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So what about season 9??

andihraveyandihravey Member Posts: 132 Arc User
Well season 9 is here at long last and i have to say in the month running up to it i was very excited. The new esd looked brilliant. The new Trait and Rep slots looked good and the new counter command rep looked good along with the new missions etc.

In reality?? yea its brilliant EXCEPT............................. the reps slots and the nerfing.

Now i'm not one of the best players in the game. before season 9 i could drop into an STF hold m own throw out a few heals and be pretty decent, didn't do the most damage but certainly didn't do the least. it was perfect i was happy and content and was having fun.

Now the opposite, i can hardly stay alive, i still put out a respectable amount of DPS but only by sacrificing survivability. Otherwise if i slotted rep options ofr hull and shields i would lose out on DPS or crit chance and crit sev.

Now thats me (a tac in a cruiser). now before anyone says i shouldn't be flying a cruiser i should explain. I'm in a cruiser because i survive longer. When i'm in an escort i don't stand a chance. And no that is not because my build is bad, it is because of the recent changes. I go into STFS and all of the escorts are popping left right and center. It is beyond a joke.

They either need to increase the shield and hull repair rates, or possibly add a 5th slot to the rep options so you can slot a 5 rep option.

Otherwise i am simply going to stop playing the game, reason been is that i would have to create a whole new toon and have him as an engineer, which would then mean leveling him up and changing my game style. And i am simply not willing to do that.

If these changes had been staggered throughout the year in stages so people could get used to them in stages, then fair enough i could tolerate that. But by doing this all in one go its asking too much.

In my opinion its also going to kill off the escort ships. Very few people could fly them and have them survive an STF as it was. But now i think over the next 2/3 months i think people are going to drop out of them and move over to cruisers.

Its not right and they need to make some changes and fast before people start dropping off. The people at the top who know how to make amazing builds will be fine and will be able to easily adapt. But people like me who come on to have a laugh and joke and have a few battles in the trek universe........... these changes have near enough killed it.

Now i know it seems like i,m whinging and whining, but this is how i honestly feel about the game at the moment. Is anyone else in the same boat?? has anyone got any suggestions????

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  • dcpuserdcpuser Member Posts: 71 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Bear in mind that season 9 also introduced a number of bugs in a few elite STFs where enemy ships are hitting as if they all had 100% shield penetration and it's being addressed in a coming patch based on another thread. Breach is a glaring example of this. Otherwise I honestly don't see much difference in gameplay with the new Rep and Trait system. The traits themselves were marginal at best anyway before S9 so not being able to slot all defense or offense isn't a big breaker.
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