I joined on release day back in 2012 but RL got in the way. I just started playing again and my level 7 character from back then is now only 10. I have never had a capped character. What's the chance it can apply to a character on an account that has never had a capped character? It'd go a long way to convincing me to stay and even sub
none... but your only L10. delete and start over or just make a new character if have room... then your current characters can claim the account rewards.
I think I completed everything on my Federation Delta Recruit, and have a Klingon one I made all the way back when it came out, then never got around to doing it on that one...
Yay! I have been playing since release on the PC and recently switched to the Xbox. These events are the one thing that I really miss on the new platform so I am super excited about it! STO is one of the best MMOs going so keep up the good work!
I joined on release day back in 2012 but RL got in the way. I just started playing again and my level 7 character from back then is now only 10. I have never had a capped character. What's the chance it can apply to a character on an account that has never had a capped character? It'd go a long way to convincing me to stay and even sub
There is no chance of it. If I were you, I would either delete the toon and start over or just create new. You can literally get a toon to 7-10 in an hour or 2. The account wide unlocks are definitely worth it.
I just wish that we could apply this to an existing character. Same thing when/if they rerun the Temporal Recruit event*.
I have a Romulan and Klingon Delta Recruit sitting around largely ignored since the event originally appeared, so I suppose that I will dust them off and get some free dilithium.
I just wish that there was a way to let my older Captain go through "Delta Recruit Training" so that I could enjoy the little extras with them.
I'm not even talking about unlocking the account-wide benefits. Just let my existing Captains* enjoy the same little extras that the characters created as Delta Recruits have. That same little extra bit of story, the hidden mission objectives, the titles, and so on.
I can make a new Delta recruit to get the account unlocks, or In my case I already have, I just want my existing Captain(s), my favorite Captain(s), the one(s) that I have spent so much time and some $$ on, to get the same little extras is all.
If they really want people to make those investments of time and $$ again and again then new races and factions are the way.
I am sure that some people will want a Cardassian Captain, and that may become their main.
I am likewise sure that plenty of people will pay for at least the "cheap" pack in order to unlock Jem'Hadar and to see what their story holds, and for some people that Captain may become their main.
A character that they already have had access to, that is limited to mostly the same things that they have had access to already (and for those of us that were here the first time, there is nothing new), that at least some people feel they "have to play" in order to get the benefits, even though they would rather be playing the Captain that they have been spending the majority of their time with?
It's good to help new players "catch up", but for me? It feels like "here's some new things that you can't have on your favorite Captain because you were here too soon".
* Limited to whatever the original limitations were; There are storyline reasons for why a "modern" Captain wouldn't be a Temporal recruit or why a Temporal Recruit may not have also become a Delta Recruit... I am not saying that every Captain should have full access to everything, just that none of them should be locked out of the appropriate "event extras" because of when they were created.
Apart from cosmetic issues like the Delta next to the name, maybe some accolades or titles, there is no benefit a recruit has over your main toon, so by them not being delta they aren't really missing out as long as you played at least one recruit to get all the nice unlocks.
Add to that that it wouldn't make even the remotest sense storywise to restart an established captain/admiral as a delta, that they would need to replay almost each mission anyways to get the beacons (I think they were called) - although I think it was only to before the Solanae arc, we got the tesseract to ourselves in the preserver library at the end of the Breen arc, which now of course antecedes the Borg one - and that the issue of getting tons of rewards automatically (by already being level 15 in R&D as an example), and it really makes sense (apart from the apparent problems in coding) to not allow old captains to become Delta.
And, as has been said, this is an event for new toons, not for old ones. I totally get that you don't want to redo all the tedious stuff like reputation or R&D on a new toon (the latter taking way over a year on regular log ins if you really want to go all the way to 20 everywhere), neither do I. But, well, that's our decision to make. Not everything in game can be "all rewards to me for doing nothing anymore". Otherwise our level 200 all-reps-filled all-missions-played guy would just sit around collecting stuff.
Reasons to make more than 1 toon (for the sometimes quite substantial account unlock boosts):
- the extra unlocks for the introductory arcs, which I agree with everybody so far are mostly negligible, not worth it unless you are a completionist or
- you want to start a new toon anyways. Even if you already unlocked everything last time, there will be a significant boost if compared to a "regular new toon". I would argue though that it isn't enough if you're not that sure, then again, you just have to play until you get the tesseract and can wait forever if you some day feel like doing it.
Personally I would like a new set of toons to go with all the accumulated ships, but yeah, job and life and everything, plus my last Deltas haven't even finished all missions yet, so I'll probably skip. Although I did 3 AoY toons on the last day, too, so knowing myself I won't take any bets. Also I've exhausted all Romulan race options, so a repeat would be unavoidable.
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As someone who already has a Delta Recruit character (Fed-aligned Rom) from first time around, I was looking at at what would be claimable if I did whip up a Klingon Empire DR and a pure Federation one, bearing in mind the rewards would be claimable on all other non-DR characters.
