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Request: Account-wide unlock of all traits once unlocked for the first time.
wrathofachilles
Member Posts: 937 Arc User
Hello!
I am what might be known as an alt-aholic. Something that really breathed new life into STO for me was when I started making themed characters after being inspired by a costume or a weapon or a ship.
I currently have 33 characters, each themed, some themed to various Star Trek things, like a Discovery-themed Discovery captain flying a Discovery-era ship, or a Ferengi flying a D'kora, to x-men, DC heroes, Anime, etc. I would say 18 of these characters qualify as fully-built with the 19th working on his t6 reputations and the rest waiting their turn to be polished.
However, one aspect of making these new characters that feels less like "new life" and more like an absolute drudgery, is having to unlock all the ship traits I want to use in their new build.
Don't get me wrong, I have no problem playing through missions and heaps of TFO's to gain gear (and costumes!) and resources and level their reputations and eventually get reputation gear, and mercifully there is a system in place that makes leveling reps much faster on alts, but starship trait unlocks is truly the thing I don't enjoy doing.
Taking all the time to build a ship just to run it through a patrol or two to get the trait and then dismiss it is the height of inefficiency, and even if I can get a friend to blast through a patrol to level the mastery of a fresh-from-the-factory ship without me having to build it, it's still rather tedious and doesn't feel at all like I'm engaging in content, but rather doing a chore. I myself am happy to blow through a patrol for someone who wants to level a ship or two just for the traits as I know just how inane and insane it is to put all that build effort into a ship you aren't actually going to fly, just for the trait.
Unlocking traits isn't just a damper for a new character, but even for a new ship. If I took a character in a science direction and then decide I want to shake things up with a new build that's kinetic or energy focused, sure I have to shell out for all that new equipment, the doffs, etc. and that's fine, it's all the traits that are going to have me bored out of my skull.
The account-wide unlock legendary traits have been so delightful to be able to immediately slot, if not always ideal for whatever build I will be doing, they at least let me throw something together immediately.
I would look forward to making my new characters and ship builds so very much more if this particular chore-ish aspect were no longer in the way.
So I would like to humbly request that all starship traits get unlocked account-wide after being unlocked for the first time.
Thank you for your consideration.
I am what might be known as an alt-aholic. Something that really breathed new life into STO for me was when I started making themed characters after being inspired by a costume or a weapon or a ship.
I currently have 33 characters, each themed, some themed to various Star Trek things, like a Discovery-themed Discovery captain flying a Discovery-era ship, or a Ferengi flying a D'kora, to x-men, DC heroes, Anime, etc. I would say 18 of these characters qualify as fully-built with the 19th working on his t6 reputations and the rest waiting their turn to be polished.
However, one aspect of making these new characters that feels less like "new life" and more like an absolute drudgery, is having to unlock all the ship traits I want to use in their new build.
Don't get me wrong, I have no problem playing through missions and heaps of TFO's to gain gear (and costumes!) and resources and level their reputations and eventually get reputation gear, and mercifully there is a system in place that makes leveling reps much faster on alts, but starship trait unlocks is truly the thing I don't enjoy doing.
Taking all the time to build a ship just to run it through a patrol or two to get the trait and then dismiss it is the height of inefficiency, and even if I can get a friend to blast through a patrol to level the mastery of a fresh-from-the-factory ship without me having to build it, it's still rather tedious and doesn't feel at all like I'm engaging in content, but rather doing a chore. I myself am happy to blow through a patrol for someone who wants to level a ship or two just for the traits as I know just how inane and insane it is to put all that build effort into a ship you aren't actually going to fly, just for the trait.
Unlocking traits isn't just a damper for a new character, but even for a new ship. If I took a character in a science direction and then decide I want to shake things up with a new build that's kinetic or energy focused, sure I have to shell out for all that new equipment, the doffs, etc. and that's fine, it's all the traits that are going to have me bored out of my skull.
The account-wide unlock legendary traits have been so delightful to be able to immediately slot, if not always ideal for whatever build I will be doing, they at least let me throw something together immediately.
I would look forward to making my new characters and ship builds so very much more if this particular chore-ish aspect were no longer in the way.
So I would like to humbly request that all starship traits get unlocked account-wide after being unlocked for the first time.
Thank you for your consideration.
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