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shireknight
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For over a week now I've had some tutorial and a couple of other missions (Breaking the Planet, Klingon Scout Force, The Big Dig and a couple of others), stuck on my mission log screen waiting to be done, the reason they have taken so long to play is because the only way to play them is via the PVE and PVP menu but no-one is ever around to do these missions.
I was told the PVE and PVP queues would be packed with people this weekend however despite checking at various times throughout Friday, Saturday and Sunday I noticed no more people queuing to play these battles than normal and as a result was unable to complete any of them so I've now dropped the lot from my mission screen.
After a week of constantly checking the PVE and PVP queues it's becoming quite obvious that barely anyone is playing this game so is it closing down or something and there just hasn't been an official announcement about it?
I was planning to purchase a lifetime membership package but that would seem to be a pretty daft thing to do from what I can see unless I'm missing something really obvious
I was told the PVE and PVP queues would be packed with people this weekend however despite checking at various times throughout Friday, Saturday and Sunday I noticed no more people queuing to play these battles than normal and as a result was unable to complete any of them so I've now dropped the lot from my mission screen.
After a week of constantly checking the PVE and PVP queues it's becoming quite obvious that barely anyone is playing this game so is it closing down or something and there just hasn't been an official announcement about it?
I was planning to purchase a lifetime membership package but that would seem to be a pretty daft thing to do from what I can see unless I'm missing something really obvious
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Fleet Admiral Rylana - Fed Tac - U.S.S Wild Card - Tactical Miracle Worker Cruiser
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Ya beat me to it
To quote the Mythbusters, "Well there's your problem."
"I always hope for the best. Experience, unfortunately, has taught me to expect the worst."
-Elim Garak
It's a different matter entirely when it comes to Dyson Space Elites, or Mine Trap (the Ground for Rom Marks). The Omega Gear is still considered some of the best (in terms of variety and set pieces), whilst the Romulan Plasma Weapons are considered the best weapons, largely. Most people probably acquire their Rom Marks via the Eppohs. No doubt those that run CC are after the Fleet Marks, as the Nukara items don't tend to be as favourable either.
As per the Dyson stuff, it appears to be no secret that the Dyson Rep (and the majority of Season 8) was a sidestep in the wrong direction. Out of all the people I commonly speak too in game/fleet (some of them quite experienced), I don't believe any of them are using Dyson gear. Most of them are on Omega or Romulan gear, and those that aren't have gone for the full fleet items.
According to the guy interviewed in the link attached to the thread I started over here?
Ask them that a few more times until they pull their hair out.
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Step 1: Download and install Champions Online.
Step 2: Create a character.
Step 3: Play around on Champions for at least a month.
Step 4: Come back and recognize STO actually is doing quite well for itself.
Also, unless i'm missing something, those queues are never filled, anyway.
"I always hope for the best. Experience, unfortunately, has taught me to expect the worst."
-Elim Garak
That's because those missions are, respectively, a ground mission, a TRIBBLE mission, and a ground mission.
No-one is going to waste their time trying to get fleet marks from Scout Force when you can get a good 97 Fleet Marks from Crystaline Entity Elite (which always has at least 50 players playing at any one time, i've seen tops of 100-150 people playing at any given time).
The ground missions don't get done because they're ground and by it's very definition, not worth doing. In as much as the rewards are TRIBBLE-poor for the monstrous amount of effort you have to put in.
You'll find the same issue with Mine Trap. No-one plays it on non-Bonus Marks events because it's not nearly as simple as tagging Epohhs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMSHvgaUWc8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqcn_TPu4qQ
Fleet Admiral Rylana - Fed Tac - U.S.S Wild Card - Tactical Miracle Worker Cruiser
Lifetime Subscriber since 2012 == 17,200 Accolades = RIP PvP and Vice Squad
Chief of Starfleet Intelligence Service == Praise Cheesus
Haha...
Even the successful games have lots of "dead" zones.
That is because not every zone is equal, there are zones that are made of shiite, and have never been updated. And never will be...
Breaking the Planet, Klingon Scout Force, The Big Dig are ALL horrible, boring, detestable , broken and just plain old time wasting relics of another time.
No one goes there because those zones ARE SHIITE.
Maybe Perfect World should flesh these missions out with NPC characters so newbies like myself can actually take part/learn in them or give good rewards that will attract veteran players to mix in with the newbies
The other thing to keep in mind is that the queues are level banded. If you're level 20 you won't be getting into the same queues as the 50s are. Because leveling in this game is so fast, the population is top heavy. It's much easier to just skip those group missions and get back to the single player episodes. Once you get to 50 you can start getting into the group stuff.
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You can say to yourself, do I want to run this mission which takes around 20-30 minutes and gives you 25 marks or do I want to run this one which takes 8- 10 minutes and gives 50 marks.
Let’s face it grinding is a bi*ch. Now which would you choose to grind?
People are just flat out tired of playing them after 2-4 years. They are boring and the rewards are lackluster. Especially when Reputation and Fleet gear is far superior.
Some don't run as much due to time limits. This is my issue so I don't do them often. Since one day I might play 2 hours max, or up to 30 mins. Depending on what I got going on.
PVP is a total different story. Some loves it some hates it. I hate it, so you will never see me in there.
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What you are seeing is that STO is a very top heavy game with the bulk of the population at 50 and doing endgame content. Thus there are few people at the lower levels running the PvP/E queues. Mostly because you level so quickly and get so much experience from episodes.
Also, in case you are wondering about the people going "DOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!", STO has had its nay sayers in it's first week of life, and so anyone preaching or saying or even hinting that the game is finished or on its last legs usual get that response. STO is doing extremely well these days. If it can survive the Year of Hell, when for a 8-9 month period nothing new came out content wise, then it can survive just about anything short of CBS pulling the plug.
Yeah, give it up, guys. This game's not going anywhere anytime soon.
And as we all know, if once you take the quick and easy path, forever will it dominate your destiny! Consume you it will!
Doooooooooooooooooooooooooooom was here but then the Avenger kicked his butt :rolleyes:
Ahem...
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
i would play that and i am being serious to
system Lord Baal is dead
I think you probably need to follow my 4 steps earlier in the thread to get an idea of what a game most likely in its twilight looks like.