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Ironically, if it were not for the endgame grind, I would probably play this game more.
archer01
Member Posts: 99 Arc User
For the past few years I have played STO off and on, usually when there is a major content update. Several of those times I've thought that I'd finally really get into the game and stick with it. I usually play through the new story episodes and some of the other new/old content and then it hits me, grinding all these reputations and upgrading gear is going to take forever. Now, I know it's not necessary to have the best gear and such, but I want to at least feel like I'm significantly contributing in the team instances, it's human nature. How many reputations do we need? In my opinion, it's getting ridiculous. When are they going to stop? At 15? 20? 30?. Having a ship and blowing stuff up is fun in and of itself but having all these other click fests and time wasters push me away from the game every single time I return. I could go on and on but in short, I would prefer more content, and less grind. Or even, just less grind, that would be good enough.
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Spend $5 worth of zen for 200,000 dil. Spend another $5 for 20 million EC to spend on superior tech upgrades. Problem solved.
There is only a grind if you inflict it on yourself.
I kinda see the point of the OP, there is a lot of grinding and there is always that push to get more stuff and do more DPS just to stay competitive. That can be offputting to the more casual players.
But it is an mmo and that's what happens in mmos so we just have to get used to it. Once you're top level though you can pretty much do what you want though, you don't have to follow the masses and grind non stop.
If I enjoyed the experience of getting to 60, almost quite there with a couple of characters by the way, (and I have enjoyed the game); and then if everything subsequently just felt like it was becoming a grind - I would simply delete that playthrough and just start another!!
Although it is a bit repetitive (okay, more than just a bit), you have 3 factions, with 3 careers, and 3 basic ship types available. That means there are 3x3x3=27 different ways to play this game, and that's if you don't count the different races (with different traits) within each faction.
Start a new toon (delete one you hardly ever play anyway if need be) and play through the entire story arc using a faction/career/ship type you haven't done yet, take an existing toon and try to collect all the accolades available, as already suggested play the hundreds of Foundry missions.
STO has a lot of play options other than just "grinding". To paraphrase someone else, it's only a grind if you decide to make it so.
That's not true at all. Things like Everquest, World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XIV aren't even close to being massive "grind fests."
Games like Neverwinter Online (a self described OMG), No Man's Sky (nothing but solo content grind) and Star Wars Galaxies are examples of failure-filled epic level of grind festivals. But a game like LOTRO or EQ? Nah. Way off base. They don't have much in the way of any kind of fest.