I’m on a new account and just unlocked mods, and am wondering if the mod shipments store is worth it? The cost seems so high for someone with only a couple million gold, and wanted some confirmation before I make any mistakes.

i remember always needing the cred...and that was before mod got its own energy....until u have a very comfortable pile of gold, wait especially if its ship cred

Nope. Not worth it unless its a 5 dot purple or gold arrow mod with speed primary. Or unless your looking for a specific 5dot mod to complete a set on a key toon and have credits to spare (for eg, say your looking for a gold triangle with offense primary and speed secondary).Anything less than 5 dots is useless. Also, do not assume the speed secondary will increase after maxing the mod. More often than not, the speed value remains the same. So you end up spending almost 4m credits for a mod whose speed bonus is just +4 or +5.

@Sithlord1230 So, there are a few mods that are SUPER worth it, but those are only triangles and crosses. DO NOT BUY anything except triangles and crosses. Even among ▲ and + DO NOT BUY anything unless1. The Primary matches the Set Bonus2. The Primary is Offense (either ▲ or +), Crit Damage (▲), Tenacity (+), or Potency (+)3. ===>subsidiary rule, do not buy Tenacity (+) or Potency (+) unless you're doing really well on funds right then, they're not nearly as important as the Offense and Crit Damage mods4. It shows a Speed Secondary5. It doesn't show any Defense secondaries That last rule isn't that important in the grand scheme. If your speed secondary only grants you +3 total, you really don't care that much if the extra went into health or protection or defense. But what it does do is it reduces your spending even more. The point of all this is that it really, really isn't worth it to try to build a mod collection at your point in the game. HOWEVER, there are some mods so rare and so perfect that it's actually worth it to sacrifice a few million credits (or ship credits) even when you really need them for other things, because you just can't ever have enough of them, much less too many. Some of these won't pan out. Sometimes the speed secondary won't increase or what have you. But that day when you end up with a character who needs potency and you drop a Potency Mod with Potency Primary and +19-23 speed on it, you know that those millions you spent were worth it. Self-healing Counter-Attackers like Dooku, Aayla, and Enfys Nest benefit hugely from Tenacity Mods with Tenacity primaries ... and you have to find a lot of them before you get 3 of them with +20 speed. But when you have an Enfys Nest with 3 tenacity sets, a tenacity primary, and +130 speed, you'll be over the moon. That character can solo whole squads by herself. Put her under a Farmboy Luke lead (since he's completely useless for anything else) and the Tenacity spikes even higher. Add master's training from Hermit Yoda (which lasts the whole battle and can't be prevented, suppressed, or dispelled) and the Tenacity spikes even higher. Now you've got an unstoppable weapon ... but without Tenacity/Tenacity mods with good speed, you've got nothing. So **strongly** limit what you're willing to buy. If you find yourself spending more than 1/3rd of your cash on Mods you're probably not limiting yourself enough. Then follow your rules religiously, only buying the absolute best mods, the ones you'll never regret owning. That's how you use the Mod store. Even in the end game, you don't buy mediocre mods. You wait for the perfect ones, or in rare cases one you just really, really need right now. Nothing else. The mod store sucks up all your cash for very little return otherwise. ...but if you're careful, if you've got your rules and you stick to them, you'll pick up only the perfect mods, and 1 out of 64 of them will be an absolute God Mod, making you a terror to behold.

No, not worth it if you just unlocked mods. Save your credits / shipbuilding materials for all the other things you need to upgrade.Farm mods with mod energy, upgrade the ones that look promising and sell the rest.The mod store is a money-sink and an occasional source of potentially good mods for lvl 85+ players who have reached a point where they actually have surplus credits.

Mod store is just buying lotto tickets. Expect rare lavish results with the majority a net loss.

Mod Store worth it for new player?

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DaarthBrewer
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"Oberon1066;c-1918751" wrote:
Is there any point holding onto mod's that only sell for 9500 credits? I have loads of these, and never bother putting them on. Just assume the ones which are worth 97.5K are best.

