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I hear ya on the inventory, I developed bad inventory habits from games long ago (like really long ago) where you never knew what was going to be desperately needed or extra powerful until 'later'. However in Star Trek Online, inventory is pretty straightforward. Item descriptions tell you fairly accurately what you do,…
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There may be some information of help to you in a recent similar post: https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline#/discussion/1270635/patrol-xp-rewards-seem-to-have-been-massively-reduced
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Your posts so far have consisted of either misinformation ("EC is still auto-deposited", "one click replaced by two") or presumption ("active trading isn't a valid focus in STO"). I'm pretty sure an IP that includes Harry Mudd, Cyrano Jones, and the entire Ferengi race has room for active traders. Rather than further erode…
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My situation is similar. My main character, running the recent events, logged on every day, and got all his projects completed. My other characters I generally only log in on the weekend, or for special events. Account @vendood, my main got the Breach project Bio-Engineered Furiadon to complete (I think, or maybe he…
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I would just set a default option. People who think its all junk and inventory clutter they'd rather not deal with could set a Pass default, most people would set it to Need (since it seems most people do that now anyway), people in teams/fleets etc. that set their own rules would turn default rolls off and use whatever…
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"What? MORE?"
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As saber1973a said, you sometimes complete a rep and claim the reward, and nothing happens. The reward will actually trigger and items granted the next time you do a map change.
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I've purchased 7 or 8 various packages/bundles in the past 18 months, however the value proposition just isn't there for this one. No Romulan ships, re-issuing the Starter pack items (which I already bought), once-per-account items, keys which I'm inclined to buy in Key ring bundles not major packs... it's all over the…
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Tooltips aren't reliable for calculating practical DPS. You have BOff/Captain powers, criticals, multiple target hitting etc, power levels etc. to consider. People check their DPS using a combat parser of some sort. A quick review of the various ones available is here:…
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(flame/troll post) - darkbladejk
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Right. Power issues are such a non-problem that, for some reason, Cryptic decided to do season 13 and wipe out over half the 'power' builds in the game, losing tons of players in the process, because power and balance has never been an actual issue. Gotcha. As for @coldnapalm, it's unfortunate that you can't see the…
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I don't agree with a lot of what is said in NoP; as the channel has morphed from help/services, to a dozen or so people who basically spout their own personal biases all day, every day. That said, people also talk politics, religion, games, Trek, movies, the good old days, and a dozen other things in there. It's not up to…
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I did see and consider your idea of if-then'ing of PE boosts. My problem with that is, that it gives high end players no reward and no reason to participate in the PE system (for the most part). I mean, everybody likes upward progression, and high end players have already gotten pretty much all they can get... why…
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A gateway mission is one of the potential approaches I mentioned. It's not really my favorite either, but it has worked in other games. A gear score isn't my favorite system either, I mostly mention it because Cryptic already has one in Neverwinter and it mostly-sorta works. I find it interesting that so many people say "I…
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STO itself doesn't include a DPS meter. There is a combat log you can turn on with /combatlog 1 and off with /combatlog 0 (as a chat box command). The various parsers use that info to show you DPS, combat statistics etc. A bit of a review can be found here:…
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You guys are seriously over-thinking this. @markhawkman: Apparently you're unfamiliar with Neverwinter gear scores (Item Level). Item Level is composed of: -12 pieces of personal gear, with 1-3 enchantments on each (the enchantments count) -4 Artifacts -Up to 3 equipped Insignia on each of 5 mounts -5 companions -3…
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I was in Neverwinter this morning, but assume it is the same issue for STO. The problem has shifted (for me) over the past 24 hours. 24 hours ago, the game would not even reach the Account server. @16 hours ago, STO would reach the Account/Login server, get as far as showing my character list, then disconnect after about…
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ARC launcher ISP: Cogeco, Ontario, Canada 6:30PM EST Before fix, it wouldn't get to the login/character screen. After fix, it (so far), always gets through login, to the character select screen, but then normally sits for about 30 seconds while trying to bring up my characters, then disconnects with "Disconnected from the…
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(May be a re-post, 1 edit made the original disappear) Cryptic uses gear scores in Neverwinter. It works most of the time in keeping people doing content that they are at least potentially capable of completing. No system is going to account for the guy who just sits and does nothing for the match. Again, all you are…
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Cryptic uses gear scores in Neverwinter. It works most of the time in keeping people doing content that they are at least potentially capable of completing. No system is going to account for a guy who just sits and does nothing. Again, all you are saying here is that since a perfectly accurate solution is not possible, no…
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I didn't type up a complete gear score calculator for STO, so of course the entire idea is bad, is that it? Messages are already way too long here, and all the biased people aren't paying attention to the details anyway. They just look for the first nit they can pick. Feel free to suggest your own method of providing…
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Since he is not asking for penalties to those who put more into the game, or to have more given to him because he has less, it's hard to see why people keep making the assumption that "nerf the powerful!" or "make me uber without effort!" is what people are talking about here. He is talking about the same thing I am…
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ARC launcher ISP: Cogeco Location: Ontario, Canada Traceroute: Ran one to the Cryptic Patch server, all connections came back with <30ms times, no breaks Starting at @10am EST, I got the Connection to Account Server timed out. Starting at @11am EST, that changed to Unable to Connect to Account Server.
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It's unfortunate that @darkbladejk's request to "not start throwing names around" has fallen on blind eyes, as have many of my own remarks. It's equally unfortunate that some people think "If you don't have everything I have, then you're a scrub", is a useful commentary on a valid issue. To be even more clear: - I am not…
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You can't have Borg ships because you'd have to be a Borg to fly them. Then you'd have to be able to shoot other players and turn *them* into Borg. I could certainly see a future addition that introduces a 'partially assimilated' race, and then releases Borg-derived "Assimilated" faction ships similar to the Tal Shiar ones…
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From comments in global channels last night, I'd have to throw in with the people who say "a significant portion of damage must be done to an individual V-Rex" in order for it to count. A half-dozen shots at a near-dead Rex probably won't do it.
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No vote. Obvious bias in poll.
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Reports in Neverwinter said that some ISPs in some countries are experiencing noticeable connection issues. My connection has been fine today, with a bit of rubberbanding. That's so common with Cryptic though that I tend to think it's odd when I *don't* get a bit of rubberbanding.
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(I'm not good at editing the quote system so this may be a bit choppy. ) If you get "Kill 60 Herald ships", true, it doesn't care where you do it. But if the easiest place to do that is Gateway to Grethor, or some other team TFO, then yes, you're in competition with other players to get your kills in. This also isn't only…
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To answer a few points: - You aren't in direct competition with other players, as such. What you are competing for, at times, is "Kill X targets", "Deal Y-thousand damage", and unless they've changed it, even the minimal damage needed to not get an AFK penalty. I'm not a DPSer, but I generally put together decent builds…