Surface Tension, because of all the loot you can get (all allies are white, not blue ... so they count as your damage and add up to the loot chance and also help you getting damage accolades for energy weapon types and receiving energy weapon damage).
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"Assimilation", on Elite, with the Assimilated Undine at the end. Although.. the old version of it was so much better, as it provided like, a hundred of Borg Drones to kick... nowadays it plays way too easy, even on Elite & while leaving boffs at the beginning of the mission.
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Assimilation. I did play that mission a lot for the purple kit and modules. Got complete sets for all my alts, since the rwards are random, you have to play it more than 4 times to get a set.
Nontheless, I like the mission. In the beginning the assimilated undine could dictate the fight, but with a mortar team as I use now, the fight is over fast.
The 2800 serie. I played those missions a lot for the ground and space set. Boldly they Rode has a long intro, that is in my view too long, Kurland here. Second Wave has the same issue with the intro with the diplomats. That prison mission is the best, it brings you quick into the action.
For me it is 90% the reward that makes me playing again a mission. The stories although some are very good, are in the end to shallow to be the main reason for replaying.
A Step between the Stars, nice story, great reward, but the fact that I have to fly an alien ship and have to set it up, makes it an unagreeable experience.
For my Rom? "Cutting the Cord". I just can't get enough of putting a blaster bolt right between that SOB's lying, traitorous eyes.
Have you ever gotten a cut-scene where you are the one putting the final blast onto Hakeev instead of Obisek? I have once on my Romulan main.
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Have you ever gotten a cut-scene where you are the one putting the final blast onto Hakeev instead of Obisek? I have once on my Romulan main.
That's the Rom cutscene. Fed and KDF have to watch Obisek have all the fun, but then it's not as personal for them as for your Rom. "Ra'khoi s'Virinat!!"
I don't really know why I like "Mind Game". I hate hurting poor epohhs, and pity the poor Borgified Rommie, but I enjoy the tasks. A different thing than usual pew pew pew.
I don't really know why I like "Mind Game". I hate hurting poor epohhs, and pity the poor Borgified Rommie, but I enjoy the tasks. A different thing than usual pew pew pew.
"Sleepers" is just deliciously creepy. Creepers!
It does break my heart to kill and Epohhs...I'd MUCH rather kill a Romulan.
It does break my heart to kill and Epohhs...I'd MUCH rather kill a Romulan.
R'Tath was sad he killed those epohhs because he could have made some delicious meal out of them for him, Hakeev, and Sela (two would have a small dose of Thaloron in them )
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None, really. I've done each episode multiple times on all of my 17 toons.
Rather than make more and more ships to play the same content over and over again they should be making more content to play with the vast number of ships already in the game.
The Klingon one where you get to smack the tar out of a ferengi singing the song of their people "coward of the storage bay". One of the few missions that show ferengi as they really are.
Mind games, takedown, mindscape, what lies beneath, the finale of the feklhri arc. But the one I never get tired of is the new Romulus tier 1 warehouse mission. Hot da** I love setting madran on fire and watch him running away begging for mercy. I don't think I'll ever stop laughing at that.
I love Surface Tension. The way it is written, it really harkens back to some of the Dominion War episodes of DS9. It is paced well and has a good mix of ground and space. It also really feels like you are in an episode of Star Trek, IMO of course. The cut scenes are also done well and spaced well. From the briefing being interrupted by the Undine fleet all the way through Shon flying the Aquarius down the Planet Killer's throat with you "plowing the road" for him to save the day, it is the best writing in the game, hands down.
I also like the Delta Rising arc (if only you could do them in a row on an alt without having to grind in between every two episodes ) and the Fek'lhri arc as well.
While I like the newer Featured Episodes that have been coming out since DR, they are just not long enough or engaging enough to replay more than I have to in order to get the weekly rewards. To me, Surface Tension is the bar that I judge every new episode by and so far none have lived up I keep hoping....
I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
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I like um all...
But many of them have been altered so much from their original forms, that at times, I find myself expecting a particular thing to happen from memory and then I remember it's been changed.
I've actually wandered around on some of the old maps reminiscing.
I miss the Exploration Missions, I know many folks around here hated them, but I found them to be interesting to do every once in a while.
I especially liked to wander around whatever ground environment popped up and use my imagination to create my own mission while avoiding (or at least trying to) whatever enemy was deposited there.
I use to scan different chit that had been put there by the random system creator (even if it didn't actually do anything).
It was a way to at least make it feel like I wasn't always out to kill/destroy every thing I encountered as a Star Fleet Officer.
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Well... the exploration clusters were fun... but did get a bit repetitive.
And then there was the odd "artifacts of the 5th Borg Dynasty" or something like that. And lets not forget how some of the mobs actually spawned UNDER the map, making them unable to be finished. lol
But I kinda wouldn't mind seeing the old patrols replayable. I mean we can replay Tau Dewa and Delta Quad patrols... why are the others one and done?
