The whole "grab a flag" thing is stupid anyway. There's no reason the game can't just automatically award people based on the order in which they cross the finish line.
The way that the hover board race works now is so terrible that I stopped participating in it after three races. There just isn't a point since other racers can TRIBBLE you out of getting the rewards that you rightfully earned during the race.
In the immortal words of Captain Sisko: "It may not be what you believe, but that doesn't make it wrong."
Don't believe the lies in this forum. I am NOT an ARC user. I play STO on Steam or not at all.
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rattler2Member, Star Trek Online ModeratorPosts: 58,833Community Moderator
edited June 2014
Ease up guys, otherwise the thread might get closed because its turning into a flame fest.
We got a legit problem and should be discussing ways to counter it. Not going on a witch hunt. While it is true a CERTAIN fleet has a rep for causing trouble, that is not the core issue right now. The issue is anyone with a cover shield can put an F U Stop Sign on the flag, blocking players from claiming their reward, thus abusing a feature of the game.
And I kinda agree that the Flag Mechanic is kinda dumb, but might be the only way to register who got what when you don't always have the same number of people participating. With our luck, that is a limitation of the game engine or coding.
I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
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Ease up guys, otherwise the thread might get closed because its turning into a flame fest.
I think that ship sailed somewhere around page 8. "Crash and burn" is a dim light on the horizon in the rearview mirror here.
Fix being able to create Cover Shields at all (It's Risa for cryin' out loud) and move on, says I. Plenty of time and threads for "They" versus "Them" elsewhere. :cool:
Cover shields are just the latest flavor of the minute in an ongoing experiment in anti-social behavior. I learned to accept it and move on, because if it wasn't this, it'd be something else.
Cryptic certainly is aware of the situation by now, so you can put away the pitchforks and torches, and think how this could be a good thing.
I say flip the switch, and turn everything back on. Not fully enabled PvP Risa, although alot of you would enjoy that. But now we can have 5v5 floater battles, powerboard Bat'leth jousting...
Plus my Orion is always eyeing those red target vacationers.
This thread has run it's course as it's now into violating so many policies and 30 pages of it I'd have to edit.
Since people have stated they have reported the issue there is no point for this to continue going.
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The way that the hover board race works now is so terrible that I stopped participating in it after three races. There just isn't a point since other racers can TRIBBLE you out of getting the rewards that you rightfully earned during the race.
Don't believe the lies in this forum. I am NOT an ARC user. I play STO on Steam or not at all.
We got a legit problem and should be discussing ways to counter it. Not going on a witch hunt. While it is true a CERTAIN fleet has a rep for causing trouble, that is not the core issue right now. The issue is anyone with a cover shield can put an F U Stop Sign on the flag, blocking players from claiming their reward, thus abusing a feature of the game.
And I kinda agree that the Flag Mechanic is kinda dumb, but might be the only way to register who got what when you don't always have the same number of people participating. With our luck, that is a limitation of the game engine or coding.
normal text = me speaking as fellow formite
colored text = mod mode
I think that ship sailed somewhere around page 8. "Crash and burn" is a dim light on the horizon in the rearview mirror here.
Fix being able to create Cover Shields at all (It's Risa for cryin' out loud) and move on, says I. Plenty of time and threads for "They" versus "Them" elsewhere. :cool:
Cover shields are just the latest flavor of the minute in an ongoing experiment in anti-social behavior. I learned to accept it and move on, because if it wasn't this, it'd be something else.
Cryptic certainly is aware of the situation by now, so you can put away the pitchforks and torches, and think how this could be a good thing.
I say flip the switch, and turn everything back on. Not fully enabled PvP Risa, although alot of you would enjoy that. But now we can have 5v5 floater battles, powerboard Bat'leth jousting...
Plus my Orion is always eyeing those red target vacationers.
Since people have stated they have reported the issue there is no point for this to continue going.
Former Community Moderator, Former SSR DJ, Now Full time father to two kids, Husband, Retail Worker.
Tiktok: @Askray Facebook: Askray113