I Pvp with my tiny toon, we actually do very well against the Klingons. it is because we have access to the same class of weapons and gear. I have set my RA up for PvP...went in as a RA4 and was hit with trash I have never seen before. This is RA5/BG5 mission only gear...We RA1-4 "CANNOT DEFEND" ourselves against this type of gear.
Why is RA5's/BG5's with "RA5/BG5 MISSION ONLY" gear in this class? Put them in their own class and let the RA1-4s/BG1-4 have the lower class by themselves. Shame on STO and the Dev's for letting the RAs get chewed up like this...This should have been taken care of a long time ago.
I am a PvP veteren in other MMO's and should have taken my main into STO PvP back in February. My appologies to all of you that had to endure this slaughter without me. However I am here now and will keep on STO about this untill they fix it or kick me out.
If you agree with me, I invite ALL RA's 1-5 and anybody not yet a RA who cares about having a fighting chance, to join me in setting STO straight on this matter. Just view the post and and reply with an "aye" . The more who sign in, the more the Devs will listen.
Feel free to flame if you must.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease or thrown in the trash.
1)get to RA5 and GET the better gear (honestly, its not all that much better than quested gear)
2)get a group of motivated and organized PvPers together, use voice, and coordinate attacks.
3)learn to PVP, honestly this games PVP is fairly easy (and fun if you can get both sides organized and you don't have too many sci ships running around shutting everyone down)
And out of curiosity, what games have you PVPed in?
I still use my uncommon disputers and have no problem even at tier 5 with them. antiproton is a waste of skill points honestly. I will however be happy when i can get the Purples soon.
Some of you are missing the point...RA5/BG5s have access to weapons and other stuff that NOBODY else can get at any price or mission and they are using them against lower level toons "en masse". There is NO defense against these weapons...
There is a learning curve to PvP and weather you start at Lt1 or RA1/BG1 you should be able to have a reasonable chance to defend yourself after taking your Lumps. From Lt1-Capt10 you do, From RA/BG1-4 you get slaughtered.
Right now if you PvP, you can PvP thru Capt but once you hit RA1/BG1 you have to stop untill you reach RA5/BG5 so you can do all the Ubber missions to get the loadouts so you can start PvPing again.
Thats Bull TRIBBLE...and that is one of the reasons why PvP is getting such a bad rap and we have troubles getting "NEW" players to fill the Ques. I love PvP, but without a reasonable chance of survivabilty, you are just cannon fodder, regardless of which side you are on.
I will be RA5 in about 15 mins after this post, and start doing the missions that it takes to collect the weapons and stuff, that it will take to slaughter the poor defensless BG1-4s and give a reasonable chance of survivabilty against BG5s...I guess then I will be "Officially" assimilated into the depraved and twisted world of STO Ubber PvP...Shame on everybody, from STO to the players, for letting the PvP end game turn into a 6 sec lowbie kill fest...As Klingons would say..."where is the honor in that"?
Games PvPed in: EQ "on and off 10yrs" /Pirates of the Burning Sea "PvP Society 2 yrs"
Some of you are missing the point...RA5/BG5s have access to weapons and other stuff that NOBODY else can get at any price or mission and they are using them against lower level toons "en masse". There is NO defense against these weapons...
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What are you talking about?
What weapons and other stuff?
It can't be Very Rare weapons bought with marks from Battlegroup Omega or Station K-7. You can get those prior to RA5.
It can't be the RA5 "admiral" ability. It fires off 2.5% of the time and as such is stupidly rare.
So what is it that RA5s magically have that you don't? That can't be defended against?
I will be RA5 in about 15 mins after this post, and start doing the missions that it takes to collect the weapons and stuff, that it will take to slaughter the poor defensless BG1-4s and give a reasonable chance of survivabilty against BG5s...
If it's Antiproton very rare MK X weapons you're going to collect, boy are you in for a disappointment.
They do the same base damage as a common Mk X Phaser of the same type.
And in the next patch, they have very rares of ALL weapon types being added to the battlegroup omega store. So a TON of players will be switching out of AP's in favor of phasers and disruptors.
And you could have gotten the marks for these items as early as RA3, the moment you got access to battlegrop omega.
You are playing under some serious misinformation right now.
