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Research and Development Weekend [Now Ended]

pwlaughingtrendypwlaughingtrendy Member Posts: 2,966 Arc User
edited August 2014 in Galactic News Network [PC]
We're celebrating the launch of our Research and Development system with a brand new weekend event! Earn Catalysts, Materials, Dilithium, and more from now till August 4th at 10AM PDT! Read more details about the event here.

As well as all the wonderful R&D bonuses this weekend, Captains can enjoy a 15% off services sale! Learn more about all about it here.

~LaughingTrendy
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  • inhumanekitteninhumanekitten Member Posts: 29 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Discount is not showing in the store.
  • hyplhypl Member Posts: 3,719 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Still dodging the criticism, eh?
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  • inhumanekitteninhumanekitten Member Posts: 29 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    It is now fixed.
  • UnknownUnknown
    edited July 2014
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  • ashkrik23ashkrik23 Member Posts: 10,809 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Please revert back to being able to slot multiple XP projects. That nerf has diminished the enjoyment which could be gained from the crafting system.
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  • toivatoiva Member Posts: 3,276 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Guess i should have waited with those over dozen Boff slots and some ship slots i bought last week, right?
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    Don't make ARC mandatory! Keep it optional only!
  • galadimangaladiman Member Posts: 346 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    They seem to believe in the Zap Brannigan brand of 'The Element of Surprise.'
    Please reconsider ARC. Please make it optional, at the least. PLEASE.
    It seems the vast majority of your most active players (forum regulars) hate the idea... and while that's a small subset of the playerbase, I think it's an important constituency.
    THE PLAYERS DO NOT WANT THIS.
  • vivenneanthonyvivenneanthony Member Posts: 1,278 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Hmm. I'm not touching other then Doff stuff. I'll save the stuff till Season 10 details are out and live.
  • ashkrik23ashkrik23 Member Posts: 10,809 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    vivenneanthony wrote: »
    Hmm. I'm not touching other then Doff stuff. I'll save the stuff till Season 10 details are out and live.

    Expansion 2 is next, not S10.
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  • valenn1valenn1 Member Posts: 842 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    ashkrik23 wrote: »
    Please revert back to being able to slot multiple XP projects. That nerf has diminished the enjoyment which could be gained from the crafting system.

    This, the grind is now horrible.
    Beta, LTA, CE, Multiple preorder Versions, all Addon Packs except AoY, nearly all KDF/Rom and ~50% of all Fedships, over 25 LockboxShips, Endurer of Atari's "Year of Hell", but...
    unfortunately:

    NOT LOYAL ENOUGH!!!
  • vivenneanthonyvivenneanthony Member Posts: 1,278 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    ashkrik23 wrote: »
    Expansion 2 is next, not S10.

    Oops. That's what I meant. If thats TRIBBLE Ill just wait and collect stuff while playing normally till Season 10.
  • swamarianswamarian Member Posts: 1,506 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    So, has anyone gotten any catalysts yet?

    Is the rate of very rare mats higher than normal?
  • zeuxidemus001zeuxidemus001 Member Posts: 3,357 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Yeah I'm not wasting any resources on this rofl.

    Stuff like doff packs and these things are pretty much a scam imo.
  • hartzillahartzilla Member Posts: 1,177 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    swamarian wrote: »
    So, has anyone gotten any catalysts yet?

    I managed to get one that bumps crafting skill level up 10 points and it was only the second anoloy I scanned.
  • exa12exa12 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    swamarian wrote: »
    So, has anyone gotten any catalysts yet?

    Is the rate of very rare mats higher than normal?

    got a bunch of them, bout 1/3 drop rate

    loads more VRs 1/4 havent had them in

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  • lordhavelocklordhavelock Member Posts: 2,248 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    We hope you are enjoying the new Research and Development system and look forward to playing alongside you while gathering resources!

    Hey Cryptic, is there some sort of tutorial for this new crafting system?

    I'm not normally dense, but I took one look at the R&D page when S9.5 launched and I just didn't grok. I don't get it. I don't find it intuitive at all. I'm not sure where to start or what to do...

