it would be great if they could expand the Marks event to 2 hrs instead of just 1 - the fleet mark event is 2 hours so why can't the O/R mark event be 2 hours as well??
Not all of it is PvE Q'd events and you can do the Romulan patrol before and turn it in during the event but I am hard pressed to do a few STF and Romulan events and get it in within the 1 hour - i think the bonus stops at the 60 min mark so if your in a event and it carries past even 1 min you miss the bonus marks.
Still I think its worth the expansion and would make a lot of players happy.
Personally i don't know why the have the 1 hour vault shuttle event in there so often i have not used it in months.
maybe the could cut that back and maybe alternate fleet mark events and romulan/Omega events to 1 hour and 2 hour and switch back and forth. (2+2hr would be ideal thought)
I SECOND!!! You arent the first person to post a thread on this, and hopefully wont be the last!! If enough people CALMLY suggest extending the Romulan/Omega mark event to two hours, the perhaps the Devs will think about it.
Perhaps there is a reason they dont want it to be two hours, I suggest several compromises, a few the OP brought up.
1: Alternate the amount of time for fleet mark and omega/romulan marks. First time fleet marks are two hours, romulan 1 hr,, next time romulan two hours fleet one hr,, and so on and so forth, then,, every so often switch it up, to keep it fresh.
2: As the OP pointed out, if you START an event DURING the bonus hr, but finish even 1 minute after the hr is up,, you dont get the bonus. Perhaps the Devs should ask there programmers to set the timer up to be a little more forgiving.. dont have to ADVERTISE it, just make it go until 5 minutes after, or 10 minutes after the hour,, or perhaps,, make it so if youve made it to a certain point,, say 3/4 of the mission then players will get the bonus Rep marks.
I know from experience,, running Mine trap,, haveing 3 minutes to go on the last few shuttles, knowing that after a hard fought, sometimes frustrating Event run,,, I wont be getting the bonus marks by a matter of 2 or 3 minutes,, it sucks. But hey, life goes on.
The point is DEVS PLLLLLEEEEAAASSSEEE at least ATTEMPT to look into this, and come up with a better system.
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I've noticed that sometimes, there is NO reputation event following a fleet mark event. This usually happens at night, but is also during my usual play time. If there is not enough time on the event schedule, could you please shorten the fleet mark event to 1 hour, and add 1 hour of reputation event?
To the OP, the timer works both ways. So start an STF about 10 minutes BEFORE the event. As long as you finish after the hour, you will get the bonus.
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I've noticed that sometimes, there is NO reputation event following a fleet mark event. This usually happens at night, but is also during my usual play time. If there is not enough time on the event schedule, could you please shorten the fleet mark event to 1 hour, and add 1 hour of reputation event?
To the OP, the timer works both ways. So start an STF about 10 minutes BEFORE the event. As long as you finish after the hour, you will get the bonus.
I know - but the problem with pugging Stfs is they are so unpredictable
i did a ISE today and with just 4 of us for 70% of the mission we finishe 7.20 min left - my best time ever
but the other day got thrown into 1 with 3 people with the optional failed and still took us 30 min and went past the end of the bonus - so I started at 3:30pm and finished at 4:02pm and missed the bonus
It makes me not want to start any STF after the 30 min mark - this is not right - especially for intected.
At this point i am sure every player would like an increase to 2 hrs - even if they have to cut back on the fleet bonus to 1 hr - now that you can run the investigate officer report 24hrs a day for 50 marks each time!!
I usually start ISE 10 minutes before the event starts. Highly doubtful that the STF will end before the event has started. That way I have at least 30 minutes for my other character.
I am surprized that a lot more people are not here asking for them to increase to 2hrs - most people have more than 1 alt and trying to do 2 toons in 1 hour is hard.
Behind this idea 100%. Why not drop one of the events that almost no one cares about (I personally nominate "Path to 2409") and use that extra hour to expand the reputation event, which everyone cares about?
Behind this idea 100%. Why not drop one of the events that almost no one cares about (I personally nominate "Path to 2409") and use that extra hour to expand the reputation event, which everyone cares about?
Yeah I didn't think of that one - getting an extra data chip for a hour - I doubt more than 5% of players use that - and even if when you get them all you get NOTHING - no special title or unlock. Total waste of an hour that could go to the bonus.
Good Call on that one. I still think the Vault shuttle event could be trimmed back also.
Agreed. This has become an integral part of End Game, Getting Omega Marks is easy.
Most of us use this time to grind out Romulan Marks and one hour just isn't enough.
Definitely people need more time for Romulan marks. You can easily do 2 eSTF for 200 marks in that hour but Romulan marks forget it. A lot of people just don't want to raise the epohs.
Increasing the time would be appreciated, but combining events into a generic 'marks' event would be better - then we have better control on what specific marks we can work for.
Agreed. Loss the god awful shuttle event and give us two hours for the Rep event.
