Interesting read for someone who has been away for a bit. However, still some questions. Like does this new weekend system kill having Q's double xp weekends? Meaning will they become part of this system or be an added bonus extra special event to run along side the normal rotation?
And will we notice a pattern to be able to predict what is next? The weekend event thing was done in GuildWars and had a normal rotation to know what's coming to plan for it with guildies and such after a while. They changed from weekend events to week long events but most people left for GW2. Since the reason for this change was stated as getting people together, having a known rotation can help fleets plan way in advance.
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I hope the mirror invasion is going to be a daily atleast we can do lol.
For newer or characters we didn't get to gearing yet the expertise issue is a big factor. Especially if you have millions of it where you can't use it like myself lol.
technically, there should only be 1-2 of your officers on the bridge. thses are your senior staff, you know, the folks who run the ship when you are sleeping/away/whatever. you SHOULD have the doffs manning the helm, tactical, engineering etc. unless you are at battle stations
Actually no. Ive seen 4 of my boffs in my bridge sometimes, but only sometimes. Most of the times i can only see 1 or 2 max. And if sometimes i see 4, why the hell we cant see all of em everytime we visit the bridge??. THAT is the issue. Even if there is no need to have all of em in the bridge, its obvious that they should be there, because sometimes they are.
Whats the point of having a really good looking bridge, that we can visit and look around, if for example, we cant see our boofs in their posts, for example??
"Love" the anniversery event, it the equivalent of inviting people over to your birthday party and then telling them if they want cake, they'll have to bake it themselves.
Sorry I nominate this for best post of the day it made me smile setting at my desk having a migraine. cheers mate. :cool:
"Love" the anniversery event, it the equivalent of inviting people over to your birthday party and then telling them if they want cake, they'll have to bake it themselves.
Yes, removing the hourlies will prove to be a major mistake, mark my words.
I know they're living under the illusion of being able to turn STO into a P2G (Pay-To-Grind) game; but, mark my words yet again, I will *never* pay Zen/EC/whatever for the opportunity to grind. As Picard once said: "The line must be drawn here. No further!"
Of course, Picard was talking about stopping the Borg and saving humanity as opposed to far-fetched speculation :rolleyes:
Thanks for the expansion that had "as much content as the last"
9 Episodes = 30+ episodes...?
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It's pronounced "S.T.O." "Stow" sounds idiotic! lol
A lot of people aren't going to care in the least about hourly events going away, mark my words! TRIBBLE, until you and one other person started raising a fuss, I didn't even know we had hourly events, which tells you how much they matter to the gameplay experience as a whole.
What levels or how far through the story missions are your characters? I know that on my characters that have finished the story episode missions, the hourly events were what they focus on: Marks during the mark events, racing during the race events, mining during the mining event, etc.
Not all of the events I found useful, mind you, *cough*crafting event*cough*, but there were some that were definitely useful.
EDIT: You probably didn't know about the hourly events because they weren't being spoon-fed to you. In STO, you had to open your journal (J) to see them, but in Neverwinter and Champions Online, the hourly events are constantly being advertised next to the minimap. I don't think we'd actually want marquees next to the minimap screaming "Tour the Galaxy!", "Run The Vault!", or "Time to Craft!"
"Love" the anniversery event, it the equivalent of inviting people over to your birthday party and then telling them if they want cake, they'll have to bake it themselves.
I hope you don't mind me borrowing that quote for a bit of time
I didnt know about the hourly events becoming weekyis. Thats a really bad decision, really bad. But well, i guess cryptic will never learn from their mistakes.
Yet again, Cryptic nerfs the Tour The Galaxy. First, they nerf it to a 3 hour CD. Now, they nerfed it again to a 20 hour CD with a 15 minute time limit to complete. ARE YOU FLIPPING SERIOUS? It takes more than 15 minutes to complete it anyways. I stopped messing with it when Cryptic started nerfing TTG and now I won't be bothering with it anymore. It's not worth it to run.
And the whole "ship slot upgrades"? We're gonna allow you to purchase more ship slots. WOW! I don't purchase ship slots because they are too high in cost and aren't worth the price.
What a sorry patch we're getting this time around, forgive my outburst here. But, I am NOT impressed.
