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Changes to STF cooldowns

hoovergkmmchoovergkmmc Member Posts: 161 Arc User
edited March 2013 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Ok, I'm sure this has been brought up before - but I'm going to bring it up again...

Something needs to change with the cooldowns on STFs. How many times do you come into one where the optional has already been blown, and it's a struggle just to complete the overall mission? Why should that be a full cooldown?

Or worse yet, you get one like I just had in Cure Elite. Spawn in, optional has already been blown, Kang is being swarmed, within 30 seconds, it is destroyed? Why in the Name of All That Which Does Not Suck should I now be stuck with a 1 hour cooldown??

My suggestion - if you join an STF that has already been in progress for a certain number of minutes, your cooldown is reduced. If you are stuck in an STF where the optional has already been blown, reduce by at least half the cooldown. Get stuck in an utterly failed STF (say failure within 5 minutes of joining), no cooldown?

Or at least let us have a setting to, if we choose, not join an STF in progress - knowing that it will mean an increased wait time.
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Comments

  • kreugekreuge Member Posts: 48 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I like the idea of choosing not join one in progress since it should be that way already.
  • aarons9aarons9 Member Posts: 961
    edited March 2013
    they should lower the STF CD to 30 minutes and make failed ones have NO CD.
    that way if you get a bad team and fail you can try again right away.

    also turn off joining already in progress missions..
    the other day i joined a minefield just to have it say leave map.
    i didn't place so i got no rewards.
    [12:35] Vessel Two of Two Unimatrix 01 deals 225232 (271723) Plasma Damage to you with Plasma Lance.
    [12:44] Vessel One of Two Unimatrix 01 deals 1019527 (1157678) Kinetic Damage to you with Plasma Energy Bolt Explosion.
  • talientalien Member Posts: 712 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    hoovergkmmc wrote: »
    Or at least let us have a setting to, if we choose, not join an STF in progress - knowing that it will mean an increased wait time.

    This is the perfect solution.
  • aarons9aarons9 Member Posts: 961
    edited March 2013
    they just need to tweak it, make it like 2 or 3 minutes into nobody can join..
    cause usually what seems to happen is stf goes fail, everyone bails and then you get people joining in that dont want to.. cause that last person wont leave.
    [12:35] Vessel Two of Two Unimatrix 01 deals 225232 (271723) Plasma Damage to you with Plasma Lance.
    [12:44] Vessel One of Two Unimatrix 01 deals 1019527 (1157678) Kinetic Damage to you with Plasma Energy Bolt Explosion.
  • bubblygumsworthbubblygumsworth Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Stop PuGging and play with a premade team, simple.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
    I drink, I vote, and I PvP!
  • aarons9aarons9 Member Posts: 961
    edited March 2013
    bubblygumsworth wrote: »
    Stop PuGging and play with a premade team, simple.

    not simple..
    i get on, i ask if anyone wants to do say a minefield..
    my replies...
    "nope im on cooldown"
    or
    "im in one now, gotta wait 30 minutes"


    sigh..


    pugging is the only option.. with these cooldowns..
    [12:35] Vessel Two of Two Unimatrix 01 deals 225232 (271723) Plasma Damage to you with Plasma Lance.
    [12:44] Vessel One of Two Unimatrix 01 deals 1019527 (1157678) Kinetic Damage to you with Plasma Energy Bolt Explosion.
  • catoblepasbetacatoblepasbeta Member Posts: 1,532 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Great suggestion on the cooldown timer. This isn't even a problem unique to STFs. I can't count the number of times I have joined 'The Big Dig' to find out it's halfway done already and I have no way of completing the objective, much less a chance of actualyl getting the purple item(s) from first or second place. It's aggravatign because it means I have to finish the map, and then wait for the cooldown to go down again before I can have another shot at the daily.
  • monkeybone13monkeybone13 Member Posts: 4,640 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    A few days ago I ended up joining The Big Dig when the boss was summoned. 15 seconds later the mission had ended and I didn't get any dilithium or equipment reward, nor did I have time to scan the 4 friggen plants to complete the daily. I had to wait 30 minutes before I could even try it again. I also end up in The Big Dig when it is half over and the 16 civilians are rescued almost all of the time. I'm getting sick of it. It's hard to scan those plants because the enemies do a ton of damage, going straight through shields, taking my shields out in about 2 seconds, and that's even being equipped with the full Omega Mk XII set.:mad:
  • marshalericdavidmarshalericdavid Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    monkeybone13 wrote: »
    A few days ago I ended up joining The Big Dig when the boss was summoned. 15 seconds later the mission had ended and I didn't get any dilithium or equipment reward, nor did I have time to scan the 4 friggen plants to complete the daily. I had to wait 30 minutes before I could even try it again. I also end up in The Big Dig when it is half over and the 16 civilians are rescued almost all of the time. I'm getting sick of it. It's hard to scan those plants because the enemies do a ton of damage, going straight through shields, taking my shields out in about 2 seconds, and that's even being equipped with the full Omega Mk XII set.:mad:

    Their is a secret to complete the daily if that happens. Click change character then chose that character and you will be back on that map with the full leave map timer. I did that when time was about to run out from me scanning plants.
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