Happy Birthday, Star Trek Online. For a game that has been perpetually "dead within the next 6 months" since February 2010, you sure have been able to hold your ground and reaffirm that you don't want to go on the cart.
Five years of hearts, heartache, heartbreak, heartlift, and heart surgery. Congratulations!
Star Trek Online mark a date of five years of live operations is a cause for celebration unlike any other year, and this anniversary we are pulling out all the stops!
How about you celebrate it by getting rid of the ****ing grind?
"Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
— Sabaton, "Great War"
Remember a few years back for the Anniversary when the Odyssey was unveiled? We took it out for a test run against a few waves of baddies to show off the power of the ship, and then at the end of that event, we got to keep it. No grinding the same mission every day for 20 days to get your ship. One fun mission. We got different missions for each faction. The Romulans got to fly a Scimmy, and the Klingons (IIRC) got to fly the Bortas'qu.
Once again.
Previous Anniversary missions were fun events that you ran a maximum of 5 days to get all of the rewards, and could OPTIONALLY run in the following days. You weren't forced to play every day for 3+ weeks straight in order to get the prize.
Such is the nature of the game now.
You're in need of a history lesson. The Odyssey/Bortasqu' was the two year anniversary event, in 2012.
How about you celebrate it by getting rid of the ****ing grind?
yes the irony is they tell us they want us to be able to play the missions we want to.... and then force us to repeat the same dull missions over and over everyday for a month.
Something like Risa is fun once or twice. The Mirror and CE events become chores and are just drudgery by day 10
I'm glad STO is here, still active, and from what I have read, doing better than ever! That's great news, glad to hear. However, I have to say, I am disappointed in this year's anniversary ship selection. Last year's 4th anniversary, seems more like a 5th year anniversary in ship selection. This year, seems rather "lame" in comparison.
As well, I would have preferred a new tier-6 ship for each playable faction already in game. Instead, we get, yet another alien ship to fly. I guess at this rate, The Federation, Klingons, and Romulans could shut down their shipyards, as their are so many alien ships to acquire, and fly.:(
Remember a few years back for the Anniversary when the Odyssey was unveiled? We took it out for a test run against a few waves of baddies to show off the power of the ship, and then at the end of that event, we got to keep it. No grinding the same mission every day for 20 days to get your ship. One fun mission. We got different missions for each faction. The Romulans got to fly a Scimmy, and the Klingons (IIRC) got to fly the Bortas'qu.
Once again.
Previous Anniversary missions were fun events that you ran a maximum of 5 days to get all of the rewards, and could OPTIONALLY run in the following days. You weren't forced to play every day for 3+ weeks straight in order to get the prize.
Such is the nature of the game now.
If this 400-q for the mission stays, and if you have 4 or more alts, then this is the last year you need to grind and it is only 6 days, not 3 weeks.
If you have less than 4 characters and/or didn't play the mission one time last year, well, start this year.
Remember a few years back for the Anniversary when the Odyssey was unveiled? We took it out for a test run against a few waves of baddies to show off the power of the ship, and then at the end of that event, we got to keep it. No grinding the same mission every day for 20 days to get your ship. One fun mission. We got different missions for each faction. The Romulans got to fly a Scimmy, and the Klingons (IIRC) got to fly the Bortas'qu.
Once again.
Previous Anniversary missions were fun events that you ran a maximum of 5 days to get all of the rewards, and could OPTIONALLY run in the following days. You weren't forced to play every day for 3+ weeks straight in order to get the prize.
Such is the nature of the game now.
While I generally agree with you, and wholeheartedly preferred the "Awesome episode + free ship" format of previous years... at least we have the account discount now. We're getting a better quality T6-11 ship and a more tolerable grind, which kind of balances things out.
Oh, and Romulans didn't exist when they did the Oddy/Bort, which is why the Scimmy is soooo much better than either... rather than being an equivalent.
With each passing day I wonder if I stepped into an alternate reality. The Cubs win the world series. Donald Trump is President. Britain leaves the EU. STO gets a dedicated PvP season. Engineers are "out of control" in STO.
I don't have regular access to internet, and usually play STO on my laptop when I get the chance to. Daily missions for weeks in a row make completing Winter/Mirror/Crystalline Catastrophe events difficult since I'm often unable to play for the entire length of the event. While this particular event may be doable with the reduced grind, it's still a grind. I had a lot of fun with the Oddy (even if it's not the most powerful ship, even when it was released) and I only had to do the mission once.
How about this.. Every mmo is grindy .. If you don't like grinding play Call of duty
Oh, look, everybody, the noob's trying to look smart. :rolleyes:
How about this. The anniversary ship used to be awarded for playing the mission attached to it one single time. The grinderversary was something they added just last year.
"Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
— Sabaton, "Great War"
Remember a few years back for the Anniversary when the Odyssey was unveiled? We took it out for a test run against a few waves of baddies to show off the power of the ship, and then at the end of that event, we got to keep it. No grinding the same mission every day for 20 days to get your ship. One fun mission. We got different missions for each faction. The Romulans got to fly a Scimmy, and the Klingons (IIRC) got to fly the Bortas'qu.
Once again.
Previous Anniversary missions were fun events that you ran a maximum of 5 days to get all of the rewards, and could OPTIONALLY run in the following days. You weren't forced to play every day for 3+ weeks straight in order to get the prize.
Such is the nature of the game now.
Those were never anniversary events, those were Federation Day events, I know because its my Birthday, and it happens in April.
Also that Oddy you got that year was a stripped out plain ship.
All the people who complain about how grindy this game is, I would suggest you never ever try another MMO, even super casual friendly games like WoW and LOTRO are ten times more of what you call grind then this is. And if any of you played a actual Asian MMO, you heads might explode.
Happy Birthday, Star Trek Online. For a game that has been perpetually "dead within the next 6 months" since February 2010, you sure have been able to hold your ground and reaffirm that you don't want to go on the cart.
Five years of hearts, heartache, heartbreak, heartlift, and heart surgery. Congratulations!
Maybe it is already dead, we are actually playing Kobali Online?
Star Trek Online Advancement: You start with lowbie gear, you end with Lobi gear.
Oh, look, everybody, the noob's trying to look smart. :rolleyes:
How about this. The anniversary ship used to be awarded for playing the mission attached to it one single time. The grinderversary was something they added just last year.
The Anniversary Event, just like the Winter and Summer Events, exist in part to get people back to play the game. but if they just log in, do their mission, and then leave until the next event, Cryptic gains nothing from it. The "Grindversary" exists so they don't get to do that anymore. They have to play - and maybe they'll get back into the game, spend some money, or trade with players, or assist a fleet - anything that either directly or indirectly will earn Cryptic money.
Question may be - what about the regular players? Do they actually manage to "bind" them to the game more closely with grindversaries in the like, or do they have to give them something nice, too... Maybe a "if you logged in over 60 days the last year, here's a neat present".
Star Trek Online Advancement: You start with lowbie gear, you end with Lobi gear.
The Anniversary Event, just like the Winter and Summer Events, exist in part to get people back to play the game. but if they just log in, do their mission, and then leave until the next event, Cryptic gains nothing from it. The "Grindversary" exists so they don't get to do that anymore. They have to play - and maybe they'll get back into the game, spend some money, or trade with players, or assist a fleet - anything that either directly or indirectly will earn Cryptic money.
Question may be - what about the regular players? Do they actually manage to "bind" them to the game more closely with grindversaries in the like, or do they have to give them something nice, too... Maybe a "if you logged in over 60 days the last year, here's a neat present".
They forcing existing Players further and further away.
Only a small amount of Players remain that Login on a regular Basis i know since Years that aswell as me did stick with the game no matter what.
People do not see any Progress just feal slowed down and Held in place.
Grind is not bad if it is done right throwing out the challenge Card is the way to go.
But just grind for grinds sake to eatup time and force People to be ingame is bad that does not generate Money that does the opposite.
Before all those grind Addition People i tended to Play to spend alot on the game logged in pretty much everyday and played just for the enjoymend to do stuff with others and Progress as a Fleet or on a personal Level now Peple stay away as they can't stand the shakkles of dumb grind anymore.
And to add Insult to injury every real Group Action has been exp nerfed and even at some Point been flagged as exploit so you get forced to do the grind as a loner so how is this a MMO in wich you are supposed to interact with other Players anymore?
So please Cryptic throw your existing Playerbase a bone and start to dial back this ridicules holdingback and timegating for everything you add to the game.
They added alot of coool stuff and the BOff Training as part for the incoming patch is great aswell but add cool Thing and then do three anoying things and screwup with existing Features isnt be unoticed endless like it happend all the time just last year with pretty much every patch powertray bug fixes number anyone?!
Nevermind not getting a honest answer from a omunity rep anyway here.
For all you others enjoy the anniversary of your most beloved Star Trek MMO as i still do yet have a hard time with.
I pretty much share the sentiment that I don't want to jump through hoops for something that's supposed to be a holiday/anniversary/whatever gift. It's not an enjoyable experience and it frankly just garners more negative feelings about the game.
I'm not even going to waste my time on it anyway, since it's, once again, another cruiser instead of something I might actually use. ie. escorts.
So our mission for the next 5 years ( bearing in mind the importance of 5 years )
is not a really a five-year mission: not to explore strange new worlds, not to seek out new life and new civilizations, not to boldly go where no-one has gone before, but to grind qmendations or grind ONE new mission.