I think a lot more people would like the shuttle event cut way back - I can't think of any player that would not be happy having the Rep bonus event expanded to 2 hrs
Cryptic has been doing a good job of coming back from that disasterous S7 launch but it's the little changes that people notice. They should keep them up!
I'm for anything that rewards marks to be part of a massive two o three hour event, and the removal of Path to 2409 as an event (keep that one, but not as an event as it only really serves the 'gotta have all acolades' people and lore lovers).
How the Devs see Star Trek, apparently:
Star Trek: The Original Grind
Star Trek: The Next Grind
Star Trek: Deep Space Grind
Star Trek: Voyage to the Grind
I'm for anything that rewards marks to be part of a massive two o three hour event, and the removal of Path to 2409 as an event (keep that one, but not as an event as it only really serves the 'gotta have all acolades' people and lore lovers).
Yes it seems almost no-one wants the "Lore" event - i was reading a complaint awhile back that event when you get all data chips you don't get a special title - nothing - it's pretty pointless - an extra hour event ever few hours to get an extra data chip.
Please Cryptic give us some New years cheer and expand the event to 2 hrs!!
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Perhaps there is a reason they dont want it to be two hours, I suggest several compromises, a few the OP brought up.
1: Alternate the amount of time for fleet mark and omega/romulan marks. First time fleet marks are two hours, romulan 1 hr,, next time romulan two hours fleet one hr,, and so on and so forth, then,, every so often switch it up, to keep it fresh.
2: As the OP pointed out, if you START an event DURING the bonus hr, but finish even 1 minute after the hr is up,, you dont get the bonus. Perhaps the Devs should ask there programmers to set the timer up to be a little more forgiving.. dont have to ADVERTISE it, just make it go until 5 minutes after, or 10 minutes after the hour,, or perhaps,, make it so if youve made it to a certain point,, say 3/4 of the mission then players will get the bonus Rep marks.
I know from experience,, running Mine trap,, haveing 3 minutes to go on the last few shuttles, knowing that after a hard fought, sometimes frustrating Event run,,, I wont be getting the bonus marks by a matter of 2 or 3 minutes,, it sucks. But hey, life goes on.
The point is DEVS PLLLLLEEEEAAASSSEEE at least ATTEMPT to look into this, and come up with a better system.
Fleet Admiral In charge of Bacon
Fighting 5th Attack Squadron
The Devils Henchman
To the OP, the timer works both ways. So start an STF about 10 minutes BEFORE the event. As long as you finish after the hour, you will get the bonus.
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I know - but the problem with pugging Stfs is they are so unpredictable
i did a ISE today and with just 4 of us for 70% of the mission we finishe 7.20 min left - my best time ever
but the other day got thrown into 1 with 3 people with the optional failed and still took us 30 min and went past the end of the bonus - so I started at 3:30pm and finished at 4:02pm and missed the bonus
It makes me not want to start any STF after the 30 min mark - this is not right - especially for intected.
At this point i am sure every player would like an increase to 2 hrs - even if they have to cut back on the fleet bonus to 1 hr - now that you can run the investigate officer report 24hrs a day for 50 marks each time!!
I agree. This would make it much easier.
It seems that reducing the fleet mark event to 1 hour is the most attractive to people.
It makes the most sense since you can run the Investgate officer report for 960 dilthium and 50 marks at any time and over and over if you want.
With TZ and work commitments, it's very easy to only be able to run some events once or twice a week if you are lucky.
Yeah I didn't think of that one - getting an extra data chip for a hour - I doubt more than 5% of players use that - and even if when you get them all you get NOTHING - no special title or unlock. Total waste of an hour that could go to the bonus.
Good Call on that one. I still think the Vault shuttle event could be trimmed back also.
Anyone else what to chime in?
Most of us use this time to grind out Romulan Marks and one hour just isn't enough.
Definitely people need more time for Romulan marks. You can easily do 2 eSTF for 200 marks in that hour but Romulan marks forget it. A lot of people just don't want to raise the epohs.
Increasing the time would be appreciated, but combining events into a generic 'marks' event would be better - then we have better control on what specific marks we can work for.
I think a lot more people would like the shuttle event cut way back - I can't think of any player that would not be happy having the Rep bonus event expanded to 2 hrs
Cryptic has been doing a good job of coming back from that disasterous S7 launch but it's the little changes that people notice. They should keep them up!
Why can't the shuttle event just be part of the Rep event?
Star Trek: The Original Grind
Star Trek: The Next Grind
Star Trek: Deep Space Grind
Star Trek: Voyage to the Grind
Yes it seems almost no-one wants the "Lore" event - i was reading a complaint awhile back that event when you get all data chips you don't get a special title - nothing - it's pretty pointless - an extra hour event ever few hours to get an extra data chip.
Please Cryptic give us some New years cheer and expand the event to 2 hrs!!