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Mystery Event?

xtern1tyxtern1ty Member Posts: 796 Arc User
edited July 2013 in Feature Episodes, Events and PvE Content
I heard from an acquaintance who plays sto that a few days ago there was a special event. He said a popup came up notifying of this special limited time event in the middle of the game and he went to DS9 where he spoke to an npc and did this huge space action mission and after there was this massive ground boss on Bajor or DS9 (can't remember which) that took many players and tries to defeat. I can't find anyone else who knows about this event, can anyone please verify what it was about or find information?
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  • otowiotowi Member Posts: 600 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    xtern1ty wrote: »
    I heard from an acquaintance who plays sto that a few days ago there was a special event. He said a popup came up notifying of this special limited time event in the middle of the game and he went to DS9 where he spoke to an npc and did this huge space action mission and after there was this massive ground boss on Bajor or DS9 (can't remember which) that took many players and tries to defeat. I can't find anyone else who knows about this event, can anyone please verify what it was about or find information?

    Never heard of something like this. The space part sounds like the old DS9 fleet action, but I have not heard of any boss on DS9 or dirtside Bajor either. The only boss I know of on DS9 is the boss from the last mission in "The 2800" FE series.

    Sounds like some one tried to pull a fast one on you.

    Not saying it didn't happen, but I have not heard anything in game or seen any posts on the forums except yours about this "event" ever happening...
  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,521 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Did that friend mention if that event was on the holodeck or on tribble?
    This program, though reasonably normal at times, seems to have a strong affinity to classes belonging to the Cat 2.0 program. Questerius 2.7 will break down on occasion, resulting in garbage and nonsense messages whenever it occurs. Usually a hard reboot or pulling the plug solves the problem when that happens.
  • sampa4sampa4 Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    That sort of reminds me of when I was near the Sol System and a mystery mission had popped up and I had to defend ESD from the Terran fleet!
  • red01999red01999 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    When did these happen? This would be awesome if they started coming up regularly. That said, the only time I have ever seen these happen is once on Tribble many months ago (probably close to a year now - it was around when the time ships came out). And that wasn't so much a mission as it was a demonstration followed up by the devs spawning a lot of enemy ships, including some I'd never seen before.
  • pwebranflakespwebranflakes Member Posts: 7,741
    edited July 2013
    This sounds like a really cool idea, but it's not something that happens currently in STO.
    sampa4 wrote: »
    That sort of reminds me of when I was near the Sol System and a mystery mission had popped up and I had to defend ESD from the Terran fleet!

    Neither is this one, unfortunately. Is it possible you were playing the Mirror Incursion event? :)

    Cheers,

    Brandon =/\=
  • thegreendragoon1thegreendragoon1 Member Posts: 1,872 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I'm trying to recall, isn't there a mission in the Cardassian arc that "looks" like an alert sent out by DS9?
  • minmacdougalminmacdougal Member Posts: 182 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Sounds like one of those kids you'd remember from your elementary school who spread all these false rumors about video game secrets.
  • mewmaster101mewmaster101 Member Posts: 1,239 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    But you CAN get Mew under the truck, I did not lie about that :) (ah, back when internet was not used so much fun)
  • psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Those do indeed sound awesome. It would certainly enhance the wartime atmosphere to warp to ESD and find it under siege from the Klingons or the Borg, or find DS9 under attack by the True Way, or Qo'noS from the Fek'Ihri (again).
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  • crichtonsrcrichtonsr Member Posts: 31 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    This sounds like the old DS9 Fleet Action that was removed several seasons ago. There may also be a couple eps like it though - DS9 was always being attacked and incapacitated.
  • teklionbenrashateklionbenrasha Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Seriously, Captain Kurland has a seriously bad track record with losing his station.

    (Spoilers)

    It gets taken over by the Undine in one mission; infiltrated by the Terran Empire in another; and taken by the Dominion in another.

    To be honest, if that happened to me, I'd sit there and think, "You know, I don't know if this whole "captain of DS9" is something I'm cut out for.
  • sampa4sampa4 Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    pwebranflakes wrote: »
    This sounds like a really cool idea, but it's not something that happens currently in STO.



    Neither is this one, unfortunately. Is it possible you were playing the Mirror Incursion event? :)

    Cheers,

    Brandon =/\=

    I can swear on it! I distinctly recall starting the mission DIRECTLY from the Sol system! As such, I know for a fact that it wasn't a foundry mission and I never queued for a pve event when I was near there. When I did it, there was the normal menu with a button that said "Enter Sol System", but there also was another button (I'm sorry, it was a long while ago so I forgot what it said as well), which I clicked and had to battle against tons of Terran ships to defend ESD! I will admit, however, that I might have been dreaming that, but I don't know...
  • timelord79timelord79 Member Posts: 1,852 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    sampa4 wrote: »
    I can swear on it! I distinctly recall starting the mission DIRECTLY from the Sol system! As such, I know for a fact that it wasn't a foundry mission and I never queued for a pve event when I was near there. When I did it, there was the normal menu with a button that said "Enter Sol System", but there also was another button (I'm sorry, it was a long while ago so I forgot what it said as well), which I clicked and had to battle against tons of Terran ships to defend ESD! I will admit, however, that I might have been dreaming that, but I don't know...

