Branflakes did meantion they were discussing extending the event because of the fiasco. But if its anything like the last time they ran it they wont. But Risa was extended so it is possible...
Myself i didnt miss one but I know others who couldnt manage the MU spam so it is only right it be extebnded since it was Cryptics fault some couldnt get shards rather than the players just not doing it.
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"I'm drunk, whats your excuse for being an idiot?" - Unknown drunk man. :eek:
I've been finishing it every day, but today was the best! Got my Nukara Refracting Cascade (MU ships don't like it). Word of warning: Don't use it while in the middle of large shards, it will almost kill you. But it does kill them. Finished first, got my "Shattered" and all the goodies, and warped out laughing in my 20,000 EC Mirror Patrol Escort!
I wish it had one more aft weapon slot, though, I would like to slot my Web Mines for all the set bonus. Maybe I'll dust off my Assualt Cruiser and try it with 8 weapons slots.
Oil, because Matter-Antimatter reactors haven't been invented yet... Please Hurry!
Crystalline Cataclysm is now perfect. PLEASE leave it like that after the Event. Do not edit the random events out of it after the event again.
It Spices up the Mission, and makes fun. Maybe even harden the Elite part a bit, but not via adding more Mirror Ships again.
Maybe make it harder that in each phase only some weapon type can hit it very good, or make it randomised also how fast it can move. Just ideas, i know some will cry havoc for the weapon type thing.
You might even let her overcharge more fastly so that you really have to react to get away in time.
But from what it is now.. PERFECT work on adding something to the mission.
Glad the patch worked. It is fun making it a normal for the grind and its is fun on hard.
Personally I like the adjustments the CE. Being able to move my mouse pointer to the icon I want has its uses. I definately love the 'random stuff' concept and look forward to more options in the future. As it is right now, I like the mirror ships and the subspace rift (have to be careful about maneuvering). However the Tykens Rifts and Gravity Wells need some buffage or something, because right now they're barely road hazards. Still, its a cool idea.
I agree with the OP, Elite CE is better(far less cluttered)in this version. I would also say that the hazards, GW's and TR's, could use a buff. I think it would be crazy fun having GW's power sliding starships all over the place, just make sure soft counters like EPTE can punch a stalled ship out.
not sure i would call it perfect, but its fine. had no problems with it. maybe normal is a touch easy but that just comes with experience of running it i guess. leave it alone.
I dont think this is unfair to romulans at all. they did not exist. they have missed 3 years of everything so you cant backdate everything because they were not available.
players are not divided into factions either. everyone had the opportunity to run the event last time on as many characters as they wanted. people put the work in last time, but some for whatever reason where unable to finish. this gives them the leeway to finish off the work they have already put in.
I dont think this is unfair to romulans at all. they did not exist. they have missed 3 years of everything so you cant backdate everything because they were not available.
players are not divided into factions either. everyone had the opportunity to run the event last time on as many characters as they wanted. people put the work in last time, but some for whatever reason where unable to finish. this gives them the leeway to finish off the work they have already put in.
exactly right.
and hey, if you already had 7 or more shards put into the first one, you can actually get BOTH rewards
The normal is to easy now, I am going to try to make a elite run in the morning.
I have to disagree with this and all posts that say that the event is good now.
It's too difficult, and when I heard about the event I thought, oh cool, ok I 'll come back and play sto again , but, it's way too difficult for me.
No doubt there will be alot of people disagreeing , as always, but I don't care.
There's elite, for those who want it harder, and normal should Not be.
So it's a great disappointment about this event. I tried many times a day ago, and all in my group agreed with me, we couldn't finish it, so we gave up.
"make it more difficult, it s too easy", well folks, thats like saying only listen to one group of people, which it seems , usually happens.
keep elite hard, and keep normal easy . I find easy game-play more fun, cause then I personally enjoy the game more for it's story.
