I haven't seen any actual incentive for creating a new DSC era toon, other than experiencing BRILLIANT voice acting from Mary Wiseman.
I also enjoy the DSC transporter effect, so that's pretty cool, PLUS I love how DSC seems to connect ENT, TOS, with a bit of Kelvin timeline styling, so for me that's another plus.
Anyway - I'm an altoholic, so my brand new captain will give me lots of fun discovering (pun intended ) the Galaxy!
Benefit of a new Disco toon? The ones I could gather so far:
- Be able to play a new tutorial (lol ONE TIME!!)
- New interface UI
- Someone said having a Dico toon is needed to unlock the new story line for your other characters but I had no time to confirm that.
From the looks of it I make a new character this weekend which is named
Lol yea please do. Parts of me feel bad about it a bit as Cryptic surely put some effort into the new thing but I simply have reached my limits so can’t take it serious anymore.
- I don’t want to level a 13th toon to end with 95% of the story being the same
- I don’t want to fill 156 instead of 144 rep sliders each day
- I don’t want to claim another 100 admirality ships
- I don’t want to gain CXP for weeks in undine BZ again
- I don’t want to fill the same spec trees again for months
- I don’t want to want to engage crafting again for one to two years to max out that system
I think that Dico is a journey better enjoyed by a new generation of players. Sorry for Cryptic but I really think I did my part already in this game as far as new toons in cencerned.
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Story, character, fun, and recruitment awards from the past 3 event. ;P
Personally, I think the DSC starting experience. It takes the high points from the FED tutorial and flips around the entry into 2409 just enough that it really doesn't (to me) feel like AoY (there's a big difference in dynamics, namely an antagonist experiencing the same arc. The vague threat of Na'Kuhl doesn't compare.) The journal changes too help a lot make another character less of a grind, I skipped past most of the Klingon War and I'm running Nimbus and the Romulan arc in tandem as my entry point to 2409. It's very reinvigorating, highlights what makes STO fun (story, character development, and playing around in the setting.)
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I made one and tried it out. Deleted toon immediately when I completed the 2 missions.
This was all just a sham to try and get new players to try the game. It has absolutely nothing to do with bringing new content to the game. It is just a revamped tutorial. I say try it just to see what they did.
Not logged in yet and didn't see anything in the patch notes, but I'm wondering are there account-wide benefits/unlocks associated with levelling an AoD character?
Not at level 20 with the new char yet, but i think it will be similar to the AoY bonuses.
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Not logged in yet and didn't see anything in the patch notes, but I'm wondering are there account-wide benefits/unlocks associated with levelling an AoD character?
Not at level 20 with the new char yet, but i think it will be similar to the AoY bonuses.
They can take advantage of all other recruitment events, but they do not unlock anything new (it hasn't been that long since ViL...)
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Given that the new starting experience is reskin garbage - I swear, aside from Tilly, that's mostly the same lines, too, just with different voice actors - there's absolutely no point to a TRIBBLE era character.
Cryptic really should not have been too lazy to reskin the AoY recruitment event for AoD. That'd make having to sit through honestly-not-the-same-tutorial-honest a lot more tolerable.
The benefit for me was having an excuse to use the alien-gen tool once more (only once before), build a unique 'toon, and bask in the slickness of Discovery. I was pretty happy with the writing, the tempo, the graphics, and the KLINGONS! I can attest that for anyone who hasn't watched the show, AoD is a pretty good job of simulating that universe. Not to mention the novelty of having parallel content to a CURRENT Trek series, which is a first, AFAIK.
I look forward to more episodes, and the return of the series itself in 2019.
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Yeah, tutorial, 2 missions (though quite good), then Daniels kidnaps your butt... again!!! Then it's back to levelling up with the same missions as all your other toons over the last five or so years...
I took my Level 5-7 DsC captain with Tier 1-2 gear, to Nimbus III since the missions popped up. Usually easy but some NPCs will 1 shot you
The Giant Scorpion near Paradise Lost
The Gorn in the canyon that throw boulders don't miss and will 1 shot you
Last night I got to around Lv 12 and arrived in front of Installation 18 but the mission to enter and complete the arc would not come up. Me and some other Non-DSC player did the Tal Shiar guards and Defender outside, but neither of us could enter.
