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Playing on launch day, quite interesting and fun, love the series and films, but I dont undestand whats the point about the high end or planets. Content was so poor and uninstalled at last since 4 days playing.
Now 2 (?) years later, too much patchs and content added or I Hope so... So I asking you how is STO atm. Its fun? Stay ppl ingame? Content to do? How it works his high end? PvE? PvP? Ship battles?
Thanks if anyone can help me.
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Overall, the game has improved tremendously since launch. Granted, there were a lot of shortcomings at launch, so it had nowhere to go but up. But, it really has improved.
If you haven't played since right at launch, then a lot of things are going to be new.
Special Task Force (STF) missions are the "endgame" type instances. There are a lot of other types of instances as well, like fleet action missions, or fleet defense missions.
There are a number of Feature Episodes that have been added over time. Right now is a good time to play them, as they give the original reward that came with them when they were first active.
The Foundry system has a TON of player made content. Some of it's very good, some of it isn't.
Crafting is in the game, but it's very basic.
They've added a complex Duty Officer system, which allows you to "task" officers you collect to perform various missions for you.
They've added some Adventure Areas, which are smallish open world areas to perform missions in. Defera, the Tholian Invasion area, and New Romulus.
They've added Fleet Advancement systems, where fleets can build a starbase or embassy, which give access to different systems or items.
There's also a Personal Advancement system, which currently allows you to build reputation with Omega and the Romulans, which again give passive traits and items.
From my limited experience, PvP is not very active right now, though it still happens. They are supposed to be reworking this part of the game in the future, but no word on exactly when.
A lot of ships, gear, and customization options have been added over time, obviously.
The STOwiki is still a good place to get information about the game: http://www.stowiki.org/Main_Page
Of course, the game is free to play, so no harm in checking it out.
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If you consider tedious rep grinding fun and lockboxes "content", then sure, you will have a blast.
Truely the best advise is to try it. I wouldn't spend a penny on the game, and advise the same to anyone trying it. It's a simple game , on an old engine ( regardless of what Cryptic and CDF claim ) with dated looking graphics, animation and gameplay. It's over instanced and feels like a shoebox that you move from one to another doing the same things, with variations in scenery. Don't take my word for it try it. [mod edit]
Would also like to caution against buying from the c store. Ships in there cost me roughly the same as 3 months sub each. If you want both a fed and klink then that's 6 months sub for a game with 1 months content half of which you've already done(especially if you don't do the dilithium grind for c store points). Meaning you end up paying 6 months worth of money for 2 weeks content and 5 1/2 months instance grinding.
One of the good things about the dilithium system is that it allows players to exchange dilithium earned by playing the game for Zen (formerly Cryptic Points). This means that C-Store items can be gained for free just by playing the game.
As a side note, the exchange rate for buying Zen with dilithium is currently the best it's ever been. For anyone interested in getting something for free from the store using dil you earned in-game, now is a great time to do so, especially with the recent increases in dilithium gain they've implemented.
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You can also earn zen by completeing offers, opinion polls etc and then convert it to c store coins.
I think the increases in the dilithium are due to there being fewer ways to get it. But you are still capped at 8k a day so you''l need to meet this cap for a month or so to buy anything worthwhile in the cash shop(depending what you want to buy).
For anyone interested the current conversion rate is about 104-110 dilithium for one c store coin
When compared to other F2P models, STO does have one of the best going. No limitations to class, level, or content. It really does offer more for free than the majority of other games sporting a similar model.
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As a free to play game, it's one of the best, in that almost everything (i.e. character classes, levels, playable content and systems) in the game is accessible for free. Additionally, dilithium earned by playing the game can be exchanged for C-Store points, which gives players access to items in the cash shop for free as well. Even some of the things in lockboxes, like ships, can be purchased off the auction house using the in-game currency (energy credits) that a player earns.
For those that don't want to spend money on a game, STO has one of the best F2P models I've seen.
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Because everyone has a different opinion on what they find fun, I agree. The only way to find out if a game is enjoyable is to try it out.
The vast majority of the game is completely free, so there's nothing to lose.
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