First, this applies only to the ships and items that you have to spend real world money on, NOT the free ships. That said, I hate spending twenty to twenty five dollars on a ship that has the same run of the mill common gear that the free ships have. They couldn't take a little extra effort and give you a rare OEM set? How about putting in an additional five dollar option for an upgraded OEM set? Nope, just common gear and thank you very much!
The reason that I hate having to grind endlessly for EC to spend on gear to equip said ships, is because while I am grinding for days/weeks on end, I can't fly said ship. Oh sure, I can tool around at the space dock and pretend my new acquisition is all ready to go, but it isn't. I am not asking for the best of the best. I realize that everyone's taste is different, but Cryptic could at least put some effort into earning my money. Take the cat carrier for example, cool looking ship. Looks like it has a double decker bridge. But it doesn't, it has a run of the mill bridge.
They didn't do that with the Dyson destroyer. They didn't do that with the Andorian escort. They didn't do that with the Bort. Have you seen the price for that thing? And they couldn't give us a unique bridge for the money? In my estimation that is just phoning it in. Then there is the issue of not having an interior to the ship. In my Andorian escort, I don't have a crew deck or engine room. No sick bay either. Apparently, I don't sleep on that ship and I don't eat there either. But they got my money.
Have you actually taken the time to examine how much you spend for various and sundry items, ships, etc. and that it is hit or miss with the actual value of what you get? Why do I get a Captain's quarters, lounge, engine room, sick bay on a free ship, but not on a ship that I pay extra for? Don't get me wrong, I don't mind paying for what I want. But I do want value for my dollar. Heck, I would even pay for options to decorate the Captain's quarters on my ships. You get tired of looking at the same old furnishings ship after ship. No color choices. No art choices. No choices about furniture arrangement. No way to make that space your own. Ditto for your ready room. Ditto for the engine room. Cookie cutter furnishings no matter what ship you have.
That's good from a programming perspective. Less overhead to operate that way as well, but I wouldn't mind paying a little extra for the options. Cryptic takes cash for the bridge variations, why not other rooms as well? Want a really nice Captain's cabin? Want a cool ready room? A brand spanking new Engine room? Would you part with five or so bucks for it? I would. I have done that for my bridges. I have done that for my uniforms as well. I don't mind paying for the option of looking different or having a different bridge for each ship.
Is Cryptic not sure about what we want or what we would be willing to buy? How about doing a survey to see what the customer wants? You have a web site, all you have to do is ask. But they don't. So I am going to take the first step and ask my fellow customers myself. Long story short, what would you want to buy from Cryptic to make your ships and gaming experience more personal and how much would you be willing to spend for that? At least that way we might get some new stuff and better value for our money.
First of all, you are in no position to demand anything from Cryptic and I'll tell you why... YOU DO NOT OWN THE COMPANY!
Second of all, Cryptic is not a publicly traded company and you are NOT A MAJORITY SHAREHOLDER, so again you have no right to demand anything!
I really don't understand you're bickering about C-Store ships, you want good gear get the rep gear, you can use it on more then one ship. Why spend money to get a variety of MK XII shields, one for each ship, especially when the new equip system has been released?
I will agree that bridges on some of the C-Store ships are horrible, but that's also an issue for lock box ships too. Not all of them have captain quarters and most of them do not have access to additional decks, mainly because there would be a lot more work for the developers to create a full interior for every new ship. And if your suggestion is to pay for each room people won't go for it. Spend $25 for the ship and another $25 for a fully re-designed interior? Credit the game is hardly free to play as is, this would guarantee you can't call it free to play anymore.
With respect to farming energy credits go to Ker'rat and kill borg. What do you want them to do ? Just give you 10mil EC daily, you think that will change anything? It'll make things worse, the easier it is to farm EC the more expensive everything will become. Mk XII Purple Field Generators will go from 40mil to 100mil if you can easily farm 10mil EC per day.
