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Delta Recruits and Revamp of Cardi storyline

With season 11 just weeks away, I thought about something. Will the revamping of the storyline impact Delta Recruits and their ability to collect any Iconian items and then getting the rewards for finishing the cardi storyline. Since at least 2 of the iconian items are in the current cardi storyline, will the be put into the new storyline and the delta iconian project and storyline be adapted for the new revamp? I haven't heard any developer say whether this is a last chance to get the cardi story done and the rewards. Please can a dev or someone who knows say something?

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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,531 Community Moderator
    I think it was in a Dev Blog or (more likely) Tribble notes that said that the Delta Recruit objectives were being shifted into the new missions so in theory the revamp shouldn't have that much of an impact on Delta Recruits.
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  • stofskstofsk Member Posts: 1,744 Arc User
    The DR pick ups exist in the revamped episodes. Last time I checked tho one of the pick ups refer to you being on Empok Nor, which... uh... isn't where you were.
  • gpatton3gpatton3 Member Posts: 55 Arc User
    so what will happpen if Empok Nor is missing with the Iconian artifact?
  • stofskstofsk Member Posts: 1,744 Arc User
    No what I mean is the pick up is in a different mission, but last time I checked (admittedly that was early in the month) the text wasn't changed to reflect the different area you pick it up in.
  • gradiigradii Member Posts: 2,824 Arc User
    What about the accolade we need for completing the arc? Sure that won't glitch out for Delta recruits who are in the middle of it?

    "He shall be my finest warrior, this generic man who was forced upon me.
    Like a badass I shall make him look, and in the furnace of war I shall forge him.
    he shall be of iron will and steely sinew.
    In great armour I shall clad him and with the mightiest weapons he shall be armed.
    He will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight him.
    He shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best him in battle.
    He is my answer to cryptic logic, he is the Defender of my Romulan Crew.
    He is Tovan Khev... and he shall know no fear."
  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    gradii wrote: »
    What about the accolade we need for completing the arc? Sure that won't glitch out for Delta recruits who are in the middle of it?

    If my Recruit hadn't already finished them all, I would certainly make sure they were NOT in the middle of it on the 27th.

    That's the only way to be sure.
  • gradiigradii Member Posts: 2,824 Arc User
    warpangel wrote: »
    gradii wrote: »
    What about the accolade we need for completing the arc? Sure that won't glitch out for Delta recruits who are in the middle of it?

    If my Recruit hadn't already finished them all, I would certainly make sure they were NOT in the middle of it on the 27th.

    That's the only way to be sure.

    I would but I cant bring myself to do it. it's too painful. Given I think I finished the ones which are changing.

    "He shall be my finest warrior, this generic man who was forced upon me.
    Like a badass I shall make him look, and in the furnace of war I shall forge him.
    he shall be of iron will and steely sinew.
    In great armour I shall clad him and with the mightiest weapons he shall be armed.
    He will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight him.
    He shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best him in battle.
    He is my answer to cryptic logic, he is the Defender of my Romulan Crew.
    He is Tovan Khev... and he shall know no fear."
  • mackbolan01mackbolan01 Member Posts: 580 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    i say we take off and nuke the entire site fron orbit , IT's the only way to be sure.
  • jheinigjheinig Member Posts: 364 Cryptic Developer
    I set up the Delta Recruit perks to work with the new missions. If you have completed one of the Cardassian-mission Delta Recruit pickups but not the other one, you will find one while going through the new missions. If you haven't done any of them, you'll find two. If you already did the Cardassian arc with a Delta Recruit, you won't lose any credit for it.

    Text updates are tricky here because we have to get new VO recording done as well.
  • gpatton3gpatton3 Member Posts: 55 Arc User
    Thank you Jheinig for taking the time to respond. It lets me know then I don't have to try and finish the cardi line immediately and that I can just finish it if needed with the start of season 11 (of course accounting for the hickup any new season brings, maybe not the very first day :) ).

    I assume that the requirement to complete the story arc will reflect the revamps so if you are for example 1/2 way through the current version of the storyline, you might want to finish, if you haven't started then I assume that you will fly the revamps cardi missions to complete that story arc for the reward(s) for finishing it?
  • farshorefarshore Member Posts: 353 Arc User
    Sorry to say, but I wouldn't trust things to go so smoothly. If you're really worried about it, better to get it out of the way. On the other hand, I don't think I could play the old Cardie arc again for at least another year. 5 times is my annual limit it would seem.
  • xyquarzexyquarze Member Posts: 2,117 Arc User
    I used to say that I don't dislike the Cardi arc as much as others, but I did get my "hanging deltas" to finish everything before the change (which was welcome, by the way, since my other toons could use the dil ;) ') and yes, some missions are a little time consuming. And some really didn't think about the ambient dialogue when referring to different factions, Klingons addressing my Orion as Starfleet was a bit irritating. But yes, bugs can happen even with the best preparation and then may need time to fix, so if you were planning on doing this stuff soonish, better do it now. If it can wait, though, it can wait.
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  • fovrelfovrel Member Posts: 1,448 Arc User
    This weekend I finished the cardi arc on my last delta recruit. I already did the 2800 episodes when there was an xp weekend, because those mission give more xp than the regular ones. It wasn't a smooth run. I forgot to ask about the Iconians when talking to the prophet, so I had to replay the mission, boy.

