Level 50, what should I focus on?

theblurch · February 2014

See title. I've been lvl 50 for a little bit (Fed), and I'm just kind of aimlessly doing STFs and the story missions. I haven't completed all of the episodes yet, so I assume I need to do that.

At this point, should I be working on the episodes and also reputations? Anything else of importance I should be doing?

Thanks!

thecosmic1 · February 2014

Generally, yeah, you should be bouncing around between the various Reputation systems. You definitely want to finish your Episode missions - and throw in an occasional Foundry Spotlight too.

The best thing to do is a little bit of everything. That way you do not get yourself burned out from only doing one thing at a time. Variety is the spice of life.

valinsterling · February 2014

Reputations and gear are good places to start. Keep doing the STFs.

Oh, and have fun.

revandarklighter · February 2014

Keep omega running (make sure to have the 30 marks every day) but I believe you should focus on Dyson (until it gets nerfed)since it's faster more rewarding and quiet good gear.

Also gather flleet credits since this is ultimately the best gear.

Doesn't hurt to do the tau dewa daily... Well... Daily, and do epoch tagging to build up rom rep, buts that's secondary.

In my opinion nukara can be ignored until further.

fraghul2000 · February 2014

I'd try to get the marks, EC and expertise necessary to run at least the big project in each rep system each day, so that you're done with them IF they're getting nerfed or another one gets added.

For my new chars that's usually the Dyson zone and the epohh daily, one foundry loot run as well as one ESTF each day in combination with a filled up set of Doff-Missions. In addition to that, 1 Tau Dewa patrol, until the first epohh reaches adulthood and one CEE every 2-3 days.

talonxv · February 2014

Keep calm and grind on. Basically what happens at 50.

centersolace · February 2014

Borg stuff is probably the best, and easiest to get.

mcduffie369 · February 2014

www.hilberguide.com read it over. You may also want to check out y youtube channel for various tutorials. Run the Dyson Reputation first. It is the easiest and has the best rewards.

crm14916 · February 2014

The reps are important mostly for their cutscenes and additions to the overall storyline. Without trying to give away too many details, the cutscenes available through the ROM rep lead heavily into what happens with the Dyson sphere and the Solanae missions...

CM

centersolace · February 2014

crm14916 wrote: »

The reps are important mostly for their cutscenes and additions to the overall storyline. Without trying to give away too many details, the cutscenes available through the ROM rep lead heavily into what happens with the Dyson sphere and the Solanae missions...

CM

That is important. But it's sad that the winter event is over.

tareruntalion · February 2014

you should finish the episodes and then i recommeng you start with the dyson reputation it's the easiest to level and grind for it's items and if you can and have the time start slowly with the omega reputation too then when you finish both of them go for the romulan one and leave the nukara at the end because it is the hardest one to grind

rinkster · February 2014

All good advice but allow me to offer a somewhat dissenting view.

The Nukara rep is not quite as bad, in my view, as some of the posters have indicated.

Firstly, if you're interested in tetryon weaponry, it's a really good place to go.

There are also some neat perks as you tier up.

Secondly, I've never found getting nukara marks at all tricky.

I'd actually suggest its easier than epohh hunting for Rommie marks.

Just run CEE once a day.

You'll get a nice box of marks, enough to fuel the rep for a day.

You'll get a reasonable chunk of dil as well.

And all for 5-10 minutes of space based shooty shooty.

And you can repeat it every 30 minutes, iirc.

Oh, and the tier IV Nukara rep ability?

If you run anything in aux power, that can be game changing for you.

fraghul2000 · February 2014

Firstly, if you're interested in tetryon weaponry, it's a really good place to go.

If you're interested in Tetryon weapons, it's better to get them from the exchange or your fleet.

While the DBB from the 3-part set is ok, the ones you can buy from the rep-store are a waste of dilithium. They're more expensive than their fleet counterparts and get 2 less modifiers. The AE proc on them can be completely disregarded as the combination of a low chance to proc and a low proc distance is a bad combination. I wasted dilithium on them and the proc usually accounts for 0-20 DPS, even when using Grav Wells in encounters that have large amounts of bunched up mobs (CE, CSE, ISE, mirror, SB24...).

theblurch · February 2014

Is dilithium mining even worth it?

thecosmic1 · February 2014

It depends on how good you are at it. If you can only make 300 in 5 minutes, probably not. If you can make 2,000+ in 5 minutes of running around then maybe it is worth it to you.

mcduffie369 · February 2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsCa7U6qhPg

edgecrysger · February 2014

thecosmic1 wrote: »

It depends on how good you are at it. If you can only make 300 in 5 minutes, probably not. If you can make 2,000+ in 5 minutes of running around then maybe it is worth it to you.

Lol, dilithium mining in 5 minutes??? dude, how??? it takes about 9-10 minutes to mine 5 mining spots. There is no way to do it on less time, even with the frosted boots...

Dilithium mine + fleet dilithium mine = 2000 dilithium, in about 25 minutes (the time it takes to travel, walk around the mine and mining itself), i think it should be a little more, but meh.

But , anyways, 1000 dilithium for 10 minutes, i think it is worthy in terms of dil/time, but the mining event is so boring that causes a lot of people to avoid it. Cryptic should increase the rate of dilithium gained when you can score more than 900-1000 points on the mining mingame. That way people will use mining more often.

thecosmic1 · February 2014

edgecrysger wrote: »

Lol, dilithium mining in 5 minutes??? dude, how??? it takes about 9-10 minutes to mine 5 mining spots. There is no way to do it on less time, even with the frosted boots...

