Worth coming back to STO?

rezzgar

So, I've been wondering if the game has gotten any better since I quit etc.

I quit the game about a year ago when the max level was 50, but now that cap has been raised I see and there're tons of new things implemented into the game ever since I quit the game.

I've been wondering about starting to play STO agian but I'm not sure if it's any better or not, I mainly quit because once you'd have hit lvl 50 and gotten all top-notch equips the game would get very boring because of lack of end-game things to do. You'd either have to farm boring elite-missions or wait an hour or so for a pvp game to start.

So, has the game gotten any better now? is it worths coming back to? What has changed? There are lots of new things in the game which I dont know what it is. Would my equipment still be viable today? I pretty much had the top-notch fleet equipments (elite, ultra stuff) from a year ago just before I quit and some sweet t5 zen ships (i.e the avenger battlecruiser, jem'hadar dreadnought carrier, andorian escort ship, schmitar, and more great ships).

Would appreciate your help and opinion! TIA

reginamala78

The level cap basically means what was top-notch before is now a fairly-good drop now but no long top-notch. And the grind increased exponentially. If you like grind and farming you'll be fine. If farming and repetition pushed you away before, you'll claw out your own eyeballs now.

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gavinruneblade

It depends on why you quit, specifically what you didn't like.

We have more story and it is coming pretty regularly. We are getting more trek alumni voice actors as well.

I have completed all of the advanced missions in a mirror universe ship with green mk xi (or worse in some slots) gear so your old ships are far better than that. Unless you pvp, then you're screwed. But for pve, nothing is obsolete and your old gear is completely good enough assuming your builds and piloting skills are solid.

So, why did you stop playing?

rezzgar

Thanks for your replies guys, I appreciate your input!

gavinruneblade wrote: »

It depends on why you quit, specifically what you didn't like.

We have more story and it is coming pretty regularly. We are getting more trek alumni voice actors as well.

I have completed all of the advanced missions in a mirror universe ship with green mk xi (or worse in some slots) gear so your old ships are far better than that. Unless you pvp, then you're screwed. But for pve, nothing is obsolete and your old gear is completely good enough assuming your builds and piloting skills are solid.

So, why did you stop playing?

I quit because I had pretty much reached end-game, I had all the ships I ever wanted, I had the best equipment (for that time period) so I had nothing left to "grind" for and the end-game content was very lacking. As I said in my first post the end-game content was to endlessly repeat the same old pve elite missions (which got boring petty fast) or wait a very long time for a pvp match to start. There were hardly any new episode missions coming out either so the game got boring rather fast for me. I hope there is much more end-game content now.

gavinruneblade

There are more story missions I suspect you can play through all of them in a week if you really focus on it or stretch it out for months if you prefer. We get new missions monthly, and they are GOOD missions. There is more end game queues but they are still endlessly repetitive, at least we have more of them and the new ones are quite fun. PvP is unfortunately in worse shape than when you left.

That said, the new elites are very hard. Per the top DPS and pvp players there's only a handful of people who have beaten all the games elite content and they need very specialized builds and careful team coordination. Some elite queues are easy and get farmed, some are just not done without preparation, and even then the top teams sometimes fail.

If that kind of challenge appeals to you, then we have it now. Look into the "DPS numbers" channels, get yourself setup with mark 14 gold gear and start learning the new elite queues. Without getting into the chaos and mudslinging, the people who remain at that level of play are not the epeen waving elitist crowd, they are the "I want to do better, do you want to try with me?" Crowd.

Get started by joining the dps-public chat channel in game.

Based on your reasoning, I suspect you can come back and have fun for at least a good four or five months. Which is honestly longer than most console games hold my attention.

centaurianalpha

Just don't set your expectations too high, and you'll mostly be entertained for a good while. Count on lots of grinding, and be prepared for some really laggy maps, and unexpectedly tough NPC's, if you're used to playing on Advanced level...

bdunaway67

OK, I'm not the one who should be answering this question, but from the perspective of a newbie player, why did you leave. Now I'm a filthy casual who just plays the way I want. I set goals for myself that are attainable yet still allow me plenty of time to have a life. Anyway STO provides SO MANY things to immerse yourself in. If I have over an hour to play, story missions. Less than 30 minutes, red alerts, doff'ing etc. There is so much to wrap your mind around...which keeps things interesting.

psychoplatt

why don't u just try it out yourself? takes 2 hours to find out how bad your builds are now.

kittyflofy

It is always worthy to come back since it is a f2p game. You wont be losing anything and who knows, maybe you like it more than before. But of course, if the grind is what made you go away, now it is even worst. But again, you dont lose anything to give it a shot.

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mustrumridcully0

There is a lot of new mission content to explore, new Reputations and related content. That might be enough to occupy you a few days alone, even if you don't care to get to level 60 or max out specializations. (The latter will take much longer.)

There is a new subsystem in form of Admirality that will take care of some of the level grinding that people complained about when DR came out (and they fixed the loopholes with the Patrol mission skill point payout).

The new ship tier means that all your old ships are a bit obsolete, but the difference in ship tiers is not insurmountable, especially not if you upgrade your ship. (That you want to upgade your gear is to be expected anyway, of course.)

Tier 6 ships have as net benefit (compared to Tier 5) an extra console, an extra bridge officer abilityps, and hybrid seats that allow to slot specialization bridge officers that offer access to new gameplay abilities, which would all be new to you.
Some ships are dedicated more to hybrids than others - the Intel, Command and Pilot ships come with more hybrid seats and slots than the lower tier retrofits, and also have access to ship-specific abilities. (Most potent are probably the Pilot Escorts.)


It remains to be seen if Cryptic maintains its mission release schedule, but this year, it was basically one new mission per month.

mayito2009

I left SWTOR to come back and play STO, it is more desirable, no perfect, but more desirable.

noroblad

max level in all MMOS for the guys that play 24-7 and have every item etc is never going to change ... youll get bored. STO adds content at a pretty good pace, but it cant develop missions faster than a bored 24/7 can consume them. Its just not possible.

That said the new 50-60+ content has been a lot of fun for me. Tons of new missions, new ships, loads of upgrading to do, new officer types, new ships, new ship classes built around the new officer seats, captain spec tree that effectively keeps you busy from level 60- 150 (you don't get a numeric levle but each time you fill your xp bar you get a point in the tree). New crafting has some sweet perks. Theres lots more but thats some of it...