To Ants the Earth is Galactic size xD, and in all honesty Humanity barely has the resources to push out from our Birth world (Earth), One state alone can not afford to push us beyond the Solar system or even colonize within our own system. And it's already difficult enough to get everyone to agree to just not attack each other, let alone work together. We all fear each other on a national scale. Russia fears NATO, China fears India, Middle East fears both Israel and NATO etc.
Necessity is the mother of invention. I don't subscribe to the Malthusian overpopulation myth which includes proclaiming a scarcity of resources. In the United States we still have Northerners and Southerners fearing each other. Idiot Liberals fearing gun rights and demonizing Conservatives who refuse to be disarmed. It is always a back and forth.
In the United States we have 50 separate states. Each a laboratory of invention.
We may end up with a One World Government in the end. That is the current goal, but it is not being done because of overpopulation, or scarcity of resources. Rather it is being done so that those in power can keep their place at the top of the food chain. Too many people threaten their power and control. They prefer a dumbed down human herd smart enough to push the buttons and do the paperwork, but stupid enough to be subjected to brainwashing and accept being culled which suits the status quo.
This is not the forum for such a debate. Beside the fact that you seem to not be familiar enough with how Hegelian Dialectic has been used on humans for thousands of years by the ruling class.
The sad reality is that war has always been what the ruling class refers to as a necessary waste. The threat of foreign invasion is the glue that holds society together. Always has. If there is no convincing threat to keep a population united then the rulers must invent one. The 50 year "Cold War" between the USSR and the United States was one such invention. Make no mistake it was a 50 year hoax. To keep people poor and toiling one must steal their productivity from them. The military industrial complex works perfectly to that end.
Global Warming was and is one such invention. Alien threat was yet another that was considered.
The whole idea was to do away with wars and threats of invasion and replace them with other invented threats to brainwash people into accepting a one world system.
It used to be called Communism. Today it is called Globalization, but what it really is in fact was dreamed up decades ago and is called Technocracy.
In other words a single global colony of human insects.
A tiny minority of royalty backed up by a privileged class of enforcers and bureaucrats who will manage the vast majority of drones who will willingly allow themselves to be culled and/or bred as needed.
They must have used my transport officer, he probably beamed the engineers 26 miles from the omega particle ...er ...sorry, server ..& made them run the rest of the way.
Here is an interesting thought.....
People are asking for compensation....
someone (maybe a "plant" for pwe/cryptic) will point out that its a free to play game we haven't lost anything....
that's true for the free to play people...
but there are those of us with lifetime subs and those who pay monthly to play and they are NOT getting their money's worth when the game is down now I am not saying everyone who plays shouldn't get something for their trouble as even free to play people invest their most precious resource "time" in this game I am just trying to head off the those who will do the "it's a free to play game blah blah blah"
Um.. I even noted above even the "play for free players" like me... I have no subscription but I also have about 4 T6 ships and 4 fleet ships that required up to 5 fleet ship modules. I've also against my better judgement purchased keys. NO ONE plays for free here regardless that they advertise the game as free to play. It's like Virus makers... they design the systems to steer you into spending cash at one point or another including subscription users. One of the reasons I don't get a subscription... is they don't come with a TRUE master key that should simply open every lockbox you get as long as you are paying your bill. I can live with having to pay to unlock if I won't commit to a subscription ya know? That's fair.
They must have used my transport officer, he probably beamed the engineers 26 miles from the omega particle ...er ...sorry, server ..& made them run the rest of the way.
Speaking of running... I see some people running REAL fast... How do they do that?
I have it on very good authority that the Devs are taking advantage of this server problem to make a major hardware upgrade. They're finally installing Celeron 300A's and 28.8 modems, and have expanded the server's memory to 256k.
I just downloaded STO yesterday for the first/second time. By that I mean I had to uninstall/re-install the game to make it work. So far I have been disconnected multiple times from the server, can't get a mission to work right, even after walk throughs on it, and now this fiasco with the maintenance. And I was seriously checking this game out with the intent of giving up my 2+ year subscription on another MMO in favor of this game.
And who the heck puts in a time limited ban, right from the start, on posting new threads??? I can't even ask a simple question in your academy forum for the purpose of leaning this game.
I'm starting to reconsider.
And who the heck puts in a time limited ban, right from the start, on posting new threads??? I can't even ask a simple question in your academy forum for the purpose of leaning this game.
THIS SERIOUSLY WTF.
STUPID. I was an active player in 2010 when this game released. FFS.
