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I'ma lifetimer, I'm entitled!
voporak
Member Posts: 5,621 Arc User
I'm in total shock at the sheer number of posts I've seen in the past five minutes that look like this.
"im a lifetimer and i have to wait in a queue i should be ahead of silvers"
or.
"i wantz a refund, i buyed the shiny stuff!"
Hey guys, if you haven't said anything like this, applause to you.
To those who have made a post that looks like the above:
1) Buying a lifetime when the game launch is the same as 2.5 years of subscription. No possible justification for saying that silvers don't pay for the server but you do, when in fact you essentially stopped paying a subscription now.
2) In a queue? No duh Sherlock! There are other gold members waiting to get in also. No, you cannot say "why are there silvers ahead of me?" because we aren't. Unless you have some superpower, of course, and can see something I can't.
3) The game goes down for one friggin' day when the absolute biggest patch since launch went live. You're not entitled to get your money back for the legacy pack, you can wait ONE DAY to play with it. You're not getting prizes because somehow Cryptic owes you for things inevitable to happen. This was going to happen. If you've been around as long as you claim to have been, you should know this well.
4) While you're QQ'ing over that, have a cookie and some milk. -OR- Better yet, do something in this awesome thing called real life. Dare I say, outdoors.
Clear?
"im a lifetimer and i have to wait in a queue i should be ahead of silvers"
or.
"i wantz a refund, i buyed the shiny stuff!"
Hey guys, if you haven't said anything like this, applause to you.
To those who have made a post that looks like the above:
1) Buying a lifetime when the game launch is the same as 2.5 years of subscription. No possible justification for saying that silvers don't pay for the server but you do, when in fact you essentially stopped paying a subscription now.
2) In a queue? No duh Sherlock! There are other gold members waiting to get in also. No, you cannot say "why are there silvers ahead of me?" because we aren't. Unless you have some superpower, of course, and can see something I can't.
3) The game goes down for one friggin' day when the absolute biggest patch since launch went live. You're not entitled to get your money back for the legacy pack, you can wait ONE DAY to play with it. You're not getting prizes because somehow Cryptic owes you for things inevitable to happen. This was going to happen. If you've been around as long as you claim to have been, you should know this well.
4) While you're QQ'ing over that, have a cookie and some milk. -OR- Better yet, do something in this awesome thing called real life. Dare I say, outdoors.
Clear?
I ask nothing but that you remember me.
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Excuse me, but I have bought plenty of zen. This exactly what I addressed in my original post. Having bought an LTS or sub doesn't make you suddenly better than me.
Right now I'm 2,529 out of 13851 behind me.
Line is hardly moving... but hey... I got THREE HOURS on what is the most technically demanding day in the history of the game.
Can't complain too much... I'm trying to stick with useable feedback/dialog with Brandon and the rest of the team.
Cryptic makes, as you said, one of the biggest patches in this game's history. They make advertising of the Romulan faction all over the Internet. They get IGN to cover the Romulus release material. They post statistics on the number of players, etc., which are bound to get bigger. They hire Star Trek cast members, publicize it. But they don't have the foresight to add servers before this patch hit Holodeck?
In my opinion, perhaps they should reach out to the community with a suggestion thread for new patches. This way, the problems many of us face in logging in could have been avoided altogether.
Missing the good ol' days of PvP: Legacy of Romulus to Season 9
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I'd be happy with more than just a week for Open Beta on a massive expansion.
I'm also a lifer, and before that i also spent money on Zen... And I FULLY agree with every single word Voporak said
In every place,
The deeds of men remain the same..."
These people disgust me. Everyone is becoming a self entitled dip-s*** these days. Do I have a LTS? Yes. Do I feel like the entire world should revolve around me because of it? Not in the least.
Heads up people just because you went and spent 199 (or 299 as the case may be) does not make yo better then any other player in this or any other game.
Not only that, but actually taking the time to listen to all feedback from players in Tribble, instead of "Well, we got 80% of the bugs, dunno if they're trivial or not, but we'll go ahead and paste it on Holodeck!". Also, don't they have a demographics specialist, who can use a spreadsheet and find out the predicted number of players in certain times of the day?
Missing the good ol' days of PvP: Legacy of Romulus to Season 9
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I'd be happy if some of the remaining, and more glaring bugs from closed beta had actually been fixed, and the new c-store ships had actually been testable at all.
I spent more on PW cards for unlocks than a LTS sub, many times over...If you feel entitled, get over yourself.I expect new release problems, it happens.Exercise some patence folks. You won't die from it. Get out of moms raedon filled basement, and get a breath of fresh air.
Some of the LTS are so obnoxious they think they should not only be able to have priority login over silver but also over gold :rolleyes:
The even more asinine ones were also complaining about not getting Legacy pack free, lol.
I think I'm going Vet ship hunting again to teach some of them a lesson.
Someone actually wanted his money back for it fifteen minutes after the game borked.
That is all...
I've spent well over the lifer sub on purchasing things individually, and was able to save up enough for the legacy pack. There's nothing in the lifer sub I want, so why does that make all my contributes null and void?? It doesn't.
Everyone supports this game in their own way, all the way from lifers, to golds, to silvers, to f2p that haven't spent a dime and might or might not ever, but they play the game, the enjoy it. If a f2p likes the game and tell their friends and their friends start playing and so on, that word of mouth can generate just as much income.
Bravo and well said.
Looking for updates earlier and read some of "those" posts.
RIP KDF and PvP 2014-07-17 Season 9.5 - Death by Dev
I didn't spend that money for perks. I didn't spend it to feel superior to F2P silver members. And I certainly didn't spend expecting it would get me a golden ticket to run around holodeck today with no lag or disconnects.
I spent that money because I love this game and I want to support it.
I don't want any of that money back.
In fact, the next time there's a sale on ships or zen I'll probably give them even more money. Because I can, and because I want to.
...Oh, baby, you know, I've really got to leave you / Oh, I can hear it callin 'me / I said don't you hear it callin' me the way it used to do?...
- Anne Bredon
T hese entitled claims are always funny to read on the forum, i am lts and i dont feel entitled.
R esponding to such comments on entitlement does nothing. some people wont want to understand son long as they paid for it.
O n the other hand though people shouldnt be so quick to call cryptic out on it in the short term since the long term gain outweighs the argument.
L ooking around over the years, it seems a constant there will always be those entitlement types. its a fact of life on this game and forum.
Lolololol
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
This is pretty much where I'm at. I've seen an awful lot of QQing and demanding refunds over the years (been playing and been a lifer since closed beta) and it always makes me laugh. Meanwhile, I'll enjoy the game and get out of it what I paid for it and be happy.
Lifer since Closed Beta, never looked back.
Were you there when the Borg invaded the Alpha Quadrant and we all had an End-of-the-Universe party on Risa? :cool:
In terms of being a customer who supports the game, yes it does.
1. Lifetimers - Ponied up a whole lot of money up front, and in good faith for Cryptic to do the game good.
2. Gold Subbers - Regularly paying money into the game, regardless if they actually buy anything.
Then you have the Freeloaders. The ones who don't pay any money into the game. Just because you acquire and spend Zen doesn't mean you've spent your money in this game. You can sell dil to get Zen, and in return, make those purchases while still not putting real money into STO & Cryptic's coffers.
So... let's say I'm running Cryptic (God help us all, right?). For the moment I have to prioritize who gets in due to some issues that I hope can be resolved soon. Who gets in first? The guys who have actually made the regular commitment and paid money (or Lifetimers, alot in a lump sum), or the guys who haven't given me s**t?
Let's see... I dunno... seems so hard to figure out :rolleyes:
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