Sorry, I cannot in good faith continue playing any farther. https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11138733-command-tier-6-ships-at-any-level%21
They just broke progression. I remember earning every single rank until I got my t6 and it felt awesome. Now it doesn't feel as special as it should.
You beat me to the relinking! I was just about to post the same link and ask... "why buy anything but a T6, now?"
What has changed with progression? If you want to fly the same old crappy pre-T6 ships (hehe) as you could all these years until now, you still can. Old Progress Away. Someone needs to fly those old buckets! (hehe)
There was a big discussion in dps-10k about scaling ships when they first came out awhile back. I was all for them, due to, who wants to redo hotkeys every hour as you level up and outgrow the toy ships you are flying until you get a T6. I mean, really, what else are newb ships for, except, to get you a T6.. a ship you won't outgrow..
To me.
Yeah, some pre-T6 ships are cool.. That T5 they just gave us recently for their anniversary that I never fly, looks real cool. However none of them are cool enough that I wouldn't toss any of them over for a T6. Well, and, there's over 400 T6's and more every month from which to find a cool ship...
It's all in how you look at it. The re-hotkeying and repainting of ships every hour or two or three as I level up and outgrow my ships just never appealed to me at all. I'd rather fall in luv with a ship that doesn't lose its usefulness just because I leveled up and I'd rather not redo hotkeys. As far as that goes, flying the same old pre-t6 ships every time I level a noob has no appeal, either..
If you still want to progress with old pre-t6's, have a party.. no one's stopping you as far as I know, unless, I missed something.. *I* have flown my last pre-T6 : p
What I'm curious about, now, is, why buy anything *but* a T6..? I mean, unless you want to be sub-65 forever or just have some special shiplust (like flying the original Enterprise, that, I think, is not available as a T6) for a pre-T6..
I feel more sorry for the Enterprise shipluster that wants to have a T6 version of his ship than the newb who may never get the 'lets fly all the ships you'll never fly at 65' experience.. This, would be one of the reasons that scaling ships were born - so you don't have to give up the ships you luv just due to your level and wanting to fly a ship appropriately geared for your level. So much less tedious to level without having to redo hotkeys and paintjobs all the time, too - on the same old ships you flew last time... Well, and, it's nice to be able to use alllll of the ships you buy.....whenever you want!
I'm as allergic to change as anyone, but, as in this case, it isn't alllllways bad. Plus, no one is saying you can't play like you always did when it comes to ship-picking. Or.. instead of getting the thrill of getting a new ship every hour or two or three as you level - you can exchange that thrill for the thrill of the ship that you want to fly 'permanently', becoming more powerful as you level. You can improve, with the ship, both of you leveling together... with the idea, that, you flew that baby from the ground up - so, you know it better than anyone.
It's all how you look at it. I obviously think this was a good move for them and am not seeing the downside.
And now I must be a good Endeavor Slave and go do mine before it's too late for bed, again.