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edited March 2010 in The Academy
Does anyone know a good source of Common Mk VI gear that can be used at Memory Alpha. I can't find common of these items on the Exchange, and I don't know what enemies drop them. Any info?
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Tier 2... don't you mean MK IV?

    Unfortunately, I don't know. Sol doesn't seel MK IV. DS9 has some MK IV, but not anything conducive for getting to Tier 3.

    Supposedly there is a Starbase 36 (or 39) but I've not come across this starbase yet.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Yeah the crafting is annoying i came across the same problem if they insist one this kinda of crating there should be a source to get the parts needed.


    Should be renamed to the upgrading skill :confused:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Tier 2 is mostly Mk IV, but there are Mk VI items available and give the most credit worth, hence why I'm looking for them. I tried Starbase 39 when it was operational and didn't see any there.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Does anyone know a good source of Common Mk VI gear that can be used at Memory Alpha. I can't find common of these items on the Exchange, and I don't know what enemies drop them. Any info?

    I have not found anywhere to easily get these items. So far Mk IV and VI gear I have found ONLY comes from enemy drops. Certain things drop a lot more than others - for example, I seem to get a ridiculous number of personal shields and engines, so I can craft just fine with the Engineer. Any stuff for the Tactical side I seem to have to buy because if I do find some Mk IV or VI gear, it is green at least lol. Hence the high prices on the exchange.

    Sorry don't have better news for you.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    If you buy an extra captain ship, strip off the items it comes with, you will get a Mk VI engine for use at the one person, and a ship shield or deflector to use at another of the people. Sell off the remaining unusable pieces. Rinse and repeat.

    This is the only way I know to get those pieces besides drops, or getting mighty lucky on the exchange.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Macerx wrote: »
    Yeah the crafting is annoying i came across the same problem if they insist one this kinda of crating there should be a source to get the parts needed.


    Should be renamed to the upgrading skill :confused:

    Or the "Refit" Skill. :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Ok, so the buying a Captain ship works for Science and Engineering, but what about Tactical. I notice most of Anichent's stuff is plasma based, so should I grind some Romulan PvE?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Does anyone know a good source of Common Mk VI gear that can be used at Memory Alpha. I can't find common of these items on the Exchange, and I don't know what enemies drop them. Any info?

    I asked the same thing the other day and pretty much confirmed what I had found. the vendors sell only odd numbered white items and you have to have even numbered white items. I am sure Cryptic did that on purpose but really think it is a horrible choice. the crafting / refitting / upgrading system is so bare bones as it is, why make it so bloody tough on top of that :(

    though I did see one interesting piece of advice in this thread that I hadn't seen before - buying and stripping ships of gear. will need to confirm what gear my LtC Klingon gets in another couple of levels. may have to do some buying on both sides and send it all to my Fed capt to upgrade

    if anyone out there knows of any vendors any where that stock even numbered white items that can be used at memory alpha, please please let us know
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Anyone know if it matters which tier2 guy I use to get to tier 3? I don't have any of the engineering stuff (i'm engineering) but I happen to have what the tactical person wants.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    @TheFritoB, I've heard you only get upgraded to T3 for the area you get the magical value for. So if you turn in 300k or whatever to the tactical guy, you'll be able to upgrade stuff at the T3 tactical guy, but you'll still be stuck doing T2 engineering and science.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    thefritob wrote: »
    Anyone know if it matters which tier2 guy I use to get to tier 3? I don't have any of the engineering stuff (i'm engineering) but I happen to have what the tactical person wants.

    Each department is separate. Engineering and Science both need 400k C worth of items EACH for EACH Tier 3 guy to be unlocked. Tactical needs 100k C. (Source: My own experience and the STO wiki)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    The only way to get mk vi commons is by getting them from drops or buying a new ship and stripping it. However, has anyone found a good place to grind on pve for good mk vi drop rates on the needed items for crafting? If so let me know please. Exchange is crazy and I'm not going to pay that much for one item.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Dragoth01 wrote: »
    The only way to get mk vi commons is by getting them from drops or buying a new ship and stripping it. However, has anyone found a good place to grind on pve for good mk vi drop rates on the needed items for crafting? If so let me know please. Exchange is crazy and I'm not going to pay that much for one item.

    would love to know this also, especially where to get quantum mine launchers to convert into torpedo launchers :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Got to tier 3 tactical purely through use of the exchange and believe me its expensive, I ended up spending 4 million total on samples and items, although I still have a couple million dollars worth of samples from buying in bulk and you can make some of it back through selling the upgraded items.

    The ironic thing is that because of Memory Alpha, the price of common items used in "crafting" is 3-4 times the price of the blue items that are produced, also the MK X items that are needed for tier 3 crafting are completely overpriced because of this as well, kind of defeating the purpose of the whole thing.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I read you can get MK4 / MK6 drops in the appropriate explore clusters.
    I don't know which clusters are best but I think the explore cluster in Psi Velorum must be good.
    Enemies do scale up in this explore clusters but not the loot drops so you just have to check which explore cluster gives suited loot.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Druuna wrote:
    I read you can get MK4 / MK6 drops in the appropriate explore clusters.
    I don't know which clusters are best but I think the explore cluster in Psi Velorum must be good.
    Enemies do scale up in this explore clusters but not the loot drops so you just have to check which explore cluster gives suited loot.


    I'd like to see evidence for this, all my attempts have lead to getting IX and X gear, even from low level exploration. Romulan signal contacts in Alpha Centari system seem to be getting the best results looting IV gear although only about one in ten drops are craftable.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Druuna wrote:
    I read you can get MK4 / MK6 drops in the appropriate explore clusters.
    I don't know which clusters are best but I think the explore cluster in Psi Velorum must be good.
    Enemies do scale up in this explore clusters but not the loot drops so you just have to check which explore cluster gives suited loot.

    I've found the cluster (Exploration) missions are scaled up to your level ( I get Mk IX and X drops in Afehirr Nebula with my RA5), but the Sector Defence drops are zone level. Defence (Enemy Contacts) in Psi Velorum and Alpha Centauri are giving Mk IV - VI drops but you must join in one already started if you are above the Sector level range.
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