Crafting Guide(T1 to T2)

[Nytshaed]

Fresh headstart, fresh forums I guess...ah well here is the updated guide anyway:

Crafting 101:
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So first I'll say that the existing system is pretty limited at low levels and may be replaced at any time.
With that said it is very simple and with massive farming it is a straight path.

The Practical upshot is that a fleet can do this pretty well and soloists will have such a ScanFarming time cost that they could farm the rare drops more easily.

During Beta it took 28 transactions to open Tier 2
On Live it took 63.

===> There is no known way to tell how far along you are - please post if you find one.


Medium Hypo . - . - . - . -Used for Large Hypo(2 of each red Research item - 6 total)
Medium Shield Charge . -Used for Large Energy charge(also 2 of each red - 6 Total)

These two items are the only combines that only use cheap red bits. The rest of the tier 1 upgrades require larger amounts of both low level and higher level research bits. (Usually 21 total)

All Crafting combines start with a Base item (like the Medium Hypo) plus some research bits to create an upgraded version - a green quality item for the Tier 1 - Blue item for Tier 2.

So to start you go to Memory Alpha - talk to the lady officer in the center of the base(Romaine) and hit up her store for 60+ items or so opening the next set of vendors.

The three Tier2 Vendors are in rooms on the left side of the base and again buying upgrades from them opens them, though we have no idea how many and it is extremely likely that each Tier2 vendor opens the single Tier3 vendor in each section.

The only systems worth doing at this time are:

Tier1 ---- Mk II:
Phaser Beam Array
Photon Torpedoe Launcher

Tier2 ---- Mk IV and VI:
Covariant Shield
Combat Impulse Engine
Hyper Impulse Engine
Impulse Engine
Plasma Beam Pistol
Plasma Beam Array
Plasma Dual Cannons
Plasma Torpedo Launcher
Quantum Torpedo Launcher

I Noteably omitted the body armors, personal shields, etc, that have a lesser effect on game play.

Happy Zappin!

Nytshaed
- Many thanks to the folks of TheSynergyFleet.com for all the collecting of bits to make this possible!

[MaxStarwalker]

Very interesting information here. Cany anyone else confirm the 60+ trade count required with Romaine to unlock the next Tier?

Thanks,

[aphelionknight]

is there a known source of medium hyposprays and sheild charges besides random drops? I've only been able to find about 5 or so total and that 60 count is looking far off.

[PoptartsNinja]

As a sub-questing, is it 60 items, or is it 60 'anomalies' worth of items?

If it's 60 anomalies, that's perfectly reasonable.

If it's 60 items, and given that crafting makes green items (which are hardly overpowered, since drops are a more reliable way to get green items or better), having to make enough phasers and torpedos to outfit 20 Mirandas, per person, is completely bonkers.

[Fleebnork]

60+ transactions?!

Excuse me for mixing fan universes, but FRAK that.

[Aelyth]

Originally Posted by aphelionknight

is there a known source of medium hyposprays and sheild charges besides random drops? I've only been able to find about 5 or so total and that 60 count is looking far off.

think i saw a shop on ds9 that sold them, though not a 100% sure.

[DeWitt_LSF]

Originally Posted by aphelionknight

is there a known source of medium hyposprays and sheild charges besides random drops? I've only been able to find about 5 or so total and that 60 count is looking far off.

You can buy them from your replicator.

[Elwood011]

63 trades, huh? Well, only 61 more to go! Anybody need slightly better phasors for your Miranda and your 30 alts?

[Callidus]

Originally Posted by Tieko

You can buy them from your replicator.

I cant on my replicator only small hypos, I presume you have to be a certain rank or is there some other replicator upgrade?

[theatreelf]

This post ought to be sticky'd.

Geez this "crafting" system is so awful.