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Where are all the Ground Patrols?
wraithcall
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Since long before the sector space re-works the "Tau Sector Block Patrol" was one of the definitive grinding routes in all of STO, and the route still works to this day. However, just about every time I personally map the entire list of systems with interesting patrols the whole thing changes. Now, after spending two days exploring the current state of the galaxy I can't seem to find a single patrol.
With the new level caps coming up and (my) perpetual space-poorness, I'm starting to suspect that these space patrols won't be viable on Elite for anyone but the whales as mob scaling continues to grow out of control. Really, I do like ground combat, and want a place to do it other than just in warzones.
Where I'm at with the game right now is that I'm done. I quit space combat.
I just want some ground stuff to do that I can do without forking over hundreds of dollars on all this P2W carp.
The only thing keeping me in STO was the ground combat that I can literally no longer find.
With the new level caps coming up and (my) perpetual space-poorness, I'm starting to suspect that these space patrols won't be viable on Elite for anyone but the whales as mob scaling continues to grow out of control. Really, I do like ground combat, and want a place to do it other than just in warzones.
Where I'm at with the game right now is that I'm done. I quit space combat.
I just want some ground stuff to do that I can do without forking over hundreds of dollars on all this P2W carp.
The only thing keeping me in STO was the ground combat that I can literally no longer find.
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I said space was P2W and I'm space poor.
The fact that I can still ground is what I explicitly said was the only thing this game had left going for me.
The foundry does not help me since I explicitly stated that I am looking for a grinding route. Foundry drops have been nerfed to near non-existance (or at least, the last time I wasted my time in one I reached the daily drop hard-cap in about 10 kills).
This copy-paste came out way to fast to be accurate. I'm going to look into it (IE: the literal one place that you mention that specifically conforms to my explicitly requested conditions), but I'm willing to bet that a lot of the info is wrong since the survey I took of the whole galaxy three ducking weeks ago has been rendered entirely irrelevant by game changes.
The "hardest" patrols I can think of are some of the delta ones but even those can be done with the standard mk12 setup unless you're of the mindset that everything has to die within x amount of time after combat starts.
Also kind of curious why you'd be after ground only as the main reason I can think of for doing a patrol grind is to level ships for traits and you can't do that on ground maps.
That's what I was wondering as well.
There is absolutely nothing in this game that requires top tier gear to accomplish. Yes, some things like Elite Queues will be much harder without the top of the line gear, but things like Patrol Missions require nothing that can't be easily had in game.
I would suggest this to the OP.. if you haven't completely given up on space combat, maybe you will consider letting some of us help you with your space load out and see if we can make things a bit more fun for you? If you're having problems with the space combat, it's probably not even your fault. The game has certain things that it just flat out doesn't explain to you, but if you're looking to improve your space combat performance, we can help you with that.
STO's ground combat is ok, but the best part of the game is the space combat. Once you get comfortable with it, it will really help you get maximum enjoyment out of the game. Whatever problem you're having, I would be willing to bet we can help you fix it without spending a dime.
Thanks @mattjohnsonva for posting such a comprehensive list. Much appreciated. Ground combat is a nice change from space combat. Variety.
Off topic but of course this game is "P2W" of sorts even though there's really nothing to win. It's either time and grind, money, or a combination of these. The latter helps keep the servers on, the former keeps those stats looking good.
You're not your average player though. If everybody did this how would they keep the lights on?
As for the actual subject... I don't much like the ground game, it's just so clunky.
We have a necro.
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