Ok, it's been a long while since I did the New Romulus and related rep missions, so I don't know if it was always like this.
Over the last little while, I took my TOS Captain through the New Romulus episode chain. The missions were frustrating to say the least, with endless Subcommander Scientists with their guaranteed kill hyperonic radiation power that nearly instantly wipes my whole team (and this on NORMAL). So, I was glad to put that TRIBBLE behind me.
Tonight I got to tier 2 in the New Romulus rep, and was told to listen to a shuttle recording. To my dismay, I found (after searching around for an hour) that the shuttle in question is in the Mountain Base INSTANCE, and the only way to get to it is to spend another 2 hours being wiped over and over and over by magic Subcommanders. So, I do it. The mission finishes and the popup says to leave the base. I do so, and go to the quest guy at the mouth of the pass, and turn in the mission. However, it doesn't complete the recording mission, it still says Submit Recording. But the quest guy won't allow me to DO that.
So after asking in chat, I'm told I had to do it IN the Base.
And now I'm TICKED OFF. First of all, if there's an objective in the base, the mission shouldn't end BEFORE IT'S DONE. Second, the turn in point for a mission shouldn't be at the end of a mission in an INSTANCE. Third, if there is an objective on a map, it should have some INDICATION on the map. Most often there's a white circle.
I'm REALLY ticked off that I have to go through that whole goddamn mission AGAIN. It wasn't fun the first time. It was paradoxically even LESS fun the second time. Doing it a third time is going to tempt me to punch my monitor.
Move the "Submit Recording" objective OUTSIDE the instance.
It even makes more sense that way. Why would I use the Tal Shiar's computer to submit the message? How about reporting to the Staging Area and reporting to the Admiral there, or the Foreman?
FIX THIS.
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What BOFFs are you taking in with you?
Oh and your not the first with these issues,
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I know it's about as clever as asking "is it plugged in?" but there are a lot of little moving parts that might have been overlooked
They didn't, I just did it the other day..
Something definitely sounds off here, OP you should verify your difficulty settings because what you're describing sounds really wrong. There is no way you could spend 2 hours on this unless you have some kind of really crazy bug. I'm not making fun of you, I really think something is wrong because the mission is not designed to be anywhere near as hard as you have described.
Check your settings or just give it another try because I promise you, that mission is not difficult. Sometimes you just get a weird glitch or something, maybe the damage scaling was off for some reason.
For me the difficulty is not an issue, though years ago it was for the last mission if you went as sci and without a friend. Best advice is to take a friend to assist if you are having trouble. If you have no friend then ask in chat. I bet someone will help even if some make fun.
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On the objective; at least before I thought it generated an objective circle so you can see where it is in the mission for the reputation turn-ins; I haven't run it in a bit and New Romulus I can sort of sleepwalk at this point, so I'm unsure.
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That said, the mission-within-mission mechanic in Romulan rep is confusing, mostly because there's nothing like it elsewhere (Recruit/Agent optionals being the closest thing.)
One to finish the "mission" on New Romulus.
And the second objective that gets tacked on for the New Romulus Rep.
That way I make sure I catch them both while in the instance.
I can see why they separated out Rep objectives for tier completion from missions since that time, though.
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Your problem is with your build and/or your boffs.
Also, only the tier 5 Romulan rep mission has a reward, the rest are just plot cutscenes. Going out of your way to do the tier 2 mission, much less going back to do it again if you forgot to press submit, is a royal waste of time. The only thing that will happen from "submit" is the mission disappearing from your list.
True. But I'm usually too lazy to get EV suits for my boffs so I've been there by myself.
The problem here is with you. If it's guaranteed to kill you, you're doing something wrong. Bring along a sci boff and give them healing powers.
This is one of the more weird missions in the game in terms of directions given by the quest. It was quite confusing for me the first time that I did it. Fortunately, now that you've managed to complete it. You should no longer have any issues going forward. As far as getting "wiped out" by "magic subcommanders." That issue is with you and your strategy.
Keep moving, but also, try not to agro all the Enemy groups at once in a particular area.
I usually move up close enough so the first group attacks, then back away drawing them and my Away Team back to the point where we can eliminate them without getting stomped on by the next group joining the fray.
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When i do it on toons, that are freshly raised on DOFF assignments (with gear like Mk VIII green) then i will be wiped once or twice too, but hours of fights to get it done... ouch ... i think you are doing something wrong (but no idea what).
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My TOS captain is an engineer, and the boffs are 1 tac, 1 eng, 2 sci. If your squad is all tacs then there are no turret / mortar decoys to draw fire, and no one to heal damage and recharge shields.
My captain uses the TOS phaser sniper rifle, so I create turrets before engaging then snipe to lure enemies into their firing zone. I also have my eng boff create turrets before engaging.
I agree with this part. I did the same thing with my first character to do the Romulan rep back in 2014. But after that I've remembered the need to view and submit the recordings for each rep mission.
They overlaid the rep mission on top of the repeatable mission, but their scripting only takes the repeatable mission into account. This is a design flaw that's been there for 2+ years now.
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LMAO it's not broken it's you. PERIOD. But hey WTF do I know I only ran this mission 10 times on 10 charecters. ZERO problems. So buck it up cupcake and admit you have no clue how to play the game.
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ok that would suck O.o
Did you play the message at the console? if i remember right thats where you turn it in is at the instance , its been a while since i ran it though .
Yeah, i neglected to hit "submit recording" too and had to redo the mission. But i didnt freak out and took my blunder like man and just redid it.
That the way it works. As intended.