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  • tonyalmeida2tonyalmeida2 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    The Blogs???????
    pvp = small package
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    were are those blogs anyway? doing all that on launch day now instead of earlier in the week?

    You have to follow their tweet replies over on Twitter to get information these days. The blogs won't be out until tomorrow...

    https://twitter.com/PWECaptainSmirk/with_replies
  • tonyalmeida2tonyalmeida2 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    You have to follow their tweet replies over on Twitter to get information these days. The blogs won't be out until tomorrow...

    https://twitter.com/PWECaptainSmirk/with_replies

    that might just be the dumbest thing ive ever read. cant even post it on their own forums that there wont be blogs until tomorrow. what a joke. e2 press is gonna be a nightmare since they cant even manage a half season with some degree of competency.
    pvp = small package
  • sfc#5932 sfc Member Posts: 992 Bug Hunter
    edited July 2014
    that might just be the dumbest thing ive ever read. cant even post it on their own forums that there wont be blogs until tomorrow. what a joke. e2 press is gonna be a nightmare since they cant even manage a half season with some degree of competency.
    They did. Re-read the first page, specifically Trendy's posts, please.
  • breadandcircusesbreadandcircuses Member Posts: 2,355 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Hrmmm, no information in the patch notes about the conversion of current Data Samples and Particle Traces. Does this mean that the Particle Traces are still a random Material, and thus you can end up with Common or Uncommon instead of Rare?

    Should we hold off on converting our Particle Traces should this change or is this not going to change and we should just go ahead and convert them? Or did I totally miss a dev comment somewhere stating this had already changed?

    Keep them. Run the queues for the Rare and Very Rare materials as you won't need them for a long time unless you spend dilithium to bypass the timers. The Particle Traces could be kept in order to sell on the Exchange to folks that really want Accolades, especially with the loss of Exploration Accolades. That's my thought anyway...
    Another thing that might have been nifty to mention in the Release Notes since it has come up in 9001 threads would have been what happens for the folks that already maxed crafting in the current system...cause we're likely to see 9001 more of those threads.

    It's a pair of Accolades/titles ("R+D - Dabbler" and "R+D - Genius") and a doff, last I saw; haven't heard of the doff was set to anything other than Common, though.
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  • donburritodonburrito Member Posts: 39 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    They did. Re-read the first page, specifically Trendy's posts, please.

    Yes they announced it now... on the forums... that most people never bother reading. It is a sign of incompetence that they don't have the Dev Blog posts already posted with just over 12 hours before this all goes live. This whole release is one giant cluster****. No buildup, no "official" announcements about any of this, and too many major KNOWN ISSUES that are still being pushed live tomorrow. This game is really going downhill fast.
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  • reginamala78reginamala78 Member Posts: 4,593 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    No secondary deflectors?
  • donburritodonburrito Member Posts: 39 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    No secondary deflectors?

    Nope. One of the devs (I think it was Hawk) replied to questions about it on the Tribble forums last week that they still aren't ready yet when they were announced almost 6 months ago now. Gotta love it lol
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  • risian4risian4 Member Posts: 3,711 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    "Pricing rebalance for Reputation and Fleet items:

    Mk 12 Space Items, except consoles, in Reputation Store systems costs 22,500 Dilithium.
    Mk 12 Ground Items in Reputation Store systems costs 7,500 Dilithium.
    Reputation Space Set Items cost 32,500 Dilithium.
    Reputation Ground Set items cost 9,000 Dilithium.
    Fleet Advanced Gear is 10,000 Dilithium for Space items.
    Fleet Advanced Gear is 3,750 Dilithium for Ground items.
    Fleet Elite Gear is 15,000 Dilithium for Space items.
    Fleet Elite Gear is 5,000 Dilithium for Ground items.
    For all Fleet gear, the Dilithium prices are in addition to the required amount of fleet credits for each item."

    I'm curious: will dilithium prices still be lower for fleets that have completed the mine holding? Since each tier involved a reduction in Dilithium store costs...
  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    No problem!

    11 pages of patch notes need to be processed? No problem!
    Xindi Lock Box blogs ready to go up? No problem!
    Season 9.5 Is Live blog ready to go up? No problem!
    Coffee machine is broken? Unbridled rage :mad:

    In general, I support the update. I'm not a fan of the new doff UI (frankly, that thing stinks), but everything else seems good. I LOVE the uniform and Foundry updates, and the crafting system is fine by me.

