So now I have no way to buy CPoints, err I mean Zen since my 400+ days of STO being a Gold Lifetime subscriber counts for diddly squat since I don't have any charaters with more than a week of game time and also listed below a noob level 10!
Oh wait a minute... I don't have any characters from the old forums or game that came over here in the "merge"! :mad:
Also what's with the naming system here? Is the new forum software running on an RS Model I? No that can't be true.... Model I's could handle - & ( * % _ ! @ oh and even CAPS! :frown:
Nice job pre-testing all the "wonderful" new downgrades you forced on us!
If you haven't learned by now, PWE DOES NOT care what you did, do, or will do. Only thing that matters to them is how much money you're going to send them and nothing else.
If you haven't learned by now, PWE DOES NOT care what you did, do, or will do. Only thing that matters to them is how much money you're going to send them and nothing else.
Well I agree on the PWE does not care part about me, but it seems they also don't care about getting any money either since they broke buying CPoints, err I mean Zen for all the original STO Cryptic players now.
So are we finally going to be getting "Free to Play" for all in-game and store items? :biggrin:
Nope just going to get the "Perfect world" version of FUBAR! :eek:
Beam me up Scotty! There's no intelligent lifeforms at this new "Perfect World"!
P.S. I just love my "Perfect World" avatar... NOT! :mad:
I need a PWE account to simply log into the website and check my account status? I don't care about posting on the forums, not when they're this ugly. But I REFUSE to link my account with a PWE account. My account I've had since BETA :mad:
So how long until we need a PWE account to log into the GAME? :mad:
Seriously PW, are you actually this stupid? Do you honestly believe this will benefit anyone?
-This new design is horrendous.
-All the old threads are uneditable for NO DISCERNABLE REASON.
-I couldnt use my old name (Blacksabre).
-My mail (which contained important documents for an upcoming Foundry mission) has apparently disappeared into the abyss.
-I -HATE- PW, why the hell do I want to have an account with you? If it was optional I might understand, but it is not. In order to post here, it is mandatory.
-Lets say one (glorious) day that PW leaves Cryptic, what happens to our accounts? Will we get our old accounts back or will PW decide to be utter d**ks and TRIBBLE our accounts up?
To whoever thought this was a good idea, I want to make it perfectly clear that I think your an idiot, and judging from some of the responses, it looks like I'm not the only one.
Krovennan Darksabre: Commanding officer of the U.S.S. Blacksabre-E NX-973484-E
I earned my Vet rewards with commitment, not cash.
I often find Prefect World to be less than prefect..
Most lost username which is just not acceptable. Most posters know each other from our past conversations. Now it is as if PWE wants us to continue, but while wearing Halloween masks lol.
I also do not enjoy everyone having a Join Date of Jun 2012. It was a great way to judge game cred by looking at how long the player had been with STO. Now, who knows how long they have been around.
IMO, STO players need their own dang forum. Far from the reaches of PWE and Cryptic policies and "ideas".
You know Cryptic has Jumped the Proverbial Shark when they introduced Tractor Pulling to Star Trek Online!
Can i please get my Name back, im @ShadowDarter not shadowdarter1.
This is just wrong, that you steam rolled me in this way. i have to loose my name because you want to make things easier, or have a linking forums name to my in game handle.
In order to post on the forums, you must be signed in with a PWE Account. You may notice a few other changes, so if you have any questions, post them in here and I will do my best to answer them
Is there any way to link my in game account to the PWE Account too? I mistakenly selected to not link them when I started my PWE Account a few days back and the PWE Support site says it's not doable if you don't do it then but I've noticed they're linked on the forums now, just not in game (my Cryptic account name still displays in game and I'd rather it didn't).
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I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this
It would have been a good idea to, you know, actually test this forum before
launching it. And also to have an announcement beforehand that these changes
were coming to allow people to get ready for the change.
I hate the fact that we can no longer have custom avatars, that we are forced to
have lowercase names, that we have lost our join dates, our post count and that
so many people have been forced to use a different username. Then there is the
absence of clock options, the banner taking up half the screen and the advertisement
for "free" Zen (which I, luckily, can block with AdBlock+).
I also don't like the fact that we can suddenly no longer buy Cryptic points, but
have to buy Zen and then convert. I was contemplating buying some C-points
yesterday to get myself an Armitage, but now? Not a snowballs chance in hell.
I actually thought, for once, that things were looking up a bit for STO, with the
starbases and all... I've put up with content drought, endless broken promises of
things to come, lockboxes and spam - and now this? Unacceptable treatment of
customers, that is what it is. I will, as always, vote with my wallet - and PWE is
not getting a single penny from me, ever.
Joined in March, 2011. Lifer since December, 2011.
- i love that i have to scroll down a whole page on my Full HD screen before i can see any text of the opening post (seriously WTF @ whoever made that cluttered layout)
- Pre Logan Galaxy Class in the top right corner (properly representing the *high quality* of the game)
- ALL Nicknames are blue -> that privilege was sold to me as a Lifetime Account Perk!
i demand that all non-lifers get their blue color removed instantly :biggrin:
( /joke who cares... )
everything else has been said before
oh and welcome back to me, this account was formerly banned in the old forum,
the new PWE account is obviously NEW and infraction free
This is the worst thing I have encountered in my MMO life...
