I leveled one new Tac all the way through. All the story content, all the reps, upgraded the gear. But as I started a new science toon,I find myself asking what is the point. I already have a fully leveled Tac and science. What will be special about these new AOY toons after the event ends? What is the point of them? Do they soon become just regular old characters? Just reflecting on what is the point.
When you've taken the same journey many times before *then* what becomes the point of taking that same journey yet again?
Because you want to?
I keep buying cheeseburgers and pizza. I've re-read some books many times, watched movies and TV shows, listened to the same songs.
If you enjoy repeating something, do it. If you don't, don't. If there's nothing left that you enjoy in STO, leave for awhile and come back when there's something new.
Yah, see thats the thing about being a Trek fan or a Star Wars fan...its not as if you can stop playing this Star Trek MMO and play that *other* Star Trek MMO.
When you've taken the same journey many times before *then* what becomes the point of taking that same journey yet again?
Because you want to?
I keep buying cheeseburgers and pizza. I've re-read some books many times, watched movies and TV shows, listened to the same songs.
If you enjoy repeating something, do it. If you don't, don't. If there's nothing left that you enjoy in STO, leave for awhile and come back when there's something new.
Yah, see thats the thing about being a Trek fan or a Star Wars fan...its not as if you can stop playing this Star Trek MMO and play that *other* Star Trek MMO.
And then there are those that don't care if it is Star Wars or Star Trek. Just as long as it has Space Travel in it.
Oh, these existential angst Threads. What would we do without them.
'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
Judge Dan Haywood
'As l speak now, the words are forming in my head.
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.'
When you've taken the same journey many times before *then* what becomes the point of taking that same journey yet again?
Because you want to?
I keep buying cheeseburgers and pizza. I've re-read some books many times, watched movies and TV shows, listened to the same songs.
If you enjoy repeating something, do it. If you don't, don't. If there's nothing left that you enjoy in STO, leave for awhile and come back when there's something new.
Yah, see thats the thing about being a Trek fan or a Star Wars fan...its not as if you can stop playing this Star Trek MMO and play that *other* Star Trek MMO.
And then there are those that don't care if it is Star Wars or Star Trek. Just as long as it has Space Travel in it.
Yah if those people ever get sick of STO they should go play Elite Dangerous...i hear that game is awesome.
I leveled one new Tac all the way through. All the story content, all the reps, upgraded the gear. But as I started a new science toon,I find myself asking what is the point. I already have a fully leveled Tac and science. What will be special about these new AOY toons after the event ends? What is the point of them? Do they soon become just regular old characters? Just reflecting on what is the point.
It’s a matter of perspective. I have enough toons and don’t need more. That’s the reason why I only made one AoY toon during the recruitment in order to manage to get the account wide rewards. They will be a noteworthy and continuous asset to my account.
If somebody else however wants to expand his deck of toons the current recruitment event is best way to do so. 250 free rep marks of each type, hundreds of multiple choice marks while you level, free rep and fleet gear dil vouchers. Those toons really have an easy time to approach end game. In a week or two this opportunity will most likely be gone for the next year or two.
Looking for a fun PvE fleet? Join us at Omega Combat Division today.
I'm looking forward to playing No Man's Sky come this Friday.
But I'm also going to continue to work on my AoY toon.
The "point" for me is to have fun playing games.
STO Member since February 2009. I Was A Trekkie Before It Was Cool ... Sept. 8th, 1966 ... Not To Mention Before Most Folks Around Here Were Born! Forever a STO Veteran-Minion
and then AoY: Chapter 3, the final, "Picard's Paradox" with his past as youth, being assimelated as borg, and his "memory time trip" on all the good things, and his "early victorian era christmas carol"that we are pretending to be his "3 ghosts of time"
#1 - Attract new players to the game. More player account means potentially more potential revenue from C-Store purchases or from monthly subs.
#2 - Give a reason for current players to create just one more captain. The more captains a player has the greater the potential of C-Store sale. Example, I purchased 200 Doff slots for my AoY Captain.
#3 - To have fun. If repeating the story missions with a slightly different spin to earn account wide rewards is not considered fun, then don't bother creating a new captain.
Like has been said, it isn't the destination so much as it is the journey. And for RPers, it's a new character who has been ripped from their own time and dropped in another and told to adapt. Their journey then is that adaptation.
Personally, I like the AoY.
Edit: Hey, it worked. Yesterday must have been a bug.
Now a LTS and loving it.
