I really am starting to lose all faith in this game now. These stunts Cryptic keep pulling, and then the Cryptic staff responses on them are just depressing, it is plainly obvious that they simply do not
get it.
Who is the man in charge of this stuff? Who thought it was a good idea to make something so cool as alternative ship models something you have to pay extra for? It seems blatantly obvious to me that if these things were obtainable via in-game means, for
example, complete Infected STF, boss drops a Schematic, take Schematic to Memory Alpha, construct Imperial-Class Assault Cruiser, that you would actually have a reason, and incentive to keep playing at max level, right now there is
still nothing but junk duplicate items with a weak [Borg] prefix. The items don't even look any different or special!
It's utterly amazing how much money people seem willing to throw at this game rather than take a little time to earn it in-game. For all of you who complained about raids and who made all of those cute little quips about what they can do with raids, that's how a lot of other people feel about all of the items going into the C-store or being tacked on to things like the RAF promotion. Do I need or want every little item in the game? No, not even close, but I am willing to spend time in-game to earn what I want since I don't think it's fair to pay a subscription and something extra for items that a lot of P2P MMOs include in their games as part of the monthly fee.
Seriously Cryptic, add all of this C-store garbage as STF rewards or other mission/FA rewards and watch your retention double instantly. While there will always be the people who don't mind being taken advantage of to buy from the C-store, there are also a lot of people paying $15/month who will stay in just to earn that one item they really want but don't want to pay extra for and then they will repeat that again for the next item.
Kinda makes you wonder which Cryptic is more interested in: $2.00 now or $15.00 month-to-month.
There's really no better way to say it. I am just baffled at how poor the management is with this game, they are clearly not thinking about the long term and are more interested in making a quick buck now than seeing the game flourish and expand.
How is it possible that players with no experience in marketing or game design can come up with ideas that are far better than what a games studio like Cryptic can do?
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Oh dear. no wonder the game is flailing around like a rotten trout =(
:rolleyes:
It's been on the calendar for ages - the unlockables range from costumes to BOFFs and more.
Here is my answer to everyone's problems:
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7221/cancelled.jpg
it's not really special at all, it doesn't even come with the coveted Efficient trait that everyone was expecting. it's junk, really.
it is a step in the right direction though. although with the C-store we are already about 50 steps backwards. just 49 left to go!
It can't be, none of the music has cheesy vocals!
...wait...
STO asks for faith in the heart
not knowin where your sub will take you
You'll need faith to believe
that Cryptic can do anything
You got fai.. you got fai... you got faaaa aaa aa aiii....
You got scrrreewwwweddddddd dude do do dude.
Geeze, people ain't got a sense of humor anymore. Sure sign of bad times.
Just in case someone missed my post on page one.
We don't have all the details on the Accolade System - other than it includes a bunch of unlockable content.
That said, save your spear sharpening until we know more.
If it was going to have real value, don't you think they'd be trumpeting it by now instead of stupid gimmicks?
People dont come back for the "end game" content. They hardly play it. That is why they put stuff in the C-Store. That is why a lot of games (you will be surprised as to what up coming major MMOs will be doing the same thing cryptic is doing with Micro Transactions) are adopting this. Blizzard is moving to have all their new games use a micro transaction store and link all their games chat.
I cant say what else I know, just say that you will see about every new MMO out in the next 2 years using Micro Transactions for fluff.
All I have to say is live with it. People use it. People like it. Dont assume you speak for the majority out there.
I try the STFs (would rather have 50 root canals performed at the same time by a drunk Sarlac than do them) I level I do things Im not proud of like get 10 levels in a day just doing cluster missions. C-Store transactions are for goofing around. Customizing things the way you want it. Giving people choices.
I vote the music in the queen room on infected be changed to something resembling Barnum and Bailey Circus. Lots of fun circusy sounds. And then when you hit the plasma you can hear a rim shot.
Who does this before the Accolades themselves are released?
Wouldn't it ruin your sense of discovery?
All of them? No. Providing some indication it's actually going to add anything to the game, especially anything as 'new' and unique as the marketing gimmicks? The worst that could happen is people write off the Accolade system as a chintzy gimmick. Which, unless they've gone light-years past CO's model, is exactly my level of expectation.
im hoping the uniforms are cool...JJ uniforms/kelvin perhaps? I really want those....
I like this idea. Instead of the rim shot, though, could we have the Price is Right 'wah wah waaaaah'?
Took you this long?
http://mmofringe.com/index.php?option=com_joobb&view=topic&topic=1712&Itemid=55#p5673
I blame myself for not doing research on that before buying my LTS. It also explains an awful lot about what is wrong here. Hiring former SOE management is a REALLY bad idea for any company. The only thing SOE managers know how to do is fail, how to make horrible decisions, and how to continually make their customers angry. Hmm, sound familiar?
SOE hasn't had a success since EQ1. Crypic's only real success was COH/COV. Hmm...
The relevant part of the post at the Fringe:
He's worked for two highly unethical companies... Arthur Anderson, the unethical accounting firm that hid Enron's fraud, and SOE, the most unethical company in the history of the MMO industry.
Clearly, Cryptic is hiring the wrong management.
...while I was reading the quote, I was wondering why Arthur Anderson set off warning bells in my head.
Well ****.
Yeah. I am most reminded of the infamous PT Barnum quote:
"There's a sucker born every minute". I was one of them, apparently.
If it's any comfort, I didn't do my research either. Suckers one and all.
The only person who ever worked for SOE in a senior position that I'd even consider buying a MMO from would be Raph Koster.
And he quit over the NGE.