You mean like Reputations before they were nerfed? :rolleyes:
Ugh, I was annoyed when that happened and my Klingon and Romulan characters had most of their traits taken away just so people who either hadn't done them yet or were never going to do the reps didn't like people getting a bonus from doing stuff becuase they expect you fight them in dead as heck PVP with one arm tied behind your back so their precious PVP build isn't countered.
Sounds like some serious grinding will be needed, especially with the reduction to Expertise rewards. Other than the little hint, I will reserve judgement on this until I see how ridiculous the new grind to max that specialization skill tree out and hoping they have learned enough from the crafting disaster that a year is just too long to bother with.
i wounder if those of us with expertise back logged will just auto level up to 60 when the update hits.
as i have a good 3 million right now in expertise on my main
From the blog post: (...) Were still fine tuning the numbers, and we look forward to getting feedback from our players once you have had the chance to try the new game play on our Tribble test shard in the near future.
Cryptic: Please provide specific guidelines about the feedback format.
Put simply, if you don't provide guidance, then expect the same kind of feedback as provided during the DOff UI and Crafting feedback which Cryptic solicited during Season 9.5 testing.
And contrary to CaptainGeko's STOked interview last month about feedback as "rants", the community wants to provide helpful feedback. In fact, it DOES provide helpful (non-rant) feedback.
Providing specific guidelines would help to ensure you get proper feedback -- and in a format that is easy to digest.
...talking to players is like being a mall Santa. Everyone immediately wants to tell you all of the things they want, and you are absolutely powerless to deliver 99% of them.
Delta rising skill points will be used indefinitely...what the hell happens when your tress are maxed out?
I wonder of we will ever get the t6 powers blog and how t5 "are still viable"
Sounds to me like it's the ground work so they can add new trees and additional levels in the future, once they deem it necessary to do so again.
Kind of surprised they're letting us go up to Fleet Admiral though. I was thinking it was going to stay Vice Admiral to 59 and then Admiral at 60. Dahar Master for KDF on the other hand is going to be badass. Maybe we'll finally get those long overcoats that have been requested for so long.
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I really hope you dont abandon projectile users in the new skill Specialization like you did with crafting. Considering how broken crafting still is after all this time I don't have much hope left.
Translation: We making 2 new missions instead of one for this update.
-Rule of Acquisition #113: Always have sex with the boss.
-I am one of the many victims from the hijacked Caspian Division.
I will not let the childish acts of a criminal ruin this game for me.
-The actions of Cryptic, on the other hand......
You are assuming they cant make T6 and Mk 14 unlock at level 50.
Finallly, a Blog with information in it!
Then why the new ranks?
If everything was available at Vice Admiral there wouldn't be a point to leveling up to Fleet Admiral.
And this idea completely ignores that they do have minimal level requirements for gear and ships, its why they sort by rank in the exchange and ship store.
Ha! I meant from an actual mechanics point of view.
Let me put it this way. Perhaps one such specialisation for a tac captain could be the use of mines, some new dispersal patterns and passives that increase range and yield to make them worthwhile. This is just an example, but you see where I'm coming from?
It could be a chance to bring other builds and ways of doing things up to reasonable levels, so we'd have a choice in what ship builds to fly instead of the very small choice of cookie cutter endgame choices.
This actually made me smile... not sure why though.
Couldn't help myself since season 9 was only one new story mission.
-Rule of Acquisition #113: Always have sex with the boss.
-I am one of the many victims from the hijacked Caspian Division.
I will not let the childish acts of a criminal ruin this game for me.
-The actions of Cryptic, on the other hand......
I'm guessing it will be a 5-level split, the way Rear Admiral was.
So 50-55 Vice Admiral, 56-60 Admiral, 60+ Fleet Admiral?
There's a lot of information to consider in this blog. I'm interested to learn more about these specialization trees.
If it follows the Rear Admiral progression then it will be;
50-54 Vice Admiral
55-59 Admiral
60 Fleet Admiral
Personally, I will show only one or two toon as Admiral, promote a couple more to Vice Admiral and the rest will remain as Captains. Please give us control over our toons' official rank or title. :rolleyes:
Any chance we can then actually select our title and rank, as has been proposed in many discussions of the matter in the past?
^This. Please.
Being able to pick my title and pips does me no good when it still states my actual game rank up in the corner of the screen, and NPCs keep calling me Admiral. Selectable display ranks would be a most welcome adjustment.
Interesting stuff otherwise. I look forward to hearing more about the specializations.
Better be? The reason is its the next rank in the IP. Read Admiral, Vice Admira, Admiral, Fleet Admiral.
Thanks.
quite a jump from vadm to fadm and miss out adm because that wasnt noted. unless its going up from vadm to adm in 5 levels then adm to fadm another 5 levels?
