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Risa Event is totally boring!

I never seen risa b4...and I can not help but claim this event a loser.
The air float to get ship reward is just stupid- just give players the daily for showing up...the 1/2 keyboard ,1/2 mouse move is to annoying to bother with...and it isn't a race - just a timed solo run - B O R I N G

Powerboard thing seem cool...why not that for the ship reward token daily? Though grabbin flag is such a pizzer most the time.

Herogen could be a good idea..if the area went battle mode and they actually invaded for 15 min each hour.

Most rewards are useable only in risa or non battle ..wow ,fluff it up if u that bored ,i guess.... the teenage boys ooglen' virtual bikins is bout it,what a lame tease to fall for.

PVE and battlezones are dead , the very next day after crystal ended cause this event! thx 4 nothin sto ;u can keep your free ship and virtual underwear.
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  • kjwashingtonkjwashington Member Posts: 2,529 Arc User
    Some people want a break from all the grinding and violence in the game. The point of the Risa event is to be a relaxing snooze-fest where no-one is trying to kill each other. How many people have you seen trying to kill each other at spa resorts?

    The reason why the powerboard race couldn't be the way to get the ship is because it wouldn't be a race if everyone got the prize. (And if only one person got it, the forums would be ablaze with rage.)

    While yes, I'm sure that there's plenty of teenage boys ogling their female characters, they're easily ignore-able. Besides, what was Cryptic going to do? Not have swimwear at their beach party?

    The queues are dead because everyone is tired from doing the Crystalline event on all their toons. Nothing to do with Risa.
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  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,916 Arc User
    edited June 2016
    Oh look, someone came in to whine about how boring Risa is. *Yawn* How boring.

    Personally I like having fun on Risa. The Flying High is done and over in a couple minutes. Yeah, so Spiral the Tower is bugged, everyone found that out quick, but you only need to complete three routes, so that isn't a game-breaker.

    The PvP race is for monkey tags, so you can raise baby monkeys and turn them into markss. What the monkey guy does with them when you turn them in is his business.

    The Horga'hn hunt is mostly for favors, but also for eggs to hatch into baby birds that you also raise to turn in for marks. It's all fun.

    The dance party is strictly for fun and 100 favors.

    Sand castles are still there, just not on a specific time. Anytime you feel like building one, see the Arenologist at the Promenade.

    Barring doing any of that, simply veg out in a lounger or toodle around in your floater or zip around on your powerboard.

    The only event I find annoying and don't do is the scavenger hunt. I despise Qwen anyways.

    But the idea of Risa is not to have battles and violence, it's simply to relax and enjoy yourself. No one is forcing you to go there, so if you have a hard time letting your toons relax for a few days, then stay away. But don't come in and whine about it. No one cares.
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  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,916 Arc User
    And I'm female and still put my girls in bikinis or one-piecers, whatever they feel like wearing. My guys are the same. Hey, if I want to ogle my Caitian or my Rom or my green alien, that's my business, no need for you to get uptight about it, it's hurting no one.

    And if others want to ogle my toons, it's fine with me, and it happens all the time. Hurts no one. Get your pants out of its wad and have some fun.
    Now a LTS and loving it.
    Just because you spend money on this game, it does not entitle you to be a jerk if things don't go your way.
    I have come to the conclusion that I have a memory like Etch-A-Sketch. I shake my head and forget everything. :D
  • catsmeatcatsmeat Member Posts: 106 Arc User
    edited June 2016
    OP, I do not agree. I'm having fun at Risa and playing my STFs.

    Build your friends list and get in a fleet of folks who will play with you. If you find Risa boring, there is no reason why you have to participate. If the people you do want to play with are themselves having fun on Risa like many of us, don't you think your attitude might just rub them the wrong way?

    Cheers :)

    edit to add: I pay a male Reman who now looks ultra sexy in his open shirt and shorts!
  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,916 Arc User
    You might want to learn how to spell too, this isn't a texting board, it's a message board. You can fit walls of text on here if you're so inclined.
    Now a LTS and loving it.
    Just because you spend money on this game, it does not entitle you to be a jerk if things don't go your way.
    I have come to the conclusion that I have a memory like Etch-A-Sketch. I shake my head and forget everything. :D
  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    edited June 2016
    powskier wrote: »
    I never seen risa b4...and I can not help but claim this event a loser.
    The air float to get ship reward is just stupid- just give players the daily for showing up...the 1/2 keyboard ,1/2 mouse move is to annoying to bother with...and it isn't a race - just a timed solo run - B O R I N G

    Powerboard thing seem cool...why not that for the ship reward token daily? Though grabbin flag is such a pizzer most the time.

