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QUESTION. Best way to get DIL
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Just wondering what are good ways to get DIL, especially this weekend. Yes I know Rich Dil Mining claims. And Dyson Ground. What else is worth grinding?
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You got help. IMO, @coldnapalm gave the best answer. Just play what you enjoy playing the most in the game and you'll have piles of dilithium before you even know it. I know that sounds trite, but it's true.
Logging in and turning in contraband 4 times would of course take less time, even if you are gathering it yourself, but it does require 4 logins divided by 4 hours between each.
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
People answer you, and you complain about it still. So here's my bit of 'help:' play the game, discover for yourself. Hint: it is not hard, but beware of grinding yourself out of the game bypassing the refining limit across multiple toons while the dil ex does its creeping to max.
Treating the game like a min/maxed job will just lead you to burnout.
I'm not aware that one particular patrol mission rewards more dilithium than others, but there's always the Traelus daily repair mission, and 60 dil every time someone rescues folks on Nimbus III.
The Undine one is faster then the Badlands, but the Badlands is more fun. If you don't need the Elite Marks they award, you can also turn them in for an extra 1k per pop (for 3.)
Everyone says Dyson Ground.. that's the one thing about this game that in all my years of playing I just don't get. I have tried the Dyson Ground Zone several times, didn't get squat. Apparently though, there is some way to get Dilithium out of it. I absolutely hate that zone.
You can also run Red Alerts, they give ok Dilithium for such a small time investment. Just bring up your map and just keep switching instances and hopping from Alert to Alert. Once you have them all on cool down, go to the Alpha Quadrant and do it.
The other method that really works for me is Admiralty. Some of the Admiralty missions pay out pretty handsomely in Dilithium and/or Crafting Materials.
You cap zones on the ground. When the big meter fills up. Each zone has one Vrex(Trex) that you have to kill. When you and the other people kill all 3 Vrexs you get 5Voth Implants and about 3kdil. Plus a few thousand more Dil from The Dailies you can do while capping zones. On Average I get 12kDil in about 30 minutes from Dyson Ground. Well worth the time and frustration. I recommened you figure it out. I was wondering if there were similar ways to get lots of Dil that I was not aware of.
Sorry.
This is my current best method as well. I farm Contraband with my KDF and pass it along to my Fed alts. Between that, Doff missions, and Admiralty I can usually hit the daily cap without even really playing.
Thanks for th Dyson video, I generally prefer space combat in STO, but I might give the Dyson Zone another shot.
Fastest? Dyson ground zone, as already said, admiralty if you have loads of ships (I have 40ish which isn't a lot but if I pick the right projects and bump up the crit on it, I can easily get 6-7k dill in one batch), daily contraband also send prisoners (cause they're cheap as crackers) and if you are decently patient person (it takes 15 mins even less but it's tedious) and have access to high level fleet, fleet mine, easy 3k+.
If you have a decently build ship, advanced/elite queues can give nice dill rewards as well.
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I will say though, having that buffer does make it appealing to work more on my alts more. I just find my Sci toon to be to much fun with all of the different ships I fly with him.