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pulserazor
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STO has become far too much money to play the way I want to play on my meager budget of $100-$200 per month.
The crafting system is a barrier that I just cannot overcome. The resources that will be required of me are so great that achieving the quality of gear that will be required to participate in endgame content are too great for me to get a single ship to that level, on a single character, to say nothing about alternate ships and characters, and weapon loadouts.
The materials required to craft the items I will need are only available in the content I am aiming toward, even if I were to increase my budget to $300 a month, it would not be enough.
Before DR, I was satisfied playing 5 characters and gearing them with a variety of ships and weapons, I was content to share the knowledge I had of the game from my investment in it with social fleets, and participate in social activities in sto.
It seems now that I simply can not afford these luxuries.
It was fun while it lasted.
The crafting system is a barrier that I just cannot overcome. The resources that will be required of me are so great that achieving the quality of gear that will be required to participate in endgame content are too great for me to get a single ship to that level, on a single character, to say nothing about alternate ships and characters, and weapon loadouts.
The materials required to craft the items I will need are only available in the content I am aiming toward, even if I were to increase my budget to $300 a month, it would not be enough.
Before DR, I was satisfied playing 5 characters and gearing them with a variety of ships and weapons, I was content to share the knowledge I had of the game from my investment in it with social fleets, and participate in social activities in sto.
It seems now that I simply can not afford these luxuries.
It was fun while it lasted.
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you have a budget of $100 to $200 a month? was that all for STO? You can play without spending any money... just follow the time gates and dont spend any more cash... don't focus on end game... this game is pure money sink and pay to win. just log on for fun, if it's still fun... otherwise yeah find something else to play. dont grind dil or anything, play the missions once and log in for the free stuff or do the event grinds on a toon.
but yeah I wouldnt reward this company due to the bs policies they have... looking forward to another company picking up a license for an online st game. this isnt a very st game anyway, more space combat game skinned with a st motif.
gateway link please
yes, that is all I can afford to spend on Star Trek online to assist my fleet's dilithium requirements, to purchase different ships, and different energy weapon types for single characters, and to expand into alternate characters so they can have a few ships and weapon types.
I am on my way with only a single character who has reasonable gear and can easily complete advanced ques with firiends, but it came at a considerable investment, and I can not make that same investment for another ship set and other characters.
Unnecessary. It's totally possible to grind dilithium on multiple characters, convert that dili into Zen, buy T5 ships and then buy T5-U upgrades for those ships.
You can buy all ship equipment (including Mk IVX) with dilithium, which is free. You can earn 8500 refined dili each day, a cap which you can't significantly increase by spending money.
So, while you can spend money to speed up your access to new ships, it's all totally achievable for free.
but when it came to getting what i needed by other means in game, i bit my lip and grinded a little for it. you dont need to spend anything on getting dil, refine it, convert it and spend it. you dont have to pay for anything and i cant see the reason for your entitlement claim.
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
On a more serious note, I don't spend money on this game on a regular basis, only if it is to give me a boost in something I'm aiming towards.
My very first purchase was the Vesta 3-pack (My Darling, My Beautiful), It took me three months of grinding almost every day to get the amount of dilithium required for the conversion to zen.
It then took me another two months to save for the Odyssey 3-pack but I purchased the last 1000 zen cause i couldn't grind anymore (was going to commit suicide).
So it is possible, it just requires patience and time which not all people have unfortunately
As I said, I have one character well on the way to the Mk 14 epic I will need to compete and guide friends and fleetmates through content, but a single ship gets boring after a while. I cant play the way I used to play on such a modest budget, and the time gate to do it in is a bit too long, when it will take considerable energy credits and 8000 dilithium per day to merely attempt to get a single piece of gear updated on my way to endgame.
Doing Foundry missions gives 2,000 dil each and every time and there is no cool down.
There is a bonus dil event this weekend...so take advantage of that.
There's a winter event coming and these usually give a free ship
Let us explore it... together. Each man hides a secret pain. It must be exposed and reckoned with. It must be dragged from the darkness and forced into the light. Share your pain. Share your pain with me... and gain strength from the sharing.
I haven't bought any zen in months and I've had no problem.
R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy
Let us explore it... together. Each man hides a secret pain. It must be exposed and reckoned with. It must be dragged from the darkness and forced into the light. Share your pain. Share your pain with me... and gain strength from the sharing.
"that is all I can afford to spend on Star Trek online to assist my fleet's dilithium requirements" stop buying zen to put on exchange... I am assuming this is what your doing. if your fleet really needs dil have fleet officers make a dill farming account for the fleet.