    As for your coffee machine...

    Well. See the link in my sig. Show up there, and I will send you a virtual billion and a virtual gold-plated coffee machine.

    :D

    VERY excited for the Xindi lockbox.

    Thanks, Trendy!
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    They did. Re-read the first page, specifically Trendy's posts, please.

    Um...these are the posts from the first page.
    Hi Captains,

    We will be bringing down Star Trek Online tomorrow, Thursday, July 17th, at 7AM PDT (click here to view in your timezone) for our weekly scheduled maintenance and to apply a new patch for Season 9.5. Patch notes can be found here, and we expect this maintenance to last for 3 hours. The test server, launcher and access to manage your account may also be unavailable during some portions of the maintenance.

    Thanks for your patience and understanding,

    - The Star Trek Online Team
    No problem!

    11 pages of patch notes need to be processed? No problem!
    Xindi Lock Box blogs ready to go up? No problem!
    Season 9.5 Is Live blog ready to go up? No problem!
    Coffee machine is broken? Unbridled rage :mad:
    Remember folks. Now is the last chance for you to hop into Risa and enjoy the waves! I'll see you on there tonight, Captains!

    So where exactly was the post stating that the blogs won't be available until tomorrow?

    /facepalm
  • hajmyishajmyis Member Posts: 405 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    No problem!

    11 pages of patch notes need to be processed? No problem!
    Xindi Lock Box blogs ready to go up? No problem!
    Season 9.5 Is Live blog ready to go up? No problem!
    Coffee machine is broken? Unbridled rage :mad:


    Xindi lockbox......what, I am so surprised, did not see that coming.....
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  • eradicator84eradicator84 Member Posts: 1,116 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    In patch notes:
    Aegis Covariant Shield Array:

    Previous skill bonuses have been replaced with direct increases to the stats they previously affected.
    This means increased Shield Power and Shield Capacity.
    Added a ResAll Mod.
    The former 3-piece Set Bonus Adaptive Shielding is now a base aspect of the Aegis Shield.

    Adaptive, or Reactive Shielding?

    Fleet shields adapt and apply resist to shields. Aegis Reactive builds a resist that applies to hull only.
    Unless sto wiki entry is completely wrong about old set bonus.
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  • pwecaptainsmirkpwecaptainsmirk Member Posts: 1,167 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Hey forum folks,

    Just to clarify, neither myself nor Trendy decide the publication schedule.

    In fact, I don't have any control over the content publications as of nearly 3 months ago now.

    Trendy is tied to the publication schedule that is decided by the management teammates above her. So please don't take your frustrations out on poor Trendy, she is doing everything she is allowed to do in order to bring these blogs out on time.

    After BranFlakes departure, Cryptic/PWE hired a new Product Manager to oversee publication and keep everything on schedule, and bring up to date info the the players.

    As you are all aware, this transition has not been the smoothest transition ever (to put it mildly) but we are working very hard to highlight these issues, and the delay with the Xindi LockBox blogs as well as the lack of any major official announcement about S9.5 release dates are great examples for us to show the management that we need to plan better before we head into Season 10.

    With the Las Vegas convention fast approaching, my time is being focused on planning the convention and making sure we have things ready to go. But with the launch tomorrow, I will be redoubling my efforts to bring the needed changes to the entire STO publication machine, including the Forums, Facebook and Twitter.

    We will have plenty to share with you over the next few months, and we thank you all for your patience over the last several weeks as we built to 9.5, and we thank you in advance for your patience as we work to improve our team engine leading into post launch.

    Enjoy Season 9.5 tomorrow everyone, and we will see you in game!

    ~CaptainSmirk
  • spacebaronlinespacebaronline Member Posts: 1,103 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Hey forum folks,

    Just to clarify, neither myself nor Trendy decide the publication schedule.

    In fact, I don't have any control over the content publications as of nearly 3 months ago now.

    Trendy is tied to the publication schedule that is decided by the management teammates above her. So please don't take your frustrations out on poor Trendy, she is doing everything she is allowed to do in order to bring these blogs out on time.

