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  • ladymyajhaladymyajha Member Posts: 1,428 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    if is really that bad... just don't play, get out of here lol

    Who says I do play. I generally come to the boards to help other people and maybe put my two cents into the devs with the hope that it'll get fixed. Otherwise I tend to play maybe 15 minutes each day... if that.. long enough to DOff.

    Even during the CE event I played maybe 30 minutes.. enough to run 4 characters through the event and DOff... then gone.

    But I come back because I love Star Trek... and I have hope for the game.

    Because Cryptic really has done some things right... even when they do some things wrong. The game is all around better over all... more content... better graphics... soon to be open sector space...

    But for everything two things they've done right... they done a BIG DOOZY of something wrong in my mind... and it has everything to do with Metrics, Money Grabs, Power Creep, and Time Gates.

    I miss Vanilla PvP and the Feddie Balls... even while I don't miss the fact that Klingons weren't even a fraction of a faction. They were just a bunch of ships. But the who PvP was so much smoother then.. .even while we complained about end game PvP and how Klingons dominated PvP until end game... when Feds had the numbers and the quests to outfit themselves better.

    I miss Exploration Clusters... sure the Genesis was what 7 maps and a bunch of different colors and 15 missions... but it was Exploration... instead of building upon what they made and fixing it to be less buggy, Cryptic took out a center piece of Star Trek... Exploration... and literally threw it into the trash bin.

    I miss the fact that you could level the way you wanted to play... play the missions you wanted to play and explore or pvp to skip to the next mission you wanted to play. A lot of missions sucked then... just as many missions suck now. But then you could work around and skip those really horrible missions. Now... you're railroaded into playing them by a Cryptic that just wants to pad their Metrics.

    Sure it was a buggy mess... full of it's own issues... I'm not going to put on rose colored glasses and say it was perfect and great and Cryptic has done no right... Cryptic has done a lot of things right...

    But to me... they took away the essence of Star Trek in STO in order to make a better game.

    The game may be better... but it's lacking a SOUL now that it once had.
  • ufpterrellufpterrell Member Posts: 736 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    I seriously need to get patching. I loved the pvp back then. It's was fun and varied not like today's mess where it's all or nothing. Says things at I'm probably more excited to play the old style pvp and have a TRIBBLE ton of fun that the new Galaxy coming out tomorrow.

    Cryptic if you learn nothing else from this awesome April fools treat is that players want that fun pvp back. I would love to see a pvp mode which was independent from normal pve. Let's have set roles and set ships and abilities to promote good pvp and fun in an equal environment.think like team fortress and you probsbly won't be far off.

    Can't wait to take a nebula in with detection grid and the old Grav well of awesomeness!
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  • potasssiumpotasssium Member Posts: 1,226 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Now Imagine if we can transfer character there, but they need to have a Tesseract Device, and thus have finished the Delta Recruit intro
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  • sychosis99sychosis99 Member Posts: 46 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    potasssium wrote: »
    Now Imagine if we can transfer character there, but they need to have a Tesseract Device, and thus have finished the Delta Recruit intro

    I know a lot of people I've been talking with, are actually more excited about doing Redshirt, than they are about Delta Recruit.
  • raythilo2345raythilo2345 Member Posts: 148 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    has anyone actually made it onto the server??
  • khamseenairkhamseenair Member Posts: 2,640 Bug Hunter
    edited April 2015
    has anyone actually made it onto the server??

    With patch speeds this slow we'll be lucky to get on by next April 1st.
    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!!
  • bada4boombada4boom Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    To my shame I have to admit I've been fooled :D. I spent a good number of seconds thinking WTH are these guys thinking. And then I realized it was a joke. Ha ha, I got fooled and I found it funny. :D

    But wait, the redshirt bit is for real? Is that an April fool's joke inside another April fool's joke? That's just evil! :)
  • robdmcrobdmc Member Posts: 1,619 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Too bad we cannot just reinstall from the original game disc.
  • nyx219nyx219 Member Posts: 207 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Patching now, but I swear to god, if this turns out to be a 10-gig patch of Rick-rolling, I'm coming after you, Trendy. All ur baconz will be ours.
  • lucho80lucho80 Member Posts: 6,600 Bug Hunter
    edited April 2015
    "Essentially, you'll want to add a command line flag to the launcher:
    -patchserver patchserverrebirth.crypticstudios.com
    If you use the cryptic launcher, make a new shortcut to it, and edit the properties. Append the command above to the end of the Target field."

