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Small XP Tokens getting a nerf

ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,571 Arc User
edited October 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Today's Tribble Patch Notes indicate that the Small XP Tokens are being reduced to 1,000 bonus from 3,000. Price remains the same at 200 Zen. Expect this in Thursday's patch.
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    daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    ltminns wrote: »
    Today's Tribble Patch Notes indicate that the Small XP Tokens is being reduced to 1,000 bonus from 3,000. Price remains the same at 200 Zen. Expect this in Thursday's patch.

    Apparently, another "Exploit" that the player-base shouldn't be using...

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    hyplhypl Member Posts: 3,719 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    Holy ****, this keeps getting better and better... :D
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    lowy1lowy1 Member Posts: 964 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    ltminns wrote: »
    Today's Tribble Patch Notes indicate that the Small XP Tokens are being reduced to 1,000 bonus from 3,000. Price remains the same at 200 Zen. Expect this in Thursday's patch.

    Keeps getting better and better.
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    mikiiymikiiy Member Posts: 216 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    ltminns wrote: »
    Today's Tribble Patch Notes indicate that the Small XP Tokens are being reduced to 1,000 bonus from 3,000. Price remains the same at 200 Zen. Expect this in Thursday's patch.

    Kinda hillarious change, i mean who'd pay zen for 3,000 xp.. thats like 5-10 kills in space, those were such a ridiculous rip off.. The only XP potions that were worth something were time-based ones.
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    hyplhypl Member Posts: 3,719 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    Clearly someone at PWE is high as ****... lol
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    ashkrik23ashkrik23 Member Posts: 10,809 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    Who buys these anyway?
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    xenificationxenification Member Posts: 615 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    hypl wrote: »
    Clearly someone at PWE is high as ****... lol

    after hearing and seeing all this... I wish i was :/:D
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    prierinprierin Member Posts: 7 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    I have come to the conclusion that Cryptic is sick and tired of STO but as long as players log in they're stuck with it. So they had a Grinch-like ingenious plan: make the game unplayable, or so unworthy of being played, and the players will leave. No players = no need to update content. No need to update content = they can focus on newer, more fun things…
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    sotek23sotek23 Member Posts: 9 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    you all don't see the genius behind the idea, this will make us all buy them in big quantities before they change them that's why they announce it.


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    lucho80lucho80 Member Posts: 6,600 Bug Hunter
    edited October 2014
    Anyone buying these is throwing their money away.

    That boost needs 3 zeroes added to it.
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    ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,571 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    sotek23 wrote: »
    you all don't see the genius behind the idea, this will make us all buy them in big quantities before they change them that's why they announce it.


    PD. Just a healthy sarcasm.

    Probably true though. I know when they announced in the Patch notes for Holodeck some months back that the next day they were correcting the price of the Hirogen Armor in the Lobi Store from its incorrect 50 Lobi price to the correct 200, many people (including myself) picked it up that night.
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    daan2006daan2006 Member Posts: 5,346 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    so they are nerfing something they made knowing what it does and how it be used but still asking zen for it cryptic you so funny :D
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    strykewolf67strykewolf67 Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    ltminns wrote: »
    Today's Tribble Patch Notes indicate that the Small XP Tokens are being reduced to 1,000 bonus from 3,000. Price remains the same at 200 Zen. Expect this in Thursday's patch.

    Wait...did folks actually pay 200 zen for 3000xp? ROFLMFAO.
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    ussinterceptussintercept Member Posts: 627 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    prierin wrote: »
    I have come to the conclusion that Cryptic is sick and tired of STO but as long as players log in they're stuck with it. So they had a Grinch-like ingenious plan: make the game unplayable, or so unworthy of being played, and the players will leave. No players = no need to update content. No need to update content = they can focus on newer, more fun things…

    Nah this is all PWE. Go play any other PWE game and youll see what we're beginning to see here in STO. The only difference is players in those games openly accept this sort of business model.

    STO has had a very laid back F2P model. Mostly because its oriented towards the Western Demographic. But PWE has been slowly pushing the monetization of every aspect of the game since it took over a few years ago. DR was their chance to paygate an entire area of the game. And Cryptic has probably been ordered to do everything they can to keep it that way.