    After BranFlakes departure, Crytpic/PWE hired a new Product Manager to oversee publication and keep everything on schedule, and bring up to date info the the players.

    As you are all aware, this transition has not been the smoothest transition ever (to put it mildly) but we are working very hard to highlight these issues, and the delay with the Xindi LockBox blogs as well as the lack of any major official announcement about S9.5 release dates are great examples for us to show the management that we need to plan better before we head into Season 10.

    With the Las Vegas convention fast approaching, my time is being focused on planning the convention and making sure we have things ready to go. But with the launch tomorrow, I will be redoubling my efforts to bring the needed changes to the entire STO publication machine, including the Forums, Facebook and Twitter.

    We will have plenty to share with you over the next few months, and we thank you all for your patience over the last several weeks as we built to 9.5, and we thank you in advance for your patience as we work to improve our team engine leading into post launch.

    Enjoy Season 9.5 tomorrow everyone, and we will see you in game!

    ~CaptainSmirk


    A.K.A - you miss Brandon:(:P
  • tonyalmeida2tonyalmeida2 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Hey forum folks,

    Just to clarify, neither myself nor Trendy decide the publication schedule.

    In fact, I don't have any control over the content publications as of nearly 3 months ago now.

    Trendy is tied to the publication schedule that is decided by the management teammates above her. So please don't take your frustrations out on poor Trendy, she is doing everything she is allowed to do in order to bring these blogs out on time.

    After BranFlakes departure, Cryptic/PWE hired a new Product Manager to oversee publication and keep everything on schedule, and bring up to date info the the players.

    As you are all aware, this transition has not been the smoothest transition ever (to put it mildly) but we are working very hard to highlight these issues, and the delay with the Xindi LockBox blogs as well as the lack of any major official announcement about S9.5 release dates are great examples for us to show the management that we need to plan better before we head into Season 10.

    With the Las Vegas convention fast approaching, my time is being focused on planning the convention and making sure we have things ready to go. But with the launch tomorrow, I will be redoubling my efforts to bring the needed changes to the entire STO publication machine, including the Forums, Facebook and Twitter.

    We will have plenty to share with you over the next few months, and we thank you all for your patience over the last several weeks as we built to 9.5, and we thank you in advance for your patience as we work to improve our team engine leading into post launch.

    Enjoy Season 9.5 tomorrow everyone, and we will see you in game!

    ~CaptainSmirk

    not bad. post more things on forums, instead of solely on twitter though.
    pvp = small package
  • askrayaskray Member Posts: 3,329 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    No problem!

    11 pages of patch notes need to be processed? No problem!
    Xindi Lock Box blogs ready to go up? No problem!
    Season 9.5 Is Live blog ready to go up? No problem!
    Coffee machine is broken? Unbridled rage :mad:

    Wait wait wait. You guys have like 3 little "cooking areas" (or was it 2 and a mini counter?) And only ONE coffee machine!?

    WHO DESIGNED THAT OFFICE?!
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  • hajmyishajmyis Member Posts: 405 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Hey forum folks,



    As you are all aware, this transition has not been the smoothest transition ever (to put it mildly) but we are working very hard to highlight these issues, and the delay with the Xindi LockBox blogs as well as the lack of any major official announcement about S9.5 release dates are great examples for us to show the management that we need to plan better before we head into Season 10.


    ~CaptainSmirk

    LOL, so did you just call out your boss? I mean to show "management" we need to plan better. I think you went over to bosses head. lmao.


    btw season 10? so no new expansion?
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  • spacebaronlinespacebaronline Member Posts: 1,103 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    OMG - after only 2 years - it's fixed!!
    Addressed an issue in "Colony Invasion" that could cause players not to get credit when beaming out diplomats.

    Looking forward to more bugs being squashed(and hopefully no new ones:eek: )
  • breadandcircusesbreadandcircuses Member Posts: 2,355 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Hey forum folks,

    Just to clarify, neither myself nor Trendy decide the publication schedule.

    In fact, I don't have any control over the content publications as of nearly 3 months ago now.

    Trendy is tied to the publication schedule that is decided by the management teammates above her. So please don't take your frustrations out on poor Trendy, she is doing everything she is allowed to do in order to bring these blogs out on time.

