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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.ค. 2021
- How To Make Quick EC For New & Beginner Players in 2021, in this video I go over one of many ways to make EC (energy credits) quick and easy in Star Trek Online. Playing patrols, TOFs and missions to gain loot to sell to in game venders or on the exchange is a great way for new players to make EC.
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you really should turn on "auto loot", it automatically accepts the loot after you hit "take" so there's no second window popping up, it saves a lot of time when you're grabbing 50 pieces of loot
I have "Auto-loot" turned on and then spam "F" (Interact) to clean up. 😁
i wish there was just an option to pick up everything in range automatically for this purpose.
There's an AUTO LOOT?!
@@JacksonOwex it's not really auto loot but it reduces the amount of clicks required
Just a level 27 Commander right now. Your ship looks awesome and the power is impressive. Appreciate all these STO vids. I came in blind last week not knowing jack about the layouts. Feeling more confident every day
For players in fleets, a great way to make alot of EC is purchase rare or very rare duty officers from fleet provisions and sell them on the exchange. Aux to Bat Technicians in particular sell really well and really high, like 5mil for one rare technician!
THIS!
That's old school new way
Research Lab Scientists also sell well. Also, while leveling, you can get FED Klingon boffs and Alien boffs. They sell in the millions even on blue quality.
Is this still viable in 2024?
I've been playing for 4 years and there is always something to learn from your vids.
Appreciate this. Don't forget to do the UNI endeavors as well. Usually very quick ec. and other stuff.
The 500 dilithium bonus appears to be a daily patrol mission bonus. One per day.
I don't know how he didn't know that.
This is how the other video should have been. Nice new version. I like your videos.
Phaser Relay Mk XII purples are selling for usually a million E.C., sometimes as much as 1.4 million and sometimes as low as 950k on the exchange. I make enough EC to get by via crafting and selling those. Gotta keep an eye on the echange to get the best rates, though. I'm still looking for better things to craft and better methods in order to make the best out of it, but I haven't that much time to do it. By the way, a video about crafting, best DOffs, etc., would be nice. :D PS.: By the way, you got 1k Dil because that was your first patrol of the day, so you get 500 dil for the patrol, plus an extra 500 dil for being the first one. Subsequent patrols will get you 15 reputation points and only 500 dil per patrol.
Hey Stu, great video as usual! You know there is a setting for auto accept loot right? :)
I'm a veteran player and I still struggle with making ec will give this a try farm loads of loot make up some ec
Thanks for this video
I've used the 9th Rule to test out any new build, ship, or just WTH let's throw this on that, or see how the default weapons play out, just upping & adding consoles, and a device or 2.
Maybe I'll actually start picking up the loot, LOL.
I haven't seen much of a difference in drops based on the difficulty level.
The patrol is so scripted and orchestrated, it's a great way to test out a new 'head scratcher' ship.
could you maybe post a good guide to a beam spread build specifically for this mission? i just yesterday got the shepard class miracle worker fleet ship for the specific purpose of running it for tour de galaxy, because it has 30 sec cooldown 90 sec duration slip stream drive before cooldown reductions from gear. so it seems really good for that purpose.
it would be cool to expand its purpose to run these patrol missions that spawn endless waves of enemies, to really turn it into in to an EC grinding ship.
Seeing you updated the title to 2024 I hope you dont mind asking a question.
Didnt you have a Cnidarian build vid for doing patrol?
Sci is best for this! Gravity Well + Grav Torpedo spread III + Subspace Vortex. Improved Gravity Well trait gives you full uptime. Also high EPG / Control consoles help a lot.
So great advice in general BUT the ninth rule has random ship types which means its impossible to tailor your build to be most effective against them. Rescue and Search is almost identical in mision format (blow up ships, blow up more ships, press f a few times, then get the multiwave thing) but is always against wimpy disco klings so its really easy to just slaughter them on mass as they warp in. You do have to watch out for their ability to force you in to max engine speed no stearing but its super easy to avoid either sit at mid-long distance or just nuke everything before it gets a chance to move.
If memory serves the vendors at the Jenolan Dyson Sphere in the Delta Quadrant have a higher EC payout for loot.
Patrols are still fun when getting bored of fleet dailies. I highly recommend still recommend doing them.
