It is only right and proper to focus on the negative. Only negative things require a response.
Not at all.
The trait revamp where they split space/ground and made respecs free, and the the removal of many of the sector space walls were, for example, almost entirely positive. The BOff training revamp, however, was done so Cryptic could stick more stuff in lockboxes. While there were aspects that were positive to many, it came with a new method of monetization which also, obviously, ended with us getting KLW which caused major balance issues and apparently was one of the causes of a lot of server problems. So if you weren't someone who spent a lot of time build-swapping you didn't gain much, but you probably had to endure at least some of the fallout.
Hopefully something different than just more episodes, reps, specs, and ships. As much as I like that stuff (except for reps) I'm ready for some sort of larger scale dynamic, repeatable content. Episodes are lovely, but after 2-3 playthroughs I'm largely done with them. I guess I just feel like the game has gotten stuck in the same old routine. Hopefully "big stuff" means breaking away from that routine.
It's a big year for Trek. I'm sure STO will have some surprises in store for us.
I'm sure CBS will try to do everything it can to promote, for the new Movie, Series, games and Anniversary, to entice new fans into the franchise.
Its a golden opportunity for them right now to get more Trek out there, build up the fan base.
It's a big year for Trek. I'm sure STO will have some surprises in store for us.
I'm sure CBS will try to do everything it can to promote, for the new Movie, Series, games and Anniversary, to entice new fans into the franchise.
Its a golden opportunity for them right now to get more Trek out there, build up the fan base.
I am surprised we haven't heard anything yet about what will be happening in Season 12 (Expansion 3?). It's been five months since New Dawn hit the servers.
"Critics who say that the optimistic utopia Star Trek depicted is now outmoded forget the cultural context that gave birth to it: Star Trek was not a manifestation of optimism when optimism was easy. Star Trek declared a hope for a future that nobody stuck in the present could believe in. For all our struggles today, we haven’t outgrown the need for stories like Star Trek. We need tales of optimism, of heroes, of courage and goodness now as much as we’ve ever needed them." -Thomas Marrone
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rattler2Member, Star Trek Online ModeratorPosts: 58,669Community Moderator
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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A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch." "We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
Passion and Serenity are one.
I gain power by understanding both.
In the chaos of their battle, I bring order.
I am a shadow, darkness born from light.
The Force is united within me.
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rattler2Member, Star Trek Online ModeratorPosts: 58,669Community Moderator
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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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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I hope it has something to do with the constant game lag and the DDoS attacks because it would be pointless to come out with something new and exciting if no one can log into the game.
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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yes, 'huh...'; the only pricing anomaly, and one they honestly should've stuck with - 250 per tier instead of 500, so we'd end up with:
T1 at 500, T2 at 750, T3 at 1000, T4 at 1250, T5 at 1500, T5.5 at 1750 and T6 at 2000, because no single digital item that ISN'T an entire game should ever go above 20$
A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch." "We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
Passion and Serenity are one.
I gain power by understanding both.
In the chaos of their battle, I bring order.
I am a shadow, darkness born from light.
The Force is united within me.
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rattler2Member, Star Trek Online ModeratorPosts: 58,669Community Moderator
T1 at 500, T2 at 750, T3 at 1000, T4 at 1250, T5 at 1500, T5.5 at 1750 and T6 at 2000, because no single digital item that ISN'T an entire game should ever go above 20$
Um... then unless they changed things recently why were T5 ships usually priced at 2500 Zen and T6 at 3000 Zen?
and i have NOD on standby with a nuclear missile - Kane and I go way back, you know
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!)
normal text = me speaking as fellow formite colored text = mod mode
A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch." "We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
Passion and Serenity are one.
I gain power by understanding both.
In the chaos of their battle, I bring order.
I am a shadow, darkness born from light.
The Force is united within me.
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rattler2Member, Star Trek Online ModeratorPosts: 58,669Community Moderator
My last T6 that I got solo was the Negh'Tev, and it was 3k Zen. Last I saw T6 ships were 3k Zen.
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!)
normal text = me speaking as fellow formite colored text = mod mode
A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch." "We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
Passion and Serenity are one.
I gain power by understanding both.
In the chaos of their battle, I bring order.