    After BranFlakes departure, Crytpic/PWE hired a new Product Manager to oversee publication and keep everything on schedule, and bring up to date info the the players.

    As you are all aware, this transition has not been the smoothest transition ever (to put it mildly) but we are working very hard to highlight these issues, and the delay with the Xindi LockBox blogs as well as the lack of any major official announcement about S9.5 release dates are great examples for us to show the management that we need to plan better before we head into Season 10.

    With the Las Vegas convention fast approaching, my time is being focused on planning the convention and making sure we have things ready to go. But with the launch tomorrow, I will be redoubling my efforts to bring the needed changes to the entire STO publication machine, including the Forums, Facebook and Twitter.

    We will have plenty to share with you over the next few months, and we thank you all for your patience over the last several weeks as we built to 9.5, and we thank you in advance for your patience as we work to improve our team engine leading into post launch.

    Enjoy Season 9.5 tomorrow everyone, and we will see you in game!

    ~CaptainSmirk

    My reply about us forum denizens biting your head off applies to this as well...
    /spitsoutsmirkylilhead

    Oh fine, at least there's some form of warning... and he's not the one that decided to send out an unfinished product, or when. Still, he should show his bosses the tooth marks (or just the forums both in S9.5 feedback and this) and ask for more leeway to discuss things openly within the company's own forums. Especially when one person says something is in alpha and then it goes live with little to no revisions. Seriously bosses, look at the tooth marks... help the poor guy out, it's not like you didn't know what you were doing.

    ...but please try to forward not just the concerns about the Dev Blogs and general communication methodology, but also our collective concerns over the lack of responsiveness in the Tribble testing/feedback -> Holodeck release process. This would be an excellent opportunity to address the growing perception that Tribble testing doesn't actually accomplish terribly much; I've seen folks comment that this is normal, to be expected, and has not changed for quite a few Seasons now. If it did change, though, you'd have to deal with less shipstorms when things do show up on Holodeck. ;)
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  • jackal1701apwjackal1701apw Member Posts: 669 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Hey forum folks,

    Just to clarify, neither myself nor Trendy decide the publication schedule.

    In fact, I don't have any control over the content publications as of nearly 3 months ago now.

    Trendy is tied to the publication schedule that is decided by the management teammates above her. So please don't take your frustrations out on poor Trendy, she is doing everything she is allowed to do in order to bring these blogs out on time.

    After BranFlakes departure, Cryptic/PWE hired a new Product Manager to oversee publication and keep everything on schedule, and bring up to date info the the players.

    As you are all aware, this transition has not been the smoothest transition ever (to put it mildly) but we are working very hard to highlight these issues, and the delay with the Xindi LockBox blogs as well as the lack of any major official announcement about S9.5 release dates are great examples for us to show the management that we need to plan better before we head into Season 10.

    With the Las Vegas convention fast approaching, my time is being focused on planning the convention and making sure we have things ready to go. But with the launch tomorrow, I will be redoubling my efforts to bring the needed changes to the entire STO publication machine, including the Forums, Facebook and Twitter.

    We will have plenty to share with you over the next few months, and we thank you all for your patience over the last several weeks as we built to 9.5, and we thank you in advance for your patience as we work to improve our team engine leading into post launch.

    Enjoy Season 9.5 tomorrow everyone, and we will see you in game!

    ~CaptainSmirk

    This one post has done an incredible amount in my eyes to communicate with us and to explain the issues of recent times. Alot of the frustration that I have been feeling feels completely misplaced/misdirected.

    Thank you for the honesty, and thank you for the work that you do.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

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  • kirksplatkirksplat Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Hey forum folks,

    Just to clarify, neither myself nor Trendy decide the publication schedule.

    In fact, I don't have any control over the content publications as of nearly 3 months ago now.

    Trendy is tied to the publication schedule that is decided by the management teammates above her. So please don't take your frustrations out on poor Trendy, she is doing everything she is allowed to do in order to bring these blogs out on time.

    After BranFlakes departure, Cryptic/PWE hired a new Product Manager to oversee publication and keep everything on schedule, and bring up to date info the the players.

