i have heard rumours of an exp nerf in the last patch.
i just hit ltcdr 5 or 6 last night, and had no patrol or episode quests available. i hear that had i leveled faster i would not have had this issue before the last patch.
i am not looking forward to grinding pvp or exploration missions or DSEs until i get new quests, especially since some of the warzone missions that i've tried were broken.
this is a real slap in the face to people who have been leveling at a sensible pace. if you levled fast and hit admiral already then it doesn't affect you, the people an exp nerf would be aimed at, where as it affects the slower levels who probably hate grinding at all anyways, forcing us to grind.
please return exp levels to normal, at least until you give us more leveling content to level on. having a surplus is anot a bad things. being able to grind up badges in exploration missions or pvp if you so choose is not a bad thing. being forced into activities you find boring is a bad thing.
I do not know if there was an XP nerf of any kind, though I have seen some posts along the lines of: "Cryptic - I reached Admiral too fast so nerf XP for everyone else."
Personally I found that doing the Defend X Sector missions and an Exploration mission (once every 30 minutes) in between doing the story missions and patrol misssions really helped me avoid any content "gaps".
So I would do an Exploration mission..
Then a Defend X Sector mission..
Then a Patrol mission..
Then a Story mission..
Then repeat the cycle.
So far I have never had less than 4 tasks pending at any given time.
Im Lt Com 3 and iv ran out of story missions for now, all iv got are the same old boring patrol this sh*ty sector missions, which are repetitive to say the least. I was enjoying the story but it seems now I have to wait and level up before i can do anymore.
Im Lt Com 3 and iv ran out of story missions for now, all iv got are the same old boring patrol this sh*ty sector missions, which are repetitive to say the least. I was enjoying the story but it seems now I have to wait and level up before i can do anymore.
Some of the patrol missions are pretty interesting.
Also there is a gap it seems between like lt com 6 and 7. -.- I ran into that while leveling also, and had to do an explore mission or two.
There are quite a few gaps, Hit a few during Commander and a few during captain so far. Happens cause I tend to avoid doing Defend X sector as much as possible as it's just too much grinding for me
I to think they might have toned down their xp gain rates and VERY slightly increased the NPC's values. I don't know why they wouldn't put it in their patch notes considering how much the community on a whole wants these things.
The PvE is still a joke btw. I'd love to see a sliding bar that would let you add lvls to your opponents in PvE. I don't want extra stuff for it either. Do it for a challenge or don't, it'd be up to the player. Most people who would grip about better drops just want to power lvl through anyway.
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Personally I found that doing the Defend X Sector missions and an Exploration mission (once every 30 minutes) in between doing the story missions and patrol misssions really helped me avoid any content "gaps".
So I would do an Exploration mission..
Then a Defend X Sector mission..
Then a Patrol mission..
Then a Story mission..
Then repeat the cycle.
So far I have never had less than 4 tasks pending at any given time.
I hope that helps.
Some of the patrol missions are pretty interesting.
Also there is a gap it seems between like lt com 6 and 7. -.- I ran into that while leveling also, and had to do an explore mission or two.
The PvE is still a joke btw. I'd love to see a sliding bar that would let you add lvls to your opponents in PvE. I don't want extra stuff for it either. Do it for a challenge or don't, it'd be up to the player. Most people who would grip about better drops just want to power lvl through anyway.