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Come on cryptic! Get the low levels out of fleet alerts!
skytex
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Anymore it's almost 100% if there is one single sub-va in any fleet event, we loose. I just played a game with 3 sub-50's. Couldn't even kill the 3rd wave in Fleet Alert. Only myself and the other VA were even killing anything. They other 3 were just getting blown up. Please for the love of god get them out of our events! Separate it like you do the Mirror event... 0-9, 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, and 50. That way people can all play on their own level. What you've got now isn't working. These low levels don't have the survivability, crowd control ability, or damage to keep up.
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Actually my favorite team mate (we run together about twice a week on alerts) flys a rainbow warrior (Three different coloured cannons/turrets)
it really ANNOYS VA's when he turns up
And I played one this morning with a full VA team that couldn't kill the siege group in the given time.
I played one last week with a couple of "lowbies" that was completely successful.
The players' ranks do not determine whether you will win or lose.
(Orion siege vessel)
On a different note. If you are looking for another LTC rainbow boat then count me in! That would be so fun to do that!
Kyle
Your second post has high merit as well. Well reasoned, Sir. Well reasoned, indeed. I hadn't thought about this from the viewpoint you presented. However, since you pointed it out, it is now obvious. I guess since I do not get all tied up in how much loot I garner, I am missing out on something only the "Real STO Players" truly understand.
Being a Redneck myself, I see nothing wrong with this. The idea of a FLEET, is to work together.
The reason "Lowbies" are given command, is because we are "At war".
StarFleet depends on us, (the VA, RA and captains to HELP the lower officers. Not shove them to the left of the sector to fend for themselves.
btw.... the worst alerts I have been in, have been with VA's whinning about LTC's on the team, instead of fighting.
YES, I do watch "Lowbies", but to throw heals if needed and pull agro. And you know what... Never have I been thanked by a VA for this.... It has always been a Captain or lower.
Kyle
Just think of the hate.
Kyle
Aka trolling. Love you sollvax :rolleyes:
Right, I run 3 VAs (one tac, 1 engi, 1 science) and I do fleet actions from time to time, my engi can tank so well I can hold off half a wave in fleet defence for about 3-5 minutes (then my cycle breaks as the shields buckle and I then need help) but that's beside the point, I don't have a problem with the lower levels... correction I WOULDN'T have a problem with them if they were willing to talk and ask if they were doing something wrong, i have the same problem in STFs, I'm quite happy to help and teach if others are willing to be helped and taught (which they aren't).
as for rainbow ships i ran 1 for a while, I then switched to single energy tyoe, you know how much damage difference i noticed? 0 That's right a big fat 0. So please don't have a go at those running rainbow ships, chances are they are having greater debuff effect than you are.
However as stated previously my problem is not with the low level players but those who refuse to listen to experienced players
If you have lowbies in the fleet have them purchase operation Tac assets from the star base to support there DPS. A maranda pumping out elite fighters or a wing of ships is a lot better than watching them explode and be sure to have them slot heals, at least one.
Those people are ones that exist to ruin others day, we have words for them, but I don't want to hurt their child ears, they might get boo-boos and cry to Cryptic about being audibly violated on the internet. Yet still they continue to ruin STO by intentionally making failure toons just to prove that they don't deserve to be gamers.
The lack of level balance is unfortunate, and a debate to push at the developers, but intentionally antagonizing the situation is just another way kids get their kicks. Those people deserve to never play this game, or be allowed on the internet, again.
Watch them reply to this.
They do, it's called a guide. Also, this stupidity about cookie cutter builds? In Champions Online, sure I would agree, but everything in this game is so under the hood that EVERYONE is a cookie cutter, some just like to try and be unique (read: stupid) and gimp themselves without bothering to read up. The level of sheer laziness in people that don't pre-plan is astounding, as Cryptic has made it beyond easy to respect bridge officers. Respeccing yourself is only a matter of making a new toon if you're such a bum that you can't be bothered to put down a pittance.
it needs to be set on tier 2 at this point what most fleets are at this point
Being fair all the weapons on my friends rainbow warrior are Mk VIII (the highest he can use) and his DPS is comparable with any other captain level ship
its just all in pretty colours
Has nothing to do with who gets there first. It's randomly chosen from the five members of the team (and you don't know that most fleets are at tier 2 right now either).
The only thing the first player in has anything to do with is team leader, which doesn't mean much in a PUG.
Actually this is still the worst idea ever.
That said, it's not really fair on a Lt. Commander to have to go into a space mission and take on level 50 enemies. Even with their damage buffed, they still lack the BOff slots. Particularly on something like Blockade where you plain out need Lt. Commander and Commander BOff abilities to effectively protect a freighter. Without them you have one Tac Team, minor heals and maybe TBR1. Two players like that at the one freighter are going to struggle.
But you can't divide them by rank either, because that'll kill the queues at lower levels. The only rank divided content it doesn't take 20+ minutes to get a group at below VA is Mirror Universe, and that's because people use it to power level their way to VA.
I would be interested in knowing whether a middle ground option, namely have two queues, one for Lt to Commander, which spawns level 29/30 enemies, and another from Captain to VA which spawns level 50s, would work. I'm sure Cryptic could check the numbers on it to see would it be viable. Too bad they probably won't come in here and tell us...