Because you still need to do 10 runs of Tides to be able to buy the Breen Warp Core (which, as I understand it, allows you to double buff transphasic torpedos, by alllowing you to fly the 2 piece breen bonus and the 2 piece adapted maco bonus at the same time).
oh I wasnt thinking of this, yes you are right than.
It's 7:27 in the morning in Cali but still you would have thought that someone told Smirk yesterday about this, or at least emailed him. Communication with the players by this dev team is bad in general, but for it to extend to a CM as well is not acceptable.
Wow - they are REALLY taking the servers down to get 4 more Christmas event rewards at the end of tides of Ice>???????
Yes - you read it correctly that's a grand total of FOUR more Christmas rewards (i.e. 1 or 2 sleigh bell things, 1 green bobbly thing, oh and ye a pink fluffy thing too) - all of which reach a grand total of around 20,000 EC FROM THE EXCHANGE!!
BUT SURE TAKE THE WHOLE GAME DOWN, AFFECT 100 THOUSAND PLAYERS for 4 stupid Christmas rewards (which nobody im sure REALLY cares about - especially when they can eat some stupid pies for 20 seconds and gain exactly the same stupid rewards).. but SUUUURE this is such a MAJOR bug to fix - nowhere near in the extreme as important as the Battle of Korvez STF which is completely broken or any of the other major bugs in this game that you have ignore for months or years and REALLY DO need sorting out.
Was a 5 AND A HALF HOURS patch time yesterday really not sufficient??..
Why not just have 2-3 toons and really play. with 25 Toons you don´t play the game, you just grind for stuff you will probably never use often to make it worth the grind.
i have 2 toons i actively use and one "emergency" toon on Lvl 47 for things like the race
Everybody is different though. Personally, I have 15 toons and 14 of them usually do nothing but lore and doff missions for months at a time while I play with just one 'full time'. Then when I fancy a change I switch to another one for a few months. Not everybody with lots of alts spends two hours a day on every toon they have grinding battle zones or something. Though of course, some do.
Join date is wrong, I've actually been around since STO Beta.
True alters don't have a "main". Account wide unlocks for all unique event rewards!!
It's 7:27 in the morning in Cali but still you would have thought that someone told Smirk yesterday about this, or at least emailed him. Communication with the players by this dev team is bad in general, but for it to extend to a CM as well is not acceptable.
Wow - they are REALLY taking the servers down to get 4 more Christmas event rewards at the end of tides of Ice>???????
Yes - you read it correctly that's a grand total of FOUR more Christmas rewards (i.e. 1 or 2 sleigh bell things, 1 green bobbly thing, oh and ye a pink fluffy thing too) - all of which reach a grand total of around 20,000 EC FROM THE EXCHANGE!!
BUT SURE TAKE THE WHOLE GAME DOWN, AFFECT 100 THOUSAND PLAYERS for 4 stupid Christmas rewards (which nobody im sure REALLY cares about - especially when they can eat some stupid pies for 20 seconds and gain exactly the same stupid rewards).. but SUUUURE this is such a MAJOR bug to fix - nowhere near in the extreme as important as the Battle of Korvez STF which is completely broken or any of the other major bugs in this game that you have ignore for months or years and REALLY DO need sorting out. Was a 5 AND A HALF HOURS patch time yesterday really not sufficient??..
Sorry Cryptic - but what a joke.
No because people are getting locked out of the winter store (Not able to buy the warp core, or the kit modules) by not being able to get the completion accolades for Tides since yesterday.
Wow - they are REALLY taking the servers down to get 4 more Christmas event rewards at the end of tides of Ice>???????
Yes - you read it correctly that's a grand total of FOUR more Christmas rewards (i.e. 1 or 2 sleigh bell things, 1 green bobbly thing, oh and ye a pink fluffy thing too) - all of which reach a grand total of around 20,000 EC FROM THE EXCHANGE!!
