Another upcoming STO event has been announced: the Looming Threats Event. Here is the announcement.
The Tholians perch atop their webs, waiting to entrap you, Captains. Do you dare draw closer? From May 9th at 8am PT to June 8th at 12pm PT, you can participate in The Looming Threats event. This new event will pit you against the Terran Empire in scenarios new and familiar, and give you the chance to claim an epic reward, the Crystal Harmonics Space Set.
Participating in this event grants daily progress towards the Grand Prize: The Crystal Harmonics Space Set. The Grand Prize requires 40 daily progress, and Captains can earn daily progress once per account per day by playing either the new episode or Task Force Operation released this season, or any of the other episodes or Task Force Operations in the event. Completing the episode awards two points, while completing a TFO or Patrol awards one point. They are as follows:
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“Wish Upon a Star” (New episode)
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Leviathan (New Space TFO)
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Azure Nebula Rescue (Space TFO)
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Days of Doom (Space TFO)
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Vault: Ensnared (Space TFO)
Patrols:
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Jupiter Gauntlet (normal/hard)
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Bringers of War (normal/hard)
Once Captains have obtained 40 daily progress on their account, they can claim the Crystal Harmonics Space Set After that, the event will still be playable, granting a scaling Dilithium reward that begins at 8,000 Dilithium Ore and scales by 1,000 Dilithium Ore for every day you participate in the event, up to a cap of 50,000 Dilithium Ore per day.
Captains will also have the option to purchase their remaining progress in the event with Zen. The price for this buyout will be pro-rated, based on the amount of progress a Captain has completed.
Obtaining the Grand Prize in this event grants you four pieces of space gear to use on your favorite starship, depending These items introduce a new mechanic, the Tholian Warp Crystal. When a Warp Crystal is created, it will wait until a ship collides with it. If the ship is an enemy, it will explode, but if the ship is an ally, it will grant them a secondary shield.
The Omni-Directional Interlacing Tetryon Beam Array offers a 360-degree firing arc, in addition to being able to utilize the standard function.
This weapon shares an equip limit with other crafted and weapon pack Omni-Directional Beams.
Tholian Nucleating Singularity Core creates a number of Tholian Warp Crystals when a foe is defeated. Additionally, it increases Hull Capacity based on shield power.
This warp core has been modified with Tholian crystalization technology, that uses warp power to harden hulls and create Tholian Warp Crystals.
Tholian Nucleating Warp Core creates a number of Tholian Warp Crystals when a foe is defeated. Additionally, it increases Hull Capacity based on shield power.
This warp core has been modified with Tholian crystalization technology, that uses warp power to harden hulls and create Tholian Warp Crystals.
Tholian Enchanced Emergency Ablative Crystaline (E.A.C.) Shield is a Covariant Shield Array which has been enhanced with Tholian technology. It provides an emergency second shield when overall shield capacity is low.
Of note: There is one more piece to this set, which you can obtain by completing the new mission, Wish Upon a Star.
This console utilizes Tholian technology enhance Tetryon Damage and applies a Tholian Web on the target. The web holds the target in place and deals damage over time.
Equipping more than one item in the set grants a set bonus, as described below:
4 piece item set
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Tholian Harmonics (2 Piece Bonus)
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Increased Crit Chance and Crit Severity against target when using Tetryon
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Tetryon Nucleation (3 Piece Bonus)
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Chance on hit to create a Crystal when using Tetryon damage.
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Stochastic Warp Field Nucleation (4 Piece Bonus)
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All of your Tholian Warp Crystals become active and seek out nearby foe, detonating on impact.
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Nothing too special here; this is the standard STO fare where Cryptic puts together a new event with some event rewards alongwith a new episode. Don’t get me wrong, I very much appreciate that Cryptic is still rolling out new episodes for STO semi-regularly; it fits the whole Star-Trek-as-an-ongoing-TV-Series motif, although sometimes I feel Cryptic should focus their efforts on creating more repeatable content. As nice as episodes are, people tend to do them once and never go back again, unless it’s an episode that they can farm for specific rewards.
Quick Note: The post above is from yesterday Thursday May 4th, and it contains an error. Completing TFO’s awards TWO points, not ONE, which would be consistent with past events. Meh, errors in Cryptic announcements are a feature at this point and are meme-worthy.
The rewards for this event are interesting in that they are Tetryon-based — definitely the least-used and least-popular energy type in the game. The main reason is that it has the fewest number of gear and sets to support it: even though in the last few years Cryptic tried to give Tetryon some more love, it’s nowhere close to the build versability available to phasers and disruptors. A secondary reason is that some players find the look and sound effects of tetryon weapons grating. Now these are never things that bother me too much personally, but if they do bother you, then yes, tetryon weapons do have weird visual and audio effects. I have one toon with a dedicated Tetryon build so I’m interested in getting the new reward set to see if it can enhance her build. Even though she’s suboptimal, I still trot out M’Riss regularly to complete Endeavors that require space Tetryon damage.
Looks like I’ll be grinding this Event a bit! Cryptic will probably announce the 3rd Event Campaign immediately after this one, then the 2023 Summer Event after that. The STO Hamster Wheel must spin forever!
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