If you have a constructive suggestion, say it, if you want to cry like a baby then open up a word document, scream and pound your keyboard for a few minutes then delete the document and move on with your life.
On the matter of bridges and interiors and such, here is the official statement from Tacofangs (a list of such statements can be found by visiting this thread).
having problems getting E.C. ? grind up some Dil, convert to Zen, buy lock box key, sell on exchange.
and as stated before bridges/interiors are huge asset drains with little return on investment. I as a customer don't want them wasting Taco's time making a unique interior for the Vette, which I and many other players don't have any interest in. I would rather his talents be used to fix the things that were rushed and broken by the Atari F*@ktards and affect us all - like giving us a proper ESD and fixing the Klink faction (Thank you BTW Cryptic, was a very long wait - but worth it in the end.)
there are tons and tons of these kind of things, screwed up from the beginning because of the B.S., that are just now being addressed.. so many of the things that new players point to and say "see, proof that Cryptic are garbage", were messed up from the developmental bungles of Atari, J.J. Trek, and P.E.(not to be confused with P.W.E. who has screwed it up in their own way, but brought backing to the game which has made it significantly better since their involvement.) - they are just now getting the resources to spend on addressing actual fixes that affect Everyone.
- I as a customer - a Liffer from the first day it was offered - want these addressed first - way more then giving each person their own personal custom ship interiors to walk around pulling their peckers in. -- you want to walk around inside a ship, play SWTOR, since that's all you can do with ships there.
While you're at it, go play Eve online and ask for walking around in stations - not going to happen either - too much asset drain for a mechanic that doesn't add value to their game. If you think you can do better, go do it.
On the matter of bridges and interiors and such, here is the official statement from Tacofangs (a list of such statements can be found by visiting this thread).
That is false. They could easily get three seasons worth of content out of ship interiors.
Aww the poor baby has to grind to get what he wants instead of having instant gratification. Really, this entitlement TRIBBLE is quite lame.
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First of all, you are in no position to demand anything from Cryptic and I'll tell you why... YOU DO NOT OWN THE COMPANY!
Second of all, Cryptic is not a publicly traded company and you are NOT A MAJORITY SHAREHOLDER, so again you have no right to demand anything!
I really don't understand you're bickering about C-Store ships, you want good gear get the rep gear, you can use it on more then one ship. Why spend money to get a variety of MK XII shields, one for each ship, especially when the new equip system has been released?
I will agree that bridges on some of the C-Store ships are horrible, but that's also an issue for lock box ships too. Not all of them have captain quarters and most of them do not have access to additional decks, mainly because there would be a lot more work for the developers to create a full interior for every new ship. And if your suggestion is to pay for each room people won't go for it. Spend $25 for the ship and another $25 for a fully re-designed interior? Credit the game is hardly free to play as is, this would guarantee you can't call it free to play anymore.
With respect to farming energy credits go to Ker'rat and kill borg. What do you want them to do ? Just give you 10mil EC daily, you think that will change anything? It'll make things worse, the easier it is to farm EC the more expensive everything will become. Mk XII Purple Field Generators will go from 40mil to 100mil if you can easily farm 10mil EC per day.
If you have a constructive suggestion, say it, if you want to cry like a baby then open up a word document, scream and pound your keyboard for a few minutes then delete the document and move on with your life.
I don't need your solid waste excretions. If you have something constructive to say, then say it. But don't ejaculate your half baked thoughts into the forum and expect people to think you are great. You only come off as having a terrible case of cranio-rectal inversion.
First of all, all the ships with unique bridges that you mentioned are the ones that come in threes, and offered as a three pack. In fact the only three pack ship that doesn't come with a unique bridge is the Vesta, and until that one gets one, all other ships can wait.
And I want the person who thought making Undine ships playable was a good idea fired, but that's not happening either.
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On the matter of bridges and interiors and such, here is the official statement from Tacofangs (a list of such statements can be found by visiting this thread).