BUT SURE TAKE THE WHOLE GAME DOWN, AFFECT 100 THOUSAND PLAYERS for 4 stupid Christmas rewards (which nobody im sure REALLY cares about - especially when they can eat some stupid pies for 20 seconds and gain exactly the same stupid rewards).. but SUUUURE this is such a MAJOR bug to fix - nowhere near in the extreme as important as the Battle of Korvez STF which is completely broken or any of the other major bugs in this game that you have ignore for months or years and REALLY DO need sorting out. Was a 5 AND A HALF HOURS patch time yesterday really not sufficient??..
Sorry Cryptic - but what a joke.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's not only about these rewards after the Tides of Ice. To unlock the second half of the Holiday Vendor or w/e that Ferengi is supposed to, you need to complete 5 runs of that event. I think I played over 10 rounds and I can't still buy that stuff. I hope they can fix that.
I am so done with being nice though about how we are ignored on valid points, and shafted about.
Yet morons still throw ££££££ at them for ****ing pixels on a broken game that they cannot be even bothered to tell us what they're updating with an official thread?
When will we all stop being nice and nice, and ****ing go at them, see them ban us all when we tear up the forums? lets see them do it.
Being nice and posting in controlled, dignified threads is doing bugger all.
PROUD TO PLAY THIS GAME MINUS TO GIVING ANY INCOME TO CRYPTIC
Wow - they are REALLY taking the servers down to get 4 more Christmas event rewards at the end of tides of Ice>???????
Yes - you read it correctly that's a grand total of FOUR more Christmas rewards (i.e. 1 or 2 sleigh bell things, 1 green bobbly thing, oh and ye a pink fluffy thing too) - all of which reach a grand total of around 20,000 EC FROM THE EXCHANGE!!
BUT SURE TAKE THE WHOLE GAME DOWN, AFFECT 100 THOUSAND PLAYERS for 4 stupid Christmas rewards (which nobody im sure REALLY cares about - especially when they can eat some stupid pies for 20 seconds and gain exactly the same stupid rewards).. but SUUUURE this is such a MAJOR bug to fix - nowhere near in the extreme as important as the Battle of Korvez STF which is completely broken or any of the other major bugs in this game that you have ignore for months or years and REALLY DO need sorting out.
Was a 5 AND A HALF HOURS patch time yesterday really not sufficient??..
Sorry Cryptic - but what a joke.
No the fix is so that people get completions which is the bit people need to get the decent stuff.
But nice rant good to see people are thinking clearly
They canceled the requirement of "Tide of ice" for any item in the winter store.
They need to write all the notes in German and then use Google Translate...it would be EPIC!
General:
All items of winter event in 2014 will no longer reset the conclusion of " Eisflut " forward .
o Instead need all of the following items only their respective winter currencies :
- Knitted Winter Hat
- Long , abdominal Free and Quick Frost Jackets
- Long , abdominal Free and Quick Mistletoe Jackets
- Long, Short and Free belly denim jackets
- Freezing Fog
- The Impaler
- Nano pulse lirpa
- Snowball mortar
- Explosive Gum Drop
- Avalanche !
- Snowball cannon
- Candy Cane crow's feet
- Gingerbread Security Force
- Forschungskitmodul
- Mechanikkitmodul
- Angriffskitmodul
- Terrible sweet snowman
- Kryoplasma - warp core
- Kryoplasma singularity core
Interaction with generators in the ground combat zone of the Dyson sphere now grants progress for the corresponding open-ended missions.
" defend Rh'Ihho station" The PvE waiting list now grants 10 brands when one fails in heavy mode and Elite.
Players will no longer Fleet or bridge Invitations by players on their ignore list.
o For this to work , you need to log back in and off you after you have someone on the list .
Candy Cane crow's feet damage no longer friendly snowball snowball towers and mortar.
Known issues:
Several clipping errors in Talaxian dress uniform , female Odyssey uniforms with collar and the female Khan top.
espionage team does not grant Tarnungsbuff .
