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  • crypticarmsmancrypticarmsman Member Posts: 4,115 Arc User
    Sounds like more phishing for the Ground game ner...err "balance passes".
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  • lucho80lucho80 Member Posts: 6,600 Bug Hunter
    Sounds like more phishing for the Ground game ner...err "balance passes".

    Lol, I'm with you there. Maybe they'll get useful data from the teams that quickly destroy the PvE. Seems the devs couldn't since they got stuck at round 36 during QA from what I read.
  • saurializardsaurializard Member Posts: 4,404 Arc User
    sierra078 wrote: »
    Sounds like the Star Trek Online Version of Halo's Firefight mode...
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  • crm14916crm14916 Member Posts: 1,532 Arc User
    Very interesting... Sounds like a blast! I suck at ground, but it will be interesting to see what happens...

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  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    lol, sounds fun. but is it before or after the ground combat revamp? (aka a billion bugs showing up to aggravate players on ground maps.)
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  • lighte007lighte007 Member Posts: 390 Arc User
    The Devs got stuck at 36? Wow...
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  • fadmbambamfadmbambam Member Posts: 656 Arc User
    Hopefully, there will be some accolades.
  • melange#3807 melange Member Posts: 28 Cryptic Developer
    lucho80 wrote: »
    Lol, I'm with you there. Maybe they'll get useful data from the teams that quickly destroy the PvE. Seems the devs couldn't since they got stuck at round 36 during QA from what I read.


    I'm not sure where you read that, but that is definitely not a true statistic.
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  • jorantomalakjorantomalak Member Posts: 7,133 Arc User
    guljarol wrote: »
    like it but this wouldve been a great ground PvP event missed oppurtunity.

    My first thought was that it was PvP. Shame it isn't. It'd be really great for Fed vs. KDF combat.​​

    Couldnt agree more just another missed chance for some good PvP combat.
  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,485 Arc User
    edited February 2017
    lucho80 wrote: »
    Sounds like more phishing for the Ground game ner...err "balance passes".

    Lol, I'm with you there. Maybe they'll get useful data from the teams that quickly destroy the PvE. Seems the devs couldn't since they got stuck at round 36 during QA from what I read.

    Done plenty of foundry on elite difficulty from the ground wave variety so it may be interesting to see how this arena handles things. Perhaps the setup for the arena on nimbus?
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  • zedbrightlander1zedbrightlander1 Member Posts: 14,782 Arc User
    edited February 2017
    Taco went berserko at 35. There was no survivors. Hence the Dev's never made it past 36.

    And I won 300 Quatloos in the betting room. pabmgEK.png​​

    10, 000 Quatloos that there will be a board full of complaints about this Event.
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    I mean, you can't lose betting that someone will complain about something game related. It's one of the surest things in the galaxy. :p

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  • psychoplattpsychoplatt Member Posts: 285 Arc User
    Out of this - Fix the shooter mode first!
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  • grumpyowl#1151 grumpyowl Member Posts: 96 Arc User
    edited February 2017
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    It would be great if they'd add the ability to craft melee weapons in the Ground R&D school. An epic mkXIV [crtd]x3 [pen] bat'leth would be, well, epic...

    Maybe they could add Worf's dual wielding Mek'leths or Sulu's rapier. Speaking of which...

    Where is Sulu anyway?
  • lucho80lucho80 Member Posts: 6,600 Bug Hunter
    edited February 2017
    I'm not sure where you read that, but that is definitely not a true statistic.

    Someone in the FB post.

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  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    edited February 2017
    lucho80 wrote: »
    I'm not sure where you read that, but that is definitely not a true statistic.

    Someone in the FB post.

    Salami Inferno says otherwise.


    And before anyone jumps at a number with their usual fury, this is the "office record" presumably from general office playtesting. Who knows what QA got up to over the course of development.
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  • lucho80lucho80 Member Posts: 6,600 Bug Hunter
    edited February 2017
    Who knows what QA got up to over the course of development.

    I bet they got to 100 using dev powers since they have to test the whole thing. The day I see a dev hold his own weight in an in-game PvP match, I'll believe they can do it without dev cheats.

  • tygerzztygerzz Member Posts: 105 Arc User
    As someone that runs a lot of ground, thanks
  • hypnoticbeasthypnoticbeast Member Posts: 107 Arc User
    Pit your Captains against endless waves of enemies in a special ground combat event this weekend!

    Full details here:
    http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10398253-the-arena-of-sompek-special-event!

    This sounds awesome! Now I have a few questions.