Yeah, tutorial, 2 missions (though quite good), then Daniels kidnaps your butt... again!!! Then it's back to levelling up with the same missions as all your other toons over the last five or so years...
I took my Level 5-7 DsC captain with Tier 1-2 gear, to Nimbus III since the missions popped up. Usually easy but some NPCs will 1 shot you
The Giant Scorpion near Paradise Lost
The Gorn in the canyon that throw boulders don't miss and will 1 shot you
Last night I got to around Lv 12 and arrived in front of Installation 18 but the mission to enter and complete the arc would not come up. Me and some other Non-DSC player did the Tal Shiar guards and Defender outside, but neither of us could enter.
I have the same problem, cant find any official information about the removal of installation 18 and my other characters can reply the mission fine. I think this AoD update has severely broken the game
Yeah, tutorial, 2 missions (though quite good), then Daniels kidnaps your butt... again!!! Then it's back to levelling up with the same missions as all your other toons over the last five or so years...
I took my Level 5-7 DsC captain with Tier 1-2 gear, to Nimbus III since the missions popped up. Usually easy but some NPCs will 1 shot you
The Giant Scorpion near Paradise Lost
The Gorn in the canyon that throw boulders don't miss and will 1 shot you
Last night I got to around Lv 12 and arrived in front of Installation 18 but the mission to enter and complete the arc would not come up. Me and some other Non-DSC player did the Tal Shiar guards and Defender outside, but neither of us could enter.
I have the same problem, cant find any official information about the removal of installation 18 and my other characters can reply the mission fine. I think this AoD update has severely broken the game
Missions that are not deemed as essential to the main story were "removed" in a sense. They are still able to be played by talking to the mission giver. In this case Franklin Drake/Subcommand Nadel. Have you both tried specifically talking to Drake to see if the mission is available?
It could be related to that. So not sure what exactly is bugged with it but maybe a solution would be to hail Drake for now. Bug could be that Drake didn't immediately hail you after last mission, or could be that you got Nimbus III as a mission hail in the first place.
Well, I will take any new content in a game I’ve been playing for umpteen years, and I didn’t have a Vulcan yet... So, that and all the goodies I collect on this toon because of the previous events, it’s enough for me... Besides, I will get this AoD toon to level 11, and doff my way to 50, then Admiral my way to 65... no work, just play...
And with the Rep up to T6 now, I am only doing them all on one toon first to get the discounts, then I’ll be picky choosy...
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If you're looking for how this toon will make your main better, I'd say no reason to make an AoD toon at all. Missions supposed to be available through holodeck or something so you won't miss out there either.
For me, I wanted to start a new toon and AoD was coming within a week. So, I waited. The new toon I only play with the BF, and we plan to do all missions together on elite and really enjoy the story. Many changes since launch, and even then I don't remember most of it anyway.
Its free....of course i will play the TRIBBLE stuff.
The shows first few episodes were garbage but it got good towards the end.
I like the warp effect and the phasers so its all good and doesn't cost anything. That said i bought the levelling/starter pack...at 750 zen its very good value.
I just want the button click sounds, beaming, and warping effect on my non AoD main. Got so much invested in her, dont want to do it again... AoY was enough. >.>
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I also enjoy the DSC transporter effect, so that's pretty cool, PLUS I love how DSC seems to connect ENT, TOS, with a bit of Kelvin timeline styling, so for me that's another plus.
Anyway - I'm an altoholic, so my brand new captain will give me lots of fun discovering (pun intended
- Be able to play a new tutorial (lol ONE TIME!!)
- New interface UI
- Someone said having a Dico toon is needed to unlock the new story line for your other characters but I had no time to confirm that.
From the looks of it I make a new character this weekend which is named
The Vulcan just here for the Tutorial@peterconnorfirst (@tunebreaker big thanks
play the same and call it a day. Sorry I have 12 chars already and what I get offered here is not enough to give more about it.
