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No Community Split, please 9_9

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
So sick and tired of reading through these forums and seeing such unbelieveable requests from those in the community who are life time subscribers, and it really is splitting this forum community into two.

Life timers and everyone else who isn't.

The Captain's Table seems to be the heat of everything that is sprarking all this lifetimer talk about what they want now, and some people seem to make outragous ideas, "Wouldn't it be great if lifetimers got this...", "I think lifetimers should also get...", "This, this and this for lifetimers!!".

Ugh, almost makes me be ashamed of being a lifetimer and would take my blue forum name off but... I like the color =P

For all you non-lifetimers, let me just say this.. The Captain's Table, IMO, is just a waste of server space. You wanna see these "wonderful, glorious effects", just go into any Solar Flare PVP area, its the exact same thing, only with a Starbase you can enter.

Now this Starbase... THERE'S NOTHING TO DO THERE except hang out... because other than finishing my missions, I'd really love nothing more than to hang out in a special restricted place and do nothing for hours (sarcasm)
The Cap, who runs the bar there or whatever is the only person to "talk to" (except for the receptionist at front who just tells you what the Captain's Table is about) and he just sells you items that you can find at any other Starbase.

I mean, unless I'm really missing somthing here, there's TRIBBLE to do or see in this place.

When dev Q said that lifers reward was like your brother getting a cupcake, but everyone else get a full cake, I think the more correct statement would be like your lifetime brothers getting a bottlecap, and everyone else getting cake.

Yes, we got something a little extra, but its not a flippn' tasty as this big ol' cake called Season One.

So non-lifetimers, you really have nothing to worry about, and please don't listen to these other lifetimers itch and moan about wanting to get more special items. I hope it never happens and that devs dont take their posts seriously.

I'm just wearing the other shoe and think about how I would feel if I read these posts about wanting more for lifers and think that devs are ACTUALLY listening to them and then we get everything while everyone else gets the shaft. I think Cryptic is better than that, you wouldn't make one group advantageous over everyone else.

Personally, I just love the blue forum name and would've been happy if they left it at that.

Cryptic, if I mowed that lawn and got a cupcake, I would've gone home and split it with my brother =/
Q wrote:
It's almost like some of you are upset because your brother mowed the lawn for the little old lady down the street, and she gave him a cupcake. Your brother comes home with the cupcake and says, "I mowed the lawn for the little old lady down the street, and she gave me this cupcake. It's very tasty!" You reply to your brother, "Well I didn't get a cupcake from the little old lady down the street!" and immediately go to her house an demand a cupcake. She tells you, "I'm sorry, but I only had the one left. But here, why don't you take this cake I just baked, and you and your brother can share it." You do so gladly, but secretly hate the little old lady because she gave your brother a cupcake too.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    You realise that many LTS folks are posting "I think lifers should also get...." ideas JUST to wind people up?

    And oh look, you fell for it.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    You realise that many LTS folks are posting "I think lifers should also get...." ideas JUST to wind people up?

    And oh look, you fell for it.

    I guess I'm not that pathetic for trying to create such a ruse, as well as everyone else going along with it and actually posting support for said demands.

    If that's true then people really need to make some sort of soul searching =/
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I didn't go for the Lifetime because i couldn't afford it. CRyptic should give exclusives to us monthlys too, as in the end they'll get a hell of a lot more money out of us than lifers.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I think you meant to put Q_Q in your thread title instead of 9_9..

    I've never heard people 99 about things.. um.. except NintyNine, I guess. NintyNine 99s about lots of things.. basically everything he says.. because that's his username.

    Regardless, my point is that 'QQ' is the usually typical way people express 'crying' and not via numbers.

    Back to your regularly scheduled posting...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    You realise that many LTS folks are posting "I think lifers should also get...." ideas JUST to wind people up?

    correct...they put more salt into our wounds...that is not good.


    serious question to the lifers ...are the things you get enough for you or you want and expect more of this ?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Destinii wrote:
    I think you meant to put Q_Q in your thread title instead of 9_9..

    I've never heard people 99 about things.. um.. except NintyNine, I guess. NintyNine 99s about lots of things.. basically everything he says.. because that's his username.

