First-time poster on these forums, and I'm not really planning on doing much talking, but I sort of just wanted a place to vent my displeasure with the way things are being handled here.
Extensions. Again.
And once again, we get nothing but "cute" faux-RP bullcrap that tells us absolutely nothing and shows absolutely no respect for our time. Because for me, this is primetime. These are the hours during which I game, and when I do so, I'm usually playing STO. For me, this was going to be a pleasant evening spent by the computer, sipping some scotch and playing around with my new ship. A ship that I paid for with actual money, because I felt that STO deserved it.
I'm also a subscriber, because I felt that STO deserved it.
But beyond being a STO subscriber and a person who apparently receives undue enjoyment from buying virtual goods, I am also an MMO veteran, and speaking from experience I'd like to point out that in other games we'd usually receive some sort of reconciliatory gift for constant failures such as these. It wouldn't necessarily be very big, but it would be enough for the devs to show us that they understand and respect the fact that we pay for a service that they've failed to deliver.
And in STO we get nothing. Worse than nothing - we get evasion. You kept me from enjoying a service for which I pay and you aren't even considerate enough as to tell me why or to give an actual apology for your weekly failures to keep your word and to stick to your deadlines, and to me, that reeks of disrespect. Disrespect for my time and disrespect for my patronage.
Not buying it. Plenty of developers out there that dont go through this charade every time they patch. ArenaNet, Blizzard, Sony, EA, heck, pretty much everyone BUT Cryptic.
Major overhauls should have already been done on the test server prior to the patch, so that takes testing out of the equation. And who does a major overhaul EVERY week anyway?
Were you serious with this or just making some attempt to flash your t i t z at the devs?
Every week the same praise.....maybe today I'll be able to play ONTIME...not off time.
First-time poster on these forums, and I'm not really planning on doing much talking, but I sort of just wanted a place to vent my displeasure with the way things are being handled here.
Extensions. Again.
And once again, we get nothing but "cute" faux-RP bullcrap that tells us absolutely nothing and shows absolutely no respect for our time. Because for me, this is primetime. These are the hours during which I game, and when I do so, I'm usually playing STO. For me, this was going to be a pleasant evening spent by the computer, sipping some scotch and playing around with my new ship. A ship that I paid for with actual money, because I felt that STO deserved it.
I'm also a subscriber, because I felt that STO deserved it.
But beyond being a STO subscriber and a person who apparently receives undue enjoyment from buying virtual goods, I am also an MMO veteran, and speaking from experience I'd like to point out that in other games we'd usually receive some sort of reconciliatory gift for constant failures such as these. It wouldn't necessarily be very big, but it would be enough for the devs to show us that they understand and respect the fact that we pay for a service that they've failed to deliver.
And in STO we get nothing. Worse than nothing - we get evasion. You kept me from enjoying a service for which I pay and you aren't even considerate enough as to tell me why or to give an actual apology for your weekly failures to keep your word and to stick to your deadlines, and to me, that reeks of disrespect. Disrespect for my time and disrespect for my patronage.
why should you be disapointed by anyone not posting about star trek online being down. we gotten use to it. they dont know what they doing. but we still play.
Until now I only got faced with some drones...and that remindes me a lot where PWE the current publisher is coming of. The way and disrespect they care us with is somekind speaking a lot about this already.
I'm not US, but somehow I remember that I got cared always quite well by US companines, even if not is excellent and brilliant but mostly with respect which is sometimes missing in good old Europe. In STO this seems to be totally different...service like stoneage and I guess even in that time frame someone who made a deal was caring more then in compare to here.
First-time poster on these forums, and I'm not really planning on doing much talking, but I sort of just wanted a place to vent my displeasure with the way things are being handled here.
Extensions. Again.
And once again, we get nothing but "cute" faux-RP bullcrap that tells us absolutely nothing and shows absolutely no respect for our time. Because for me, this is primetime. These are the hours during which I game, and when I do so, I'm usually playing STO. For me, this was going to be a pleasant evening spent by the computer, sipping some scotch and playing around with my new ship. A ship that I paid for with actual money, because I felt that STO deserved it.
