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Triple Bonus Weekend

storulesstorules Member Posts: 3,286 Arc User
in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Couldn't find more information on this:

http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9544313-star-trek-online:-triple-bonus-reward-weekend-starting-now!

When does it actually start? right after the today's patch and end on Monday or does it start Friday midnight? Define "weekend" for Cryptic's terms.
I just want to start grinding but if not until Saturday...dont want to grind uselessly.pig-28.gif​​
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  • zobovorzobovor Member Posts: 198 Arc User
    It should start as always after the Thursday patch , and last until sometime on Monday (depending on which timezone you're in) .

    These things (along with time conversions for international players) used to be posted by previous Community Managers in the relevant Blogs .
    Our most recent CM decided that these things no longer matter, because ... reasons .
    (or more likely because she's lazy)
  • daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    Apparently the Official STO Forums are no longer the place to find out important, Official things about the game.
    SMH
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  • swamarianswamarian Member Posts: 1,506 Arc User
    zobovor wrote: »
    It should start as always after the Thursday patch , and last until sometime on Monday (depending on which timezone you're in) .

    These things (along with time conversions for international players) used to be posted by previous Community Managers in the relevant Blogs .
    Our most recent CM decided that these things no longer matter, because ... reasons .
    (or more likely because she's lazy)

    Or on vacation.
  • littlesarbonnlittlesarbonn Member Posts: 486 Arc User
    daveyny wrote: »
    Apparently the Official STO Forums are no longer the place to find out important, Official things about the game.
    SMH

    Fortunately, I still have my Magic 8 Ball.

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  • daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    edited September 2015
    Mine came up with... "MAYBE"

    Which makes about as much sense as what has been happening to these forums.
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  • horizons2052horizons2052 Member Posts: 184 Arc User
    Isn't that from back in September?
  • zobovorzobovor Member Posts: 198 Arc User
    edited September 2015
    swamarian wrote: »
    zobovor wrote: »
    It should start as always after the Thursday patch , and last until sometime on Monday (depending on which timezone you're in) .

    These things (along with time conversions for international players) used to be posted by previous Community Managers in the relevant Blogs .
    Our most recent CM decided that these things no longer matter, because ... reasons .
    (or more likely because she's lazy)

    Or on vacation.

    Here's hoping that vacation is permanent .

    Perhaps then we could once again get an adult to do the job instead of a child :

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  • goodscotchgoodscotch Member Posts: 1,680 Arc User
    Zen sale!
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  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9544313-star-trek-online:-triple-bonus-reward-weekend-starting-now!

    http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9544723-star-trek-online:-15%-bonus-zen-weekend​​
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  • tinead51tinead51 Member Posts: 449 Arc User
    daveyny wrote: »
    Apparently the Official STO Forums are no longer the place to find out important, Official things about the game.
    SMH

    Hey, it's only "The" game forum, try FB, Reddit et al. You know they're the first place anything game related is posted...
  • soundwisdomsoundwisdom Member Posts: 248 Arc User
    Altogether, this weekend is absolutely packed to the brim with content for players to enjoy.

    Where is all this content at?
  • storulesstorules Member Posts: 3,286 Arc User
    daveyny wrote: »
    Apparently the Official STO Forums are no longer the place to find out important, Official things about the game.
    SMH

    I guess they are afraid of people asking questions...Galactic News is where they used to put information. Doesn't help to give ambiguous infomation to players...for instance if they want to sell a new box ship they'd say "starting Thursday September 10th until September 23th at 10am we would be offering." For this promos or FREE bonus just being ambiguous since prob dont want peeps to take advantage of the great deal.

    Thanks for the forums and the players who seem to have most of the answers better than the DEV or community team on this one. pig-30.gif​​
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  • goodscotchgoodscotch Member Posts: 1,680 Arc User
    I'm working on an Honor Guard set. This may be the weekend to get it and get it Epic!
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  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    tinead51 wrote: »
    daveyny wrote: »
    Apparently the Official STO Forums are no longer the place to find out important, Official things about the game.
    SMH

    Hey, it's only "The" game forum, try FB, Reddit et al. You know they're the first place anything game related is posted...

    It's on the fracking official Star Trek Online website. The very same place where the official Star Trek Online forums are hosted. The news are listed in the launcher.


    Why do they really need to put a post on the forums? Why would their forums be more important to give the information than the game's website itself?​​
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  • soundwisdomsoundwisdom Member Posts: 248 Arc User
    mustrumridcully0 wrote: »
    tinead51 wrote: »
    daveyny wrote: »
    Apparently the Official STO Forums are no longer the place to find out important, Official things about the game.
    SMH

    Hey, it's only "The" game forum, try FB, Reddit et al. You know they're the first place anything game related is posted...

    It's on the fracking official Star Trek Online website. The very same place where the official Star Trek Online forums are hosted. The news are listed in the launcher.


    Why do they really need to put a post on the forums? Why would their forums be more important to give the information than the game's website itself?​​

    Because its usually a day late in the client, and the website looks like a 12 year old used a CMS to make it.
  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    soundwisdom wrote: »
    mustrumridcully0 wrote: »
    tinead51 wrote: »
    daveyny wrote: »
    Apparently the Official STO Forums are no longer the place to find out important, Official things about the game.
    SMH

    Hey, it's only "The" game forum, try FB, Reddit et al. You know they're the first place anything game related is posted...

