So, I've searched through a few threads on the forum, the news article, and an article on massively and even made a character to look for a Delta Recruitment interface.. I can't find a list of what these delta recruitment bonuses are. And that's very confusing because the six posts on the front page all seem to know exactly what's going to be in the patch without talking about it.
Now, I'm currently leveling an alt that I hope to parlay into my new main character. I'm horribly disloyal to my main characters. He was able to get a Tier-4 version of the Kobali event set and, more importantly, the Kobali cruiser. He's currently a lieutenant commander and now I need to decide if it's more time effective or better overall to abandon him and remake him come April.
Which is just my deal and I expect nothing to come from it. In a more general way though, there is certainly a deal of panic brewing that Delta Recruitment bonuses will put established characters at a disadvantage at end game, it's probably not a good thing to let folks panic for too long before giving out details. Even if established characters will be at a disadvantage from this, it still couldn't be any worse than the rampant speculation that we're getting.
Nobody knows the EXACT rewards except for the name of the trait and what it does.
Everything else people are saying on the forums about it is nothing more than blind speculation. That's not our fault. The intentionally vague blog from Cryptic was pushed out in a hurry because someone sent press releases out to websites without the usual phrase "Publication Embargoed Until XXXX Date"
So many things can go wrong between your computer and their servers.
Could be a switch gone bad on your route, or your isp, or any number of problems. The best thing you can do is run a traceroute to find where the problem is.
If it is anything other than your isp or Cryptic's actual servers, then you don't have any control over the problem...
Nobody knows the EXACT rewards except for the name of the trait and what it does.
Everything else people are saying on the forums about it is nothing more than blind speculation. That's not our fault. The intentionally vague blog from Cryptic was pushed out in a hurry because someone sent press releases out to websites without the usual phrase "Publication Embargoed Until XXXX Date"
Thank you, that's as good an explanation as any.
And now, since we are aware that something is coming, I think the two of us can find a rare point of agreement. This community doesn't always do well with blind speculation, so maybe some more information should be given.
In a more general way though, there is certainly a deal of panic brewing that Delta Recruitment bonuses will put established characters at a disadvantage at end game,
We only have the one blog so far. Im not a native speaker and Cryptic def blogs tent to stretch my understanding of English a lot as of late.
But really, has it anywhere been suggested that this could happen?
I mean our existing alts at a disadvantage at end game?
The only thing I was able to translate so far was use this opportunity to make a delta toon faster than you think to be able to grab some special bonuses which, once you do, will profit all toons on your account.
no?
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Well, every time they introduced something completely new we speculated that it would be horribly bugged or borderline broken.
So far we mostly hit the nail on the head with that, so our specualtions aren't that far off.
Yes, but to be fair, the community also always speculates that STO is about to die, that the next ship will make all other ships obsolete, and that the KDF will never get a top of the line science vessel. So from where I sit, we're only looking at 50% accuracy.
But it gives you perma CRF3... how is that not a god ship?
Dunno, maybe becouse it doesnt gives you perma SS3...? (sry about that but just couldnt ressist lol)
On topic, everyone speaks of Delta rec bonuses, but what about the downsides. Creating new toons get/got screwed over the years really bad. To say just a few, from the limitation of the rom embasy toons (how lucky I was to grab 3 with SRO for my fleet defiant back in the old days), while now they are now restricted to just one, to the re-brand the "1st time play" time rewards. Upon release some content has some rewards, after some time you find some others becouse it was re-mastered or the rewards were re-balanced:rolleyes:
And lets not even talk about the mess that is the omega rep costume variants unlocks, wich atm are impossible to get for new toons.
Since there is only one blog about Delta Recruitment there is not much concrete info yet about this event. Delta recruits will get the following base on completing certain goals / story arc:
1. Equipment of some sort.
2. Marks of some sort.
3. Temporal Insight trait which will make your ship immune to damage for a short period of time. It procs when using any hull healing ability.
4. "Server wide bonuses" for the next when "server wide goals" are achieved by Delta Recruits in the form of Bonus XP.
I assume #4 refers to game wide objectives / milestones achieved by all players with a Delta Recruit. What kind of objectives / milestones? Unknown. It could be something like 200,000 missions completed by the total population of Delta Recruits in STO within one week.
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Everything else people are saying on the forums about it is nothing more than blind speculation. That's not our fault. The intentionally vague blog from Cryptic was pushed out in a hurry because someone sent press releases out to websites without the usual phrase "Publication Embargoed Until XXXX Date"
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Could be a switch gone bad on your route, or your isp, or any number of problems. The best thing you can do is run a traceroute to find where the problem is.
If it is anything other than your isp or Cryptic's actual servers, then you don't have any control over the problem...
Thank you, that's as good an explanation as any.
And now, since we are aware that something is coming, I think the two of us can find a rare point of agreement. This community doesn't always do well with blind speculation, so maybe some more information should be given.
We only have the one blog so far. Im not a native speaker and Cryptic def blogs tent to stretch my understanding of English a lot as of late.
But really, has it anywhere been suggested that this could happen?
I mean our existing alts at a disadvantage at end game?
The only thing I was able to translate so far was use this opportunity to make a delta toon faster than you think to be able to grab some special bonuses which, once you do, will profit all toons on your account.
no?
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Well, every time they introduced something completely new we speculated that it would be horribly bugged or borderline broken.
So far we mostly hit the nail on the head with that, so our specualtions aren't that far off.
Yes, but to be fair, the community also always speculates that STO is about to die, that the next ship will make all other ships obsolete, and that the KDF will never get a top of the line science vessel. So from where I sit, we're only looking at 50% accuracy.
Most recently, when they announced they were releasing a Tier 6 JHAS, everyone was speculating that it would be a game killing God ship.
Then they released the stats and it's a lazy tired rehash of an old escort.
Basically, speculation without any facts to back it up is pointless.
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- Zef Cochrane Shotgun
- AP Torpedo
- Crystal Shard Pet
etc etc ...
But it gives you perma CRF3... how is that not a god ship?
Dunno, maybe becouse it doesnt gives you perma SS3...?
On topic, everyone speaks of Delta rec bonuses, but what about the downsides. Creating new toons get/got screwed over the years really bad. To say just a few, from the limitation of the rom embasy toons (how lucky I was to grab 3 with SRO for my fleet defiant back in the old days), while now they are now restricted to just one, to the re-brand the "1st time play" time rewards. Upon release some content has some rewards, after some time you find some others becouse it was re-mastered or the rewards were re-balanced:rolleyes:
And lets not even talk about the mess that is the omega rep costume variants unlocks, wich atm are impossible to get for new toons.
Ooh! Now there's an idea I could get behind. Or perhaps even event limited ships... (With an account unlock possibility) Bwahahahahaha!!!
1. Equipment of some sort.
2. Marks of some sort.
3. Temporal Insight trait which will make your ship immune to damage for a short period of time. It procs when using any hull healing ability.
4. "Server wide bonuses" for the next when "server wide goals" are achieved by Delta Recruits in the form of Bonus XP.
I assume #4 refers to game wide objectives / milestones achieved by all players with a Delta Recruit. What kind of objectives / milestones? Unknown. It could be something like 200,000 missions completed by the total population of Delta Recruits in STO within one week.