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Stuck in the arena fighting 3 angry dog things with a melee weapon.. I've died so often I have MULTIPLE major infuries and I'm doing no damage to them.
Who ever thought this quest was a good Idea should have been fired!!
The melee combat isn't implemented well enough for you to be able to rely on it.
Who ever thought this quest was a good Idea should have been fired!!
The melee combat isn't implemented well enough for you to be able to rely on it.
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So I beamed out but when I try to continue it the main arena doors are closed so I have to do the whole thing again, including all the stupid running about doing arithmatic problem.
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Bring some friends along.
i sense a challenge..
I think i'll make a new character next week, and proceed to run it up to admiral using only melee combat. as well as on my Boffs..
the problem isnt with the game, its with your inability to use the mechanics everyone else is using. as a pointer, one of the most basic melee combo attacks can be created by pressing 1, 1, 2 with almost every melee weapon, including bare-handed. Frsutration is one thing, complaining about a mission that most people can complete with no problems is a little beyond that.
Didn't happen first time.. that's probably why I was having trouble with it.
Challenge is one thing.. an annoyance is another.. I Guess people just have differeing view on challenge and annoying. Yes, if I put the time into read melee combo wikis then I dare say I'd be better myself... but why on god's green earth would I go looking for melee combos in a Star Trek game. The fact that they are there astonishes me... and I would NEVER have considered looking fo them.
i've never read a melee combat wiki for STO in the 2+ years i've been here..
and Melee combat has always been a part of Star Trek, Kirk got into a fist-fight roughly every 4 episodes, Riker was fond of physical violence, Worf had his combat programs, not to mention the entire Klingon species who have a love of knives, swords and close quarters combat in general.. Sisko punched out Q, Janeway ran about the decks with a combat knife...
The Melee in this game includes PBAoE attacks, which makes life easier when facing multiple enemies, the herbs should be even eaiser to locate now that all interactables have a HUGE tag over them from a distance..
and i'm also aware that Slamek (the emo romulan you're locked up with) sometimes glitches and doesnt come out the gates with you.. to make sure that doesnt happen let him lead the way out.
in case you didnt alredy know, by the way, there's a KDF mission where you have to fight melee combat in a competition (the house always wins arc) as well, and later on, if you forget your remodulater against the borg, they dont adapt to melee combat, so you can still actually beat them.
as i said, i can understand frustration when something comes up that you cant figure out right away, but calling for someone's job is a little over the top in my opinion. calm down, take in some of the advice here and give it another try with a cooler head
well as I said.. the herbs don't work and I didn't get the partner so I'm due my frustration when it doesn't work how it's supposed, to for me..
And yes, when I restarted it I had no problems that time.
Dont play on elite (you advised you were getting injured alot)
take polyweave armour
Tribble buff yourself just before it transports you from the satellite to the ground.
Bring your own melee weapon so you dont have to use the standard ones on the racks.
The following is a melee guide for Hand to Hand and Bat'leth. But the basics still apply.
http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=97085&
As I said the combo moves are a bit different from weapon to weapon. But their combat effects are similar (holds, stuns, Expose, Exploit, Cone attack, etc). Once you have the basic combo system down, I think your arena matches will be a lot easier.
Now some tips...
When you get your chance to pick a melee weapon, I suggest taking all 3 since thi is the ONLY way for your FED character to have melee weqapons, without pruchasing the melee weapon pack in C-store.
Now, once you enter ARENA, there will be a bunch of different animals that will appear and attack you. This is what you do....
Focus on the BIGGEST one. Once that one is gone, the smaller ones will go down easily(only some oft he fights have a big one)
The key to fighting in melee is..... KNOCKDOWN!! thats your (3) ability (if set to default and you havent changed its binding)
When you find yourself overwhelmed with 1 or 3 mobs, use that ability and theres a 50/50 chance that mob will be knocked down for 3-5 seconds. Use this time to escape and run away, where you will slowly heal if you get far enough or at least far enough away to heal.
Also, all around the coliseum arena are small PLANTS, if you click them, they WILL HEAL YOU! SO whenevr you get to 40-50% go run to a croner and look for a plant to get healed. Then go back.
Also, if you die, run back fast and the mobs will have same dmg u caused before you died yourself!
FGood luckl!
It's not the only way. Besides the exchange, where they're pretty cheap, you can also buy them at DS9, and I think there's ones in the Dilithium store as well, plus ones from the STF vendor.
On the worm fight where you activate the 4 turrets, I think the yellow indicators bugged on me because I didn't see them, I just saw the console flash. I couldn't activate one of the consoles and had to go across to the other.
On an unrelated note, I had problems with survivability in Cutting the Cord. The boss and his two gaurds quickly dispatched my reinforcements and I couldn't face 3 at once. It wasn't until I discovered an allied team nearby in which I kited the boss into.
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I am only assuming the worst when i see the breach of some term. Like uncontrollably insults and swearing. Makes for a good read...
if you've lost Slamek, you best bet may be to allow the mission instance to reset. Logout of the mission instance for 5+ minutes and not a second less. The mission instance will despawn. You can then re-enter the mission map at the last spawn point and Slamek should spawn with you. I'm assume you are in the desert stage just after the arena..
But the even more funny/strange thing is that I like to melee fight on my Klingon character...:o
and of course taking to borg with a melee weapon is hilarious...I swap out my minigun for a melee weapon
Many people i have noticed having melee combat issues are trying to play the Game at like 15-20FPS.
it just dont work right.
master key masher here