I was playing the elite version of Crystal Entity PVE and I noticed I placed 2nd a couple of times, and then 1st. Do any other PVE such as STF also tell you where you placed and give you rewards based on your dps?
I have played most of the PVEs in the queue, and have not seen any other one tell me directly where I placed, but I have noticed that sometimes in one borg pve I will get 11 of the borg little things (forgot the name), but sometimes I only get one.
STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
Klingon Scout Force, Starbase 24, Gorn/Federation Minefield, Big Dig, and Breaking the Planet all have a ranking system as well. The rest of the queued missions to my knowledge do not. Crystalline Entity's ranking system is unique in that it strongly favors characters with a lot of healing output as well as damage.
STFs have random rewards that include Very Rare items, additional Borg implants, or extra Omega Marks, but have been confirmed to be awarded completely at random, not on a ranking system.
My goodness, can't believe that STFs award completely at random. Perhaps Cryptic is working on something to improve this side of the game as well.
I know from reading other people's posts, that many people feel STO has a long way to go before it becomes the game that they want. I haven't been playing long enough to fully understand what people mean, but I feel STO has room to mature. Seems like things are going well for Cryptic financially now, so perhaps we'll see some pleasant surprises in the future.
Thanks for the responses. Glad there are some veterans around here willing to help the newer players.
CCE is also really messed up rewarding MK X-Stuff and it calculation with dps and shieldheal, which means a good flown romulan Warbird always wins (Valdore-Console).
By the way, Mack, it's worth pointing out that if you scored 1st Place in CCE, you now have access to a gigantic crystalline trophy for your Ten Forward lounge. It's a very impressive piece to commemorate your achievement.
CCE is also really messed up rewarding MK X-Stuff and it calculation with dps and shieldheal, which means a good flown romulan Warbird always wins (Valdore-Console).
Yep. My science vessel who spams grav well and grav torps with a grav doff always hits 1st.
Sardak (Science Officer): Captain of a 23k DPS R'Mor Temporal Science Vessel, R.R.W. Vathos Odan Brota (Science Officer): Captain of a 28k DPS Scryer Intel Science Vessel, U.S.S. Kepler Patiently waiting for a Romulan Science Vessel
I recall playing one of the PvE where I got a message stating I got 3rd ranking. But I didn't know what that meant and I don't recall which mission it was. It might have been the 1st time I received such a message, or it might not have been. I tend to ignore those green messages that scrolls across the screen right in front of you. Is there anyway to deactivate them?
I am a fairly new player (F2P). Ever since I started trying to get into Breaking the Planet since about mid February, I have never been able to get into that mission. I have more or less been playing everyday for around 4 or 5 hours weekdays and probably as many as 8 hours on Saturdays and Sundays.
Is it that popular? I understand that subbed players automatically bump F2P players, but I figured by now I should have been able to get into that mission at least once.
I recall playing one of the PvE where I got a message stating I got 3rd ranking. But I didn't know what that meant and I don't recall which mission it was. It might have been the 1st time I received such a message, or it might not have been. I tend to ignore those green messages that scrolls across the screen right in front of you. Is there anyway to deactivate them?
I am a fairly new player (F2P). Ever since I started trying to get into Breaking the Planet since about mid February, I have never been able to get into that mission. I have more or less been playing everyday for around 4 or 5 hours weekdays and probably as many as 8 hours on Saturdays and Sundays.
Is it that popular? I understand that subbed players automatically bump F2P players, but I figured by now I should have been able to get into that mission at least once.
Hey Jaguar, sounds like you really play quite a bit. Sorry to hear that you haven't been able to get into the mission you want. I suggest you start a new thread in this form and ask some of the quite helpful veterans. I always have good luck when asking here.
I didn't know that the sub players always bump the F2P players. Might want to include that part in your question. You'll find people who help you in these forms have been playing much longer than you and I put together. Good luck!
I understand that subbed players automatically bump F2P players, but I figured by now I should have been able to get into that mission at least once.
