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carcharodon1975
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The one thing all the data mining in the world can't quantify....and that is fun.My question to all of you is....are you still having fun playing STO? On a scale of 1 to 10,with 10 being the most fun and 1 being purgatory.....
For me....Season 6 - I had fun....about 7/10
Season 7 - it quickly dropped to 4/10
For me....Season 6 - I had fun....about 7/10
Season 7 - it quickly dropped to 4/10
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Season 7 - 7/10
I have a reason to do something other than run the same endless borg eSTFs now. Romulan events for marks, the new sector patrols, fleet actions. It's not perfect, but it's better than it was.
usually 7 or perhaps 8 on a good day, or 9 if im working on an enjoyable foundry mission.
Amazing game that had to be cut short because of time issues. But it's those encounters that remind me of how amazing this game can be.
In season 6 it was a lot of fun I'd play for hours and hours on end, but now I don't bother with any of the games content beyond doing what I need for marks, hoping for better in S8.
1/10
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Season 7: 8/10 - Dilithium, is easier to earn now for fleetlings who arent level 50, dilthium is now rewarded for more entertaining content IMO, because doing Gorn minefield with buddies is a darn sight funner than those exploration missions. Also, new romulus is fantastic. Reputation is meh, but i kinda like it more than random drops. Dilithium seriously needs to be lowered though, 20,500 is not on for a XI beam array.
One thing i have done less since s7 hit, is visit the forums. Now 80% of posts are complaining/bashing cryptic, or moaning "ermahgerd grindfest 420 bwaa i want everything now", because it's only a grind if you make it a grind. I don't "Grind" infected space, because i enjoy it. They can be unpredictable, do you get shoved in with a 4man escort premade and basically sit back and watch whilst you do no damage compared to them, or do you get shoved in with 2 rainbow star cruisers and have to work?
i do the grind through my toons once a day, not fun, but ok.. 1 hour
then i log onto my main, or the new one i just've started.. and THAT is fun..
FED'S should do more space PVP, i wanna PLAY with them
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PvE combat was boring to me. Each fight was exactly like the one before. No variability. It was a grind.
QFT at least in Season 6 there was the community aspect to Elite STF's. Now even that is gone.
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Both of the Fleets I'm in are pretty much dead - I see maybe 3 other Fleeties online at best but most of the time it's myself and my Fleet leader.
STFs have picked up a little but there's still I'd say been a 70% drop-off in the number of games being run on PESTF - that and the quality (and manners) of STF players has dropped dramatically.
I log in, run around Beta Ursae and the Romulan sectors for Contraband missions, grind Narendra 5 times on each alt for Rom Marks, fill out my Rep projects and... that's it.
I might do a few STFs if there's any going (mainly space, ground is pretty much dead now) but other than that there's nothing really to do - oh, I go Epohh tagging if I can be bothered.
So I've started another alt and I'm taking her through all the early missions which is bitter-sweet since they've all got a story, they've all got villains and the sense that they're leading to something but of course, they're not - since they were made in a time when STO was meant to be about story and exploration and epic space battles which isn't the direction STO's been going in for a long time.
Roll on Season 8...
Well for me it has to be like this ...
season 4 .......8/10
season 5 &6 ..6/10
season 7.......4/10
Here is the main reasons why..
First......i Do not mind running content over and over but for every season to be the same content just re-hashed to be grinded differently is getting just silliy.
second...Forceing us to do (manipulating us) the content the way they want us to do it is unfair to the players.
third and finally the bugs in the game new ones and old ones are getting to be game ending stuff it seems they are more interested in making money than fixing these issues.
I for one would like to see a forum page where we could goto to see the problems they are aware of and working on whether or not hey have a fix i wouldn't care but seems like we are always in the dark about whats really going on.
Season 7 also dramatically affected my playtime. I logged in twice for less than an hour apiece since it launched.
The Winter Event will get me to log in more, but only for that content. Not touching Season 7 with a 10 meter Lirpa.
QFT because this is how I roll in STO.
I was getting tired of grinding stf so I switched to doing doff'ing.
I was hoping season 7 would bring out new items I'd really want, so I'd have a reason to play and instead it just took my main gameplay away.
Not only did they lock up stf but they also gave doff'ing a beating, terrific...
So now I still don't have anything to grind for but also lost my main in-come and gameplay.
I still like the game and yeah sure the winter event looks great.
(If I wasn't, I'd stop playing.)
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So when season 8 comes out everyone is going to love season 7....the cycle continues.
All of this has happened before and will happen again
On a bad day, I don't stay logged in. Usually because of cheeseballing feddies, lack of opponents in general, no missions for my Ker'rat excursions. . .or all three combined (with the few opponents being cheeseballing feddies).
I don't like feeling obligated to do grind daily for romulan marks AND fleet marks AND dilithium AND omega marks AND soon to grind winter stuff.
Too much grind kills the fun, i would say things will be better after the character grinds finish, but they will likly put in more grinds by then.
Whoops, missed the rating: 5/10
Pounding out Omega rep is a bit of a drag, but at least now instead of feeling singled out because I had neither the patience nor skill for grinding Ground Elite STFs, I feel like I finally have a chance to get that fancy stuff. It's a good feeling, even if getting there is a bit dull.
I'm actually playing my third KDF alt now, though, which is something the previous seasons never compelled me to do. Yeah I admit primarily it's about Contraband grinding so I can pool dilithium for Mk XII sets, but I'm definitely having fun leveling him. Can't wait to open the freebie Bortas box he's had for nearly a year and stick him in it.
The only big downer about this season has nothing to do with this season, though. My fleets have really slowed down, due mostly to school and work during the fall and winter months. Over the summer we were keeping up fairly well with the bighuge fleets, but things have slowed to a crawl. So close to a T4 shipyard, too. >_< I WILL HAVE YOU, FLEET MVAE. KDF side is even worse; we're halfway to T3 in total, but Tac is lagging hard. I may never get my Fleet Corsair either. :C
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