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The server is back on and the SFA event is running. It didn't even took 10 minutes for me to find ways to cheat.
If someone scans an anomaly and finds a particle, you can hammer on F and steal his stabilizing process.
You can place turrets near a spawnpoint of an anomaly. If an enemy spawns, the turret attacks it. The player who deals the first damage, get's the loot drop. You can also stand near another player and simply shoot at his enemy first.
You can place a dampening field over a spawnpoint of an anomaly. The result is the same as the point above.
If someone scans an anomaly, it should be tagged as his and the stabilizing process should start right away. Without a second interaction button. It should not be possible to steal the loot from an enemy by shooting him first.
I also had the feeling that there are way too many players in each instance.
If someone scans an anomaly and finds a particle, you can hammer on F and steal his stabilizing process.
You can place turrets near a spawnpoint of an anomaly. If an enemy spawns, the turret attacks it. The player who deals the first damage, get's the loot drop. You can also stand near another player and simply shoot at his enemy first.
You can place a dampening field over a spawnpoint of an anomaly. The result is the same as the point above.
If someone scans an anomaly, it should be tagged as his and the stabilizing process should start right away. Without a second interaction button. It should not be possible to steal the loot from an enemy by shooting him first.
I also had the feeling that there are way too many players in each instance.
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with less people its not too bad. somewhat of a whimsical event but its ok for what it is.
And there is WAY to many people in these instances for this event. 20 is about enough to cut down on the griefing potential and not get people really frustrated.
Its Ok besides that. Just too crowded and griefers make the event stink.
Other players should not be able to steal your kill.
In its current state this event is garbage.
The Event is a complete exercize in frustration.
At the minimum, whoever does the original scan should get to fight the hologram or do the tricorder scan.
Or completely eliminate the "collapses".
I find it annoying that I have to constantly mash the F key when scanning because others will try and take your scan. I sat their scanning watching another player just waiting to snatch what I got.
Also, it concerns me that the NPCs as they move by push you a little. While I have yet to have my scan broken, the fact that I'm being shoved a bit worries me that one cadet will completely knock me down and interrupt my scan.
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Because otherwise, you'd just get your stuff taken by someone with better bandwidth.
This morning, I was just logging in to check on my Doff assignments and saw the event.
I hadn't done it before and was like, oh! thats nifty, I'll try it out... then I noticed the Zone chat filled with Cursing, explicatives, interjections (show excitment and emotion, they're generally set apart from a sentence by and explanation point, or by a comma when the feelings not as strong.) and pejoratives.
So, I found a spot where there was a particle but few people and spammed my F key.
Then shortly there after found out why people were shouting 'Thief!' as they can steal the big particle thing from you.
Instituting 'Tagging' where the first person or group to interact with the Clicky gets whatever comes from it would make this less of a nightmare.
Between this and trying to get an iPhone 4s this morning at 3am, I was not too happy.
Check the calendar events, which is accessed by the Hail Starfleet button, and then at the bottom, it shows events and the time they will start. they run for 1 hour.
The energy bubbles were Science Players that were trying to steal peoples kills.
I had the same experience. Someone was literally running around in a wide circle, clearly mashing F and stealing mine, as well as others', scans and partical dispersal. I must have had a good 12 or 13 stolen from me.
In general the amount of griefing made it not fun and way too chaotic.