Star Fortress problem, time to change it

[Sugram22]

Problem with star fortress is u cant complete the story with story mode and destroy the fortress and get new allies, ur forced in to Veteran mode to complete it, its time to change it and make veteran mode optional


its annoying that u need to do veteran mode, and cant solo it, not awry1 plays it for group continent, ppl who don't want group continent to be optional like when they are in the mood for it making it part of a story and stonewalling them with veteran mode just annoys ppl who want just story continent, reason why i have been on pause from game so often, it just makes me feel like i don't want to replay all that again (veteran star fortress,1 time was annoying enough to do 7 or 8 veteran star fortresses)

[Homer Morisson]

SF are completely broken either way, I’d suggest simply ignoring them.

Those companions also don’t play any role in the main story, they only feature the once during their SF arc, that’s it.

[Sugram22]

Originally posted by Homer Morisson:

SF are completely broken either way, I’d suggest simply ignoring them.

Those companions also don’t play any role in the main story, they only feature the once during their SF arc, that’s it.

issue is they make it feel important like right way would be free each planet before facing arcan, they make it feel like its tied to the main story so its hard to ignore

how are they broken? i did it last years ago and they seemed ok, just annoyingly long considering how many u need to do


i ignore some things like the IMP guy Pierce who wants me to prove myself in PVP before he joins, but this things stay and continue flashing annoying me a bit, they should add ignore option to each alert

[Homer Morisson]

Originally posted by Sugram22:

Originally posted by Homer Morisson:

SF are completely broken either way, I’d suggest simply ignoring them.

Those companions also don’t play any role in the main story, they only feature the once during their SF arc, that’s it.

issue is they make it feel important like right way would be free each planet before facing arcan, they make it feel like its tied to the main story so its hard to ignore

how are they broken? i did it last years ago and they seemed ok, just annoyingly long considering how many u need to do


i ignore some things like the IMP guy Pierce who wants me to prove myself in PVP before he joins, but this things stay and continue flashing annoying me a bit, they should add ignore option to each alert

Broken as in last I checked, you weren’t getting the loot you’re supposed to get, they used to drop tons of decorations, but then suddenly they barely dropped anything at all.

So broken in the sense that it’s just not worth it to play through them anymore.


And as for your story concern, I understand what you mean, but actually the SF missions really have zero bearing on the main missions of KotFE/KotET, the boss fights etc play exactly the same whether you did SFs or didn’t.

Luckily I did all those missions back when they dropped, even got the „The One and Only“ legacy title, for which you had to do the Veteran/Hard mode SF solo without companion and without using any of the buffs.

But as I said, such bragging rights aside, the SF missions don’t give you anything worthwhile… you can safely ignore them.

[phazonfreak]

Yeah, Star Fortresses and Uprisings are pretty much abandoned content when it comes to bugs, balancing and the measly rewards they give out for completing them.

Which is why I hope that the teaser in the letter from Keith where we supposedly get "thrown into some content you may not have played in a while" for the next Galactic Season is referring to either one of those or both.

[Tobarstep]

Did they change something? SF used to be totally solo-able even in vet mode.

[Sugram22]

Originally posted by phazonfreak:

Yeah, Star Fortresses and Uprisings are pretty much abandoned content when it comes to bugs, balancing and the measly rewards they give out for completing them.

Which is why I hope that the teaser in the letter from Keith where we supposedly get "thrown into some content you may not have played in a while" for the next Galactic Season is referring to either one of those or both.

u mean even if i want to (but i really don't) i wont get a group together?

Originally posted by Tobarstep:

Did they change something? SF used to be totally solo-able even in vet mode.

i think u still could (baste on what i have seen) but only with expensive gear unless u chose tank Discipline and if u make balanced build, if ur willing to sacrifice bit damage, but it takes dam long to complete vet mode whatever if its top notch gear or clever build with tank Discipline

[phazonfreak]

Originally posted by Tobarstep:

Did they change something? SF used to be totally solo-able even in vet mode.

That was before they changed the power level of all characters and companions, redistributed the stats for level sync with a lower hard cap on endurance and made some talents mutually exclusive in the discipline tree to reduce power creep.

Back then the game was even easier than it is today and you could breeze through pretty much any content like Star Fortresses, vet and even some master flashpoints and the Eternal Championship on Zakuul with no problem whatsoever. This is no longer the case, which makes achievement hunting much more of a challenge.

[phazonfreak]

Originally posted by Sugram22:

Originally posted by phazonfreak:

Yeah, Star Fortresses and Uprisings are pretty much abandoned content when it comes to bugs, balancing and the measly rewards they give out for completing them.

Which is why I hope that the teaser in the letter from Keith where we supposedly get "thrown into some content you may not have played in a while" for the next Galactic Season is referring to either one of those or both.

u mean even if i want to (but i really don't) i wont get a group together?

It will be much more difficult and tiresome to find a group for those activities, yes.

[Sugram22]

i remember few years back, each time i got to the star fortress point i was like some1 PLZ shoot me i don't want to do it, it was easier to find group but it was bit annoying to try to find one, not as annoying as completing all vet mode fortresses, the rewards even then didn't feel enough worth the trouble for me :D

[Fastspectre]

Originally posted by Tobarstep:

Did they change something? SF used to be totally solo-able even in vet mode.

yes but at some point you needed legendary gear, because the scaling also ( they are quite hard with sentinell/merauder) since those have been gutted to ♥♥♥♥
and some of them are bugged, especially towards the end where you have to go around that ring and jump from platform to platform and activate consoles and fight lieutenenats to get to the endboss

[atomic boom]

You can actually complete veteran mode solo... and it's still easier compare to the Eternal Championship

[Sugram22]

Originally posted by Fastspectre:

Originally posted by Tobarstep:

Did they change something? SF used to be totally solo-able even in vet mode.

yes but at some point you needed legendary gear, because the scaling also ( they are quite hard with sentinell/merauder) since those have been gutted to ♥♥♥♥
and some of them are bugged, especially towards the end where you have to go around that ring and jump from platform to platform and activate consoles and fight lieutenenats to get to the endboss

i heard to make up for it they gave something to sentinel/marauder/passives or something

[Raansu]

Grouping up in a MMO? The horror!