    The last time you guys changed crafting (back around, I think S5), you had a neat little mission that walked us step-by-step through the process. Where can I find such for S9.5's R&D?

    :confused:

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  • venkouvenkou Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    As long as there is a 20 hour timer on the bonus xp project, the additional influx of materials is not going to mater. In order to power level the R&D system, you have to spend a whole lot of dilithium. During the R&D bonus materials weekend, the average player will have roughly three to four opportunities to launch the big xp project.

    *shrugs*

    Players will have a mess of materials, but the benefit of having them will not mater.
    Alternatively, Captains wanting to advance through Research and Development schools as fast as possible should seek out Harvest Nodes, located in mission maps throughout STO, which will not only disperse 2 extra R&D Materials each time they are used, but will also reward 10 Dilithium Ore and have a chance to give out a R&D Catalyst during this event.
    Not possible. See comment above.

    Second, is there a cool-down timer on the harvest node? 20 hours? rofl...

    10 bonus dilithium every twenty hours?

    I do not mean to point out the possible flaws in the system, but...

    *shrugs*

    If this bonus weekend relies on progressing the smaller xp projects, the amount of progress players will make will be incremental.
    swamarian wrote: »
    So, has anyone gotten any catalysts yet?

    Is the rate of very rare mats higher than normal?
    Check the exchange. People are selling the catalysts for awkward amounts of ec.
  • ashkrik23ashkrik23 Member Posts: 10,809 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    venkou wrote: »
    As long as there is a 20 hour timer on the bonus xp project, the additional influx of materials is not going to mater. In order to power level the R&D system, you have to spend a whole lot of dilithium. During the R&D bonus materials weekend, the average player will have roughly three to four opportunities to launch the big xp project.

    *shrugs*

    Players will have a mess of materials, but the benefit of having them will not mater.


    Not possible. See comment above.

    Second, is there a cool-down timer on the harvest node? 20 hours? rofl...

    10 bonus dilithium every twenty hours?

    I do not mean to point out the possible flaws in the system, but...

    *shrugs*

    If this bonus weekend relies on progressing the smaller xp projects, the amount of progress players will make will be incremental.

    Check the exchange. People are selling the catalysts for awkward amounts of ec.
    Uhh...harvest nodes are in-missions and not 20 hrs.. not sure if serious..
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  • breadandcircusesbreadandcircuses Member Posts: 2,355 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    lordhavelock wrote: »
    Hey Cryptic, is there some sort of tutorial for this new crafting system?

    I'm not normally dense, but I took one look at the R&D page when S9.5 launched and I just didn't grok. I don't get it. I don't find it intuitive at all. I'm not sure where to start or what to do...

    The last time you guys changed crafting (back around, I think S5), you had a neat little mission that walked us step-by-step through the process. Where can I find such for S9.5's R&D?

    :confused:

    Simple version:
    1. Run a few PvE queues to get some crafting materials; Normal queues will work at first, since you really just want some Common materials
    2. Click on your Duty Officers menu, the icon with the three little heads below you Minimap
    3. Click on the R&D tab of your Duty Officers menu, furthest to the right along the top
    4. Click on an R&D Crafting School on the left of your R&D tab
    5. Use the scrollbar on the right to go all the way to the bottom of the list for that R&D Crafting School
    6. Click Begin, the button to the right of the last project in the list
    7. Click Start Task, the button to the bottom right of the project's planning menu
    8. Repeat every 20 hrs or so, adding a new Crafting School as additional R&D slots become available, for ~105 iterations



    Then ask how to make an item in the first Crafting School ;)
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  • lucho80lucho80 Member Posts: 6,600 Bug Hunter
    edited July 2014
    lordhavelock wrote: »
    Hey Cryptic, is there some sort of tutorial for this new crafting system?

    I'm not normally dense, but I took one look at the R&D page when S9.5 launched and I just didn't grok. I don't get it. I don't find it intuitive at all. I'm not sure where to start or what to do...

    The last time you guys changed crafting (back around, I think S5), you had a neat little mission that walked us step-by-step through the process. Where can I find such for S9.5's R&D?