    As you are all aware, this transition has not been the smoothest transition ever (to put it mildly) but we are working very hard to highlight these issues, and the delay with the Xindi LockBox blogs as well as the lack of any major official announcement about S9.5 release dates are great examples for us to show the management that we need to plan better before we head into Season 10.

    With the Las Vegas convention fast approaching, my time is being focused on planning the convention and making sure we have things ready to go. But with the launch tomorrow, I will be redoubling my efforts to bring the needed changes to the entire STO publication machine, including the Forums, Facebook and Twitter.

    We will have plenty to share with you over the next few months, and we thank you all for your patience over the last several weeks as we built to 9.5, and we thank you in advance for your patience as we work to improve our team engine leading into post launch.

    Enjoy Season 9.5 tomorrow everyone, and we will see you in game!

    ~CaptainSmirk


    nevermind.

    /10chars
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • landdonlanddon Member Posts: 44 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Well Captain Smirk, are you'll going to reconsider the removal of "Exploration" component of this game or not? I'm going to give you all a reasonable amount of time to respond and after that I'm going to cease my subscription. The ball is in your quys court!
  • eradicator84eradicator84 Member Posts: 1,116 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Good post smirk. I would say to "management" that this has been a very fumbled lead up to S9.5, the worse I've seen for STO imo.

    If Xindi lock boxes are coming in this upcoming patch (I'm still confused about this), there's a complete lack of information and as a result hype and I would've thought lost sales potential on launch.
    If the blogs aren't up before key sale finishes, I dare say you just shot yourself in the foot. :S

    In this day and age, and as crowd funded games are showing, communication and engagement with your player base is a big part of a games ongoing success, disregard that notion at your own peril.

    More information sooner is always better, even if you have to correct things later or explain alterations to plans. It actually gives us an understanding of how things are developing/evolving. I miss the time before the PR blackout PWE I think introduced way back, information was more free flowing and was great to keep up with.

    Gecko is seemingly the last bastion of free flowing (as possible) insider information around, although adjudicatorhawk does a pretty good job these days too.

    Feel free to pass this "up the chain".
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  • zeuxidemus001zeuxidemus001 Member Posts: 3,357 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Didn't anyone tell this person who hasn't really done their job that the paychecks and cups are for work that person is supposed to be doing? lol

    College kids these days they get out into the real world and they think its just selfies, paychecks, and free cups.
  • baddmoonrizinbaddmoonrizin Member Posts: 11,007 Community Moderator
    edited July 2014
    landdon wrote: »
    Well Captain Smirk, are you'll going to reconsider the removal of "Exploration" component of this game or not? I'm going to give you all a reasonable amount of time to respond and after that I'm going to cease my subscription. The ball is in your quys court!
    Content:

    Star Cluster maps are no longer available to access for all factions.
    The associated Exploration missions have also been removed.

    You already have your answer right there.
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  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    The other announcement we never got was the one detailing the schedule for the end of the Summer Event. We had a very detailed one for the end of the Winter Event that specified when the event was shut down, that you had until the end of the month to turn in items and spend stuff in the Event 'Store', etc. Nothing this time. I assume that the circus is pulling down the tents and leaving town completely all at once.

    Too many things scheduled for the same day and in a very rushed and late manner. Almost like politicians announcing something after 5PM just before the Weekend to avoid the prime news cycle.

    Normally one would think they were trying to jack up sales for the end of the fiscal quarter, but that was last month. Must want to get this all out for the upcoming conventions
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  • cookiecrookcookiecrook Member Posts: 4,543 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Very disappointing that all of the Tribble feedback has fallen on deaf ears and this disaster waiting to happen is being shoved out. :(
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  • mhall85mhall85 Member Posts: 2,852 Arc User1
    edited July 2014
    Coffee machine is broken? Unbridled rage :mad:

    One word: Aeropress. :D
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  • druhindruhin Member Posts: 7 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    donburrito wrote: »
    Nope. One of the devs (I think it was Hawk) replied to questions about it on the Tribble forums last week that they still aren't ready yet when they were announced almost 6 months ago now. Gotta love it lol

    Yup. Announced 6 months ago, not ready. New Crafting system announced 2.5 months ago, DEFINITELY not ready, but still being pushed live. Cryptic's modus operandi for the past 4.5 years.
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