More patrols like Jupiter Station Showdown please !!

toddjohnson100

I just played Jupiter Station Showdown and that was just what the doctor ordered !! I don't like having to replay an entire mission and the battle zones can feel kind of "same old same old" after a while. I love this type of ground mini-mission where there is a task to complete and good combat, but no over-arching story line you have to whittle through for 30-40 minutes. If STO just had 5 or 6 of these, I would be playing them all the time !! Thanks STO !!

questerius

Some of the old normal difficulty only TFO would be nice candidates to be converted into patrols in my opinion.

E.g.
https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Mission:_Colony_Invasion

and

https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Mission:_Starbase_Incursion

davefenestrator

Ground patrols are a nice change of pace to get in some combat with your own doffs instead of a group of other captains.

toddjohnson100

Yeah, I agree. And a ground "patrol" gives you some fun action without having work through the 30-40
minute story line of an entire "mission".

duncanidaho11

Very agreed, there's a niche to build out and its great to have some bite-sized replayable options for build testing or short play sessions. Ground too, especially something explicitly billed as a training scenario (with randomized opponents). The old colony defense TFO might make for a good template.

avoozuul

I really think Gamma Quad could use patrols particularly ground ones. There's a fair amount of stuff from DS9 to draw inspiration from.

toddjohnson100

I like that comment about "bite-sized" options with random opponents. We have lots of space patrols-and I do love those. The Battle Zones are great, but they're always the same opponents. Just a few ground patrols, or even space stations, with random opponents would give some awesome added variety.

fleetcaptain5

They've also made most of the TFO's solo playable. Some of them, like Defense/Resistance of SB1 also scale. So you get fewer enemies if you're playing them solo.

If they did this with some of the other, older missions (besides the fleet ones mentioned above), they could also fulfill the same function as those patrols.

I'm thinking of missions like Dranuur Assault, Peril over Pahvo and Tzenkethi Front especially. They already have randomised enemies, so that's something that wouldn't have to be added anymore. And you can play all of these missions solo now.

But they don't scale as far as I know. Meaning you have to be present at two or three places at the same time in some cases.

toddjohnson100

I didn't know those were available solo. Thank you !

rattler2

I do like the idea of having more ground based Patrols as well. Its a nice change of pace.