Just because you spend money on this game, it does not entitle you to be a jerk if things don't go your way.
I have come to the conclusion that I have a memory like Etch-A-Sketch. I shake my head and forget everything.
When you've taken the same journey many times before *then* what becomes the point of taking that same journey yet again?
Because you want to?
I keep buying cheeseburgers and pizza. I've re-read some books many times, watched movies and TV shows, listened to the same songs.
If you enjoy repeating something, do it. If you don't, don't. If there's nothing left that you enjoy in STO, leave for awhile and come back when there's something new.
Yah, see thats the thing about being a Trek fan or a Star Wars fan...its not as if you can stop playing this Star Trek MMO and play that *other* Star Trek MMO.
If you can't leave, but don't enjoy any of the Cryptic content any more then ....
... Foundry?
... ERP on Risa?
... seek help for Stockholm Syndrome?
Why do you have to play a Star Trek game every day if you don't enjoy it, just because you're a fan of the universe?
I read this thread all the way through. All the post content, all the quotes, even the signatures. But as I started a new post of my own for this thread,I find myself asking what is the point. I already have read threads about this expansion in the past. What will be special about these new AOY threads after this thread dies? What is the point of this? Do they soon become just regular old necro threads? Just reflecting on what is the point.
'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
Judge Dan Haywood
'As l speak now, the words are forming in my head.
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 leveled one new Tac all the way through. All the story content, all the reps, upgraded the gear. But as I started a new science toon,I find myself asking what is the point. I already have a fully leveled Tac and science. What will be special about these new AOY toons after the event ends? What is the point of them? Do they soon become just regular old characters? Just reflecting on what is the point.
just the same as delta recruits become just the same as regular old characters, I tried to tell others at the time but they could not see that once they had completed all of the delta objectives and unlocked all the account rewards there would be nothing special about the delta characters, they could not see that there would be no extra stuff for delta recruits in the future and now the same applies to AOY recruits, once you have completed all of the AOY objectives there is nothing special or unique about your AOY characters, they will be just the same as regular old characters.
what is the point? you ask, just like the delta event the point was for existing players to create more characters plus maybe get some new players and in that respect this event is a complete success.
Even though they will be regular characters. However for RPing, I have enough to make her "unique" just like the others. Each one is different. They use different ships, gear, etc.
I was referring to the missions the players will face in the future rather then the characters themselves.
there will be no more unique content aimed at either the delta recruits or the AOY recruits, they will just get the same missions as regular characters.
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.
I read this thread all the way through. All the post content, all the quotes, even the signatures. But as I started a new post of my own for this thread,I find myself asking what is the point. I already have read threads about this expansion in the past. What will be special about these new AOY threads after this thread dies? What is the point of this? Do they soon become just regular old necro threads? Just reflecting on what is the point.
Good question... I'll get back to you in 6 months or so...
Each character I create has something special about them. Nevermind they will play the same content as their predecessors, they will react (RP-wise) differently. That's what I'm doing, playing different characters over the same storyline and seeing how they react.
Now a LTS and loving it.
Just because you spend money on this game, it does not entitle you to be a jerk if things don't go your way.
I have come to the conclusion that I have a memory like Etch-A-Sketch. I shake my head and forget everything.
Each character I create has something special about them. Nevermind they will play the same content as their predecessors, they will react (RP-wise) differently. That's what I'm doing, playing different characters over the same storyline and seeing how they react.
Same here -- in Operation Gamma some of them spare the Ferengi backstabber, some don't. They also fly different ships, use different ground weapon sets, etc.
I leveled one new Tac all the way through. All the story content, all the reps, upgraded the gear. But as I started a new science toon,I find myself asking what is the point. I already have a fully leveled Tac and science. What will be special about these new AOY toons after the event ends? What is the point of them? Do they soon become just regular old characters? Just reflecting on what is the point.
just the same as delta recruits become just the same as regular old characters, I tried to tell others at the time but they could not see that once they had completed all of the delta objectives and unlocked all the account rewards there would be nothing special about the delta characters, they could not see that there would be no extra stuff for delta recruits in the future and now the same applies to AOY recruits, once you have completed all of the AOY objectives there is nothing special or unique about your AOY characters, they will be just the same as regular old characters.
what is the point? you ask, just like the delta event the point was for existing players to create more characters plus maybe get some new players and in that respect this event is a complete success.