I'm also a subscriber, because I felt that STO deserved it.
But beyond being a STO subscriber and a person who apparently receives undue enjoyment from buying virtual goods, I am also an MMO veteran, and speaking from experience I'd like to point out that in other games we'd usually receive some sort of reconciliatory gift for constant failures such as these. It wouldn't necessarily be very big, but it would be enough for the devs to show us that they understand and respect the fact that we pay for a service that they've failed to deliver.
And in STO we get nothing. Worse than nothing - we get evasion. You kept me from enjoying a service for which I pay and you aren't even considerate enough as to tell me why or to give an actual apology for your weekly failures to keep your word and to stick to your deadlines, and to me, that reeks of disrespect. Disrespect for my time and disrespect for my patronage.
Not cool, Cryptic.
^^ thats - a shame i not can use english words so eloquent
nice u wasted so much time in your sig - i do not see it anyway
Cryptic and the STO team have done a great job keeping this game going for 5 years. I am very grateful that at 53 and retired DAV, I can have a great hobby that doesn't cost much. And my wife is happy I don't spend a fortune on boats or four wheelers to do it. It takes a lot of work and money to keep STO going. So, as a free to play MMO you should be happy it's still going and it's only going to be down for a few hours. It could be much worse.
I played WOW for years and extended down periods were rare.
Same with any other game Blizzard runs.
You think you need a sub with millions of players to work it out? How about ArenaNet? No subs their games are lifetime for free, yet somehow, they manage to keep their games updated, running and virtually bug free.
Ain't BS bro, every... Tuesday morning, I believe? WoW was down for 6 hours or so. Probably still is, I'm not sure, haven't played in 3 years.
Of course, Blizzard rarely missed its schedules, but it still happened.
Is being down about 1/14th of the time acceptable for a product or website?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: "We think we've come so far. Torture of heretics, burning of witches, it's all ancient history. Then - before you can blink an eye - suddenly it threatens to start all over again."
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
I love how the biggest whiners in this thread are mostly only single to triple digit posters. :P Yeah they aren't hiding their identities to keep their main accounts anonymous. :rolleyes:
I recently returned and therefor have now this strange arc account stuff. Anyhow STO cool game got several good things added..more enjoyful then after launch. Service still broken. Give it a month or two and possible some other releases which care better and I'm gone. Until then I do what every customer does...I don't get served as I wish to...I complain. Simple..Why I should have patient with this sort? I spend my time to play STO...I can't since they are not able to do what they are paid for...so...what do I. I ventilate my frustration..at least I try to get not personal.
My right, my way...get the servers working simple.
I love how the biggest whiners in this thread are mostly only single to triple digit posters. :P Yeah they aren't hiding their identities to keep their main accounts anonymous. :rolleyes:
u spammed this Forum so much - keep ur head down
nice u wasted so much time in your sig - i do not see it anyway
First-time poster on these forums, and I'm not really planning on doing much talking, but I sort of just wanted a place to vent my displeasure with the way things are being handled here.
Extensions. Again.
And once again, we get nothing but "cute" faux-RP bullcrap that tells us absolutely nothing and shows absolutely no respect for our time. Because for me, this is primetime. These are the hours during which I game, and when I do so, I'm usually playing STO. For me, this was going to be a pleasant evening spent by the computer, sipping some scotch and playing around with my new ship. A ship that I paid for with actual money, because I felt that STO deserved it.
I'm also a subscriber, because I felt that STO deserved it.
But beyond being a STO subscriber and a person who apparently receives undue enjoyment from buying virtual goods, I am also an MMO veteran, and speaking from experience I'd like to point out that in other games we'd usually receive some sort of reconciliatory gift for constant failures such as these. It wouldn't necessarily be very big, but it would be enough for the devs to show us that they understand and respect the fact that we pay for a service that they've failed to deliver.