I was a RA3 on Sunday I am a RA5 today, took the other guys advice and just leveled. Went thru the PvP dailies and the B tran dalies collecting my marks...did not know about the omega store untill today. Probably would not have mattered much anyway, because I just went into leveling mode and stayed in zenas...
Was told that there was RA5 "only" gear being picked up in the Infected missions by some RA5s at the time, and that was why we were getting creamed so fast. True or not doesn't really matter at this point, because the new patch will more than likely change stuff around, we will have to wait and see.
You could be right....I may have been misinformed...My appologies to anyone I may have Offended...I am still happy with my personal set up, could probably still use some tweeking...
Be safe and happy hunting...I will finish my crow now.
The reason it took me so long to go from RA1 to RA5 is because I stopped playing that character for a bit while I did testing on Tribble, or dabbled with my KDF. In one short play session I went from RA1 to RA3 and then in like two hours doing missions in the Borg sector, finished out my skill points. Absolutely no reason for anybody to be sitting at RA1-4 and complaining when all they need to do is one or two smallish PvE sessions. Problem you will run into though is that you will still be facing these opponents with better gear while you grind out the dailies to gear yourself, and BOs if doing ground PvP.
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1)get to RA5 and GET the better gear (honestly, its not all that much better than quested gear)
2)get a group of motivated and organized PvPers together, use voice, and coordinate attacks.
3)learn to PVP, honestly this games PVP is fairly easy (and fun if you can get both sides organized and you don't have too many sci ships running around shutting everyone down)
And out of curiosity, what games have you PVPed in?
I just spammed 'Defend the Zeta Andromedea sector block' over and over until I hit RA5.
Part of the joy of RA is that you get to play with some really good, experienced players. Its a breath of fresh air.
Oh well, games are what you make of them. I'm not going to play hardcore again until Season 2 anyways. :P
There is a learning curve to PvP and weather you start at Lt1 or RA1/BG1 you should be able to have a reasonable chance to defend yourself after taking your Lumps. From Lt1-Capt10 you do, From RA/BG1-4 you get slaughtered.
Right now if you PvP, you can PvP thru Capt but once you hit RA1/BG1 you have to stop untill you reach RA5/BG5 so you can do all the Ubber missions to get the loadouts so you can start PvPing again.
Thats Bull TRIBBLE...and that is one of the reasons why PvP is getting such a bad rap and we have troubles getting "NEW" players to fill the Ques. I love PvP, but without a reasonable chance of survivabilty, you are just cannon fodder, regardless of which side you are on.
I will be RA5 in about 15 mins after this post, and start doing the missions that it takes to collect the weapons and stuff, that it will take to slaughter the poor defensless BG1-4s and give a reasonable chance of survivabilty against BG5s...I guess then I will be "Officially" assimilated into the depraved and twisted world of STO Ubber PvP...Shame on everybody, from STO to the players, for letting the PvP end game turn into a 6 sec lowbie kill fest...As Klingons would say..."where is the honor in that"?
Games PvPed in: EQ "on and off 10yrs" /Pirates of the Burning Sea "PvP Society 2 yrs"
?
What are you talking about?
What weapons and other stuff?
It can't be Very Rare weapons bought with marks from Battlegroup Omega or Station K-7. You can get those prior to RA5.
It can't be the RA5 "admiral" ability. It fires off 2.5% of the time and as such is stupidly rare.
So what is it that RA5s magically have that you don't? That can't be defended against?
If it's Antiproton very rare MK X weapons you're going to collect, boy are you in for a disappointment.
They do the same base damage as a common Mk X Phaser of the same type.
And in the next patch, they have very rares of ALL weapon types being added to the battlegroup omega store. So a TON of players will be switching out of AP's in favor of phasers and disruptors.
And you could have gotten the marks for these items as early as RA3, the moment you got access to battlegrop omega.
You are playing under some serious misinformation right now.
Was told that there was RA5 "only" gear being picked up in the Infected missions by some RA5s at the time, and that was why we were getting creamed so fast. True or not doesn't really matter at this point, because the new patch will more than likely change stuff around, we will have to wait and see.
You could be right....I may have been misinformed...My appologies to anyone I may have Offended...I am still happy with my personal set up, could probably still use some tweeking...
Be safe and happy hunting...I will finish my crow now.