Well excitedly waiting on the maintenance to complete, to see what I have to clean up in the way of BOFFS not being assigned and my trays being messed up. Last week I have had to reset my BOFFS about once a day.
Thanks for some much needed stuff like the AFK penalty and the sponsorship projects. Truly pro-customer improvements. Also the new territory control mechanics are very welcome.
Brandon, could you also tell Geko that his dinos are still bald and covered in preconceived notions of what dinos actually looked like? Since he insisted on going forward with dinos with lasers with faulty rationale of how they ended up in the Delta quadrant, can he at least make them less irritating?
I feel your pain, dude. I'm in Ireland myself so it's middle of the afternoon. But they have to do it at the time that is best for them. Price we pay for playing an mmo based in the states. It's always gonna inconvenience someone.
Another Irish player here! It's not that bad since most of the time I'm just back from work when the server comes back but a pain when I take the day off. :P lol
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Ok 5gb patch all done after the initial 2gb prepatch. Even brushed up on my dino knowledge and watched Dinosaur Train with my 2 year old lol. Time to zap some giant lizards.
I'm just curious as to how big the patch is today? I did the pre-downlaod last week and have been DL'ing now for over an hour and am barely 20% done. 775mb downloaded, 1180 of 5836mb patched.
I get that I don't have the fastest DL speed, but it's the fastest I can afford. I also know that what ends up patched isn't how much I'll actually download, but this seems a bit off.
If I'm going to have to download the entire 5 gig patch again, what was the point of the pre-download that started up after I shut the game down?
Meh, I guess I'll just have to wait. Still and hour and a half until the servers are scheduled to come up so we'll see what happens.
I'm just glad I don't have a download cap as this would probably send me over IF I end up having to redownload the entire thing.
Hello. My name is iamynaught and I am an altaholic.
Reading through the updates this morning and I found this
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AFK Penalty:
Captains that AFK in a queued map will now receive the following penalty:
0 rewards for the event.
2 hour cooldown on the ability to queue for any event.
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Although I do agree that a penalty should be applied to those
that do not participate in PVP events especially Conduit and Vortex...
How do you define AFK?
Its one thing to start in on a PVP but what IF you
get interrupted as I often do by having to answer the door
due to packages arriving....or a neighbor comes by to borrow something
or an important phone call...or the dog looks at you
and really needs to go outside to do its business...
There are somethings in live that you JUST CANT control....
I'm just curious as to how big the patch is today? I did the pre-downlaod last week and have been DL'ing now for over an hour and am barely 20% done. 775mb downloaded, 1180 of 5836mb patched.
I get that I don't have the fastest DL speed, but it's the fastest I can afford. I also know that what ends up patched isn't how much I'll actually download, but this seems a bit off.
If I'm going to have to download the entire 5 gig patch again, what was the point of the pre-download that started up after I shut the game down?
Meh, I guess I'll just have to wait. Still and hour and a half until the servers are scheduled to come up so we'll see what happens.
I'm just glad I don't have a download cap as this would probably send me over IF I end up having to redownload the entire thing.
Hmmmm, I had a 5GB patch last week and only 2GB today. It was done pretty quick. I have heard others saying different sizes when they patched last week but they seemed to be using Arc whereas I'm using the original launcher. Don't know if this has anything to do with it.
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U.S.S. Wolverine - NCC 831216
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Another Irish player here! It's not that bad since most of the time I'm just back from work when the server comes back but a pain when I take the day off. :P lol
Awesome to see other fellow Irish players here! I wonder how many more of us there are out there just lurking the forums? lol
Hmmmm, I had a 5GB patch last week and only 2GB today. It was done pretty quick. I have heard others saying different sizes when they patched last week but they seemed to be using Arc whereas I'm using the original launcher. Don't know if this has anything to do with it.
Sounds like me, except for the 2gb patch. No ARC and using the original launcher.
Just frustrating that I got the 5gb patch last week and today it's another 5+gb's.
Hello. My name is iamynaught and I am an altaholic.
Reading through the updates this morning and I found this
________________________________
AFK Penalty:
Captains that AFK in a queued map will now receive the following penalty:
0 rewards for the event.
2 hour cooldown on the ability to queue for any event.
__________________________________
Although I do agree that a penalty should be applied to those
that do not participate in PVP events especially Conduit and Vortex...
How do you define AFK?
Its one thing to start in on a PVP but what IF you
get interrupted as I often do by having to answer the door
due to packages arriving....or a neighbor comes by to borrow something
or an important phone call...or the dog looks at you
and really needs to go outside to do its business...
There are somethings in live that you JUST CANT control....
I think 2 hours is a bit excessive....
The solution for you is to warp out, or beam out of the mission that you are no longer going to participate in. You should not expect your team to carry you because you had an "unexpected emergency". If you stop participating, you desserve no reward. You have put an extra burden on your team, and failed to carry your weight.
I am as giddy as a school girl over this being implemented... the leecher tears will taste oh so sweet.
