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just made a new toon is it still worth grinding for the old rep gear?

like the title says I've just made a new toon who is a science officer and a cardassian I've made with the alien gen and I'm just not sure if I should bother grinding the gear from the old rep systems like the Borg, Tholian, Romulan, Dyson and Undine. My older toons have done them and I think I'll might just grind the gear from the newer rep systems just not really sure

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  • danielhunter1991danielhunter1991 Member Posts: 91 Arc User
    I would have to say that just because some of the reps gear are getting a bit old now there still worth going for, especially the Maco gear. I've found that most of the newer rep gear hasn't been very good. Hope this helps.
  • dareaudareau Member Posts: 2,390 Arc User
    Honestly, you only need one rep set - the set that "best matches" your desired build.

    At least now you have a choice, you don't need to grind through potentially 6 sets to know which ones might benefit your build...
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  • jim625jim625 Member Posts: 907 Arc User
    Ok thanks I'm also just gonna do the rep systems for the traits :-)
  • tom61stotom61sto Member Posts: 3,673 Arc User
    Cryptic has been pretty good at spreading out the good stuff, all Reps have either highly sought after Gear or Reputation Traits.

    Omega (Borg) has the Kinetic Cutting Beam and the Assimilated module, which combined are highly useful in keeping Weapon power up, not skipped unless you have power saturation via other means or are running a Kinetic or Aux weapons build.

    Nukara (Tholian) has the Auxiliary Power Configuration: Offense/Defense Rep Traits that you'll want as a high-aux Sci ship user.

    Romulan has a Rep Trait that boosts Critical Hit chance.

    Dyson is a bit weaker, but the torp is nice on a high Particle Generator build, and the set bonuses to crits are nice if your alien is Fed or KDF (Romulans can get lots of crit boosts just by grabbing Superior Romulan Operatives while leveling.)

    8472 Counter-Command (Undine) has a very nice two-set bonus for it's secondary set that boosts Phaser and Disruptor damage (Universal Console, Torpedo, Heavy Turret (Phaser or Disruptor), and the torp is handy on Torpedo Sci ship builds, particularly when running high particle generators.

    You can get the daily bonus (all reps now have them) easily for Omega by hitting a quick Borg Red Alert, and you can get both Romulan and Nukara if you get into a Tholian Red Alert and hit the mission hail for the daily. I usually just grabbed the mission in the Dyson Sphere (via Jouret Gateway) to get the daily, then warped out and back in to grab the Undine Battle Zone to take at least one point. Warp out again and hit Delta (Via Jenolan Dyson Sphere) to get the daily for that.
  • farmallmfarmallm Member Posts: 4,630 Arc User
    Some are worth doing on your alts. It depends on what you going to do. I would go for Omega to get the traits as it comes in handy for borg and added dps. Others are also the same, to help build up your trait pool. Or at least pick the ones you want to use. Some of the gear I go after, mostly like the ground gear. Specially the guns, I'm a ground gun collector.
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  • centaurianalphacentaurianalpha Member Posts: 1,150 Arc User
    I have not bought any rep set past Undine, and have had no real problems. In some cases, the rep tokens needed to get the newer rep gear are hard to come by, with only a couple STF's and an adventure zone to mine...
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,582 Community Moderator
    For ground, MACO is still one of the go to sets as it comes with the integrated remodulator, so its useful against Borg, and the shield capacitor is useful everywhere. For a LONG time MACO was my set. I generally get the new ground set just for costume unlocks though.

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  • jaywest21jaywest21 Member Posts: 46 Arc User
    For a new toon, I'd say MACO and Omega are pretty tried and true, and solid all around.

    Also, if you have tier 5 on your main toon, I highly recommend having your main character "sponsor" your alts with one of those rep sponsorship tokens that you can transfer to your alts via your account bank. That way it'll be a lot quicker to grind up that same rep on your new toon.
  • vetteguy904vetteguy904 Member Posts: 3,923 Arc User
    I did all the reps still working on a few. i like the dyson ground set it seems to give me the best survivability, and I am doing Omega for my Rom, her warbird sub will have hyper, omega and particle plasma torps, and all my toons have the KCB
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