    Herogen could be a good idea..if the area went battle mode and they actually invaded for 15 min each hour.

    Most rewards are useable only in risa or non battle ..wow ,fluff it up if u that bored ,i guess.... the teenage boys ooglen' virtual bikins is bout it,what a lame tease to fall for.

    PVE and battlezones are dead , the very next day after crystal ended cause this event! thx 4 nothin sto ;u can keep your free ship and virtual underwear.

    1.) Floater thing is awesomely simple & fast for a ship; so shush!
    2.) Yes, powerboard would be better w/o stupid grab the flag at the end.
    3.) Summer event is kinda about 'relaxation' so enemy invasion would be weird.
    4.) Yeah, hate how most stuff you buy is only usable on Risa. (But understand we'd have bikini clad toons all over ESD if they didn't.) And you don't have to be a teenage boy to ogle virtual bikinis.
    5.) Yup, Cryptic is addicted to Events. I don't think we've had a 2 week period in the last 3yrs where something wasn't going on. I would assume logons drop a lot if there's not some draw.
    echatty wrote: »
    And I'm female and still put my girls in bikinis or one-piecers, whatever they feel like wearing. My guys are the same. Hey, if I want to ogle my Caitian or my Rom or my green alien, that's my business, no need for you to get uptight about it, it's hurting no one.

    Till you see that pasty & bald Reman female running round in a bikini... :D
    (Yes, I got one.) ;)
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  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,916 Arc User
    Heck, some people color their bikinis so it looks like their toon is walking around naked. Nothing wrong with that. It hurts no one. Why are you complaining about ogling anyway? Are you a 100 year old person in a teenager's body with all that textspeak?
    Now a LTS and loving it.
    Just because you spend money on this game, it does not entitle you to be a jerk if things don't go your way.
    I have come to the conclusion that I have a memory like Etch-A-Sketch. I shake my head and forget everything. :D
  • nightkennightken Member Posts: 2,824 Arc User
    hmm, I have my klingon wearing the iconian vest set in understated colors am I doing risa wrong?

    and op a little fanservice never hurt anyone... welll except a harem anime protag but who cares about them.

    powerboarding for the tokens is a terrible idea way too many possible problems.

    I got doffs, modules, and a few of the uniform parts that are not the swinsuits... in less the changed it when I wasn't looking. oh and a ship seem like plenty of off risa and battle stuff.




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  • reiklingraiderreiklingraider Member Posts: 209 Arc User
    edited June 2016
    Im there to get my toons the Risan Doffs, marks from birds and monkeys and to relax with friends. Not to oogle bikini pixels. The free T6 ships have been a great incentive just to show up for five minutes. If you were not complaining about it being boring you might be able to find some things to do. Come to Risa and join in the fun or stay away if it is such a bad event for you. A lot of people seem to enjoy it.

    As far as the CC event goes that is pretty boring for me because all you do is go in and pew pew for two minutes and its over. Boy what fun that is ;) . It has nice rewards but it is still boring and I do it but I don't waste forum space complaining about it. You are probably trolling anyway. I bet you probably camp out at the resort just to oogle the pixels. B)
  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    Risa is not for everyone.

    The good news is, it's completely 100% optional.

    If you don't like it.. you simply don't go there.

    Problem solved.
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  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,916 Arc User
    Nice one Crash. Perfectly-stated :D
    Now a LTS and loving it.
    Just because you spend money on this game, it does not entitle you to be a jerk if things don't go your way.
    I have come to the conclusion that I have a memory like Etch-A-Sketch. I shake my head and forget everything. :D
  • sheldonlcoopersheldonlcooper Member Posts: 4,042 Arc User
    False! Risa is awesome. Where else can you go on a tropical vacation without ever having to see the yellow face.
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  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,916 Arc User
    I agree, Risa is awesome. It's the only time I ever PvP (WE is the other) And only cause I like raising monkeys and Winter Eppohs.

