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Anyone else tired of the double message on Crystalline entity?

kylethetruekylethetrue Member Posts: 205 Arc User
in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Why when I'm rushing to get in phaser range of the entity do they throw multiple clone text boxes at us? Shouldn't that get fixed at some point?
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  • ikonn#1068 ikonn
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    Lol yes... But it's a feature :smiley:
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  • officerbatman81officerbatman81 Member Posts: 2,761 Arc User
    edited November 2016
    I spend the first 5 min of the queue trying to get rid of the intro box from admiral chubby face flat top.
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  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,504 Arc User
    Lol, I just use something like a cruiser command and full-impulse to get rid of it. Quicker than clicking it closed.
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  • angrybobhangrybobh Member Posts: 420 Arc User
    leemwatson wrote: »
    Lol, I just use something like a cruiser command and full-impulse to get rid of it. Quicker than clicking it closed.

    that works the first time but then he pops up again. Sometimes its 2-3 seconds later and he turns off your engines. If you don't have another skill at the ready it can take 5 seconds to clear him. And, since the CE last only about 30 seconds these days, you miss out on some of the fun because of Admiral Wontshutup.
  • ryghanryghan Member Posts: 138 Arc User
    Yes indeedy...it is *very* annoying. I've had it pop up on me as much as four times in a row (no just hitting "go" and flying in - you have to click the x to get rid of it) and had it only show up one time (which you could just click "go" to fly and have it drop the box by doing so) - no rhyme or reason to why it acts how it acts. Also, I agree with angrybobh - it is often causing me to miss out on the fun because by the time I've gotten all the pop ups of him done the CE is dead...

    I do hope this isn't working as intended (or as stated above "a feature" =p) and that it does get fixed <soon> (tm). =))
  • hanover2hanover2 Member Posts: 1,053 Arc User
    Oh GAWD yes. I wish that stupid thing wouldn't pop up at all. I don't need to be told to shoot the giant snowflake until it dies.
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  • hugin1205hugin1205 Member Posts: 489 Arc User
    well - logging in on my 23rd century toon I get the "don'T worry, timeline is stabel" followed by some needy Romulans and then the double dose of what to do in Crystal Entity...yep, would be great if they fixed those things
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  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,497 Arc User
    Easiest solution would be to make it a 5 person queue instead of the current 10 person.
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  • autumnturningautumnturning Member Posts: 743 Arc User
    Hit ESC.
    Wait ... then hit ESC again.

    Wash, rinse, repeat until the annoying window stops opening.

    THEN hit Cloak and Evasive Maneuvers to close with the Entity without shoving Power Levels into Engines.
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  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    angrybobh wrote: »
    leemwatson wrote: »
    Lol, I just use something like a cruiser command and full-impulse to get rid of it. Quicker than clicking it closed.

    that works the first time but then he pops up again. Sometimes its 2-3 seconds later and he turns off your engines.

    Turn off the "stop in contact dialogs" option in the game settings.
  • murkalael#7691 murkalael
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    Seems every npc in this game is trying to be the new Kurland. Like Phillip Cray that annoys every single time you log in one AoY toon just to say there's nothing wrong with timeline. If they add a female npc to bug us is GOP all over again.
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  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    murkalael#7691 wrote: »
    Seems every npc in this game is trying to be the new Kurland. Like Phillip Cray that annoys every single time you log in one AoY toon just to say there's nothing wrong with timeline. If they add a female npc to bug us is GOP all over again.

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  • parish#5017 parish
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    Agreed it is a real pain in the buttocks and aggravating. The first popup is easy to defeat but the second really sucks.
  • crypticarmsmancrypticarmsman Member Posts: 4,115 Arc User
    kylethetrue wrote: »
    Why when I'm rushing to get in phaser range of the entity do they throw multiple clone text boxes at us? Shouldn't that get fixed at some point?

    What, Cryptic fix a BUG?! Madness!
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  • plaztikman64plaztikman64 Member Posts: 725 Arc User
    edited November 2016
    It's the best message ever, and the players love it! :expressionless:;)

    Edit: this mission really needs a 30 sec timer, so everybody gets a chance to participate.
  • xyquarzexyquarze Member Posts: 2,120 Arc User
    questerius wrote: »
    Easiest solution would be to make it a 5 person queue instead of the current 10 person.