Also if your grinding EC at a mill a day you could probably get that or more from exchange most every time I look there are many things you could buy and sale to make ec some of them.start at 1 ec just players trying to get read of stuff and simply dont care or no a better way still could make alot of ec
Woah, never knew ninth rule could have that many waves, most I had are only 5; your odyssey hit like a beast; I have blue drops on argala at random and once in a while purple, I played couple times with fleet members on advance and elite argala but doesnt seem to get any higher purple drop though
not sure how he stays still, every time I try to sit behind them, some power they use causes my speed to go max and can not stop it. Wonder how he keeps that from happening?
Thx. Wish to see your Ship Build. Pls show and explain it. Thank you.
Also you may want to put a song if you don't already know this I ran a nimbus mission the other day get my endeavor on going I've run the set of missions on nimbus and I had so many drops it filled up my cargo hole twice and I have an extra large carbohole if it work for me getting the holographic trader include me in on that from the other video actually had to stop fighting to sell some of my stuff before I could finish the mission it is awesome the only problem is all my drops were commodore level for some reason it didn't gear up to my level you may want to pass out on anybody needing some really extreme drops to level up on commodore level other than that thanks for all you do dude have a great day
re Experience points, try leveling your Bridge officers at a low level so you have options in what to run in stations you will quickly run out of experience points.
I exclusively run elite patrols to level my disposable toons (level to 20 to reclaim recruitment rewards, delete, repeat) and I do find I get higher rarity drops. I'm just not sure how the quality vs quantity balance would impact your "spam the waves" technique.
Is it worth your time to create these disposable toons? Assuming you have all the recruits and all rewards unlocked. How long does it take to get to the point where you can claim 100% of the rewards? I thought some had hours played requirements and they changed some of the rewards so you get them staggered at different levels leading up to 65? Or is 20 the sweet spot where it's quick and easy to get most of the rewards but its not worth it to continue leveling for the few that are left to get?
@@zestrolvox Jem'Hadar require 20hrs played, but everyone else can start claiming rewards at level 20 with the rest of the reclaims unlocking as you go along. I've found that if you have at least half of the recruit rewards completed (half of the four, or any two complete) it's enough to make it worthwhile, while more is obviously optimal. I can generally level a toon to 20 in exactly 120mins (my personal best when not distracted) or 2.5hrs if I take my time a bit while running elite patrols right after skipping the 2408 Fed tutorual. With all 4 recruits complete, 2ish hrs to level 20 nets me approx 30k ore, 30k fleet dil, 9k choice of marks (I take fleet), 3m ec, some ultra rare craftables, and a few other odds and ends. I'll often go the extra push to level 30 for just a bit more reclaims, but then have to weigh time vs reward on whether leveling to 65 for 100% is worthwhile. If you have a friend who is also running a disposable, you can level to 30 in the same 2ish hours.
I hope that covers everything, and thanks for the amazing questions!
Also running these elites in a vanguard ship is super easy mode
I just found out that this is also one of the best XP farming for lazy people like me, especially with that 150,000 XP bonus you get from current event. Very handy.
Easy specialization level up.
Ninth Rule can be a crap shoot. If you get Breen, you get fully debuffed with every wave. Mokai are also kinda sucky. When you get Gorn, it can be pretty profitable.
that's awesome! how are u killing them fast? I'm a beginner level 65 tactical but i don't have an epic gear to kill them fast still no clue what i'm doing lol! great video ty!
Make my EC with Duty officers and Admiralty missions. You can make a mill about every 2 days if you aim for missions that give out EC.
I'd love to know what your build is for this and what abilities.
I just tried it and got totaly wrecked. xD
Thank you for this. Your videos are always informative and easy to follow. I've just been throwing my surplus gear into the replicator. Do you get more from a vendor?
Yes you do
@@MCStu I've been playing since before the Odyssey class was new. I feel like such an idiot. lol. Well...now I know!
Space wizardry might not make dps records but it can do good aoe for patrol ec runs
Ya I use mostly sci now days it is simply a easy round Robin sys that can take on almost any map just few things to worry about with grav wells and that could make trouble on some maps but all in all best grinder biuld for me also keeping everything together is a big help to
EPG Builds are only second to torpedo builds and #1 in HSE records.
And another way, which few dare to talk about.Go to the bridge officer ability vendor buy stuffs from intel, science, tactical space (first go and check the exchange.) And sell it with 100x multiplier. Example training manual attack pattern beta 2 for more then 200k EC.There will always someone who enough lazy or dumb to buy it...
You can make a lot more EC per minute even with tour the galaxy which is widely considered as one of the worst EC grinds in the game... You're better off just running some federation of planets admiralty missions. Even with less ships on a new f2p account you can get decent EC by paying attention to the EC events in the admiralty missions.
