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I love season 9 already

rahmkota19rahmkota19 Member Posts: 1,929 Arc User
Figured that with all the major rant threads out there, it was time for a positive one.

I played the FE. I didn't like Step, but this was simply mindblowing. Not gonna give any spoilers, but all the player wishes granted, all the changes explained, and finally using that concept alien art that was out there for ages was really great.

This morning I did 2 of the revamped Borg Advance missions. The first two. I loved them. Although "No mission is without sin" and that I will probably nit-pick some minor odd things in another thread, I simply love these. Curious to Assimilation and Fluid Dynamic. I do miss the original first Borg mission though, Crossfire (or something like that): I loved to run around and not kill a single Borg during that mission unless absolutely needed. That includes my boffs. But to loose that for these awesome missions.... I wont shed a tear.

The Kit revamp is very interesting. I looked briefly at it on Tribble, and am curious how I am going to experiment with different combinations. However, finally being able to have a tac kit with both photon and plasma grenade and other powers than stun grenade is going to be awesome.

The Reputation changes. This is what most people complain about, but I love it. Powercreep was going too far, and it finally has been halted for one part. As far as I'm concerned, more nerf bats are still needed (looking at you aux2demarion), but I will fully support this decision. Look at my signature.



Now, I am not gonna forbid anyone from ranting in this thread, since it is not my right. I will request that if you dislike the season, you say so nicely and with good arguments. And possibly in another thread, but going in this thread is ok with me. Just try to keep it constructive and as positive as possible.
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  • chiyoumikuchiyoumiku Member Posts: 1,028 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    The one part of DS9 I enjoyed (Yeah I admit to not being a fan of the show) was when they retook DS9 and the whole battle. the FE totally reminded me of that and made me want to play it again and again.
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  • talonxvtalonxv Member Posts: 4,257 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    BRAVO! Agree with the rep grind nerf. Needed to happen. Only complaint with the FE, it's simply too long, should of been broken into 2 parts.
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  • fraghul2000fraghul2000 Member Posts: 1,590 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    for me it's a bit of both


    positive:

    - ability to use rep-costumes on my boffs via the tailor
    - revamped kits
    - revamped ground and space traits
    - the new FE (albeit ground undine are very boring enemies)


    negative:

    - dislike the new queued events
    - no incentive to advance in the new rep-system
    - no new doff content
    - bugs, bugs, bugs, bugs
    - worse graphic performance on lower settings than before.
    - I don't like the design of the new ESD
    - nerfed STF-rewards
    - uninteresting new lockbox and lobi rewards
  • peetapipmacpeetapipmac Member Posts: 2,131 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    The FE does fell a little long, but there is a whole heap of awesome crammed in there, so it's forgivable.
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  • donowickdonowick Member Posts: 269 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    I think season 9 is good so far. But the rep trait is ok now but in the future will be very restrictive and unfair. There will be a point when you might have 42 passives you can use but you will only be aloud to use 8 . Which is 1 rep and kind of makes the rest a waste of time to me.But as of right now it is very cool and even with the rep the way it is my crt chance went up on my avenger lol (21.4%)l
  • gofasternowgofasternow Member Posts: 1,390 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Y'know, it's funny. For laughs, I decided to hop onto ISE to see how I could handle myself in the new Rep Trait nerf world? For the most part, I did get hit with a nerf bat (apparently, I lost about 600 DPS), but I'm chalking that up to replacing my usual Phaser device with the new piece from Surface Tension. My Torpedo damage skyrocketed, though, which is nice (using the old Photons here, so I'm guessing it might also be the piece, too).

    However, I actually had some good fun playing around there. So, I died there three times instead of the usual none or one. In the Fleet Support Cruiser. You know what I did? I sat there and realized that Science Team should be part of my selection. I didn't rage at Cryptic for nerfing my killing power, I didn't jump up and down and blamed them for taking what I worked for. What I worked for is still there. I just need to make it work. It'll take some time, but it'll be worth it.

    As well, I have to applaud the new FE. Long, yes (I think it took a good hour or so to tear through it), but it was worth it. Looking at the remaining old missions and looking at this, you can see how much improvement had been done since they first started.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    The FE does fell a little long, but there is a whole heap of awesome crammed in there, so it's forgivable.
    Yeah, I got annoyed at the mid-battle cutscenes, but then realized that the enemies I was shooting holes in were despawning when the cutscenese started. Enh. I would complain about getting less loot, but, my inventory was full anyways.
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  • rinksterrinkster Member Posts: 3,549 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    It's a curates egg for me.....good in parts.

    The FE has some excellent parts, but I was terribly disappointed at the Undines new power to hide in the walls.

    The kit revamp I'm very happy about.

    The trait revamp, less so.....although in one respect I have to give credit. While I see it as something that should be about power creep, in space it has failed.

    However, I suspect the changes will mitigate things on ground....especially ground pvp.

    The inclusion of straight bioships in the lockbox is an abomination.
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