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[PC] The Arena of Sompek Returns!

ambassadorkael#6946 ambassadorkael Member, Administrator Posts: 2,679 Arc User
After a brief sojourn into The Nexus, the Arena of Sompek returns on PC this weekend!

https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11012313

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  • storulesstorules Member Posts: 3,340 Arc User
    Thank you for bringing it back so soon. Any complimentary tokens or extra day for last time's messy roll out?​​
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  • spiritbornspiritborn Member Posts: 4,435 Arc User
    *sigh* just my luck, Sompek comes back when I'm building my new PC so my gametime is iffy, well it's not Cryptic's fault. They couldn't have known nor should they care about it anyway.
  • nikolunusnikolunus Member Posts: 162 Arc User
    Happy to see the Arena back, though one question. All of the arena rewards are claimable on new toons except the Sompek Pulsewave, can or will this become available in the future for new toons on accounts that had already completed it beforehand; as the other rewards are?
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  • jtoney3448jtoney3448 Member Posts: 642 Arc User
    Hopefully it is fixed this go around. Double rewards would be hot, just sayin...
  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 59,174 Community Moderator
    storules wrote: »
    Thank you for bringing it back so soon. Any complimentary tokens or extra day for last time's messy roll out?​​

    Nope. But anyone who was lucky enough to get a token before will have a head start.

    Besides... its a weekend event. Not a full 3 week one.
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    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
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  • saber1973asaber1973a Member Posts: 1,225 Arc User
    edited October 2018
    nikolunus wrote: »
    Happy to see the Arena back, though one question. All of the arena rewards are claimable on new toons except the Sompek Pulsewave, can or will this become available in the future for new toons on accounts that had already completed it beforehand; as the other rewards are?

    Sompek Pulsewave was not wekeend event, but 14-voucher event (I think). The store tab name is also named "Weekend Event" not "Sompek Arena Event"
  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 59,174 Community Moderator
    Also the Sompek Pulsewave was pre Account Unlock.
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    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
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  • furiouspurposefuriouspurpose Member Posts: 7 Arc User
    The in-game calendar is a bit off now, Sompek not yet shown in calendar and in addition the mission journal doesn't show ANY upcoming event.
  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 59,174 Community Moderator
    Give it time. Should show up by tomorrow.
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    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
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  • themadprofessor#9835 themadprofessor Member Posts: 1,203 Arc User
    I think the Sompek Pulsewave should go into the Phoenix box. Preferably as a rare or very rare.
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  • nommo#5819 nommo Member Posts: 1,105 Arc User
    I'll believe it when I see it & am able to play it, Cryptic. Or maybe this is Cryptic's plan to have us play it for a token one weekend at a time. Some sort of new event scheduling lol.
  • crypticarmsmancrypticarmsman Member Posts: 4,115 Arc User
    If the Arena implementation crashes and burns this weekend too - can you roll out the Tholian RA as a replacement? ;)
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  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,573 Arc User
    It is obvious that the major changes they made with AoD broke portions of Sompek. We will be getting fallout from that as other Events roll out.

    As long as you have Weekend Vouchers you can buy and Account unlock any and all previous Sompek WEEKEND rewards. The fourteen day Sompek, if you didn't run it at the time, will probably have to wait for addition to the Phoenix as suggested above. It'll have to get in line behind the ISS Stadi.
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  • fred26291#2759 fred26291 Member Posts: 1,441 Arc User
    edited November 2018
    Removed - not allowed to say the truth on what needs to happen. :(
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  • ambassadorkael#6946 ambassadorkael Member, Administrator Posts: 2,679 Arc User
    > @themadprofessor#9835 said:
    > I think the Sompek Pulsewave should go into the Phoenix box. Preferably as a rare or very rare.

    That's likely the plan.
  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    edited November 2018
    Arena of Sompek 2: The Returnering! :|

    If it can just stay unbroken for 2 days I'll get the meh shield I'll dump off on one of my boffs...
    storules wrote: »
    Thank you for bringing it back so soon. Any complimentary tokens or extra day for last time's messy roll out?​​

    1.) they can't 'bring it back' unless it actually was here before for it's full duration.
    2.) thanking them for fixing something that shouldn't have been put out live broken in the first place seems like... Stockholm Syndrome? Or is it just that our competency bar for Cryptic is so low we didn't expect them to get it fixed for 6 months, if ever. :/

    "Oh waiter, I'd like to thank you for not spilling that huge plate of food on my lap! You are so wonderful!"
    Yeah... the bare minimum of competency is not something you generally thank someone for doing.

    Now about my Echo Papa Drone STILL stopping me from running...
    The Voth outfit hips layer still having 'too much gravity' issue...
    etc...
  • jcswwjcsww Member Posts: 6,868 Arc User
  • postagepaidpostagepaid Member Posts: 2,899 Arc User
    Fixed or simply rolled back to the previous incarnation where waves would spawn but you might need some mortars that can fire outside the boundaries to kill them?
  • ussvaliant#6064 ussvaliant Member Posts: 1,006 Arc User
    edited November 2018
    Advice to anyone playing the timed version. DO NOT PLAY IT PAST ROUND 6. Just play it to the point where the weekend token is given and die as a team. What is it 25/30mins of shooting enemies ?. Just decided to PUG it got stuck in a team that wanted to play till the end, well round 28 and a hefty 83 marks (less if I didn't use the rep bonus vouchers from lockboxes) and 600 dil.


