Gear Crunch

"UdalCuain;c-2286004" wrote:
Didn't give it my full attention, but strongly disagree on the MKIII Detonators. They don't have a farming location, only the salvage does. You need a lot of the salvage wherever the MKIII's are used. 200 GT for five is a bargain, and I'll buy them often. Same with the MKV BlasTech Weapon Mod, much better value and less hassle paying 100 GT for five crafted ones.

Also, slice some mods.

1. There was a time when M3 Detonators were hard to come by, but, that was when I was new to 85 & leveling far too many toons at one time & getting stuck at mid-purple gear levels.
At this point I have like 1000 salvage & no toon I'm working needs them.
To me, similar to Mk6 Hypos, these are only an issue if your pushing too many toons too fast.
I haven't had to farm them in 6 months to a year now.

2. The Mk5 Blastechs have about a 50% drop rate so once a month or so when I run out I'll drop a couple of 50 crystal refreshes directly into simming a 6 Energy Node for just them (or 8/10 shared w/ another piece?).
I never need to buy them anymore.

That said, your right, those are both solid buys that I did back when I had a huge need for both those items.
That doesn't mean most of the ones I highlighted have any value.

3. LOL, I slice LOTS of mods, I just don't bother buying a mod & leveling it when the starting stats are questionable. Like say, an unknown grey. I look stuff that at least has 2-3 stats I want before I purchase it.
I get enough greys when farming mods directly from challenges.