    1. Will the prizes be worth it? I mean can we get something more tangible? Say the unreleased Honor guard Bat'leth? And the other Honor Guard, M.A.C.O and Omega armors that were never released.
    2. What about unique outfits. I see all the high end FED ones that cost an are and a leg in Dil to get. But when will the Klingons get theres? I would love to wear Chancellor Gorkon's outfit or General Chang's from ST6. When you folks Develop these new things for us to do. Please make the rewards worth the time it would take to earn them.
    3. And for the love of Kahless please fix the Elite Fleet dual disruptor pistols.
  • lucho80lucho80 Member Posts: 6,600 Bug Hunter
    1. Will the prizes be worth it? I mean can we get something more tangible? Say the unreleased Honor guard Bat'leth? And the other Honor Guard, M.A.C.O and Omega armors that were never released.

    How about a fancy title and an accolade for your troubles?

  • hypnoticbeasthypnoticbeast Member Posts: 107 Arc User
    I would have figured that a "Bug Hunter" would have payed attention to the last item on the list. Instead of the first. God forbid someone who's looks for bugs and reports them still has not seen to have the devs fix that. But no matter.
  • lucho80lucho80 Member Posts: 6,600 Bug Hunter
    edited February 2017
    I would have figured that a "Bug Hunter" would have payed attention to the last item on the list. Instead of the first. God forbid someone who's looks for bugs and reports them still has not seen to have the devs fix that. But no matter.

    I don't use either of my KDF toons regularly or would buy Fleet weapons for them, so I have no idea what that bug is about. Having said that, I do have a fleet disruptor ground weapon on my Fed toon because I got it before they locked types to factions.
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  • fruitvendor12fruitvendor12 Member Posts: 615 Arc User
    Now I have a reason to buy the "The Gamesters of Triskelion" clothes... ;)

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  • hypnoticbeasthypnoticbeast Member Posts: 107 Arc User
    lucho80 wrote: »
    I would have figured that a "Bug Hunter" would have payed attention to the last item on the list. Instead of the first. God forbid someone who's looks for bugs and reports them still has not seen to have the devs fix that. But no matter.

    I don't use either of my KDF toons regularly or would buy Fleet weapons for them, so I have no idea what that bug is about. Having said that, I do have a fleet disruptor ground weapon on my Fed toon because I got it before they locked types to factions.

    No what I am talking about is a pair of special pistol Mesh's that got replaced with sniper rifle ones. The Kdf and Fed fleets both get an exclusive set of unique looking Phaser {FED} and Disruptor weapons when a fleet starbase Engineering hits full T3. The Feds look Silver,Black and Blue while the KDF look Black,Green and Gold. All of the Elite Fed weapons are fine and most of the KDF are ok too. Except the Dual Pistols they were replaced with The Elite Sniper rifle instead. It looks like your toon is walking around with crutches and unless your an 8 foot tall Gorn...well let's just say people stopped using then because there are no devs who gave a hoot to sit down and fix the problem. 5 years later it is still not done. Now the Devs finally give us a place and time of the new PvP event. A place for fleets to show off their well earned gear. A place where people will be asking "Where did you get that?" How would you like to be the dude who gets made fun of? Or laughed at? All I am saying dude is pop into Tribble and take a look at it and see if you can light a fire under someone's butt to get this fixed.
  • darakossdarakoss Member Posts: 850 Arc User
    Now I have a reason to buy the "The Gamesters of Triskelion" clothes... ;)

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    Wow..they should have used that Arena instead!
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  • avoozuulavoozuul Member Posts: 3,215 Arc User
    I only have one KDF toon (gorn) which I rarely ever use, would it be pointless for me to even play the event?
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  • gonaliusgonalius Member Posts: 893 Arc User
    avoozuul wrote: »
    I only have one KDF toon (gorn) which I rarely ever use, would it be pointless for me to even play the event?

    From the article:
    Federation, Klingon, and Romulan Republic Captains on PC between levels 50-60 can queue up for our new “Arena of Sompek” event.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    avoozuul wrote: »
    I only have one KDF toon (gorn) which I rarely ever use, would it be pointless for me to even play the event?
    Your Gorn needs to become more awesome. This would be true whether this event existed or not.
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  • tilartatilarta Member Posts: 1,801 Arc User
    When I saw Ground, I smiled and started polishing my TR-116.
    It's got to look nice and shiny for when I start shooting at enemy NPCs!

    That being said, I expect this to be a zergrush nightmare with low chance of success.
    10 waves would be as much as anyone should anticipate, 100, we're talking Kobayashi Maru levels of success, only far less certain.
    The only context I have is Mass Effect multiplayer and there, round 20-21 was about as far as we got before the increasing enemy difficulty ended the match.


    I haven't tested it personally, but I am rather glad they didn't use this for a PvP event.
    Because there may be a daily task for getting a special reward tied to this event.
    You should never tie rewards to an event where serious PvPers will annihilate casual players who just came for the daily currency/prizes and don't get it because they keep getting defeated all the time.

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  • sativasavantsativasavant Member Posts: 15 Arc User
    So you nerfed the ability to have 2 engineers each dropping a medical generator down. Fine, still going to clock that 100.
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