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Post by clips7 on Apr 13, 2017 7:57:57 GMT
Ok first off I really hate asking these questions...and i'm not really into crafting and all that...and i have been seeing some nice armor sets in this game, so my question is. Do i have to craft items to get armor or can i just buy them at merchant stores? And how do you generally gain creds? just by going around and acquiring stuff on other worlds? It seems that doing side missions only gains you exp?....wheras in the old trilogy, i think you also gained some sort of creds for doing missions as well. I also still only have my level 1 avenger and i'am currently on Jaal's planet? Haveral? Does this gun auto-upgrade or do you have to craft or purchase an upgrade?.....or do i have to upgrade the gun myself?...As you can see i'm really not into the whole micro-managing aspects...
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Post by Gileadan on Apr 13, 2017 8:08:26 GMT
You can loot armor from containers and enemy remains, and you can buy it from merchants. Guns and armor are rated from I to X, and the game adjusts loot and store items according to your level automatically, just like ME1 did.
However, not all armor sets and weapons are available at merchants. I have seen no merchant sell remnant armor or weapons, or "exotic" armor like the Heleus Champion / Icon set. You'll have to craft those if you want them, or maybe you can get lucky with a loot box from APEX Strike Teams.
Equipment does not auto-upgrade. If you want a higher variant of your gun or armor, you'll have to loot it (as you level up, you loot higher variants of equipment as in ME1) or craft it yourself.
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Post by Marduk on Apr 13, 2017 10:31:58 GMT
Ok first off I really hate asking these questions...and i'm not really into crafting and all that...and i have been seeing some nice armor sets in this game, so my question is. Do i have to craft items to get armor or can i just buy them at merchant stores? And how do you generally gain creds? just by going around and acquiring stuff on other worlds? It seems that doing side missions only gains you exp?....wheras in the old trilogy, i think you also gained some sort of creds for doing missions as well. I also still only have my level 1 avenger and i'am currently on Jaal's planet? Haveral? Does this gun auto-upgrade or do you have to craft or purchase an upgrade?.....or do i have to upgrade the gun myself?...As you can see i'm really not into the whole micro-managing aspects... Merchants and loots available won't necessarily cover your gear needs if i am not mistaken. easiest way to get credit (not counting possible exploits) is to probably spend 1 Cryo points to earn 500 credits every ~40 minutes. beside that selling looted salvages alone could give you a lot by the end of the game.you can get Cryo points by increasing the viability of planets. you can also use cryo points to get other resources too forever each ~40 minutes among other things. not sure about the rewards of strike missions cause i never actually did them honestly. Each gear has it's own Tier and there is no auto-upgrade (maximum Tier is X). you use research points to unlock them and then use minerals to craft them if i recall. save up for your desired tier which can be used based on your level, and then craft.
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Post by sriep on Apr 13, 2017 11:31:21 GMT
Obviously, you can just use the gear you pick up or alternatively buy.
Playing the easier levels it does not matter much how you build your character, while if playing on insanity you can just treat 'only using gear you pick up' as another challenge. You could, for instance, start as an explorer and allow the gear you find in containers to help decide how you develop your character.
Personally, I quite like the crafting part of the game, but everyone is different.
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Post by Conquer Your Dreams on Apr 13, 2017 11:48:06 GMT
Crafting is ok, I could only wish to have more casual clothes, armor and guns blueprints available.
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Post by sincro on Apr 13, 2017 14:16:28 GMT
One improvement I would make to crafting is: As I research higher level blueprints, stop showing the lower level ones on my list. Is there a good reason to make a lower level version once you have unlocked a better one? IE, once I have unlocked, say, Black Widow II, would there ever be a decent reason to make a Black Widow I?
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Post by Sanunes on Apr 13, 2017 14:25:33 GMT
You can get away with just using drops unless you are looking for a specific set of armor or weapons. My first playthrough was done that way. Now if you don't want to craft at all I will warn you there is a bug in the game that Mark VIII armor/weapons/mods does not drop/purchased, so you won't have any items to use from between levels 61 and 70 if you aren't crafting and at level 71 items will start to drop again at Mark IX.
I am finding that you don't need to be using the highest rank of armor or weapons as soon as you can use them especially at the lower levels so you would have plenty of time to gather materials for new gear by just salvaging weapon/armor drops as well.
You get credits by simply selling vendor trash you can sell other items, but I find the value isn't that great and rather salvage them for crafting resources. Another way is to complete APEX missions, but I find the credit rewards to be a little low.
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Post by clips7 on Apr 16, 2017 17:44:46 GMT
Thanks for all of the responses.....I understand this whole process a bit better now!....
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Post by melbella on Apr 16, 2017 18:21:39 GMT
If you don't mind fetching stuff, pick the cryo perk to reveal hidden caches. There will be about 10 or so on each planet and they are filled with lots of goodies to sell or use. Some are a pain to get to but most are in areas you need to go for questing anyway.
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