    It's on the fracking official Star Trek Online website. The very same place where the official Star Trek Online forums are hosted. The news are listed in the launcher.


    Why do they really need to put a post on the forums? Why would their forums be more important to give the information than the game's website itself?

    Because its usually a day late in the client, and the website looks like a 12 year old used a CMS to make it.
    It's not really a day late - it's on when the event is on, and any earlier announcement just leads to confusion because generally there are always some people that can't read and miss important information like "when does the event start" or "where do I need to go" or what not...​​
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  • architect13architect13 Member Posts: 1,076 Arc User
    mustrumridcully0 wrote: »
    tinead51 wrote: »
    daveyny wrote: »
    Apparently the Official STO Forums are no longer the place to find out important, Official things about the game.
    SMH

    Hey, it's only "The" game forum, try FB, Reddit et al. You know they're the first place anything game related is posted...

    It's on the fracking official Star Trek Online website. The very same place where the official Star Trek Online forums are hosted. The news are listed in the launcher.


    Why do they really need to put a post on the forums? Why would their forums be more important to give the information than the game's website itself?​​

    I am not at home so the game client is not open. I am reading the forum on a mobile device so it might be difficult to find all the information required. Communication with the players is the right thing to do. Having the information earlier and in multiple places might lead to more players logging in earlier.
    Have you tried the new forum on your phone?
  • soundwisdomsoundwisdom Member Posts: 248 Arc User
    http://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/categories/information-and-discussion-release-notes2

    I mean it's pathetic that we haven't had a post here since July.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    It's dead Jim. that forum was redundant.
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  • peterconnorfirstpeterconnorfirst Member Posts: 6,225 Arc User
    edited September 2015
    soundwisdom wrote: »
    Altogether, this weekend is absolutely packed to the brim with content for players to enjoy.

    Where is all this content at?

    Cryptical choice of words.

    Of course ist the same contend just massive boost to rewards.

    Think a friend of mine grinded 3 sepc points yesterday evening playing new mission and doing a few sector red alerts in a verry short timeframe. I stationed all my toons at security officers to turn in saved contraband. 4k Dil it seems.

    Formula: 4k Dil/toon turn-in x 9 toons x 4 turn-ins/day x 3 days = 432k Dil

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  • farmallmfarmallm Member Posts: 4,630 Arc User
    edited September 2015
    I know I like it. Got on my KDF BOP captain who is lv37. I decided to do a FE to get her closer to lv40. One FE got her to 39.5. Not bad at all. I will do another to get that final bump. So she can be in her final ship. Since they don't have a lot to choose from for BoPs. I know my Romulan and KDF mains will love it as well. Since I'm trying to get them to lv60.
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  • kirimuffinkirimuffin Member Posts: 695 Arc User
    I smiled when my lv60 main filled up an unusually massive chunk of her XP bar just from running Midnight.

    I'm gonna have fun this weekend.
  • suzanna3suzanna3 Member Posts: 81 Arc User
    A good bonus giving more incentive to play, Thanks Cryptic :)

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  • farmallmfarmallm Member Posts: 4,630 Arc User
    Update on mine. KDF main is like 2 bars from leveling. I should hit Lv58 by event's end. Low level KDF alt, got her Lv40 mark and the last BoP. Now I'm gearing up the ship. Since it will be her main ship, unless a really cool T6 comes out.
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  • suzanna3suzanna3 Member Posts: 81 Arc User
    As the server was experiencing problems today with a lot of disconnects etc., could the time for the bonus be extended please?

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  • crm14916crm14916 Member Posts: 1,535 Arc User
    Ditto suzanna3... Would love an extension, perhaps all the way to Thursday, since no player plays as much weekdays as weekends...

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  • tacticalrooktacticalrook Member Posts: 810 Arc User
    I don't think it would be a good idea to extend an event because someone tried to stir up trouble. It'd set a really bad precedent.
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,669 Community Moderator
    tacticalrook wrote: »
    I don't think it would be a good idea to extend an event because someone tried to stir up trouble. It'd set a really bad precedent.

    If no one is able to participate in the event, then that is potential lost revenue. Especially if it was caused by things outside Cryptic's control. When the server goes into emergency maintenance for an extended period of time they typically extend whatever event was going on at the time for an equivelent amount of time to allow people to finish.

    They extended the Crystaline event a bit recently, and I can see them extending this weekend event by at least a day to make up for today and the DDoS attack on Neverwinter, which affected STO as well.
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    Yang Xiao Long wrote:
    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
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  • tacticalrooktacticalrook Member Posts: 810 Arc User
    I'm aware of the past extensions and their reasons. I think it would set a bad precedent to extend an event due to troublemakers making trouble.
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,669 Community Moderator
    Your average user won't have the skill or resources to pull this off so I don't see why it is a "bad precedent".
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    Yang Xiao Long wrote:
    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
    The nut who actually ground out many packs. The resident forum voice of reason (I HAZ FORUM REP! YAY!)
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