Awesome video STU! One question, how do you set it so no one else joins? I have tried a few different times but players continue to pop in.
Other players can only enter a patrol if you are teamed with them.
Ok Ty Sir!
Thank you for this. I just hit 65 and am struggling through the game pretty hard atm because all my gear is in the V's and early X's still and I was looking for ways to make EC so I can at least start getting some gear so I can start farming ( oh, the grind!) ON that note, been going through your library and so far feel lost when looking on how to "gear up" when freshly hitting 65. Could you, or is there a source for something like "So you just hit 65?"
Feel like since I was just cruising along doing Episodes that I hit 65 REALLY fast and now am lost. Didn't even touch or know about the Admiralty or Duty's until after I hit 65 🤣
Take a look at this playlist should be helpful th-cam.com/play/PLXRniClXbLvMzBFRSKsPX9EekEWjh2sIv.html
Yeah that stage is something I find a lack of videos on for most games. I see some for complete noob and tons for top end but it’s like the middle ground is flyover territory. ;)
How did you get so many slots. And how many loot in that mission?
If you have a Macro Keyboard you can automate this for both space and ground.
I use the keys F and G keys. You can use whatever you want.
1) Go to options "Basic" and set autoloot to on
2) Go to options/Keybinds, go to the "Targeting & Interactions" section. Set "Interact" to F. Go to the bottom of Keybinds to the "Miscellaneous" section and set "Roll need on loot" to G.
3) On your macro keyboard create a macro that presses the F and G keys every 2 seconds (we don't want it to interfere with your spacebar macro, STO has a hard time if you force too many keypresses per second).
4) When you enter a TFO/Mission/Patrol start your keyboard macro.
Vacuum up all the loot while fighting the bad guys, profit!
Do Not forget to turn the keyboard macro off at the end of the tfo/mission/patrol or havoc, chaos and mayhem will occur. You can check to see it its on by clicking the chat window where you enter text.
Sometimes there will be so many drops that you will need to hit F several time to get them all at the end.
Enjoy :-)
Thank you very much for this!
If people actually picked up their loot every single time they do their patrols and stuff (I see that so often in other videos), in a year of gameplay, they would have hundreds of millions EC more by the end of that year timespan. I have looted every single enemy since 2010 when I started playing, and to be honest, I never had any EC issues ever since.
When you're selling, you can double click the item in the listing without having to press the Sell button.
Not sure if anyone has asked but I'll say it anyway. My Jem'hadar has no access to patrol missions, where can I make quick EC with him besides running TtG? Thanks.
Sell weapons engines shields and deflectors, but salvage all white consoles and ground gear, it has more value as salvage than vendoring.
I'm a returning player, level 65 and almost have all my reputation maxxed (most are at 4-5) and other things close to or maxxed. I have the T6 ship I want, and it is beam built, mostly all purple items but nothing is above Mk XII. Should I upgrade the items to XVI or buy them higher in exchange?
I would just upgrade them if they are the beams you like, here is the best way to upgrade: th-cam.com/video/HA4pXUPNtCA/w-d-xo.html
@@MCStu Thanks, I will check it out. I am a bit confused because many guides tell you to begin with Mk II then use Phoenix Prize Packs to upgrade it to Mk VII, and if it is epic with the stats you want, then keep going otherwise sell it and start over.
So is it wise to begin with the XII stuff, or am I misunderstanding.
Sci ships and builds farm those patrols three times as fast.
My lord I wish my ships could turn like the ones I keep seeing, I'm having so much trouble getting turn upgrades x-x
This should help th-cam.com/video/qd0VoI3-asw/w-d-xo.html
Exactly how long do you have to play to get to this point...cause you ain't doing it on day 1 I can imagine, so I don't see how you can say it's for new players.
A million EC in a couple hours 😳 holy hell
got any good kdf patrol ?
If you're a Lifetime Subscription player with access to the Captain's Table, you can sell to the Wholesale Vendor for the items' full value rather than the heavily marked-down sell value you get elsewhere.
tested this, unfortunately not....
