In the new Ask Cryptic there's this question:
Q: MustrumRidcully: Will the "Dailies" move up to Vice Admiral Level? Will we use Marks of Exploration to acquire the new Mark XI gear, or will this be drop-only items?
A: All current dailes will be leveled to have 51 versions including exploration, PVP and STFs. In addition we are adding a Fleet Action daily, which will also drop new Marks so that you can purchase Mark XI gear.
Does this mean that Infected, The Cure, etc will be leveled up to 51? I was really hoping to be able to level my character up and be able to actually beat these missions.
Comments
As it stands, there's a vanilla B'tran and a B'tran ELITE.
My dailies didn't ring up but I suspect this was the issue.
That means there will probably be two versions.
There will be 2 versions of the STFs (current level and level 51).
There aren't any STFs slated for launch in the near future, but we are adding a new Fleet Action which hasn't hit Tribble yet, and a new Daily Fleet Action mission providing Mark tokens for doing a specific Fleet Action on that day.
I have two questions for you. What happened to the STF "Into the Hive". It was slated to be released around the time Season 2 hit but I have not heard anything about it lately.
Also, will the lvl 51 versions of the STFs grant more Valor points than the 5 the current ones give or will they grant the marks for Mk XI, XII gear?
I stand corrected. Listen to the Stahl.
Can these new STFs be beatable with smaller teams, i.e. 3 or 4 people? Ideal for PUGs when 1 person drops out.
Thanks for the reply!
If I had to guess, they got enough feedback from people that were interested in Klingon content, non-STF endgame and/or who like STFs but dislike the current implementation that they shifted priorities.
We'll no doubt see the other planned STFs and more in the future but my gut says they'll come at a slower rate than we initially saw at launch, both because weekly missions are a more efficient use of dev time (they should draw more players, especially being cross-level) and because they want STFs to be more special and fun than "zerg the enemy and know your powers".
In the end, though, I'd like to see them take some or all the STFs and make them fleet actions.
If it's zerging, it should at least be fun zerging, which every STF except CE is. If it's strategy intensive, it would be better to see an emphasis on cool new mechanics over firepower.
LOL yes!! That might make CE actually fun and doable!
yep unless he just made a mistake it looks like they have dropped them or maybe pushed back until they have the time.
i dont blame them, whilst some people liked them generally most people did not find them fun so why keep making stuff most people dont like
Will my Mk X badges not be usable to obtain MK XI gear? His tweet seemed to imply that they can be used somehow towards Mk XI gear.
Meaning where are the dailes?