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STF/End Game Mark 10 Gear - Make it Mission Reward

sentinel64sentinel64 Member Posts: 901 Arc User
edited November 2013 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I think the Mark 10 gear in the rep system really serves no purpose. Why would anyone grind for the level and gear that is only Mark 10. The goal for most players is Mark 11 and the hard core are going for Mark 12.

The Mark 10 should be part of the mission rewards (i.e., Borg/STF gear in the Borg/Undine Missions; Romulan/Nukara/Voth can be in the respective end-game zones). The purpose for this is to give players a "taste" of the end-game gear and motivate the players to do the grind for the better (more worthwhile) end-game gear.

An additional "bennie" would be to give a discount for the next set (Mark 11 or 12) by exchanging the Mark 10 for the new set, thus reducing the overall grind time.

The Mark 10 gear missions would be repeatable so players can get multiple versions of the ship gear (but only one set of each) and multiple versions of ground gear to include the same set to allow for fitting out an away team.

Right now, I am just focused on Mark 11 gear, but since I really have not used any, I am hesitant in grinding for just any set. If I had easy access to Mark 10 then I would know the capabilities of each set and feel more confident in selecting a Mark 11 gear to grind for during gameplay.

Mark 10 is not worth the grind so why have it in the rep grind?:confused:
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  • scififan78scififan78 Member Posts: 1,383 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    Better yet, they should open the reputation system before Lvl50. You can start doing normal STF at level 45 (IIRC) and join in on the elite at level 50. Mk10 gear is for level 40 and up so why is it gated to the reputation system that don't unlock til 50 anyways?
  • maskedmarvel1maskedmarvel1 Member Posts: 119 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    Since getting to tier 5 takes quite a while I found getting mk x sets right at the beginning of the rep to be handy, it would last me the whole time until I got to tier 5 and mk xii gear, plus I would just hand it over to a boff when I got mk xii things
  • shadowwraith77shadowwraith77 Member Posts: 6,395 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    maskedmarvel1 wrote: »
    Since getting to tier 5 takes quite a while I found getting mk x sets right at the beginning of the rep to be handy, it would last me the whole time until I got to tier 5 and mk xii gear, plus I would just hand it over to a boff when I got mk xii things

    Pretty much same here, it's a get me buy for now until my rep is high enough for the mkxii goodies.
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  • woodwhitywoodwhity Member Posts: 2,636 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    Problem: if you go MK X gear, you dont need MK XII gear ;) , its a bit better, but far more expensive
  • aceseacese Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    Well there is a fair amount of mark X gear for new players including sets like the gem, breen, etc available. I agree that it makes little sense in the rep system, the new way is far better. What we need is a little retrofit on the old reps given the MACO/OMEGA gear is still some of the best for many players.
  • tenkaritenkari Member Posts: 2,906 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    heck, i just dread getting the borg assimilated set on new chars..... the old retro borg set pre-rep was easy to get, and is considered a mk xi set. not the best, but at least it has a level now, back then it was just a leveless stuff.
  • generaljestergeneraljester Member Posts: 55 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    This is something i have wondered myself for some time, I myself make do with the mission reward or crafting kit till i can get Mk XII on any toon.

    I think a better option would be to reduce the costs of the lower end gear if they wont give it as a mission reward or give it a trade in option so that getting it and trading in for the higher rep stuff reduces your expenditure towards Mk XI or Mk XII.
  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    tenkari wrote: »
    heck, i just dread getting the borg assimilated set on new chars..... the old retro borg set pre-rep was easy to get, and is considered a mk xi set. not the best, but at least it has a level now, back then it was just a leveless stuff.

    at least if you got enough borg stuff you would been able to sell it off for 80k each. so cramming to get the borg space kit was something i used to do before f2p.
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  • tenkaritenkari Member Posts: 2,906 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    well, maybe whe nthey re-do the older rep systems with season 9 they add in the way the dyson rep does for store items.... its all just 1k marks for Purple Mk XII items.
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