The Elachi - Subraumspalte can not be removed.
The symbol " line in the snow " can not be completed .
I'd like to understand why none of the developers or even someone of the Cryptic's staff decides to make it clear to us, poor users, what is happening.
I have not read any announcement related to this sudden maintenance, and even now, I still have not seen any.
Someone could make us understand what is happening?
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Some people say that you learn from your mistakes: I make so many mistakes every day that surely I will learn soon!
I am so done with being nice though about how we are ignored on valid points, and shafted about.
Yet morons still throw ££££££ at them for ****ing pixels on a broken game that they cannot be even bothered to tell us what they're updating with an official thread?
When will we all stop being nice and nice, and ****ing go at them, see them ban us all when we tear up the forums? lets see them do it.
Being nice and posting in controlled, dignified threads is doing bugger all.
STO is play to win. Always has been and that's all it ever will be... But yes - Cryptic get bucket-loads of cash in their back pockets from players for all the stuff you have to buy in this game, but they do not spend enough of their HUGE profits back into the game to keep the players happy.... unfortunately.. its called GREED.
I am so done with being nice though about how we are ignored on valid points, and shafted about.
Yet morons still throw ££££££ at them for ****ing pixels on a broken game that they cannot be even bothered to tell us what they're updating with an official thread?
When will we all stop being nice and nice, and ****ing go at them, see them ban us all when we tear up the forums? lets see them do it.
Being nice and posting in controlled, dignified threads is doing bugger all.
Im far from nice, just came back from 4 days of bann. But, im at the point not giving a ****. And happy about it, 16th, next week ELITE DANGEROUS is coming out. Now theres something STO should be. But it isnt...FAIL and 20% more doom for sto. lol
Just shut the game down for a week fix all the bugs and possible failures. Its getting harder and harder to know when I can get on and play.
DO something about these problems this getting TRIBBLE. I keep questioning why do I still get on and play sto anymore I have invested money and time in to this game just like everyone else that plays this game.
One day I am going to get fed up with these constant issues and shutdowns then I will say this is a bad investment its time to cut my losses and move on.
Get your act together cryptic or people will move on and this game will cease to be.
Wow - they are REALLY taking the servers down to get 4 more Christmas event rewards at the end of tides of Ice>???????
Yes - you read it correctly that's a grand total of FOUR more Christmas rewards (i.e. 1 or 2 sleigh bell things, 1 green bobbly thing, oh and ye a pink fluffy thing too) - all of which reach a grand total of around 20,000 EC FROM THE EXCHANGE!!
BUT SURE TAKE THE WHOLE GAME DOWN, AFFECT 100 THOUSAND PLAYERS for 4 stupid Christmas rewards (which nobody im sure REALLY cares about - especially when they can eat some stupid pies for 20 seconds and gain exactly the same stupid rewards).. but SUUUURE this is such a MAJOR bug to fix - nowhere near in the extreme as important as the Battle of Korvez STF which is completely broken or any of the other major bugs in this game that you have ignore for months or years and REALLY DO need sorting out.
Was a 5 AND A HALF HOURS patch time yesterday really not sufficient??..
Sorry Cryptic - but what a joke.
There is a major dilithium bug that needs serious attention that im trying to figure out why they havent fixed yet. I havent been able to get no dilithium from awarded stf and foundry missions in days especially crystalline catastrophie and borg stfs. Some crazy stuff!
Im far from nice, just came back from 4 days of bann. But, im at the point not giving a ****. And happy about it, 16th, next week ELITE DANGEROUS is coming out. Now theres something STO should be. But it isnt...FAIL and 20% more doom for sto. lol
Ye - and after that Star Citizen soon around the corner Maybe Cryptic will have to wake up when they realise all of the players on their servers (which isn't a huge number anyway) have deserted them... or they might not 'wake up' and they might find its simply too late....