    The Horga'hn hunt is another fun thing. Flitting about on my floater, gathering statues and favors and the occasional egg to hatch into a colorful bird.

    Dancing is another fun thing, especially sharing it with a friend. And you get 100 favors for clicking 38 times. Less if the caller calls out duplicates since you get credit for it automatically. I've learned to tolerate the odd, screechy female voice and the slightly perverted-sounding male voice. But that's just me.

    I don't do scavenger, on account I despise Qwen and Ferengi in particular.

    I don't mind the ogling and others pming me, telling me how attractive they find my toons. That's a compliment. I don't mind if others want theirs to look nekkid. It's all good fun. Let the disco balls and party poppers fly!
    Now a LTS and loving it.
    Just because you spend money on this game, it does not entitle you to be a jerk if things don't go your way.
    I have come to the conclusion that I have a memory like Etch-A-Sketch. I shake my head and forget everything. :D
  • ashstorm1ashstorm1 Member Posts: 679 Arc User
    Well, if you hate the work of Cryptic that much, why don't you regale us with your own ideas about how to make the summer event worthy of your attention, hmm? :)

    Criticism is easy when you don't have to come up with a solution yourself, right?
  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    False! Risa is awesome. Where else can you go on a tropical vacation without ever having to see the yellow face.

    Yellow face?

    You mean the Daystar?
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  • nikephorusnikephorus Member Posts: 2,744 Arc User
    Personally, I enjoy Risa. I like flying around with my jet pack taking part in random events. If you think it sucks or is boring you can always just skip it.
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  • theraven2378theraven2378 Member Posts: 6,015 Arc User
    It provides a nice 2 minute distraction each day from the ship wreckin
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    • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,469 Arc User
      powskier wrote: »
      I never seen risa b4...and I can not help but claim this event a loser.
      The air float to get ship reward is just stupid- just give players the daily for showing up...the 1/2 keyboard ,1/2 mouse move is to annoying to bother with...and it isn't a race - just a timed solo run - B O R I N G

      Powerboard thing seem cool...why not that for the ship reward token daily? Though grabbin flag is such a pizzer most the time.

      Herogen could be a good idea..if the area went battle mode and they actually invaded for 15 min each hour.

      Most rewards are useable only in risa or non battle ..wow ,fluff it up if u that bored ,i guess.... the teenage boys ooglen' virtual bikins is bout it,what a lame tease to fall for.

      PVE and battlezones are dead , the very next day after crystal ended cause this event! thx 4 nothin sto ;u can keep your free ship and virtual underwear.

      Ahhh, you gotta love those that complain about a tiny bit of effort to get a ship. Seriously, do you really lack the skill and co-ordination that badly that you are struggling to use a keyboard and a mouse at the same time!? I play it on my laptop using the touchpad and keyboard and have zero problems.

      Also, this is my 5th year in Risa, and I'm still loving every minute of it, especially as I'm not rushing for kills!

      So yeah, how DARE people take timeout of fighting to relax on Risa and ruin YOUR game! Grow up OP!
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    • powskierpowskier Member Posts: 67 Arc User
      edited June 2016
      Risa is not for everyone.

      The good news is, it's completely 100% optional.

      If you don't like it.. you simply don't go there.

      Problem solved.



      Well ..i see so many thinks it worthwhile.... glad, I can disagree in free world> I did figure the floater finally ,but not impressed..is easy though (if your key binds r not f'd up,like mine were)

      I did spend a few hours to try absorb the atmosphere and figure the events ... alot time there for very little return.

      There are summer activities that are real fun they could put instead,of stuff like dance emote or the hunt
      How bout am underwater spearfishing ,or scuba course.... maybe some kinda mountainbike type speeder...
      Relaxing is nice ..but what Risa is missing ,are the weird encounters ..like Kurk had in TOS. ... Those Risa holograms don't always work properly;)
      The floater need to be a race w other players ,to be any fun..is slappy-silly..u wanna fly :go to W^r Thund#R ..wow is flyin cool there.
    • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
      leemwatson wrote: »
      powskier wrote: »
      I never seen risa b4...and I can not help but claim this event a loser.
      The air float to get ship reward is just stupid- just give players the daily for showing up...the 1/2 keyboard ,1/2 mouse move is to annoying to bother with...and it isn't a race - just a timed solo run - B O R I N G

      Powerboard thing seem cool...why not that for the ship reward token daily? Though grabbin flag is such a pizzer most the time.

