Proposal - Particle Traces for Doff/Admiralty and FE Rewards

taylor1701d

In another thread I asked how people did with the Omega mini-game.

While reading through, I realized many may not have been playing on equal footing.

Some had lag problems and could not make good use of the mini-game, rendering it almost pointless to collect more then their daily requirement for the ship.
Some could not get "good" at the game, rendering it pointless for them.
Some just found it out right boring, and couldn't be bothered.



During the Anniversary Event, I think it would benefit everyone if Particle Traces were given out as rewards for Doff/Admiralty and Featured Episode weekly replays.


Much like the Winter Event, where you can do doff assignments for "Ornaments" at ESD/Academy and Q's Winter Wonderland.

Except for the anniversary, it would be Particle traces of varying quality.

They could then add in 1 or 2 daily admiralty assignments that would award traces. + Weekly Replays of the featured episode would yield 100 of each color.


In this way, the players who couldn't make use of the mini-game for whatever reason could then just run these assignments and end the event with more then a handful of Tech Upgrades.
This would also allow those who find it a boring task to do other things, while not missing out.

daveyny

While an interesting idea, it totally missies the point that They (Cryptic) want the player base to actually have to "work" (as in put a Whole Bunch Of Effort) to acquire those things that lead to Great-Big-Shiny-Freebies.

taylor1701d

daveyny wrote: »

While an interesting idea, it totally missies the point that They (Cryptic) want the player base to actually have to "work" (as in put a Whole Bunch Of Effort) to acquire those things that lead to Great-Big-Shiny-Freebies.

This is true. I just feel bad for people who couldn't use the system.

bumperthumper

Honestly, I would just make it a Very Rare assignment under the Science/Exploration category for Doffing.

Success=trace(s), Critical Success=Shards/Fragments.

That way, they still get their metrics for people logging in to check out sectors, and people having a chance at finding that Very Rare assignment.

daveyny

taylor1701d wrote: »

daveyny wrote: »

While an interesting idea, it totally missies the point that They (Cryptic) want the player base to actually have to "work" (as in put a Whole Bunch Of Effort) to acquire those things that lead to Great-Big-Shiny-Freebies.

This is true. I just feel bad for people who couldn't use the system.

I actually suk at the Omega Trace mini-game (best # I ever got was 800, most times it was around 600), but I managed to get the Freebie ship all the same.
And I didn't really have to kill myself to do it.
So while I applaud your initiative, it's pretty obvious that They are probably not looking for ways to simplify the process.

lordsteve1

Yes this would be a nice idea. Even if it only serves to promote the doff system during the event or get people out going round the sectors searching for assignments or checking every few hours for assignments that gave ended.

furiontassadar

As someone who despises the minigame, I certainly appreciate the idea. As people have said, however, Cryptic probably prefers that people feel forced to do a tedious mini game, so that not everyone is running around with souped up equipment.

Your ideas definitely have merit, but I'm afraid I don't see Cryptic even giving them a single thought, unfortunately.