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Winter Race no Longer Fun
musicformovies
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Last Year, it was fun just trying to stay up, and if you made it to the end you got points.. now you have to beat a guy? Really? I thought that is what the PVP version is for (which is cool so there is a choice)..
Thanks for making what should have been a relaxing lark.. into another frusterating experience.... sigh.
Thanks for making what should have been a relaxing lark.. into another frusterating experience.... sigh.
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no srsly if this post is about the race against the NPC for the 40 Q pictures, and it is a complain about the difficulty (which is kind of not really clear, even after reading the post 3 times) then you should probably google a guide for the race instead of complaining about it.
The NPC race is porbably the easiest thing there is, there is really nothing that easy in sto as the race.
I've been disqualified for sliding off the track plenty, but only "lost" once. I've had other people on the track with me who got ahead of me and I still "won".
All I can say is, every time I've run it successfully I'm the only one signaling the race official to start.
I came in 3rd on "Fast and Flurrious" once. Every other time I either slid off the track and disqualified, or just plain came in after. Now that you can get something for just completing it, I might run it more often.
Oh, and don't forget that the "lemming plunge" over the cliff doesn't work anymore; the loophole has been closed according to the Devs.
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Yeah, the only times I've lost were from falling outside the bounds the first couple tries.
OP: Have you tried doing a dodge/roll on the sharp turns, to stop your sliding and change your direction? It's incredibly handy. With that technique, I've been able to keep sprinting most of the rest of the time, which lets you gain lots of distance on the NPC. Even if you only do it on the longer straights. Hope this helps.
(also, you are in "shooter" mode, right?)
Have Q turn you into a Devidian and fly around the corners and sprint through the straight-aways. You should win everytime as long as you do not make a mistake.
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I have been learning more about ground movement in this race than nearly any other mission or event in the game. I wish more missions integrated this varied movement environment.
I use "jump" and take my finger off the forward direction key to control direction, speed and how much I slide. Sometimes I stop completely before sprinting. All done in shooter mode.
I won my first race easily and the next few days I ran it 6 times each day or more to win. Lately I'm winning on the first or second try.
I think they killed the ability to race in one of the alternate forms Q changes you into with the last patch. No idea why. I guess people were having too much fun with it. :rolleyes:
Yes. its exactly the same.
You do get used to it and in fact the only real way to have problems this year is to run while the snowman event is on as those pesky snowmen seem to take immense glee at keeping you frozen on the start line
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That's fixed as well.
the races are good too imho and i am glad they fixed the "shortcut" on the fastest race. i think it is more fun now.
racing for Q's portraits seemed incredibly hard at first, but jump now and then in the right places and it is an easy win everytime once you get the hang of it.
i also like the snowmen fight and getting some good drops from that.
the boots are great for ice skating. just mindless fun.
you can also pick up several accolades in winter wonderland.
i think they did a good job on this.
This year is my first time running it and I found it to be rather easy once I got used to the slippery track. Just need to know how to drift, roll to stop your momentum, and line yourself up to make a straight line through the curvy parts.
Agreed. I did it last year and was exactly the same format and same NPCs. You just need to practice a bit more...dont give up just because you dont know how. Read some more about it or ask around. People around there who do it daily will be glad to help you or show you how. I have fun with both the dailies and the fast and the flurrios...just wish that cool down timer would be less than 20hr
Want a challenge? Try to beat your time from the day before. That is what I usually do. See how fast I can do it. I created my own challenge for the race.
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Hit 'R' as soon as the countdown starts so you don't waste any fraction of a second. Sprint on the longer straightaways and near-straightaways, hugging the minor turns close enough that it may as well be a straight shot. Start turning early so you'll have momentum in the direction you want to go prior to getting to the actual turns. If you start losing control of your footing and need to move in the opposite direction, especially in the 90-or-tighter turns, use the Kirk Roll in the direction you want to go. Rolling costs you a little speed and time on the recovery, but its worth it to maintain control. If you're sliding off the track, again the Kirk Roll will save you.
Once it clicks, you'll be like 'damn how did I ever let this get to me?' G'luck!
It's far from being as interesting as the new STFs but into the hive doesn't give a ship and the race does, so my game times goes here first. I'm still wondering why the devs always add the poorest rewards to the best content in game and the best incentives to the lamest one, but i guess it's a part of their evil plan to make us play the boring content addictively while we carefully step away from funny instances.
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STOP SLIDING. Here's how to win. Hop. Yes, I said 'hop'. Go to your inner Epohh.
Run fast (shift-run). Release the keys, and hop (spacebar). you will come to a complete, non-sliding stop. Realign, repeat. You won't slide. You will stay reasonably ahead of your competition.
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One of the Romulan chain of missions has a low gravity environment. It's pretty wild hopping around like a rabbit.
Sometimes I'll still do it without this, just to add some fun...
...but yeah, I thought this thread was going to be about how it's not fun because of how easy it is.
Run in a straight line to a turn. Hop. You stop. Realign for the next straight line. Run. Hop. Stop. Realign. It's basically a series of straight lines, hopping to stop, turning, and running in another straight line. The NPC you're racing won't get anywhere near you. You'll even pass the NPC from the guy racing in front of you. You can actually stop to reply to something you've been reading in chat because you're that far ahead of the guy you're racing.
It's kind of gotten tedious.
So like I said, sometimes I'll just run it normally because it can be funny with some of the sliding... or running back to let the NPC take the lead and then passing them again.
Skating with a Klingon.... 'KLINGONS ON ICE' is a LOT of fun. Maybe next year they will let us play hockey!
The individual race is exactly the same as last year except the reward is different. Last year we got boxes that had the decorations now we get that from the snow fights. I don't know what you were playing last year but if you feel like this year is different then you didn't play STO last year.
This year was my first time and I've never come close to losing. OP is just terrible at video games. Hell, I've even lapped the people in front of me who were winning their races. I don't think they could possibly make it easier.
BTW I wasn't here last year .
I can still move.
I can still fight.
I will never give up!
I hope next year we get faster NSC to race against!!! Because the race itself is a cool idea :-)
The race against players is kind boring. Probably because most of the other players are just useless at any game that is faster than solitaire :-P
The track is very interesting but a little bit short. Pepping it up with obstacles which you have to dodge under them would be fun :-) Nice to see that everyone gets a reward, keeps the motivation up.
If you have problems at the races, just try to hop and/or dodge. Get some boots. They make you faster but beware you slide even more :-)
Good luck and have fun :-)
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