Once you hit the mod cap, you will be selling them. The ones that sell for 97.5k are mods that you've leveled up for 300k+.
Javick_Starage
6 years ago
This is a game about mods. I’d start farming early and often to be honest.

At lot of people seem to overlook the importance of mods (mostly because they are the most boring thing to farm)
dpaulp93289
6 years ago
"DarjeloSalas;c-1916690" wrote:

Here’s one mod I bought recently...

I think your advice is slightly off. Not many people would turn that mod down.

I never would have bought that Mod to start with. The 4 x speed you rolled on that, saved you from wasting 3+ million credits and the odds of that happening for others are ridiculously low.

Diamond mods are the most easily farmed mods in the game meaning their drop rate is among the highest when farming mods so it isn't a great idea to buy them. Triangles are by far the rarest in terms of drop rates so they are the best value in terms of buying mods from the store.

You might have to spend several 100's of points of mod energy just to see a single triangle mod drop. For diamond mods you have to do one or two battles and you'll have three to choose from...
tvsfrink
6 years ago
"Dar_Penthar;c-1918994" wrote:
"DarjeloSalas;c-1916690" wrote:

Here’s one mod I bought recently...

I think your advice is slightly off. Not many people would turn that mod down.

I never would have bought that Mod to start with. The 4 x speed you rolled on that, saved you from wasting 3+ million credits and the odds of that happening for others are ridiculously low.

Diamond mods are the most easily farmed mods in the game meaning their drop rate is among the highest when farming mods so it isn't a great idea to buy them. Triangles are by far the rarest in terms of drop rates so they are the best value in terms of buying mods from the store.

You might have to spend several 100's of points of mod energy just to see a single triangle mod drop. For diamond mods you have to do one or two battles and you'll have three to choose from...

You are missing context.

How good are your diamond mods? What's your credit situation? Was it for ship credits? What's your ship credit situation?

If I saw that for ship credits and it started +5 I would have bought it in a heartbeat. I'm sitting on nearly 30m in ship credits with nothing else to use them on and they keep building up if I don't buy a mod every so often.

There's a reason that people say mods are 100% luck are wrong...
dpaulp93289
6 years ago
"TVF;c-1918997" wrote:

You are missing context.

How good are your diamond mods? What's your credit situation? Was it for ship credits? What's your ship credit situation?

If I saw that for ship credits and it started +5 I would have bought it in a heartbeat. I'm sitting on nearly 30m in ship credits with nothing else to use them on and they keep building up if I don't buy a mod every so often.

There's a reason that people say mods are 100% luck are wrong...

My context is in terms of being a new player with limited credits like the OP explained.

Being an end-game player I might buy that mod if I needed it and saw the +5 speed secondary as well, but I would never buy a diamond mod that did not already have a speed secondary on it, even being an end game player
tvsfrink
6 years ago
Obviously it had a speed secondary so I don't see how that comment is relevant at all.

The new player with limited credits thing, I agree with. I missed which thread this was in.
Rath_Tarr0
6 years ago
"Oberon1066;c-1918751" wrote:
Is there any point holding onto mod's that only sell for 9500 credits? I have loads of these, and never bother putting them on. Just assume the ones which are worth 97.5K are best.

The 5-dots with desirable stat combos are the best because 5-dot mods can be sliced.

Mod credit value is just based on dots & levels. Doesn't mean much.

Sell the mods you are not going to use, preferably before you invest too many credits in them, and use that money to upgrade the ones you are interested in.
dpaulp93289
6 years ago
"TVF;c-1919029" wrote:
Obviously it had a speed secondary so I don't see how that comment is relevant at all.

The new player with limited credits thing, I agree with. I missed which thread this was in.

How was it obvious? They sell grey mods in the store as well and they have no secondary stats on them at all. After all this is for a new player so don't assume anything... after all we all know what assume means
tvsfrink
6 years ago
Because OP was already told:

4. It shows a Speed Secondary
Chomperz_NB
6 years ago
Would’ve been the best mod I’ve ever seen with those secondaries, but no speed primary, so RIP