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This update turned the game into a grind. I am a casual player and i was happy with alot of things how they were before. Now its just a pain and no fun anymore.
I will explain my biggest issues.
Dilithium reward for normal STF is too low.
Advanced STF is too difficult. (for my current equipment and level)
Cant upgrade and skill my ship traits either. Because No Time = No dilithium = No Zen (Werent we supposed to get 1 free ship upgrade token?)
The problem is this is a devils circle. I cant get enough dilithium (in the time i have to play per day) to get better gear or to exchange it into zen to buy a ship upgrade token. I cant buy it from exchange either since it costs 30million EC and as a f2p i am capped to 10million EC.
So i am pretty much reduced into endless grinding for dilithium which is absolutely no fun. With those 2-4 hrs i have per day, i am reduced to do maybe 1 or 2 new story missions and the rest is reduced to grinding. So please cryptic fix this because i have the feeling that alot of casuals will stop playing.
I also cant realy see the reason why STFs had to be changed this drastically? Stf normal can stay as it is now, change the advanced back to how elite was before and the new elite should be the advanced mode. Before DR i could make enough Dilithium to reach the daily cap and do some others things aswell so i had fun playing. Now i even dread to startup the game.
I will explain my biggest issues.
Dilithium reward for normal STF is too low.
Advanced STF is too difficult. (for my current equipment and level)
Cant upgrade and skill my ship traits either. Because No Time = No dilithium = No Zen (Werent we supposed to get 1 free ship upgrade token?)
The problem is this is a devils circle. I cant get enough dilithium (in the time i have to play per day) to get better gear or to exchange it into zen to buy a ship upgrade token. I cant buy it from exchange either since it costs 30million EC and as a f2p i am capped to 10million EC.
So i am pretty much reduced into endless grinding for dilithium which is absolutely no fun. With those 2-4 hrs i have per day, i am reduced to do maybe 1 or 2 new story missions and the rest is reduced to grinding. So please cryptic fix this because i have the feeling that alot of casuals will stop playing.
I also cant realy see the reason why STFs had to be changed this drastically? Stf normal can stay as it is now, change the advanced back to how elite was before and the new elite should be the advanced mode. Before DR i could make enough Dilithium to reach the daily cap and do some others things aswell so i had fun playing. Now i even dread to startup the game.
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i appreciate the harder stf's it will be a steep learning curve for new players but cryptic must understand if they keep banding this idea of elite gear about how the hell are you supposed to grind for it when you need elite gear to play the mission to get the elite gear and that's if....IF and i mean IF you manage to get a group that knows what its doing to do the actual stf (i wont even mention the other reps and their borg processor counterparts its got to the point where ive almost given up making the new gear as its so far beyond my reach of current its pointless and ive been playing this for nearly 2 years! and have 12 toons try sorting them out with gear KNIGHTMARE!!!)
Its really not that hard, but it can take time. It sounds like you'll need to go the "EC" route for
most of your gear. About (4) days worth of Dill will get you a Lock Box Key, which can be sold for
1-2 Mill EC. You can play "normal" level queues/STF's for marks. These gain you the equipment
crates which deliver goods for great EC sales, and even occasionally those modules your looking for.
The R&D Mat Box drops can also get good EC sales.
I say this because that is what I've done. And I've never felt the pressure to "grind" for anything.
Like yourselves, I play maybe 10-15 hrs. per week. I spend my time in game moving around from
sector to sector, doing "Patrols", "Episodes", "Bt-Zones", ect., ect. For myself, I'm not after the
latest/greatest gear. I'm here to cruise the galaxy in a starship, and have fun. Theres nothing
that has happened in this game (my first MMO, been playing since April this year), that has altered
how I play the game.
I am, however, one who is patient and... well... easily amused.
BCW.
i have yet to see a borg neural processor or rep equivalanet drop from a lockbox nice sarcasm tho
the point i am makeing is you cannot even make the mk12 gear you know the borg set... the maco set the adapted maco.. leaveing you just the undine set and dyson set and romulan sets and i havent even tested if you get the ''parts'' from the mission to actually make the gear in your rep and this is WITHOUT the issue of dilithium (being 35k PER ITEM) or weaponry (being 22K PER ITEM) and you effectively doubled the ammount of time to get said dilithium i have no issue with that i can grind harder for the dil but the lack of ability to grind the 1 thing you need to make the rep gear is an epic facepalm THIS BEING THE DAMMN POROCESSOR/AND ITS OTHER REP COUNTERPART
#cryptic please make te basic rep stf reward drop ALL the parts so we can make the epic gear your harping on about
instead it's waah i play 14 hours a week and still cant seem to make the 200zen it costs to raise my ec cap or craft even one set of gear...maybe the devs should just give you everything all at once for free?
oh wait, they did that already when you downloaded the game...
if you would have cared to READ my post (thats probably a lil too higher in the brain function than your used to) i was merely pointing out you are unable to make the mk12 rep gears as the basic stf's are not dropping them and as of late the advance stf's are somewhat beyond the beneath par player whereas i am quite lucky to have made a few parts before the delta riseing update for 1 toon it now puts the rest of my toons at a major disadvantage somewhat limiting my gameplay and my want of putting money into cryptic
As a counter point to you. I have done the Omega rep and the start a timer thing leaves you a box. Usually it is a weapon or console or some nonsense you sell. But once in a while you get a neural processor. Odds seem to go up as you approach tier five in the rep.
Originally Posted by pwlaughingtrendy
Network engineers are not ship designers.
Nor should they be. Their ships would look weird.
The irony is real.
You forgot to point out the laziness in using 'lil' instead of 'little' as well.
Specifically that the current Advanced queues will go down in HP by 70% of current values (1 mil HP spheres will suddenly be 300,000 HP ones), go live for testing, then be reassessed again...
Just for the record...
To rob a line: [quote: Mariemaia Kushrenada] Forum Posting is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever. However, opinions will change upon the reading of my post.[/quote]
Sarcasm???
willing to be patient. If you want it all right now, your correct. Not going to
happen without opening the wallet. They do give you that option if you do'nt wish to wait.
BCW.
Just for the record, the problem was brought up on Tribble, you know...the test site that only paying players can access. It was ignored then, not going to believe it now until it happens.
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