And in STO we get nothing. Worse than nothing - we get evasion. You kept me from enjoying a service for which I pay and you aren't even considerate enough as to tell me why or to give an actual apology for your weekly failures to keep your word and to stick to your deadlines, and to me, that reeks of disrespect. Disrespect for my time and disrespect for my patronage.
Not cool, Cryptic.
Took the words right out of my mouth so to speak. We get no apology bonus weeks for the weekly extension of maintenance, and not to mention the laggy/rocky server stability. Cryptic isn't the worst company out there, but they're definitely not the best either. I've spent money on STO in the past, but it seems to me the quality of the game and server is going downhill with every patch.
Well, something went wrong and they can't really put up the server till the problem is fixed so I prefer this over a broken open server.
NOW, with that said, a few extra hours is nothing I will really complain about, Its 8pm in Sweden and this is prime time for me, but I work for a living solving computer problems so I suppose I am more forgiving.
But there are those times when the server has been down for a very very very long period of time, and like wow recently have had problems as well, the difference between Cryptic and Blizzard is that Blizzard makes up for it in one way or another (think it was 5 days extra game time?).
Cryptic (Perfect World) should really start thinking the same way when things goes straight to hell. In the long run, we all want to play the game, but with any business module, the customer never forgets when the company can't give good service and a compensation (like a few zen) is something that should be on the table as a apologize to the community.
Then the server problems would probably be less frequent cause the company loose virtual-money on it .
And in STO we get nothing. Worse than nothing - we get evasion. You kept me from enjoying a service for which I pay and you aren't even considerate enough as to tell me why or to give an actual apology for your weekly failures to keep your word and to stick to your deadlines, and to me, that reeks of disrespect. Disrespect for my time and disrespect for my patronage.
Not cool, Cryptic.
Nail on the head.
If I had mod points to spend...oops, wrong website.
Cryptic and the STO team have done a great job keeping this game going for 5 years. I am very grateful that at 53 and retired DAV, I can have a great hobby that doesn't cost much. And my wife is happy I don't spend a fortune on boats or four wheelers to do it. It takes a lot of work and money to keep STO going. So, as a free to play MMO you should be happy it's still going and it's only going to be down for a few hours. It could be much worse.
That they remove all abilities to get EC from doing elites and Argala ? If that happens ALL HOPE IS LOST.
Key words in my post: EXTENDED down time. When Blizzard posts maintenance periods, they RARELY miss the mark.
Sure, they have 5-6 hrs maintenance times, but the servers are usually up when they say they will be, or earlier.
You guys really picked the worst possible day for extended maintenance. We have a skill point bonus event which is the best event this game could offer this season. I literally could have had 5 or 6 special points done by now. Yes my xindi escort is that good
Its no hardship the game being down. Its frustrating, but the lack of Customer Service/Care from this company is shocking.
I like certain features of this game but if they lost the Star Trek license or never had it to begin with, i wouldn't have given the game a glance.
Cryptic respect the license, respect the i.p its what's been putting food on you're tables for the past 4 plus years. Lose it and you'll likely be closing the servers for good.
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Yes it is. On the bright side you'll get the Winter Wonderland Event prize on day one of the forthcoming Winter event
N e e e d something friend?;)
You can purchase the rest with Lobi. As long as you have the project slotted.
That assumes they have a clue about Star Trek - take a look at the most T6 ships and u know they have not
I know its frustrating to have missed by so little, but you will have to wait until next winter event.
But it said noon PST in the original announcement, which is in a bit over an hour.
Meh. I got home from work for this early so I could get mah ship
Extensions. Again.
And once again, we get nothing but "cute" faux-RP bullcrap that tells us absolutely nothing and shows absolutely no respect for our time. Because for me, this is primetime. These are the hours during which I game, and when I do so, I'm usually playing STO. For me, this was going to be a pleasant evening spent by the computer, sipping some scotch and playing around with my new ship. A ship that I paid for with actual money, because I felt that STO deserved it.
I'm also a subscriber, because I felt that STO deserved it.
