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What to spend 250M EC on?

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    #1
    Just sold my first lot of keys from dil farming so I finally have some EC to spend... Anyone have any 'obvious' buys to spend a quarter billion EC on? Maybe even just visuals or outfits that are really cool? If it helps, I run Fed, phasers. Usually cannons but Im thinking of switching to beams because I like the visuals so much more (and it means I dont have to aim Tongue Out ). I don't do lootboxes (except for the freebies of course) so I probably don't have any of it Smile
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     –  Last edited by Solace; Thu 04 Jun, 2020 8:26 PM.
    Personally I'd save it, there's not much to spend EC on right now. Save it until there's something you really want you can get on the exchange Smile

    EDIT: Oh I missed the point of the post ahaha, when it comes to weapon I'd suggest crafting them yourself at Mark II. That way you're guaranteed to get purple quality and there is far less investment in making them. Dump any with poor mods like [Thrust] and [Over], the only downside is gotta upgrade those weapons.
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    Personally I'd save it, there's not much to spend EC on right now. Save it until there's something you really want you can get on the exchange Smile.
    Thanks Solace! I wasn't specifically looking for weapons (although alwaus useful Smile )- just curious if there was anything on the exchange in the hundreds million range that is worth grabbing for someone who has never had more than a few million before. Costumes, vanity shields, a medium priced ship that you cant get outside a box.... anything really.
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    I have no idea what the prices are nowadays, but the DPRM comes from the Prototype Dreadnought Cruiser and TOS Dreadnought Starship lockbox ships, and the Secondary Shield Projector is from a console pack. Those two are part of the Synergistic Retrofitting Set, and having two from the set is part of the Phaser meta (unless I've fallen horribly out of date).
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    I have no idea what the prices are nowadays, but the DPRM comes from the Prototype Dreadnought Cruiser and TOS Dreadnought Starship lockbox ships, and the Secondary Shield Projector is from a console pack. Those two are part of the Synergistic Retrofitting Set, and having two from the set is part of the Phaser meta (unless I've fallen horribly out of date).
    The DPRM console from the TOS Dreadnaught is still part of the meta, but making it a 2-piece set, with another console in the set, is not very popular in the meta anymore. There are too many better universal consoles available now. The 2-piece is by no means bad, if you have it, but there are better options. Just to be clear though, the DPRM console is still very important, and part of the meta. It's just having a second console in that set is not as important anymore, with better universal console options available.
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    I've no idea how much it costs nowadays but I can recommend the Kelvin Timeline Heavy Destroyer. I usually fly torp/Sci boats but the USS Kelvin is so much fun to fly and the experimental weapon isn't bad either.
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    The DPRM console from the TOS Dreadnaught is still part of the meta, but making it a 2-piece set, with another console in the set, is not very popular in the meta anymore. There are too many better universal consoles available now. The 2-piece is by no means bad, if you have it, but there are better options. Just to be clear though, the DPRM console is still very important, and part of the meta. It's just having a second console in that set is not as important anymore, with better universal console options available.
    Man, the Secondary Shield Projector has saved my butt so many times that an alternative would have to be spectacular to replace it.
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    Man, the Secondary Shield Projector has saved my butt so many times that an alternative would have to be spectacular to replace it.
    In the current meta, Tilly's Review-Pending Modified Shield and Mycelial Harmonic Matter-Antimatter Core/ Singularity Core, from the Discovery Legends Reputation, are used for increased shield penetration against enemies and hull healing for self. The core increases hull capacity based on shield power as well, plus the 2-piece set has a passive +120% hull regeneration (hull regenerated scales with maximum hull).

    If needed for survivability, the Honored Dead Starship Trait...if you have it...is pretty awesome! I used to run it, until I started using the 2-piece shield/ core set mentioned above. Using that set, I no longer required the Honored Dead Trait to survive...in most cases!

    I'd mention some universal consoles to use, but every console that I use is to increase DPS. All of my traits are also used to increase DPS...except for maybe Context is for Kings, which is either increasing stacks of Cat 2 damage or increasing stacks of all damage resistance (and frequently both because of overlapping time gates on each)...based on, well...the context of the situation I'm in! I'm a big believer in the best defense is a very strong offense!

    If I were to be tanking, I'd have a much more defensive build, but that's not how I've been rolling as of late.

    FYI, my main character is a Human Fed Engineer.

    Sorry Tonv! I didn't mean to run your thread off topic. Regarding the EC burning a hole in you pocket...do what makes you happy with it! If saving for a very expensive ship is your goal...save, save, and save some more! If a vanity shield, a set of weapons, a costume, etc. is what you're after, then go for it! It's just a game. It's only worth playing, if you're having fun playing it! If you're looking to increase your DPS, and you don't currently have the DPRM console, Dark is correct in that saving for the Special Requisition Pack - TOS Dreadnought Starship (T6) is a worthwhile goal. You'd want the Atlas Prototype Dreadnought out of that pack, for the DPRM console. Otherwise, look for things in game that you like. If you want something, see how much it costs, then get it, or save towards it. I hesitate to throw too many options out for you. We all have our own individual preferences, so no need to rush to spend the EC. Find something that you want and go for it!

    Cheers!!!
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    Thanks all! I'll start saving for a TOS dreadnaught, seems to be going for 600M currently. And I totally agree to just go for what appeals to me (or anyone), its just there is soooo much choice at such wildly varying prices, its hard to know where to even start. Im not looking to min/max I just don't want to spend all my hard farmed EC and get a complete clunker or some mustard yellow vanity shield or something either Smile

    Ps. That two piece giving 33% phaser damage seems quite appealing, might make that #2 on my wish list.