VIP 0 questions

Female Klingon Q

So, really just one to begin this thread...

I am a VIP 0 that managed to acquire enough dilithium to get four shuttles. What should be my next dilithium investment? I’m thinking crew slots, but I’d love to hear arguments for other investment opportunities.

As an aside, four shuttles do make a huge difference in faction events and trainer production. I never thought I would get to the point where I had a significant gold trainer surplus!

AlfaBeta

Personally, I would say crew slots until you hit at least 110-120, and after that , acquiring dilithium should not be your goal anymore.

I am a level 6 VIP, I had a decent amount of dilithium from monthly cards and stuff, and I can say that besides the 3rd and 4th shuttles, by far the most important dilithium investment, and some extra crew slots, I did not find dilithium investments to be very productive.

Ironagedave

Probably as a VIP 0 slots are vital, however and I say this in a big however, I would still stockpile dilithium for now till there is either a slot sale or DB graciously relent and give us 5 more slots. Later on you will probably want to have some dilithium for extending voyages, so unless things are excruciatingly tight then I would say bide your time for now.

Jim Steele

Congrats on the 4th shuttle, as a FTP that is a good accomplishment.

I'm with others, stockpile Dil until DB do another crew slot sale.

Jim

Irial

First, I agree with you and others that a VIP0 player should spend their limited Dilithium on 4 shuttles before anything else.

After this, I also tend towards patiently waiting for the next 50% off crew slots sale. The only other potential purchase I would suggest you consider - but I am not advocating for this - would be if you wanted to get the 20 Hour Voyage Achievement.

Dirk Gunderson

Shuttles. Check.

Slots. Try to wait for a sale, though if you’re missing out on crew - especially nearly-free 4/4*s from galaxy events - you could get a few.

Voyage extensions. Occasionally a voyage will come across that drops high-value loot like 4* crew or chronitons in quantity. It’s helpful to keep a couple hundred dil on hand to have an opportunity to gain more of those highly desired rewards.

Anything else would be frivolous, unless an event or special pack comes along that has a crew member you really want.

Magisse

Agree with above. Shuttles first, then crew slots pretty much exclusively. And hold for a sale.

Shy Khan

Adding to the crew slots/wait for a sale contingent. Though I did extend Voyages once to get to the 10 hour achievement.

Ishmael Marx

Back in the day, I did it the other way - bought slots before I realized how much I was missing out using only 2 shuttles, so kudos for doing it the better way. For an F2P-er, I would echo the crew-slots-on-sale guidance.

I wouldn't recommend using Dil for voyages in your situation. Yeah, it might be painful to abandon a voyage if you mis-time it, or to have to recall 2 minutes before a dilemma, but stockpiling Dil for half-price slots has more long-term value than the occasional lost voyage. As an F2P player, you are accustomed to the pain of not being able to get stuff from the game that the P2P-ers are getting. Voyage extension is just one more of them. Stay strong. (But if you do eventually cave, we shall welcome you to the P2P club too!)

Aldude

I am also VIP0. Shuttles, yes. Slots, yes. Voyage extension, only a couple of times to hit the 10 hour achievement. NEVER NEVER NEVER on gauntlet!

Some of us learn the stupid way

Shy Khan

Aldude wrote: »

NEVER NEVER NEVER on gauntlet!

Some of us learn the stupid way

I was sorely tempted once when I was in 2nd place in a Gauntlet to drop some dilithium, but then I realized the Achievement for first place is only 2000 honor. The Top 5 Achievement reward of 10X premium pull was a better achievement, so I was happy to let it lie.

Stellar Ice

Best investment for VIP 0 dilithium
1) 3rd shuttle
2) 4th shuttle
3) Slots (and wait for a sale!)

If you have more VIP 0 questions, I'd be happy to help. You can also PM me here or on the STT Discord server. In addition, we have two fleets of VIP 0s with a wealth of knowledge about how to play this game F2P. We are also recruiting so if you are looking for a VIP 0 home, please let me know.

shahekee

I'll echo Stellar's thoughts and will throw out there for Shy Khan and Aldude we are recruiting for the sister fleet if you ever want to join a fully VIP 0 fleet.

Female Klingon Q

I accidentally spent dilithium on transmissions. Whoops.

Stellar Ice

Female Andorian Q wrote: »

I accidentally spent dilithium on transmissions. Whoops.

You can ticket that. I have also made accidental purchases by fat fingering around the game. CS has always been gracious to refund dilithium for those accidental purchases.

Female Klingon Q

Stellar Ice wrote: »

Female Andorian Q wrote: »

I accidentally spent dilithium on transmissions. Whoops.

You can ticket that. I have also made accidental purchases by fat fingering around the game. CS has always been gracious to refund dilithium for those accidental purchases.

This happened weeks ago. I have already reported it and since been reimbursed for it.

[SSR] TinkerTailor

I've spent some of my VIP0 dilithium on Thursday cadet tickets in anticipation of making a run at a faction event one day. I whine constantly about lack of crew slots, but TBH having a tight limit focuses the mind and there's not much else useful to spend dil on as VIP0.

Aldude

I thank you for the offer Shahekee, but I'm FAdm of a fleet... can't abandon what we've built!

Black Pebble

Stellar Ice wrote: »

Female Andorian Q wrote: »

I accidentally spent dilithium on transmissions. Whoops.

You can ticket that. I have also made accidental purchases by fat fingering around the game. CS has always been gracious to refund dilithium for those accidental purchases.

Awww darnnit, why didn’t you tell me this earlier??

