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Post by ryerye17 on Mar 30, 2017 13:10:31 GMT
I've finished a full 100% playthrough of the game (barring a couple of bugged tasks/sidequests that cannot progress).
And I have to seriously use credits I've hoarded. The only thing they're good for is buying ship models + the silly things your crew asks for for the movie night.
I guess....mods? But the mod guy in Kadara port is bugged for me (he sells nothing) so.
With research and mining, you get to craft the strongest possible gear -- because it includes augments. But even if you don't like researching or mining, you loot so much stuff that is scaled to your level.
What is the point of these credits anyway?
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Post by Teddie Sage on Mar 30, 2017 13:11:42 GMT
It's good to buy materials - because seriously, f*** mining. There's also collectibles such as Nomad skins, toy spaceships, etc.
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Post by bekkael on Mar 30, 2017 13:18:06 GMT
After you pick up all the skins for the Nomad and the pretties for your display case on the Tempest, there really isn't much to do with money. I have a ridiculous amount of credits on my current N+ playthrough.
Maybe they'll add things in the future.
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Post by derrame on Mar 30, 2017 13:20:45 GMT
no, you can buy anything you want, if you need some material but can't find it, or some armor or weapon just buy it, and some mods
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Post by peligrad on Mar 30, 2017 13:22:22 GMT
Mods and augments are what I spend most of my credits on. But unlike minerals and especially research points, I've never run out or been short on credits.
Which basically means never sell your unwanted guns and armor. Always break them down into minerals.
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Post by ShadowAngel on Mar 30, 2017 13:23:24 GMT
I hoarded them thinking there'd be something exclusive to credits that were highly expensive. So far I don't think that's the case so I'd say credits can be a way for people who dislike mining to buy the materials rather than trying to find the hot spots for mining. I guess you could also by mods+weapons if you don't want to use materials for it or you don't want to research all the way to go a certain weapon lvl.
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Post by timebean on Mar 30, 2017 13:26:01 GMT
Mods and augments are what I spend most of my credits on. But unlike minerals and especially research points, I've never run out or been short on credits. Which basically means never sell your unwanted guns and armor. Always break them down into minerals. THIS! I was mostly running to every damned vendor I could find to buy their Lead. I was a Lead junkie of sorts. People were starting to whisper. Then a lovely soul on the forums told me you could break down your guns for minerals. It is hidden in the inventory screen. Buried. I don't know how the hell anyone every found it.  Now I only use traders for augs. |
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Post by Duke Cameron on Mar 30, 2017 14:11:19 GMT
Where are all the model ships anyway? I got one from Alec's office, two from a seller on the Nexus, one from the female Turian who gives you a discount at her store for doing her quest and a few on Aya. Any others?
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Post by ShadowAngel on Mar 30, 2017 14:53:35 GMT
Where are all the model ships anyway? I got one from Alec's office, two from a seller on the Nexus, one from the female Turian who gives you a discount at her store for doing her quest and a few on Aya. Any others? Do you want exact spots? Some are inside outpost buildings that you establish. Some are also in certain quests like the one where you have to prove spenders curruption, it'll be in his room on a shelf once you get far enough into the quest to do so. I only have half of them so far but just keep looking. |
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Post by KaiserShep on Mar 30, 2017 14:56:43 GMT
Mods and augments are what I spend most of my credits on. But unlike minerals and especially research points, I've never run out or been short on credits. Which basically means never sell your unwanted guns and armor. Always break them down into minerals. Yeah I sold them in the beginning until I saw the breakdown of what you get. Never again. |
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Post by Evamitchelle on Mar 30, 2017 15:21:52 GMT
I spent the bulk of my credits on respecs and consumables, especially Cobra RPGs.
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Post by bekkael on Mar 30, 2017 15:32:43 GMT
Where are all the model ships anyway? I got one from Alec's office, two from a seller on the Nexus, one from the female Turian who gives you a discount at her store for doing her quest and a few on Aya. Any others? I found most of them (I think I was missing two), but when I started new game+ I had all my weapons and armor but all my collectables were gone.  WTH BioWare, why you take all my stuff? Since they don't carry over I'm not going to bother with them in future. |
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Post by AnDromedary on Mar 30, 2017 15:43:30 GMT
Yea, bought a bunch of mods and some magnesium before I went to Havarl and got like 3000 of it in half an hour.  Now I just hoard all my credits so when the game is over, Ryder can start a business become the richest woman ever and start a Triangulum Initiative. |
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Post by kino on Mar 30, 2017 15:48:07 GMT
Mat's for crafting...and that's about all I got. Mining, while interestingly implemented, is still mining and not my favorite.
