The longer I leave doing this post the more I need to fill in.... No excuse other than enjoying gaming, it being more fun than waffling about gaming on the internet. Gaming in Star Trek Online with my wife even more so. Yet the need to waffle rises; I better get waffling.....
It's been a long two weeks or so.... Patches, episode release, recruitment event, another event ending, anniversary event starting. So yea my wife started playing the game, like properly playing the game..... I'm still kind of in shock at that; Along the lines of "I've created a monster". Good timing tho with the KDF recruit event as well. The phoenix prize packs are available again. For a short time. It's another lucky timing moment for 'herself'. A lot in STO is worth taking advantage of while you can.
Doing the old Wasteland story arc with an alt to progress my other half's main, which seemed easier to get into than last time I tried. Still good to see each extra ship/item make a difference for her. The Nimbus distress call is a nice addition.
I'd been leveling my older Discovery character with her as that character is the most in need of some sort of attention. Not to mention his mission journal being a clogged mess. Kind of didn't matter what state he's left in, he's always been a means to and end. Leveling in Star Trek Online is fast enough. He's now max level as well; But as a 'Discovery' character there's no benefits other than the specific UI and beam up animation(no transponder/rewards). He is 'just' an admiralty dilithium farmer now.
Yes he's wearing the Kelvin Admiral uniform.... Did I ever mention my dislike and aversion of STD/Picard.
Each to their own.
Speaking of which....
Anyway.
Since my other half had reached the max(65) level I've been either using my own main to brute force stuff or another alt for grinding rep marks. That alt being my Andorian(Federation only ship, gear, uniform only retro Temporal recruit).... Alt of alts needs purpose to....#admiralty dilithium farmer.
My main problem with trying to help my better half is by giving to much information to quickly; Especially regarding things to do for gearing up(This mission, that mission, this rep item, that rep item). While she's into the game (R&D and the Exchange/market selling in particular), I need to temper my want for her to gear up quickly by not being overbearing or pushy. Fun needs to be fun. Something I need to remember be more mindful of myself as well.
Having a ship that can overpower all the content you come across in the game is great. For a long time I've been able to do that. I remember starting off(back in the day) being stuck on some missions with 'bigger' NPC's; Almost like mini boss for the mission arc and being slapped down hard. Not a bad thing as it made me hold off, gear up and try again at a later stage. Over time STO has changed and now has a tendency to give you better ships/gear in a more plentiful way. If you participate. So many events these days. Some of my best ships have been event rewards.
Having a good ship/fit and captain setup is great but it's not to say I don't miss-time, miss-click or be oblivious to the obvious. Right now I'm having a blast of a fun time in a 'lesser' ship, with 'lesser' items fitted. Fun is fun messing about. Sometimes it's good to be in a different ship, even it it's not outputting 'good' DPS or the best DPS my character could do. But fun to try and understand how the mismatched fit/ship and captain all work. Lot of fun faffing going on.
There's still an urge to do more and better. See a YouTube video about a prominent STO player and the fit they've been doing with insane damage... Of course I can try and mimic some of the fit/traits etc and in a way gain some more advantage. Like purchasing a Tier 3 ships from the vendor for Dilithium on my PC and Xbox mains; Not for the ship but for the M6 Computer console. Maybe and perhaps better, I get to learn something about the game that lets me 'play' it better, or at the very least understand it more. Even if that's a build up of information understanding through osmosis. Something has to rub off at some stage........
With the recruitment event on I've finally got a real reason to make a retro(TOS) looking Gorn.
The newer updated graphics are really nice. I didn't expect to see as much 'changed' as I did but I guess it's been a while since I was last on a new KDF character.
I also got to 'slightly setup' my KDF Orion some more. She'll be the character I level up along side my wife's KDF recruit. The bonus pool tokens from the Phoenix prize store are very handy for new characters.
I've also been doing a lot on my Xbox main character since my last post. She'd been doing the temporal agent mission and came up against the bug where the map failed to load, so I left doing; It must have been synchronicity that a tweet came out saying the dev's had fixed that very problem! So I hopped back in and completed the mission. Great timing.
With that character also finishing off a good bit of content I'm again surprised(but kinda not) at the low % of achievement unlocks within the playerbase. The first five minute retention of STO on Xbox players must be really low.
The character is well capable in space combat but not shabby on ground either.
Her main weapon has since been replaced with my personal favorite, a Fluidic Antiproton Assault Dense Beam. I've always found it hits above it's on paper stats; I really like it's chain secondary fire. Plus it's cheap on the exchange. So no wonder I upgraded it to XV and equipped it.
As for character progress; She's had a lot unlocked over time, especially from her temporal transponder. Plus all her reputations's are at 6 now.
Lots done, still lots to do but no rush.
While I'm more than happy with the current ship and it's fit/loadout. A few item reclaims later and I've changed and reworked/upgraded some of the ship fit. Like changing the 3 forward beam banks for dual beam banks(covert were cheap on the exchange); And look like they're better on paper.
For all the good that the ship can do it still takes a good team and prudence to get through some advanced TFO's. No point in charging in all weapons blazing only to get return volleyed off the field. It's good just not great(yet?). Being on Xbox the more options you have the better but there's still lots of abilities that need to be manually activated. As an in game system it's both a blessing and a curse to have auto activated settings. Staring at the popup menu can be an unavoidable mistake that can cost you a respawn or subsytem damage.
The more reclaimable parts on the account the better. With the other event completed and the account unlocked space set available for my alts or alternative ships. It's good to have options.
After two events in the Synth Wave TFO across two platforms including the added dilithium runs on PC, I cannot face doing the same on Xbox. I truly dislike the TFO, it's a time filler for the sake of it. One that goes on for too long. Not even the extra Dil reward can make me face it.
To finish up and just as an aside, on Drozana Station.....
I caught a glimpse of a doppelganger of my main character.....
No screenshot tho.... But, faction, race, gender all the same, including down to the same uniform, shoulder pads, colours and sub colours of each and all!
Same hair colour and cut....
It was all a bit too much of a coincidence.....
Time to let the paranoia kick in....
Bumped into Thanos tho, he's a lot shorter in person.....
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