The Sompek Pulsewave will be a per character unlock.
Competitive marks will be available.
Blog has been updated.
I don't understand how Crpytic can take a wonderful event like Arena of Sompek, which was a 4-day limited time queue that was easy to get the daily but difficult to "complete" and gave an account-wide reward, and make it like Mirror Invasion which players already complain about for time-gating, length (due in part at least to the time-gating), and AFK'ing for a piece of gear that's character-bound and needs to be repeated for all characters to have the item offered.
I'll pass. This will be the first event I actively won't participate in.
so what happened to the short, weekend event for ACCOUNT-BASED rewards that people actually liked?
newsflash: NOBODY LIKES THIS PER-CHARACTER DRECK!
The almighty metrics need to be sated? It's strange to revert an event that used one format back to the "old" format...I suppose this means we'll be seeing KM return as a 3-week thing at some point. At the very least, we now have (I don't recall it from before) a timed option just for the daily reward.
Let me come back to say this: We hear you. The discussions are happening. I had a few of them myself this morning.
Probably not for this event, but they are happening.
If not for this event, then I'll vote with my feet and do something else more rewarding.
I'm afraid that's the same story for me, making the event longer, and the reward per character? I'm skipping this event, I'm not doing MORE for LESS this time around.
The Sompek Pulsewave will be a per character unlock.
Competitive marks will be available.
Blog has been updated.
I don't understand how Crpytic can take a wonderful event like Arena of Sompek, which was a 4-day limited time queue that was easy to get the daily but difficult to "complete" and gave an account-wide reward, and make it like Mirror Invasion which players already complain about for time-gating, length (due in part at least to the time-gating), and AFK'ing for a piece of gear that's character-bound and needs to be repeated for all characters to have the item offered.
I'll pass. This will be the first event I actively won't participate in.
Sums it up al for me.
I liked the previous event, an account unlock.
Now this is a 14 day grind per char, and for the dil people will just get to the minimum round or afk till and go to next char. Instead of greatevent in a fun que, this will be something of the opposite.
Dont get me wrong, nice rewards, and a great instance to run. But this 14 day grind in 3 weeks for 1 char will only make it a forced x rounds run.
Loved the kobayashi en previous Somptek events, this one i will skip. I rather spend my dil on a phoenix box to get the pulswave in the future for each char who wants it, then running 14 days with them.
And thanks for the quick clarifactions Ambassaor
"Reports of our depression are vastly exaggerated." "Anyaway, we don't often see a sense of humor in Section 31."
Let me come back to say this: We hear you. The discussions are happening. I had a few of them myself this morning.
Probably not for this event, but they are happening.
Thank you. I don't know if you remember, but the events that followed the first Arena had people hoping that the account unlock for event gear would be propagated to other events. It was a very popular. I know I'm not privy to all of the internal workings of PWE/Cryptic/STO and how all of the decisions are made, but you've got to realize that giving players something incredibly popular and then taking it away is not a good idea.
Let me come back to say this: We hear you. The discussions are happening. I had a few of them myself this morning.
Probably not for this event, but they are happening.
While it's nice, I gotta wonder: there never were any discussions after all the feedback given before about the Mirror Invasion Event and its AFKers, the Breach or Crystalline Catastrophe? Really?
I thought that when the event ships were made account-wide and the Breach came with an abridged version to make the grind less painful, Cryptic was finally going into the right direction in handling the events requiring daily runs. And then, this happens?
Please, tell me First Contact Day won't go through the same treatment...
Let me come back to say this: We hear you. The discussions are happening. I had a few of them myself this morning.
Probably not for this event, but they are happening.
As others have said, I will be skipping this event purely because a pulsewave ground weapon is probably not going to be worth swapping out the weapons I already use on my current characters. It not being an account unlock also means future characters wont benefit, either..
Glad somebody is listening, though, as something needs to change..
Character unlock.. i don't suppose you folks can make it so the project only needs 7 or 10 instead of 14.
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Ugh. Ah well, queue it up, ungear your toons,let it instafail on 1st round, get the daily thingy. Not as fast as Crystalline Disastrophy, but I guess it will have to do.
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.
Ugh. Ah well, queue it up, ungear your toons,let it instafail on 1st round, get the daily thingy. Not as fast as Crystalline Disastrophy, but I guess it will have to do.
