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The Breach Queue Returns!
ambassadorkael
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The Breach is returning to both PC and Console over the coming month!
Full details here:
http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10408813
Full details here:
http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10408813
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I knew they had to do it because of the "After 40 days with no new grind we must have an event" clause they seem to go by lately, but the added fact that they are not account unlocks sucks regardless of the fact that it's "faster".
Thumbs up. Had a few days remaining on last run. Now it is time to finish that.
Because if not "addressed some quality of life issues" means dont do it!!!
Look it *was* a great queue, but it's not something people would enjoy doing again and again. The best thing about the Breach was that it was the ONLY space queue that had some variety to it, to the extent it felt like a ground map in that respect.
Even with the latest streamlining it's going to TRIBBLE people off. All they want to do is log in, zap something and leave. The Breach is far too hands on for them to grind.
Daizen - Lvl 60 Tactical - Eclipse
Selia - Lvl 60 Tactical - Eclipse
Oops, looks like I'm a little late, we already have a couple. I must be getting slow in my old age.
Sompek wasn't a quick one, but it was fun to try to get to level 70 to get all the accolades, plus it was mindless fun. Unless the breach is now faster than the Mirror event, it will suck.
I would imagine that since it's an event reward, it would be account unlock just like the ships or the Sompek lightning.
Things I want in STO:
1) More character customization options such as more clothing options, letting the toon complexion affect the entire body, not just the head. Also a true RGB color picker applied to all costume and appearance options, which would allow for true appearance customization and homogenous colors instead of "this same exact color looks vastly different on two different pieces."
2) Bridge customization, not bridge packs. Let us pick a general layout and adjust the color palette, console appearance, and chair types, as well as more ready room layout options.
3) Customizable ground weapons, i.e. The aesthetic look of phaser dual pistols but they shoot antiproton bolts. For obvious reasons this would only apply to standard ground weapons.
4) For the love of Q please revamp Plasma Ground Weapons. They look like demented Supersoakers right now.
5) True Vanity Impulse and Deflector effects similar to Vanity Shields.
6) A greater payout for hitting T6 Reputations. Currently it takes more time and resources to get from T5 to T6 than it does to get from nothing to T5. Make that grind really pay out at the end.
7) Mirrorverse Refugee event similar to AoY/Delta/Gamma, complete with new Mirrorverse recruits for all factions.
8) Independent Faction, because yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me!
keep in mind the blog for arena of sompek never stated that the lightning module was an account unlock either...so maybe they just didn't think to include that information here either and the furiadon fangs are
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Daizen - Lvl 60 Tactical - Eclipse
Selia - Lvl 60 Tactical - Eclipse
I'm greedy and want the dilithium and marks as well
From what i can tell the weapons is the least interesting part from the event.
Don't get why people are complaining though since exotic damage abilities have gotten a lot stronger and as a result the Voth and their shields not longer pose a problem.
So you're readding this queue to the regular ones in it's shortened form? Or in it's original (long) form? Just wanna make sure I got this right.
I actually like the interesting weapons. Standard guns? Eh, they're a dime a dozen. I love things that actually pose a challenge to use effectively.
A good example is the Zeffie Shotgun. Sure it can deal MASSIVE amounts of shield penetrating damage, but like any shotgun, the damage potential decreases dramatically with range. In order to use it effectively, you need to be up close, which increases the risk of damage to yourself.
Therein lies the challenge.
Same thing goes for melee weapons in general.
The TR-116 is different because though it's amazing as a shield skipper and has a great range, it suffers from a lower overall damage potential.
Things I want in STO:
1) More character customization options such as more clothing options, letting the toon complexion affect the entire body, not just the head. Also a true RGB color picker applied to all costume and appearance options, which would allow for true appearance customization and homogenous colors instead of "this same exact color looks vastly different on two different pieces."
2) Bridge customization, not bridge packs. Let us pick a general layout and adjust the color palette, console appearance, and chair types, as well as more ready room layout options.
3) Customizable ground weapons, i.e. The aesthetic look of phaser dual pistols but they shoot antiproton bolts. For obvious reasons this would only apply to standard ground weapons.
4) For the love of Q please revamp Plasma Ground Weapons. They look like demented Supersoakers right now.
5) True Vanity Impulse and Deflector effects similar to Vanity Shields.
6) A greater payout for hitting T6 Reputations. Currently it takes more time and resources to get from T5 to T6 than it does to get from nothing to T5. Make that grind really pay out at the end.
7) Mirrorverse Refugee event similar to AoY/Delta/Gamma, complete with new Mirrorverse recruits for all factions.
8) Independent Faction, because yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me!
That would be nice, but Arena of Sompek is the first and so far only queue event to give an account unlock for the shiny. All past Mirror, Crystalline, Breach, etc. events have only given us a single-character unlock.
That meant that until the Phoenix Pack event there was no way for a character created after an event to ever get its reward.
the Sompek reward is account unlock so there is hope
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Looks like melee and i don't really fancy melee weapons.
Voth weapon!
We're one step closer to playing as a real Voth!
(Sorry for all the screaming, but I'm really excited about this)
I like it, I just didn't like having to do it 6 times a night, Hell make it longer, it would be fun.
(I have 6 characters)
That would be awesome indeed, but the devs seem to have a grind time formula that more or less boils down to:
Total grind time for event = Duration of event * 0.60 to 0.75 (depending on event)
The other annoying formula is:
New event happens when last new grind or season is 40 days old. Why? Because long ago back when the reputations came in they got some graph that told them players left after X days of nothing new (and I know that comment from a dev is either in the forums or some video steam). To me it makes no sense since they release episodes about every 4 weeks now, but it seems that's not enticement enough for players to stick around.
A. Having 20 Characters
B. The mission took to long to run through such a large Account.
C. The main prize was a Character lock rather than unlock.
I'll try a run of the reworked mission this year to see if its something i can complete on my Account but i have a feeling like the Mirror Event if i try, after a couple of days the will to live might escape me.
I have no problem with the marks and dil reward being per Character, as it should be a reward for completing the Event over 14 days, but the Main prize should be a Account Unlock even if it means having to obtain 1 Token to unlock it.
Hello rubber banding my old friend, time to bounce around the battlezone again, where are all my bug reports going?, out of love with this game I am falling, As Cryptic fail to acknowledge a problem exists, Shakes an angry fist, And from Support all I'm hearing are the sounds of silence.
Sure, a long queue like Mirror Event on one character for an account unlock would be fine with me. Even better if they follow the Arena event fully and make the tokens account bound -- then you could share the work between different characters, to try out different ships, captain types etc. to keep it more interesting.
So cryptic, please offer this: account bound award (not the dil & marks of course), account bound daily tokens so we can use more than one character but only need to do it once per day.