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ericsonxxericsonxx Member Posts: 253 Arc User
Im being dead serious. I'd like to raise anywhere from 50-70 mill over the next week, and preferably not melt my brain in boredom.
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  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    It ain't gonna be easy. You can craft, sell STF loot, Doffs, or contraband, or if you want to shell out real money; Fleet Modules or Keys. There are many ways, nothing very quick though.
  • paxfederaticapaxfederatica Member Posts: 1,496 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    If you have a fast ship, you can complete two "Tour The Galaxy" laps in the allotted hour (it's a time-gated event) and earn 700K EC. Borg subtranswarp engines and/or Slipstream Drive are great for this.
  • dudeman32569dudeman32569 Member Posts: 32 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Play the exchange. Buy low, sell high.

    Hint: Many people search by price, instead of price per unit. Buy something cheap in bulk, then sell it back at a higher price per unit individually.
  • skurfskurf Member Posts: 1,071 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    If you have some extra dilithium you can craft Mk XI field generator and possibly phaser relay consoles to sell on the exchange. You can try to buy/sell data particle traces, but ever since Season 6 that market has been flooded.

    Also, it's good to do all the colonial chains and then keep doing the repeatables that give you a refugee and a purple doff on a critical. Use the refugees in different asylum missions and sell the doff you get if it's purple or downgrade it to white doffs and sell those. If you get a green doff with certain traits it's a good idea to do the Officer Exchanges in Cardasian sectors. For instance, if you do the Rigel V asylum many times you will get a green doff that is good for the Bajoran Officer exchange since it will have the spiritual trait. It's also a good idea to downgrade the bound purple doff you get off of a critical mission to whites since they're in high demand for starbases and sell them on the exchange.
  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    ericsonxx wrote: »
    Im being dead serious. I'd like to raise anywhere from 50-70 mill over the next week, and preferably not melt my brain in boredom.

    Right now, the best ways to earn EC is by selling Lockbox Keys, Items from Lockboxes, Rare DOFFs like the Tholian Special Warfare DOFFs, the Phased Tetryon weapons. Also highly sought after DOFFs for Starbases like the Purples, Astrometic DOFFs, and more.

    Second best is the Tour the Galaxy Race, providing you are skilled enough to do more than 4 laps.
    If you have a fast ship, you can complete two "Tour The Galaxy" laps in the allotted hour (it's a time-gated event) and earn 700K EC. Borg subtranswarp engines and/or Slipstream Drive are great for this.

    You can get FAR more than 700k EC in the Tour the Galaxy.

    Top Tour the Galaxy racers do 6 laps, which earn well over 2 million per event.
  • darkenzedddarkenzedd Member Posts: 881
    edited August 2012
    You can get FAR more than 700k EC in the Tour the Galaxy.

    Top Tour the Galaxy racers do 6 laps, which earn well over 2 million per event.


    6 laps......How??? :eek: I can just about fit in 4 full laps in the hour event.

    That is using the borg engine, 6 pts in drive coil, Diplo Imunity and that gets me warp 34 during slipstream and 24 without.

    Id love to know hop they fit in 6 laps? :cool:
  • defalusdefalus Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    darkenzedd wrote: »
    6 laps......How??? :eek: I can just about fit in 4 full laps in the hour event.

    That is using the borg engine, 6 pts in drive coil, Diplo Imunity and that gets me warp 34 during slipstream and 24 without.

    Id love to know hop they fit in 6 laps? :cool:

    Fly to kdf space before the event and ask for raiding party, it's the kdf diplo immunity, and those racers may also have full 9 in driver coil. They may also be in an oddy which if I remember right, has double duration slipstream. There is also a duty officer mission, shipboard, that on crit boosts driver coil, if you crit it save it to turn in before your next race for moar speed.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    also, there's zone transfer to use. some parts of the race you can move across a zone very quickly with a zone transfer.
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  • xenor002xenor002 Member Posts: 424
    edited August 2012
    Sell doffs too, sinse the Fleetbase grind, doffs have been popular again.
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  • palpha3clearancepalpha3clearance Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Sell your first born to rumpelstiltskin.........
  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    darkenzedd wrote: »
    6 laps......How??? :eek: I can just about fit in 4 full laps in the hour event.

    That is using the borg engine, 6 pts in drive coil, Diplo Imunity and that gets me warp 34 during slipstream and 24 without.

    Id love to know hop they fit in 6 laps? :cool:

    While others have pointed out several things that can improve your overall speed, there is one important tool that's available to all in STO that's not listed. And that's the key to success. ;)
  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    While others have pointed out several things that can improve your overall speed, there is one important tool that's available to all in STO that's not listed. And that's the key to success. ;)
    You mean buying 100 million EC for $29.95 from a Gold Seller? :D

    I feel a tran... tran... trance coming on. :)
    STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
  • criminiuscriminius Member Posts: 184 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    thecosmic1 wrote: »
    You mean buying 100 million EC for $29.95 from a Gold Seller? :D

    I feel a tran... tran... trance coming on. :)

    They dont allow H88king
  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    criminius wrote: »
    uhh i think you misread azurian's post...reread.
    I'm quite sure I didn't misread it, but thanks. :)
    STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
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