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I was saying......
Q. Is it worth buying ships from the C Store at lower levels as the game seems to level pretty quickly, and you get a new ship every 10 levels?
Q. Is it worth using the R&D upgrades on gear at lower levels, or just save them for later/sell them? I have loads of greens I haven't used yet.
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As far as upgrades go, when you are leveling a second toon and you want to not worry about gear you can apply 1 superior upgrade to each piece and give them to the new guy. 1 superior can take you all the way to MK VII. The upgrade system is mostly not needed though. A little bit of EC for exchange stuff and the standard mission rewards are enough to get you through all the story content and normal PvE queues. I would never use anything but superior upgrades or better. Blues and greens just aren't worth the dil cost to me.
That's why most people crafting gear intentionally craft it at Mark II not at XII or above. People also create a second character and keep them at low level for opening lock boxes, to get something like Kelvin Phasers at Mark II instead of XII. It costs a couple of extra Superior Tech Upgrades but you're much more likely to end up with and Ultra Rare or Epic.
But that's upgrading the best gear. Upgrading random loot drops and mission rewards is usually not worth the cost in EC and Dil.
And I didn't realising also gives you a chance to upgrade rarity....that's interesting...
So if you open a lock box and get a Mark II, you have 12 x 3? % chances while upgrading from 2 >3 > 4-... > 14 instead of just 2 x 3?% chances for 12 > 13 and 13 > 14.
The tech points cost for the 2 > 3 > ... > XII are fairly small, especially when you compare them to the cost of trying to upgrade rarity after an item reaches Mark XIV.
Another question - can you buy ships on the Exchange? I had a quick look last night but couldn't find a ship category (Xbone)
If so - are people selling C-Store ships on the Exchange?
Secondly - I opened a couple of lock boxes and got a few reputation boosters. I'm only lvl 22 so can't use them yet. Are they worth keeping or is it best to sell them?
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I was saying......
Q. Is it worth buying ships from the C Store at lower levels as the game seems to level pretty quickly, and you get a new ship every 10 levels?
Q. Is it worth using the R&D upgrades on gear at lower levels, or just save them for later/sell them? I have loads of greens I haven't used yet.
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pardon the formatting, forums hate phones.
First, it depends on your play style and which ship. I make many characters and so i use the low tier ships many times. For just one character, probably not.
But some ships have consoles or gear that make them always worth it. For example the plasmonic leech for kdf, the valdore shield heal, or the quad cannons, or the point defense console, etc. The constitution phasers are really nice for just $5.
Some people consider the low tier ships worth it for admiralty as sevetal of them have nice abilities. You will get admiralty even though it isn't out yet.
As for the upgrades NEVER use green kits. They cost more than 10x more dilithium than the purple kits. Seriously, sell those. Get purple kits or wait for crafting and make purple kits.
On the rep boosts, i agree save them. It takes 40 days to max a reputation. Boosts help a lot. Once your first captain hits max, you can sponsor the rest so they only need 20 days. So using the boosts wisely can benefit every character on your account.
Really good feedback mate, thank you for that.