If you have one DR toon then it's very much a case of diminishing returns as creating 2 more toons yields an additional 1,000 FMs and 10,000 dil ore in total for every character on an account, but no unique rewards. YMMV on how much you stand to gain.
If you don't have a Delta Recruit but have a toon slot free, then by all means create one and you'll get the lion's share of the rewards as additional DRs gain nothing save for one-time rewards of dil and fleet marks.
Completing Episodes awards Marks, EC and Dil PER ARC, plus Temporal Insight Trait when half the Arcs done. Improved when all completed (Upto and including Iconian Arc)
Only up through the Borg arc in the order they are in now, no New Romulus or Solanae Sphere or anything beyond for Delta Recruits. It was originally designed to be complete with the Breen arc, but they have flipped the order of that and the Borg arc since the first time around.
This is an MMO, not a Star Trek episode simulator. That would make for a terrible game.
OK, for all the complaints I've seen i feel like no one has mentioned the most obvious problem here....WHY the hell are we not making Gamma recruits?!! The delta arc is ancient history at this point. If you made new gamma recruits you could give newer players that same leg up, but older players something newish to chew on. It wouldn't even be that hard. Take the existing delta clues and extra dialogue and change it to pertain to the new fight against the new big bad. This way older players can make something new and are encouraged to play through for this new reward and new story clues, your new players get to benefit still, and you highlight your brand new expansion and all the TRIBBLE you want to sell from it. This unaltered recycling of content is not just lazy, its bad business!
I know it would have required work but would have been nice to be able to make a TOS era Delta Recruit with this which had all-new rewards. So the people who did the DR before and maxed out all the benefits would had something new this time.
So the devs bring back something that some people missed for reasons and other people have to complain about it because they already did it and got the goodies.
Okay.
No complaints here, I got to start one on my F2P acct and already have the goodies on my other acct.
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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.
While I have no plans to create a new DR, I will be taking my original DR back through all of the DR missions. It'll be fun to get caps of Fleets of Light Cruiser in orbit of Vulcan and at K-7 or Drozana. I can hide among them in my Reliant Advanced Light Cruiser.
I'm really glad that they're NOT doing a new recruit event! I don't need a new ALT, and I can use the time to play the parts of the game I like instead of just eternally grinding for a change!
OK, for all the complaints I've seen i feel like no one has mentioned the most obvious problem here....WHY the hell are we not making Gamma recruits?!! The delta arc is ancient history at this point. If you made new gamma recruits you could give newer players that same leg up, but older players something newish to chew on. It wouldn't even be that hard. Take the existing delta clues and extra dialogue and change it to pertain to the new fight against the new big bad. This way older players can make something new and are encouraged to play through for this new reward and new story clues, your new players get to benefit still, and you highlight your brand new expansion and all the **** you want to sell from it. This unaltered recycling of content is not just lazy, its bad business!
Probably because the stuff that they want to sell for the expansion won't be in the game until the expansion is live. That is when you will likely see a Gamma Recruitment event. Right now they would be highlighting old lockbox and Lobi store ships with a Gamma Recruitment event.
This is an MMO, not a Star Trek episode simulator. That would make for a terrible game.
Again, one of the most common comments (after "playable Cardassian faction") in the forums has always been "please bring back some goodies I missed due to not being here back then/not having the time during that period". And others getting something you already have is no disrespect to you. I would suggest a portion of vorwoda:
The moment that you realize: you are just walking the route without reading the objectives on the screen because you done the tutorial so many times in the past 3-4 days.
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I think they should leave the event on at all times, the same applies to the Agents of Tomorrow, i mean you can choose to opt out of the delta one by skipping the tutorial and if you want to do the Agents one, you just start a 23c captain.....never understand the need to stop it.
I think they should leave the event on at all times, the same applies to the Agents of Tomorrow, i mean you can choose to opt out of the delta one by skipping the tutorial and if you want to do the Agents one, you just start a 23c captain.....never understand the need to stop it.
It wouldn't be a 'event' if it ran all the time.
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Yeah, already finished a fed-rom the last time, didn't happen to be my main.
Have started a new toon just a month ago, so this is not a pleasant surprise.
Anyway, created a new KDF toon, and i have to say, i didn't know there is a whole new starting story arc including Rura Penthe, which is actually fascinating!
So i suppose thanks for that
I will also play a FED Delta recruit to get the total reward together, but will not be enjoying it.
Also, i think there will be a gamma recruitment event in juny. Would make sense!
So staying ready is adviced!
I would recommend to ANNOUNCE these events at least a month prior, so we can plan a bit ..
How far do you need to play the character for it to qualify to become a Delta Recruit? Because there no way I can play all three in time.
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none... but your only L10. delete and start over or just make a new character if have room... then your current characters can claim the account rewards.
Same problem for Klingon and Star Fleet Liberated Borgs. Also, had a problem with Randomizer for Fed. Klingon character name.
There is no chance of it. If I were you, I would either delete the toon and start over or just create new. You can literally get a toon to 7-10 in an hour or 2. The account wide unlocks are definitely worth it.
