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    December 18, 2020

    Star Trek Online I tracked 200 Random TFOs. Here are the results.

    I tracked 200 Random TFOs. Here are the results.

    Posted: 18 Dec 2020 07:42 AM PST

    I tracked 200 Random TFOs. Here are the results.

    TLDR: See the pie charts throughout the post detailing the distribution of TFOs and Reputations throughout 200 runs of the "Random TFO" function in Star Trek Online.

    Since the start of quarantine (let's call it mid-March for me) I've obviously had quite a bit of time to play STO. I've been keeping track of every single Random TFO that any of my characters have joined, and every single one is on advanced difficulty. I've tracked the locale (Ground or Space), the specific TFO that I ended up landing in, and the Reputation for which it rewards marks.

    First, a few notes and caveats. Results were spread across 11 of the 13 reputation systems. Competitive TFOs are not accessible in the random system and both Delta TFOs that can pop from random, Bug Hunt and Borg Disconnected, I grouped into the category of "Multiple" because they offer marks of more than one variety. Azure Nebula Rescue and Vault Ensnared also fall into this "Multiple" category, as they reward a choice of either New Romulus or Nukara marks. Also remember that TFOs with 10+ participants cannot pop from random, so that takes out the likes of Crystalline Catastrophe, Dranuur Beach Assault, etc.

    There were 32 different TFOs that loaded as a result of queueing for random on advanced difficulty. Instead of listing all the ones that did, I'll list the 5 that ostensibly did *not* pop at any point during these 200 runs: Infected Manus, Self Destructive Tendencies, The Cure Applied, Vault Ensnared, and Viscous Cycle. To my knowledge, all of these TFOs are eligible to pop from random, but simply are not popular enough to be relied on to do so. Mycelial Realm also never popped when queuing for Advanced RTFOs, but that's because it only has a normal difficulty variant as of now. I personally don't know if it can pop on normal RTFOs. Below is a chart of the frequency of the 32 TFOs that did pop at least once in these 200 tests (some of the names are clipped or not able to be seen at all because the slice of the pie is too small):

    https://preview.redd.it/1cr2huqkty561.png?width=600&format=png&auto=webp&s=25e45975b02f3c43d46d19076db988e1b9146a57

    Next, a pie chart of the frequency of the 11 reputations plus those that reward marks from multiple reputations:

    https://preview.redd.it/b4bedsimty561.png?width=897&format=png&auto=webp&s=8db355e205ded90605aa6c03dc19ae4838b69c63

    Again, "Multiple" refers to Bug Hunt, Borg Disconnected, and Azure Nebula Rescue (and Vault Ensnared, but it never popped). Finally, a pie chart of whether the TFO that popped was on the ground or in space:

    https://preview.redd.it/zq3qkjuoty561.png?width=600&format=png&auto=webp&s=f72836d8bf24ef524904fdae775520d283aab7a9

    In terms of what might have skewed the data, a few things came to mind. First, Universal Endeavors. Some of the most frequent occurrences were Assault on Terok Nor, Defend Rh'ihho Station, Defense of Starbase One, and Infected: The Conduit, all of which are known to be among the possible Universal Endeavors. However, breaking the fourth wall of data here, I will say that I didn't notice a correlation between the TFO that popped and the current Universal Endeavor more than three or four times. It was almost always correlated simply with what's popular rather than what's required for the endeavor system. The other main skew possibility boils down to what we all know to be true – Infected: The Conduit is the most popular TFO in the game by a mile, especially because it's a good testing ground for builds and such. Defense of Starbase One is much newer than The Conduit, obviously, but perhaps it's emerging as one of the player base's favorite testing grounds as well.

    The main takeaway is that if you're queuing for a Random TFO, you should all but expect to land on one that rewards Omega marks, Discovery marks, or one of the "multiples." 111 of the 200 trials (55.5%) resulted in one of those conditions being met.

    If you're curious about any individual TFO and how many times it popped out of 200 but was too small a data point to be seen on the pie chart, comment and I'll check in the spreadsheet to see how many times I landed on it.

    Thanks for reading! I hope this enhances your experience of the Random TFO system in some way.

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    Posted: 18 Dec 2020 08:05 AM PST

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    Posted: 18 Dec 2020 08:52 AM PST

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    The article said

    Starting this Friday, December 18th, at 8am PT (17:00 CET), and running until January 3rd at 10am PT (19:00 CET), you'll be able to claim four free Captain Retrain Tokens, and one free Experimental Starship Upgrade, in the Promotions Tab of the Zen Store.

    https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11482023-a-thank-you-upgrade

    Anyone else able to see it? Or maybe I'm jumping the gun and there's a delay...

    Update:They've just tweeted this

    "The free retrain tokens and upgrade go live at 10am this morning, not 8am as originally reported."

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    https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11482063

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    Posted: 18 Dec 2020 08:43 AM PST

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    Has anyone else managed to find where it is hiding?

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    Posted: 17 Dec 2020 09:53 PM PST

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