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MMO's usually work based on exponentially increasing scale. You level-up quickly to begin with, which gets you hooked into levelling. As your level increases, the number of missions/xp required to level increases, which means that you feel that you deserve your increased rank more. However, with STO, it does feel like you…
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Surely, we all have an idea of what kinds of activities people are engaged-in when playing an MMO? That's why, over the past decade and a bit, terms such as PvE, PvP, RP etc have appeared... If you read forum threads and if you play the game, you will interact with people and have anecdotal evidence of what is going on. If…
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Talking about alts... It seems to me that since there are so many Episodes, relative to how many it takes to reach level 50, they could have given each specialist (Tactical Officer, Engineer, Science Officer) their own story arc... This would give more incentive to complete the Episodes, rather than completing so many at…
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When I said "normal", I was referring to levelling and gaming time - playing the missions rather than finding alternative ways of levelling quickly, not spending 24-7 playing. It was not a judgement on any individual, but an impression of how the majority of people play the game... The character creation process is a great…
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Yes, it is possible to level-up faster than I did... My point is, as a "normal" player, it took perhaps 6 times less to reach level 50 in STO than in SWTOR. Too quick to level compared to the Episodes I still have to complete. In SWTOR, I gained the title Jedi Master (as a Knight) as part of completing the story arc. I…
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Late reply to this, I know. But I only just started playing STO last month... First of all, it was too quick to reach the level cap. It took months longer in SWTOR. Secondly, I'd prefer the rank of Admiral to come from completing the Episodes. I've still got many to complete...