Shy Khan

Female Andorian Q wrote: »

Stellar Ice wrote: »

Female Andorian Q wrote: »

I accidentally spent dilithium on transmissions. Whoops.

You can ticket that. I have also made accidental purchases by fat fingering around the game. CS has always been gracious to refund dilithium for those accidental purchases.

This happened weeks ago. I have already reported it and since been reimbursed for it.

Yes, I’ve pocket purchased before, as well. All credit to DB Customer Service, they’ve been very good about correcting these mistakes.

Magisse

Shy Khan wrote: »

Female Andorian Q wrote: »

Stellar Ice wrote: »

Female Andorian Q wrote: »

I accidentally spent dilithium on transmissions. Whoops.

You can ticket that. I have also made accidental purchases by fat fingering around the game. CS has always been gracious to refund dilithium for those accidental purchases.

This happened weeks ago. I have already reported it and since been reimbursed for it.

Yes, I’ve pocket purchased before, as well. All credit to DB Customer Service, they’ve been very good about correcting these mistakes.

Indeed. Accidental second dabo spin has gotten me.

Shy Khan

shahekee wrote: »

I'll echo Stellar's thoughts and will throw out there for Shy Khan and Aldude we are recruiting for the sister fleet if you ever want to join a fully VIP 0 fleet.

Most kind offer, but I'm actually Admiral of Steeler Nation, a mostly abandoned fleet I joined when I first started playing the game regularly. Customer service was kind enough to promote me to replace the previous absentee Admiral last year, and now I'm enjoying rebuilding with a core group of loyal members and folks who pass through on their way to larger fleets.

(I also take great pleasure in making recruitment materials for our Forum Thread that no one reads Something to fill the VIP0 time between airlocking bottlenecked crew.)

AllMost

I have a n00b question: Why can't I start threads? (serious)

Stellar Ice

Because you have to have so many posts before the forum will let you.

Magisse

AllMost wrote: »

I have a n00b question: Why can't I start threads? (serious)

A certain number of "awesome" will also help raise your status. Here's one.

Shy Khan

Yup, and another. Welcome to the forums! There’s actually a thread somewhere for new members to ask things, as well, if you haven’t made posting threshold yet.

Data1001

Magisse wrote: »

AllMost wrote: »

I have a n00b question: Why can't I start threads? (serious)

A certain number of "awesome" will also help raise your status. Here's one.

And you also need to be a registered user for a few days. I see you just signed up today, AllMost, so you should be able to post threads by mid-week.

Roland 359

Shy Khan wrote: »

shahekee wrote: »

I'll echo Stellar's thoughts and will throw out there for Shy Khan and Aldude we are recruiting for the sister fleet if you ever want to join a fully VIP 0 fleet.

Most kind offer, but I'm actually Admiral of Steeler Nation, a mostly abandoned fleet I joined when I first started playing the game regularly. Customer service was kind enough to promote me to replace the previous absentee Admiral last year, and now I'm enjoying rebuilding with a core group of loyal members and folks who pass through on their way to larger fleets.

(I also take great pleasure in making recruitment materials for our Forum Thread that no one reads Something to fill the VIP0 time between airlocking bottlenecked crew.)

FYI, I read them! 😅 (displaced from the Burgh, but loyal to my fleet). Great work!

Shy Khan

Roland 359 wrote: »

Shy Khan wrote: »

shahekee wrote: »

I'll echo Stellar's thoughts and will throw out there for Shy Khan and Aldude we are recruiting for the sister fleet if you ever want to join a fully VIP 0 fleet.

Most kind offer, but I'm actually Admiral of Steeler Nation, a mostly abandoned fleet I joined when I first started playing the game regularly. Customer service was kind enough to promote me to replace the previous absentee Admiral last year, and now I'm enjoying rebuilding with a core group of loyal members and folks who pass through on their way to larger fleets.

(I also take great pleasure in making recruitment materials for our Forum Thread that no one reads Something to fill the VIP0 time between airlocking bottlenecked crew.)

FYI, I read them! 😅 (displaced from the Burgh, but loyal to my fleet). Great work!

Fleet (and team) loyalty is important!

Aldude

Same thing happened to me Shy Khan. Got a nice little fleet going now!

Female Klingon Q

New goal as a vip 0: immortalizing a super rare for all main cast, except for discovery, mainly because I don’t know enough about discovery yet.

TOS:

Kirk:
Spock: Ambassador Spock
McCoy: Katra McCoy

TNG:
Picard: Detective Dixon Hill
Riker: Augment Riker
Data: Prospero Data
La Forge: Alan A Dale
Worf: Sheriff Worf
Crusher: Lady Beverly
Troi: Bridge Officer Troi
Wesley: Dress Uniform Wesley
Yar: Duellist Yar

DS9:
Sisko: Doctor Hippocrates Noah
Kira:
Jadzia:
O’Brien:
Quark: Klingon Quark
Jake:
Bashir:
Ezri:
Odo: Army Chaplain Odo

Voyager
Janeway:
Chakotay: Warship Chakotay
Tuvok: Tuvix
Neelix: Klingon Neelix
Doctor: Holonovel Doctor
Paris: Combat Medic Paris
Torres: Liaison Torres
Kes: Tieran Possessed Kes
Seven: Drone Seven

Enterprise
Archer: Xindi Prisoner Archer
T’Pol: Captain T’Pol
Tucker:
Reed: Tourist Reed
Phlox: Mirror Phlox
Sato:
Mayweather:

I'm guessing that Jake will be my last main cast to get an immortal super rare, if only because he just doesn't have that many canon variants.