They could create a Bridge generator on Cryptic side. It wouldn't be fancy but at least build the interiors from parameters.
Faction
Ship Ship
Hull (Especially with Fed ships because of the circular or oval shape saucer section)
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Second of all, Cryptic is not a publicly traded company and you are NOT A MAJORITY SHAREHOLDER, so again you have no right to demand anything!
I really don't understand you're bickering about C-Store ships, you want good gear get the rep gear, you can use it on more then one ship. Why spend money to get a variety of MK XII shields, one for each ship, especially when the new equip system has been released?
I will agree that bridges on some of the C-Store ships are horrible, but that's also an issue for lock box ships too. Not all of them have captain quarters and most of them do not have access to additional decks, mainly because there would be a lot more work for the developers to create a full interior for every new ship. And if your suggestion is to pay for each room people won't go for it. Spend $25 for the ship and another $25 for a fully re-designed interior? Credit the game is hardly free to play as is, this would guarantee you can't call it free to play anymore.
With respect to farming energy credits go to Ker'rat and kill borg. What do you want them to do ? Just give you 10mil EC daily, you think that will change anything? It'll make things worse, the easier it is to farm EC the more expensive everything will become. Mk XII Purple Field Generators will go from 40mil to 100mil if you can easily farm 10mil EC per day.
If you have a constructive suggestion, say it, if you want to cry like a baby then open up a word document, scream and pound your keyboard for a few minutes then delete the document and move on with your life.
Weapon slots to hull to speed to console slots to boff seats...100% customed so I can fully enjoy my play style.
Also full tailor options...if i want a omega helmet wearing formal attire...let me do it
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and as stated before bridges/interiors are huge asset drains with little return on investment. I as a customer don't want them wasting Taco's time making a unique interior for the Vette, which I and many other players don't have any interest in. I would rather his talents be used to fix the things that were rushed and broken by the Atari F*@ktards and affect us all - like giving us a proper ESD and fixing the Klink faction (Thank you BTW Cryptic, was a very long wait - but worth it in the end.)
there are tons and tons of these kind of things, screwed up from the beginning because of the B.S., that are just now being addressed.. so many of the things that new players point to and say "see, proof that Cryptic are garbage", were messed up from the developmental bungles of Atari, J.J. Trek, and P.E.(not to be confused with P.W.E. who has screwed it up in their own way, but brought backing to the game which has made it significantly better since their involvement.) - they are just now getting the resources to spend on addressing actual fixes that affect Everyone.
- I as a customer - a Liffer from the first day it was offered - want these addressed first - way more then giving each person their own personal custom ship interiors to walk around pulling their peckers in. -- you want to walk around inside a ship, play SWTOR, since that's all you can do with ships there.
While you're at it, go play Eve online and ask for walking around in stations - not going to happen either - too much asset drain for a mechanic that doesn't add value to their game. If you think you can do better, go do it.
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That is false. They could easily get three seasons worth of content out of ship interiors.
They could, but they don't seem to want to. That being the case, the time required to do it is not getting set aside.
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I don't need your solid waste excretions. If you have something constructive to say, then say it. But don't ejaculate your half baked thoughts into the forum and expect people to think you are great. You only come off as having a terrible case of cranio-rectal inversion.
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Maybe three seasons is overstating it, but certainly a season.
Ship interiors were the setting for a goodly proportion of the shows.
The issue with doing this in STO is the range of bridges, some with interiors, some without and a few special interiors.
However, imagine an FE arc that gave you a new, nine console, faction specific ship.
Each episode of the FE required your captain to use this ship, and it has interior based missions.
Extra marks for putting the whole interior into the foundry, and putting anchor points in it.
That's one way of doing it, but I know there's been lot of suggestions in other threads addressing the issue.
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They could create a Bridge generator on Cryptic side. It wouldn't be fancy but at least build the interiors from parameters.
Faction
Ship Ship
Hull (Especially with Fed ships because of the circular or oval shape saucer section)