Alrighty, thought I'd say that. Hoping some agree here with me. Though it is doubtful
keep elite hard, and keep normal easy . I find easy game-play more fun, cause then I personally enjoy the game more for it's story.
Yeah, except there is no 'Normal' now: only an event that gives you 50,000 Dilithium at the end (with one of them being a little harder than the other).
So, instead of wanting the 50k deposited directly into your account, work a litte for it, k?
Yeah, except there is no 'Normal' now: only an event that gives you 50,000 Dilithium at the end (with one of them being a little harder than the other).
So, instead of wanting the 50k deposited directly into your account, work a litte for it, k?
i knew there would be responses like that. wow.... thanks for giving me a reason to never return to this game. people like u make it all worth while not coming back.
i knew there would be responses like that. wow.... thanks for giving me a reason to never return to this game. people like u make it all worth while not coming back.
god bless u kiddo.
If keeping you for STO means 'Removing any all challenges from STO,' then I don't think you were being very realistic. Especially since you *already* got your nerf.
Oh, and you're not going anywhere, LOL. So, tomorrow, instead of posting again how 'too hard' it is, try and learn how to do the Event. You'll feel better about yourself, too.
If keeping you for STO means 'Removing any all challenges from STO,' then I don't think you were being very realistic. Especially since you *already* got your nerf.
Oh, and you're not going anywhere, LOL. So, tomorrow, instead of posting again how 'too hard' it is, try and learn how to do the Event. You'll feel better about yourself, too.
well god bless you for being so nice , i will pray for you .
and also bout what u said bout posting, if u did some research you would find its been a while since i posted anything. because i have not bothered with this game in a while. and those whom know me here, know that. and now i wont bother with it at all thanks to u , so i appreciate it. u made me cry.
but thats all i will say . god bless u and i will pray for u that perhaps darkness will not take your mouth to bad areas.
and the perfect was on the mission now itself. with the random events its finally a fun mission again. before that it was even more easier and more boring
I have to disagree with this and all posts that say that the event is good now.
It's too difficult, and when I heard about the event I thought, oh cool, ok I 'll come back and play sto again , but, it's way too difficult for me.
No doubt there will be alot of people disagreeing , as always, but I don't care.
There's elite, for those who want it harder, and normal should Not be.
So it's a great disappointment about this event. I tried many times a day ago, and all in my group agreed with me, we couldn't finish it, so we gave up.
"make it more difficult, it s too easy", well folks, thats like saying only listen to one group of people, which it seems , usually happens.
keep elite hard, and keep normal easy . I find easy game-play more fun, cause then I personally enjoy the game more for it's story.
Alrighty, thought I'd say that. Hoping some agree here with me. Though it is doubtful
Not trying to Flame you or insult, but if this mission on normal is too hard for you or your team to complete then there are some bigger issues you need to address.
Not bragging but this mission on normal could be completed with just 2 ships. You don't even need XII purple gear to do it.
1st Escorts are not the best choice for this mission. 2nd if in a cruiser you need EPTE or other ways to avoid getting hit by the shards.
3rd you need some crowd control abilities like GW. A GW on the CE will keep the shards from getting out of hand.
4th you need something to clean the CE's buffs like energy syphon or Tachyon beam or Rift's.
All this mission takes for you to be able to just walk through it with out even breaking a sweat is just a basic understanding of game mechanics and what is actually happening in the mission.
Like the small shards are buffing and healing the CE. If you let it keep stacking, the CE's beams will start to one-shot people. Also that PVE ships within 5k of the CE are immune to damage. When the CE starts to absorb energy and the pop up says to stop shooting. Stop shooting, and get about 12K away to avoid its blast.
A good Cruiser with the Romulan Torp launcher and some Torp Doffs and GW can just park and burn it down. His GW can keep the shards off of himself and a constant stream of Torps can just wear it down.
Bottom line is this misson on Normal is really no challenge at all, even for a team with less than top end gear. You just have to know what is going on around you and understand what the CE's strengths and weakness are.