I am a shadow, darkness born from light.
The Force is united within me.
Big stuff as in you can BUY the campaign minigame for the dominion, cardassians and the krenim individually or in a minigame super bundle!
Of coarse they are all so silly they will never be added to the real game and you have to have a new character slot to play a slightly more inferior yet different version of the game within the game but sure some people will throw all their money at them for it without so much as a second thought
It's a big year for Trek. I'm sure STO will have some surprises in store for us.
I'm sure CBS will try to do everything it can to promote, for the new Movie, Series, games and Anniversary, to entice new fans into the franchise.
Its a golden opportunity for them right now to get more Trek out there, build up the fan base.
This can only mean one thing ...
4k zen T7 ships confirmed!
Well, if so, I've no doubt people will buy them right up.
But that's not what I had in mind for something special.
Big stuff as in you can BUY the campaign minigame for the dominion, cardassians and the krenim individually or in a minigame super bundle!
Of coarse they are all so silly they will never be added to the real game and you have to have a new character slot to play a slightly more inferior yet different version of the game within the game but sure some people will throw all their money at them for it without so much as a second thought
This, and 8k zen a piece, or 16k for the super bundle. Each mini campaign comes with a single T5 (non-upgradeable) ship, with non-fleet quality T6s available for the normal 3k zen.
It's a big year for Trek. I'm sure STO will have some surprises in store for us.
I'm sure CBS will try to do everything it can to promote, for the new Movie...
That's Paramount.
Why did you cut off my sentence ? LOL I was referring to more then just one thing.
Yes the movie is Paramount. Mr nitpick.
Still is 50th Anni for Trek across the board.
So anyone in that IP family is probably working hard on marketing and such.
At least one would hope so, or they are missing out on a golden opportunity.
Big stuff in store for 2016? Don't let your ego write checks your developers can't cash.
What do I think will come next? More lockboxes, reputation sliders, overpriced ships in the C-store, and banal content that is just repackaged stuff we have already, only slightly different in order to accomodate a paywall.
Prove me wrong, I'll be the first to admit it. The game has gotten stale. There's little to no innovation. The R&D revamp was the last inspired game feature I can think of. The Iconian War did not have the pomp and fanfare I expected from a story that took 5 years to tell. I'm seeing some much needed improvements in the quality of life, and I'm seeing some real meaningful effort with improving communication and dialogue with your players.
But on the whole, it really looks like Cryptic is just phoning it in season after season. Berman and Braga phoned it in on Enterprise. Don't be like Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. Don't let STO become Enterprise.
Challenge yourselves. Take more gambles. Do something we've never seen before. And for the love of Sisko, try to do it ethically.
Big stuff in store for 2016? Don't let your ego write checks your developers can't cash.
What do I think will come next? More lockboxes, reputation sliders, overpriced ships in the C-store, and banal content that is just repackaged stuff we have already, only slightly different in order to accomodate a paywall.
Prove me wrong, I'll be the first to admit it. The game has gotten stale. There's little to no innovation. The R&D revamp was the last inspired game feature I can think of. The Iconian War did not have the pomp and fanfare I expected from a story that took 5 years to tell. I'm seeing some much needed improvements in the quality of life, and I'm seeing some real meaningful effort with improving communication and dialogue with your players.
But on the whole, it really looks like Cryptic is just phoning it in season after season. Berman and Braga phoned it in on Enterprise. Don't be like Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. Don't let STO become Enterprise.
Challenge yourselves. Take more gambles. Do something we've never seen before. And for the love of Sisko, try to do it ethically.
I see my expectations for this game in 2016 transported well in @iconians post.
At the very least I have hopes that we won’t face another Delta Rising any time soon. It’s sad to admit it but I rather accept a stale game than such an expansion ever again.
Looking for a fun PvE fleet? Join us at Omega Combat Division today.
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Not at all.
The trait revamp where they split space/ground and made respecs free, and the the removal of many of the sector space walls were, for example, almost entirely positive. The BOff training revamp, however, was done so Cryptic could stick more stuff in lockboxes. While there were aspects that were positive to many, it came with a new method of monetization which also, obviously, ended with us getting KLW which caused major balance issues and apparently was one of the causes of a lot of server problems. So if you weren't someone who spent a lot of time build-swapping you didn't gain much, but you probably had to endure at least some of the fallout.
