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I am not in a Fleet, can I still get new ships?
thratch1
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I don't really play STO all that often.
Now, I love the space combat, although I wish there were more than the three STFs and Deferi dailies to do (but that's another thing entirely).
Still, while I do work out of the house, my work days tend to be 10-12 hours on average, sometimes being full 7-day weeks (but not so often as to drive me crazy). Simply put, I don't really log into STO enough to really be all that beneficial to a Fleet -- I'd just be some guy who logs in every few days, maybe for an hour for some PVP arenas, STFs, or maybe a Foundry mission.
Basically, does this mean I will have not have access to the new, better versions of all the ships? Am I going to have to find a fleet that doesn't mind me not really doing a whole hell of a lot to help out, but will still let me get, say, a Fleet Tactical Escort Retrofit? That honestly doesn't seem very fair to the fleet.
I don't mind working towards a goal, but I'd just like to work towards it without really mooching off of others, on my own time.
Now, I love the space combat, although I wish there were more than the three STFs and Deferi dailies to do (but that's another thing entirely).
Still, while I do work out of the house, my work days tend to be 10-12 hours on average, sometimes being full 7-day weeks (but not so often as to drive me crazy). Simply put, I don't really log into STO enough to really be all that beneficial to a Fleet -- I'd just be some guy who logs in every few days, maybe for an hour for some PVP arenas, STFs, or maybe a Foundry mission.
Basically, does this mean I will have not have access to the new, better versions of all the ships? Am I going to have to find a fleet that doesn't mind me not really doing a whole hell of a lot to help out, but will still let me get, say, a Fleet Tactical Escort Retrofit? That honestly doesn't seem very fair to the fleet.
I don't mind working towards a goal, but I'd just like to work towards it without really mooching off of others, on my own time.
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If I can contribute doing what I already do -- mostly STFs and some PVP -- by pumping in Dilithium or ECs, then that's one thing... but if I gotta do Fleet-specific dailies or whatever, then I might just be SOL. I dunno.
It boils down to: "Do what you always do, we will find a way to make it helpful."
(you just need to be in a fleet).
Since I'm fleetless from the start, I might find me a fleet someday, want some of those ships...
You get credits by helping to build starbases. you can contribute bridge officer points, dilithium, duty officers, commodities, batteries, fighter pets, weapon platforms, colonists etc, fleet marks (earned by playing the new events)
these then give you credits you can spend in stores. the only slight problem is you need to pay attention to when projects are due to be made and be on around that time to help contribute. in big fleets it can be tricky as everyone is trying to do it at the same time, but there are quick special projects that require large amounts of resources to help people get credits.
or join a small fleet and its easier as the project wont fill up so quickly.
you can always take your credits too another fleet if you find you dont like the one you are in.
edit - there is a suggestion that ways like the doff system may also provide ways to earn credits as well.
you just need to find a loose fleet that doesnt mind if you are not so helpful. (however if you play stfs you attribute that, there are always ppl who want to play stfs, and joining someone is really good, so for many fleets that is contribution enough)
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Indeed - make sure you find the right fleet. Many will have hardcore activity requirements, and many will be pretty casual and understanding.
I'm not saying join this one, just that there are definitely Fleets out there that are really flexible
Upgrade projects will get soul crushing from there, but provisioning projects are something solo player could make an attainable goal of. You might not be able to keep all five project slots running all the time, but at the same time with only one person to equip you'll produce far more stuff than you'll need.
i think, without being sure, the fleet can just run another provisioning mission and add some more but it could be a pain, especially if the fleet leaders keep getting requests to run more provisioning instead of more important things. we'll have to see how it all works out.
This is why I'm glad I'm in a (very) small fleet. Although it'll take longer to get to the T5 Shipyards there'll also be a lot less drama along the way as people don't get what they want as quickly as they feel they should.
It's an extremely dumb system (and one that isn't even congruent with the rest of the game: where else are you locked out from your own ships, other than arguably standard dil classes?)
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Wait, what? When you unlock a new ship it's not permanently available, but instead only a small number (5?) is available? In a fleet with hundreds of people that could be a problem. Essentially someone could put in a lot of work towards the fleet base in order for the fleet to acquire new ships and then not even be able to get one of the new ships unless he happens to be online at the right time. That's whack yo!
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If everything is available with negligible time put in, then what is the point to the game for those willing to put more time in? Get everything on day one, then be bored to death?
Which is why I'm building my fleet up to about 10 players at most.
Probably more like 10 per provisioning mission, but yeah.
There will only be so many ships available at one time and when they're gone the fleet has to run another provisioning mission.
In a fleet of 100's, wouldn't there be more people to run whatever unlock mission is needed too?
Frankly, guilds that large are usually problematic for other reasons too... what is the advantage to being in that large a fleet? The fleet bank is smaller per person, you don't have any better chance to get to know anyone than if you were just doing so in general chat....
Putting together a huge fleet just so you can say you have done so is also 'whack', yo!
When did I ever say I wanted something on Day One?
I want a goal I can work towards without having to mooch off of another Fleet, and be able to do it in my own time.
I don't mind if Fleets are the only way to get Mk XIII gear, or the higher rarity items, or whatever... but I'd still like to be able to work towards a higher quality ship.
I'm thinking about making a bunch of dummy accounts with Gmail, or just asking people to help, and make a fleet of just myself so I can work towards getting a new ship.
Maybe next time, try not assuming solo players are lazy.