I used to use my alt toons for trying out fun ideas, like new ship/class combos and such. Which, incidentally, means I bought them stuff. Now all I can use them for is to turn in contraband and farm events like Crystalline Cataclysm when they come up.
We know.
/10 characters
R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy
http://gateway.startrekonline.com/#char(RogueTal'shar@wilbor2)/ship-equipment
gateway is showing my mk xiii n xiu stuff as mk x lmao
any way ive not put a penny in to sto since LOR and wont to a year goes by were they dont get the nerf bat out
Great, another ship thats just what I need, I will put it in the hanger with my Wells, Mobius, Recluse, 3 Vestas, Defiant, Benthan Cruiser, Jem Hadar Attack Ship, my other Mobius, Tvaro, Arkif, Mogai, D'Deridex, Dehlan, 3 Scimitars, Dainos, Kharfi, Norgh, Peg'hu, Galor, 3 Dyson Destroyers, and whatever else I own that I have forgotten about, while still having room to reclaim my low level ships I bought for the consoles should I with to revisit them.
But how will I equip it?
Ships dont concern me, its the variety of gear I want to be able to outfit on all of them that concerns me.
I am not a min maxer, if I hav a Jem Hadar ship, I want it to fire polarons. I want my federation cruisers and science ships to use phasers. I want to enjoy the rich variety of content Cryptic had provided. I cant afford that now.
Well there's your darn problem! You are spending all your money on ships and cant afford to equip them!! Greed is a b'tch is'nt it?
Obviously you havent.
And that is fine, I clearly indicated that my goals have nothing to do with the level of content I can achieve with gear like this, I am well past that level now, but only on a single ship with a single option for weapon loadouts.
The amount of money I spend on ships is a pittance compared to the amount of money I have to spend on upgrading the varieties of gear for them.
Greed implies my desire to have while others want, and at their expense. Generosity is the antithesis of greed, and I feel like I have spent rather generously, but it obviously isnt enough.
I would love too but Gateway isn't representing the mk 14 gear i upgraded with my dilithium surplus. I have lobi gear i have tier 6 ships but i convert to zen a lot and ive not used my stipend since i became a lifer a year ago.
In total not more than 80$ iirc.
Frankly, since i dont play much more than 4-5h a week these days, I hardly reach the dil cap each day. :P
I am safe to say that I have some quite good gear for my standards
but what is that gateway you are talking about?
(here, have a link to my, slightly outdated, ship build)
-> http://www.stoacademy.com/tools/skillplanner/?build=imarookiejhec_2950
how convenient that you have decided to join the discussion claiming things that you can not prove.
I am not concerned with your mk 13 gear, thats ez. I want to see your mk 14 epics, or even your mk 14 ultra's and hear you say that they were free.
Ans I want to see more then one character outfitted this way, I want to see more then one ship per character fully capeable of handling all STO content.
Gateway is a feature of sto that will provide us with complete proof of people's austentatious claims that they have no problem attaining maximum gear. It will not prove what ends they went through to get them, as most are going to claim they earned them for free but I would be satisfied with the acual proof that they have acheived these ends.
Gateway shows Mk XIII/XIV as Mk X/XI/XII items.
EDIT: http://gateway.startrekonline.com/#char(Gruber@tunebreaker)/ship-equipment
http://www.upload.ee/image/4320853/gearproof.jpg
links to prove it
U.S.S. Buteo Regalis - Brigid Multi-Mission Surveillance Explorer build
R.R.W. Ri Maajon - Khopesh Tactical Dreadnought Warbird build
My Youtube channel containing STO videos.
Considering i said i had GOOD equiptment and never mentioned epic. My phantom is good with the gear ive upgraded to date. Ill continue to upgrade when i have the resources. I haven't used my RL money on this game in a year....and no im not going to show you my bank records.
It was a nice attempt at trolling but im really not interested.
http://gateway.startrekonline.com/#char(Christian@christianmac)/ship-equipment have fun.
how convenient.
just edited my post, check the links.
U.S.S. Buteo Regalis - Brigid Multi-Mission Surveillance Explorer build
R.R.W. Ri Maajon - Khopesh Tactical Dreadnought Warbird build
My Youtube channel containing STO videos.
Actually, given the situation, it's decidedly inconvenient.
I paid for a lifetime subscription back in the day, I haven't paid another penny since. I do just fine, my ship is well equipped, my characters are well equipped, I'm playing just fine. I don't have to prove any of that to you, what do I care if you don't believe me? It doesn't affect my enjoyment of the game.
If you want to ignore everyone else who's in on this "affordability conspiracy", go ahead. If you can't afford to play, stop playing. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.