      Herogen could be a good idea..if the area went battle mode and they actually invaded for 15 min each hour.

      Most rewards are useable only in risa or non battle ..wow ,fluff it up if u that bored ,i guess.... the teenage boys ooglen' virtual bikins is bout it,what a lame tease to fall for.

      PVE and battlezones are dead , the very next day after crystal ended cause this event! thx 4 nothin sto ;u can keep your free ship and virtual underwear.

      Ahhh, you gotta love those that complain about a tiny bit of effort to get a ship. Seriously, do you really lack the skill and co-ordination that badly that you are struggling to use a keyboard and a mouse at the same time!? I play it on my laptop using the touchpad and keyboard and have zero problems.
      Actually, the complaint was of it being boring, not hard. This may be another one of those people who think games are supposed to have some kind of challenge to them. To some of us, literally jumping through hoops seems like a waste of time that could be spent doing something interesting instead.
      Also, this is my 5th year in Risa, and I'm still loving every minute of it, especially as I'm not rushing for kills!
      Check your chronometer, time traveler. You're in 2016, the summer event has only run for 4 years. B)

    • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
      Well, warpangel, if you want a personal challenge... see how many characters you can cycle through Horgahn hunt in one iteration. 15 minutes is just enough time for a decent challenge IMO :p My personal best is 4, but that's with basic floaters and tribbles. faster floaters would probably up that.
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    • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,661 Arc User
      Wading through the blood of your enemies is not the only thing to do in life, poweskier. Perhaps your life would be improved by having an Epohh friend!


      (Sadly I can't find a Winter Event clip on YouTube to go with this :( )

    • postinggumpostinggum Member Posts: 1,117 Arc User
      If you want to be practical:
      1 The first few days for of risa are a great way for new players to get millions of ec grinding favors, on the first day its 1m per run, with 3 runs doable on even on the rented floaters, and there are bound to be online vids showing how its done.

      2 A T6 ship for 3 mins a day vs 1.2-1.5m dil, how long does it take to grind 1.5m dil?
    • nateham101#2745 nateham101 Member Posts: 420 Arc User
      I agree with the OP. This whole virtual bikini people and floating around in the air does not sound appealing. Would prefer they open up some more space battle events, exploration or something that is engaging.
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    • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
      Well, warpangel, if you want a personal challenge... see how many characters you can cycle through Horgahn hunt in one iteration. 15 minutes is just enough time for a decent challenge IMO :p My personal best is 4, but that's with basic floaters and tribbles. faster floaters would probably up that.
      I did that in 2013. Alas, all I have to buy with favors this year is a few shirts and maybe a kit module or two, so I doubt I'll be doing much farming.

      The accolade for the artifact hunt is what I'm currently interested in, though the RNG will likely become frustrating by the last ones.
    • farmallmfarmallm Member Posts: 4,630 Arc User
      I enjoy Risa as its not all about shooting, killing, etc. To me its the game about only place to have fun and away from all the stuff we do almost daily. This is what I like about it.

      I usually don't get the ship. But I got a few items over the years. Sunglasses, swim suits, and some gear for my Kits. Which some I still use.
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    • hyefatherhyefather Member Posts: 1,286 Arc User
      Welcome to F2P gaming. Why people prefer this (some not all) is beyond me unless they are so poor they can't afford subscription based gameplay, if thats the case how did they even get a computer.
    • sennahcheribsennahcherib Member Posts: 2,823 Arc User
      I like Risa too, no fights, no death etc only persons who wear swimwears. each summer, I grind (even with pleasure) a lot of swimwears for my toons (I like space barbies lol), + the mission for the ship is really easy and each time the ship is interesting.
    • bernatkbernatk Member Posts: 1,089 Bug Hunter
      Well, truth to be told I wouldn't mind using my floaters on other maps...
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