The one thing I've really been looking forward to has been this FE series, through all the bad, I had this to just go "Hey, it might get better."
The cutscenes at best were mediocre and the entire mission felt stale and boring.
It was further ruined by the terrible announcements every couple minutes about who opened up a gorram Cardassian Galor.
And there is no mystery what the rewards are.

The only part i liked was that the DOFF integration was well done. So kudos to that i guess

Overall, I really hope the other ones step it up, because this mission pales in comparison to the other FE's and some of the regular mission fare.
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Also just a little not has anyone else noticed that there support teams that you can call down on ground missions die really really easily could use a look at really
Not sure if it was because I hadn't seen a new mission in so long though but am looking forward to seeing the story unfold and finally having access to space suits. I'm guessing the Ketracel White drops means we're getting a Jem Hadar Boff at the end.
"oh, wow... that's a cool..." "ugh spam." Hmm.... that's neat... spam!
It really is immersion breaking.
The whole thing was a bit messy and seemed incomplete. Lack of clarity about when and where to do optionals. Messy combat, which was not especially interesting. And the whole scam of the lockboxes just apalls me.
There were some good things though, the expansion of the duty officers, and tehre inclusion in the storyline was nice. Good use of side-quests and optional if they worked reliably.
It was also a good story.
Agree 100%, it doesn't feel like the level of quality of the other FE's.
So far, "Second Wave" doesn't compare to "Skirmish" or "Cold Call" or "The Vault"
This is not the best first episode of an FE we've had