Fleet Ship Module farm

[Praedyth]

oh boy. I know this is gonna be a long long farm, I need four ship modules to get the ship I want most in the game. I know i can exchange dil for zen to buy them, or trade for one for about 11,000,000 EC. I'm pretty new to the game and I don't know which would be faster or easier and how I should go about getting the necessary materials. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and I don't know very much so basically explain it to me like I'm an idiot because I am. thank you

[Agnithrax]

when you reach level 5 or maybe it's level 6 in a reputation it unlocks a fleet module for you; the easiest way to get 5 modules for a good T6 fleet ship is just grinding them reputations from PvE pugs

[Vellari]

Indeed, grinding the reps to T6 is the "free" way (13 fleet modules) but it takes a loooong time if you're just reaching L50 when the reps unlock.

Fast way: buy them from C-Store.
Slow way: grind EC to get them from Exchange.

[Praedyth]

So any of the groups on the reputation screen when they get to tier 6 give you a fleet module? good to know. if grinding EC is faster what should I be doing (other than tour the galaxy) to get EC at a decent pace

[CBR JGWRR]

Method 1 - EC.

4 modules is roughly <50m EC.

It is definitely the easiest method, as 50m EC is a lot easier to get than the alternatives. I'd do it by flipping things on the exchange, 5 minutes a day for a few weeks. Bonus points for being very low initial costs compared to the other methods. (although obviously the more start-up capital you have, the more stuff you can buy to sell)

Don't bother trying to grind it - there's trillions of EC in circulation, far better idea is working out how to supply what other players want and supplying that.
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Method 2 - Dil/Zen.

2000 Zen at the moment is something like 830k Dil.

Take that 830k, divide it between each of your characters, and then divide that figure by 8000; that's how many days it will take of maxing Dil each day on all your characters.

Basically, it's a non-starter with Dil/Zen at it's current rates.

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Method 3 - max 4 reputations.

I'd go Omega, Nukara, Dyson and Discovery, as those are easiest; borg space TFOs are simple to grind, Nukara has Crystalline Catastrophe which is easy, sometimes it is down before you even load the map if your system is slow, Dyson has the ground battlezone, and Discovery has Starbase One queue, which while it does have it's timegates, is again, easy.

This takes 70 days if you haven't got any progress already and aren't account sponsored, and requires getting 1600 ish (you get the rest with the T5 payout) marks per reputation, playing for roughly an hour every other day.

This has the advantages that you'll actually be playing, but, it won't be using the ship you want to be in for obvious reasons, and you'll need a ground and space build.

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Don't forget you'll need a Fleet with a sufficient shipyard and provisions to buy the ship.

Also, don't forget the C-Store version, if available, drops the price to one module.

[sandrastarling]

Also Romulan Rep. Easy rep to grind doing Romulan patrols also earning EC from gear and Dil x as many toons you want to play.

[Praedyth]

thanks for the super detailed answer its very helpful, I only have one question. how do I access the C-store? its supposed to be on the drop down bar under the map correct? I don't see it there.

[Running-Target]

C - store is the lower left hand corner button on the mini map UI. Says Store with a circle Z symbol.

[Vellari]

Originally posted by procrastinator_will:

So any of the groups on the reputation screen when they get to tier 6 give you a fleet module? good to know.

One module per rep per character (not tradeable or even account wide, character bound). Not automatically though, it's a project worth 100 marks on top, but that's easy.

[CBR JGWRR]

Originally posted by Vellari:

Originally posted by procrastinator_will:

So any of the groups on the reputation screen when they get to tier 6 give you a fleet module? good to know.

One module per rep per character (not tradeable or even account wide, character bound). Not automatically though, it's a project worth 100 marks on top, but that's easy.

And for the avoidance of doubt, the "extra" marks were included in my earlier count.

[TawGrey3AR]

Pardon am bumping this -
looking to earn these things.

Appears that I may be able to get them with the reputations, if that is still a "thing."

[ODST_General]

Originally posted by TawGrey3AR:

Pardon am bumping this -
looking to earn these things.

Appears that I may be able to get them with the reputations, if that is still a "thing."

Yes that is correct, CBRs post is still accurate on the methods of how. But prices have continued to inflate so the other two methods are worse than they were before. 4 fleet modules is closer to 104,000,000 EC and the C-store zen cost is a bit closer to 1,000,000 Dilithium now.

Your best bet is actually doing a combination of getting EC and doing the reputations. I personally would probably just avoid Dilithium.

[cap-boulanger]

The Reputations method still works. It's once per character per reputation (so you can get a max of 13 as that is how many reputations exist), and the resulting modules are bound to character.

Note however, that the module cost of a ship is reduced to one module, IF you own the equivalent zen ship. And also that fleet ships (except the fleet-only Dranuur Scout) do not give traits or come with special consoles, but the ones from their zen equivalent ship can be ported over.