Need to get to round 4 to get your daily merit so that strategy is ill advised.
This program, though reasonably normal at times, seems to have a strong affinity to classes belonging to the Cat 2.0 program. Questerius 2.7 will break down on occasion, resulting in garbage and nonsense messages whenever it occurs. Usually a hard reboot or pulling the plug solves the problem when that happens.
Let me come back to say this: We hear you. The discussions are happening. I had a few of them myself this morning.
Probably not for this event, but they are happening.
As others have said, I will be skipping this event purely because a pulsewave ground weapon is probably not going to be worth swapping out the weapons I already use on my current characters. It not being an account unlock also means future characters wont benefit, either..
Glad somebody is listening, though, as something needs to change..
Yeah this^. I don't even see many people using pulsewave weapons. Do they? Or is it just me?
you have to get to round 4 to qualify for rewards
How long does that work out with 50 characters per account?
These type of events need to take into account Alt characters that players have made. I get that Dil shouldn't come that easy, but special items should been account unlocks, unless the item is OP--which I doubt would ever happen, or would only be OP until the next patch when it's nerfed.
The Sompek Pulsewave will be a per character unlock.
Boo.
Just went from having a couple mains pre-prepped and tested for tankiness and balance and contemplating the fun to taking some time off from the game to enjoy summer.
Well, I'm disappointed that it's not an Account Unlock for the shiny, but I'll still attempt to do this on all 9 of my Alpha characters.
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Let me come back to say this: We hear you. The discussions are happening. I had a few of them myself this morning.
Probably not for this event, but they are happening.
As others have said, I will be skipping this event purely because a pulsewave ground weapon is probably not going to be worth swapping out the weapons I already use on my current characters. It not being an account unlock also means future characters wont benefit, either..
Glad somebody is listening, though, as something needs to change..
Yeah this^. I don't even see many people using pulsewave weapons. Do they? Or is it just me?
Most people, that I have seen, tend to use Rep weapons or weapons that are specific to ground missions (e.g. split beam, TR). As for pulsewave, Cochrane's shotgun tends to be one of the most desired.
you have to get to round 4 to qualify for rewards
How long does that work out with 50 characters per account?
These type of events need to take into account Alt characters that players have made. I get that Dil shouldn't come that easy, but special items should been account unlocks, unless the item is OP--which I doubt would ever happen, or would only be OP until the next patch when it's nerfed.
Yeah, I don't have enough time in my day, even over 3 weeks, to attempt this on all 52 of my characters.
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Good god, this is awful. Nobody wants these 14 day events to reward a stupid character unlock. Seriously, it's the worst thing to exist in the game so far. Exclusivity is bad enough when you join the game after one of the several thousand limited time events, but to held back by exclusivity for an event that YOU ALREADY DID?! That's just ludicrous!
We do not want to do this! We've never wanted to do this! It's awful! How freaking impossible is it for the devs to just put the account unlock in place of the actual item in the event?
Oh wait, it isn't impossible because YOU ALREADY DO THAT 3 TIMES A YEAR WITH STARSHIPS!
The absolute worst part of this whole thing is that the Sompek event WAS a short, ENJOYABLE, 4 day event that let you get an extremely useful unlock for all characters on an account. Somebody made a conscious decision to change the event to the the painful, universally hated 3 week catastrophe that NOBODY LIKES.
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.
Let me come back to say this: We hear you. The discussions are happening. I had a few of them myself this morning.
Probably not for this event, but they are happening.
Also appreciated.
But, we go through the same song and dance each time one of these events comes up. We haven't shut up and gone away yet, and the concerns are real. This isn't your usual forum whining. This is passionate players of STO who don't want to burn themselves out getting these things for their alts.
I can only hope that account unlocks for these events comes sooner rather than later.
Joining the boycott on this, not doing it for a per toon wep I will probably toss into the replicator, and because this was fun for a weekend not for a 14-day event, those suck and kill all other PVE public queues.
Edit. Not shooting the messenger here, you are doing good Kael, I hope they don't fire you for passing our opinion over to your bosses, but they need to know we are not pleased. Thanks.
I've never minded the longer grind for an Account Unlock. It's the longer grind for Per Character Rewards that takes its toll.