If keeping you for STO means 'Removing any all challenges from STO,' then I don't think you were being very realistic. Especially since you *already* got your nerf.
Oh, and you're not going anywhere, LOL. So, tomorrow, instead of posting again how 'too hard' it is, try and learn how to do the Event. You'll feel better about yourself, too.
First of all. Stop it. This is not your game, you do not OWN it. The community and the devs own it. Second of all, you driving paying customers away and thinking it will make the game better is literally the most misguided thing I have ever heard on these forums.
Second of all, if you think that the current CEE is 'challenge.' I think you don't know what the word means. The fact is STO does not have the player mechanics to support really challenging content. Who's fault is that? Oh, the devs. Okay so they toss out a CEE with a billion mirror ships with tractors, or maybe a billion gravity wells that are easily avoided, or maybe a few 'no counterplay' black clouds of death. This. Is. Not. Challenge. It is particularly idiotic when in their queue system does not enforce any kind of roles. So a premade is easy, sure, you know the fight, you know the incredibly simplistic mechanics, and you can avoid or counter them. But the queue could be all escorts! Or it could be a cruiser that thinks its an escort, or a sci ship with all heals and no debuffs! Cryptic needs to concentrate on overhauling playerside mechanics and the queue system before trying to implement any more 'challenge' that just involves increasing numbers.
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Pay no attention to the dates and titles under my name at the left! I am a Career Officer, Lifetime Sub since launch, was in the Beta. Having problems with my forum account.
If keeping you for STO means 'Removing any all challenges from STO,' then I don't think you were being very realistic. Especially since you *already* got your nerf.
Oh, and you're not going anywhere, LOL. So, tomorrow, instead of posting again how 'too hard' it is, try and learn how to do the Event. You'll feel better about yourself, too.
This is an event for everyone, including casual. Just like winter event, or Risa. It's easy for a reason, so everyone can do it, and enjoy the reward.
I don't remember people complaining because it was too easy to earn the Risa corvette/Breen ship. yet it was incredibly easy IMO.
Also, there is an "elite" mode for those who want a challenge.
I don't see why you are complaining, play elite if you want to, and let others do normal if they like.
and also bout what u said bout posting, if u did some research you would find its been a while since i posted anything. because i have not bothered with this game in a while. and those whom know me here, know that. and now i wont bother with it at all thanks to u , so i appreciate it. u made me cry.
but thats all i will say . god bless u and i will pray for u that perhaps darkness will not take your mouth to bad areas.
The CE event was altered on Monday, the thread you're posting with people "Agreeing with you" is complaints about before the update.... this thread is about the event in its current state after the update.
In its current state normal is pretty easy to complete.... a competent team could finish it in a few minutes.
That being said, elite should be challenging and normal should be training wheels... in its current state elite could be a little harder, but with the fixes normal is good as it is. It provides some challenge to new players without being impossible to complete.
I don't mind that it's easier to complete now, because let's face it we aren't running it for the fun of the run. If there was no event going on there would be few people in the queue.
This can't be possible. I'm playing one now (just died), there's got to be close to 30 (or more) Terran ships here, can't even get close to the Entity.
...and since when was the Crystalline Entity on good terms with the Terran Empire? Shouldn't they kind of be shooting at each other too?
Rofl I had to respond to this post laugh of the century yes they are now allies ... pew pew away I should say rofl...But they fixed it I heard man you made me laugh that's a good thing thanks
Normal? Hard? I mean, if everyone's a freakin' moron getting hit with crystals and buffing up the entity, sure it could be a bit frustrating.
Aside from that, it's just like what it's always been, except with the new hazards, which are almost negligible. My tactics haven't changed much from the "sit and shoot" tactic. For some reason I almost never get aggro from crystals...
normal should be easy, for a grind event it is now. thats why i said its perfect now. as for the normal difficulty it is good. as now it is easier for all players to get.
but elite need a bit more beef.
also i said i want to spice up elite later, meaning that they do not revamp it to the status it was before. becasue that was even MORE easier... so i dont understand how people can complain that it is too easy now when it was even more easy before the event.
normal leave it like it is..
