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I came back after a long break to see the state of the game, and eh... yeah.
This isn't a nerf or a pvp-lawl thread, because like who cares anymore? I'll let the devzzz use their brains and figure this out for themselves what they've done to their game. Although, with all politeness, I don't think they know their own game anymore in regards to gameplay (especially on ground).
Let's pick miner elite, one of the toughest ground elite TFOs out there (maybe not on par with hive, tarok nor or self-destructive tendencies, but it's up there for a fairly decent and fun challenge). Well, I was able to pretty much solo 75% of the map, by just chugging Large Kit Overboosters (extremely cheap to acquire) which give me 37.5% kit module cooldown reduction (boosted by Device Expertise ground choice, and purple Biochemist Stim-doff), and then activating ambush, and then Agony Field.
Agony field buffed did for me roughly 2k damage per sec, and it's a large enclosing dome swallowing practically half of the whole visible map (35m). This pretty much means the entire map can be cleared with 1 man carrying this "pocket nuke", and even then I still have 2-3 ambush ticks left after activating Agony Field, for let's say even more absurd damage from Containment Field and Harmonic Resonance Device (although everything is already obliterated before these kits even get a chance to be used).
At this point using this setup, it doesn't even matter what armor or weapon you use. You can just walk around naked as it were, nuking the hardest ground content in the game (and I don't just mean miner) with just two kit modules as a tactical, while doing pretty much nothing else (Jem-Hadar works too since they get a free ambush). Also again, because of the Kit Boosters, the cooldown is very low, to add insult to injury.
So anyone planning to beat Sompek really far in end July, should just use this stuff (with some defense added), and I suppose some, who know how to play, will reach past round 1000 or something now (unless they nerf this, but if they do, the nerf will probably be pretty severe from top down). Either way, make of this what you want.
This isn't a nerf or a pvp-lawl thread, because like who cares anymore? I'll let the devzzz use their brains and figure this out for themselves what they've done to their game. Although, with all politeness, I don't think they know their own game anymore in regards to gameplay (especially on ground).
Let's pick miner elite, one of the toughest ground elite TFOs out there (maybe not on par with hive, tarok nor or self-destructive tendencies, but it's up there for a fairly decent and fun challenge). Well, I was able to pretty much solo 75% of the map, by just chugging Large Kit Overboosters (extremely cheap to acquire) which give me 37.5% kit module cooldown reduction (boosted by Device Expertise ground choice, and purple Biochemist Stim-doff), and then activating ambush, and then Agony Field.
Agony field buffed did for me roughly 2k damage per sec, and it's a large enclosing dome swallowing practically half of the whole visible map (35m). This pretty much means the entire map can be cleared with 1 man carrying this "pocket nuke", and even then I still have 2-3 ambush ticks left after activating Agony Field, for let's say even more absurd damage from Containment Field and Harmonic Resonance Device (although everything is already obliterated before these kits even get a chance to be used).
At this point using this setup, it doesn't even matter what armor or weapon you use. You can just walk around naked as it were, nuking the hardest ground content in the game (and I don't just mean miner) with just two kit modules as a tactical, while doing pretty much nothing else (Jem-Hadar works too since they get a free ambush). Also again, because of the Kit Boosters, the cooldown is very low, to add insult to injury.
So anyone planning to beat Sompek really far in end July, should just use this stuff (with some defense added), and I suppose some, who know how to play, will reach past round 1000 or something now (unless they nerf this, but if they do, the nerf will probably be pretty severe from top down). Either way, make of this what you want.
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To be honest the game has never been particularly challenging - I can pretty much 1 man most STF's with my engineer using cover shield and other protective devices (if the team goes down). My sense of enjoyment comes from the taking part/activity, rather than how hard it is. But I can totally understand what you're saying, especially if you can 'nuke' half the map with one action (ive not used that particular skill yet so have no experience of it).
Even if they do nerf, I doubt things will get (that) much harder, considering the game is mostly space barbie, with a sprinkling of (semi) pushover AI.
https://sto.gamepedia.com/Trait:_Unconventional_Gear
I guess I'll go back to ESO now lol.
Well, bye.
I think that this is the biggest charm of that map, yea. Hope it returns soon.
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Definitely. Everything I do for my ground build is just to prepare for the glory of Sompek!! I like to pug just to make it that much harder. My goal is to get a pug past 100, so far the closest I got was around 70. I hope they will add some new challenges this time
Yea most certainly shim. With a few likeminded in STO forums not to mention our cool fleet and the league channels I was able to get the round 100 accolade for all my characters when they had sompek rolling for 3 weeks flat. I found the 90 minutes gaming sessions very engaging but rewarding as a result. Good times.
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That sounds very admirably. I always “cheated” a bit by forming players around me from whom I knew they could handle it. For the most part we used the build recommendations from the league site that had a huge impact. We did not always make to 100 it but often enough.
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My character Tsin'xing
Cool, how do I join your community chat?
I got over 150 last time without tryin son.
I threw you and invite if u use the same name in game as in forums. you just need to "join" in custom chat settings.
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I'll take "Made-up Nonsense to Win Internet Arguments" for $800 Alex.
I also exclusively PUG. Think my best run stranded somewhere in the mid 80's. Sanctuary ready, healing and revive on standby.
Now i think that the mudd kit module will be near mandatory for the next Sompek.
Aye, as soon as I saw that Mudd kit the first thing I thought of was Sompek. Thankfully they changed the cooldown on it and made it workable. Might replace Feign Disintegration with it. That Pahvo healing crystal device might be helpful with the team wide heal.
If you manage to see this again I would be interested if you could get their parse/log/set up as it could be helpful for other players
What was the name of the player, just out of interest?
I don't remember, but I saw a clear screenshot on some discord channel I'm no longer in. Aside from what I wrote in my first post, I don't feel motivated enough to write an in-depth build guide for Sompek here since I'm only logging in these days to do endeavor, but I would hang out on reddit for that, as that's where the meta-heads hang out, not here.