Cryptic. Please be reviewed before the end of the maintenance, not the fault of her back with 3:10:13 installs. then you have changed it on the redshirt.
but you have made the change on the tribble.
I just tried to login but after patching. normally you get to the character selection where he says "no connection".
But I just had the problem that he had a cryptic error in the loading screen.
please change it before the end of the maintenance.
Reading through the updates this morning and I found this
________________________________
AFK Penalty:
Captains that AFK in a queued map will now receive the following penalty:
0 rewards for the event.
2 hour cooldown on the ability to queue for any event.
__________________________________
Although I do agree that a penalty should be applied to those
that do not participate in PVP events especially Conduit and Vortex...
How do you define AFK?
Its one thing to start in on a PVP but what IF you
get interrupted as I often do by having to answer the door
due to packages arriving....or a neighbor comes by to borrow something
or an important phone call...or the dog looks at you
and really needs to go outside to do its business...
There are somethings in live that you JUST CANT control....
I think 2 hours is a bit excessive....
I'm going to disagree with one part of your post. 2 hours is not excessive if the system works as intended. I would say a 3 hour ban should be the minimum.
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I'm going to disagree with one part of your post. 2 hours is not excessive if the system works as intended. I would say a 3 hour ban should be the minimum.
How well has the penalty system worked in the past? There is still a bug in the STF leaver system where the game dumps you in a already failed mission (cure space elite comes to mind) and gives you an leaver penalty after it kicks you off the map.
I'm going to disagree with one part of your post. 2 hours is not excessive if the system works as intended. I would say a 3 hour ban should be the minimum.
If only these mechanisms could measure intent. However what that doesn't elaborate on is what Geko elaborated on which is that it'll have other mechanisms that measure activity. At least I hope he was telling the truth there where it measures your activity and if you go unresponsive afterward that it somehow judges from there or whatnot. Hopefully this is true.
Otherwise geko will have to spend some time deflecting the outpouring from customers like he had to defend his naked dinos.
How well has the penalty system worked in the past? There is still a bug in the STF leaver system where the game dumps you in a already failed mission (cure space elite comes to mind) and gives you an leaver penalty after it kicks you off the map.
That is still very annoying and has to be one of the #1 ticketed complaints. And if you quit a match you didn't sign up for you're penalized. Really dumb.
My Only issue with the AFK ban is what is it defined as... I had a lag in Vortex where I was locked up for like 3 minutes and couldn't do nothing. Then it released, and I was a able to continue. I mainly want to see how it is defined.
Like I said I AGREE with a AFK penalty but there must be a definition or a rule to what it means to be AFK
something to the effect of:
AFK Penalty Shall Apply if
1: The Player is reported by another team player for not participating
a: Cryptic [managers] will look through the PVP records
and determine if the player was away if
A1: The Player was reported by more than one team member
A2: The Log of the PVP shows less than X number {what ever it is}
2: The Player as determined by the game did NOT move is vessel and fire weapons
for a set period of time as determed by the servers software code
3: A Player who must leave the game due to a unforseen reason shall still
incurr the standard 1 hour cool down period for all PVP
My point is there should be somewhere a definition by Cryptic for what is defined as AFK thats all I am asking....
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Like I said I AGREE with a AFK penalty but there must be a definition or a rule to what it means to be AFK
something to the effect of:
AFK Penalty Shall Apply if
1: The Player is reported by another team player for not participating
a: Cryptic [managers] will look through the PVP records
and determine if the player was away if
A1: The Player was reported by more than one team member
A2: The Log of the PVP shows less than X number {what ever it is}
2: The Player as determined by the game did NOT move is vessel and fire weapons
for a set period of time as determed by the servers software code
3: A Player who must leave the game due to a unforseen reason shall still
incurr the standard 1 hour cool down period for all PVP
My point is there should be somewhere a definition by Cryptic for what is defined as AFK thats all I am asking....
I know you just spent some time posting that and probably didn't see but refer to my post above
Personally I rarely run into an issue with people going AFK, and 99.89% of the time I don't go AFK...by there is that .11% chance that something pops up that just needs attending to....the system I am sure can NOT judge the intent of the leaving of a PVP for what ever reason.
There are at times that I have LEFT a PVP because the people who are in the PVP do NOT know how to run the PVP, won't listen or read instructions on CHAT from those who KNOW how to do the PVP effectively...in these cases I wait for people to leave FIRST so that I do not incur the 1 hour ban on the PVP ques. Selfish...damn right...but Altruism is NOT part of my nature...I am NOT going to do the PVP on end once its a failure.....
On the other hand if your just in the PVP and NOT participating at all than yes a 2 or 3 our even a 4 hour ban would be appropriate punishment.....
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Brandon, could you also tell Geko that his dinos are still bald and covered in preconceived notions of what dinos actually looked like? Since he insisted on going forward with dinos with lasers with faulty rationale of how they ended up in the Delta quadrant, can he at least make them less irritating?