Necessity is the mother of invention. I don't subscribe to the Malthusian overpopulation myth which includes proclaiming a scarcity of resources. In the United States we still have Northerners and Southerners fearing each other. Idiot Liberals fearing gun rights and demonizing Conservatives who refuse to be disarmed. It is always a back and forth.
In the United States we have 50 separate states. Each a laboratory of invention.
We may end up with a One World Government in the end. That is the current goal, but it is not being done because of overpopulation, or scarcity of resources. Rather it is being done so that those in power can keep their place at the top of the food chain. Too many people threaten their power and control. They prefer a dumbed down human herd smart enough to push the buttons and do the paperwork, but stupid enough to be subjected to brainwashing and accept being culled which suits the status quo.
This is not the forum for such a debate. Beside the fact that you seem to not be familiar enough with how Hegelian Dialectic has been used on humans for thousands of years by the ruling class.
The sad reality is that war has always been what the ruling class refers to as a necessary waste. The threat of foreign invasion is the glue that holds society together. Always has. If their is no convincing threat to keep a population united then the rulers must invent one.
Global Warming was and is one such invention. Alien threat was yet another that was considered.
The whole idea was to do away with wars and threats of invasion and replace them with other invented threats to brainwash people into accepting a one world system.
It used to be called Communism. Today it is called Globalization, but what it really is in fact was dreamed up decades ago and is called Technocracy.
In other words a single global colony of human insects.
A tiny minority of royalty backed up by a privileged class of enforcers and bureaucrats who will manage the vast majority of drones who will willingly allow themselves to be culled and bred as needed.
That's a very dark, and depressing view of the world and the system but just that, it's not one you can out right prove. Parts of what you state are true, inevitably, but parts are murky without any shred of evidence to back you up. Still as you say this is not the place for such discussions
Hmmmm, at least the server massage has change. Might be a good sign.
Yea... instead of waiting for the disconnect msg in 2 min, we get it immediately... its seems likely that they found and killed the server... at last...
I have it on very good authority that the Devs are taking advantage of this server problem to make a major hardware upgrade. They're finally installing Celeron 300A's and 28.8 modems, and have expanded the server's memory to 256k.
On that note, would be nice if some of the money from the endless monetization went back into their server infrastructure, wouldn't it?
[QUOTE Originally Posted by cdnhawk View Post
I have it on very good authority that the Devs are taking advantage of this server problem to make a major hardware upgrade. They're finally installing Celeron 300A's and 28.8 modems, and have expanded the server's memory to 256k.[/QUOTE]
You are the DEVIL! I think I just sharted a lil' bit.
Um.. I even noted above even the "play for free players" like me... I have no subscription but I also have about 4 T6 ships and 4 fleet ships that required up to 5 fleet ship modules. I've also against my better judgement purchased keys. NO ONE plays for free here regardless that they advertise the game as free to play. It's like Virus makers... they design the systems to steer you into spending cash at one point or another including subscription users. One of the reasons I don't get a subscription... is they don't come with a TRUE master key that should simply open every lockbox you get as long as you are paying your bill. I can live with having to pay to unlock if I won't commit to a subscription ya know? That's fair.
My point was more to point out that everyone invests at least time in the game and should get something, and also to keep those who will start saying its "free to play you don't deserve anything" from using that stupid argument. I agree though you are right 99% of the players of this game have invested at least some cash in this game. I did not mean to offend anyone.
Was really hoping to avoid the real world today (standard nerd problem), but with this update dragging on and after having putting up with real life all afternoon, I'm now resorting to giving LotRO a shot. Anyone ever play it before?
My point was more to point out that everyone invests at least time in the game and should get something, and also to keep those who will start saying its "free to play you don't deserve anything" from using that stupid argument. I agree though you are right 99% of the players of this game have invested at least some cash in this game. I did not mean to offend anyone.
Fair enough. Agreed and none taken I like to exchange views
Speaking of running... I see some people running REAL fast... How do they do that?
Command specialization the first ground passive is enhanced run speed. If their feet are causing a condensation effect then it's the winter boots.
"Rise like Lions after slumber, In unvanquishable number, Shake your chains to earth like dew, Which in sleep had fallen on you-Ye are many they are few"
The time has come......
Once the game comes back up we all meet on nimbus and have a MASSIVE dance war and blow the server up and make them buy a new one.
:P:D
p.s. as to the running fast thing they could also be in combat (red alert) mode which increases run speed.
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Good point.