    :confused:

    Short version:
    1) Get materials off STFs or whatever you like like doff assignments
    2) Create components off those materials (The ones you need for what you want to craft)
    3) Create an item you want to craft using components.

    Warning: You'll feel like you're playing a Zynga game like Farmville with all the clicking, waiting, and dilithium speed-up buttons, but don't get confused, it's still STO.
  • jorantomalakjorantomalak Member Posts: 7,133 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Hmm R&D weekend one weekend removed from dilithium weekend?

    Very shrewd and clever cryptic get us to grind loads of dil to waste on R&D weekend

    I wont be wasting my time nor dilithium on R&D not worth it either way

    But i have to hand it to the cryptic team this was quite clever and shrewd putting R&D weekend just after dilithium weekend.
  • venkouvenkou Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    ashkrik23 wrote: »
    Uhh...harvest nodes are in-missions and not 20 hrs.. not sure if serious..
    Yeah, you know... Similar to the bonus marks boxes in stfs, which drop once every twenty hours.
  • farmallmfarmallm Member Posts: 4,630 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Hope it will help me gain a little closer to my next level. With the 20 hour timer it won't help much. I guess it better than nothing.

    With how this crafting is set up. I won't be crafting stuff for a very long time. Since most of my characters is at Lv50. And I rather save up my stuff for them. Since you can level up rather fast so that gear won't last long. To worry about crafting at lower levels.
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  • rinksterrinkster Member Posts: 3,549 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Yup, double XP for four days notwithstanding, i think most of us are looking at months before we start actually crafting anything in earnest.

    I really think there needs to be items, craftable at low levels, useful at higher ones.

    Hypos, shields, batteries, that sort of thing.

    Perhaps a devices crafting track, with the simple devices available early and things like kit frames and modules later on.
  • lagunadlagunad Member Posts: 198 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    When I first saw (in-game) that the crafting research project was giving 9K XP instead of 6-7K, I thought it was a weak effort, but nevertheless an effort, to address the absurdly flawed design of the system.

    What a joke that it only lasts for one weekend...
  • architect13architect13 Member Posts: 1,076 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    rinkster wrote: »
    Yup, double XP for four days notwithstanding, i think most of us are looking at months before we start actually crafting anything in earnest.

    I really think there needs to be items, craftable at low levels, useful at higher ones.

    Hypos, shields, batteries, that sort of thing.

    Perhaps a devices crafting track, with the simple devices available early and things like kit frames and modules later on.

    Are you telling me that my piles of VR Mk VI shields are not useful?
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  • adverberoadverbero Member Posts: 2,045 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    galadiman wrote: »
    They seem to believe in the Zap Brannigan brand of 'The Element of Surprise.'

    We'll jackkinfe from update to update and somehow gain some kind of community boost.......
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  • carcharodon1975carcharodon1975 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    lagunad wrote: »
    When I first saw (in-game) that the crafting research project was giving 9K XP instead of 6-7K, I thought it was a weak effort, but nevertheless an effort, to address the absurdly flawed design of the system.

    What a joke that it only lasts for one weekend...

    Having an event like this so soon after the introduction of the revamped system tells us that 'things aren't going as planned'....or in other words 'people are avoiding crafting like the plague'.

    Cryptic should have listened to the players....and they decided to ignore all the complaints about the new system....one event will not make us love it.
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  • vivenneanthonyvivenneanthony Member Posts: 1,278 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    carcharodon1975 wrote: »
    Having an event like this so soon after the introduction of the revamped system tells us that 'things aren't going as planned'....or in other words 'people are avoiding crafting like the plague'.

    Cryptic should have listened to the players....and they decided to ignore all the complaints about the new system....one event will not make us love it.

    Basically. Still not touching the thing.
  • tardes13tardes13 Member Posts: 167 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Something not mentioned - does the Academy 1000 dilithium assistance request reward extra stuff ?

    Seems they forgot about this one ...


    Yes, I got +10 catalysts from nodes.


    Also, the dilithium reward from scanning is a "Chance".
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