I haven't progressed far enough into the game to encounter any RARE or VERY RARE items.
There are none posted for sale at the Exchange at this time. I understand there are some rare Bridge Officers.
So my question is what are some of these rare items? What are the strengths and bonuses that make them so desirable?
Rare Loot items often have two improved stats, or one really improved stat.
Rare BOs often have a really improved stat and/or a skill that cannot be purchased. They have been seen with a higher rank skill in a lower slot, but this always fixes itself on commissioning/training - so it's apparently a bug that this can happen.
Very Rares I have only seen once (combat engine) and within 1 second of seeing it (before hitting loot all), the server went down (in beta) and it poofed.
the "rare" items tends to have same dps (if weapon) as the white one, but have bonuses to crit/hit/severity and so forth.
Items that have stat increase, say EPS tends to have higher value, green +2.5, blue 3 and purple 4 etc.
There are some items that offer higher base then white, but they are few in between.
So most rare items dont live past the current level (tier) as while a blue phaser is nice at mk2, mk4 items have higher dps and thus then is how the crit or hit calculated then offset the lower dps?
not sure as i have not really tested, but that is what i have seen.
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I just saw over 100 (thus more than one page) rare Engineering Kits on the exchange, so at least some have shown up.
Rare Loot items often have two improved stats, or one really improved stat.
Rare BOs often have a really improved stat and/or a skill that cannot be purchased. They have been seen with a higher rank skill in a lower slot, but this always fixes itself on commissioning/training - so it's apparently a bug that this can happen.
Very Rares I have only seen once (combat engine) and within 1 second of seeing it (before hitting loot all), the server went down (in beta) and it poofed.
Oh, then sorry I bothered to help.
Items that have stat increase, say EPS tends to have higher value, green +2.5, blue 3 and purple 4 etc.
There are some items that offer higher base then white, but they are few in between.
So most rare items dont live past the current level (tier) as while a blue phaser is nice at mk2, mk4 items have higher dps and thus then is how the crit or hit calculated then offset the lower dps?
not sure as i have not really tested, but that is what i have seen.
maybe you should change the title of the topic to "Tell me RARE" instead of "Let's talk RARE"