    Lol, still not sure if she's trolling us. It would be awesome to PvP without all the junk that has piled on over the years.
    nyx219 wrote: »
    Patching now, but I swear to god, if this turns out to be a 10-gig patch of Rick-rolling, I'm coming after you, Trendy. All ur baconz will be ours.

    It would suck, specially for people with download quotas.
  • nyniknynik Member Posts: 1,628 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    "Unable to start game client: The system cannot find the file specified."
  • khamseenairkhamseenair Member Posts: 2,640 Bug Hunter
    edited April 2015
    nyx219 wrote: »
    Patching now, but I swear to god, if this turns out to be a 10-gig patch of Rick-rolling, I'm coming after you, Trendy. All ur baconz will be ours.

    The fact that some people have download quotas is the only reason I suspect they're being honest about it actually being on Redshirt right now. 10GB of download could easily be half of somebodies monthly allowance, which wouldn't be very funny if it turned out to just be the latest holodeck build.
    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!!
  • no0nexxno0nexx Member Posts: 8 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Joke would be funnier if holodeck launcher would load.
    the launcher is very slow to load.:mad:
  • qrtrmstrqrtrmstr Member Posts: 139 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Trendy....seriously...this is he best April Fools joke to date lol good job...you got so many people...my fleet freaked out, friends in game started blowing up my phone, they blasted it all over our FB fleet page hahahaha I love this
  • frankschwatkafrankschwatka Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    The only reason I say this is because I have spent hundreds of dollars on the game alone plus a couple hundred dollars on zen so I can get the lockbox ships so this better be a joke!!!:mad::eek::rolleyes:
  • captaingalaxy1captaingalaxy1 Member Posts: 202 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Ok so I get so its all patch up and I can't launch it, great :) thats part of my monthly allowance wasted :(
    "Omega Class will prevail she cannot be defeated!"
  • colonelchenchuancolonelchenchuan Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    omg 90% fewer currencies!

    no mindless grinding!

    PVP!

    NO LOCKBOXES!

    No "cutesy" pets!

    Romulans hadn't been defiled!

    People talking about Star Trek instead of their latest parse!

    NO CHINESE OVERLORDS!
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • dragnridrdragnridr Member Posts: 671 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Ok so I get so its all patch up and I can't launch it, great :) thats part of my monthly allowance wasted :(

    I guess it's a good thing I have unlimited internet usage.....
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  • colonelchenchuancolonelchenchuan Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    and where the F is Sulu?
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  • captaingalaxy1captaingalaxy1 Member Posts: 202 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    for those of you able to get into the restored game, Can someone do a step by step how they did it?
    "Omega Class will prevail she cannot be defeated!"
  • ladymyajhaladymyajha Member Posts: 1,428 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    for those of you able to get into the restored game, Can someone do a step by step how they did it?

    step 1: Find sulu :D
  • oldkhemaraaoldkhemaraa Member Posts: 1,039 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    ....

    Hey, guys.. the devs copped to it allready..

    Retiring Holdeck build.. IT"S A JOKE!. chill out, now bodys taking yer stuff.... yet.



    Original launch from 5 years ago STO on red shirt.. NOT A JOKE! Real!

    Enjoy the comparisons twixt then and now. Expect a much more primitive game with a a whole lotta stuff not only not there, but not availible ...


    ((and please, check brains here.. yer not going to see zen-store ships for the most part availible AT ALL.. because 5 years ago.. they didn't exist! So pure vanilla STO old style. It'll be kinda interesting to tell the truth..

