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What's the appeal of Defera and Nukara?
diotw
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Having got a few characters to level 50, I've been trying out these two invasion zones. Currently, I'm not really seeing the appeal. Is there really any good reason to play in these areas? They usually seem mostly deserted when I'm there, and I can't bring down any BOFFs to help. There are so many enemies, who respawn so quickly, that I am constantly surrounded, no matter where I go. The enemies in these zones seem a lot more lethal than the versions I have fought elsewhere. All in all, it's been pretty frustrating.
Just wondering if I was missing the point of these zones? What are you supposed to get out of them? And should I bother with these when I have New Romulus to play, as well as Dilithium and EC to grind?
Just wondering if I was missing the point of these zones? What are you supposed to get out of them? And should I bother with these when I have New Romulus to play, as well as Dilithium and EC to grind?
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these areas are most effective during the Fleet Mark Bonus event, but as these areas are becoming less interesting they are becoming less used.
Defera also offers special items and devices which tie in with the rather annoying R&D system, but the items you can craft are wroth it.
"I haven't been to Defera for a good while so my information isn't exactly up-to-date"
similar to Nukara and collecting Science Reports etc.. Defera has borg part pieces that when collected can create the items at the store/R&D area in the camp.
there is a fractal remodulator that is a good remodulator for those who aren't quite at a sufficient omega tier to get Omega/MACO/Honour Guard armours for there 3/3 set piece remodulator. besides from that I know there are weapons etc. but I am unfamiliar with the actual items that are there.
Nukara is generally just good for Fleet Marks, there isn't really anything useful besides getting the Tholian EV suit stuff. "not in game so I can't quote for quote name it"
all in all these adventure areas are best taken as team activities like STF's/Fleet Actions/PvP etc.
I hope this helps.
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*P.S. I think that the zones have completely been made redundant, they can be useful but fewer players make it a place to grind, you'll probably remember Nukara when it was first released, players could do the missions over and over one after the other farming/grinding Fleet Marks, if Nukara had stayed that way I could imagine it would of kept its original appeal.*
It's the only reason to go there, imo - just run around the city and beat as many Borg to death as you can - you'll have those 50-each crafting materials within a few hours or so.
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Nukara still exists? lol.
Nukara obviously has the Tholian item packs and the ground equipment set you can collect from those. It also remains the best place to get the Tholian ground kills accolade.
as for the Deferi... They breed faster than the Breen can enslave them.
I barely touch Defera. I'm not fussed about accolades and their are far better ways to get Omega Marks and loot.
Beyond that I don't see the appeal. I hate ground missions though so I may be a teeny bit biased :rolleyes:
if you do them in a 4-5 man team (and they are mostly designed around the team mentality), you can get some pretty decent rewards in a short space of time.
They used to be full of players a while back...I grinded myself crafting stuff from Defera and suits/coolest weapons/ ground gear sets from Nukara....It has lost its original appeal due to S7 and most people are either on STF or Romulan grinding. I'm sure they are deserted now from its high peaks a while back. Better to put them on public queues and incentivize players to acquire other than what they normal offer....perhaps a little dil or more marks.
The mark awards are nice, but I use these areas for weapon testing and practice- nothing more.
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Not only is it just fighting the Borg *Yawn* but I have to rescue a race I find to be incredibly stupid.
Nukura on the other hand..... I wish there were more reasons to visit Nukura. The last time I was there I punched a Tholian off of a molten chemical fall, followed him off, shot him in midair, and landed on his lifeless, silicon based corpse John McClane style.
Sure it's really repetitive, but any place that lets me kick lava spiders off of bridges is A-Okay in my book.
Nukara is kinda repetitive, just swarms of low level tholians and very shallow game play. The missions are poor, and the set obtainable from doing them is far worse than normal gear. A good team could pull of some nice fleet marks in a short time, in theory, but getting them organized enough to all be on the same page with mission cool downs is beyond frustrating
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I go to Defera for Omega marks, since I do not do STFs, this is my only source.
A fractal remodulator is useful if you are using elite fleet gear instead of the STF sets and you occasionaly fight the Borg in starbase incursion for example.
Other than the accolades and the vague hope that they have somehow improved I have nothing to return for.
Nukara Prime, I overplayed whilst testing on tribble, so I completed the missions on Holodeck once or twice for good measure. Again other than some accolades I have little to return for, the 3 piece set (which I cheated and bought off the exchange) is now MK 12 and sits in my bank gathering dust unworthy of even gracing a boff. I think it got a brief use for the Romulan Missions, but even then it was brief.
These new ground adventure zones are getting bigger and somewhat improving but other than grind they don't give you a lot to come back for.
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That said, I have not completed all of the content in either area, so I expect I'll want to do everything at some point just to say that I did.
Also, both areas have some advantages over New Romulus. It's a heck of a lot easier to just dive in if you're looking for a fight. Unlike NR, you don't have to go far or look very long.
On the Con side, some of the gameplay available in NR actually has more than a shred of story attached to it whereas Defera and Nukara feel more like "kill x borg/tholians/orcs" and "rescue x deferi/miners/peasants".
If those zones had an underlying plot that evolved like NR's does, they would be more enjoyable and less like something I'd rather send my Number One in to deal with.
Other Cons:
Nukara would've benefitted from having either a bank or mail terminal or both. Defera Invasion Zone at least has a mail terminal you can use to offload excess inventory if need be.
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I go to Defera to give my borg ground set a workout without having to complete a linear mission. Just pew pew until I'm tired of it.
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There's also another "interesting" feature in the Deferi invasion zone which, put it this way, allows you to bring in some "friends." And I'm not talking about the temporary ones.:D
Why do I have the feeling that I wish I knew what you guys were talking about and that I shouldn't even ask?
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Because technically due to your purple status you are not supposed to engage in that sort of activity. :P
i don't care for the Embassy, those new items / projects could have easily been added to the real Fleetbase instead
and Eppoh Tagging... really?
as long as there is something new, i want to get it done but after that i'm just done with it.
The Deferi and Nukara Boss rooms were fun for 2 or 3 times, but i stopped bothering with it after that. What do i need a EVA Set for when there is no other EVA suit content and the one i really want is the 700 Zen per char Suit from the show anyway now if that had been the Nukara Set visual i would have been all over it... but that brown-ish thing?.
Nukara is good for the rewards and to test you battle strategies and gear against the Tholians.
Regardless, even before I got all that stuff, I could slam through both exterior easy missions and both medium exterior missions in about 15 minutes. Completing a Thinning the Hive zone wide isn't much longer, though the Mineral Matters can be annoying. Then you wait to turn the missions in until the Fleet Marks event is active and rake in the marks. The Hard stuff is fun, but as has been mentioned it's a pain to get a team for it, so I've barely ever played them. I also find the Interior missions obnoxious and mostly ignored it.
My favorite thing about Nukara is the way the Closing Doors mission works. Once you do one, you start getting credit for every portal closed on the map, regardless of who did it. That encourages a kind of organic team play which was at the time unique. If you see somebody trying to close a portal, it does you benefit to either help them close it or cover them from attack. This kind of ad hoc cooperation was duplicated in the New Romulus red alerts, which I think is a wonderful trend.