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So yeah, right when I was about to claim a doff with my particle fragments, game decides to just take them away. I don't believe this.
Well I guess it's my fault for being slightly late, but still. Pretty annoying. :rolleyes:
Well I guess it's my fault for being slightly late, but still. Pretty annoying. :rolleyes:
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Sometimes I wonder if Cryptic unintentionally enjoys to trolling the customers.
How many threads complained about the last event? How many people raised concerned about the length and duration of the time gate event?
Junior Officer Appreciation.
>.<
So after doing over 124 cycles of MU I am faced with JO#$%^Appreciation.
I thought ok it can't be that bad right. Scan five particles (my mind was already resisting even that), I embarked on an epic tale of WTF.
Firstly I need to scan over 20 to get just 5.... on 1 of eight toons.
............................. wait for it
for a white doff.
I then hear I have to run that $%^&^ mission for 75 particles ([insert deity] knows how many miss fires included!!!) for 1 lousy purple doff.
Now my mind is going into road rage.....
So you expect it to be reasonable to consider it remotely attractive over a four day period to ask a RL working individual to collect 600 particles.
No you don't.
Its my problem that I have so many toons.
Its the principle behind the grind that has ensured I log in less and certain why I don't bother with events anymore.
Having multiple toons was never an issue until Season 8.
Now its impossible.
LOL I don't care if its a Betty Midler doff singing "Wind Beneath My Wings"!!!
Its not going to happpppeeeen!
I ran it, got my 75 particles and traded them in for a very-rare doff. I chose an engineering cadet to assist me during collection, so got a purple fabrication engineer, which was random luck of the draw within the engineering field. Not sure if operations doffs are part of the pool, if you selected engineering.
No, this event for free doffs will surely test even the hardcore grinder....
Ohh, fun fact. If you have any particles above the 75 required, the Prof takes them too.... :mad:
Edit: PS... took about 40 mins.... would have been less, but was having fun stunning then punching holographic Klingons....
Well now you've really created a quandry for me. I DO WANT that DOFF.
I was under the impression that the exocomp doff was gained by speaking to the chap next to the Doff kitty.
This scanning game is for a random doff.
Of course, another doff reward after the MU event.. maybe that is not the right choice.. but i dont think cryptic does things for the purpose of making a better game anymore. STO is not a "game" anymore, it is just a grind house that we can call our "hobby job".
Anyways, when i collected 75 particles, i was able to choose between an engineer doff, tactical doff or science doff. Even if i chose a tactical cadet in the beginning. It was not "random" for me.
The PvP tournaments gave up on me
Ah, ok.
That clarification helps.
Still, that Midler DOFF ...
You get bored quick and realize it's not worth the time.
Twenty-some "Particle collapsed. Keep searching!" messages in a row, I'm already past sick of it all over again. How many am I going to have to get to before the other 35 players, for an 80-90% chance it'll do nothing.
Eh, I'm sure people will have fun with it, but this was the one hourly I stopped after trying once, and bringing it back isn't changing my mind.
EDIT: Changed wording to be less "umad".
Anyway, I hated this event when it was an hourly, and did it... once, ever, maybe. It's just... awful, in every way. I figured I'd give it a try now, though. Free DOff, right?
Twenty-four "Particle has collapsed. Keep searching!" messages in a row, blerg. Not really feeling like it's worth it.
But well have one char left and started a romie to get some fun to the board ....
But I hope they gonna improve somehow otherwise it's a long time hanging on the balcony on DS9 !!
"Coffee: the finest organic suspension ever devised. It's got me through the worst of the last three years. I beat the Borg with it."
The free purple doff, exocomp or reman, is nice.
However, pity there's no alternate prize for those who already have it.
If the particles were a bit quicker to farm, or the rewards substantially better, I may have decided to run this........but they're not, so I'm not.
Having said all that, always happy to get some more CXP.
So, I'm not anoyed at this event.
Relatively pleased at a couple of the elements, properly meh at the other.
95% of mine collapsed. I abonended it. Grief-Event. Get your Free Mainteance DOff and leave the Academy.
I thought WoW's forums had angry elitist snobs, but I never could have imagined the level STO forums has.
I may pass on this part.
My Rom-KDF Reman Captain will appreciate getting a fine Reman Duty Officer, however.
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You don't HAVE to do this.
I thought WoW's forums had angry elitist snobs, but I never could have imagined the level STO forums has.
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bored,logged out.
Well...
...that is what "random" tends to mean. -shrug-
This game is more than grindy enough already, this new event seems pretty cool until you realize it's going to take 300+ scans to get the purple doff...
Though I did do MI for Hakeev, but at least that was in space. Ground=bad for me.
Now on to the other annoyance, "particle collapsed", which seems to happen about 80% of the time. I'd rather farm more particles at a much more consistent rate than have large stretches where nothing is being accomplished.
And finally, add more particles all over or relax the instance creation so more are made during this event.