That is not the case. This has never happened in the game.
You may have misheard or misunderstood the priority queuing aspect that gold members get. This is only active when there's a queue to actually log into the game, and that usually only happens on new season launch days or other large events, and that still doesn't bump free players off the game, it just means if you're a free player, and you're #1 in line, and a gold member tries to log on, you'll be pushed back to #2 and they will get in first. So in a long queue, you might be the first free player in line to log in, but you might be #319, with 318 gold players ahead of you, and if a bunch of gold members try to log in, your place in line might actually go up instead of down.
With the fleet actions, it's just most likely that there aren't a lot of players running them now, as it's no longer a very popular way to earn fleet marks.
You may have misheard or misunderstood the priority queuing aspect that gold members get. This is only active when there's a queue to actually log into the game, and that usually only happens on new season launch days or other large events, and that still doesn't bump free players off the game, it just means if you're a free player, and you're #1 in line, and a gold member tries to log on, you'll be pushed back to #2 and they will get in first. So in a long queue, you might be the first free player in line to log in, but you might be #319, with 318 gold players ahead of you, and if a bunch of gold members try to log in, your place in line might actually go up instead of down.
Yeah, that's what I was trying to say in not so many words.
For now I am just trying to experience different missions. Not really interested in earning fleet marks. The only thing I do constantly right now is a bit of dilithium grinding. I generally shoot for around 4k - 6k per day doing various PvE missions.
Hey Jaguar, sounds like you really play quite a bit.
Actually, some of the time I am simply waiting for queued PvE missions to start. I do other things on a laptop while I am simply waiting. That's usually about 1 per day, and maybe up to 2 hours during the weekend assuming I am "playing" a total of 8 hours; about one or two 4 hour sessions.
Placing is so hilarious in this game. It's conditioned me to head for the Klink in Gorn Minefield immediately after wiping out all the enemy ships above the three repair facilities so I am in optimal firing position to unleash my Alpha attack. "Team players" stay behind to repair the facilities and by the time they're done getting out of combat from mines and little attack fighters long enough to full impulse their way to the boss, he's dead. It's pretty funny/embarrassing when I end up with four like-minded players in my minefield group. :P
Crystal is even more TRIBBLE with the way it rewards people for something gimmicky like using the valdore console. The Romulans get all the breaks. Then of course you have Klingon Lame Force where it boils down to luck in whom happened to run into the klingon spawns the most often while going about their 20 minute pleasure cruise looking for objectives.
I am a fairly new player (F2P). Ever since I started trying to get into Breaking the Planet since about mid February, I have never been able to get into that mission. I have more or less been playing everyday for around 4 or 5 hours weekdays and probably as many as 8 hours on Saturdays and Sundays.
Is it that popular? I understand that subbed players automatically bump F2P players, but I figured by now I should have been able to get into that mission at least once.
You don't get into Breaking the Planet not because there's too much of a queue for it, but because there isn't much of a queue for it. Almost no one plays it, and you need several players to queue before it will decide that there's enough players to start the mission.
CCE is also really messed up rewarding MK X-Stuff and it calculation with dps and shieldheal, which means a good flown romulan Warbird always wins (Valdore-Console).
A good dps ( 15k maybe even 10k or less) but especially the valdore console, gravity wells, grav torp and as most as sci healing abilities that you can get your hands on.
True but i have played it earlier, got first and got a mk XI purple emitter amplifier.
Placing is so hilarious in this game. It's conditioned me to head for the Klink in Gorn Minefield immediately after wiping out all the enemy ships above the three repair facilities so I am in optimal firing position to unleash my Alpha attack. "Team players" stay behind to repair the facilities and by the time they're done getting out of combat from mines and little attack fighters long enough to full impulse their way to the boss, he's dead. It's pretty funny/embarrassing when I end up with four like-minded players in my minefield group. :P
Crystal is even more TRIBBLE with the way it rewards people for something gimmicky like using the valdore console. The Romulans get all the breaks. Then of course you have Klingon Lame Force where it boils down to luck in whom happened to run into the klingon spawns the most often while going about their 20 minute pleasure cruise looking for objectives.
