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Gamma Recruit Updates starting tomorrow, should be nice.

strathkinstrathkin Member Posts: 2,666 Bug Hunter
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11514613

A little something for everyone, regardless if you don't have a Gamma Recruit, or you already do.
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  • orangenee#2931 orangenee Member Posts: 837 Arc User
    Figured they'd sweeten the pot with this. Sadly us console peasants will have to wait.

    I'll have a crisp £32 (totally legit) note waiting. I want that ship, not excuses.
  • tom61stotom61sto Member Posts: 3,673 Arc User
    edited April 2022
    I don't think those updates are actually new, just copy-pasta. Seems to be the same as https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11489673-the-gamma-quadrant-needs-you! from last year.

    Lining them up and flicking between the two, there is a difference between only the dates and the following line:
    "Don't forget, the Dominion Transponder for Jem'hadar has been updated with some new goals, and a few altered as well:"
    was
    "As part of the return of this recruitment event, we've updated the Dominion Transponder for Jem'hadar with some new goals, and altered a few as well:"

    ... an odd change that doesn't make much sense in light that nothing else is new or changed compared to last year.
  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,660 Arc User
    edited April 2022
    This might be new, or I might just not have noticed it last year:
    There's a new goal to reach Tier 6 in a Reputation. Completing this goal rewards you with one T6x Ship Upgrade Token and an account unlock: Each of your other characters may claim their choice of one Ultimate Tech Upgrade (Engineering, Science, or Shields).

    It's new to me anyway, and a nice bonus. I need to check whether my recruit ever got their reps to T6.


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  • strathkinstrathkin Member Posts: 2,666 Bug Hunter
    edited April 2022
    Yea seems it's shown in the June 2021 update as before, so not really sure we'll see anything new.

    Still it's nice for those who don't have Gamma Recruits! Still while the Account-wide reward's won't benefit ALT characters, you can still earn some level up's for the Recruit himself. :o
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  • valetharvalethar Member Posts: 174 Arc User
    Looks like the transponder was updated already, but the 45 Specialization reward refuses to unlock, despite having spent my last 4 points, bringing me to 92 total points spent.
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  • chastity1337chastity1337 Member Posts: 1,608 Arc User
    westmetals wrote: »
    Those changes were all made last year.

    As for the spec points thing @valethar brought up - I posted also in his support thread, but... the pre-spent points (from character creation) are not counted, only points that you spent manually.

    Are any of the account unlocks really worth messing with?
    And do you have to make a JH? No other races available?
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  • phoenixc#0738 phoenixc Member Posts: 5,837 Arc User
    westmetals wrote: »
    Those changes were all made last year.

    As for the spec points thing @valethar brought up - I posted also in his support thread, but... the pre-spent points (from character creation) are not counted, only points that you spent manually.

    Are any of the account unlocks really worth messing with?
    And do you have to make a JH? No other races available?

    Some of the account unlocks are good, though unfortunately only J'H can be Gamma Recruits.

    Since I cannot stand to run a J'H on the ground and the devs don't want to make any other races (especially Vorta) available for Gamma Recruits I will be spending the majority of this recruitment in ESO.
  • earwigvr6earwigvr6 Member Posts: 293 Arc User
    These events are pointless. Just making new toons for the sake of it and replaying the same old content ?
  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,468 Arc User
    earwigvr6 wrote: »
    These events are pointless. Just making new toons for the sake of it and replaying the same old content ?

    These events are amongst the most valuable to do in the game. The rewards really stack up and when you have all the 'recruits' done, are extremely helpful to all your other toons.

    "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.
  • garaffegaraffe Member Posts: 1,353 Arc User
    Been there, done that. Wake me when they announce some actual content.
  • phoenixc#0738 phoenixc Member Posts: 5,837 Arc User
    edited April 2022
    Recruitment events are more for bringing in new people though they are also about encouraging long term players to try something different because change can be refreshing and a good way to avoid getting into a rut and burning out on the game.

    The game could use having the quest givers be less dull and generic (which they do seem to be working on a bit with the celebrity stuff) and have more faction-specific dialog and options in the scenarios themselves though. Some games like Secret World Legends do that quite well, for that game most people eventually make a character from each faction to hear the crazy stuff the handlers and other NPCs say (the handler for the Dragon faction is rather excitable and especially funny, and unexpected bits of snark and odd references come up depending on which faction you are in).

    Even in SWL the missions are almost all the same (and a lot more linear since they don't have the episodes and skips that STO has) though the objectives are sometimes shaded differently depending on the faction style (Dragon=managed Chaos, Templars=often rather snooty Order, and Illuminati=Greed and the complex dance of influence and common interest). It would be great if STO would do that, though it would probably take a long time considering how much content they would have to revamp to do it.

    The transponder's mission lists are also a bit of extra incentive to plow through some of the content that the players normally would skip, especially with the constant stream of events that have become the norm. And the little bit of extra dil is nice too.

    All in all, the recruitments are a good idea (though as I have said before, I skip the Gamma one because the faction has nothing of interest to me as long as it is just Jem'Hadar).
  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,660 Arc User
    edited April 2022
    Recruitment events are more for bringing in new people though they are also about encouraging long term players to try something different because change can be refreshing and a good way to avoid getting into a rut and burning out on the game.

