I absolutely hate the lockout. And I yes I have pitchfork in hand because I've been pegged by 2 "fixes" in 1. I can't escort fleet mates through these things because now they have moved the xp to damage and well that just ruined what little team aspect existed for me. And if you say pvp i swear i will be first in line with torch in hand to burn you at the stake because pvp does nothing but wreck the rest of any mmo with "balance". Ya want balance then fly a shuttle with no boffs or consoles and a standard issue phaser beam mounted. Leave the rest of us alone already.
But I digress, no this patrol lockout and xp redistribution SUCKS! And I find myself looking for something I enjoy in the game and I'm coming up short. This "fix" didn't pull people away from patrols and move them to STFs or other areas of the game, THEY LOG OUT. That's what I did after a couple of rounds of Patrol/STF/STF/STF/Patrol. I much rather focus on 1 item or another rather than being herded toward some aspect of the game I don't care for. Now I'm just waiting for the knocker to the back of the head that says I have to craft to do something in this game.
I'm still on the fence as to whether to pull the plug and give all my stuff away. So keep your eye on the exchange for 1cred crtdx3 weapons.
Until then I say pile into ESD and start raising hell if ya don't like this BS patch. Maybe if their metrics show nobody is doing jack but sitting in ESD and the forums they will get the hint that this was a bad move.
Where do people keep finding "always teamed" in Massively Mutliplayer Online?
Do you really need your existence continually validated by having people forced to be grouped with you? Do you cease to exist if ever alone for even a moment?
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Argala system patrol will have a 30 minute cooldown. This will make leveling high level characters even harder. Not to mention specialisations.
Cryptic, out of curiosity, are you actually trying to drive players away or are you just really good at making poor decisions?
another punch in the face knowing the community wont react beyond barking, but eventually they will quieten down, cryptic knows the community won't do anything about it and they can do with they like in that role.
can you change that? if you can not, you can play it or you can leave. why does cryptic care what you want? they want what they want.
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another punch in the face knowing the community wont react beyond barking, but eventually they will quieten down, cryptic knows the community won't do anything about it and they can do with they like in that role.
can you change that? if you can not, you can play it or you can leave. why does cryptic care what you want? they want what they want.
Couldn't have said it better. Most of the noobs and white knights think its being re-balanced since they don't know where we started 5 years ago and the constant nerfing of the game to chase the so called exploiters...players are not NPCs but "smarter' than even some DEVs to figure out faster ways to attain end game..what's the crime...being smarter than others?
Re-balancing is a small bandage and hope they do rectify. I remain cautiously pessimistic just based on history but respect all the new players enthusiasm to see it changed...just hope it is not just another mirage.
Im not a fan of the 30 minute cooldown for a number of reasons.
1.) Because Japori was allowed to be treated in the same manner as Argala for over a year with no action or comment by the Devs. Only to be squashed by the Devs once Delta Rising released and they realized it was hurting their metrics regarding the new content.
2.) Argala in particular was left with an exceptionally high XP payout for months to ensure players flocked to and remained in the Delta Quadrant for said metrics.
3.) The nerf to Argala and the DQ/Tau Dewa Sectors have nothing to do with balance but to push players into content that will require more effort and time to access portions of the Spec Trees.
With that said I dont think theyve ruined System Patrols. They were terrible filler to begin with. I can understand the anger from those that actually enjoyed the patrols. It greatly annoys me that it will take a great deal of effort, not that it wasnt already so with Argala, to get where it is I want to be.
No , this is beginning of death of single player online that was Star Trek Argala Rising.
Fkn glad they have learned atleast something to correct worst mistake STO has ever seen.
OH GAWD NO NOT A SINGLE PLAYER GAME!! Why if there aren't others to play with then I'm forced to play with myself here... and dear sweet lawd almighty how can I be expected to do that!!!
ALL SINGLE PLAYER GAMES MUST BE IMMEDIATELY BURNED WITH FIRE... (Just not double buffed plasma fire from embassy consoles... some restraint must be had) :P
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But I digress, no this patrol lockout and xp redistribution SUCKS! And I find myself looking for something I enjoy in the game and I'm coming up short. This "fix" didn't pull people away from patrols and move them to STFs or other areas of the game, THEY LOG OUT. That's what I did after a couple of rounds of Patrol/STF/STF/STF/Patrol. I much rather focus on 1 item or another rather than being herded toward some aspect of the game I don't care for. Now I'm just waiting for the knocker to the back of the head that says I have to craft to do something in this game.
I'm still on the fence as to whether to pull the plug and give all my stuff away. So keep your eye on the exchange for 1cred crtdx3 weapons.
Until then I say pile into ESD and start raising hell if ya don't like this BS patch. Maybe if their metrics show nobody is doing jack but sitting in ESD and the forums they will get the hint that this was a bad move.
Where do people keep finding "always teamed" in Massively Mutliplayer Online?
Do you really need your existence continually validated by having people forced to be grouped with you? Do you cease to exist if ever alone for even a moment?
another punch in the face knowing the community wont react beyond barking, but eventually they will quieten down, cryptic knows the community won't do anything about it and they can do with they like in that role.
can you change that? if you can not, you can play it or you can leave. why does cryptic care what you want? they want what they want.
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
Couldn't have said it better. Most of the noobs and white knights think its being re-balanced since they don't know where we started 5 years ago and the constant nerfing of the game to chase the so called exploiters...players are not NPCs but "smarter' than even some DEVs to figure out faster ways to attain end game..what's the crime...being smarter than others?
Re-balancing is a small bandage and hope they do rectify. I remain cautiously pessimistic just based on history but respect all the new players enthusiasm to see it changed...just hope it is not just another mirage.
1.) Because Japori was allowed to be treated in the same manner as Argala for over a year with no action or comment by the Devs. Only to be squashed by the Devs once Delta Rising released and they realized it was hurting their metrics regarding the new content.
2.) Argala in particular was left with an exceptionally high XP payout for months to ensure players flocked to and remained in the Delta Quadrant for said metrics.
3.) The nerf to Argala and the DQ/Tau Dewa Sectors have nothing to do with balance but to push players into content that will require more effort and time to access portions of the Spec Trees.
With that said I dont think theyve ruined System Patrols. They were terrible filler to begin with. I can understand the anger from those that actually enjoyed the patrols. It greatly annoys me that it will take a great deal of effort, not that it wasnt already so with Argala, to get where it is I want to be.
No , this is beginning of death of single player online that was Star Trek Argala Rising.
Fkn glad they have learned atleast something to correct worst mistake STO has ever seen.
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OH GAWD NO NOT A SINGLE PLAYER GAME!! Why if there aren't others to play with then I'm forced to play with myself here... and dear sweet lawd almighty how can I be expected to do that!!!
ALL SINGLE PLAYER GAMES MUST BE IMMEDIATELY BURNED WITH FIRE... (Just not double buffed plasma fire from embassy consoles... some restraint must be had) :P
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