    The way you describe it, it does sound like a Foundry mission. Are you 100% sure you didn't pick one up and completely forgot about it by the time you got to ESD the next time?
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    edited July 2013
    sampa4 wrote: »
    I can swear on it! I distinctly recall starting the mission DIRECTLY from the Sol system! As such, I know for a fact that it wasn't a foundry mission and I never queued for a pve event when I was near there. When I did it, there was the normal menu with a button that said "Enter Sol System", but there also was another button (I'm sorry, it was a long while ago so I forgot what it said as well), which I clicked and had to battle against tons of Terran ships to defend ESD! I will admit, however, that I might have been dreaming that, but I don't know...
    I had a dream like that.

    Are you sure it was a real mission?
  • sampa4sampa4 Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    nakedsnake001 wrote: »
    I had a dream like that.

    Are you sure it was a real mission?

    I thought it was! But, at this point, I really don't know anymore! :(
  • psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    timelord79 wrote: »
    The way you describe it, it does sound like a Foundry mission. Are you 100% sure you didn't pick one up and completely forgot about it by the time you got to ESD the next time?

    Except in the Foundry, there are no "doors" to the Sol System. So it couldn't have been a Foundry mission. :confused:
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  • sampa4sampa4 Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    psycoticvulcan wrote: »
    Except in the Foundry, there are no "doors" to the Sol System. So it couldn't have been a Foundry mission. :confused:

    That is why I am 100% POSITIVE that it was not a foundry mission. Also, I believe that I had actually HAPPENED to log on just then right in that location!
  • xtern1tyxtern1ty Member Posts: 796 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Hm, sounds like a mystery that will remain. I know the player who told me about the event was adamant that he saw it too, but there is no way of knowing if it was a mistaken foundry or surprise mission of the moment that comes up every once in a blue moon (no pun intended). There's not even any evidence it occurred at all. Let's hope if a mystery mission comes up in future, players will have their screenshot programs ready.

    Here is the full details as I remember:

    He said it was last week and he received the popup in game, after which he went to DS9 and spoke to a 'DS9 Event Coordinator'. He then did the massive space action after another popup which said up to 150 players can help defeat the enemies. I don't remember who he said the enemies were. After that he went to the ground and approached this statue of a boss figure whose feet were taller/bigger than his (the player's) head. Many players were rushing and it took the player many tries to win. At the end, he won and was rewarded 7k dilithium (that I remember specifically) and a bunch of other points, can't say which. Well, for the record, that's all the info I got for now.
  • psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    xtern1ty wrote: »
    Hm, sounds like a mystery that will remain. I know the player who told me about the event was adamant that he saw it too, but there is no way of knowing if it was a mistaken foundry or surprise mission of the moment that comes up every once in a blue moon (no pun intended). There's not even any evidence it occurred at all. Let's hope if a mystery mission comes up in future, players will have their screenshot programs ready.

    Here is the full details as I remember:

    He said it was last week and he received the popup in game, after which he went to DS9 and spoke to a 'DS9 Event Coordinator'. He then did the massive space action after another popup which said up to 150 players can help defeat the enemies. I don't remember who he said the enemies were. After that he went to the ground and approached this statue of a boss figure whose feet were taller/bigger than his (the player's) head. Many players were rushing and it took the player many tries to win. At the end, he won and was rewarded 7k dilithium (that I remember specifically) and a bunch of other points, can't say which. Well, for the record, that's all the info I got for now.

    150 players and 7k Dilithium doesn't sound real. Can't comment on the rest except to say, like everyone else, I've never heard of it.
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    -Thomas Marrone
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  • erockererocker Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    It's no mystery. It didn't happen.
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  • daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    f2pdrakron wrote: »
    The engine can barely handle 50 players let alone 150, even social maps that have no shooting are capped at 50 players.

    Dont believe me? Go to Defera Invasion Zone and change instances, you see the cap limits if they are filled or better yet, Risa since its bound to have some instances full.

    I thought They changed the cap to 75 a while back??
    I guess I lost track at some point.

    But yeah... 150 sounds like the friend was playing that game, in somebody's dream.
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  • origcaptainquackorigcaptainquack Member Posts: 614 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    the only time that sol was defended was when sol earth space station received a face lift and was attacked by everything including the crystal entity.


    for verification branflakes talk to d stahl or gecko or developer that has been here from the beginning.
  • redsnake721redsnake721 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I have seen screen shots of a tribble event on DS9 where they had to fight big Gorn Borg Boss. But it never made it to holodeck.
  • red01999red01999 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    daveyny wrote: »
    But yeah... 150 sounds like the friend was playing that game, in somebody's dream.

    The cap was/is at 72 or 75 or thereabouts. I think they revised it downwards recently, but I don't think engine strain was the reasoning for this.
  • zaynarzaynar Member Posts: 138 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    The only mission I can think of that sounds like this is 'Shutdown' in the Cardassian Struggle Arc. It, typically, pops up when you approach DS9 at any point after completing 'War Games.'

    Though for the longest time I have had an issue where it will pop up moments after I logged in regardless of where I was.

    Mission: Shutdown
  • futurepastnowfuturepastnow Member Posts: 3,660 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Yeah, it sounds like your friend got the mission pop-up for Shutdown and played it... while high or something.
  • contrarydecisioncontrarydecision Member Posts: 274 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Wow. You actually believed something like that.
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