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[PC] New Ways to Play Patrols!
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Awakening brings with it five new Patrols - and we're giving you a new way to play those Patrols and some of your favorites from the past!
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11240293
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11240293
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Does this mean we won't be able to access them if we fly there? 'Cause, personally, that's part of the fun...
Ci sono tre tipi di giocatori:
- quelli a cui non va mai bene niente... e vanno sul forum a trollare;
- quelli che sono talmente imbesuiti da credere a qualunque cosa i dev dicano, perfino che la luna è fatta di formaggio... e vanno sul forum a trollare;
- quelli che credono a quello a cui è giusto credere, sono d'accordo con quello con cui è giusto essere d'accordo e sono critici con quello che non va;
Ai giocatori dei primi due tipi, gratis in omaggio un bello specchio lucente su cui arrampicarsi. E una mazzata in testa per la loro poca intelligenza e compassione verso gli altri giocatori che non la pensano come loro.
Agli appartenenti al terzo tipo, invece, dico grazie. Anche se non sempre si riesce a mantenere la calma, siete quelli per cui vale la pena incazzarsi.
Thank you very much! I missed the TFW - completely forgot about it, actually - so I was not aware of this.
Having the systems marked on the Galaxy Map(s) would be even more useful - especially for new players.
Also, agreed on the DOFFs assignments. A revamp it's long overdue, imho.
Ci sono tre tipi di giocatori:
- quelli a cui non va mai bene niente... e vanno sul forum a trollare;
- quelli che sono talmente imbesuiti da credere a qualunque cosa i dev dicano, perfino che la luna è fatta di formaggio... e vanno sul forum a trollare;
- quelli che credono a quello a cui è giusto credere, sono d'accordo con quello con cui è giusto essere d'accordo e sono critici con quello che non va;
Ai giocatori dei primi due tipi, gratis in omaggio un bello specchio lucente su cui arrampicarsi. E una mazzata in testa per la loro poca intelligenza e compassione verso gli altri giocatori che non la pensano come loro.
Agli appartenenti al terzo tipo, invece, dico grazie. Anche se non sempre si riesce a mantenere la calma, siete quelli per cui vale la pena incazzarsi.
Most likely part of this was the issue of resolving patrol problems that have been problematic because of that and the fact that the only one people actually played was argala lol. Also just to give an example of one kind of patrol that has always been a staple of the KDF and its dilithium preference in the past the pi canis patrols only for KDF that have been in a season 2 state for 10+ seasons of the game. Literally there has been so much in the way of how people refer to power creep compared to season 2 or 3 that if you use a projectile you can destroy a freighter which will fail the mission and you have to be extremely careful as well to the point with energy weapons that will destroy them too. As well one last item on that is the kind of content players want besides how TFO's work either fell towards patrols or the foundry and there had been so many bugs and glitches with patrols that it made it incredibly hard to trust players not to abuse that in terms of granting rewards and then limitations of the foundry and the same abusive history people have used the foundry for it could not help the situation no matter what Cryptic did to try to improve it.
So in the end being able to just focus everything on the patrols and how they work imo is how this all came to be. Also though if you look at the game since the new EP started but everything seems to be taking a different direction in the past where I am guessing a lot of this is from his viewpoint and then some of it being things that the STO team were already in the process of doing. Which ever it may be though things that devs and players were too attached to doing what was needed to be done is now happening. Plus an added bonus to this is that with the ability for the focus of how content is made they can begin adding things like patrols that benefit the use of raiders more where in TFO's they can be used but their functions are not efficiently being used especially where you are basically attacking stationary targets most of the time it limits the use of the speed of raiders. On final note I am hoping one of the patrols is something like the way the KDF story missions went where they actually feel like raids something rare with STO content.
Esp. when real life happens, or you have multiple characters on your account.
It reduces the gameplay to just sitting around 90% of the time to wait until the next queue is ready or transwarping to the next mission or TFO.
Not that it would matter to me anyways, i will still fly to the according system to do a mission, but i feel that i will reduce the game quality for many ppl. drastically, just for the sake of superficial convenience. Which is sad actually, because sector space is really nicely made, but highly underused tbh.
If i had to say anything, i would have gone the opposite route and added much more random encounters, like space phaenomena missions or other typical Star Trek things all over sector space, just for the fun of it.
