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  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    rakija879 wrote: »
    So when is the season 10 and the winter event coming?

    next summer is the winter event, or wait it happened 6 months earlier, but how can that be when the dev blogs just came up, and what about risa??

    wanted to use a dark grey color for this:

    season 10 will be out before years end according to earlier information, winter will likely be out weeks before the 25th of dec and finish sometime mid jan the start of next year.
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  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    So tired of these twitter BS, not everyone does twitter. Not everyone use Facebook. You have official forums, use them.

    Even less people use video game forums. If you're going to drop a word in via ANY channel the most popular social media outlets are problem the way to go. That may not specifically include you but then again if you're on the forums you tend to pick this stuff up anyway (since its easy enough to create a post of your own and link off to the other sources. See. this thread.)
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  • shpoksshpoks Member Posts: 6,967 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Even less people use video game forums. If you're going to drop a word in via ANY channel the most popular social media outlets are problem the way to go. That may not specifically include you but then again if you're on the forums you tend to pick this stuff up anyway (since its easy enough to create a post of your own and link off to the other sources. See. this thread.)

    Them sharing info via their private Tweeter, Facebook or whatever accounts is not the problem here. Not sharing that same info via the game's official venues for information, however, is a big problem.
    I don't reember any MMO I've ever played to release a season without announcing it via the official venues. Frankly, this is beyond dumb.
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  • royalsovereignroyalsovereign Member Posts: 1,344 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Thursday, eh? Guess that means I won't be able to play from home for the next month, just like every 'update' since LoR. Oh well, at least they've always gotten around to fixing it eventually...
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  • killdozer9211killdozer9211 Member Posts: 919 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Anyone know if we at least get release notes tonight?
  • jimqqijimqqi Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited July 2014
  • willamsheridanwillamsheridan Member Posts: 1,189 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    No idea if my post got deleted or if i am overlooking it

    Will kit Vendors start selling very rare Mk XI and XII Kit modules? The prices on the Exchange are exploding (4 Mil for a quantum mortar) and with the Assiilated Mission you need a lot of luck to get a useful reward.
  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Well... Theres a limit to what they can tell about upcoming content... Especially Since they've already told everything there is to tell about 9.5
    Don't look silly... Don't call it the "Z-Store/Zen Store"...
    Let me put the rumors to rest: it's definitely still the C-Store (Cryptic Store) It just takes ZEN.
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  • tilarium1979tilarium1979 Member Posts: 567 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    No idea if my post got deleted or if i am overlooking it

    Will kit Vendors start selling very rare Mk XI and XII Kit modules? The prices on the Exchange are exploding (4 Mil for a quantum mortar) and with the Assiilated Mission you need a lot of luck to get a useful reward.


    Just read the pa..tch.. nevermind.
  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    this is old news anyways from other threads which im assuming a lot of people have already seen, i havent because i wont touch twitter, not for any reason.
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  • z3ndor99z3ndor99 Member Posts: 1,391 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Yay!! Its coming tomorrow.... its not ready.
  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    edited July 2014

    /eye twitch

    No new blog, no official announcement that 9.5 is coming tomorrow and we still have farting around on Twitter.

    rakija879 wrote: »
    So when is the season 10 and the winter event coming?

    Winter Event is surely going to be like it's always been, the last few weeks of November.

    Season 10, who knows. Maybe February or March. Expansion 2 is next and that's somewhere between September and November.

    Well, I guess the "WIP" Doff UI that they claimed was in an 'Alpha state' is pretty much going in as is (Oh, that's right they changed the names on a couple of the UI buttons; but IGNORED 99% of the rest of the feedback given) -- I honestly thought this would be the case as it's the way Cryptic has patched and updated STO since 2009 closed beta.

    So, remember you new folks - 'Alpha' = 'Eventually Live with cosmetic changes' at best. Captain Gekko strikes again.

    Yeah, so much for "testing", right? Just throw out what you got and let the players test it for you.

    All I will say is that UI is the worst thing I seen in years. It's absolutely terrible. Why they had to go messing around with something that wasn't broke! Nobody was complaining about the DOFF UI!
  • tucana66tucana66 Member Posts: 710 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    shpoks wrote: »
    Them sharing info via their private Tweeter, Facebook or whatever accounts is not the problem here. Not sharing that same info via the game's official venues for information, however, is a big problem.
    I don't reember any MMO I've ever played to release a season without announcing it via the official venues. Frankly, this is beyond dumb.
    shpoks, you're tempting me to undelete/repost my rant from last night on this very topic. Very agreed, although I still think personal posts shouldn't have been made.
  • jimqqijimqqi Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    this is old news anyways from other threads which im assuming a lot of people have already seen, i havent because i wont touch twitter, not for any reason.

    The blog part is new and people were wondering why they aren't out today.
  • tilarium1979tilarium1979 Member Posts: 567 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    I'm not really caring about what's in 9.5, that's not why I want the blogs. I want to know about what is in the new lock box and the states of the ships.
  • flash525flash525 Member Posts: 5,441 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    anazonda wrote: »
    Especially Since they've already told everything there is to tell about 9.5
    Really? Unless I am mistaken, we know only four things;

    1) Crafting Revamp
    2) Star Cluster Revamp
    3) New Standard Uniforms
    4) Xindi Lock Box

    Surely there is more to 9.5 than just this?
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  • rinksterrinkster Member Posts: 3,549 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    tucana66 wrote: »
    shpoks, you're tempting me to undelete/repost my rant from last night on this very topic. Very agreed, although I still think personal posts shouldn't have been made.

