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SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited March 2010 in The Academy
Is there a store that sells the t2 weapons so that I don't have to spend $100,000 per phaser on the exchange to level up my crafting?

Thanks for any help provided.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    fatesoasis wrote: »
    Is there a store that sells the t2 weapons so that I don't have to spend $100,000 per phaser on the exchange to level up my crafting?

    Thanks for any help provided.

    If you could, they wouldn't be $100,000 in the exchange. Just keep stuff you get from your adventuring.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    fatesoasis wrote: »
    Is there a store that sells the t2 weapons so that I don't have to spend $100,000 per phaser on the exchange to level up my crafting?

    Thanks for any help provided.

    There are Mk II phasers for sale in the shipyard merchant in Sol, but I assume by Tier 2 you are asking about Mk IV weapons, and to the best of my limited knowlege, there is no merchant for that product.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    You can buy TII at earth space dock but beyond that even numbered white lvl weapons (IV, VI etc) can only be gotten from drops, exchange or on new ships.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    You guys at Cryptic really need to fix this. All crafting mats should be gotten by farming or be available for purchase somewhere. For very rare high level crafting recipes you need to have mobs that may be harder to kill but always drop the item required. I love crafting in most games, and I am sorry to say that the system in STO is seriously lacking
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    fatesoasis wrote: »
    Is there a store that sells the t2 weapons so that I don't have to spend $100,000 per phaser on the exchange to level up my crafting?

    Thanks for any help provided.
    There are no stores. I am told DS9 sells the iii and v kits. I never went that route because its hard on the research mats.
    I farmed the DSEs in the Romulan sectors. Specifically, the Hirogen ones. Those were high enough level that I got the rank vi gear reliably. Getting rank vi gear is not the same thing as white rank vi gear like engines, covariant shields, deflectors, such as you might need for crafting. I picked up a fair amount of consoles on those runs so that help offset buying the remainder on the exchange. There is no good source for plasma weapons (which the rank 2 crafter seems to exclusively deal in).
    You can find engines and deflectors on the exchange but the window is brief.... There are people combing the exchange and re-posting the items at 45K-75K. And the exchange is flooded with the green/blue crafted items so you wont be able to sell them for much over what vendors offer.
    You'll be out some credits but it'll help get you into that last tier. I was able to finish the rank 2 Engineer and Sience with engines and deflectors I got for 15K-25K. It took a few days of checking in on occasion.
    I was an RA1 before I dredged out of the Engineering crafter (Koats to O'Brian), RA 4 for the Science (Dren to whatsheranme). I've given up on the Tactical as I've never seen a white plasma weapon in those ranks and I categorically refuse to pay 100K for something I'll only be able to sell for 10K.
    The Afnirr or whatever expanse is good place for ranks 2-4 on the mats.
    hope this helps...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Sargoreth wrote:
    You guys at Cryptic really need to fix this. All crafting mats should be gotten by farming or be available for purchase somewhere. For very rare high level crafting recipes you need to have mobs that may be harder to kill but always drop the item required. I love crafting in most games, and I am sorry to say that the system in STO is seriously lacking

    There is nothing wrong with the STO crafting system because there is no STO crafting system, nor should there be one. What we have is a requisition process for upgrading looted common items. It's that simple and they don't need to fix it because there is nothing to fix.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    You can buy mo iv and vi items at k-7 using points earned in pvp. Go to the shipyard there and look around
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    By doing the exploration missions you get badges. They are so easy you could do the missions blind. In the center of sol station near the entrances are people that sell higher level equipment. By mousing over the badge symbol on the item you'll know how many you need. Also in the same place you requisition ships is the same type of system.....need exploration badges. Too easy.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Vertigo_00 wrote:
    By doing the exploration missions you get badges. They are so easy you could do the missions blind. In the center of sol station near the entrances are people that sell higher level equipment. By mousing over the badge symbol on the item you'll know how many you need. Also in the same place you requisition ships is the same type of system.....need exploration badges. Too easy.


    These are useless for crafting. OP is looking for white items that can be used to unlock higher levels of crafting, such as plasma array IV / VI for example.

    I'd love to know good places to loot these, its crazy only specific items can be upgraded per teir...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I haven't really messed with Memory Alpha much, so it could be that the items I've seen on the vendors won't work for it.

    That said, I've found Mk IV and Mk VI phasers on vendors at Starbase 39. They run about 1k each.

    That leads me to one of three conclussions:

    1- Those items are not used in Memory Alpha crafting.

    2- Those items are used in Memory Alpha and those people saying they aren't available on vendors simply haven't found them yet.

    3- Those items are used in Memory Alpha and those people saying they aren't available on vendors are buying them themselves and putting them on the exchange for 100k.

    I honestly do not know which of these is the case, but if I were you, I'd make a list of what you needed and hit SB39 (Sierra System, Alpha Centauri Sector) and see if you can find them there. It may be a futile effort, but it's worth a shot. =)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Pasquatic wrote:
    There is nothing wrong with the STO crafting system because there is no STO crafting system, nor should there be one. What we have is a requisition process for upgrading looted common items. It's that simple and they don't need to fix it because there is nothing to fix.

    I'm not really sure why you think crafting is so bad. I think its a good thing to give folks something to do outside of missions and whatnot. Some people just like to put together pixels to make cooler pixels. I'm all for a good crafting revamp.
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