Kael dropped by my Twitch stream this morning to take questions about this morning's T6 Upgrade announcement. Link is right here for your enjoyment.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/758819156
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Kael dropped by my Twitch stream this morning to take questions about this morning's T6 Upgrade announcement. Link is right here for your enjoyment.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/758819156
-- Kyuu
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Interesting talk Kyuu
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Thanks for posting Kyuu!
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So basically, if Fleet ship is upgraded - only fleet ship when requisitioned on another character is also upgraded to X but not the regular versions.
I also wonder if there is a way to toggle off the visual cosmetic upgrade?
Also noted the following:
- Ultra Rare token chance will not increase (these upgrade tokens are available only with UR tokens in Phoenix pack)
- In future there is possibility of earning them via events
- Kael pointed out the easiest way to get them is from the Zen store
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With this, I'm now expecting the next thing they'll do is a universal specialization LTC slot for ship upgrading. That way, it'll be "omg, I can combine intel with time" or "command with miracle worker". With probably the same price point as well.
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The 1.000 Zen is not too high to upgrade a ship; especially if it is a Promo / R&D one.
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Personally speaking, I'm blessed enough to afford anything I want. I couldn't care less if it was 5K and I'd still buy it at a point in time. I've spent loads on this game even whilst being LTS at same time, I'll admit it.
But I've been playing games lately and the fact that I can earn anything and everything in-game is spoiling me towards content driven games than a simple "take my money" attitude to enjoy yourself. Sure these games also end-up with a monthly sub fee, but I think I'd prefer a game taking monthly fee and it's players have fair competition and lots of content to enjoy vs. pay to compete.
I just don't agree with the attitude STO/PerfectWorld preaches and what this game has become, but the majority of the people who play this game are extremely happy with how things are and I'm in the minority.
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So for example, Kael said in future you can earn these while doing events (playing the content to earn rewards) - I'm excited. Hopefully it's a new event as well and not a repetition. At the end, I want some content to fly these new upgraded ships into, not the same old Borg STF for a DPS parse.
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So it's a nice little way for them to make some more money off players but for once it's actually not insanely expensive and is actually a fair price for making your favourite ships even better.
Honestly I can find no real fault with the idea of these tokens and the way they are implementing them; it's a nice chance for them to do something the community feels positive about.
That said though i share Mack's feeling that the game still lacks anything to use these upgraded ships in. Regardless of the cost/grind/time needed to get the tokens; what exactly is the point if all I have to do in game is fly endless repeated TFO's or 20-in-a-row events to get a macguffin??
This game desperately needs some serious content added that is tough enough to be challenging for top end players but also dynamic enough not to be repetitive.
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Hopefully the slow pace of new content is due to the focus on Klingon intro content. The first round of stuff looked at least as much a rebuild as a refresh of textures and other graphics, plus they are putting fair amount of attention into new character model pieces. That has got to be a serious burden on Cryptic's limited resources. It doesn't do many favors for the long-term players among us, but it does make for a much better first impression for new players than the experience rolled out several years ago.
I now wonder if a similar "Year of Romulan" overhaul will be in the works since it is just as dated, particularly since Star Trek: Picard featured Romulans so heavily in Season 1 (where's my Romulan beards already!), just like Discovery featured Klingons so much. Hopefully they do, but maybe reconsider the pacing of how they roll that out to be more balanced.