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Greetings Captains!
We will be having a maintenance tomorrow, 4/28 at 7AM Pacific for 2.5 hours. (What time is this for me?)
You can find our patch notes here.
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#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!"
The release of the Mirror Guardian was postponed to December according to the official Star Trek Online accounts on Twitter and Facebook. So no it is not happening this week, that is why the blog was removed. No error was made releasing that info it was pushed back to a later date. With that said, if there are places where that info was released it needs to be removed and mentioned that it is coming in December.
My hero!
"There's No Way Like Poway!"
Real Join Date: October 2010
*sounds of clay tower collapsing* "What. Did you just. Say?"
I was having such fun with that weapon as well. Let's hope it's minor and not the usual nerf it to oblivion that Cryptic tend to do.
"There's No Way Like Poway!"
Real Join Date: October 2010
Something like that should be communicated and not simply been "merkeled" away. A simple sentence like, postponed due to work load or something like that would be quite enough.
This: "The registry number on the left nacelle of the Miranda is now in its proper placement." reminds me I wish Cryptic would take another gander at that Einstein's registry display. I was so disappointed & surprised at the bad quality with it looking as bad as it does with the circular miss aligned lighting versus whatever we name the ship.
Maybe the issue with the Mirror Guardian release is the people at PWE still think it's April and not October. Who knows what year they even think it is at this point.
ingame: @.Spartan
Original Cryptic Forum Name: Spartan (member #124)
The Glorious, Kirk’s Protegè
Yes. I was enjoying it, too. WHY nerf it? Seems they nerf EVERY new item after it's out.
Also, the DSC Rifle is OP and nobody is nerfing it and many other DSC powers as well. It looks like they need to keep doing propaganda of that show...
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#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!"
That's why I always advise people against buying power in this game. This has been Cryptic m.o. for years. You release a super powerful item, wait until all the sales and things are over and people have shelled out cash to get it.. then you nerf it. It's absolutely bait and switch, always has been and it won't stop because it keeps working.
Sorry my friend, but this just shows you haven't played this game very long. Again, these things are planned.. they're intentional. The item was not 'broken' it was powerful by design, it's intended to get people to spend and then they 'fix' it later. This is how Cryptic operates, they do this all the time and have for years.
Lets all be realistic here... does anyone really think they had no idea how strong that gun was when they released it? Really? and if not.. it's a simple damage reduction. Why didn't they do it right out of the box? Why wait until all the lobi and key sales are done and THEN nerf it?
When you stand back and look at how Cryptic does business you will quickly see that they are not a company you should ever give any money to. I grabbed a couple with Lobi I had saved up, it was worth it then, it's still worth it now. The gun is still good but it's just not the 'I win' button that it was intended to be upon release.
These things are intentional, the sooner everyone comes to grips with that the better informed they can be when deciding on how to use their money.
Then you should be well used to the practice.
You're confusing the two nerfs. The Agony field was nerfed against players, the Phaser Cannon was nerfed flat. The nerf to the Lobi Cannon is the issue, and it's a flat reduction in damage. It's something that could have been done right away if the weapon wasn't working as intended. But as they always do, they waited until the sales were over before nerfing it.
Their fabled 'metrics' tell them how well things are selling. The agony field is obviously still selling, they can see how many people pick that item from boxes and they must feel it's still a factor in driving key sales. As soon as that stops, it will also receive a flat nerf.
Well, they are obviously not going to release a statement saying that they intentionally release over powered items, milk them for cash and then nerf them. But there are years worth of trends showing that this is exactly what they do. If that's not enough proof for someone, then that's fair.. but I have seen more then enough to judge their business practices over the years.
Lets look at the Phaser Cannon as an example. It was obviously very powerful, now either they didn't realize that when it was released, or they knew ahead of time. It didn't take long for people to realize that this gun was stronger then anything else in the game, to the point where if you had it, there was no reason to use anything else. That took less then a day.. but now it just got 'fixed' almost 2 months later.. why? If the fix was something as simple as a flat reduction why did it take 2 months? It just so happens that a lobi sale and a key sale just ended.. is that just coincidence?
Either they knew it was broken on release and waited to fix it, or they had no idea, never tested it and just dropped it in.. and then waited to fix it. People can pick whatever scenario they like, but neither makes them look particularly good. Again, I don't care, I knew this would happen and advised people I knew not to spend money to get it.
How did I know? Because I have seen it more times then I can count. It's intentional, it's deceptive, and it's sleazy marketing.
Yes in the Support forum. Someone responded asking for a precise description just like previously.
Anyway, they need to go into the account and remove the mission since it cant not be dropped now. They have done it numerous times previously.
Regarding the other aspect of your comment, this is why I loathe the whole F2P BS paradigm. I spend big money on STO and simply get tired of the current customer support and management system because you know F2P means lack of accountability and responsibility simply a focus on monetization to maximizing profits forget all else.
I quit every other game that went F2P walking away from big investments for a couple of them but I am a lifelong ST fan so I will stick with STO until there is another ST MMO option that is not F2P. I have no problem paying several thousand a year for subscription based experience hell I have been doing it for STO essentially since day one but I digress...
ingame: @.Spartan
Original Cryptic Forum Name: Spartan (member #124)
The Glorious, Kirk’s Protegè
Absolutely right, and in many cases they are badly needed fixes. When something comes out, then the next day or next week they say 'sorry guys, this wasn't supposed to work like that, we are fixing it' cool.. no problem, it happens. When they release things broken and wait until everyone has purchased it to then fix it with only a line in the patch notes (or sometimes nothing at all) then I cry foul.
I appreciate the suggestion, but I don't feel that would be a productive use of my time. It would just end up locked or deleted, Cryptic has absolutely no intention of refunding anyone for these items and I believe that discussion could not possibly yield anything positive. I will just continue to enjoy what I can of the game without any further financial contribution. Sooner or later, players will get tired of it and stop spending. It's unavoidable.
Will do when I get motivated, thanks for the suggestion.
Then again, it's also the same studio whose lead system designer said this:
Without realizing it's literally just the latest Windows 10 main update, 21H1, from May 2021. And that all Windows builds have this kind of numbers.
Yeah, I saw that.. that was pretty dumb.