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quite a jump from vadm to fadm and miss out adm because that wasnt noted. unless its going up from vadm to adm in 5 levels then adm to fadm another 5 levels?
I read it as VA 50-59, Admiral 60, Fleet Admiral 60 plus all new skill points filled.
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Ugh, I was annoyed when that happened and my Klingon and Romulan characters had most of their traits taken away just so people who either hadn't done them yet or were never going to do the reps didn't like people getting a bonus from doing stuff becuase they expect you fight them in dead as heck PVP with one arm tied behind your back so their precious PVP build isn't countered.
how would i know, will have to wait a see if anything about this comes up.
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
(lvl 70) Alliance Admiral
(lvl 80) Supreme Admiral, Alpha Quadrant
(lvl 90) Penultimate Admiral, Multiverse
(lvl 100) Q's Buddy.
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i wounder if those of us with expertise back logged will just auto level up to 60 when the update hits.
as i have a good 3 million right now in expertise on my main
Expertise is not the same as skill points.
(...) Were still fine tuning the numbers, and we look forward to getting feedback from our players once you have had the chance to try the new game play on our Tribble test shard in the near future.
Cryptic: Please provide specific guidelines about the feedback format.
Put simply, if you don't provide guidance, then expect the same kind of feedback as provided during the DOff UI and Crafting feedback which Cryptic solicited during Season 9.5 testing.
And contrary to CaptainGeko's STOked interview last month about feedback as "rants", the community wants to provide helpful feedback. In fact, it DOES provide helpful (non-rant) feedback.
Providing specific guidelines would help to ensure you get proper feedback -- and in a format that is easy to digest.
Thank you.
You have skill points which weren't converted into Expertise/boff skill points?
Sounds to me like it's the ground work so they can add new trees and additional levels in the future, once they deem it necessary to do so again.
Kind of surprised they're letting us go up to Fleet Admiral though. I was thinking it was going to stay Vice Admiral to 59 and then Admiral at 60. Dahar Master for KDF on the other hand is going to be badass. Maybe we'll finally get those long overcoats that have been requested for so long.
That'd be the one! :P
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Yea... I have 3 of them... Should put me half a level ahead...
Translation: We making 2 new missions instead of one for this update.
-Rule of Acquisition #113: Always have sex with the boss.
-I am one of the many victims from the hijacked Caspian Division.
I will not let the childish acts of a criminal ruin this game for me.
-The actions of Cryptic, on the other hand......
Then why the new ranks?
If everything was available at Vice Admiral there wouldn't be a point to leveling up to Fleet Admiral.
And this idea completely ignores that they do have minimal level requirements for gear and ships, its why they sort by rank in the exchange and ship store.
Ha! I meant from an actual mechanics point of view.
Let me put it this way. Perhaps one such specialisation for a tac captain could be the use of mines, some new dispersal patterns and passives that increase range and yield to make them worthwhile. This is just an example, but you see where I'm coming from?
It could be a chance to bring other builds and ways of doing things up to reasonable levels, so we'd have a choice in what ship builds to fly instead of the very small choice of cookie cutter endgame choices.
This actually made me smile... not sure why though.
Couldn't help myself since season 9 was only one new story mission.
-Rule of Acquisition #113: Always have sex with the boss.
-I am one of the many victims from the hijacked Caspian Division.
I will not let the childish acts of a criminal ruin this game for me.
-The actions of Cryptic, on the other hand......
If it follows the Rear Admiral progression then it will be;
50-54 Vice Admiral
55-59 Admiral
60 Fleet Admiral
Personally, I will show only one or two toon as Admiral, promote a couple more to Vice Admiral and the rest will remain as Captains. Please give us control over our toons' official rank or title. :rolleyes:
Better be? The reason is its the next rank in the IP. Read Admiral, Vice Admira, Admiral, Fleet Admiral.
Thanks.
^This. Please.
Being able to pick my title and pips does me no good when it still states my actual game rank up in the corner of the screen, and NPCs keep calling me Admiral. Selectable display ranks would be a most welcome adjustment.
Interesting stuff otherwise. I look forward to hearing more about the specializations.
quite a jump from vadm to fadm and miss out adm because that wasnt noted. unless its going up from vadm to adm in 5 levels then adm to fadm another 5 levels?
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
I think most of us don't really care for those ranks - would prefer to stay a Captain in all dialogue.
I read it as VA 50-59, Admiral 60, Fleet Admiral 60 plus all new skill points filled.
Does this mean I will be level 60 right away?
The rest is okay so far.
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Sounds lovely!
Also, will we be able to upgrade fleet ships to Tier 6 power
Well... as I see it, its rear admiral(commodore), real admiral upper half (Vice admiral), admiral, and fleet admiral. But that's just a guess.