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I'm sure CBS will try to do everything it can to promote, for the new Movie, Series, games and Anniversary, to entice new fans into the franchise.
Its a golden opportunity for them right now to get more Trek out there, build up the fan base.
That's Paramount.
This can only mean one thing ...
4k zen T7 ships confirmed!
"Critics who say that the optimistic utopia Star Trek depicted is now outmoded forget the cultural context that gave birth to it: Star Trek was not a manifestation of optimism when optimism was easy. Star Trek declared a hope for a future that nobody stuck in the present could believe in. For all our struggles today, we haven’t outgrown the need for stories like Star Trek. We need tales of optimism, of heroes, of courage and goodness now as much as we’ve ever needed them."
-Thomas Marrone
Actaully... IF that was to happen... it would be 3.5K Zen as that follows the established pattern of 500 Zen per tier.
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T2 is 750
#LegalizeAwoo
A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
"We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
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Was going for the obscene inflation on top of it
I really hope a can of whoopass for the person that keeps attacking the servers to the point we can't play.
Word on the grapevine is the can is comin'.
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Shall I inform my tactical officer to stand by for targeting data?
Go ahead. I'm already getting authorization from GDI Command for an Ion Cannon Strike.
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yes, 'huh...'; the only pricing anomaly, and one they honestly should've stuck with - 250 per tier instead of 500, so we'd end up with:
T1 at 500, T2 at 750, T3 at 1000, T4 at 1250, T5 at 1500, T5.5 at 1750 and T6 at 2000, because no single digital item that ISN'T an entire game should ever go above 20$
and i have NOD on standby with a nuclear missile - Kane and I go way back, you know
#LegalizeAwoo
A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
"We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
Um... then unless they changed things recently why were T5 ships usually priced at 2500 Zen and T6 at 3000 Zen?
GDI Rolling Thunder!
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because Atari, Cryptic and PWE all missed the definition of MICROtransaction...and T5 ships are priced at 2K - T5.5 is 2500
#LegalizeAwoo
A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
"We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
normal text = me speaking as fellow formite
colored text = mod mode
#LegalizeAwoo
A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
"We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
Of coarse they are all so silly they will never be added to the real game and you have to have a new character slot to play a slightly more inferior yet different version of the game within the game but sure some people will throw all their money at them for it without so much as a second thought
I know!... CBS ok'd the T6 Connie in honor of the 50th Anniversary.
Well, if so, I've no doubt people will buy them right up.
But that's not what I had in mind for something special.
This, and 8k zen a piece, or 16k for the super bundle. Each mini campaign comes with a single T5 (non-upgradeable) ship, with non-fleet quality T6s available for the normal 3k zen.
Why did you cut off my sentence ? LOL I was referring to more then just one thing.
Yes the movie is Paramount. Mr nitpick.
Still is 50th Anni for Trek across the board.
So anyone in that IP family is probably working hard on marketing and such.
At least one would hope so, or they are missing out on a golden opportunity.
What do I think will come next? More lockboxes, reputation sliders, overpriced ships in the C-store, and banal content that is just repackaged stuff we have already, only slightly different in order to accomodate a paywall.
Prove me wrong, I'll be the first to admit it. The game has gotten stale. There's little to no innovation. The R&D revamp was the last inspired game feature I can think of. The Iconian War did not have the pomp and fanfare I expected from a story that took 5 years to tell. I'm seeing some much needed improvements in the quality of life, and I'm seeing some real meaningful effort with improving communication and dialogue with your players.
But on the whole, it really looks like Cryptic is just phoning it in season after season. Berman and Braga phoned it in on Enterprise. Don't be like Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. Don't let STO become Enterprise.
Challenge yourselves. Take more gambles. Do something we've never seen before. And for the love of Sisko, try to do it ethically.
My character Tsin'xing
I see my expectations for this game in 2016 transported well in @iconians post.
At the very least I have hopes that we won’t face another Delta Rising any time soon. It’s sad to admit it but I rather accept a stale game than such an expansion ever again.
Looking for a fun PvE fleet? Join us at Omega Combat Division today.