So our mission for the next 5 years ( bearing in mind the importance of 5 years )
is not a really a five-year mission: not to explore strange new worlds, not to seek out new life and new civilizations, not to boldly go where no-one has gone before, but to grind qmendations or grind ONE new mission.
Should be a doozy 5 years
Patience: The final frontier....
these are the voyages of the starship STO,
Its monotonous mission,
To explore strange new worlds of boredom,
To seek out monetisation and new wallets,
To boldly grind how no one has ground before.....
So far as this anniversary is concerned, it should PROBABLY be:
Space; the semi-final Frontier.
These are the grind-routines of the Zombieship Flying-grave
Its five-year mission: to explore the same old worlds, to resurrect old life and old civilizations, to boredly grind where everyone's ground before.
As a matter of fact, you are both right. The second anniversary gave players the first Odysseys and Bortases in the game.
However...
Last year's First Contact Day had the player temporarily command the Enterprise-F, Bortasqu', or Lleiset against Undine forces to obtain a Phoenix replica pet, tritanium rending Bat'leth, or Nanov pet.
Infinite possibilities have implications that could not be completely understood if you turned this entire universe into a giant supercomputer.
Oh, look, everybody, the noob's trying to look smart. :rolleyes:
How about this. The anniversary ship used to be awarded for playing the mission attached to it one single time. The grinderversary was something they added just last year.
winter ships were always grinds.
Anniversary..... the first anniversary ship was the freebie Oddy. Which is not fleet, or even equal to a T5 from the Z-store.
Then they did the Ambassador... which is a good ship, if boring.
Star Trek Online mark a date of five years of live operations is a cause for celebration unlike any other year, and this anniversary we are pulling out all the stops!
Please explain to me the science behind how you imagined this would actually be plausible.
"Omega Traces come in the three different colours of the Omega nodes themselves. Using the R&D system you can combine 1 of each Trace into an Omega Sliver. You can them combine three Omega Slivers into an Omega Shard, and three Omega Shards into an Omega Fragment. Three Omega Fragments can then be combined into an Omega Upgrade Kit."
As this is what they are: "An Omega molecule was a highly unstable molecule believed to be the most powerful substance known to exist. With sufficient amounts of boronite the molecule could be synthesized. However, proper containment methods did not exist to prevent the violent destabilization of the molecule, which destroyed subspace and rendered warp travel impossible.
This is what the second best captain (Picard being the best one) had to say about it: "Omega destroys subspace, a chain reaction involving a handful of molecules could devastate subspace throughout an entire quadrant. If that were to happen, warp travel would become impossible. Spacefaring civilization as we know it would cease to exist." - Captain Janeway
So again. How are we supposed to take fragments of a molecule and turn them in to crystalline slivers and shards and then fragments?
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They are using Kobali tech??
How about you celebrate it by getting rid of the ****ing grind?
— Sabaton, "Great War"
Check out https://unitedfederationofpla.net/s/
You're in need of a history lesson. The Odyssey/Bortasqu' was the two year anniversary event, in 2012.
Legacy of Romulus didn't come out until 2013.
I also endorse this feedback.
yes the irony is they tell us they want us to be able to play the missions we want to.... and then force us to repeat the same dull missions over and over everyday for a month.
Something like Risa is fun once or twice. The Mirror and CE events become chores and are just drudgery by day 10
I'm glad STO is here, still active, and from what I have read, doing better than ever! That's great news, glad to hear. However, I have to say, I am disappointed in this year's anniversary ship selection. Last year's 4th anniversary, seems more like a 5th year anniversary in ship selection. This year, seems rather "lame" in comparison.
As well, I would have preferred a new tier-6 ship for each playable faction already in game. Instead, we get, yet another alien ship to fly. I guess at this rate, The Federation, Klingons, and Romulans could shut down their shipyards, as their are so many alien ships to acquire, and fly.:(
For info, I have not done any of the DR content yet. TIA.
If you have less than 4 characters and/or didn't play the mission one time last year, well, start this year.
You need to be level 10. You do not need to have completed anything, though its possible romulan might need to have selected an ally.
While I generally agree with you, and wholeheartedly preferred the "Awesome episode + free ship" format of previous years... at least we have the account discount now. We're getting a better quality T6-11 ship and a more tolerable grind, which kind of balances things out.
Oh, and Romulans didn't exist when they did the Oddy/Bort, which is why the Scimmy is soooo much better than either... rather than being an equivalent.
How about this. The anniversary ship used to be awarded for playing the mission attached to it one single time. The grinderversary was something they added just last year.
— Sabaton, "Great War"
Check out https://unitedfederationofpla.net/s/
http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9064093
Those were never anniversary events, those were Federation Day events, I know because its my Birthday, and it happens in April.