    So, when yer done fer the day.. Open the launcher, point it at red shirt, and let it do its thing..

    Go play on it when yer looking for a little change up.

    Oh and by the way.. your ship will be damaged in battle.. make regular stops at a base and get it repaired or you'll wish you had...... If I recall it wasn't untill a bit after launch that they made hard level a different option.

    Hey, it's been 5 years ok..I remember most of it all.. but not all of it!

    Just play and enjoy... and really folks.. its not like the red shirt shard has been getting a lot of use anyway.. I think this is a great use for it...
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  • captaingalaxy1captaingalaxy1 Member Posts: 202 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    just keep getting "Unable to start game client: The system cannot find the file specified."
    "Omega Class will prevail she cannot be defeated!"
  • anyonkaanyonka Member Posts: 120 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    I wish I had time to download the patch, it's taking a really long time. I guess I'll try tomorrow if it's still there.
  • orion0029orion0029 Member Posts: 1,122 Bug Hunter
    edited April 2015
    ....

    Hey, guys.. the devs copped to it allready..

    Retiring Holdeck build.. IT"S A JOKE!. chill out, now bodys taking yer stuff.... yet.

    ...

    Hey, could you link in your source please? I just want to be sure it's a joke and not some Cryptic shenanigans..
  • oldkhemaraaoldkhemaraa Member Posts: 1,039 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    just keep getting "Unable to start game client: The system cannot find the file specified."

    might try going to the red shirt folder

    C:\Program Files\Perfect World Entertainment\Star Trek Online-en\Star Trek Online\Beta

    and clcik on the executable "GameClient.exe"

    the problem might be the launcher isn't recognizing the old client. Don't know if that'll work, but give it a try.
    "I aim to misbehave" - Malcolm Reynolds
  • dragnridrdragnridr Member Posts: 671 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    orion0029 wrote: »
    Hey, could you link in your source please? I just want to be sure it's a joke and not some Cryptic shenanigans..

    I honestly want to see the PROOF that the specific part in that announcement says that holodeck is getting shut down a joke.

    Redshirt change has proven true......so far......

    So where or which dev actually said that the Holodeck retiring is the joke?
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  • qziqzaqziqza Member Posts: 1,044 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    sychosis99 wrote: »
    I know a lot of people I've been talking with, are actually more excited about doing Redshirt, than they are about Delta Recruit.

    i know right, im sat here grinning so hard it hurts, almost as much as watching the s.l..o...o....o.....o......w progress of the patch lol
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  • quintarisquintaris Member Posts: 816 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    no0nexx wrote: »
    Joke would be funnier if holodeck launcher would load.
    the launcher is very slow to load.:mad:

    Presumably, the launcher is slow because errybody is patching 10GB of Darude - Sandstorm.
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  • someperson22someperson22 Member Posts: 95 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Star Trek Online has brought us intense pride! Over the course of its run, we've made leaps and bounds! Today however we put to rest this glorious and sparkling pony! Holodeck is going to be retired. But wait! There's more! We are proud to announce our latest and arguably greatest project to date

    Star Trek Online: Rebirth


    ~MirrorTrendy

    Why rebirth all the time that people has spent time and money and now you are all you are forcing us to throw it all away unless there is a way to transfer your character to redshirt I don't know what i'm going to do unless perfect world is all stupid and wants to loose a lot of business then go right ahead steam has a lot of games and I think that will satisfy me while your business gets shut down.

    But I don't know if I will make a new character if I even restart and that's if I restart and that's asking A LOT of me expecally when I spent about 3 years on STO now and grinding dillithum and stuff to get my reps and all the stuff from my reps to T5 and still working on the reps i'm at T4 8472 and T2 on delta.

    But here is some advice for your business if you want to keep it do a character automatically for everyone playing on STO and I mean EVERYONE I would be pissed if I came back from vacation and found my account gone! and 2 please and I ask please do a lot of testing we do not need all the glitches going on whenever you guys do to the transfer I would like to log on with my main character and find that nothing has even happened.
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