    Regardless, my point is that 'QQ' is the usually typical way people express 'crying' and not via numbers.

    Back to your regularly scheduled posting...

    I'm not expressing crying, it's rolling one's eyes. But I don't like this smiley fellow :rolleyes:, I like the more reserved, not smiling rolling eyes 9_9
    Thrakius wrote: »
    correct...they put more salt into our wounds...that is not good.


    serious question to the lifers ...are the things you get enough for you or you want and expect more of this ?

    And like I expessed above, I think the blue name was enough. Honestly I never expected to get anything when I bought a lifetime membership, other than to not pay for the rest of my life.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    bugen4 wrote: »
    I'm not expressing crying, it's rolling one's eyes. But I don't like this smiley fellow :rolleyes:, I like the more reserved, not smiling rolling eyes 9_9

    Oh, I see. Well, color me informed then. :) I've never seen rolling eyes done with the 9s before. And, maybe that fits better with NintyNine's posts anyway, because I always sense he's rolling his eyes half the time he's posting.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    You want peace about this "slap in the face" that cryptic has done to non lifers ?

    Sure , we're annoyed at the fact you got little perks that well mean nothing at the end of the day ...
    But to have Lifers now starting to demand new perks like androids etc just for them ... I think even as a lifer you have to admit that is just pure TRIBBLE ...

    Right now I think anything atleast given out should be c-store ... only way this TRIBBLE will end ...

    P.S Still loving this game after 4 builds on both klinks and feds :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    As a lifer, I really don't care. If cryptic throws me a bone... I'll chew on it, if they don't, I'll wait for the next bone. All I ever expected when I got the life sub was everything that came with it at the time. All the rest of this stuff is just bonuses I didn't ask for, but I'm going to go ahead and enjoy them. Sorry if it peeves anyone off.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Thrakius wrote: »
    correct...they put more salt into our wounds...that is not good.


    serious question to the lifers ...are the things you get enough for you or you want and expect more of this ?

    Asking lifers if they "want more" isn't a particularly wise question to ask. Some people will say they're good thanks, others will say they want more - just to wind others up and some people probably do feel a genuine sense of entitlement to more perks.

    I think most mature people with LTS would say they are genuinely greatful for anything the devs have given give them to say "thank you" and don't want anything else.

    And don't forget in all of this - Lifers did not ask for these perks. They weren't given out because Crytpic bowed to pressure from the lifers. They appear to simply be a genuine thank you.

    Only the devs can say whether there will ever been anything else given to Lifers. I strongly suspect there probably won't be after the epic levels of QQ going on around here, which is probably fine by most people, I suspect.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    And don't forget in all of this - Lifers did not ask for these perks. They weren't given out because Crytpic bowed to pressure from the lifers. They appear to simply be a genuine thank you.
    .

    Maybe you yourself didn't ask for any extra perks but generalizing to ALL LTS just isn't true. I remember when they announced the LTS people would post "if we're LTS, cryptic should give us x, y, and z" You admitted yourself there's going to be a portion of the LTS that's still going to want more. If you bought a LTS in OB you got your sub, an exclusive playable race, two free character slots, an exclusive social area, an exclusive in game and forum title, an exclusive forum color, an exclusive costume piece an you still want cryptic to give you more? This feeling of entitlement that cryptic should give you bonuses ad infinitum is what puts some people off of LTS's. Im not saying LTS's shouldn't get some bonus just that it shouldn't be ad infinitum. The timing also put some people off, time would be better spent fixing the hole in the roof rather than doing the landscaping that can be done anytime.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I didn't throwdown $300 because I don't feel comfortable spending that much for any game especially since this is my first MMO ever but I did spend $80 for the Collectors Editions and an additional $30 for a 2 month game card. I just feel like I'm being told that while my support is good, it's just not good enough for Cryptic. Lifers IMO already have the perk that if the game flourishes and keeps going that they'll never have to pay a monthly fee again and then where will Cryptic need to get their money from? the Annual and Monthly subbers.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I agree, i would be happy just with the little forum perks we got. We don't need anything extra in STO over everyone else, although i'll still check that captain's table out.:)
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