I have a Romulan and Klingon Delta Recruit sitting around largely ignored since the event originally appeared, so I suppose that I will dust them off and get some free dilithium.
I just wish that there was a way to let my older Captain go through "Delta Recruit Training" so that I could enjoy the little extras with them.
I'm not even talking about unlocking the account-wide benefits. Just let my existing Captains* enjoy the same little extras that the characters created as Delta Recruits have. That same little extra bit of story, the hidden mission objectives, the titles, and so on.
I can make a new Delta recruit to get the account unlocks, or In my case I already have, I just want my existing Captain(s), my favorite Captain(s), the one(s) that I have spent so much time and some $$ on, to get the same little extras is all.
If they really want people to make those investments of time and $$ again and again then new races and factions are the way.
I am sure that some people will want a Cardassian Captain, and that may become their main.
I am likewise sure that plenty of people will pay for at least the "cheap" pack in order to unlock Jem'Hadar and to see what their story holds, and for some people that Captain may become their main.
A character that they already have had access to, that is limited to mostly the same things that they have had access to already (and for those of us that were here the first time, there is nothing new), that at least some people feel they "have to play" in order to get the benefits, even though they would rather be playing the Captain that they have been spending the majority of their time with?
It's good to help new players "catch up", but for me? It feels like "here's some new things that you can't have on your favorite Captain because you were here too soon".
* Limited to whatever the original limitations were; There are storyline reasons for why a "modern" Captain wouldn't be a Temporal recruit or why a Temporal Recruit may not have also become a Delta Recruit... I am not saying that every Captain should have full access to everything, just that none of them should be locked out of the appropriate "event extras" because of when they were created.
Add to that that it wouldn't make even the remotest sense storywise to restart an established captain/admiral as a delta, that they would need to replay almost each mission anyways to get the beacons (I think they were called) - although I think it was only to before the Solanae arc, we got the tesseract to ourselves in the preserver library at the end of the Breen arc, which now of course antecedes the Borg one - and that the issue of getting tons of rewards automatically (by already being level 15 in R&D as an example), and it really makes sense (apart from the apparent problems in coding) to not allow old captains to become Delta.
And, as has been said, this is an event for new toons, not for old ones. I totally get that you don't want to redo all the tedious stuff like reputation or R&D on a new toon (the latter taking way over a year on regular log ins if you really want to go all the way to 20 everywhere), neither do I. But, well, that's our decision to make. Not everything in game can be "all rewards to me for doing nothing anymore". Otherwise our level 200 all-reps-filled all-missions-played guy would just sit around collecting stuff.
Reasons to make more than 1 toon (for the sometimes quite substantial account unlock boosts):
- the extra unlocks for the introductory arcs, which I agree with everybody so far are mostly negligible, not worth it unless you are a completionist or
- you want to start a new toon anyways. Even if you already unlocked everything last time, there will be a significant boost if compared to a "regular new toon". I would argue though that it isn't enough if you're not that sure, then again, you just have to play until you get the tesseract and can wait forever if you some day feel like doing it.
Personally I would like a new set of toons to go with all the accumulated ships, but yeah, job and life and everything, plus my last Deltas haven't even finished all missions yet, so I'll probably skip. Although I did 3 AoY toons on the last day, too, so knowing myself I won't take any bets. Also I've exhausted all Romulan race options, so a repeat would be unavoidable.
If you have one DR toon then it's very much a case of diminishing returns as creating 2 more toons yields an additional 1,000 FMs and 10,000 dil ore in total for every character on an account, but no unique rewards. YMMV on how much you stand to gain.
If you don't have a Delta Recruit but have a toon slot free, then by all means create one and you'll get the lion's share of the rewards as additional DRs gain nothing save for one-time rewards of dil and fleet marks.
Only up through the Borg arc in the order they are in now, no New Romulus or Solanae Sphere or anything beyond for Delta Recruits. It was originally designed to be complete with the Breen arc, but they have flipped the order of that and the Borg arc since the first time around.
They might. This ends in mid-May. Victory comes sometime in June. So they might do AoY again after this.
Okay.
No complaints here, I got to start one on my F2P acct and already have the goodies on my other acct.
Probably because the stuff that they want to sell for the expansion won't be in the game until the expansion is live. That is when you will likely see a Gamma Recruitment event. Right now they would be highlighting old lockbox and Lobi store ships with a Gamma Recruitment event.
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It wouldn't be a 'event' if it ran all the time.
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Have started a new toon just a month ago, so this is not a pleasant surprise.
Anyway, created a new KDF toon, and i have to say, i didn't know there is a whole new starting story arc including Rura Penthe, which is actually fascinating!
So i suppose thanks for that
I will also play a FED Delta recruit to get the total reward together, but will not be enjoying it.
Also, i think there will be a gamma recruitment event in juny. Would make sense!
So staying ready is adviced!
I would recommend to ANNOUNCE these events at least a month prior, so we can plan a bit ..
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