^ Win
Seriously though I'll take a day's worth of downtime to fix the server/UI lag. Here's hoping... :cool:
The FUBAR tribble just went FUBAR.... :eek:
LLAP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCSKXugQrP0
more...
give me more...
Necessity is the mother of invention. I don't subscribe to the Malthusian overpopulation myth which includes proclaiming a scarcity of resources. In the United States we still have Northerners and Southerners fearing each other. Idiot Liberals fearing gun rights and demonizing Conservatives who refuse to be disarmed. It is always a back and forth.
In the United States we have 50 separate states. Each a laboratory of invention.
We may end up with a One World Government in the end. That is the current goal, but it is not being done because of overpopulation, or scarcity of resources. Rather it is being done so that those in power can keep their place at the top of the food chain. Too many people threaten their power and control. They prefer a dumbed down human herd smart enough to push the buttons and do the paperwork, but stupid enough to be subjected to brainwashing and accept being culled which suits the status quo.
This is not the forum for such a debate. Beside the fact that you seem to not be familiar enough with how Hegelian Dialectic has been used on humans for thousands of years by the ruling class.
The sad reality is that war has always been what the ruling class refers to as a necessary waste. The threat of foreign invasion is the glue that holds society together. Always has. If there is no convincing threat to keep a population united then the rulers must invent one. The 50 year "Cold War" between the USSR and the United States was one such invention. Make no mistake it was a 50 year hoax. To keep people poor and toiling one must steal their productivity from them. The military industrial complex works perfectly to that end.
Global Warming was and is one such invention. Alien threat was yet another that was considered.
The whole idea was to do away with wars and threats of invasion and replace them with other invented threats to brainwash people into accepting a one world system.
It used to be called Communism. Today it is called Globalization, but what it really is in fact was dreamed up decades ago and is called Technocracy.
In other words a single global colony of human insects.
A tiny minority of royalty backed up by a privileged class of enforcers and bureaucrats who will manage the vast majority of drones who will willingly allow themselves to be culled and/or bred as needed.
How long to repair it, Scotty?
An hour!
Um.. I even noted above even the "play for free players" like me... I have no subscription but I also have about 4 T6 ships and 4 fleet ships that required up to 5 fleet ship modules. I've also against my better judgement purchased keys. NO ONE plays for free here regardless that they advertise the game as free to play. It's like Virus makers... they design the systems to steer you into spending cash at one point or another including subscription users. One of the reasons I don't get a subscription... is they don't come with a TRUE master key that should simply open every lockbox you get as long as you are paying your bill. I can live with having to pay to unlock if I won't commit to a subscription ya know? That's fair.
Speaking of running... I see some people running REAL fast... How do they do that?
And who the heck puts in a time limited ban, right from the start, on posting new threads??? I can't even ask a simple question in your academy forum for the purpose of leaning this game.
THIS SERIOUSLY WTF.
STUPID. I was an active player in 2010 when this game released. FFS.
Yea... instead of waiting for the disconnect msg in 2 min, we get it immediately... its seems likely that they found and killed the server... at last...
LLAP
On that note, would be nice if some of the money from the endless monetization went back into their server infrastructure, wouldn't it?
I have it on very good authority that the Devs are taking advantage of this server problem to make a major hardware upgrade. They're finally installing Celeron 300A's and 28.8 modems, and have expanded the server's memory to 256k.[/QUOTE]
You are the DEVIL!
Ice boots from the winter event, certain traits, or the motion accelerator kit module.
As far as server stability goes, I can't help but wonder if the bean counters realize the vicious circle they create.
Lack of money = Poor server performance
Poor server performance = downtime
Downtime = angry customers
Angry customers = lack of money.
Simplistic, but ultimately true.
My point was more to point out that everyone invests at least time in the game and should get something, and also to keep those who will start saying its "free to play you don't deserve anything" from using that stupid argument. I agree though you are right 99% of the players of this game have invested at least some cash in this game. I did not mean to offend anyone.
....hopes are not high..
Fair enough. Agreed and none taken
Yes, that's all the server really keeps asking for, a good belly rub.
It is a little funny if you're not invested. :P Me too, it seems to me they shut down a bit early.
Command specialization the first ground passive is enhanced run speed. If their feet are causing a condensation effect then it's the winter boots.
Once the game comes back up we all meet on nimbus and have a MASSIVE dance war and blow the server up and make them buy a new one.
:P:D
p.s. as to the running fast thing they could also be in combat (red alert) mode which increases run speed.