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deadbodycountdeadbodycount Member Posts: 3 Arc User
My ship is taking a lot of serious damage and I cannot find critical components, this makes it very hard to play the game and ruins the fun! I tried searching for this info but got nothing usefull... Someone please tell me where to find critical components! Ty!
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  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    You can avoid critical injuries by repairing minor and major injuries as they appear.

    However, if no critical spares have dropped for you and you are unlucky enough to actually get a crit injury, you can fix your ship in the shipyard(s) around the main capitals of each faction.

    The only way to get crit spareparts are drops or the exchange.
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  • kyeto13kyeto13 Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    You can purchase Miinor and Major Components at several standard vendors throughout the game. Critical Components, however, are loot drops only, and thus are very rare. You can purchase them off the exchange if you look.

    As mentioned before, you can avoid critical injuries by healing as you go. I've found you can even heal while in the respawn timer, so no lose of time for you. It also pulls mats from your bank, so no loss of inventory space either. Otherwise, you can heal all the things for free at any shipyard on any starbase.
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  • deadbodycountdeadbodycount Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I heal the other damages as soon as possible (DUH!) but critical damage happens ANYWAY especially in the new mirror elite and Im getting very tired and BORED with standing at the ship repair guy all day and cannot go anywhere else unless I want to stop doing the grinds. It is very player unfriendly to make you constantly require something that you cannot aquire when needed.
  • nyniknynik Member Posts: 1,628 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    You can also gain critical components from DOFFing.
    This item can be obtained also as a reward from the following Shipboard (Engineering) assignments :

    Assignment: Level 1 Diagnostic of Primary Weapon Coils
  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I heal the other damages as soon as possible (DUH!) but critical damage happens ANYWAY especially in the new mirror elite and Im getting very tired and BORED with standing at the ship repair guy all day and cannot go anywhere else unless I want to stop doing the grinds. It is very player unfriendly to make you constantly require something that you cannot aquire when needed.

    Mirror elite isn't worth doing. You still get the same advancement for doing the normals, and you're much more likely to get the optionals. Just do the Normal version. You'll thank me later.
  • peetapipmacpeetapipmac Member Posts: 2,131 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Just a thought, if you are getting that many crit injuries that it is seriously effecting your gameplay, then you might not be ready for elites just yet.
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  • mandoknight89mandoknight89 Member Posts: 1,687 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I heal the other damages as soon as possible (DUH!) but critical damage happens ANYWAY especially in the new mirror elite and Im getting very tired and BORED with standing at the ship repair guy all day and cannot go anywhere else unless I want to stop doing the grinds. It is very player unfriendly to make you constantly require something that you cannot aquire when needed.

    If you have no other injuries, you should not be taking critical injuries. If you do have an existing critical injury, it can allow for further critical injuries.
  • darthstormstrikedarthstormstrike Member Posts: 771 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Mirror elite isn't worth doing. You still get the same advancement for doing the normals, and you're much more likely to get the optionals. Just do the Normal version. You'll thank me later.


    Agree. It's not worth the hassle doing the elite IMO.
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  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Agree. It's not worth the hassle doing the elite IMO.

    Third on this one...

    Doing elite Mirror is only for the ones who burn for unnecessary punishment.
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  • nikkojtnikkojt Member Posts: 372 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    There is an NPC in each shipyard, with their icon as your faction's "Engineering" symbol, who will fully repair your ship for free.

    Note that on ESD, the NPC is in the shipyard quadrant of ESD, rather than the lower section.
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  • mandoknight89mandoknight89 Member Posts: 1,687 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    anazonda wrote: »
    Third on this one...

    Doing elite Mirror is only for the ones who burn for unnecessary punishment.

    Or those that easily get tired of facing down four or five Typhoons without breaking a sweat.
  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Or those that easily get tired of facing down four or five Typhoons without breaking a sweat.

    Meh.. There is no benefit to running it...
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  • pet1e86pet1e86 Member Posts: 126 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Agreed on mirror elite being pointless.

    Tried elite 3 times, ended up with around 40 marks

    normal i get between 47 - 50 on nearly every run.

    only way i would do elite is if they upped the dil to match other elite stf's
  • z3ndor99z3ndor99 Member Posts: 1,391 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I get a lot of critical components from doing the tau dewa deep space encounters, the daily gives me enough rom marks but I get a truck load of loot which includes the crit components.
  • tvlartvlar Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    1 - repair minor and major injuries immediately they happen ( while waiting to respawn ). Repairing the minors prevents getting Crit injuries.
    Keep 1 stack of minors in your inventory, and all the others in your bank. Activating a minor will call up a major or Crit from your bank if needed.

    2 - gather up the TRIBBLE loot that everyone leaves behind at the end of mission. You'll get a Crit ship repair every mission or 2. ( I've got hundreds ) ( same applies to ground missions )
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  • dragonsbrethrendragonsbrethren Member Posts: 1,854 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I get more critical components than I know what to do with. It does seem silly that you can't just buy them, though. Why make something vital drop/doff/exchange only?
  • tvlartvlar Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I think far more drop than people realize. It used to be a problem years ago, but drops were increased. The thing is, they are "common" items , so don't trigger the " need/greed" roll.
    As an example , I have found that every single time I do KAGE, there is a Crit ground repair in the last room.
    Keep in mind, if you repair the minors and majors, you likely won't need the Crit.
    And there is always the Exchange. Lots of Crits there.
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  • lomax6996lomax6996 Member Posts: 512 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    anazonda wrote: »
    Third on this one...

    Doing elite Mirror is only for the ones who burn for unnecessary punishment.

    I believe the technical term is... TRIBBLE :P
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  • captainoblivouscaptainoblivous Member Posts: 2,284 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    pet1e86 wrote: »
    Agreed on mirror elite being pointless.

    Tried elite 3 times, ended up with around 40 marks

    normal i get between 47 - 50 on nearly every run.

    only way i would do elite is if they upped the dil to match other elite stf's

    That is probably because you run pugs, or the teams you group with are utterly woeful. less than 60 on an elite is pretty awful. The guys I run with tend to expect at least 75 (often getting 80+). Heck, even PESTF teams are generally getting 70+.

    On topic, get critical components/regenerators from the exchange at about 2000 ec each last I checked. Dirt cheap. I rarely end up needing them though as I heal any minor or major injuries I get immediately.
    However, it is possible in my experience to get a critical injury straight off the bat, though this is very rare.

    Having even 1 minor injury increases the odds of getting a major massively the next time you die and majors likewise increase the odds of getting a crit on the next one. The penalties on minor injuries may only be small, but they can (and do) build up very quickly if you aren't careful.
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