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I don't understand how Crpytic can take a wonderful event like Arena of Sompek, which was a 4-day limited time queue that was easy to get the daily but difficult to "complete" and gave an account-wide reward, and make it like Mirror Invasion which players already complain about for time-gating, length (due in part at least to the time-gating), and AFK'ing for a piece of gear that's character-bound and needs to be repeated for all characters to have the item offered.
I'll pass. This will be the first event I actively won't participate in.
Signed - A 5-year veteran.
The almighty metrics need to be sated? It's strange to revert an event that used one format back to the "old" format...I suppose this means we'll be seeing KM return as a 3-week thing at some point. At the very least, we now have (I don't recall it from before) a timed option just for the daily reward.
Disappointing, but thank you for asking.
We'll still keep coming back with the torches and pitchforks each time there's a 3-week event until they become account unlocks.
Event ships are, and you actually end up doing less work for them.
I'll pass on this event then. With 12 characters, it's too much time.
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Probably not for this event, but they are happening.
If not for this event, then I'll vote with my feet and do something else more rewarding.
I'm afraid that's the same story for me, making the event longer, and the reward per character? I'm skipping this event, I'm not doing MORE for LESS this time around.
Sums it up al for me.
I liked the previous event, an account unlock.
Now this is a 14 day grind per char, and for the dil people will just get to the minimum round or afk till and go to next char. Instead of greatevent in a fun que, this will be something of the opposite.
Dont get me wrong, nice rewards, and a great instance to run. But this 14 day grind in 3 weeks for 1 char will only make it a forced x rounds run.
Loved the kobayashi en previous Somptek events, this one i will skip. I rather spend my dil on a phoenix box to get the pulswave in the future for each char who wants it, then running 14 days with them.
And thanks for the quick clarifactions Ambassaor
"Anyaway, we don't often see a sense of humor in Section 31."
While it's nice, I gotta wonder: there never were any discussions after all the feedback given before about the Mirror Invasion Event and its AFKers, the Breach or Crystalline Catastrophe? Really?
I thought that when the event ships were made account-wide and the Breach came with an abridged version to make the grind less painful, Cryptic was finally going into the right direction in handling the events requiring daily runs. And then, this happens?
Please, tell me First Contact Day won't go through the same treatment...
As others have said, I will be skipping this event purely because a pulsewave ground weapon is probably not going to be worth swapping out the weapons I already use on my current characters. It not being an account unlock also means future characters wont benefit, either..
Glad somebody is listening, though, as something needs to change..
Who is making these Gawd-awful decisions? And why? Is it Phoenix Box related?
#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!"
Need to get to round 4 to get your daily merit so that strategy is ill advised.
Yeah this^. I don't even see many people using pulsewave weapons. Do they? Or is it just me?
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How long does that work out with 50 characters per account?
These type of events need to take into account Alt characters that players have made. I get that Dil shouldn't come that easy, but special items should been account unlocks, unless the item is OP--which I doubt would ever happen, or would only be OP until the next patch when it's nerfed.
Boo.
Just went from having a couple mains pre-prepped and tested for tankiness and balance and contemplating the fun to taking some time off from the game to enjoy summer.
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Most people, that I have seen, tend to use Rep weapons or weapons that are specific to ground missions (e.g. split beam, TR). As for pulsewave, Cochrane's shotgun tends to be one of the most desired.
Yeah, I don't have enough time in my day, even over 3 weeks, to attempt this on all 52 of my characters.
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We do not want to do this! We've never wanted to do this! It's awful! How freaking impossible is it for the devs to just put the account unlock in place of the actual item in the event?
Oh wait, it isn't impossible because YOU ALREADY DO THAT 3 TIMES A YEAR WITH STARSHIPS!
The absolute worst part of this whole thing is that the Sompek event WAS a short, ENJOYABLE, 4 day event that let you get an extremely useful unlock for all characters on an account. Somebody made a conscious decision to change the event to the the painful, universally hated 3 week catastrophe that NOBODY LIKES.
too damn long, even on a premade suicide team
#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!"
Also appreciated.
But, we go through the same song and dance each time one of these events comes up. We haven't shut up and gone away yet, and the concerns are real. This isn't your usual forum whining. This is passionate players of STO who don't want to burn themselves out getting these things for their alts.
I can only hope that account unlocks for these events comes sooner rather than later.
Edit. Not shooting the messenger here, you are doing good Kael, I hope they don't fire you for passing our opinion over to your bosses, but they need to know we are not pleased. Thanks.
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