But i understand that ppl. just want to do TFO (or patrols) to get some desired marks asap without any distraction.
Instead of numbing down anything space travel or all to dumb clickies, invest your time in to actually let people play the game. Players can allready transwarp to quest starts, you hid the old arcs away from the story arcs. Instead of hiding stuff and fixing it with even less exploring the maps so (new) players can learn more about the game, add some updates to such maps,
I know it's a genious design to current gameplay: do admirality, refine dil, see what endevours you need and open TFO screen, because people flying to a patrol will sell less Keys!
But it is good, that your aproach is to let people spend less time ingame.
yes, there will be a cooldown for each one, so people don't just spam the fastest one.
if I stop posting it doesn't make you right it. just means I don't have enough rum to continue interacting with you.
if I stop posting it doesn't make you right it. just means I don't have enough rum to continue interacting with you.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
This is possibly my favourite bit of news so far, though I hope the rewards are at least a little better than extra xp.
Indeed. What they're doing is unneeded and a waste of resources.
1. Do we have a date for when these changes are coming?
2. What's happening with the old patrols?
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
This change is yet another treat given to the masses of leeches that will now be able to cash in further on the work of others!
"Simply click on the PVE Operations button, select the Patrols panel, and you can see a list of the new patrols and launch to any one that you want to play."
PVE queue, that's the former name for TFO's. You know, what you click to band up with fellow players to form Task Force, fingers crossed to have more live players than AFK bots and leeches.
"You can launch into a patrol by yourself with no delay, or team up with friends and go as a group."
It means that patrols will be designed to be ran by a typical 5 player Task Force though you'll be able to try to run it alone, with the exception that you'll have to face the whole freaking enemy armada by yourself. In other words, unless you have one of those super high-end DPS build, you'll be wasting your time trying it alone so you'll have to wait to form a Task Force and run the patrols with leeches.
"Once you finish, you’ll return to wherever you left off."
Just like other TFO's.
"Patrols will give you skill points, dilithium ore, and a small number of Marks of your choice upon completion."
Those last two goodies are leech magnets.
In other words, the TFO menu will be added a third tab for Patrols which will be just like small TFO's with the option to try to run it alone.
The Patrol missions - as stated above - will still be accessible by the Galaxy Map, and will be queueable alone, so you'll still be able to run them all by yourself, if you want.
Again, and you quoted it yourself, you will be able to run them alone if you choose. Just because something can be run in a group it does not mean that it will necessary to run it in a group to complete it. Otherwise, those missions that can be run together with others will never get completed. And that's not the case.
You said yourself: "with the option to [try] to run it alone".
There will be no try. It will still be possible to complete it alone.
Seriously, I may not agree with this new system - in fact, I will continue to fly there because that's part of the fun, and it will allow me to pick up DOFFs assignments along the way - but there's not need to jump the gun like this.
No one is forcing you or anyone else to play together with other people, to suffer through "leeches".
Also, they already award skill points, dilithium and Marks - just as they count toward Mastery progression - so that's nothing new.
What's the problem with giving someone with not that much time the option of simply queueing from the TFO tab and go there directly?
Ci sono tre tipi di giocatori:
- quelli a cui non va mai bene niente... e vanno sul forum a trollare;
- quelli che sono talmente imbesuiti da credere a qualunque cosa i dev dicano, perfino che la luna è fatta di formaggio... e vanno sul forum a trollare;
- quelli che credono a quello a cui è giusto credere, sono d'accordo con quello con cui è giusto essere d'accordo e sono critici con quello che non va;
Ai giocatori dei primi due tipi, gratis in omaggio un bello specchio lucente su cui arrampicarsi. E una mazzata in testa per la loro poca intelligenza e compassione verso gli altri giocatori che non la pensano come loro.
Agli appartenenti al terzo tipo, invece, dico grazie. Anche se non sempre si riesce a mantenere la calma, siete quelli per cui vale la pena incazzarsi.
Adding a menu is a great improvement though.
I would like to suggest not to lock too many of these patrols behind episodes. My idea of patrol missions is that they should be easily accessible at all times. The new menu will greatly help with that, but only if there aren't too many level requirements or episodes that a player needs to have completed first.