Random Thoughts.....What Are You Thinking?

Winter all year please

spring is the worst season by far here, definitely no thanks. fall means no huge flying insects due to the cold, no ice yet and no extreme heat. and no dust or allergies everywhere like spring

I need to follow the fall season around the globe

I wish Tim Tebow was still relevant so I could get a shouting match started at Easter lunch.

Greetings, recruits!

As part of the effort to forge an alliance that can stop the returning Iconians and their servitors, all of the galactic powers are encouraging new recruitment efforts to bring additional officers into service. Officers who join as part of the Delta Recruitment program will have opportunities to aid the galaxy and gain great rewards for their service.

Each week as we participate in Delta Recruitment, all new recruits – those characters made during the event and flagged as Delta Recruits by completing the turorial while the event is live – will not only earn extra personal rewards and account-wide rewards from their missions, but they’ll help to unlock bonuses for the entire game. Completing certain tasks will improve the Delta Recruit contribution meter, and this will lead to unlocks of special benefits for everyone!

For the first week of the Delta Recruit event, the contributing event is first-time completion of missions. Every time a Delta Recruit finishes a story mission for the first time, this will contribute to the meter. As the meter hits certain benchmarks, this will unlock progressively better rewards for the following week. Unlocking the initial reward will cause the following week to grant 50% more skill points and expertise to everyone, not just Delta Recruits. Hitting the second benchmark improves this to 100% more skill points and expertise, and hitting the third and final benchmark increases this to 150% more skill points and expertise for everyone for the entire week! And these bonuses apply to specialization points for captains that are level 50 and above!

The only way to unlock these rewards is to make new Delta Recruit characters, complete the tutorial, and play through episodes. Of course, Delta Recruits unlock bonus account-wide rewards, too, so playing a Delta Recruit is advantageous if you already have another character.

See you at the Academy!

Jesse Heinig
Staff Game Designer
Star Trek Online