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A sad realization (borg stf wise)

elandarkskyelandarksky Member Posts: 1,013 Arc User
Only yesterday i truly realized that now (more so later) it will become increasingly difficult to judge whether a player actually has a CLUE, in ground stfs due to the 'grind and pay', rather than 'EARN' your armor,

Yesterday, being the day a lot of people hitting T5 means that a lot more people have bought the mxii sets and run a ground mission,.. like a complete melon. Rolling down the hill and just waiting to explode when it gets hit by a borg >.<

Not knowing trigger lines/basic tactics

And naturally running elite because the armor means they wont struggle.. at all 8-)

TL:DR of this thread

Now guessing who is competent in ground stfs, just got a whooole lot harder.
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  • aleaicaleaic Member Posts: 352 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    ...and my sad realization, since even before I started playing STO, is that a pug group in most instances, will 'never' be as good, (hopefully,) as a well rounded Fleet/Guild/whatever/ect.. group, that you 'know' of.

    Pugging 'is' what you sign up for, and hence expect, in quality, when you voluntarily hit that PvE join button. At least there is the EliteSTF channels, to find better pugs, rather than just guess and pray to Q, or something ala such. In the end, for ground groups, I refuse to pug, like it was the Black Death, or such. :)
  • elandarkskyelandarksky Member Posts: 1,013 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    aleaic wrote: »
    ...and my sad realization, since even before I started playing STO, is that a pug group in most instances, will 'never' be as good, (hopefully,) as a well rounded Fleet/Guild/whatever/ect.. group, that you 'know' of.

    Aint that the truth ^^

    But still.. the small candle of hope i have still flickers for the PUGs XD...

    Dont get me wrong, i walk into a pug without any delusions of success, but now it becomes even harder to 'predict' how its going to play when the people who charge into the rooms of IGE now wear KHG/MACO/OMEGA
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  • thlaylierahthlaylierah Member Posts: 2,991 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Here's what I realized a long time ago:

    Immersion wise, Captain Picard/ Janeway/Archer would be "total neubs" in STF's!

    Why? Because in the "Real" Star Trek universe, every encounter was new and fresh.

    Not populated by Elitist number crunchers holding a stopwatch and screaming about where everyone should stand.

    Just my 2 credits.
  • thestargazethestargaze Member Posts: 1,020 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Here's what I realized a long time ago:

    Immersion wise, Captain Picard/ Janeway/Archer would be "total neubs" in STF's!

    Why? Because in the "Real" Star Trek universe, every encounter was new and fresh.

    Not populated by Elitist number crunchers holding a stopwatch and screaming about where everyone should stand.

    Just my 2 credits.

    See... this is WHY I hate STF.. and now I HAVE to do STF if I ever want to get an MACO set..

    .. see the problem here!!

    Please bosses of this game.. change this!

    I think your reputation system is a good idea but to only base the advancement on STF is not a good idea.. unless you change the STF maps to something you can do:
    1. without being to long, cus if something goes wrong the time flies..
    2. without having people bulling you or other people in your team because you are doing something "wrong"
    3. make the STF easier..
    4. Mix space and ground..
  • daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    ...didn't one have to do STFs' to get it the old way also??
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  • srafaoraspsrafaorasp Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I think your reputation system is a good idea but to only base the advancement on STF is not a good idea.. unless you change the STF maps to something you can do:
    1. without being to long, cus if something goes wrong the time flies..
    2. without having people bulling you or other people in your team because you are doing something "wrong"
    3. make the STF easier..
    4. Mix space and ground..

    1 i don't know what you are talking about here but MMo is a time investment.

    2. the ignore function work great btw

    3. normal STF's still exist.

    4. to get gear you are not locked to do ground to get the ground set.
  • latinumbarlatinumbar Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    See... this is WHY I hate STF.. and now I HAVE to do STF if I ever want to get an MACO set..

    .. see the problem here!!

    Theres no problem here. As far back as season 5 (f2p transition), the only way to get MACO set was by playing STF's. Not sure why you see it differently now. In fact, now you technically CAN get it through other means. Defera invasion zone and borg red alerts also give omega marks.
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  • sollvaxsollvax Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Maco should be issued (to people who actually want it) on reaching the level required
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