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Can i just skip missions and go on the ground and grind mobs for exp?

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Im sorry but Space combat is beyond boring, and the missions bore me to death. Just wondering if I can just got to a planet on the group and grind exp by fighting.

Every MMO I ever played you could quest or grind?
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Nope. This isn't that type of MMO. You get exp mainly from completing missions, not just defeating oponents.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    next thing im going to hear is can we afk grind... :rolleyes:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    TheMove wrote: »
    Im sorry but Space combat is beyond boring, and the missions bore me to death. Just wondering if I can just got to a planet on the group and grind exp by fighting.

    Every MMO I ever played you could quest or grind?

    From what I've seen, no. This game is based around its story arc. In my opinion, the missions aren't boring, and space combat is rather fun when playing with a fleet mate or two. If you play with a full group, it completely changes the feel.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Ya thats what I figured. This game is definitly not for me. I asked steam for a refund so hopefully I get it tomorrow.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Game feels and plays like a single player game, and I f im gonna play a single player sci fy game then Im gonna play Mass Effect 2.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    So wait... you claim that the game is boring, but you want to grind-grind-grind your way to greatness by slaughtering thousands of ground troops on end?


    ...



    :confused:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Um Raynre? The guy bought the game and THEN asked what it was about. Do you really think rational thinking is useful here? <LOL>

    Nah OP, the game probably isn't for you. Have fun in ME2 though; saw a commercial for it on TV and it effin blew me away. Looking forward to playing it in a few months.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Raynre wrote: »
    So wait... you claim that the game is boring, but you want to grind-grind-grind your way to greatness by slaughtering thousands of ground troops on end?


    ...



    :confused:

    It's called freedom and choice for whatever you want to do. You know. What MMO's usually offer.

    Isn't doing the same repeatable missions over and over and over and over (between the few story mission arcs that are available) not a grind then? :rolleyes: Just saying.

    To answer the OP:

    No STO doesn't have that. There are no persistent zones (Except small mission hubs like Earth Space dock).

    All content zones are rendered on the fly for each mission you take. So without a mission, all you access is empty space and empty zones with nothing in it.

    Jer
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    the closest thing I've found to grinding in STO are the Enemy Signal Contact missions

    Since there is a 5 minute restart between each running of one go through of the instance, you can just fly around between them and kill enemies of your level or better to get a few more xp. And since the entire mission itself is repeatable..
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    mavgeek wrote: »
    the closest thing I've found to grinding in STO are the Enemy Signal Contact missions

    Since there is a 5 minute restart between each running of one go through of the instance, you can just fly around between them and kill enemies of your level or better to get a few more xp. And since the entire mission itself is repeatable..

    Yup, or hop instances to one in-progress, or one with a lower timer.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Jeronas wrote:
    It's called freedom and choice for whatever you want to do. You know. What MMO's usually offer.

    They usually really don't.
    In WoW, at least, either you do storyline quests once or stand in one spot while you whack a million NPCs with your sword. Maybe others offer more variety.. but not that I've seen.

    STO offers storyline missions, repeatable missions, and grinding by way of sector defense missions. You can also level quite quickly through PvP, which isn't always an option.
    Isn't doing the same repeatable missions over and over and over and over (between the few story mission arcs that are available) not a grind then? :rolleyes: Just saying.

    Pretty much. You can grind PvE or PvP to level up, if you so choose. A lot of the story missions seem to be somewhat repeatable as well, though I don't know if you get the same rewards after the first time.

    It's bugged right now so I can't test but...
    If he wants to grind on the ground, there's always Breaking the Ice; the ground-based fleet action. Repeatable however many times he wants, for however long he wants.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    next thing im going to hear is can we afk grind... :rolleyes:



    Yes we can do this;)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    TheMove wrote: »
    Game feels and plays like a single player game, and I f im gonna play a single player sci fy game then Im gonna play Mass Effect 2.

    Sure, if you don't group up with people it's gonna feel like a singleplayer game. Get into some groups... it gets more challenging with more players as the mission difficulty scales up.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Arkalius80 wrote:
    Sure, if you don't group up with people it's gonna feel like a singleplayer game. Get into some groups... it gets more challenging with more players as the mission difficulty scales up.

    That's turning into an odd dynamic.
    On the surface it sounds like a good idea to scale things down so a person can do it alone.... but at the same time that takes away from the multiplayer feel. I wonder if people don't occasionally have to be forced to group together in order to maintain the MMO feel. :confused:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Rikaelus wrote: »
    That's turning into an odd dynamic.
    On the surface it sounds like a good idea to scale things down so a person can do it alone.... but at the same time that takes away from the multiplayer feel. I wonder if people don't occasionally have to be forced to group together in order to maintain the MMO feel. :confused:

    Well there are the fleet actions and deep space encounters, where you're forced to play with others...

    I did a fleet action today where I just decided to start inviting the people around me and we were pretty damn effective and it was a lot of fun and a good challenge. Myself and the guy I first invited to the group were top 2 for damage that round.

    I personally raced through the first 10 levels because I'd already done them twice now (once in closed beta and once in open) so I just wanted to get done with them. Now I think I'll start grouping up a bit more because it is definitely more fun.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    next thing im going to hear is can we afk grind... :rolleyes:
    Well, you can, actually :p
    But I won't tell how 'cause it's not soo good for the other players ;)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Well, you can, actually :p
    But I won't tell how 'cause it's not soo good for the other players ;)

    If your reffering to what I think you are, it got kind of nerfed so now its kind of pointless and people leave. So that level takes over a hour as opposed to 30 minutes haha
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