1. I am forced to create a PWE account
2. I cannot even choose my old name and e-mail address for it
3. I am forced to link my accounts, so no real option left, heh?
4. The forums look terrible, clutched together and not structured.
I don't get it. Why do companies believe that a new design always means an improvement?... Please give us at least the option to display the old forum's theme!
BTW: Does this change mean that I cannot purchase C-points directly anymore?
I hate it
I Hate it
I Hate it
oh did i mention
i hate it
I dont want Zen, i dont want to see an add about Zen, i want to have my account name as my display name, and i DONT want PWE. The content drought was better then Cryptic being owned by PWE.
I'll get used to most of the changes to the forums. I'll never get used to being yezar82. I've been Yezar since my RP days in Bravofleet in the late 90s.
I'm happy my in-game @handle didn't change but I wonder how long it'll be until they change that to a PWE format...
Star Trek Online > Information and Discussion > Star Trek Online Discussion > NOTICE: You must be using a PWE Account to post on the forums + other changes
at the bottom of the page.
"no icon" seems to display the "flame" one when previewed.
Massive fail. I can't check my in-game messages now because I'm having problems linking my Cryptic and PWE accounts. I can't submit a ticket because the Support page to fill out the form is broken and the page won't load. Join Dates are wiped and reset to this month, when I took pride in being a member since the first day this forum opened 4 years ago.
Everything they changed made this forum worse, and as we all know, companies don't correct mistakes by going back to what worked, they just keep rolling out new changes in a futile effort to justify their wasted efforts.
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Original Username - njdss4 - Original Join Date - July 28, 2008 (Official Forum Launch Date)
No warning, no information, no likely Q&A.......not sure what to say that wouldn't get an infraction or make Cryptic sit up and take notice. Every single thing about this change is a complete TRIBBLE up short of it going belly up and the whole forum being wiped (though this isn't much better).
I'm not doing anything to my account until Cryptic explains to me what they have done, doing and what they are going to do to my account and what issues are present that they need to fix.
This looks like a precedence for a mandatory merge with PWE so we'll have no choice soon and be forced to merge right? Damnit Cryptic try informing your userbase or you won't have a userbase at all.
Brandon, you might want to sticky my post with the ZEN - CP conversion chart below. Noticed a lot of threads about how it is not equal or being ripped off and so forth.
Perfectworld's ZEN and Cryptic's C-Points. See chart below.
5 ZEN = 4 C-Points
100 ZEN = 80 C-Points
ZEN Cost
$ 5.00 = 500 ZEN = 400 C-Points
$10.00 = 1,000 ZEN = 800 C-Points
$20.00 = 2,000 ZEN = 1600 C-Points
$30.00 = 3,000 ZEN = 2400 C-Points
$50.00 = 5,000 +300 Bonus ZEN (5300) = 4300 C-Points
Comments
you guys @ Cryptic just do the darndest things , dontcha.....seriously WTF
1)Avater
2)Names
3)mail
4) Stickies
5) Archived?
6)Cpt Database was suppoed to make a comeback....when
7) Pwe only forums????
8)Adds?????????????
9)wow just wow
Oh wait a minute... I don't have any characters from the old forums or game that came over here in the "merge"! :mad:
Also what's with the naming system here? Is the new forum software running on an RS Model I? No that can't be true.... Model I's could handle - & ( * % _ ! @ oh and even CAPS! :frown:
Nice job pre-testing all the "wonderful" new downgrades you forced on us!
What's next a major downgrade to total....
FUBAR :eek:
Well I agree on the PWE does not care part about me, but it seems they also don't care about getting any money either since they broke buying CPoints, err I mean Zen for all the original STO Cryptic players now.
So are we finally going to be getting "Free to Play" for all in-game and store items? :biggrin:
Nope just going to get the "Perfect world" version of FUBAR! :eek:
Beam me up Scotty! There's no intelligent lifeforms at this new "Perfect World"!
P.S. I just love my "Perfect World" avatar... NOT! :mad:
Founder and Current CO of Gamma Strike Force
Player since December 2009
^This
New forum off to a terribad start
So how long until we need a PWE account to log into the GAME? :mad:
:mad:
-This new design is horrendous.
-All the old threads are uneditable for NO DISCERNABLE REASON.
-I couldnt use my old name (Blacksabre).
-My mail (which contained important documents for an upcoming Foundry mission) has apparently disappeared into the abyss.
-I -HATE- PW, why the hell do I want to have an account with you? If it was optional I might understand, but it is not. In order to post here, it is mandatory.
-Lets say one (glorious) day that PW leaves Cryptic, what happens to our accounts? Will we get our old accounts back or will PW decide to be utter d**ks and TRIBBLE our accounts up?
