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why is the game throwing all the missions at me all at once?

pzzdachupzzdachu Member Posts: 39 Arc User
edited September 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
So Friday, I sat down and started playing a new(ish) character, and something weird happened. Seems like every single mission became available for the character all at once. And clicking on them one by one lead to quite the amazing run of episodes from all the story arcs. I went from the Klingon missions to an alternate universe with Tasha Yar and Castio! to Running from a Herald right behind Empress Sela to Dark Mirror Tilly Hijacking a planet weapon! It was a fun filled romp for many hours! ...Did I mention Dark Mirror Tilly!!!!?
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  • baddmoonrizinbaddmoonrizin Member Posts: 10,302 Community Moderator
    Vague thread title. Please change for clarification. Thank you.
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  • foxrockssocksfoxrockssocks Member Posts: 2,482 Arc User
    I think that is how it works once you've gone through the game for the first time, the game lets you skip missions and do them in any order. I don't know for sure since I have never seen it any other way as I've been in game before most of the existing missions were.
  • sthe91sthe91 Member Posts: 5,443 Arc User
    You are able to disable Auto-Hail in the options menu if you get too overwhelmed by all the hails.
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  • pzzdachupzzdachu Member Posts: 39 Arc User
    edited October 2019
    sthe91 wrote: »
    You are able to disable Auto-Hail in the options menu if you get too overwhelmed by all the hails.

    Thats a thing?
    foxrockssocks wrote: »
    I think that is how it works once you've gone through the game for the first time, the game lets you skip missions and do them in any order. I don't know for sure since I have never seen it any other way as I've been in game before most of the existing missions were.
    I haven't finished it though. I mean Im an Admiral but I haven't "finished".


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  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,342 Arc User
    pzzdachu wrote: »
    So Friday, I sat down and started playing a new(ish) character, and something weird happened. Seems like every single mission became available for the character all at once. And clicking on them one by one lead to quite the amazing run of episodes from all the story arcs. I went from the Klingon missions to an alternate universe with Tasha Yar and Castio! to Running from a Herald right behind Empress Sela to Dark Mirror Tilly Hijacking a planet weapon! It was a fun filled romp for many hours! ...Did I mention Dark Mirror Tilly!!!!?

    Once you have completed a Level 65 character and missions on your first character, your following characters get access to all of them irrespective of level once you have finished the tutorial.

    And yes, you can disable auto-hail in your options menu.
    "You don't want to patrol!? You don't want to escort!? You don't want to defend the Federation's Starbases!? Then why are you flying my Starships!? If you were a Klingon you'd be killed on the spot, but lucky for you.....you WERE in Starfleet. Let's see how New Zealand Penal Colony suits you." Adm A. Necheyev.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,231 Arc User
    yeah the mission journal revamp made story missions less linear
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  • pzzdachupzzdachu Member Posts: 39 Arc User
    Not just less linear. 5 minutes of, "Here, do this!" And Lee, I'll look into that once I get home from work. Now I have to check n see if I am 65th Level...
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  • tigerariestigeraries Member Posts: 3,492 Arc User
    they removed level req and for the most part you can play any mission you want and skip what you dont... for the most part. Some still require you to do the opening mission intro to open up that arc thou.
  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,342 Arc User
    pzzdachu wrote: »
    Not just less linear. 5 minutes of, "Here, do this!" And Lee, I'll look into that once I get home from work. Now I have to check n see if I am 65th Level...

    FINALLY!!!!! Someone used my proper name instead of Leem :lol:
    "You don't want to patrol!? You don't want to escort!? You don't want to defend the Federation's Starbases!? Then why are you flying my Starships!? If you were a Klingon you'd be killed on the spot, but lucky for you.....you WERE in Starfleet. Let's see how New Zealand Penal Colony suits you." Adm A. Necheyev.
  • phoenixc#0738 phoenixc
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    It is a limitation in the way the program is designed (all programs have some somewhere). In this case it is either the mission flood or a rigid linearity that kept a lot of people from doing various endeavors because the leveling is so quick that if you do the events you end up at 65 before many of the missions are done.

    Also, for some reason the mission skip function does not always work for everyone if the strict level requirements are "on" regardless of whether they qualify for the mission they are trying to skip to or not. Enough people complained about that bug and it proved elusive enough that the only practical solution was to just unlock it the way it is now.
  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,342 Arc User
    phoenixc#0738 wrote: »
    It is a limitation in the way the program is designed (all programs have some somewhere). In this case it is either the mission flood or a rigid linearity that kept a lot of people from doing various endeavors because the leveling is so quick that if you do the events you end up at 65 before many of the missions are done.

    Also, for some reason the mission skip function does not always work for everyone if the strict level requirements are "on" regardless of whether they qualify for the mission they are trying to skip to or not. Enough people complained about that bug and it proved elusive enough that the only practical solution was to just unlock it the way it is now.

    It is not a limitation, it was intentionally programmed that way and duly the player-based was widely informed of this change. This was a QoL improvement asked for by many players who have multiple toons.

    As for mission not unlocking, this is because the Account Server has not updated, and usually a map-change is all that is required to kick it off.
    "You don't want to patrol!? You don't want to escort!? You don't want to defend the Federation's Starbases!? Then why are you flying my Starships!? If you were a Klingon you'd be killed on the spot, but lucky for you.....you WERE in Starfleet. Let's see how New Zealand Penal Colony suits you." Adm A. Necheyev.
  • mutantcamel#2832 mutantcamel
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    tigeraries wrote: »
    they removed level req and for the most part you can play any mission you want and skip what you dont... for the most part. Some still require you to do the opening mission intro to open up that arc thou.
    I believe “Spectres”, “Lost Dominion” and a handful of other “Galaxy At Large” side-missions still require L65.

  • pauli#1939 pauli
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    I get the "don't like it, turn it off/ignore it," but I do wish it was slightly more sensible. All of the Lukari missions at once, instead of sequentally? Kobali I, II, and III popping out of order? It just feels incoherent.
  • ichaerus1ichaerus1 Member Posts: 986 Arc User
    You get a mission, you get a mission, YOU GET A MISSION, EVERYONE GETS MISSIONS! All the missions, all at once. Missions for days.
  • where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    This is nice news. That means I get to finish my Rom and Fed Delta Recruits without going through all the "unlocking' business? Cool.
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  • jennycolvinjennycolvin Member Posts: 1,100 Arc User
    mutantcamel#2832 wrote: »
    tigeraries wrote: »
    they removed level req and for the most part you can play any mission you want and skip what you dont... for the most part. Some still require you to do the opening mission intro to open up that arc thou.
    I believe “Spectres”, “Lost Dominion” and a handful of other “Galaxy At Large” side-missions still require L65.
    They do, though having completed (or skipped) the arcs up to a certain point is also required.
    For a Federation character, it's "Klingon War": either skip it or complete it, and "Wasteland", "Spectres", "Lost Dominion" and "Breen Invasion" (iirc) are unlocked in the Available tab of the mission journal.
    For Romulans and Klingons it's their respective unique story arc.​​
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  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,569 Arc User
    Be aware that Missions in Arcs only in the Available Tab do not unlock all at once. You need to proceed through each Mission in an Arc in order to get to the next Mission in that Arc.
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  • jennycolvinjennycolvin Member Posts: 1,100 Arc User
    Good point, @ltminns! Also, you can't repeat them until you've finished the complet arc.​​
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