Elite make it a challange. (but without MU spamming)
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Myself i didnt miss one but I know others who couldnt manage the MU spam so it is only right it be extebnded since it was Cryptics fault some couldnt get shards rather than the players just not doing it.
"I'm drunk, whats your excuse for being an idiot?" - Unknown drunk man. :eek:
that's the only reason they would extend it if the featured episode was to be delayed yet again
DELTA PRICE RISING
I wish it had one more aft weapon slot, though, I would like to slot my Web Mines for all the set bonus. Maybe I'll dust off my Assualt Cruiser and try it with 8 weapons slots.
It Spices up the Mission, and makes fun. Maybe even harden the Elite part a bit, but not via adding more Mirror Ships again.
Maybe make it harder that in each phase only some weapon type can hit it very good, or make it randomised also how fast it can move. Just ideas, i know some will cry havoc for the weapon type thing.
You might even let her overcharge more fastly so that you really have to react to get away in time.
But from what it is now.. PERFECT work on adding something to the mission.
Glad the patch worked. It is fun making it a normal for the grind and its is fun on hard.
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That would be me, of course. Is my name not showing up on my posts?
Personally I like the adjustments the CE. Being able to move my mouse pointer to the icon I want has its uses. I definately love the 'random stuff' concept and look forward to more options in the future. As it is right now, I like the mirror ships and the subspace rift (have to be careful about maneuvering). However the Tykens Rifts and Gravity Wells need some buffage or something, because right now they're barely road hazards. Still, its a cool idea.
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players are not divided into factions either. everyone had the opportunity to run the event last time on as many characters as they wanted. people put the work in last time, but some for whatever reason where unable to finish. this gives them the leeway to finish off the work they have already put in.
exactly right.
and hey, if you already had 7 or more shards put into the first one, you can actually get BOTH rewards
I have to disagree with this and all posts that say that the event is good now.
It's too difficult, and when I heard about the event I thought, oh cool, ok I 'll come back and play sto again , but, it's way too difficult for me.
No doubt there will be alot of people disagreeing , as always, but I don't care.
There's elite, for those who want it harder, and normal should Not be.
So it's a great disappointment about this event. I tried many times a day ago, and all in my group agreed with me, we couldn't finish it, so we gave up.
"make it more difficult, it s too easy", well folks, thats like saying only listen to one group of people, which it seems , usually happens.
keep elite hard, and keep normal easy . I find easy game-play more fun, cause then I personally enjoy the game more for it's story.
Alrighty, thought I'd say that. Hoping some agree here with me. Though it is doubtful
Yeah, except there is no 'Normal' now: only an event that gives you 50,000 Dilithium at the end (with one of them being a little harder than the other).
So, instead of wanting the 50k deposited directly into your account, work a litte for it, k?
i knew there would be responses like that. wow.... thanks for giving me a reason to never return to this game. people like u make it all worth while not coming back.
god bless u kiddo.
If keeping you for STO means 'Removing any all challenges from STO,' then I don't think you were being very realistic. Especially since you *already* got your nerf.
Oh, and you're not going anywhere, LOL. So, tomorrow, instead of posting again how 'too hard' it is, try and learn how to do the Event. You'll feel better about yourself, too.
well god bless you for being so nice , i will pray for you .
oh here s posts that agree with me~:
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=864161
and also bout what u said bout posting, if u did some research you would find its been a while since i posted anything. because i have not bothered with this game in a while. and those whom know me here, know that. and now i wont bother with it at all thanks to u , so i appreciate it. u made me cry.
but thats all i will say . god bless u and i will pray for u that perhaps darkness will not take your mouth to bad areas.