    Unless you're going in it for how far can I get, marks and dil reward is not worth the time spent there if you just drop in for the voucher and don't exploit the 5 and die tactic .


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  • storulesstorules Member Posts: 3,340 Arc User
    edited November 2018
    Arena of Sompek 2: The Returnering! :|

    If it can just stay unbroken for 2 days I'll get the meh shield I'll dump off on one of my boffs...
    storules wrote: »
    Thank you for bringing it back so soon. Any complimentary tokens or extra day for last time's messy roll out?

    1.) they can't 'bring it back' unless it actually was here before for it's full duration.
    2.) thanking them for fixing something that shouldn't have been put out live broken in the first place seems like... Stockholm Syndrome? Or is it just that our competency bar for Cryptic is so low we didn't expect them to get it fixed for 6 months, if ever. :/

    "Oh waiter, I'd like to thank you for not spilling that huge plate of food on my lap! You are so wonderful!"
    Yeah... the bare minimum of competency is not something you generally thank someone for doing.

    Now about my Echo Papa Drone STILL stopping me from running...
    The Voth outfit hips layer still having 'too much gravity' issue...
    etc...

    I guess one should not ever expect things to work out as smooth as intended when it comes to STO.

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  • fred26291#2759 fred26291 Member Posts: 1,441 Arc User
    edited November 2018
    (Flaming/Trolling demands moderated out. - BMR)

    oh well soo much for the shield, thanks for letting me know it isnt gonna happen. :(
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    Advice to anyone playing the timed version. DO NOT PLAY IT PAST ROUND 6. Just play it to the point where the weekend token is given and die as a team. What is it 25/30mins of shooting enemies ?. Just decided to PUG it got stuck in a team that wanted to play till the end, well round 28 and a hefty 83 marks (less if I didn't use the rep bonus vouchers from lockboxes) and 600 dil.

    Unless you're going in it for how far can I get, marks and dil reward is not worth the time spent there if you just drop in for the voucher and don't exploit the 5 and die tactic .
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  • ussvaliant#6064 ussvaliant Member Posts: 1,006 Arc User
    edited November 2018
    Advice to anyone playing the timed version. DO NOT PLAY IT PAST ROUND 6. Just play it to the point where the weekend token is given and die as a team. What is it 25/30mins of shooting enemies ?. Just decided to PUG it got stuck in a team that wanted to play till the end, well round 28 and a hefty 83 marks (less if I didn't use the rep bonus vouchers from lockboxes) and 600 dil.

    Unless you're going in it for how far can I get, marks and dil reward is not worth the time spent there if you just drop in for the voucher and don't exploit the 5 and die tactic .
    Puny weakling! Timed is so you can speedrun and see how many waves you can crush in only 20 minutes!

    I did the timed so it would timeout if I got stuck till the end. I find the map boring, its the same thing for x time with different skins and the odd different skill a NPC uses. If this was a permanent TFO it would top of my avoid like the plague list and bail every time if a random TFO threw me into it. Too long/tedious and poor rewards until you start hitting level 30 and over but thats over 25 mins plus of play. Can't think of any other TFO that takes this long with poor returns for the time spent in it

    Only 1 more run needed for the token. I think I shall look for a sompek suicide team.

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  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,573 Arc User
    edited November 2018
    This gentleman makes more sense.

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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    Arena of Sompek 2: The Returnering! :|

    If it can just stay unbroken for 2 days I'll get the meh shield I'll dump off on one of my boffs...
    Heh, after getting the shield, it's pretty OP. It comes at purple with Cap*2 Reg, and a stack of other abilities. So yeah, it's definitely equal to rep gear set items.
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  • nommo#5819 nommo Member Posts: 1,105 Arc User
    Arena of Sompek 2: The Returnering! :|

    If it can just stay unbroken for 2 days I'll get the meh shield I'll dump off on one of my boffs...
    Heh, after getting the shield, it's pretty OP. It comes at purple with Cap*2 Reg, and a stack of other abilities. So yeah, it's definitely equal to rep gear set items.

    Good to know about the shield. I figured it would definitely help during Sompek but wondered about its usefulness outside of that event.

    Sompek seems to be operating good & normal this time around.
  • qqqqiiqqqqii Member Posts: 482 Arc User
    nikolunus wrote: »
    Happy to see the Arena back, though one question. All of the arena rewards are claimable on new toons except the Sompek Pulsewave, can or will this become available in the future for new toons on accounts that had already completed it beforehand; as the other rewards are?
    Would be nice if they just added it to the existing rewards, for maybe 1 Sompek voucher. Might have to be per character that way, but the account-wide rewards are 3 each, and the event typically runs for 4 days, so I always pick up the spare to save for later, anyway. Admittedly, that might just be me.
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