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draknar88
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Hi all,
I tried coming back to STO 2 days ago, and while I enjoyed some of the improvements there were a couple things that made me decide it wasn't worth investing my time into this game.
While normally I'd just move on to something else (which I am going to do), I thought I should at least try and be a good person and help any future development as to what hurdles may be dissuading other potential players.
1) No PvP rewards? When I left originally it was a month after release, and at the time I primarily left due to personal reasons, not so much game mechanics. I was quite enjoying spending all of my time in PvP earning Medals which I would turn in for gear, which helped me PvP even more. However I tried searching for the current PvP sets and such, and after inquiring to my fleet as to what the deal is, they basically said there isn't any PvP rewards anymore.
This broke my heart. It's even worse considering I knew it WAS in the game at one point, why would content be removed?
2) I've had a mission in my log that I figured was bugged at release, one of the Episode missions "The Need of the Many". After flying around the Delta Volanis sector for 2 hours doing missions, I never found a planet in need that would complete the mission.
Now, perhaps I was in the wrong location, to which I would blame poor mission writing or map layout. Perhaps I was in the right place but the correct event never spawned, to which I'd blame poor quest design or bug fixes.
Considering that mission has been in there for YEARS, and yet never fixed (or is it a case of "all bugs are working as intended"?) just tells me that I shouldn't waste my time in this game.
Granted, I wouldn't expect many changes now since Cryptic now has new visions in NeverWinter (which is fine and good, that's a part of our great capitalistic system, support that which earns money and ignore the rest). But for any skeleton crew still working on this game, you may want to work on some polish so that new or returning players (such as myself) don't just give up after a couple days.
Oh and perhaps I should also point out that it took quite a bit of effort for me to even try to get back into the game...between reading wikis and forums and figuring out where I am, what I should be doing, what goals I should have, etc. etc. that's not the type of involvement a more casual player would be willing to put up with.
To the great community though, who I've found to be so helpful and supportive, to you I say "Live Long and Prosper".
I tried coming back to STO 2 days ago, and while I enjoyed some of the improvements there were a couple things that made me decide it wasn't worth investing my time into this game.
While normally I'd just move on to something else (which I am going to do), I thought I should at least try and be a good person and help any future development as to what hurdles may be dissuading other potential players.
1) No PvP rewards? When I left originally it was a month after release, and at the time I primarily left due to personal reasons, not so much game mechanics. I was quite enjoying spending all of my time in PvP earning Medals which I would turn in for gear, which helped me PvP even more. However I tried searching for the current PvP sets and such, and after inquiring to my fleet as to what the deal is, they basically said there isn't any PvP rewards anymore.
This broke my heart. It's even worse considering I knew it WAS in the game at one point, why would content be removed?
2) I've had a mission in my log that I figured was bugged at release, one of the Episode missions "The Need of the Many". After flying around the Delta Volanis sector for 2 hours doing missions, I never found a planet in need that would complete the mission.
Now, perhaps I was in the wrong location, to which I would blame poor mission writing or map layout. Perhaps I was in the right place but the correct event never spawned, to which I'd blame poor quest design or bug fixes.
Considering that mission has been in there for YEARS, and yet never fixed (or is it a case of "all bugs are working as intended"?) just tells me that I shouldn't waste my time in this game.
Granted, I wouldn't expect many changes now since Cryptic now has new visions in NeverWinter (which is fine and good, that's a part of our great capitalistic system, support that which earns money and ignore the rest). But for any skeleton crew still working on this game, you may want to work on some polish so that new or returning players (such as myself) don't just give up after a couple days.
Oh and perhaps I should also point out that it took quite a bit of effort for me to even try to get back into the game...between reading wikis and forums and figuring out where I am, what I should be doing, what goals I should have, etc. etc. that's not the type of involvement a more casual player would be willing to put up with.
To the great community though, who I've found to be so helpful and supportive, to you I say "Live Long and Prosper".
