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Mine trap

nesomumi2nesomumi2 Member Posts: 359 Arc User
edited August 2013 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
as mine trap is becoming painful to play in pub, i got to ask, is there a channel where normal people go to play mine trap, something like EliteStf. if you dont wont to type it here just send me a pm in game @nesomumi2
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  • erei1erei1 Member Posts: 4,081 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    nesomumi2 wrote: »
    as mine trap is becoming painful to play in pub
    Don't play in a pub, play at home, it's easier that way !

    You can try to make a team on publicelitestf, there are no rule that forbid it. However, I'm not sure you'll make a full team.
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  • chalpenchalpen Member Posts: 2,207 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    My rule is never do group stuff in pubs. Poor Internet connection
    Should I start posting again after all this time?
  • kyeto13kyeto13 Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    chalpen wrote: »
    My rule is never do group stuff in pubs. Poor Internet connection


    Tried to play at a McDonalds once... didn't turn out so well :P



    As for Mine Trap. Either EliteSTF groups or a fleet team.
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  • johnny1051johnny1051 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    I agree about the pubs. Errant darts and pool cue jabs ruined more than one STF for me.

    I've only experienced one AFK in all the Mine Trap I've played, I've seen more players wander from their section mistakenly than AFK on this map. Sad to hear it's on the decline.
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  • jeffel82jeffel82 Member Posts: 2,075 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Someone did recently create a chat channel for non-STF teaming, but I don't remember what it was called.

    With any luck, some digging on the forums might turn it up, or the creator might notice this thread.
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  • o1derfull1o1derfull1 Member Posts: 294
    edited August 2013
    is there a channel where normal people go to play mine trap

    sooo, if people that play in "pubs" aren't normal, what are they?
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  • nesomumi2nesomumi2 Member Posts: 359 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    o1derfull1 wrote: »
    sooo, if people that play in "pubs" aren't normal, what are they?
    not normal ? but not all
  • marshalericdavidmarshalericdavid Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Problems with it are as followed.

    Not enough time for new players to read what to do because someone starts the mission timer.

    Easy for new people to get lost with the color borders on the map now gone.

    One of the more popular missions for leechers to show up for.

    The mission is bugged. Sometimes Romulans don't come out of the buildings so that they can be escorted to the shuttle landing zones.
  • gavinrunebladegavinruneblade Member Posts: 3,894 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    marshalericdavid wrote: »
    The mission is bugged. Sometimes Romulans don't come out of the buildings so that they can be escorted to the shuttle landing zones.

    When did this start? I play mine trap quite a lot and I've never seen this.

    The only time I've seen civvies fail to exit a building is when the building was destroyed during the attack wave.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    yeah the number of civvies is determined by the number of fatalities during the attack. If a sector is overrun it won't spawn any.
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  • marshalericdavidmarshalericdavid Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    gavinruneblade wrote: »
    When did this start? I play mine trap quite a lot and I've never seen this.

    The only time I've seen civvies fail to exit a building is when the building was destroyed during the attack wave.

    I don't know when it started but it seems to be a rare random thing.
  • adverberoadverbero Member Posts: 2,045 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Fleet mate of mine LOVES Mine trap

    We played 20 man fleet of Mine Trap the other day, i'm sure i could put you in touch with them
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  • xapocalypseponyxxapocalypseponyx Member Posts: 577 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    I think a quick fix for Mine Trap (and perhaps other events), would be to adjust the difficulty for say 10 players, but not start until there are 20. That way, you can have 10 people leeching off of others, deciding they didn't want Mine Trap after all , or getting stuck in loading limbo and the rest who are actually there to play can still be successful.
  • badname834854badname834854 Member Posts: 1,186 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    jeffel82 wrote: »
    Someone did recently create a chat channel for non-STF teaming, but I don't remember what it was called.

    With any luck, some digging on the forums might turn it up, or the creator might notice this thread.

    I think it's "Salt Vampires" Or "Salt Zombies" is the channel for Mine Trap quing.
  • badname834854badname834854 Member Posts: 1,186 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    One of the biggest changes - and failures of Mine Trap no is they got away from the color coding of the "zones", so its hard to explain to someone where they should be, because that tends to be an issue - players start assisting the wrong section, leaving one short-handed.
  • mikec1013mikec1013 Member Posts: 152 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    badname834854 wrote: »
    One of the biggest changes - and failures of Mine Trap no is they got away from the color coding of the "zones", so its hard to explain to someone where they should be, because that tends to be an issue - players start assisting the wrong section, leaving one short-handed.

    Agreed! ^ This! +1!
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  • artanisenartanisen Member Posts: 431 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    I wish they turn Mine trap into a
    adventure zone rather then a pve
    queue mission.
  • stardestroyer001stardestroyer001 Member Posts: 2,615 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    badname834854 wrote: »
    One of the biggest changes - and failures of Mine Trap no is they got away from the color coding of the "zones", so its hard to explain to someone where they should be, because that tends to be an issue - players start assisting the wrong section, leaving one short-handed.

    That's why I always assign a cardinal direction. "Hey kozo, we're in SOUTHEAST! Get your Bolian butt back here!"
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  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    badname834854 wrote: »
    One of the biggest changes - and failures of Mine Trap no is they got away from the color coding of the "zones", so its hard to explain to someone where they should be, because that tends to be an issue - players start assisting the wrong section, leaving one short-handed.

    Dude, what you talking about. Even color coding didn't even help with Mine Trap, people still didn't know which sector they were supposed to protect. :P


    This is what they need to do for Mine Trap:

    1) Put the beam-in location in the actual sector you are to protect.

    2) Put a very obvious sign that says "stay here!"

    3) Put a very annoying sign that says "dude, wrong way" when you go into someone else's territory or follow the wrong path in the final part!

    4) Install electric zappers for AFKers.
  • nesomumi2nesomumi2 Member Posts: 359 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    @badname834854

    ty for information, i will try both of those channels.
  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,505 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    reyan01 wrote: »
    Agreed - only a few days ago I played an instance where two members of the zone I was in were killed, respawned elsewhere and STAYED in whichever zone they'd respawned into. Resulted in the three of us remaining being unable to contain the salt vampires and the destruction of the (market) district.

    I think i was in that same instance
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Well one major annoyance is that it seems to pick respawn points at random. It's hard to remember which is yours. that and fighting to get back to the "right" sector is often just as time consuming as defending it would be.

    If I have to respawn I often find myself fighting to stay alive more than actually moving to my original sector.
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