Pen Mod - Does Re-engineering help?

tigerariestigeraries Member Posts: 3,492 Arc User
I believe the Pen mod has a chance to shows up when a weapon turns to Ultra Rare.

If it doesnt... can you re-engineer and roll for it? or your sol and need to re-craft and hope for RNG?
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  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,865 Arc User
    edited October 2019
    No, the special mods are (or at least were) only possible to get at creation time, not by quality upgrades or re-engineering.

    That's why if you want PEN, OVER, SPR, etc you craft a pile of beams or torpedoes at mark II VR until you get that mod.

    For things like Omni beams that you have to craft at Mark XII we're out of luck.

    (Apparently the engineering duty officer crafting missions can get you gear with special mods too, but again if they don't arrive with the mod you'll never get it.)
  • tigerariestigeraries Member Posts: 3,492 Arc User
    Ah ok I see... so only on creation. bummer.
  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,602 Arc User
    You also can get Pen and other mods with items created with Doff assignments, but obviously, what you get is RNG.
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  • nixie50nixie50 Member Posts: 1,396 Arc User
    so say three hail Mary's and maybe RNGesus will bless you
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  • gaevsmangaevsman Member Posts: 3,190 Arc User
    Not for weapons, but one of the most useful mods for me in crafting is the [Inertia] on crafted engines.. +10 is wonderful for the Buran!, but back to weapons, just fabricate a bunch of MK II and Pen will appear eventually, thats what i do..
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  • darkbladejkdarkbladejk Member Posts: 3,883 Community Moderator
    The only way to get items with the special mods is to craft them. If you're getting those mods on re-engineering then that's a serious bug that could lead to bigger problems down the road. As much as it sucks, you have to get it from crafting.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    also I'm pretty sure 2x [Pen] would be OP.
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 59,174 Community Moderator
    I don't think there'd even be a POINT to [Pen]x2...
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    rattler2 wrote: »
    I don't think there'd even be a POINT to [Pen]x2...
    More defense penetration? Reducing effective armor rating by another 10% would be huge.
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