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Level cap increase.. how soon do you think it will be?
webdeath
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With the way the game is progressing so far, and how we are almost compeltely all able to get Mark XII Very Rare (And soon the Ultra Rare Fleet items) I'm beginning to wonder if this might not be getting close to the right time to give us perhaps another 5 Levels and slowly introduce mk XIII Uncommon Equipment. With the Fleet Ships, it wouldn't really require a whole new grade of ships.. And it might give us more levels of PVP to achieve. And more Skill points to be able to pluck into our builds.
What do you guys think? And do you think an extra 5 levels and an introduction of Mark XIII gear would make PVP better or worse if that was all the Level cap increase was?
What do you guys think? And do you think an extra 5 levels and an introduction of Mark XIII gear would make PVP better or worse if that was all the Level cap increase was?
You think that your beta test was bad?
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
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I don't know before the fleet ships I could have seen it... and then had fleet ships only allowed in the NEW end game PvP section.... but really what would be the point of that either.
At this point I don't see the point in increasing the cap at all. Why really what does it gain us accept of a new grind for MK XIII and MKIV... I could be wrong of course.
i think leveling is a very outdated concept, especially in a game like this. its got nothing to do with any of the content, and is just a way to gate things. gating is fine, they could do it without leveling though. also putting expertise points into station powers to get a shorter cooldown, whats the point of this? why does this exist? they could cut a ton of arbitrary stuff like this out and it would effect almost nothing.
Honestly, it wouldn't. Especially if they simply just make it so that Fleet ships are the level 55 ships. They wouldn't even have to introduce next tier ships till level 60.
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
or so you think.. I bet they say, "Hey, we copy/pasted all the low ships and made T5 copies with little or no effort, and sold them for a heap of easy cash! Let's make another tier and do it all over!"
Say hello to fleet-retro-admiral-refit-ships! (only 2500 Zen!)
so, you are ok with TRIBBLE thousands of people out of money they spent on level 50 ships? I think not, hell i must have spent like $80 on content, and some of my friends have done twice that. If they increase the level cap, and dont upgrade the ships i would open a forum for a multi person lawsuit. because that would not be right at all, so no i dont see them doing it any time soon, or at all, and if they do, they better at least give refunds.
So.. what are the Fleet ships then, where if you bought the Z-store Variant you get to spend 500 Zen and then some fleet marks to get your upgraded version and move any consoles to that ship? (Except for the Odyssey/Bortasqu)
But hey, go ahead, try to Provide some Lawsuit to Cryptic/PWE when you agreed to play the game as it is, and are under no obligation to spend the extra money on the C-store when this is an MMO and an MMO is ever changing and Evolving. Level caps can/will get raised. So what if you spent all that Money on a single tier? You'll just spend just as much, if not more money on a later tier when it gets released. And if you don't, some one else will. :rolleyes:
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
Really? They did? Do you have a Post that you can Quote the link or Statement from to here? Because I'd love to see that one.
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
Searching, this is what I found so far ...
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=4480811&postcount=5
Cryptic do change their mind often though :P
Alright, well, That sucks. Thanks. I''ll go back to skulking and what ever it is I do around here..
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
They'll do it. They aren't a quality company and they don't care, they'll just slap another 5 levels on towards the end of this games life cycle (which is approaching) haphazardly.
Good rule of thumb with the jackwads known as Cryptic is, if they say it won't happen, you've got a 70 percent chance of it actually happening.
Oh, c'mon... saying this game will flop? that's so season 1.2!
Cryptic is hauling $hitloads of cash on lockboxes, ship modules and doff packs and whatnot now. I bet their income has doubled since last year! People are ruining their economy and crying for more!
In addition, STO shares engine with games that are yet to be launched, so upgrades to the engine are basically free.
This game is not going anywhere.
I called f2p within a month of when it was going to hit, 8 months in advance.
And frankly, Cryptic has enjoyed a lul in scifi titles on the pc that were worth a damn.
There's Two right off the top of my head I can think of about to Smack This Game Into the Floor. Mechwarrior, and X Com. Trion is coming out with a 1 2 punch in the scifi departments as well with Defiance and End of Nations. Let us also not forget Star Wars is going Free To Play.
In the non fantasy depts, RIFT is about to launch a new expansion, Guild Wars 2 is coming. Now you think STO is going to stand up against those? If this were a boxing match cryptic would be that moron swaying in the corner with is brains half beaten out, against Lightweights. And here he is thinking he's going to win in the Heavyweight division. PC gaming has been relatively quiet, during STOs lifespan thus far. That quiet period is coming to an end.
This game is going to attempt to launch in Asia. It's going to Flop, Horribly, as the prices are far higher than what people over there are used to shelling out for their special items, the pvp is a joke which is Bread And Butter for anything launching in Asia. without pvp this game is going to flop hard.
The Expense of this coming Failure, coupled with the coming Sales Tank known as the Neverwinter game they are devving will be enough to in 2 years tops, Destroy Cryptic as a company.
I'm calling it now. 1 year from now at most this game will be in advanced stages of Decay, 2 years from now STO will most certainly be dead. Within a year after that Cryptic will be completely gone.
Join Date: Sept 2008
"Holographic tissue paper for the holographic runny nose. Don't give them to patients." - The Doctor
There are a few really good games that don?t focus so much on character building through leveling. Star Trek Online could have been one of those games and in some ways could still be one of them; where you as the player improve you Character by accumulated better Bridge Officers and better Bridge Officer Abilities, rather than even more hit points, weapons and bigger and deadlier Star-Ships.
I?d prefer Star Trek Online was more focused on skillful game play rather than monster kill and level grinding.
Plus, with a level increase... think how much more trouble adding more factions would be... I still have some small hope that the Romulans will make it into the game.
Concerning the ships, I think it's gonna be much like the Rear Admiral Lower Half/Rear Admiral Upper Half/Vice Admiral thing. No ships until the top rank. If they added two more levels, it'd be Admiral and Fleet Admiral, but we wouldn't get any Tier 6 ships until we hit Level 60 (Fleet Admiral).
back to captain
Yeah, me to... but, that is a different issue. I want to keep the T5 ships as they are... but yeah... I hear what you are saying. :cool:
But more levels, more marks .... that's just asking for balance issues and probably them breaking the skills involved somehow. Nah. Level Cap is fine as it is.