Even though they will be regular characters. However for RPing, I have enough to make her "unique" just like the others. Each one is different. They use different ships, gear, etc.
I was referring to the missions the players will face in the future rather then the characters themselves.
there will be no more unique content aimed at either the delta recruits or the AOY recruits, they will just get the same missions as regular characters.
Hard to tell. So far there has been no additional from the Delta Recruit. To add to their story. Even if they don't add to it, I'm still playing mine. As they will be different than the others. Like stated before. I do a RPing view to it. So its not like just playing the game. Each one is very different.
USS Casinghead NCC 92047 launched 2350
Fleet Admiral Stowe - Dominion War Vet.
I leveled one new Tac all the way through. All the story content, all the reps, upgraded the gear. But as I started a new science toon,I find myself asking what is the point. I already have a fully leveled Tac and science. What will be special about these new AOY toons after the event ends? What is the point of them? Do they soon become just regular old characters? Just reflecting on what is the point.
Short answer: After the Temporal Recruitment Event ends, you can make a TOSFed with all the cool animations, uniforms, and little details... AND they can claim the account unlocks the TempRecruit unlocked instead of having to grind them out all over again. Sounds pretty awesome, actually, and way better than having two TempRecruit TOSFeds.
With each passing day I wonder if I stepped into an alternate reality. The Cubs win the world series. Donald Trump is President. Britain leaves the EU. STO gets a dedicated PvP season. Engineers are "out of control" in STO.
I leveled one new Tac all the way through. All the story content, all the reps, upgraded the gear. But as I started a new science toon,I find myself asking what is the point. I already have a fully leveled Tac and science. What will be special about these new AOY toons after the event ends? What is the point of them? Do they soon become just regular old characters? Just reflecting on what is the point.
if you're asking this... you missed the point and will not get it... just carry on
[quote="stonewbie;13023035"][quote="officerbatman81;13022902"]It's about the journey not the destination.[/quote]
When you've taken the same journey many times before *then* what becomes the point of taking that same journey yet again? [/quote]
Flavor.
Playing through the same missions with a melee tactical officer in an escort is quite different from an all buffs build tactical who flies cruisers, or a stealthy sniper tactical build who flys torpedo ships.
It is not the same journey if you do it dfferently.
Leveling at least one toon as a temporal agent during the event allows you to unlock account-wide bonuses. Once you have already made such a character, subsequent AoY characters provide no additional gameplay benefit. If you make them during the event and turn them into temporal agents, they can unlock the same character bonuses you got on the first one, like 2.5m EC and 5k dilithium for finishing the Klingon arc, an instant level 10 in an R&D school by leveling some R&D, and so on. If an AoY character doesn't become a temporal agent, they will only have the starter area/missions and the unique animations and interface skin as differentiation from a regular Fed character.
TL;DR: If you want to grind for money/power, a second temporal agent isn't a good way to do it. If you like the unique TOS flavor, this is the only way to get it.
Leveling at least one toon as a temporal agent during the event allows you to unlock account-wide bonuses. Once you have already made such a character, subsequent AoY characters provide no additional gameplay benefit. If you make them during the event and turn them into temporal agents, they can unlock the same character bonuses you got on the first one, like 2.5m EC and 5k dilithium for finishing the Klingon arc, an instant level 10 in an R&D school by leveling some R&D, and so on. If an AoY character doesn't become a temporal agent, they will only have the starter area/missions and the unique animations and interface skin as differentiation from a regular Fed character.
TL;DR: If you want to grind for money/power, a second temporal agent isn't a good way to do it. If you like the unique TOS flavor, this is the only way to get it.
This is why I only did 1 Delta and 1 AOY. I see no need to make "others". I wanted them to be different and unique from the rest of the characters I already have. This also adds to the RPing view of it. Which made it more enjoyable to play.
USS Casinghead NCC 92047 launched 2350
Fleet Admiral Stowe - Dominion War Vet.
Each character I create has something special about them. Nevermind they will play the same content as their predecessors, they will react (RP-wise) differently. That's what I'm doing, playing different characters over the same storyline and seeing how they react.
That only works so far. There are only so many ways you can play and so many RP ways to react. I have been though all the character and build types now. If they repeat the event again next year its going be a chore. Unless I do all the speed tricks which I might just do.
What is the point?
... to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.
There you have it
Not sure we can call them strange new worlds, new life and civilizations or to boldly go where no one has gone before when this is the 5th+ run though. I really don't fancy having to do this all again for a 6th time next year. 7th if I count Beta.