I'm free to play and don't have a lot of inventory space, and any halfway decent 9th rule run will hit storage cap
what do (other than discard all the junk I know I'll never actually use)
I have bought the EC cap increase and used free starter pack giveaways to buff the inventory and bank of *some* of my toons but my inventory always filling up is a pain
I was the same way when i first started playing, salvage or sale to vender all loot picked up in patrols, TFOs and mission (not mission rewards) get the EC, you do not need any of it!!
hi MC a? how do you get so many drops it awsome👽😯 cover screen on normal when I run the same mission I don't get that much or are you just that awesome :) thanks for all you do
Fast update I just ran the mission I got the four drops each wave and I didn't bring it on one level up I think
I didn't bring it on advance so I don't know if that'll affect the outcome but thanks again for all you did dude
The more waves the more stuff, scatter volley would be the best but some time a little harder depending on your build
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thanks yes my build is lousie
I honestly don’t know about difficulty , I have always played with Advanced difficulty.
Hey can I ask you if your member of a fleet is one of the requirements that you run battles with the fleet but you have to communicate with The fleets while you're doing it? Because the reason I haven't been in the fleet or discord yet is cuz my communicate communication issues thanks
All are welcomed in My fleet, there is no requirements to play together and you can communicate as much or as little as you would like. The only requirements are to treat other with respect and have fun.....
@@MCStu thanks I just want to not be a burden :)
Isn’t it easier to just use the Recycle option on your Ships Replicator to get the EC? Same as selling at an NPC vendor, no?
Sort of easier but a bit less EC as I understand it. I think that vendor will give you 50% while on my ship I get 40% of list price.
As far as easy, ship is quicker overall but the actual selling is less clicks at the vendor. So six of one half a dozen of the other.
The toon I'm trying to do this with is level 15, and I've done this on normal and elite and get very little usable drops. I collect 10 to 20 drops and end up with two or three actual equipment like weapons/consoles etc. I don't know what I'm doing wrong or if they nerfed it or what... Thank for the video though!
The amount of loot you get will correspond with have many wave you destroy. At level 15 it will not be a lot, Once you get higher up this will get getter.
Always sell to a Bartender for 10% more EC!
Ya the lvl of difficulty dont change the drops quality or anything it's all random other then some things have prizes at the end still dont think that would change ether but I have only tested if the difficult levels changed drops
The description claims you're supposed to get better quality drops but I feel it's hogwash
The quantity does change however. Do it with a character with a basic build nothing fancy for traits or anything say MK XII gear then do it with a "meta" high parse build. It doesn't say but I think theres a hidden timer and I notice the faster I kill ships in Ninth Rule the more waves I get. More waves = more drops.
@@CallmeRoth there is a boost to dps for x second every start amd every so many minutes I'll have to test how your speaking of thanks my friend always hood to share data
@@demonitis24 I think ya in a way as the targets are more dps spongy and given you have a biuld that you can survive and stay in the fight as well . Now my best tips for anyone that ask me has to do more with us the player as that's realy where the end games played is in how much effort we put into getting to the right spot timing your hear out like evasive to get to another target knowing when to leve the current target and how the map is gona play out . Then after keybind set ups and then worry about what's the best ship lol. Bit as we all know most think we just have the wrong ship truly a mistake in thinking in my humble opinion
STO needs a "Collect All" button.
Yes you get better quality drops
its not working for me im not getting that many things i assume it was nerfed or something im level 65
Does recycling give you the same amount of EC as selling to a vendor?
Yes, but can get more from certain venders
i do the 1 you have to save the ships form the rift its simler layed out but tends to last 2-3x longer and is great to take a vanguard ship into for itws pets op scader fire :)
What cannon, projectile, or weapons Amplifiers or Batteries do you use? Yes, the higher the Level (Normal Advanced, Elite) gives you better drops, and the more kills the more better ones you get..
Energy amps for this build
It is random, Difficulty does not matter. Only thing that really matters is kill speed. (After many days and 20+ Fleet members doing it multiple times a day to test this very thing)
@@asp3132 so lower difficulty would be better, as the quality doesn't change?
how about recycling them it gives you less ec? What is its de deference?
Yes, as stated in the vid, there are certain venders the give you more then recycling.
im still using the gold old flipping Doffs.
* buy cheap very rares
* flip them to rare - sell the aux2bat/ photonic cooldown ones for a mark up
* flip rare to uncommon - sell the aux2bat/ photonic cooldown ones for a mark up
* flip uncommon to common - sell all but sell the aux2bat/ photonic cooldown ones for a mark up
Do this on 5 toons and see the Ec come rolling in. On average days playing the market passively i make around 75 mil. It really all depends on the market and which doff trends there are. EG a new carrier comes out i tend to sell way more pet doffs, If there are alot of vids about photonic officers, i sell those a lot more. Aux2bat always sells same as Photonic cooldowns, also critD and critH doffs always sell for a nice price.
