Ostensibly, the grind is because we're getting the ship, specialty warp core, and specialty secondary deflector all in the same package...
The "only" reason I can see doing this is because of the secondary deflector being integral to the ship...
Yet I wonder, what if the ship was released, as per these anniversary events, on the first playthrough of "step between stars", with the "standard" slate of white Mk VIII or Mk X gear (including white secondary deflector) due a "freebie" ship, and lock the fancy core and secondary deflector behind the 15 day grind?
Would we have more grinders? Less? Who knows, I have a feeling that there might be a lot less rage if it was done that way than the way we have it?
Detecting big-time "anti-old-school" bias here. NX? Lobi. TOS/TMP Connie? Super-promotion-box. (aka the two hardest ways to get ships) Excelsior & all 3 TNG "big hero" ships? C-Store. Please Equalize...
To rob a line: [quote: Mariemaia Kushrenada] Forum Posting is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever. However, opinions will change upon the reading of my post.[/quote]
On all my 4 mains, but not sure if i'll get the ship on any of them. In any case, if I do not get the ships, the Qmendations will go towards next year.
None. I don't like the way the ships look or fly and the event is boring. I might do the Party Crashers a couple more times (I've done it once) for the other goodies you can get.
None. Its a T4 ship at best. Also I looked at it and realized I had the ship already only in a better form. The 1000 day vet ships also transform, have better boff layouts and are 4/3 all the time.
Cheers from Antonio Valerio Cortez III, Half-Celestial Archduke of the Free Marches Confederacy.
My "Main", a Fed Sci, who's getting it for completeness, and my alt Fed Sci (around since right after 2nd anniversary), my KDF sci, and my Fed-Rom Sci...
Was thinking of doing it on some Tacticals too, but the only one I'd want it for is my KDF Tac, who's currently rocking the Breen Raider...
Detecting big-time "anti-old-school" bias here. NX? Lobi. TOS/TMP Connie? Super-promotion-box. (aka the two hardest ways to get ships) Excelsior & all 3 TNG "big hero" ships? C-Store. Please Equalize...
To rob a line: [quote: Mariemaia Kushrenada] Forum Posting is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever. However, opinions will change upon the reading of my post.[/quote]
I'm working on getting them on three alts... one for each faction. Am only grinding for the ships at the moment, as none of the three alts are level 50 yet. I will worry about the set pieces when they hit VA so they're all Mk XII stuff...
CM
"Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure science." - Edwin Hubble
Ostensibly, the grind is because we're getting the ship, specialty warp core, and specialty secondary deflector all in the same package...
The "only" reason I can see doing this is because of the secondary deflector being integral to the ship...
Yet I wonder, what if the ship was released, as per these anniversary events, on the first playthrough of "step between stars", with the "standard" slate of white Mk VIII or Mk X gear (including white secondary deflector) due a "freebie" ship, and lock the fancy core and secondary deflector behind the 15 day grind?
Would we have more grinders? Less? Who knows, I have a feeling that there might be a lot less rage if it was done that way than the way we have it?
The "fancy" core and deflector should not be locked behind anything. They should be in the Dil store for the same price as other Mk12 items.
I mean, it's a cool ship and all, but is it worth 2 weeks of doing the same goofy almost-game over and over? You know they're gonna make a C-store version which is numerically superior, so if you actually WANT that kind of ship and plan to fly it, why wouldn't you just buy the better one instead? And if you don't plan to fly it, why bother having one?
Discuss. :-/
Actually, the ship you get to use in the mission itself seems to be the c-store version. 10 consoles instead of 9 and a better Secondary Deflector from the "free" ship, from what I'm told. The "free" one comes with a blue one rather than the purple it has. That one is for the c-store ship, along with the 3 extra consoles. So, if you're expecting what you grind out to be as good you're in for a disappointment. Showing the better version of the ship was cool and all but it also seems a little manipulative. I'm not going to bother with the "free" ship or store versions, though, so it means little to me.
As for the mission itself, I wasn't that impressed. It was poorly written and frankly boring. One of the few good things about it was Tim Russ, he did a good job as Tuvok. The other was the space flight part. While that part of the mission wasn't very good in and of itself, mostly because there wasn't nearly enough to do, it was still a nice addition to the game and one that could open up a lot of other things. It's just too bad that part of the mission had very little meat to it and the 3 door locks just felt like an artificial way to extend the time spent in space.
2-4. I only have four characters, but I only really play two, ever, my Starfleet Tactical and Romgon Engineer. A couple of my friends tempted me into doing the daily on my Starfleet Science and Klingon Tactical, but I keep going back and forth on whether I want to bother, even as I do it on them.
Zero. Doing the winter event stuff on a few characters ground me enough into the dirt for a while. Have no intention of doing more of the same for a ship I'd probably never use anyway.
