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patrickngopatrickngo Member Posts: 9,965 Arc User
edited December 2012 in PvP Gameplay
...specifically for new Alts and NEW PLAYERS.

The days when you levelled a new toon friday to sunday, then ran a few STF's to outfit them with good gear sunday night to monday, and new alt was ready to go PvP on Tuesday are gone, we're probably not going to get those days back.

With five of eight sets locked irretrievably behind time-gated rep-system treadmills, one locked behind a dilithium wall imposed on Crafting, and two that are considered less-optimal choices but are currently still available fairly quickly, the question is:

How to avoid the repgrinding treadmill for new Alts and new Players, yet still become viable in open (Que'd) PvP?


i.e.: Good builds to use the Breen, Jem'Hadar, and maybe Aegis sets, ways to utilize the Fleet systems, etc. for those who've gotten sick of STFs, have no use for New Romulus and it's kandy-koated kontent...

I'm not sorry, the Rep system is a total PITA and I'm looking for ideas to 'get around' it-to avoid the treadmill and actually bring the focus back to having fun, with my friends and with strangers, Playing the game instead of grinding endlessly.
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  • sollvaxsollvax Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Simple answer as always
    Basic gear can BEAT a partial set
    as most sets are partial
    forget them
    Live long and Prosper
  • thishorizonthishorizon Member Posts: 1,158
    edited December 2012
    i flew without top gear for a long time.

    you can still trump a lot with good piloting and teamwork.

    the lines are more blurred than ever, this i will agree.

    but for those that have the need to min/max.... well, grinding is part of just about every game.

    have fun kill bad guys
  • naz4naz4 Member Posts: 1,373 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    i flew without top gear for a long time.

    you can still trump a lot with good piloting and teamwork.

    the lines are more blurred than ever, this i will agree.

    but for those that have the need to min/max.... well, grinding is part of just about every game.

    have fun kill bad guys

    Grinding is only grinding if it is not enjoyable
  • travelingmastertravelingmaster Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Slight change from the topic: How does one make PvP profitable, in terms of dilithium/EC? Are there things I'm missing when it comes to missions? At most, I might be missing out on the arena/C+H specific missions, because I hate waiting in the queue. . .and I never seem to be around for those private matches :(
    My PvP toon is Krov, of The House of Snoo. Beware of my Hegh'ta of doom.
  • thishorizonthishorizon Member Posts: 1,158
    edited December 2012
    naz4 wrote: »
    Grinding is only grinding if it is not enjoyable

    preach it from the rooftops brother naz.
  • thishorizonthishorizon Member Posts: 1,158
    edited December 2012
    Slight change from the topic: How does one make PvP profitable, in terms of dilithium/EC? Are there things I'm missing when it comes to missions? At most, I might be missing out on the arena/C+H specific missions, because I hate waiting in the queue. . .and I never seem to be around for those private matches :(

    how about more substantial rewards?

    edit: pvp is its own reward. good gaming is what you should be here for, not your e-wallet
  • sovereignmansovereignman Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Log in.

    Log out.

    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMm_VoKkuco - Needs more female relief ops ensign.
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  • havamhavam Member Posts: 1,735 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    sophlogimo wrote: »
    I see basically two options:

    1. Go with fleet gear, to be bought from your fleet's base.

    2. Get Mk XII purple basic gear off the exchange. It gets account-bound, so buying it once will allow you to use it on any max level toon.

    except for tactical consoles
  • maicake716maicake716 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    naz4 wrote: »
    Grinding is only grinding if it is not enjoyable

    and a circle is only a circle if its round... right?

    lol

    but yeah, gear difference have never been that important in this game until the borg set got released and it became "must have" not because it was good, but because it had something nothing else in the game at the time had...

    "free heals"
    mancom wrote: »
    Frankly, I think the only sound advice that one can give new players at this time is to stay away from PVP in STO.
    Science pvp at its best-http://www.youtube.com/user/matteo716
    Do you even Science Bro?
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