That's why I always repair all of the facilities but one. People usually ignore the facilities completely, and if you heal 8/9 of them its almost always a guaranteed first.
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STFs have random rewards that include Very Rare items, additional Borg implants, or extra Omega Marks, but have been confirmed to be awarded completely at random, not on a ranking system.
My goodness, can't believe that STFs award completely at random. Perhaps Cryptic is working on something to improve this side of the game as well.
I know from reading other people's posts, that many people feel STO has a long way to go before it becomes the game that they want. I haven't been playing long enough to fully understand what people mean, but I feel STO has room to mature. Seems like things are going well for Cryptic financially now, so perhaps we'll see some pleasant surprises in the future.
Thanks for the responses. Glad there are some veterans around here willing to help the newer players.
Yep. My science vessel who spams grav well and grav torps with a grav doff always hits 1st.
Odan Brota (Science Officer): Captain of a 28k DPS Scryer Intel Science Vessel, U.S.S. Kepler
Patiently waiting for a Romulan Science Vessel
Just a quick question. Regarding your sci vessel, how many of the grav doffs can one use at once? Are we limited to only one?
I have a sci character flying a carrier, and was just curious. Thanks again.
Other responses were very helpful as well!
Yes, just one for Gravimetric duty officers.
I am a fairly new player (F2P). Ever since I started trying to get into Breaking the Planet since about mid February, I have never been able to get into that mission. I have more or less been playing everyday for around 4 or 5 hours weekdays and probably as many as 8 hours on Saturdays and Sundays.
Is it that popular? I understand that subbed players automatically bump F2P players, but I figured by now I should have been able to get into that mission at least once.
Hey Jaguar, sounds like you really play quite a bit. Sorry to hear that you haven't been able to get into the mission you want. I suggest you start a new thread in this form and ask some of the quite helpful veterans. I always have good luck when asking here.
I didn't know that the sub players always bump the F2P players. Might want to include that part in your question. You'll find people who help you in these forms have been playing much longer than you and I put together. Good luck!
That is not the case. This has never happened in the game.
You may have misheard or misunderstood the priority queuing aspect that gold members get. This is only active when there's a queue to actually log into the game, and that usually only happens on new season launch days or other large events, and that still doesn't bump free players off the game, it just means if you're a free player, and you're #1 in line, and a gold member tries to log on, you'll be pushed back to #2 and they will get in first. So in a long queue, you might be the first free player in line to log in, but you might be #319, with 318 gold players ahead of you, and if a bunch of gold members try to log in, your place in line might actually go up instead of down.
With the fleet actions, it's just most likely that there aren't a lot of players running them now, as it's no longer a very popular way to earn fleet marks.
Yeah, that's what I was trying to say in not so many words.
For now I am just trying to experience different missions. Not really interested in earning fleet marks. The only thing I do constantly right now is a bit of dilithium grinding. I generally shoot for around 4k - 6k per day doing various PvE missions.
Actually, some of the time I am simply waiting for queued PvE missions to start. I do other things on a laptop while I am simply waiting. That's usually about 1 per day, and maybe up to 2 hours during the weekend assuming I am "playing" a total of 8 hours; about one or two 4 hour sessions.
Crystal is even more TRIBBLE with the way it rewards people for something gimmicky like using the valdore console. The Romulans get all the breaks.
You don't get into Breaking the Planet not because there's too much of a queue for it, but because there isn't much of a queue for it. Almost no one plays it, and you need several players to queue before it will decide that there's enough players to start the mission.
A good dps ( 15k maybe even 10k or less) but especially the valdore console, gravity wells, grav torp and as most as sci healing abilities that you can get your hands on.
True but i have played it earlier, got first and got a mk XI purple emitter amplifier.
That's why I always repair all of the facilities but one. People usually ignore the facilities completely, and if you heal 8/9 of them its almost always a guaranteed first.