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Mirror Invasion Event duration is too short
whamhammer1
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I don't understand why Cryptic makes these events available for only 21 days (3 weeks) when it essentially takes 14 days (2 weeks) to accomplish it. I know someone will pipe up with the 20 hour cool down, but it is pretty much once a day. I am sure that I am not the only one who plays this game that because they have real life commitments (work, familiy, etc.) can't be on two out of three days in a row. Why can't it be extended to a month (4 weeks = 28 days) to allow the "everyman" to get a chance to get these done?
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I was about to insult you because I thought you were asking for an increase to the duration of the mission (which takes too long already) :P
I agree, and I've said it before in other events, they could make it longer, indeed.
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If they wanted to use this short of a window for the events, a ten time requirement would make more sense than fourteen. But the account bound might be nice too.
er...think that through a bit.
Yes, if they were account bound the fourteenth run gets you the prize.
On one of those many, many toons. just one.
you want the prize on another toon? Another 14 runs please.
And do remember, that players with multiple toons tend to pay cryptic more money than most.
we buy toon slots, fleet modules, all manner of things.
we're good customers, so why not throw us a fricking bone now and then?
My brand new fancy red bike isnt too special if every kid on the block got one too.
lol...
Me too. I also support longer time frame.
In two events yesterday I had a four minute wait and a five and a half minute wait for phase two. Either keep the rifts coming or move the event along.
er.......you still seem to misunderstand.
The prize is won after 14 runs, whatever it is.
The runs are time gated, 20 hours apart, and there are only 21 days to do it.
At present, someone with multiple toons has to run, daily, as many times as he has toons that want the prize.
If the marks were made account bound, the number of runs per prize is utterly unaffected.
You'd see the prize turn up in smaller amounts earlier, but players could run their instances at a time more to their convenience.
and, for every one of the prizes in the game, the amount of time invested by a given player wouldnt change one bit.
Yes I totally agree, another week would be fine for people who can't get in every day. On my side I have the luck to be able to log in frequently, currently 9 out of 9 days done since event started, but I'm for giving a fair chance to all players out there.
Just to be sure I am clear on what you are asking:
You want cryptic to adjust the game to suit the needs of those that don't play regularly?
Apologies If I am misrepresenting your argument, and restate it if I have.
Assuming I have understood your stance:
Why not follow your reasoning to its logical conclusion.. In order not to exclude anyone lets give EVERYONE that logs in once the award.. no wait.. everyone with an account to 'allow "everyman" to get a chance'
I always thought the special events were DESIGNED to encourage players to log in everyday by offering a special reward to those that do.
a company is having a 2 day special sale, do you call them and ask them to extend the days because you are unable to make it there in those 2 days? no..
this is no different, its a "special event"..if they wanted everyone to get the rewards on every toon they had,it would be a "special giveaway".
But anyway, 14 needed, 15 minutes give or take, and 7 extra days to get it. Sure I wish I had time to do it on all 6 or 7 characters I have, but I am busy most days. But as it is, I decided perhaps too late to commit to doing it on even a second character lmao.
But, really..it's not difficult to find that 14 instances of enough time to do this in the span of 21 days.
If your real life commitments don't allow you fifteen minutes a day to call your own, you have much bigger problems in life than missing out on a video game promotion.
A few comments.
First sorry about the upcoming "wall of text" I really thought "Special events are DESIGNED to ENCOURAGE players to log in EVERY DAY" covered the whole reason for the event without further explanation.
Keep in mind we are talking about a special event. Entirely optional. Extra rewards IN ADDITION to the standard awards that you get for doing a STF. Special event is not required to play the game.
"The majority of gamers are a bit more casual" Um... what? More casual than what? IF 3 hours per day online 11 toons is casual... I don't want to think about hardcore gamer would look like.
Sarcasm aside. One persons definition of hard core vs casual gamer is unlikely to match anothers. Not to mention its beside the point. Special events are DESIGNED to ENCOURAGE players to log in EVERY DAY. "spreading out the time" would decrease the urgency and make it unlikely to motivate players to log in ever day.
"it wouldn't be much of a game if it were only made up of the hard core gamers" Nor would be much of a game if every player only logged in once per month. Again. NOT the point. Nor is who pays or doesn't pay for the game. Its a special event. Special rewards for those that want them enough to earn them. IF you don't have time to earn them (or just don't want to) you are not required to do so. Seems like you are trying to say if anyone plays the game they should be allowed to get the reward. Following that logic: What about players with busy schedules that can only play 1-2 days per month? 1x per month is still regular. Right? To be fair lets say if you do the event once, per month you STILL get the reward. (Extends event to 14 months now).. But wait.. what about vacations, military personnel... 1x per year is regular... hmm.. lets extend it to 14 years to be sure. Ridiculous? Totally.
BTW - I never said anything about someone playing regular. I said "special events were DESIGNED to encourage players to log in everyday by offering a special reward to those that do" Extending the time for whatever reason by any amount reduces the urgency and thus the odds that someone logs in everyday. Lets be honest. Cryptic does not care whether you get the award or not. Cryptic wants what every business wants. Customers to visit. That is why the special event is limited time and why arguments of "casual vs hardcore and/or regular player" are completely irrelevant.
" I have 11 toons and I like to play all of them. All at 50. It takes me 3 hours a day to complete this event on all my toons." SO? Sounds like cryptic has motivated you to log in everyday. Event working as planned as far as cryptic is concerned. That part of your argument actually supports NOT changing the times. (at least as far as Cryptic is concerned)
"It feels more like a job." IF a game feels like a job you are doing it wrong.
One could also argue if your real life commitments don't allow you fifteen minutes a day to call your own you don't have time to use the rewards from the special event anyway.
Seriously??? you are defninitely a worker from cryptic.
We not talking about having multiple toons, that is an option. The event is designed for 1 - 2 toons, not more, the "need" of adquiring the reward for other alts is just optional, but that is not the important matter of the issue.
Lets get this straight, you think that everybody should play forced almost 4 days in a week to do the event? is that your thinking??? you think STO is some kind of job that need to be done or you are not paid?? dont you realize this is a game?? that you cant enjoy it if you are forced to play whenever c ryptic wants???
The problem here is it seems you are new to the game. This is the way cryptic works, just a really tiny window to complete the event, only focused on players that spent so much time in front of the computer, that it will be hard to think they are not LFTs , monthly subscribers or people that literally pay thousands of dollars in zen every month.
A person who has a normal life, who works 8 hours a day, and he only have about 2 free hour time every day, its almost impossible to even play 30 minutes every day, that assuming that person can even log in in the day. Tell me how that is fair???? really??
There is no excuse of letting people only 25 days or so to complete the event. Cryptic as always, never cared about customers, only to gather $$$ at all costs.
The "need" of acquiring anything in the game is optional, because it's a game.
Nobody is forced to do anything, you're free to turn off the game and do something else.
If you have two hours of free time, that means you have two hours to play, not thirty minutes; further, the fifteen minutes a day the event takes leaves you a surplus of fifteen minutes based on your thirty minute schedule; further still, if you cannot log in every day, you have one third longer the amount of days than is necessary in order to complete the event.
The generally accepted word for an organisation founded with the intent to generate profit for it's founders, is a "business". Might I also point out that this event, and the entire game that surrounds it is completely free for you to play.
Is there any way to finish it after the official last day, similar to how you could purchase Qmendations to finish that event?
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