    Would be interested in how these are connected.
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  • bobbydazlersbobbydazlers Member Posts: 4,534 Arc User
    edited November 2016
    the message at the start of crystalline is especially annoying because if you were to waste time reading any of it the mission would be over before you finished reading, add to this the irritating fact that you have to click twice to get rid of the darn thing and its just more trouble then its worth.
    its not like there is anything particularly complex about the mission and if you are a noob you can easily find out how the mission works either by reading about it on wiki or by watching a youtube video about it before taking the mission on.
    warpangel wrote: »
    angrybobh wrote: »
    leemwatson wrote: »
    Lol, I just use something like a cruiser command and full-impulse to get rid of it. Quicker than clicking it closed.

    that works the first time but then he pops up again. Sometimes its 2-3 seconds later and he turns off your engines.

    Turn off the "stop in contact dialogs" option in the game settings.

    that's one solution but personally I quite like most of the other contact dialogs or at least am not that bothered by the ones I don't much care for as I don't have to put up with them half a dozen times every night over a 3 week period and for the most part I know that if I want to take note of the messages the mission wont be over by the time I have read what they say.

    When I think about everything we've been through together,

    maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,

     and if that journey takes a little longer,

    so we can do something we all believe in,

     I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.

  • murkalael#7691 murkalael
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    plaztikman64 wrote: »
    It's the best message ever, and the players love it! :expressionless:;)

    Edit: this mission really needs a 30 sec timer, so everybody gets a chance to participate.
    It used to have one to make people read the briefing before starting. I think it got taken out when it was made an STF.
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  • discojerdiscojer Member Posts: 533 Arc User
    bobbydazlers wrote: »
    the message at the start of crystalline is especially annoying because if you were to waste time reading any of it the mission would be over before you finished reading,

    Yup, that actually happened the first time I did the event
  • fruitvendor12fruitvendor12 Member Posts: 615 Arc User
    It's been there from day one. Sometimes a defect is just too cute, historical like referring to all people as men, to fix. Embrace the tedious QAL defect. ;)
  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,666 Community Moderator
    For me its just click click and I'm on my way. But it is annoying.
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    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
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  • risian4risian4 Member Posts: 3,711 Arc User
    angrybobh wrote: »
    leemwatson wrote: »
    Lol, I just use something like a cruiser command and full-impulse to get rid of it. Quicker than clicking it closed.

    that works the first time but then he pops up again. Sometimes its 2-3 seconds later and he turns off your engines. If you don't have another skill at the ready it can take 5 seconds to clear him. And, since the CE last only about 30 seconds these days, you miss out on some of the fun because of Admiral Wontshutup.

    He'll only take off your engines if you have the option 'keep moving during contact logs' turned off. It's in the control tab of the settings I think, and keep in mind that those were all reset when Artifacts hit.
  • gaevsmangaevsman Member Posts: 3,190 Arc User
    By the way people play this game, you have to explain things twice...
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  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    People have been asking for this to be fixed for years.

    The one thing I hate is how some Characters start off the Queue with a few of the Tactical Skills with a 10 or so second offline (countdown timer).
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    ltminns wrote: »
    People have been asking for this to be fixed for years.

    The one thing I hate is how some Characters start off the Queue with a few of the Tactical Skills with a 10 or so second offline (countdown timer).
    That happens if you were on a ground map. the game remembers the timers, and doesn't reset them just because you're on ground.
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  • bobbydazlersbobbydazlers Member Posts: 4,534 Arc User
    patrickngo wrote: »
    kylethetrue wrote: »
    Why when I'm rushing to get in phaser range of the entity do they throw multiple clone text boxes at us? Shouldn't that get fixed at some point?
    it's not a bug, its a feature-they WANT you to read the BRIEFING.


    theres no problem with having a "read briefing" tab to the right of the screen you can click if you want to read it but theres no reason for it to be in your face every time you run the mission.

    When I think about everything we've been through together,

    maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,

     and if that journey takes a little longer,

    so we can do something we all believe in,

     I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.

  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    I wish this game was consistent on running down timers when logged out.

    As I am getting through 13 Characters per day I will usually reset the Temporal Reputation advancement and reset Crafting advancement and then go directly into CCA. Finish, back to ESD or the Great Hall and logoff until the next day very quickly.
    'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
    Judge Dan Haywood
    'As l speak now, the words are forming in my head.
    l don't know.
    l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
    That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
    Lt. Philip J. Minns
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