    It's regrettable in the extreme that no announcements have been made on these fora to confirm or expand on the CMs recent tweets.


    Extremely unprofessional, in my view.
  • crypticarmsmancrypticarmsman Member Posts: 4,115 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    flash525 wrote: »
    Really? Unless I am mistaken, we know only four things;

    1) Crafting Revamp
    2) Star Cluster Revamp
    3) New Standard Uniforms
    4) Xindi Lock Box

    Surely there is more to 9.5 than just this?

    Um Number 2 should read:

    2) Star Cluster Removal:D
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  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    flash525 wrote: »
    Really? Unless I am mistaken, we know only four things;

    1) Crafting Revamp
    2) Star Cluster Revamp (If by "Revamp", you mean "Removal"?)
    3) New Standard Uniforms
    4) Xindi Lock Box

    Surely there is more to 9.5 than just this?

    Nope... that's it...

    Also, technically (at least to my knowlege) they havn't announced a Xindi lockbox?
    Don't look silly... Don't call it the "Z-Store/Zen Store"...
    Let me put the rumors to rest: it's definitely still the C-Store (Cryptic Store) It just takes ZEN.
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  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    flash525 wrote: »
    Really? Unless I am mistaken, we know only four things;

    1) Crafting Revamp
    2) Star Cluster Revamp
    3) New Standard Uniforms
    4) Xindi Lock Box

    Surely there is more to 9.5 than just this?

    Well there is that [REDACTED] that's rumored to be out in August. I guess that might account being part of 9.5.



    But overall 9.5 is not ready and them forcing a system that nobody likes, pure genius Cryptic.
  • orangeitisorangeitis Member Posts: 5,222 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    z3ndor99 wrote: »
    Yay!! Its coming tomorrow.... its not ready.
    At least the blogs will be.
  • sle1989sle1989 Member Posts: 552 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    flash525 wrote: »
    Really? Unless I am mistaken, we know only four things;

    1) Crafting Revamp
    2) Star Cluster Revamp
    3) New Standard Uniforms
    4) Xindi Lock Box

    Surely there is more to 9.5 than just this?

    They haven't even officially announced the new lockbox in a blog like they usually do. When the Undine box came out there were a couple blogs, one saying what was in the box and another saying what the stats for the ships were.
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  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    shpoks wrote: »
    Them sharing info via their private Tweeter, Facebook or whatever accounts is not the problem here. Not sharing that same info via the game's official venues for information, however, is a big problem.
    I don't reember any MMO I've ever played to release a season without announcing it via the official venues. Frankly, this is beyond dumb.

    No, its simply "a sign of the times." A games "official venue" may mean a lot to you but only in so far as it represents an idea, the "central spot" around which all information must gather. That's not a requirement, hell I've seen a lot of things over the years have their first official announcemtn over some bit of social media. That doesn't often include games, since those do generally maintain in-house community websites, but none the less a developer doesn't have to use it if they don't want to. Its just a convention and as with any other arbitrary social compromise they can break it if they so wish.
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  • tilarium1979tilarium1979 Member Posts: 567 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    They can post all they want to their private twatter and mybook and facespace and all that stuff. I'm not against that, but they should not be the only means of communicating important game information.
  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Well there is that [REDACTED] that's rumored to be out in August. I guess that might account being part of 9.5.



    But overall 9.5 is not ready and them forcing a system that nobody likes, pure genius Cryptic.

    By definition, it's really just a part of Season 9...

    X.5 seasons is just the "We wanted this to be in from the beginning, but didn have time for it".
    Don't look silly... Don't call it the "Z-Store/Zen Store"...
    Let me put the rumors to rest: it's definitely still the C-Store (Cryptic Store) It just takes ZEN.
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  • sunfranckssunfrancks Member Posts: 3,925 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    flash525 wrote: »
    Really? Unless I am mistaken, we know only four things;

    1) Crafting Revamp
    2) Star Cluster Revamp
    3) New Standard Uniforms
    4) Xindi Lock Box

    Surely there is more to 9.5 than just this?

    Nope, that is about it.

    At least nothing else is on Tribble and there is no new FE, apparently.
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  • oldravenman3025oldravenman3025 Member Posts: 1,892 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Thursday, huh? Was kinda expecting it.



    I might want to avoid the forums until Monday.
  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    flash525 wrote: »
    Really? Unless I am mistaken, we know only four things;

    1) Crafting Revamp
    2) Star Cluster Revamp
    3) New Standard Uniforms
    4) Xindi Lock Box

    Surely there is more to 9.5 than just this?

    I would imagine so too, but we are making the assumption that season 9.5 is coming in a single update. We could be getting 1-4 tomorrow with a surprise 5 hitting at some point before the start of season 10.
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  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Guys... Their focus is on Expansion 2... Not some half way season...

    You should probably get used to the thought that there won't be any real content (or at least extremely small amounts) for quite some time.
    Don't look silly... Don't call it the "Z-Store/Zen Store"...
    Let me put the rumors to rest: it's definitely still the C-Store (Cryptic Store) It just takes ZEN.
    Like Duty Officers? Support effords to gather ideas
  • tilarium1979tilarium1979 Member Posts: 567 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    anazonda wrote: »
    Nope... that's it...

    Also, technically (at least to my knowlege) they havn't announced a Xindi lockbox?

    Technically they haven't announced 9.5 either.
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