Face it, people were only running TTG once a day anyway, now you can run it once a day anytime you want it. And with the proper engines and judicious use of quantium slipstream and transwarp drive, 15 minutes it is easily doable. Especially with a Excelsior and a transwarp DOFF and transwarp Warp engine.....
God, i didnt pay much attention to the new season ships but now that i look at em.. they are awful.. god, with the exception of the hirogen batttleship, those dyson ships are just horrible.. cryptic what the hell did u do???
I think im not going to even participate in the event to gather the science destroyer. What i want is a good looking ship that i like to fly, not that thing , for god sake. Besides, it doesnt even look like a federation ship.. terrible, cryptic. Good job and keep working so hard..
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Hey Bran, then the question is what is the event this weekend?
I don't think there'll be one. The patch notes say that the hourly events "will be replaced by weekend events".
"Will be", not "have been".
Also, patching.
ARC seems to think the game is "Live." It patched...
got past the Cryptic Splash Screen, and is...
now past the LoR splash screen...
AND!!!!!!....
Oh, nevermind.
At least I'm patched, I think.
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Thanks, Bran! My offer is still open, by the way.
I'm definitely getting these ships on all toons. Not sure if I'll splurge for some overpriced C-store bundles, though. I wants a Scimitar first.
Interesting read for someone who has been away for a bit. However, still some questions. Like does this new weekend system kill having Q's double xp weekends? Meaning will they become part of this system or be an added bonus extra special event to run along side the normal rotation?
And will we notice a pattern to be able to predict what is next? The weekend event thing was done in GuildWars and had a normal rotation to know what's coming to plan for it with guildies and such after a while. They changed from weekend events to week long events but most people left for GW2. Since the reason for this change was stated as getting people together, having a known rotation can help fleets plan way in advance.
Lifetime no longer gives a forum title. That should be updated on the Lifetime page that mentions what you get. PMing the CSR doesn't work neither.
For newer or characters we didn't get to gearing yet the expertise issue is a big factor. Especially if you have millions of it where you can't use it like myself lol.
Actually no. Ive seen 4 of my boffs in my bridge sometimes, but only sometimes. Most of the times i can only see 1 or 2 max. And if sometimes i see 4, why the hell we cant see all of em everytime we visit the bridge??. THAT is the issue. Even if there is no need to have all of em in the bridge, its obvious that they should be there, because sometimes they are.
Whats the point of having a really good looking bridge, that we can visit and look around, if for example, we cant see our boofs in their posts, for example??
Sorry I nominate this for best post of the day it made me smile setting at my desk having a migraine. cheers mate. :cool:
LOL. Exactly...
Of course, Picard was talking about stopping the Borg and saving humanity as opposed to far-fetched speculation :rolleyes:
9 Episodes = 30+ episodes...?
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
It's pronounced "S.T.O." "Stow" sounds idiotic! lol
What levels or how far through the story missions are your characters? I know that on my characters that have finished the story episode missions, the hourly events were what they focus on: Marks during the mark events, racing during the race events, mining during the mining event, etc.
Not all of the events I found useful, mind you, *cough*crafting event*cough*, but there were some that were definitely useful.
EDIT: You probably didn't know about the hourly events because they weren't being spoon-fed to you. In STO, you had to open your journal (J) to see them, but in Neverwinter and Champions Online, the hourly events are constantly being advertised next to the minimap. I don't think we'd actually want marquees next to the minimap screaming "Tour the Galaxy!", "Run The Vault!", or "Time to Craft!"
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I hope you don't mind me borrowing that quote for a bit of time
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Face it, people were only running TTG once a day anyway, now you can run it once a day anytime you want it. And with the proper engines and judicious use of quantium slipstream and transwarp drive, 15 minutes it is easily doable. Especially with a Excelsior and a transwarp DOFF and transwarp Warp engine.....
I think im not going to even participate in the event to gather the science destroyer. What i want is a good looking ship that i like to fly, not that thing , for god sake. Besides, it doesnt even look like a federation ship.. terrible, cryptic. Good job and keep working so hard..
RED ALERT!!!!!! BATTLESTATIONS!!!!
I hope i can play after this patch....... :P i remember what happened after the Season 8 launch.....:P
Admirals Log Stardate....aaaahm....whats today's Stardate?
It was on Romulus.
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