Because you still need to do 10 runs of Tides to be able to buy the Breen Warp Core (which, as I understand it, allows you to double buff transphasic torpedos, by alllowing you to fly the 2 piece breen bonus and the 2 piece adapted maco bonus at the same time).
The fact that the login servers died while trying to restart the cluster after the patch is unrelated to the patch. That's what took the extra time yesterday. (The login servers are what does the syncing between the databases and your character on login and map changes).
You mean the Elachi event? The FM Boost event isn't until the end of the month IIRC?
I am quite aware about what a login server is, and if i remember that turned it off around a month ago to fix things or whatever. One should think that it'd be quite operationnal a month after, but if it is in the same state the game is...
And as always, there's so much communication about what's going on that it's astounding.
Smirk has to eat and sleep sometime, I don't necessarily expect him to be making announcements....
But someone is evidently awake and moving around at Cryptic's Lair of Doom, or the maintenance wouldn't have started - and that someone, presumably, could and should spare five minutes to make a flippin' announcement on the flippin' forums.
here is what happens - the "monitization guys" look at what's happening and say this, and to be fair, people with other concerns might say something similar
"holy cow, look at how much people are buying!, these things are not going to be as rare/elite as we wanted!, we have to nerf the drop rate right now so they stay cool and people will lust after them more and spend more $$"
unfortunately, the only reason people are buying is that with all the sheshar ding-spam (people winning sheshars ingame notifications) it gives people the impression that they have a chance
take away that impression, that belief among customers, sales drop off
But this has been true with every lockbox ship, and there have been few "emergency fixes" for their drop rates. On the PWE side, their metrics should give a pretty good idea of how much average zen a lockbox ship has cost. But we can look at a good proxy for ship rarity by looking at the prices for them on the exchange. The last time I checked, Sheshars cost 500 million on the exchange. That seems an ok drop rate to me, as JHAS ends up dropping down to that every time they come back...
Anyway, the Sheshars look enticing not only because of the 5 forward arrays, but because the ship trait Overpowering Attack adds Photonic Shockwave to 1 out of 4 High Yield Torpedos.
There is a major dilithium bug that needs serious attention that im trying to figure out why they havent fixed yet. I havent been able to get no dilithium from awarded stf and foundry missions in days especially crystalline catastrophie and borg stfs. Some crazy stuff!
That sounds like an individual character problem. I'd a run of Borg Ground STF, Undine Infiltration, Nukara Transdimensional Tactics, and 2x Defend Rhilolol Station Elite right before the servers went down yesterday and got 1440 dil for each run. Are you sure you've been completing them properly?
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oh I wasnt thinking of this, yes you are right than.
I thought it was: wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey. I have it on good authority (the Doctor's).
Yes - you read it correctly that's a grand total of FOUR more Christmas rewards (i.e. 1 or 2 sleigh bell things, 1 green bobbly thing, oh and ye a pink fluffy thing too) - all of which reach a grand total of around 20,000 EC FROM THE EXCHANGE!!
BUT SURE TAKE THE WHOLE GAME DOWN, AFFECT 100 THOUSAND PLAYERS for 4 stupid Christmas rewards (which nobody im sure REALLY cares about - especially when they can eat some stupid pies for 20 seconds and gain exactly the same stupid rewards).. but SUUUURE this is such a MAJOR bug to fix - nowhere near in the extreme as important as the Battle of Korvez STF which is completely broken or any of the other major bugs in this game that you have ignore for months or years and REALLY DO need sorting out.
Was a 5 AND A HALF HOURS patch time yesterday really not sufficient??..
Sorry Cryptic - but what a joke.
Everybody is different though. Personally, I have 15 toons and 14 of them usually do nothing but lore and doff missions for months at a time while I play with just one 'full time'. Then when I fancy a change I switch to another one for a few months. Not everybody with lots of alts spends two hours a day on every toon they have grinding battle zones or something. Though of course, some do.