To whoever thought this was a good idea, I want to make it perfectly clear that I think your an idiot, and judging from some of the responses, it looks like I'm not the only one.
I earned my Vet rewards with commitment, not cash.
Most lost username which is just not acceptable. Most posters know each other from our past conversations. Now it is as if PWE wants us to continue, but while wearing Halloween masks lol.
I also do not enjoy everyone having a Join Date of Jun 2012. It was a great way to judge game cred by looking at how long the player had been with STO. Now, who knows how long they have been around.
IMO, STO players need their own dang forum. Far from the reaches of PWE and Cryptic policies and "ideas".
This is just wrong, that you steam rolled me in this way. i have to loose my name because you want to make things easier, or have a linking forums name to my in game handle.
:mad::mad::mad::mad:
Is there any way to link my in game account to the PWE Account too? I mistakenly selected to not link them when I started my PWE Account a few days back and the PWE Support site says it's not doable if you don't do it then but I've noticed they're linked on the forums now, just not in game (my Cryptic account name still displays in game and I'd rather it didn't).
I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this
launching it. And also to have an announcement beforehand that these changes
were coming to allow people to get ready for the change.
I hate the fact that we can no longer have custom avatars, that we are forced to
have lowercase names, that we have lost our join dates, our post count and that
so many people have been forced to use a different username. Then there is the
absence of clock options, the banner taking up half the screen and the advertisement
for "free" Zen (which I, luckily, can block with AdBlock+).
I also don't like the fact that we can suddenly no longer buy Cryptic points, but
have to buy Zen and then convert. I was contemplating buying some C-points
yesterday to get myself an Armitage, but now? Not a snowballs chance in hell.
I actually thought, for once, that things were looking up a bit for STO, with the
starbases and all... I've put up with content drought, endless broken promises of
things to come, lockboxes and spam - and now this? Unacceptable treatment of
customers, that is what it is. I will, as always, vote with my wallet - and PWE is
not getting a single penny from me, ever.
Joined in March, 2011. Lifer since December, 2011.
- i love that i have to scroll down a whole page on my Full HD screen before i can see any text of the opening post (seriously WTF @ whoever made that cluttered layout)
- Pre Logan Galaxy Class in the top right corner (properly representing the *high quality* of the game)
- ALL Nicknames are blue -> that privilege was sold to me as a Lifetime Account Perk!
i demand that all non-lifers get their blue color removed instantly :biggrin:
( /joke who cares... )
everything else has been said before
oh and welcome back to me, this account was formerly banned in the old forum,
the new PWE account is obviously NEW and infraction free
love it
1. I am forced to create a PWE account
2. I cannot even choose my old name and e-mail address for it
3. I am forced to link my accounts, so no real option left, heh?
4. The forums look terrible, clutched together and not structured.
I don't get it. Why do companies believe that a new design always means an improvement?... Please give us at least the option to display the old forum's theme!
BTW: Does this change mean that I cannot purchase C-points directly anymore?
I Hate it
I Hate it
oh did i mention
i hate it
I dont want Zen, i dont want to see an add about Zen, i want to have my account name as my display name, and i DONT want PWE. The content drought was better then Cryptic being owned by PWE.
Well done Cryptic.
You just killed this forum.
EPIC FAIL
Time for a rollback.
Original join date: Jul 2008
Find us at CovenantofHonor.com. My Twitter handle; @jmattmiracle
I'm happy my in-game @handle didn't change but I wonder how long it'll be until they change that to a PWE format...
edit: also,
something seems wrong...
But doesn't it sort of feel like it's been about 43 years...?
I mentioned it somewhere else, but I find it very important...
"no icon" seems to display the "flame" one when previewed.
Everything they changed made this forum worse, and as we all know, companies don't correct mistakes by going back to what worked, they just keep rolling out new changes in a futile effort to justify their wasted efforts.
Original Username - njdss4 - Original Join Date - July 28, 2008 (Official Forum Launch Date)
I'm not doing anything to my account until Cryptic explains to me what they have done, doing and what they are going to do to my account and what issues are present that they need to fix.
This looks like a precedence for a mandatory merge with PWE so we'll have no choice soon and be forced to merge right? Damnit Cryptic try informing your userbase or you won't have a userbase at all.
Perfectworld's ZEN and Cryptic's C-Points. See chart below.
5 ZEN = 4 C-Points
100 ZEN = 80 C-Points
ZEN Cost
$ 5.00 = 500 ZEN = 400 C-Points
$10.00 = 1,000 ZEN = 800 C-Points
$20.00 = 2,000 ZEN = 1600 C-Points
$30.00 = 3,000 ZEN = 2400 C-Points
$50.00 = 5,000 +300 Bonus ZEN (5300) = 4300 C-Points
Cryptic C-Points Cost
$ 6.25 = 500 C-Points
$12.50 = 1,000 C-Points
$18.75 = 1,500 C-Points
$25.00 = 2,000 C-Points
$62.50 = 5,000 C-Points
Commanding Officer, Strategic Starfleet Operations