Dilithium mine + fleet dilithium mine = 2000 dilithium, in about 25 minutes (the time it takes to travel, walk around the mine and mining itself), i think it should be a little more, but meh.

But , anyways, 1000 dilithium for 10 minutes, i think it is worthy in terms of dil/time, but the mining event is so boring that causes a lot of people to avoid it. Cryptic should increase the rate of dilithium gained when you can score more than 900-1000 points on the mining mingame. That way people will use mining more often.

Normal mining is 200 per spot - assuming you can score over 700 pts. That is 1,000 per mining mission. Event mining can double that to 2,000 for the 5 spots. If you have a Dilithium Claim that jumps to 5,000. Whether it takes you 5 minutes, 7 minutes, or 10 minutes, the question is whether it is the best use of your time. For example, my Fleetmates and I can do Infected Elite in less then 5 minutes. Heck, my best time on the Party Event is 4 minutes and 11 seconds for 500 Dilithium. If it takes someone 20 minutes to do Infected Elite then Mining is a better option.

edgecrysger · February 2014

I think he was talking about the regular mining thing, that is 1000 dilithium in about 10 minutes. Since the even will be only available once a month or so, we should talk about if it is worthy to spend 10 minutes go gather 1000 dilithium.

The thing, is 1000 dilitium for about 10 minutes is worthy in terms of time. But of course there are other ways and funnier ways to gather dilithium. Thats the main problem.

Lol, my record in the patrol event is 2 minutes... even less if i have luck and i dont get any present mini game.

What i think is, its not about the time you spend mining, but about you enjoying that time. I prefer to spent more time gathering dilithium if im enjoying it. Thats the reason, for example im not used to go to dyson battlezone for dilithium, because i dont like it too much. Instead, i go to Defera, i do the 3 daily missions there, i go to nimbus, then to eta eridani for traelus system and sha'mar (those are really fast daily missions) and of course i do all the borg red alerts in my way.

I also pick one of two foundry missions already selected (the ones i do almost every day) that gives me about 2500-4000 dilithium for less than 30 minutes. But lately im doing only one of em, so it will be 1500-2000 dilithium for about 10 minutes.

And there are other ways, the thing is to enjoy the game, not to just go directly to farm dilithium day after day. If you feel bored, just do other dilithium missions that are different from the regular ones you do, etc.

fraghul2000 · February 2014

thecosmic1 wrote: »

Normal mining is 200 per spot - assuming you can score over 700 pts. That is 1,000 per mining mission. Event mining can double that to 2,000 for the 5 spots. If you have a Dilithium Claim that jumps to 5,000. Whether it takes you 5 minutes, 7 minutes, or 10 minutes, the question is whether it is the best use of your time. For example, my Fleetmates and I can do Infected Elite in less then 5 minutes. Heck, my best time on the Party Event is 4 minutes and 11 seconds for 500 Dilithium. If it takes someone 20 minutes to do Infected Elite then Mining is a better option.

The advantage about farming Dil in STFs is, that you have a slight chance of coming out with a high amount of it. 2 ESTFs can net you from 2.900 up to 9.400 Dilithium. (120-150 Marks, 2x960 for completion, 2-32 Processors).

Mining will always grant you the same rewards.

thecosmic1 · February 2014

fraghul2000 wrote: »

The advantage about farming Dil in STFs is, that you have a slight chance of coming out with a high amount of it. 2 ESTFs can net you from 2.900 up to 9.400 Dilithium. (120-150 Marks, 2x960 for completion, 2-32 Processors).

Mining will always grant you the same rewards.

True, but there is a point, as edgecrysger discusses, where you are doing your 200th STF and you simply do not care to ever do another. IE, the fun is long gone. Mining gives you some variety in your Dilithium grind. Whether or not it is worth it to you is entirely up to you. Sometimes breaking the monotony is far more important then the efficiency of gain.

scoustar · February 2014

Mining, unless it's with Rich Claims, takes too long.

If 1k = 10 minutes, then 960*3 (2880) dil in ESTFs takes only 9 minutes. 6 with a really good team.

I also have to agree with rinkster, Nukara rep is the easiest to "grind" with CCE; 2 CCE = 3 days rep. Do it every day instead so you have lots of spare marks for days you miss or when you reach T5 and decide you want the set, or parts thereof.

For Rommy rep I do Beta Thoridor 5 times per day per repping toon for 60 more marks. Never done Epohh tagging or breeding. I work for the Federation (or Republic, or Honour Guard) not the bloody animal pound!! BT takes 1 min per, so 5 mins per toon per day #simples

Omega rep you'll score easily if you're doing some STFs every day.

Dyson rep is easy too. If you like <insert other famous space franchise here> when Red 5 flew round the big metal ball of green-firing-planet-destroying-ness then you'll enjoy Breach Elite. Failing that hit the Battle Zone.

There's lots to do after 50; in fact it's when the game begins, so panic not and keep grinding. As you go you'll improve, learn more, find friends and soon you'll be like all the rest of us.... muhahahahaha!!

twg042370 · February 2014

Romulan Rep to see the story continue. Everything else for gear.

variant37 · February 2014

twg042370 wrote: »

Romulan Rep to see the story continue. Everything else for gear.

I was about to say dyson rep for the story as well, but then I remembered that "story" is basically just your character checking their voicemail.

Level 50, what should I focus on?

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