***Bonus tip 1***
Keep an eye out for posts on the exchange that are "steals". I recently purchased 50(!) very rare doffs for 5.000 Ec each. wich made me a lot of money over night.
*** Bonus Tip 2***
2.1 use your acount bank as money to "invest" in stuff you buy from the Exchange. keep a set amount here (mine is 100 mil)
2.2 everything above the 100 mil get taken by my "money mule" this is where i really store my Ec for big buys (xx of 47, ships etc)
2.3 dont store any money on your play/grind toons. Do the TFO/ Patrol/ whatever, vendor your loot and head over to your bank to dump it.
With these tips im really making a lot of Ec (400mil is not unheard of) and okay it takes away some "play time" but almost having the complete xx of 47 set, various ships and some really nice stuff helps alot.
Hope these tips help!
also im putting together a paper guide on how to make money using the Exchange, grind stuff etc. if you re interested let me know!
*** disclaimer ***
milage may vary.
Just a question, what does free to play mean, if there a way to have a subscription or something?
No, just not spending IRL money for ships and other things.
@@MCStu Ooookay, i had a pretty long break, like 6 years or so and i remembered that i had an active sub for sto. Anyway, Merry Christmas to you and thank you for all of your content, it really helps me to find a way back into the game!
@@aarobriggs2665 Merry Christmas!
I can't find this mission
I need this to buy infinity ships on the exchange they cost a lot
you're not gonna make enough from this to buy a promo ship lmao
Hah, i ran out of experience twice, trying to promote bridge officers...
Meh, I'm doing this and Ruins of doom and I'm not getting any loot, only like two pieces of equipment per run and the rest is batteries or parts. And nowhere near the amount of loot shown here.
Have they patched this loot dropping out? Just ran this patrol for the first time and got 1 battery, 1 lockbox and 2 common ship items total.
I do not believe so, I ran this patrol last night to level a ship and there was quite a bit of loot.
I tried it tonight and didn’t get anything/: but my ship also wasn’t anywhere close to shredding as many enemies as Stu was able to. I’m just a struggling newb here 😩
I’d love a guide on how to setup a ship like the one your using with multi-targeting and the ability to output so much DPS, it’s actually pretty insane in my newb eyes lol
Hoping I can farm this like you someday!
@@life_is_gr8 Yep I think that is my problem too. Just not punching hard enough to get that loot lol
@@ubernoobage3548 I want to learn the ways 😞
@@life_is_gr8 Lol yeah, unfortunately these "how to make money for new player" videos never really cater to "new" players, and rely on you already having to know how to get high dps and have the gear and knowledge to do so. I've watched several from different people and they all fall down at that hurdle. I do love MCSTU's videos though, he's by far the best i've seen. I just hope one day someone can actually tailor one of these videos to new players lol
beat it a little bit. huhuhu
Selling on the exchange seems useless to me because it's really just a gamble if someone decides to buy what anyone sells for that matter and starting the game well after 10 years after release there's not going to be many new players.
Ugh what is EC? Like there are all these abreviations in the game and I never know exactly what your talking about lol. I'm a new player and I've been playing three weeks. I'm addicted to the game but I have no clue what some of this stuff is.
EC= energy credits, its the in game currency player use to buy and sale item to each other on the exchange.
Grinding Patrols for loot to sell......... Poverty must be terrible. I kid I kid. I just upgrade lockbox weapons and sell them on the Exchange. That has made me wealthy in game.
problem with this is you have to buy keys with zen or EC to open lockbox
Maybe turn that "Camera shaking" idiocy off... It's "space" afterall...
yes, higher difficulty = higher quality loot drops.
I just discard it all... Not worth the time to go to a vendor or exchange. You get more EC from daily endeavors now.
hmm dont think im ever gonna kill ships this fast, not without pumping in 200+ euro on it...
you should take out new and beginner out of the title as this is misleading, a new and beginner player is nowhere near as powerful as you are in this video and will not kill ships as fast as you are doing and therefore will not get as many drops. I tried this and I get maybe max 5 or 6 drops the entire patrol
Try it in real F2P. You know, a fully new character without the benefits of a bunch of older P2W characters and stuff. For example you use a C-Store ship at start, addad the Kobayashi Maru from a previous event, etc. And definitely you used the account bank to transfer a huge pile of things to this character. In this light this video is practically irrelevant for a new player.
ok your 65 there no way yo have 0 ec 1
2 its easy with admiralty and rep box you get with useless equipment you get