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Curious as to what people think are the best buys, at the moment.
Let's assume no previous acquisitions, and you're sitting on a stack of 10k Zen*, planning to play both Fed and KDF characters.
What would YOU buy?
Services/ships/packs, etc: feel free to mix and match.
*Or close enough to 10k - if you end up spending 11k on your set, no big deal, this is mainly to get a feeling for what people would buy if they could start from scratch with some spending money on their hands.
Let's assume no previous acquisitions, and you're sitting on a stack of 10k Zen*, planning to play both Fed and KDF characters.
What would YOU buy?
Services/ships/packs, etc: feel free to mix and match.
*Or close enough to 10k - if you end up spending 11k on your set, no big deal, this is mainly to get a feeling for what people would buy if they could start from scratch with some spending money on their hands.
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^this
altho if that would not happen, I would buy:
ec cap unlock, bank, acc bank and inventory slots, a tac vesta, and the rest I would pay for lock box keys and dilithium (at current rates 1500 zen for dil is more than enough, and the lock box keys should open boxes with mining claims for an inactive other character, while bringing in EC, considerable amount if you are lucky)
10k DPS Vesta threads: 1; 2
I suppose the OP did say to assume that no purchases had been made.
If that be the case, I agree with EC cap unlock. This is *essential* if you want to really participate in the player economy. And I would get the account bank before expanding the regular bank, because it makes life so much easier for gathering things between your characters. Personal bank...I haven't found essential to expand. When my bank is full, that's an indication that I need to throw out stuff that isn't being used like obsolete weapons and abandoned pets.
as I am a cheap person, I did not have EC cap lol. but I have acc bank, and I am fine with it. sometimes I do feel it as a drawback, but nothing I cant live with. also most ppl are not even close to getting the max of ec cap (and I just evade that by transfering all my money to acc bank, and not buying selling above 10 mil)
10k DPS Vesta threads: 1; 2
Deep Space Nine Bundle (Like having special duty officers for all my characters)
Character slots (I like playing as a Eng,Sci and Tac for each faction)
1 Account Shard Bank slots (I am a total F2P player so this is valuable for me allowing me to move account bound items between characters)
ec cap and acc bank unlock is still there and useful.
but yeah, in the end everyone is hoarding. I myself started, and worst case scenario (meaning that the dil prices just jump), I will have 8k by the time romulans are here (two chars are not much to grind on, but atleast I am done in 15 mins a day
10k DPS Vesta threads: 1; 2
That is at the moment assuming I had to spend it now and I would join a fleet to upgrade the C-Store ship to a fleet level.
Though as others have said I would probably wait to see what LoR brings and see if I wanted to play Romulan and get a ship for that faction instead. I'd also only have 1 toon as it's much easier to get most of the stuff you need/want for it.
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For me I'd likely invest in the Odyssey pack; 5k ZEN is an awful lot to save up in Dilithium, and is the price of a AAA game which is pretty steep! I'm currently saving up anyway though, if only to subsidise the cost a bit rather than get the whole thing for free (I've already bought other 2,500 ZEN ships so it's not like I'm freeloading, I've paid well above what I expected I would for two years of "free" membership!)
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Which is part of why I asked the question, I suppose: if we'd have seen a clear consensus on which ships (or consoles, in the case of low-level ships) are no-brainer acquisitions for the forumites, that'd be some indication of OP'ness or current meta's. Surprisingly, we even have an even distribution between cruiser, sci vessel and escort in the 3 ship mentions there are
As for me, and my preference for sci-type play, my set would at least include:
EC cap increase
4 character slots
And probably:
Some bridge officer slots to swap builds mid-fight
Tac Vesta
B'rel retrofit
And then maybe spend the remaining 4k-ish on:
Either Guramba
Or MVAE
And some keys to get some EC flow going.
Footnote: this is more of a curiousity kind of thing, not a request for advice, per se. I got various ships and the services mentioned unlocked (bar the account bank), and am definitely saving what Zen I have to see what the Romulans bring (and maybe make a little profit on the dil exchange in the proces)
when I saw this topic first I thought: "good idea, bad timing"
10k DPS Vesta threads: 1; 2
I've already purchased all the stuff I 'need.' At this point, there's lots of stuff that would be fun to have, but none of it is pressing. As such, I can wait (months if need be) until I can get the most for my money.
I had the exact same thought. If this was a down time, like when Dil to Zen was at or below 100 and they were giving the chance and a Jem Attack - it was turn that all into EC through Fleet Support Doff packs....
But now, wait for any item purchases, EC Cap, Account Bank, rush a toon on each side to lvl 50 ASAP (shouldn't take more than 2 weeks probably) and we'll be on the heels of LOR - which should give you another slot for a rommie - with the dil refined from all that effort should be able to refill the coffers. I like to have between 7.5K and 10K Zen on hand at all times.
This is assuming you paid money for the 10K Zen and did not refine dilithium for it, since you're saying starting fresh.... But then again it could have been gifts on the cryptic prepaid cards, so then not your money.... But still I'd say hold onto most of that zen, you never know when a really good set of ships might come out, or what kind of Rommie items will be out in just over a month.
EC Cap removal
Jupiter, Enterprise/Mirror Enterprise/Starfleet Academy uniforms
Buy a Vesta
Buy an Fleet Advanced Escort
probably use the rest on skill respecs.
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But this is mainly because I have all the ships I've wanted on both KDF and Fed sides.. so yea.
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The rest I would save for the new expansion to see what it has. I'm sure to see something new I want. After that I would go for more keys to try for the Jem Dread.
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I'd also probably get the NX-class, Enterprise uniforms, and Armitage Carrier. Oh, and unlock the NX prefix as well.
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I'd buy 20 FSMs.
Sell them for 10m EC each.
Use the 200m EC to replicate 5m Banana Splits and 5m Root Beers for all my friends*.
*Yes, that means I'd be sending it all to myself.