I've got to say I hit my IDGAF point (I Don't Give A TRIBBLE) when my all purple rocket was beaten by a rocket with 2 purples and 1 blue. If you want participation in an event you need to make the result based on effort not RNGesus!
If they'd taken the time to think it could have been so much better than pointless part collection leading to worthless scanning and pure RNG based launch.
Bench on fire might downgrade or destroy components if left too long.
Colours of parts would actually mean something to the height the rocket goes to. Such as purple engine gives max thrust but more likely to spin out or explode without a better grade hull and stabiliser.
They put more thought and effort into the april fools thing despite the way it never turns up on time for the majority of the globe.
I've got to say I hit my IDGAF point (I Don't Give A ****) when my all purple rocket was beaten by a rocket with 2 purples and 1 blue. If you want participation in an event you need to make the result based on effort not RNGesus!
The result doesn't depend on anything except showing up. How far the rocket goes is irrelevant. It's just an overgrown firework, it's going to blow up the only question is when. Putting more effort in might, MIGHT make it last a little longer before it blows up but blow up it will. And that's fine, it's just for fun. Nobody's keeping score, everyone gets the same prize.
This is for fun. Relax!
And part of the "fun" is that this is a "pseudo-PvP" in which the participants race to collect 3x purples then get to see which of the players that did so can "win" the launch...
And it can get... disconcerting... to see that after "convincing" the RNG to cough up 3x purples (only happened to me twice this event out of 4 tries), someone who didn't get so lucky can still "win" the "PvP" because the RNG loved them more in the final round...
Fortunately, I didn't have this happen this year, because I noticed that the Blue Rocket doesn't get any "points" off of parts at all, all 3 of the 4 times I played this event this year as "blue" my rocket blew up before an AFKer's rocket did (18 for me, 19 for AFK) no matter whether I had 2xP 1xB or 3xP...
Honestly, if this is going to be nothing more than a "show up for 7-ish minutes and get your reward" type event, can we not have to actually join the queue next year, let Doffing / Admiralty / just standing around for the right amount of time count for the award? Be more "worthwhile" uses of my time than AFKing / roaming the Montana map or *gasp* participating in the event's pseudo PvP and failing from the start because of which player slot I got...
Detecting big-time "anti-old-school" bias here. NX? Lobi. TOS/TMP Connie? Super-promotion-box. (aka the two hardest ways to get ships) Excelsior & all 3 TNG "big hero" ships? C-Store. Please Equalize...
To rob a line: [quote: Mariemaia Kushrenada] Forum Posting is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever. However, opinions will change upon the reading of my post.[/quote]
They need an AFK penalty for the First Contact Event. I have had too much AFKers in my runs, instead of people actually participating. They need to not just stand there but collect the parts, bring them to the workbench, and then assemble them. Thanks.
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I keep trying to put out those workbench fires as I come upon them, but it only lets me put out my own.
My character Tsin'xing
Bench on fire might downgrade or destroy components if left too long.
Colours of parts would actually mean something to the height the rocket goes to. Such as purple engine gives max thrust but more likely to spin out or explode without a better grade hull and stabiliser.
They put more thought and effort into the april fools thing despite the way it never turns up on time for the majority of the globe.
Everytime I see them I keep thinging it's a Risian floater with the anti-grav turned off.
My character Tsin'xing
My character Tsin'xing
And part of the "fun" is that this is a "pseudo-PvP" in which the participants race to collect 3x purples then get to see which of the players that did so can "win" the launch...
And it can get... disconcerting... to see that after "convincing" the RNG to cough up 3x purples (only happened to me twice this event out of 4 tries), someone who didn't get so lucky can still "win" the "PvP" because the RNG loved them more in the final round...
Fortunately, I didn't have this happen this year, because I noticed that the Blue Rocket doesn't get any "points" off of parts at all, all 3 of the 4 times I played this event this year as "blue" my rocket blew up before an AFKer's rocket did (18 for me, 19 for AFK) no matter whether I had 2xP 1xB or 3xP...
Honestly, if this is going to be nothing more than a "show up for 7-ish minutes and get your reward" type event, can we not have to actually join the queue next year, let Doffing / Admiralty / just standing around for the right amount of time count for the award? Be more "worthwhile" uses of my time than AFKing / roaming the Montana map or *gasp* participating in the event's pseudo PvP and failing from the start because of which player slot I got...
To rob a line: [quote: Mariemaia Kushrenada] Forum Posting is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever. However, opinions will change upon the reading of my post.[/quote]
Was the engine supposed to be a character unlock or an account unlock?