    Theres only two ways of this ending though. They get away with it and players actually start putting out more money. Or Players will leave in droves. Mostly because Western gamers have avoided game models like this. It probably wont kill the game. But it will set Cryptic back significantly and there wont be any large Expansions like DR and LoR after this.
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    warmaker001bwarmaker001b Member Posts: 9,205 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    3k xp bonus wasn't worth jack before. But reducing the bonus to just 1k now? They should just delete it altogether.
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    tarastheslayertarastheslayer Member Posts: 1,541 Bug Hunter
    edited October 2014
    warmaker001b wrote: »
    3k xp bonus wasn't worth jack before. But reducing the bonus to just 1k now? They should just delete it altogether.

    No kidding, today is proving to be a hell of a comedy sketch, it's just writing itself :P
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    deaftravis05deaftravis05 Member Posts: 4,885 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    tarastheslayer wrote: »
    No kidding, today is proving to be a hell of a comedy sketch, it's just writing itself :P

    I'm shaking my head at the bad business plan here.
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    postagepaidpostagepaid Member Posts: 2,899 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    Those xp tokens arrived when the game was throwing xp at every opportunity and you could easily hit 50 before running out of content. I'd be curious to find out if anyone actually bought those ever.

    If the nerf goes live it will be truly laughable.
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    peterconnorfirstpeterconnorfirst Member Posts: 6,225 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    reyan01 wrote: »
    Flippin heck – they really ARE determined to prevent players from doing anything that speeds up the levelling process! Even to the point where they’ll make a C-store item less desirable to purchase?!

    Someone at PWE is making some catastrophically bad decisions.

    You are correct or they simply want to stall for time until they have sorted out how to deal with general PvE endgame.

    I’ve been playing STO for almost three years and for the first time the entire game flees broken. Never had that one b4 considering a running if not flawless system less than 2 weeks ago.
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    swatopswatop Member Posts: 566 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    Wait until cryptic is nerfing all the other XP rewards from npcs and missions. You would be glad to pay 200 zen for 1000 xp then :rolleyes:
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    edited October 2014
    umm I almost said guys but that is sexiest and on here i think speciesism as well ;)

    I like to think I always call it as it is not as I see it or want to see it.

    this is simply putting an item at its specified stat with no nerf or mod reduction.

    this item had one function bonus xp. that it was set wrong was a free oops. its getting fixed.

    now if you want to suggest a mod/price change, bundle deal go ahead but saying its a nerf come on.


    loot drops in STF"s that was a nerf.

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    grayfoxjamesgrayfoxjames Member Posts: 1,516 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    swatop wrote: »
    Wait until cryptic is nerfing all the other XP rewards from npcs and missions. You would be glad to pay 200 zen for 1000 xp then :rolleyes:

    Yup I have a huge feeling this is coming...and it might not ever get announced just an "intelligence" (stealth) nerf to XP in general. They'll probably do something like x ship gave 200 XP for killing it. Now it will be like 125 XP or something like that.

    Someone needs to make note of current 60 XP per ship.
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    greyhame3greyhame3 Member Posts: 914 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    The only time this is useful is at very low level, even at 3000xp. Seems like a silly thing to change if they are looking at targeting higher level since there are much better things to spend Zen on.
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    aelfwin1aelfwin1 Member Posts: 2,896 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    So is this a plot to get you to buy the BIG XP boosts ?
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    mightybobcncmightybobcnc Member Posts: 3,354 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    I think this officially qualifies those items as the biggest ripoff in the C-Store.
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    mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    What is the cost of the Big XP cost, and what does it grant?

    It could easily be a basic math problem. if Big XP boost is more costly than Small XP boost, it's pointless, anyone that can do addition figures out that the Small XP boost is the better choice.
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    lordmalak1lordmalak1 Member Posts: 4,681 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    ashkrik23 wrote: »
    Who buys these anyway?

    They also drop from lockboxes.

    Anyone know if they stack ? I should start popping all mine ASAP.
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    architect13architect13 Member Posts: 1,076 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    The XP Boosts in the C-store have been updated.They are now available in 3000 and 10,000 skillpoint versions, with no increase in price.The former 1000 and 6000 versions are no longer available for purchase.Any existing Large and Small XP Boosts remain unchanged.

    They seem to change all the time . . . From the October 14 patch notes.



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