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Yah, see thats the thing about being a Trek fan or a Star Wars fan...its not as if you can stop playing this Star Trek MMO and play that *other* Star Trek MMO.
And then there are those that don't care if it is Star Wars or Star Trek. Just as long as it has Space Travel in it.
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.'
Yah if those people ever get sick of STO they should go play Elite Dangerous...i hear that game is awesome.
It’s a matter of perspective. I have enough toons and don’t need more. That’s the reason why I only made one AoY toon during the recruitment in order to manage to get the account wide rewards. They will be a noteworthy and continuous asset to my account.
If somebody else however wants to expand his deck of toons the current recruitment event is best way to do so. 250 free rep marks of each type, hundreds of multiple choice marks while you level, free rep and fleet gear dil vouchers. Those toons really have an easy time to approach end game. In a week or two this opportunity will most likely be gone for the next year or two.
Looking for a fun PvE fleet? Join us at Omega Combat Division today.
But I'm also going to continue to work on my AoY toon.
The "point" for me is to have fun playing games.
I Was A Trekkie Before It Was Cool ... Sept. 8th, 1966 ... Not To Mention Before Most Folks Around Here Were Born!
Forever a STO Veteran-Minion
and then AoY: Chapter 3, the final, "Picard's Paradox" with his past as youth, being assimelated as borg, and his "memory time trip" on all the good things, and his "early victorian era christmas carol"that we are pretending to be his "3 ghosts of time"
#2 - Give a reason for current players to create just one more captain. The more captains a player has the greater the potential of C-Store sale. Example, I purchased 200 Doff slots for my AoY Captain.
#3 - To have fun. If repeating the story missions with a slightly different spin to earn account wide rewards is not considered fun, then don't bother creating a new captain.
Like has been said, it isn't the destination so much as it is the journey. And for RPers, it's a new character who has been ripped from their own time and dropped in another and told to adapt. Their journey then is that adaptation.
Personally, I like the AoY.
Edit: Hey, it worked. Yesterday must have been a bug.
If you can't leave, but don't enjoy any of the Cryptic content any more then ....
... Foundry?
... ERP on Risa?
... seek help for Stockholm Syndrome?
Why do you have to play a Star Trek game every day if you don't enjoy it, just because you're a fan of the universe?
This is why (comet) Q wanted to commit suicide...
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 was referring to the missions the players will face in the future rather then the characters themselves.
there will be no more unique content aimed at either the delta recruits or the AOY recruits, they will just get the same missions as regular characters.
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.
Good question... I'll get back to you in 6 months or so...
Same here -- in Operation Gamma some of them spare the Ferengi backstabber, some don't. They also fly different ships, use different ground weapon sets, etc.
Hard to tell. So far there has been no additional from the Delta Recruit. To add to their story. Even if they don't add to it, I'm still playing mine. As they will be different than the others. Like stated before. I do a RPing view to it. So its not like just playing the game. Each one is very different.
USS Casinghead NCC 92047 launched 2350
Fleet Admiral Stowe - Dominion War Vet.
Short answer: After the Temporal Recruitment Event ends, you can make a TOSFed with all the cool animations, uniforms, and little details... AND they can claim the account unlocks the TempRecruit unlocked instead of having to grind them out all over again. Sounds pretty awesome, actually, and way better than having two TempRecruit TOSFeds.
if you're asking this... you missed the point and will not get it... just carry on
They also tend to miss the point too.
When you've taken the same journey many times before *then* what becomes the point of taking that same journey yet again? [/quote]
Flavor.
Playing through the same missions with a melee tactical officer in an escort is quite different from an all buffs build tactical who flies cruisers, or a stealthy sniper tactical build who flys torpedo ships.
It is not the same journey if you do it dfferently.
TL;DR: If you want to grind for money/power, a second temporal agent isn't a good way to do it. If you like the unique TOS flavor, this is the only way to get it.
This is why I only did 1 Delta and 1 AOY. I see no need to make "others". I wanted them to be different and unique from the rest of the characters I already have. This also adds to the RPing view of it. Which made it more enjoyable to play.
USS Casinghead NCC 92047 launched 2350
Fleet Admiral Stowe - Dominion War Vet.
... to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.
There you have it
Not sure we can call them strange new worlds, new life and civilizations or to boldly go where no one has gone before when this is the 5th+ run though. I really don't fancy having to do this all again for a 6th time next year. 7th if I count Beta.