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Okay, so perhaps the title is a little misleading. A little. The discussion recently came up amongst myself and a few Fleet-mates, regarding the idea of Diplomatic missions giving DXP and how other types of missions and or game-play might award alternate Commendation XP. And lets face it, we do need alternate means of acquiring various CXP.
Granted, the following list is VERY simplistic; but may serve as a basis to work from, were it possible to re-tool existing resources to serve as alternate CXP-granters. The point being, while the most ideal method might be new missions specifically designed with CXP in mind (or optional objectives as existing missions are remastered?) these are some things that already occur in-game and therefore Might be cheaper to attach some token CXP to.
Also, it should be noted that, this is an incomplete list and requires community input. Some categories are obvious and there are a number of possible ways that certain CXP could potentially be earned while others are a bit more vague.
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So there are just a few (very rough) ideas of how we might gain some additional CXP while doing other things in-game. I still feel that missions designed for a given type of CXP (such as the way Diplomatic missions are currently used in-game) would be the ideal, but even in the case of Diplomacy, there are those couple other mission types (e.g. Aid The Planet or similar), that provide DXP.
And, in my less than humble opinion, optional (especially Character Class-based offerings) objectives within other missions would be the ultimate way to work-in alternate methods of earning CXP. And how cool would it be if some of it stacked? As an example, say a mission has an objective for each Class (Engineering, Science, and Tactical), and you do the mission with a group where each class is represented and the optional objectives are completed, thus granting a small amount of CXP in multiple Commendation categories. If you soloed, you would only have access to your class CXP, but as a group you get to have a taste of each!
I know its a rough idea, and may not even be practical, but in the long-run, I feel that the more alternate ways there are to pursue any of the Commendation paths the more immersive and interesting the system can be. Which in turn makes it that much more fun.
Thoughts? I would very much like to hear the communities ideas on this. Not simply rather you like my ideas, but specifically other ideas that I may have missed.
Discuss...
Granted, the following list is VERY simplistic; but may serve as a basis to work from, were it possible to re-tool existing resources to serve as alternate CXP-granters. The point being, while the most ideal method might be new missions specifically designed with CXP in mind (or optional objectives as existing missions are remastered?) these are some things that already occur in-game and therefore Might be cheaper to attach some token CXP to.
Also, it should be noted that, this is an incomplete list and requires community input. Some categories are obvious and there are a number of possible ways that certain CXP could potentially be earned while others are a bit more vague.
- Diplomatic = Diplomatic. Essentially what we see now. Though KDF desperately needs some additional means for granting Marauding CXP.
- Science = Accolades: Space Shield-heals. And possibly tracking successful anomaly scans?
- Engineering = Accolades: Hull-heals. And or, Crafting related? This could be based somewhat on crafting skill level along with overall number of items crafted?
- Military = Accolades: Damage related. There are a lot of damaged-based accolades in-game, so perhaps these would be proportionately smaller payouts when compared to other accolades? I think Patrols could also be a way to gain Mil CXP, as could PvP.
- Exploration = Exploration Clusters. Pretty clear-cut there I think, however, some of these could grant additional types of CXP as well. For example, those Explo missions where you are going in to destroy enemy stock-piles might grant Espionage CXP, while clearing a map of enemy intruders might be Military.
- Espionage = ? This is one of the more nebulous for general CXP farming, but some missions already have this component included (the most obvious being Doomsday Device on Fed-side and perhaps bringing down the House on KDF?).
- Medical = Accolades: Ground-healing. Also some of those various missions where you need to rescue/heal x number of NPCs.
- Colonial = ? Possibly one of the most difficult to work existing resources into. Though I could be forgetting something really obvious.
- Trade = Exchange. I can see the flames now as this thread is burned to a crisp, but bear with me here; what if sales on the exchange could be tracked? Even if players received only 1 or 2 Trade CXP per sale, over time it could add up without being a blatant farm. OH, and I suppose GPL Accolades could also tie into this? I know its technically gambling and not Trading, but it may still work for our purposes?
- Development = Crafting? I know Engineering already mentions this, but Development could be an alternate place for Crafting to grant some CXP.
- Recruitment = I am at a loss here. Perhaps missions that grant Bridge Officers could grant some Recruitment CXP? Though again, the KDF is woefully lacking in this particular area.
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So there are just a few (very rough) ideas of how we might gain some additional CXP while doing other things in-game. I still feel that missions designed for a given type of CXP (such as the way Diplomatic missions are currently used in-game) would be the ideal, but even in the case of Diplomacy, there are those couple other mission types (e.g. Aid The Planet or similar), that provide DXP.
And, in my less than humble opinion, optional (especially Character Class-based offerings) objectives within other missions would be the ultimate way to work-in alternate methods of earning CXP. And how cool would it be if some of it stacked? As an example, say a mission has an objective for each Class (Engineering, Science, and Tactical), and you do the mission with a group where each class is represented and the optional objectives are completed, thus granting a small amount of CXP in multiple Commendation categories. If you soloed, you would only have access to your class CXP, but as a group you get to have a taste of each!
I know its a rough idea, and may not even be practical, but in the long-run, I feel that the more alternate ways there are to pursue any of the Commendation paths the more immersive and interesting the system can be. Which in turn makes it that much more fun.
Thoughts? I would very much like to hear the communities ideas on this. Not simply rather you like my ideas, but specifically other ideas that I may have missed.
Discuss...
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Oh, and espionage could include any time spent in a disguise, or as part of the rewards for any Franklin Drake missions, etc.
Colonial could include exploration missions of the "Protect the Colony" type. Or missions where you scan lifeforms/artifacts on otherwise empty planets.
Playing Dabo and making latinum transactions could award Trade XP.
Point is, I really like the idea and this along with the DOff system could keep me interested in ways that many of the other changes can not.
Those are some good additions, and I had forgotten about Drake, but yeah, that's a no-brainer for sure.
I just saw another post where Heretic said they would like to be able to add CXP for various other mission types, but that they do not have the resources at this point. Too bad really, because it makes a lot of sense to have multiple ways to earn CXP (As Dip does now).
maj!