The federation version being one of the most hideous things I've ever seen also makes the choice of not doing it easier.
1 a faction, 2 tacs and 1 sci. i specifically choose empty instances on academy ground and ignore the q presents, i instead choose the catching, goes far faster.
nearly up 600 marks, should be done on the 14th with all three, assuming..
T6 Miranda Hero Ship FTW. Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
3, one Science from each Faction. While i'm doing on my Fed because I might as well (since I don't really need any more ships there), it's a smart idea to get it for my KDF and almost compulsory for my Rom.
You're just a machine. And machines can be broken.
None. I was put off by the way this "event" was designed. I would have bought the ships in the Z-store later but not with the purchase being per faction. Its just gotten to be too much.
If everyone said stuff the grind - it would not happen again, alas, people are doing it, so Cryptic will feel justified next year to do it again to us as people are doing it this year :mad:
This is the real problem. What we do now will determine the future of the game. If you grind now you will be grinding forever.
Not a problem if you dont mind grinding of course, but it is not for me, thank you.
Comments
Ostensibly, the grind is because we're getting the ship, specialty warp core, and specialty secondary deflector all in the same package...
The "only" reason I can see doing this is because of the secondary deflector being integral to the ship...
Yet I wonder, what if the ship was released, as per these anniversary events, on the first playthrough of "step between stars", with the "standard" slate of white Mk VIII or Mk X gear (including white secondary deflector) due a "freebie" ship, and lock the fancy core and secondary deflector behind the 15 day grind?
Would we have more grinders? Less? Who knows, I have a feeling that there might be a lot less rage if it was done that way than the way we have it?
To rob a line: [quote: Mariemaia Kushrenada] Forum Posting is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever. However, opinions will change upon the reading of my post.[/quote]
I did the 3rd on six toons (all six have since been deleted).
I did the 2nd on four toons (all four were deleted before the 3rd).
Hrmmmm...
Might rerun the FE for environmental suits.
One is my ship collector, the other a relatively new KDF sci toon and thats just to get the warp core to make the four set.
Two more will run the Fe to get the 3 piece space set sans warp core.
I will not be spending a penny in the cstore for now, especially not on the cstore variants of these ships.
Lifetime Sub since June 2010
i am so burned out and stressed , probably need another game to de-stress myself :P
need a break, no moar event pls...lol
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
I'm insane.
Helpful Tools: Dictionary.com - Logical fallacies - Random generator - Word generator - Color tool - Extra Credits - List of common English language errors - New T6 Big booty tutorial
My "Main", a Fed Sci, who's getting it for completeness, and my alt Fed Sci (around since right after 2nd anniversary), my KDF sci, and my Fed-Rom Sci...
Was thinking of doing it on some Tacticals too, but the only one I'd want it for is my KDF Tac, who's currently rocking the Breen Raider...
To rob a line: [quote: Mariemaia Kushrenada] Forum Posting is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever. However, opinions will change upon the reading of my post.[/quote]
CM
Main: Fed Tac
ALTS:
KDF: Tac
RR: Tac
FED: ENG
FED: SCI
The "fancy" core and deflector should not be locked behind anything. They should be in the Dil store for the same price as other Mk12 items.
Actually, the ship you get to use in the mission itself seems to be the c-store version. 10 consoles instead of 9 and a better Secondary Deflector from the "free" ship, from what I'm told. The "free" one comes with a blue one rather than the purple it has. That one is for the c-store ship, along with the 3 extra consoles. So, if you're expecting what you grind out to be as good you're in for a disappointment. Showing the better version of the ship was cool and all but it also seems a little manipulative. I'm not going to bother with the "free" ship or store versions, though, so it means little to me.
As for the mission itself, I wasn't that impressed. It was poorly written and frankly boring. One of the few good things about it was Tim Russ, he did a good job as Tuvok. The other was the space flight part. While that part of the mission wasn't very good in and of itself, mostly because there wasn't nearly enough to do, it was still a nice addition to the game and one that could open up a lot of other things. It's just too bad that part of the mission had very little meat to it and the 3 door locks just felt like an artificial way to extend the time spent in space.
KDF Romulan and FED Romulan sci's
the grinds are killing me.....
The federation version being one of the most hideous things I've ever seen also makes the choice of not doing it easier.
nearly up 600 marks, should be done on the 14th with all three, assuming..
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
If the ship turns out to be worth having I'll buy one, but even that looks unlikely.
I know it's mainly a sci ship, but my tac main did very well with the ship during the FE, so I decided to go ahead and grab the ship.
My two sci captains does not need to be explained, they are sci chars.
As for my KDF engineer, well, that was a random choice of my KDF alts, as I could not decide.
This is the real problem. What we do now will determine the future of the game. If you grind now you will be grinding forever.
Not a problem if you dont mind grinding of course, but it is not for me, thank you.