Another Irish player here! It's not that bad since most of the time I'm just back from work when the server comes back but a pain when I take the day off. :P lol
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U.S.S. Wolverine - NCC 831216
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Armada Leader // Executive Producer // Host // Priority One Podcast
I get that I don't have the fastest DL speed, but it's the fastest I can afford. I also know that what ends up patched isn't how much I'll actually download, but this seems a bit off.
If I'm going to have to download the entire 5 gig patch again, what was the point of the pre-download that started up after I shut the game down?
Meh, I guess I'll just have to wait. Still and hour and a half until the servers are scheduled to come up so we'll see what happens.
I'm just glad I don't have a download cap as this would probably send me over IF I end up having to redownload the entire thing.
Losing faith in humanity, one person at a time.
Thank you. lol
________________________________
AFK Penalty:
Captains that AFK in a queued map will now receive the following penalty:
0 rewards for the event.
2 hour cooldown on the ability to queue for any event.
__________________________________
Although I do agree that a penalty should be applied to those
that do not participate in PVP events especially Conduit and Vortex...
How do you define AFK?
Its one thing to start in on a PVP but what IF you
get interrupted as I often do by having to answer the door
due to packages arriving....or a neighbor comes by to borrow something
or an important phone call...or the dog looks at you
and really needs to go outside to do its business...
There are somethings in live that you JUST CANT control....
I think 2 hours is a bit excessive....
Hmmmm, I had a 5GB patch last week and only 2GB today. It was done pretty quick. I have heard others saying different sizes when they patched last week but they seemed to be using Arc whereas I'm using the original launcher. Don't know if this has anything to do with it.
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Fleet Admiral Winters - Priority One Armada
U.S.S. Wolverine - NCC 831216
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Armada Leader // Executive Producer // Host // Priority One Podcast
Awesome to see other fellow Irish players here! I wonder how many more of us there are out there just lurking the forums? lol
At least you all patching your giant patches can even connect :P
When it's up, I'll put us into group to go co-piloting adventure. I'll supply the tylenol for the dinos with lasers part
Sounds like me, except for the 2gb patch. No ARC and using the original launcher.
Just frustrating that I got the 5gb patch last week and today it's another 5+gb's.
Losing faith in humanity, one person at a time.
The solution for you is to warp out, or beam out of the mission that you are no longer going to participate in. You should not expect your team to carry you because you had an "unexpected emergency". If you stop participating, you desserve no reward. You have put an extra burden on your team, and failed to carry your weight.
I am as giddy as a school girl over this being implemented... the leecher tears will taste oh so sweet.
Star Trek Online, Now with out the Trek....
but you have made the change on the tribble.
I just tried to login but after patching. normally you get to the character selection where he says "no connection".
But I just had the problem that he had a cryptic error in the loading screen.
please change it before the end of the maintenance.
I'm going to disagree with one part of your post. 2 hours is not excessive if the system works as intended. I would say a 3 hour ban should be the minimum.
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How well has the penalty system worked in the past? There is still a bug in the STF leaver system where the game dumps you in a already failed mission (cure space elite comes to mind) and gives you an leaver penalty after it kicks you off the map.
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Real join date: March 2012 / PvP Veteran since May 2012 (Ground and Space)
If only these mechanisms could measure intent. However what that doesn't elaborate on is what Geko elaborated on which is that it'll have other mechanisms that measure activity. At least I hope he was telling the truth there where it measures your activity and if you go unresponsive afterward that it somehow judges from there or whatnot. Hopefully this is true.
Otherwise geko will have to spend some time deflecting the outpouring from customers like he had to defend his naked dinos.
So yeah, hopefully that's true.
That is still very annoying and has to be one of the #1 ticketed complaints. And if you quit a match you didn't sign up for you're penalized. Really dumb.
something to the effect of:
AFK Penalty Shall Apply if
1: The Player is reported by another team player for not participating
a: Cryptic [managers] will look through the PVP records
and determine if the player was away if
A1: The Player was reported by more than one team member
A2: The Log of the PVP shows less than X number {what ever it is}
2: The Player as determined by the game did NOT move is vessel and fire weapons
for a set period of time as determed by the servers software code
3: A Player who must leave the game due to a unforseen reason shall still
incurr the standard 1 hour cool down period for all PVP
My point is there should be somewhere a definition by Cryptic for what is defined as AFK thats all I am asking....
I know you just spent some time posting that and probably didn't see but refer to my post above
lol I'm sure there are a good few of us.
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Fleet Admiral Winters - Priority One Armada
U.S.S. Wolverine - NCC 831216
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Armada Leader // Executive Producer // Host // Priority One Podcast
There are at times that I have LEFT a PVP because the people who are in the PVP do NOT know how to run the PVP, won't listen or read instructions on CHAT from those who KNOW how to do the PVP effectively...in these cases I wait for people to leave FIRST so that I do not incur the 1 hour ban on the PVP ques. Selfish...damn right...but Altruism is NOT part of my nature...I am NOT going to do the PVP on end once its a failure.....
On the other hand if your just in the PVP and NOT participating at all than yes a 2 or 3 our even a 4 hour ban would be appropriate punishment.....