It is WAY to easy now... I PuGed the Elite Version yesterday and it was a literal cakewalk...
and the perfect was on the mission now itself. with the random events its finally a fun mission again. before that it was even more easier and more boring
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Not trying to Flame you or insult, but if this mission on normal is too hard for you or your team to complete then there are some bigger issues you need to address.
Not bragging but this mission on normal could be completed with just 2 ships. You don't even need XII purple gear to do it.
1st Escorts are not the best choice for this mission. 2nd if in a cruiser you need EPTE or other ways to avoid getting hit by the shards.
3rd you need some crowd control abilities like GW. A GW on the CE will keep the shards from getting out of hand.
4th you need something to clean the CE's buffs like energy syphon or Tachyon beam or Rift's.
All this mission takes for you to be able to just walk through it with out even breaking a sweat is just a basic understanding of game mechanics and what is actually happening in the mission.
Like the small shards are buffing and healing the CE. If you let it keep stacking, the CE's beams will start to one-shot people. Also that PVE ships within 5k of the CE are immune to damage. When the CE starts to absorb energy and the pop up says to stop shooting. Stop shooting, and get about 12K away to avoid its blast.
A good Cruiser with the Romulan Torp launcher and some Torp Doffs and GW can just park and burn it down. His GW can keep the shards off of himself and a constant stream of Torps can just wear it down.
Bottom line is this misson on Normal is really no challenge at all, even for a team with less than top end gear. You just have to know what is going on around you and understand what the CE's strengths and weakness are.
First of all. Stop it. This is not your game, you do not OWN it. The community and the devs own it. Second of all, you driving paying customers away and thinking it will make the game better is literally the most misguided thing I have ever heard on these forums.
Second of all, if you think that the current CEE is 'challenge.' I think you don't know what the word means. The fact is STO does not have the player mechanics to support really challenging content. Who's fault is that? Oh, the devs. Okay so they toss out a CEE with a billion mirror ships with tractors, or maybe a billion gravity wells that are easily avoided, or maybe a few 'no counterplay' black clouds of death. This. Is. Not. Challenge. It is particularly idiotic when in their queue system does not enforce any kind of roles. So a premade is easy, sure, you know the fight, you know the incredibly simplistic mechanics, and you can avoid or counter them. But the queue could be all escorts! Or it could be a cruiser that thinks its an escort, or a sci ship with all heals and no debuffs! Cryptic needs to concentrate on overhauling playerside mechanics and the queue system before trying to implement any more 'challenge' that just involves increasing numbers.
Pay no attention to the dates and titles under my name at the left! I am a Career Officer, Lifetime Sub since launch, was in the Beta. Having problems with my forum account.
I don't remember people complaining because it was too easy to earn the Risa corvette/Breen ship. yet it was incredibly easy IMO.
Also, there is an "elite" mode for those who want a challenge.
I don't see why you are complaining, play elite if you want to, and let others do normal if they like.
The CE event was altered on Monday, the thread you're posting with people "Agreeing with you" is complaints about before the update.... this thread is about the event in its current state after the update.
In its current state normal is pretty easy to complete.... a competent team could finish it in a few minutes.
That being said, elite should be challenging and normal should be training wheels... in its current state elite could be a little harder, but with the fixes normal is good as it is. It provides some challenge to new players without being impossible to complete.
I can do it without even looking at the screen now, don't even have to worry about much about health.
Rofl I had to respond to this post laugh of the century yes they are now allies
Aside from that, it's just like what it's always been, except with the new hazards, which are almost negligible. My tactics haven't changed much from the "sit and shoot" tactic. For some reason I almost never get aggro from crystals...
but elite need a bit more beef.
also i said i want to spice up elite later, meaning that they do not revamp it to the status it was before. becasue that was even MORE easier... so i dont understand how people can complain that it is too easy now when it was even more easy before the event.
normal leave it like it is..
Elite make it a challange. (but without MU spamming)
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