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I might have to do something similar.
Lol yea please do. Parts of me feel bad about it a bit as Cryptic surely put some effort into the new thing but I simply have reached my limits so can’t take it serious anymore.
- I don’t want to level a 13th toon to end with 95% of the story being the same
- I don’t want to fill 156 instead of 144 rep sliders each day
- I don’t want to claim another 100 admirality ships
- I don’t want to gain CXP for weeks in undine BZ again
- I don’t want to fill the same spec trees again for months
- I don’t want to want to engage crafting again for one to two years to max out that system
I think that Dico is a journey better enjoyed by a new generation of players. Sorry for Cryptic but I really think I did my part already in this game as far as new toons in cencerned.
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Lol well, if it is not so new all the better for me.
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Well, guess I'll "park" this toon until they add some more TRIBBLE content.
Personally, I think the DSC starting experience. It takes the high points from the FED tutorial and flips around the entry into 2409 just enough that it really doesn't (to me) feel like AoY (there's a big difference in dynamics, namely an antagonist experiencing the same arc. The vague threat of Na'Kuhl doesn't compare.) The journal changes too help a lot make another character less of a grind, I skipped past most of the Klingon War and I'm running Nimbus and the Romulan arc in tandem as my entry point to 2409. It's very reinvigorating, highlights what makes STO fun (story, character development, and playing around in the setting.)
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I made one and tried it out. Deleted toon immediately when I completed the 2 missions.
This was all just a sham to try and get new players to try the game. It has absolutely nothing to do with bringing new content to the game. It is just a revamped tutorial. I say try it just to see what they did.
Not at level 20 with the new char yet, but i think it will be similar to the AoY bonuses.
And I kinda hate that my pre-existing Fed character with a Crossfield does not have these sound effects! Particularly the warp sounds.
Agreed. They really should change this.
They can take advantage of all other recruitment events, but they do not unlock anything new (it hasn't been that long since ViL...)
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Cryptic really should not have been too lazy to reskin the AoY recruitment event for AoD. That'd make having to sit through honestly-not-the-same-tutorial-honest a lot more tolerable.
I look forward to more episodes, and the return of the series itself in 2019.
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I took my Level 5-7 DsC captain with Tier 1-2 gear, to Nimbus III since the missions popped up. Usually easy but some NPCs will 1 shot you
The Giant Scorpion near Paradise Lost
The Gorn in the canyon that throw boulders don't miss and will 1 shot you
Last night I got to around Lv 12 and arrived in front of Installation 18 but the mission to enter and complete the arc would not come up. Me and some other Non-DSC player did the Tal Shiar guards and Defender outside, but neither of us could enter.
I have the same problem, cant find any official information about the removal of installation 18 and my other characters can reply the mission fine. I think this AoD update has severely broken the game
(I've also heard that the Devidian missions have been temporarily removed for revamping, but can't confirm that yet.)
Missions that are not deemed as essential to the main story were "removed" in a sense. They are still able to be played by talking to the mission giver. In this case Franklin Drake/Subcommand Nadel. Have you both tried specifically talking to Drake to see if the mission is available?
It could be related to that. So not sure what exactly is bugged with it but maybe a solution would be to hail Drake for now. Bug could be that Drake didn't immediately hail you after last mission, or could be that you got Nimbus III as a mission hail in the first place.
But yeah, try hailing Drake and bug report it.
And with the Rep up to T6 now, I am only doing them all on one toon first to get the discounts, then I’ll be picky choosy...
If you're looking for how this toon will make your main better, I'd say no reason to make an AoD toon at all. Missions supposed to be available through holodeck or something so you won't miss out there either.
For me, I wanted to start a new toon and AoD was coming within a week. So, I waited. The new toon I only play with the BF, and we plan to do all missions together on elite and really enjoy the story. Many changes since launch, and even then I don't remember most of it anyway.
Really... it depends on what you're looking for.
The shows first few episodes were garbage but it got good towards the end.
I like the warp effect and the phasers so its all good and doesn't cost anything. That said i bought the levelling/starter pack...at 750 zen its very good value.