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Post by KaiserShep on Mar 30, 2017 15:49:01 GMT
Where are all the model ships anyway? I got one from Alec's office, two from a seller on the Nexus, one from the female Turian who gives you a discount at her store for doing her quest and a few on Aya. Any others? I found most of them (I think I was missing two), but when I started new game+ I had all my weapons and armor but all my collectables were gone. WTH BioWare, why you take all my stuff? Since they don't carry over I'm not going to bother with them in future. Aw what that sucks. Why the heck wouldn't the collectibles stay? ME3 had no problem with this. That only makes sense when the items are related to your progress, like the prothean sphere on Shepard's table in ME2. |
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Post by KaiserShep on Mar 30, 2017 15:50:16 GMT
Mat's for crafting...and that's about all I got. Mining, while interestingly implemented, is still mining and not my favorite. I don't find myself mining that often, especially once I keep getting those material shipments from the cryopod bonuses. |
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Post by kino on Mar 30, 2017 15:56:02 GMT
Mat's for crafting...and that's about all I got. Mining, while interestingly implemented, is still mining and not my favorite. I don't find myself mining that often, especially once I keep getting those material shipments from the cryopod bonuses. True, but if I have to listen to SAM tell me about mining from the Nomad one more time I'm gonna drive that vehicle into a volcano. |
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Post by bekkael on Mar 30, 2017 15:58:08 GMT
I found most of them (I think I was missing two), but when I started new game+ I had all my weapons and armor but all my collectables were gone. WTH BioWare, why you take all my stuff? Since they don't carry over I'm not going to bother with them in future. Aw what that sucks. Why the heck wouldn't the collectibles stay? ME3 had no problem with this. That only makes sense when the items are related to your progress, like the prothean sphere on Shepard's table in ME2. I think (hope) that it's a bug, since we were always able to keep them in past games, as you say. I've had so many bugs on NG+, it's really awful, even getting quest completions from companions when I haven't even progressed enough of the game to be able to GET the quest in the first place (movie night). I also get lots of email either from or referencing Jaal....I hadn't even met Jaal at that point lulz! Bugs are a definite killjoy. |
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Post by ticktak77 on Mar 30, 2017 17:41:55 GMT
Given the importance of Research and Development (crafting) in this game, credits are pretty useless.
You can use them situationally, when you need a few minerals or crafting mats to finish off a craft, but I've never ever found myself low on credits in this game.
Or, desperately wanting to buy something beyond a few Nomad skins
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Post by mastert on Mar 30, 2017 17:44:53 GMT
Im disappointed how you can have the best guns and armor in the game and there is nothing unique about others, also opening chests is a waste of time since all weapons and armor scale with level so you can't find an unique helmet armor or weapons.
Even doing the story doesn't grant you anything special along the way so when you craft your stuff there's no reason to change anything ever.
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Post by House Targaryen on Mar 30, 2017 17:52:29 GMT
Since I like crafting, I buy up any crafting material out there. I wiped out what I had at the time to buy all of the uranium that store had so I could craft some Remnant armor.
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Post by sky on Mar 30, 2017 18:06:47 GMT
Im disappointed how you can have the best guns and armor in the game and there is nothing unique about others, also opening chests is a waste of time since all weapons and armor scale with level so you can't find an unique helmet armor or weapons. Even doing the story doesn't grant you anything special along the way so when you craft your stuff there's no reason to change anything ever. Crafting and modding is what makes them unique. ME has never been a game where you can find an Excalibur. |
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Post by valkyriesr2 on Mar 30, 2017 18:10:13 GMT
Credits are good for buying the fun stuff, and for me, buying Eezo. I can never seem to get enough of it. I have thousands stockpiled of the other minerals and metals, but eezo remains elusive.
You can also stock up on mods & augs using it.
If you're too lazy to mine it's a good option to that too I suppose.
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Post by sky on Mar 30, 2017 18:12:56 GMT
Other than the fusion ones, mods are easy to buy and scale with you as they appear on the vendors, so they can be bought anytime when you need them. But yeah, I usually burn through my credits farming augs, because I like to stack them up (kinetic coil works great on high damage weapons like the Dahn) and vendors only sell one at a time.
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Post by Karin Davis on Mar 30, 2017 18:20:06 GMT
Using it to buy Uranium earlier in the game so you can craft armor when you need it. Spend mostly on respecs to reach lvl 6 in each profile. (only goes up 500 credits per spec iirc). The odd cobra (I haven't used a single cobra in campaign) or decoder fragment (only used like 3, was my bad. No puzzle trophy  ). Most quest supplies and miscellaneous items are fairly cheap compared to everything else. I never have a ton of credits, and hardly need it. Don't see the issue! |
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). Most quest supplies and miscellaneous items are fairly cheap compared to everything else. I never have a ton of credits, and hardly need it. Don't see the issue!