But beyond being a STO subscriber and a person who apparently receives undue enjoyment from buying virtual goods, I am also an MMO veteran, and speaking from experience I'd like to point out that in other games we'd usually receive some sort of reconciliatory gift for constant failures such as these. It wouldn't necessarily be very big, but it would be enough for the devs to show us that they understand and respect the fact that we pay for a service that they've failed to deliver.
And in STO we get nothing. Worse than nothing - we get evasion. You kept me from enjoying a service for which I pay and you aren't even considerate enough as to tell me why or to give an actual apology for your weekly failures to keep your word and to stick to your deadlines, and to me, that reeks of disrespect. Disrespect for my time and disrespect for my patronage.
Not cool, Cryptic.
Every week the same praise.....maybe today I'll be able to play ONTIME...not off time.
1Million thumbs up
Until now I only got faced with some drones...and that remindes me a lot where PWE the current publisher is coming of. The way and disrespect they care us with is somekind speaking a lot about this already.
I'm not US, but somehow I remember that I got cared always quite well by US companines, even if not is excellent and brilliant but mostly with respect which is sometimes missing in good old Europe. In STO this seems to be totally different...service like stoneage and I guess even in that time frame someone who made a deal was caring more then in compare to here.
^^ thats - a shame i not can use english words so eloquent
Ain't BS bro, every... Tuesday morning, I believe? WoW was down for 6 hours or so. Probably still is, I'm not sure, haven't played in 3 years.
Of course, Blizzard rarely missed its schedules, but it still happened.
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
Compare the rarely of Blizzard to the always of Cryptic...
I recently returned and therefor have now this strange arc account stuff. Anyhow STO cool game got several good things added..more enjoyful then after launch. Service still broken. Give it a month or two and possible some other releases which care better and I'm gone. Until then I do what every customer does...I don't get served as I wish to...I complain. Simple..Why I should have patient with this sort? I spend my time to play STO...I can't since they are not able to do what they are paid for...so...what do I. I ventilate my frustration..at least I try to get not personal.
My right, my way...get the servers working simple.
u spammed this Forum so much - keep ur head down
Took the words right out of my mouth so to speak. We get no apology bonus weeks for the weekly extension of maintenance, and not to mention the laggy/rocky server stability. Cryptic isn't the worst company out there, but they're definitely not the best either. I've spent money on STO in the past, but it seems to me the quality of the game and server is going downhill with every patch.
NOW, with that said, a few extra hours is nothing I will really complain about, Its 8pm in Sweden and this is prime time for me, but I work for a living solving computer problems so I suppose I am more forgiving.
But there are those times when the server has been down for a very very very long period of time, and like wow recently have had problems as well, the difference between Cryptic and Blizzard is that Blizzard makes up for it in one way or another (think it was 5 days extra game time?).
Cryptic (Perfect World) should really start thinking the same way when things goes straight to hell. In the long run, we all want to play the game, but with any business module, the customer never forgets when the company can't give good service and a compensation (like a few zen) is something that should be on the table as a apologize to the community.
Then the server problems would probably be less frequent cause the company loose virtual-money on it
Nail on the head.
If I had mod points to spend...oops, wrong website.
That they remove all abilities to get EC from doing elites and Argala ? If that happens ALL HOPE IS LOST.
There's still 'Tour the Galaxy'.
"Okay, we're fixing the game."
"You're taking too long to fix the game! This is unacceptable I am angry!"
"Okay. We just won't say anything then."
"You aren't saying anything! This is unacceptable and I am angry!"
You guys really picked the worst possible day for extended maintenance. We have a skill point bonus event which is the best event this game could offer this season. I literally could have had 5 or 6 special points done by now. Yes my xindi escort is that good
I like certain features of this game but if they lost the Star Trek license or never had it to begin with, i wouldn't have given the game a glance.
Cryptic respect the license, respect the i.p its what's been putting food on you're tables for the past 4 plus years. Lose it and you'll likely be closing the servers for good.