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Yeah, the Feds are behind the times now. Sucks that you uninstalled, but the Romulan and Klingon (some of it anyway) aren't bad at all.
Missions in your log that won't complete big deal. What are you doing playing the most worthless there is anyway.
Want to trade with me I waited 8 months for the ground costume to be fixed and I am currently crashing in sector space after the release of LoR.
So get some real problems then you can complain.
1. they are several PVP missions that give rewards and there is also the PVPVE zones for both ground and space.
2. it is random if you get a planet in need, you just had really bad luck, i have gotten them three times in a row, and then another time got none for a week.
3. This game actually does have decently frequent updates, we just got LOR. I am Pretty sure they have not completely abandoned STO. For whta its worth, Neverwinter's cash shop is incredibly overpriced and it is in much worse condition then STO is. There have been exploits for weeks in neverwinter that have not been fixed yet, at least with STO most exploits are fixed within the week.
4. it does not take hours of reading to do PVE or PVE, at the most maybe an hour, you can even just ask in-game and you can get a lot of help on what you should do. For any MMO, any endgame generally consists of getting gear from missions, Raids (STFs in this game), and PVP. if you do not find that rewarding enough then you will not fin many MMO's fun.
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2. This isn't a bug, and nether poor quest design.
The Mission you mention is part of the exploration cluster missions. Every planet is randomly generated the moment you visit it and deleted afterwards, so you will never visit the same exact planet twice (you will however do the same mission twice and a lot more often)
If your version of the Planet seeking aid is still saved somewhere, you should have a small icon on the bottom right screen allowing you to port directly to it to finish your mission once you enter the right cluster.
Also, there is hardly only a skeleton crew working, Cryptic has been dishing out tons of new content (fleet starbases, Romulan playable faction, new Reputation system, new missions, fully playable klingon faction etc.) and neverwinter is handled by a completely different Team.
And things don't get any more casual then STO, tbh, the basic missions should take you by the hand and lead you to Lv 50 and every NPC worth knowing regarding STFs, PvP and the rep system with tutorials popping up along the way.
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Edit : Oh, and I quit threads are expressly forbidden in the forum rules.
I wouldn't expect this thread to last long.
Cue someone with a Gif of Geordi diving beneath a door soon.
You might not get too much sympathy here from just 2 days of giving it a try. If you feel inclined you can always re-install and roll a Romulan toon - you might just like the new story and ships.
Good Luck
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Beat me to it *shakes fist*
You have posted the one-millionth "I Quit" thread!
You win teh interwebz! :P
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Are you making a comment about 'elitist' PvP players?
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The Devs have said repeatedly how the initial experience could make or break a free-to-play MMO. What the opening poster reveals is of value because it gives insight the Devs can take into account when they plan to give the starter Fed-content an overhaul.
He didn't need to share it. He could've gone the lazy way and just said nothing. But, he did.
So, draknar88, I thank you for sharing the whys of your uninstallation. I would have provided you belated hints that might have allowed you to get past your issues, but other helpful posters have already covered that part. Hopefully we'll see you around sometime later. Have fun.
obviously your not a star trek fan..... if you weren't interested in the game from the start, then why'd you be into it now?
so you don't like it.........what's your point? There's many here whom do like the game, and it's those of us whom Do, that the STO team and Cryptic consider, obviously....
I still don't understand the point to this post.
3 pages and going
I'm kinda confused too. Left after a month of playing and then came back for two days?
Having that outreach mission still open after however long is also a sign that in that month, it seems that not much actual playing happened either. So if I have this right, this is an I quit thread about quitting a game you didn't really get into in the first place?
Everyone has their own personal tastes and a right to them, but yea, I don't get the point of this post either.
No. Your fun makes everyone else's fun wrong by default.
Amsterdam?? Probably only because he needed to go to Schiphol, A'dam is just like the Hague; one of the gutters of Holland (yup, i am dutch and lucky that i live in a moderately little village).
Next time go through Eindhoven, more fun, less red light districts :P .
I don't mind I quit threads myself, I like to see if they have any good feedback.