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Best way to farm Diplomat XP?
ericcoldfire
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I've been wanting to get that commendation maxed as quickly as possible but it seems like Diplomacy DOFF assignments just trickle in compared to the rest.
Is there a way to speed up the process now that apparently all the diplomat missions are gone from the game?
Is there a way to speed up the process now that apparently all the diplomat missions are gone from the game?
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On a good day you could get 20 Diplomacy DOff assignments.
While it has been a while since I did the Diplomacy grind, those particular areas have always been good to me in the past.
Though for Federations I know the Sector Block below New Romulus, Khitomer can sometimes have 2-3 sometimes, as Khitomer represents Alliance interests, and right between New Romulus & Quonos.
Far more often as Federation, I believe you'll find more in Alpha Quadrant, from DS9, to Bajor (Ground or Space), Cardassia, near Defera, or flying even around to Betazed, then Trill, and Ferenginar, or even more Northern area's closer to Lukari Planet.
But it really depends when you look in both Quadrants, as most maps regions often offer variances by Sector Blocks, so fly around, and check each Block, and if you find non check again in 10m. They change DOFF missions every 10-15m or so. Usually I could find anywhere from 4-6, maybe even 7-9 if I am real Lucky! Though it's possible to find perhaps more.
Good Luck, Diplomacy can take awhile, so just stay focused!
Did not know that, I think I completely glanced over the diplomacy commendation reward and thought it was just XP and ore.
Maybe not farmable, but it provides a source for high paying doff assignments.
And knowing is half the battle!
21 'til I die!
DS9 is one of the best indeed, imo.
They appear more irregularly, but they are there sometimes. The Undine battlezone also has them near the shields and the ship of the Bolian admiral.
You won't always find them indeed, but still. It's perhaps the easiest one to check.
[3/25 10:41][Combat (Self)]Your Haymaker deals 26187 (10692) Physical Damage(Critical) to Orinoco.
But those don't seem to be working. If you hit the button that appears when entering the zone, you'll just get to see the black background of the assignment screen.
[3/25 10:41][Combat (Self)]Your Haymaker deals 26187 (10692) Physical Damage(Critical) to Orinoco.
Colonial and trade take quite a bit of time indeed. Recruitment too, for me, but apparently there are ways to speed that one up. It seems a bit costly though.
For me, Tactical and medical are usually completed the fastest because I like to make sure that I have the Facility 4028 chain completed so that I can run the extra repeatable assignment almost daily. Medical because I have a fair number of Sci toons who are (part-)medics on the ground.
[3/25 10:41][Combat (Self)]Your Haymaker deals 26187 (10692) Physical Damage(Critical) to Orinoco.
True.
I forgot about that option of buying them at a Starbase. Usually because when I do that, I need a doff of a specific specialisation so that's probably why I automatically linked it to high costs...
I might actually go and try this out. I've got more than a million FC on one character anyway so...
[3/25 10:41][Combat (Self)]Your Haymaker deals 26187 (10692) Physical Damage(Critical) to Orinoco.
Sadly this is true. Most fields have some assignments that range from 400-1100 CXP but the Diplomacy field really doesn't. I find the best ones are in the area around DS9. There are a number of "Escort ____ Representative to DS9" and similar names. These net about 250 CXP each. Since there are a variety for different races you can often find 4 or 5 of them by flying around. But you also need lots of security officers.
I don't go to the Dyson Sphere often enough to say if there is a good one there, I can't recall off the top of my head. But if so you could probably only run one at a time.
For KDF the marauding field is much easier because you can sell your prisoners to the Orion Slavers for 1100 CXP.
That depends.
* Colonial can actually go pretty fast if you are regularly visiting the star clusters. You want to go after the Colonization assignment chains, and when you have completed all 14 not only do you have 14 blue doffs but you also should have around 50k CXP. And completing them unlocks some repeatables, one of them being "Support" which gives you a purple doff on a crit. But there is also "Military Base" which gives about 450 in both engineering and colonial, and "Listening Post" which gives around 350 in espionage, engineering, and colonial. So they are each in the 900-1000 CXP range, just spread over multiple fields. They won't pop in every star cluster but if you visit several clusters you should be able to find a few of each.
* Trade, sadly, is always pretty slow. The most CXP for a regular assignment is typically the "Long-Distance Trade Routes" one but that assignment takes a long time. After that the best CXP comes from turning in your contraband to the security officer for dilithium which you probably want to do anyways, so it's worth farming that contraband. There are also a variety of assignments to get Gamma Quadrant commodities that you can get from the Trader on DS9. They don't give a lot of CXP but the commodities are used for some of the best medical and science CXP assignments, they are only two hours, and they only take a single doff to run. They also give you some commodities even on a failure and you can normally get 4 or 5 of the assignments at a time. So usually I just keep at them and assume I will get to 100,000 CXP eventually.
There are definitely some good trade assignments that appear in the Dyson Sphere.
* Recruitment is another slow one. Others have mentioned breaking down doffs into lower doffs and this is fine if you have enough free doff slots. I normally farm the Academy assignments for white doffs to use in Fleet Projects so I assume I will get there sooner or later.
One more tip: get a Consultant doff that gives a bonus to CXP. It doesn't seem like much at first but it adds up.
Hope that helps!
The Badlands Battlezone does not currently have duty officer missions. I don't remember if it had any previously.
The nebulas in several sector blocks, like Azlesa Expanse (a square icon of three figures) or ChoS Nebula (two square brackets that look like [] ), can have Diplomacy DOFF assignments. Just look for the icons in the Galaxy Map or Area Map.
Also check out the sectors perpendicular to Qo'nos: Azure (by New Romulus) and Khitomer, Donatu (by Drozana Station) and Archanis.
"Audit diplomatic correspondence from the _____" seems to give the most XP at about a thousand for critical success. "Entertain foreign dignitaries" is at 328 XP, followed by "Review diplomatic correspondence from the ____" and "Verify diplomatic correspondence from the _____" at around 255 XP.
Hope that helps.