    Today I saw that one of my characters, level 60, still hadn't play a couple of those mission and I thought perhaps, perhaps one last time before they leave us forever? No, those missions are boring. The best thing was that you could skip them. Btw. I think the Delta missions have the same problem. Too much of the same, you fight this, you fight that, for which, for whom? Can't we just shoot 'm up?

    My delta recruit also got killed in one of those missions. He is level 54 and flies a Nandi, but I have just equipped some mission reward stuff. I had to fight a Keldon and it took forever. The Keldon had 118,000 hp. Then a patrol of three Jem'Haddar attack ships joined the fight. The Keldon spawned it photonic reserves and I began to melt. I hit evasive manoeuvres, but was hit 19 km away from the Keldon. I have to check if my traits are active, I saw on another character that I have to reselect them.
  • bobbydazlersbobbydazlers Member Posts: 4,534 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    it just amazes me that there are still players out there that have Delta characters that haven't completed the Breen story line with “Cold Storage” at least.
    I know everyone plays at their own pace but the event ended nearly 5 months ago.
    I created 3 characters and finished “Cold Storage” with them all before the last day of the event on May 21st.

    yes I do work and have a family before anyone plays the you have more time card.

    When I think about everything we've been through together,

    maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,

     and if that journey takes a little longer,

    so we can do something we all believe in,

     I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.

  • farshorefarshore Member Posts: 353 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    it just amazes me that there are still players out there that have Delta characters that haven't completed the Breen story line with “Cold Storage” at least.
    I know everyone plays at their own pace but the event ended nearly 5 months ago.
    I created 3 characters and finished “Cold Storage” with them all before the last day of the event on May 21st.

    yes I do work and have a family before anyone plays the you have more time card.

    I created 6, trying to get the tech upgrades to complete a full rack of epic phaser arrays. All I need was to get them to level 50.

  • fovrelfovrel Member Posts: 1,448 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    it just amazes me that there are still players out there that have Delta characters that haven't completed the Breen story line with “Cold Storage” at least.
    I know everyone plays at their own pace but the event ended nearly 5 months ago.
    I created 3 characters and finished “Cold Storage” with them all before the last day of the event on May 21st.

    yes I do work and have a family before anyone plays the you have more time card.

    I can understand, that you don't understand it. I rolled 5 recruits, mainly for the good rewards, but I intend to keep them and to play them. I do have several characters, 16. I do play a lot and enjoy it, but my game time is split out over many characters. It means progress for an individual character can go slow.

    The delta recruit I speak about is the last one. It got stuck in the cardassian arc, because these missions truly take the pace out your game. When there was an xp weekend, I went straight to the 2800 serie, which give better xp reward, also their rewards are excellent. Just because they are going to dissappear and it might give a problem, preventing something is better than dealing with a problem, I finished the arc. The borg and breen missions are still on the list, just as everything else.

    BTW, a delta recruit still gets all the rewards. You could create one just before ending of the event, shelf it and play it whenever you like. This is also the case for your non delta alts. I realise that I have to check them, this recruit was a fed character and it did complete the cardi arc.

  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    it just amazes me that there are still players out there that have Delta characters that haven't completed the Breen story line with “Cold Storage” at least.
    I know everyone plays at their own pace but the event ended nearly 5 months ago.
    I created 3 characters and finished “Cold Storage” with them all before the last day of the event on May 21st.

    yes I do work and have a family before anyone plays the you have more time card.

    No time limit was placed on completing the tasks, so once players are done with one Recruit and unlocked all the relevant account-wide rewards, there's no hurry to finish things with any spare alts. I fully expect there to still be unfinished Recruits years later. Even if they don't re-run the event.
  • farshorefarshore Member Posts: 353 Arc User
    warpangel wrote: »
    it just amazes me that there are still players out there that have Delta characters that haven't completed the Breen story line with “Cold Storage” at least.
    I know everyone plays at their own pace but the event ended nearly 5 months ago.
    I created 3 characters and finished “Cold Storage” with them all before the last day of the event on May 21st.

    yes I do work and have a family before anyone plays the you have more time card.

    No time limit was placed on completing the tasks, so once players are done with one Recruit and unlocked all the relevant account-wide rewards, there's no hurry to finish things with any spare alts. I fully expect there to still be unfinished Recruits years later. Even if they don't re-run the event.

    And if the task manager is broken at some point, it may never be fixed. The sooner you complete all of the tasks and get all of the rewards, the better.
  • stofskstofsk Member Posts: 1,744 Arc User
    it just amazes me that there are still players out there that have Delta characters that haven't completed the Breen story line with “Cold Storage” at least.
    I know everyone plays at their own pace but the event ended nearly 5 months ago.
    I created 3 characters and finished “Cold Storage” with them all before the last day of the event on May 21st.

    yes I do work and have a family before anyone plays the you have more time card.
    I really, really, REALLY hate the Cardassian campaign.
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