Also that Oddy you got that year was a stripped out plain ship.
All the people who complain about how grindy this game is, I would suggest you never ever try another MMO, even super casual friendly games like WoW and LOTRO are ten times more of what you call grind then this is. And if any of you played a actual Asian MMO, you heads might explode.
Maybe it is already dead, we are actually playing Kobali Online?
The Anniversary Event, just like the Winter and Summer Events, exist in part to get people back to play the game. but if they just log in, do their mission, and then leave until the next event, Cryptic gains nothing from it. The "Grindversary" exists so they don't get to do that anymore. They have to play - and maybe they'll get back into the game, spend some money, or trade with players, or assist a fleet - anything that either directly or indirectly will earn Cryptic money.
Question may be - what about the regular players? Do they actually manage to "bind" them to the game more closely with grindversaries in the like, or do they have to give them something nice, too... Maybe a "if you logged in over 60 days the last year, here's a neat present".
They forcing existing Players further and further away.
Only a small amount of Players remain that Login on a regular Basis i know since Years that aswell as me did stick with the game no matter what.
People do not see any Progress just feal slowed down and Held in place.
Grind is not bad if it is done right throwing out the challenge Card is the way to go.
But just grind for grinds sake to eatup time and force People to be ingame is bad that does not generate Money that does the opposite.
Before all those grind Addition People i tended to Play to spend alot on the game logged in pretty much everyday and played just for the enjoymend to do stuff with others and Progress as a Fleet or on a personal Level now Peple stay away as they can't stand the shakkles of dumb grind anymore.
And to add Insult to injury every real Group Action has been exp nerfed and even at some Point been flagged as exploit so you get forced to do the grind as a loner so how is this a MMO in wich you are supposed to interact with other Players anymore?
So please Cryptic throw your existing Playerbase a bone and start to dial back this ridicules holdingback and timegating for everything you add to the game.
They added alot of coool stuff and the BOff Training as part for the incoming patch is great aswell but add cool Thing and then do three anoying things and screwup with existing Features isnt be unoticed endless like it happend all the time just last year with pretty much every patch powertray bug fixes number anyone?!
Nevermind not getting a honest answer from a omunity rep anyway here.
For all you others enjoy the anniversary of your most beloved Star Trek MMO as i still do yet have a hard time with.
No thanks, I've already had the imperial mint he'd forgotten about in his top drawer... It was under his december issue of "starship babes"
I'm not even going to waste my time on it anyway, since it's, once again, another cruiser instead of something I might actually use. ie. escorts.
is not a really a five-year mission: not to explore strange new worlds, not to seek out new life and new civilizations, not to boldly go where no-one has gone before, but to grind qmendations or grind ONE new mission.
Should be a doozy 5 years
Patience: The final frontier....
these are the voyages of the starship STO,
Its monotonous mission,
To explore strange new worlds of boredom,
To seek out monetisation and new wallets,
To boldly grind how no one has ground before.....
:rolleyes:
You and I had the same idea lol. You win
Works for me
Omega Upgrade kit. Costs 10k dil to use. Guaranteed rarity and mark increase.
As a matter of fact, you are both right. The second anniversary gave players the first Odysseys and Bortases in the game.
However...
Last year's First Contact Day had the player temporarily command the Enterprise-F, Bortasqu', or Lleiset against Undine forces to obtain a Phoenix replica pet, tritanium rending Bat'leth, or Nanov pet.
Infinite possibilities have implications that could not be completely understood if you turned this entire universe into a giant supercomputer.
Anniversary..... the first anniversary ship was the freebie Oddy. Which is not fleet, or even equal to a T5 from the Z-store.
Then they did the Ambassador... which is a good ship, if boring.
the new stuff is a lot better.
My character Tsin'xing
Please explain to me the science behind how you imagined this would actually be plausible.
"Omega Traces come in the three different colours of the Omega nodes themselves. Using the R&D system you can combine 1 of each Trace into an Omega Sliver. You can them combine three Omega Slivers into an Omega Shard, and three Omega Shards into an Omega Fragment. Three Omega Fragments can then be combined into an Omega Upgrade Kit."
As this is what they are: "An Omega molecule was a highly unstable molecule believed to be the most powerful substance known to exist. With sufficient amounts of boronite the molecule could be synthesized. However, proper containment methods did not exist to prevent the violent destabilization of the molecule, which destroyed subspace and rendered warp travel impossible.
This is what the second best captain (Picard being the best one) had to say about it: "Omega destroys subspace, a chain reaction involving a handful of molecules could devastate subspace throughout an entire quadrant. If that were to happen, warp travel would become impossible. Spacefaring civilization as we know it would cease to exist." - Captain Janeway
So again. How are we supposed to take fragments of a molecule and turn them in to crystalline slivers and shards and then fragments?
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