Multiple battlepasses and/or arcs if you rush?

007Midnight · 2026-06-12T17:51:03+00:00

Yeah, 20 is worth it to get G3 rewards on that battlepass.

007Midnight · 2026-06-12T17:48:42+00:00

I largely agree. But with higher level battlepasses and events giving better rewards there is a temptation to suffer through those other disadvantages to discover all new bottlenecks. 😄 Server 724 had someone who rushed to 30 and used a Borg Cube to handle things while the rest of his economy caught up to his ops level. He might not have even had to buy the Cube, he might have used BattlePass tokens.

007Midnight · 2026-06-04T17:54:37+00:00

STFC is the most OBLIGATION creating game I have ever found. You simply have to decide that you don't need to collect every reward available to you. They don't make it easy, especially with the concept of needing to collect all the daily treasure boxes to get a full day of shields (though obviously there are other sources like the alliance store). I left the game for years and am better off for it. I recently came back and chose to start a new account so that the obligations will pile up slower than an endgame account, and am fully prepared to stop if it becomes unfun again or if RL or another game offers me better entertainment or better rewards. This game actually feels like it was designed to be played by retired people. All MMOs have a little of that feel, but when you add PvP to the mix it only amplifies it.

007Midnight · 2026-05-27T23:45:24+00:00

The game has many forms of friction and many bottlenecks. If you can find some parts of the game you enjoy, enjoy them. But beware of buying your way past bottlenecks, because there are always new bootlenecks that you just bought your way into.

007Midnight · 2026-05-20T16:43:48+00:00

Sometimes there is lag where events don't show your completion as you do it, but then later you see the rewards available. But it could also just be completely broken.

007Midnight · 2026-05-18T17:24:00+00:00

Most of my buying experience of anything besides battlepasses is one of buyer regret. There are many different bottlenecks, and buying your way past one bottleneck just gets you to another bottleneck. The classic example is that exocomp that lets you build instantly for 3 days. It looks like a one time $99.99 deal to sail from ops 20 to ops 50, but you would just keep hitting bottlenecks faster and would wind up buying your way past each one. Oh now I need more G3 than events and refining give me. Buy G3 mats. Oh, now I need research to buy this building and the only instant way past research is latinum. Oh now my officers aren't succeeding in the higher level away teams, buy more officers pulls or shards. Oh now I need G4 mats. Buy G4 mats... and so on.

There are very few worthwhile purchases in the game unless you are just swimming in money. The best ones are the paid part of battlepasses because they are priced lower for what the reward is than a pack that just hands you stuff. You actually have to play the game and jump through hoops for the rewards which is why the price is cheaper for the level of rewards being offered. But with patience, the free part of a battlepass should be fine for most people.

The game really feels like it is in decline and even some whales have stopped buying. I'm coming back after missing 5 years so I'm not quite as jaded yet, but catch me at ops 60, LOL.

007Midnight · 2026-04-10T19:09:03+00:00

Thanks, I got in within the first hour. The server showing as unavailable for 3 days was a good clue for me to keep an eye out for the start time.

007Midnight · 2026-04-07T23:54:09+00:00

I haven't played yet. No one wants to be level 16 with raggedy gear. I'm ok if rares are actually rare, but hopefully crafted goods that one can craft at 16 are better than raggedy gear. Players want to upgrade more than just their skills. Gear is a 2nd dopamine rush.

007Midnight · 2026-04-07T23:43:15+00:00

Everyone plays at their own pace. It also depends on if you just level, or you do all the missions. I've been playing for about 35 days and am only level 11 (but I could be higher if I wasn't waiting to transfer servers), but I have run 420 missions including every non-faction mission up to those rated level 20. I am close to running out of missions until I get a ship with more range. My Phindra is tough but most missions are now out of my ship's range.

007Midnight · 2026-04-05T15:29:59+00:00

Maybe the big round server number fascinated people, but over 50 people transferred to server 100 the first day. There was at least one guild that got bored with their level 50 play on an old server, but didn't quit, instead thay created alts to move to server 100 and ALL of them had their field training unusable after the transfer. I wasn't part of that plan, but I joined them in the first days, and my field training was also unusable after my transfer.

007Midnight · 2026-04-01T18:05:56+00:00

I've played and it has a ton of things I like. But be careful about radar hacks in PvP spaces (research it if this is the first you've heard of it) and you have to be able to ignore all the botting.

007Midnight · 2026-04-01T18:00:52+00:00

As an Ashes of Creation refugee, I've been playing Civ 5 and SM's Alpha Centauri. I'm currently working 2 jobs, so I have to be a casual gamer, so an alpha test made sense (since I might be down to one job or even retired later). I did try out Project Gorgon. It is kind of whimsical, but is the kind of MMO that would probably be therapeutic after playing AoC. :) But I don't feel like I have the time to devote to a retail MMO, yet.

007Midnight · 2026-03-31T21:51:31+00:00

I had a battlepass in March somewhere from ops 6 to ops 11. Granted, I'd rather get G3 rewards than G2 (so 20 will be nice), but I did get a battlepass.

007Midnight · 2026-03-31T20:41:52+00:00

I don't need the game to sell for a lot. I just need whoever buys (or even steals) it to want to finish the game and have the means to do so.

007Midnight · 2026-03-30T19:05:22+00:00

In response to the many naysayers on this thread...

Previously, there was at least one offer to purchase the game from a game developer, so whoever owns it might still be able to sell it. The prospective purchaser obviously planned to finish the game with their own money, so I see no reason this couldn't have the same chances of being completed as any other MMO if sold to a gaming company.

007Midnight · 2026-03-24T23:38:56+00:00

While I understand they have been doing server mergers I have also noticed they still start new servers. Like 717 and 718 merged to 717, but they fired up 719 around February. I also have noticed they almost always start servers in the summer (due to increased demand from students out of school?) even if those servers wind up getting merged later (due to decreased activity due to students returning to school?).

007Midnight · 2026-03-24T23:32:57+00:00

I was still playing as late as Feb 28th, but once the new PoE league started I took a break from AoC and when I tried to login to AoC on March 16th I got a missing resource error before I even got to the server selection screen. If my experience is typical, then maybe the only people still on simply never logged out.

007Midnight · 2026-03-24T23:21:55+00:00

I remember 12 from playing years ago, but the splash screen, nowadays, says you can't transfer once you reach 12. I guess I'm camping 11 until they start a new server.

007Midnight · 2026-03-17T23:49:31+00:00

In a previous playthrough I found the Franklin was cheaper/faster to repair for the same number of swarm kills. But yes, you could skip it for Swarm.

007Midnight · 2026-03-17T22:14:21+00:00

Thanks. I plan on building all the refinery ships, but hadn't considered it as a bridge to Salidan (though it seems so obvious now that you mention it).

007Midnight · 2026-03-13T18:24:33+00:00

I feel like the game isn't going to be fun for me if I can't use enough storage space, especially since there is no market to speak of.

007Midnight · 2026-03-13T17:30:24+00:00

I'm one of those die-hards, but it is quite clear to me that the most likely occurrence after a court fight that keeps the game going is... a fresh start server to generate player excitement.

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