Patchnotes in german: http://sto-forum.de.perfectworld.eu/showthread.php?t=352761
They canceled the requirement of "Tide of ice" for any item in the winter store.
1. Sell company off to China: Check
2. Fire Staff: ...
You do know that PWE is a Chinese company, right?
No because people are getting locked out of the winter store (Not able to buy the warp core, or the kit modules) by not being able to get the completion accolades for Tides since yesterday.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's not only about these rewards after the Tides of Ice. To unlock the second half of the Holiday Vendor or w/e that Ferengi is supposed to, you need to complete 5 runs of that event. I think I played over 10 rounds and I can't still buy that stuff. I hope they can fix that.
Yet morons still throw ££££££ at them for ****ing pixels on a broken game that they cannot be even bothered to tell us what they're updating with an official thread?
When will we all stop being nice and nice, and ****ing go at them, see them ban us all when we tear up the forums? lets see them do it.
Being nice and posting in controlled, dignified threads is doing bugger all.
No the fix is so that people get completions which is the bit people need to get the decent stuff.
But nice rant good to see people are thinking clearly
They need to write all the notes in German and then use Google Translate...it would be EPIC!
I have not read any announcement related to this sudden maintenance, and even now, I still have not seen any.
Someone could make us understand what is happening?
Some people say that you learn from your mistakes: I make so many mistakes every day that surely I will learn soon!
STO is play to win. Always has been and that's all it ever will be... But yes - Cryptic get bucket-loads of cash in their back pockets from players for all the stuff you have to buy in this game, but they do not spend enough of their HUGE profits back into the game to keep the players happy.... unfortunately.. its called GREED.
Im far from nice, just came back from 4 days of bann. But, im at the point not giving a ****. And happy about it, 16th, next week ELITE DANGEROUS is coming out. Now theres something STO should be. But it isnt...FAIL and 20% more doom for sto. lol
DO something about these problems this getting TRIBBLE. I keep questioning why do I still get on and play sto anymore I have invested money and time in to this game just like everyone else that plays this game.
One day I am going to get fed up with these constant issues and shutdowns then I will say this is a bad investment its time to cut my losses and move on.
Get your act together cryptic or people will move on and this game will cease to be.
my bet is on they're just chat-bots lol
There is a major dilithium bug that needs serious attention that im trying to figure out why they havent fixed yet. I havent been able to get no dilithium from awarded stf and foundry missions in days especially crystalline catastrophie and borg stfs. Some crazy stuff!
Ye - and after that Star Citizen soon around the corner
Roll on Star Citizen and Elite Dang
I am quite aware about what a login server is, and if i remember that turned it off around a month ago to fix things or whatever. One should think that it'd be quite operationnal a month after, but if it is in the same state the game is...
And as always, there's so much communication about what's going on that it's astounding.
But someone is evidently awake and moving around at Cryptic's Lair of Doom, or the maintenance wouldn't have started - and that someone, presumably, could and should spare five minutes to make a flippin' announcement on the flippin' forums.
It's not that much to ask, surely?
But this has been true with every lockbox ship, and there have been few "emergency fixes" for their drop rates. On the PWE side, their metrics should give a pretty good idea of how much average zen a lockbox ship has cost. But we can look at a good proxy for ship rarity by looking at the prices for them on the exchange. The last time I checked, Sheshars cost 500 million on the exchange. That seems an ok drop rate to me, as JHAS ends up dropping down to that every time they come back...
Anyway, the Sheshars look enticing not only because of the 5 forward arrays, but because the ship trait Overpowering Attack adds Photonic Shockwave to 1 out of 4 High Yield Torpedos.
Verdammte...
I sold all winter items because I didn't want to do the Ice thing..
That sounds like an individual character problem. I'd a run of Borg Ground STF, Undine Infiltration, Nukara Transdimensional Tactics, and 2x Defend Rhilolol Station Elite right before the servers went down yesterday and got 1440 dil for each run. Are you sure you've been completing them properly?