I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
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I do honestly think that this episode hasn't, to date, been bettered. But that's just my opinion.
I have to agree, it's my favorite one that they have made so far. It's just a great mix of ground/space and doesn't have any annoying parts that I just want to skip through. It's a really fun replay.
I also actually like 'Time in a Bottle.' It's a pretty fun mission and it awards a nice rifle or shield for bridge officers. Between that, and replaying 'A Step Between Stars' for the Solenae suit/armor, you can kit out your team pretty nicely for free.
Mind games, takedown, mindscape, what lies beneath, the finale of the feklhri arc. But the one I never get tired of is the new Romulus tier 1 warehouse mission. Hot da** I love setting madran on fire and watch him running away begging for mercy. I don't think I'll ever stop laughing at that.
Too bad we don't actually get to waste the filthy little b*****d. Would have been more satisfying.
If there was ever a NPC in need of a healthy dose of killin', it was Madran.
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God damn, those maps are good.
Also, Boldly They Rode, because SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!
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I tend to replay it at every new rank 5 times to kit out my entire ground team with those weapons.
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It's a whole lot of fun when several boffs use the AoE attack simultaneously.:P
Nontheless, I like the mission. In the beginning the assimilated undine could dictate the fight, but with a mortar team as I use now, the fight is over fast.
The 2800 serie. I played those missions a lot for the ground and space set. Boldly they Rode has a long intro, that is in my view too long, Kurland here. Second Wave has the same issue with the intro with the diplomats. That prison mission is the best, it brings you quick into the action.
For me it is 90% the reward that makes me playing again a mission. The stories although some are very good, are in the end to shallow to be the main reason for replaying.
A Step between the Stars, nice story, great reward, but the fact that I have to fly an alien ship and have to set it up, makes it an unagreeable experience.
Ironically it's a way better halloween/friday the 13th episode than the actual one.:D
Actually, the old ESD map is still an asset in the Foundry, and there's at least one Foundry mission ("One Too Many") that still uses it.
Uneasy Allies. That's some good acting and those are very well tuned cutscenes
Many of the Delta and Iconian missions as well as the feature episodes
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Have you ever gotten a cut-scene where you are the one putting the final blast onto Hakeev instead of Obisek? I have once on my Romulan main.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
I don't really know why I like "Mind Game". I hate hurting poor epohhs, and pity the poor Borgified Rommie, but I enjoy the tasks. A different thing than usual pew pew pew.
"Sleepers" is just deliciously creepy. Creepers!
It does break my heart to kill and Epohhs...I'd MUCH rather kill a Romulan.
R'Tath was sad he killed those epohhs because he could have made some delicious meal out of them for him, Hakeev, and Sela (two would have a small dose of Thaloron in them )
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Admiral R'Tath V'Tirex, R.R.W. Dhael Glohha'enh==Commander Ta'eth Korval, R.R.W Hachae ch'Rhian==Admiral Vranuk, R.R.W Delevhas
Rather than make more and more ships to play the same content over and over again they should be making more content to play with the vast number of ships already in the game.
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I also like the Delta Rising arc (if only you could do them in a row on an alt without having to grind in between every two episodes ) and the Fek'lhri arc as well.
While I like the newer Featured Episodes that have been coming out since DR, they are just not long enough or engaging enough to replay more than I have to in order to get the weekly rewards. To me, Surface Tension is the bar that I judge every new episode by and so far none have lived up I keep hoping....
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Whaddya mean? We are not as cute as epohhs?
I'll do that the next time
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But many of them have been altered so much from their original forms, that at times, I find myself expecting a particular thing to happen from memory and then I remember it's been changed.
I've actually wandered around on some of the old maps reminiscing.
I miss the Exploration Missions, I know many folks around here hated them, but I found them to be interesting to do every once in a while.
I especially liked to wander around whatever ground environment popped up and use my imagination to create my own mission while avoiding (or at least trying to) whatever enemy was deposited there.
I use to scan different chit that had been put there by the random system creator (even if it didn't actually do anything).
It was a way to at least make it feel like I wasn't always out to kill/destroy every thing I encountered as a Star Fleet Officer.
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And then there was the odd "artifacts of the 5th Borg Dynasty" or something like that. And lets not forget how some of the mobs actually spawned UNDER the map, making them unable to be finished. lol
But I kinda wouldn't mind seeing the old patrols replayable. I mean we can replay Tau Dewa and Delta Quad patrols... why are the others one and done?
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I have to agree, it's my favorite one that they have made so far. It's just a great mix of ground/space and doesn't have any annoying parts that I just want to skip through. It's a really fun replay.
I also actually like 'Time in a Bottle.' It's a pretty fun mission and it awards a nice rifle or shield for bridge officers. Between that, and replaying 'A Step Between Stars' for the Solenae suit/armor, you can kit out your team pretty nicely for free.
Too bad we don't actually get to waste the filthy little b*****d. Would have been more satisfying.
If there was ever a NPC in need of a healthy dose of killin', it was Madran.