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Gravity Kills, why draw attention to the most broken TFO in the game?

mandellorian#9145 mandellorian
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edited November 29 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I really don`t understand the logic here, the universals are used to draw attention to more neglected areas of the game by the player base..but why on Earth bring attention to Gravity kills?
Yes its an very pretty map but the gravity regulators regularly glitch out from the shield and get nuked by the players often without them noticing. Trouble is taking out the regulators before the shield drops results in the base hanging there as the mission is trigger based and has to see the regulators destroyed AFTER the shield falls.
This issue has been reported since the TFO dropped and has never been addressed so players are being induced to play a KNOWN broken TFO that has a roughly 1 in 5 chance of them getting a leaver penalty.
I would say drop it from the universal rotation until its fixed but the issue has been there for 7 years..so maybe just drop it full stop?
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  • UnknownUnknown
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  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,690 Arc User
    edited October 25
    What's really frustrating is when you join a random TFO to earn marks or for the KDF recruitment, you're plopped into Gravity Kills, then 2 players instantly nope out. It's likely to be a hellish slog to finish even if it doesn't glitch out (I've done it, not fun) or you leave and lose your chance at those marks or KDF progress.
  • darkbladejkdarkbladejk Member Posts: 3,816 Community Moderator
    I'm not fond of Gravity Kills either, though I do have to ask the obvious question. If the goal is to complete the endeavor, why are you running it on anything other than normal just to get it done?
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  • phoenixc#0738 phoenixc
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    edited October 27
    darkbladejk wrote: »
    I'm not fond of Gravity Kills either, though I do have to ask the obvious question. If the goal is to complete the endeavor, why are you running it on anything other than normal just to get it done?

    Probably because a lot of people do RTFOs (one of the requirements to complete the KDF recruitment) on advanced in order to get the premium currency along with the regular marks, and since it is random there is no way to predict when it will be the TFO one ends up in.
  • krisxr400krisxr400 Member Posts: 154 Arc User
    I suspect the random button as well, they had probably done the tfo five or more times already and are tiered of it. It can glitch, not what causes the generators to be prematurely wiped out, but ya, you will get a leaver penalty. As far as the tfo itself i like it, i like the engine management or your gonna be pulled into the singularity.
  • jonsillsjonsills Member Posts: 10,473 Arc User
    phoenixc#0738 wrote: »
    darkbladejk wrote: »
    I'm not fond of Gravity Kills either, though I do have to ask the obvious question. If the goal is to complete the endeavor, why are you running it on anything other than normal just to get it done?

    Probably because a lot of people do RTFOs (one of the requirements to complete the KDF recruitment) on advanced in order to get the premium currency along with the regular marks, and since it is random there is no way to predict when it will be the TFO one ends up in.
    However, this isn't just about Gravity Kills - I'm gathering that GK came up on a Universal Endeavor (haven't been on this weekend, personal stuff). In which case Dark's question stands: if you're doing it because it came up as an Endeavor, why are you not running it on Normal to get it over with? If the answer is still "premium currency", I'm afraid that qualifies as a"you" (generic you, the players involved) problem, not a "them" problem.
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  • fred26291#2759 fred26291
    fred26291#2759
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    There are several TFOs I will avaoid at all cost, regardless if its an endeavor or not.
    Gravity Kills is one of those listed as avoid at all cost regardless of what your loosing out on.
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