    Yep, they're something to get you do re-do existing content like endeavors. It's an excuse to redo the content with a fresh new character, a new build, and a new Space Barbie theme.

    And it's optional, so like endeavors if that doesn't interest someone they can just ignore it.
  • badaabadinbadaabadin Member Posts: 54 Arc User
    what specialization do u get with what career ?
  • joshmauljoshmaul Member Posts: 519 Arc User
    Meh. I have a Fed Jem and a KDF Jem, both are recruits... I just used the thing on my Fed one (since I made him first) because he's Tactical and could use the kar'takin best, the ship works for him, and he didn't have a Weyoun on his crew (my KDF one does from the DS9 holos pack).
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  • strathkinstrathkin Member Posts: 2,666 Bug Hunter
    westmetals wrote: »
    It should be noted, the account-wide rewards are account unlocks... meaning you can only "earn" them once, regardless of if you play multiple recruits... so if you have a Gamma Recruit already, there is no account-wide benefit to making additional ones.

    (This is true also for Temporal and Klingon recruitment. Delta Recruitment does have different locks that are only accessible to each of the three eligible factions, so you'd still receive some benefit as long as you're playing a new faction.)

    That I realize, still I just thought maybe it be nice to have 1 more Klingon ally.
    joshmaul wrote: »
    Meh. I have a Fed Jem and a KDF Jem, both are recruits... I just used the thing on my Fed one (since I made him first) because he's Tactical and could use the kar'takin best, the ship works for him, and he didn't have a Weyoun on his crew (my KDF one does from the DS9 holos pack).

    Yea I had Weyoun before also from the pack, same with Loriss yet ended up tossing them; though I kept Dukan'Rex on my Fed.

    Still this Weyoun is different:
    Superior Creative (Increased Kit Performance)
    Superior Pacifist (Reduced Threat, Increased Healing)
    Telekinetic (Increased Effectiveness of Knock, Hold, and Root)
    Authority of the Founders (unique)
    Space:
    +7.5% All Weapon Damage
    +1% Critical Chance
    +2.5% Critical Severity
    Ground:
    Occasionally distributes Ketracel-white to Jem’Hadar away team members, automatically refreshing their boosts (max once per 10 min)

    Still I think he's only a single character unlock, you can't reclaim this Weyoun even on another Jem Recruit, or another Captain.
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  • mithrosnomoremithrosnomore Member Posts: 390 Arc User
    earwigvr6 wrote: »
    These events are pointless. Just making new toons for the sake of it and replaying the same old content ?

    I enjoyed the heck out of them bringing back the Temporal Recruit event, because I seriously wanted to re-roll my original TOS Captain.

    And, as stated, it's good for newer players that may have missed out the first time around.

    No, it's not the greatest for people that have been there and done that and are satisfied with the results, but we got a new episode not too long ago and have another one coming (hopefully) not too far down the line.

    It takes time to make new stuff. Just how it is. Reactivating old content like this is probably fairly simple, so it's not like this is keeping us from getting an entire arc of new stories.

    New stuff will come. Old stuff will reappear. It's just how it is.
  • smokebaileysmokebailey Member Posts: 4,668 Arc User
    earwigvr6 wrote: »
    These events are pointless. Just making new toons for the sake of it and replaying the same old content ?

    no one is forcing you to do it. It's also good for newer players, as well as folks who missed them before. :)
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  • orangenee#2931 orangenee Member Posts: 837 Arc User
    earwigvr6 wrote: »
    These events are pointless. Just making new toons for the sake of it and replaying the same old content ?

    no one is forcing you to do it. It's also good for newer players, as well as folks who missed them before. :)

    I'd be one of those players. Some good stuff in that recruitment. The Klingon was underwhelming barring the endeavour boosts.

    The temporal one is the one I'm looking forward to most though.
  • nixie50nixie50 Member Posts: 1,342 Arc User
    now they want to force a TFO down your throat to complete the recruit? hard pass
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  • phoenixc#0738 phoenixc Member Posts: 5,837 Arc User
    edited April 2022
    nixie50 wrote: »
    now they want to force a TFO down your throat to complete the recruit? hard pass

    Red Alerts count as well. Unlike KDF recruits, which *ONLY* counts random TFOs and required more of them, too.

    I don't do random TFOs very often, so that is going to be last thing my KDF recruits get done. I didn't notice that the Gamma transponder has those as a requirement now, but then again I haven't used the only one I made since the first Gamma recruit event, and absolutely never use it in ground content anyway.
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  • orangenee#2931 orangenee Member Posts: 837 Arc User
    Swarm is actually one of the better TFOs. Beats anything Borg or the Iconian/Undine ones people play endlessly for some reason.
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  • qultuqqultuq Member Posts: 989 Arc User
    edited April 2022
    > @orangenee#2931 said:
    > Figured they'd sweeten the pot with this. Sadly us console peasants will have to wait.
    >
    > I'll have a crisp £32 (totally legit) note waiting. I want that ship, not excuses.

    There you said it again. In America we use that expression to mean “a singular banknote.” Since I don’t think there is a 32-pound bill. I don’t understand what you mean. Do you mean “crisp notes and coins equaling 32£“ or is “a note” not a singular banknote in British slang.

    Or maybe since you say “totally legit“ it is a joke since it is an odd denomination. Sorry. I know jokes are less fun when you have to explain them.
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