What Do Ya Do When There’s Nothing To Do?

So, I’ve now played through just about everything in STO that doesn’t involve teaming at least once. That being the case, I decided to see what else I could do in-game that would be interesting, productive, and as non-repetitive as possible.

I realized that since coming back to STO and really since the beginning, I hadn’t given much attention to crafting at all. I decided to do a little research and see if I could make it worth my time. In this I was successful, but crafting itself really kept me entertained for about two days. The results, however, I expect will keep me entertained a lot longer.

After spending most of yesterday maxing out my crafting skill, I decided that my next project would be getting my assault cruiser outfitted with Aegis gear. This actually took longer than I expected it would as it required me to spend most of my day in the Zenas Expanse chasing down Tachyon Wave Signatures and Exobiological Samples. Once I had what I needed, I headed to Memory Alpha and outfitted my ship. Then it was off to try my new gear out in some combat.

What I came to realize as I was testing out my new gear is that I think it’s time for me start playing the next tougher mode. I’d intentionally left the slider at “Normal” when I’d returned because I felt I needed some time get back into the game before I increased the difficulty. Now with my newly upgraded ship, areas that were a lot more challenging before are suddenly a lot easier to deal with.

So I think starting tomorrow or whenever I next find myself in-game I’m going to move the slider to the next level and see how it goes. I can always go back if I find it too tough. There is one possible exception, though.

At one point, I decided to try a PvP arena and totally got my ass kicked. The problem was that I was probably the best-equipped ship in the arena so all the Klingons immediately ganged up on me first and ignored everyone else.

I probably could have done better if I was on a team with similarly equipped ships, but there was no way for me to survive for any length of time when the second I’d enter the combat zone all the Klingons would turn away from the ships they were fighting and pound me into dust. After a few attempts and repeated poundings, it got boring really fast, and I decided it was time to go try out my new gear somewhere else, in a PvE situation.

It was a lot more fun, but that got boring after a while too because my new gear made it so much easier to get through battles that had been a lot harder before.

So next time out, we move up the slider and see how it goes. should be…interesting.