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The new Omega Molecule Mini-Game doesn't seem to work correctly (Scoring fails)

mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
edited January 2015 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Or it needs a better explanation.

It seems sometimes (most of the times?) when you start it, it doesn't register that you are actually capturing omega thingies.

If I understand it correctly, the Omega Molecule Interaction thing is supposed to only linger for some time after someone interacted with it first. Maybe the lingering interact and the actual ability to use it isn't synchronous, or the system just randomly glitches. Anyway, it looks it will be very difficult to complete the Daily until this gets patched. :/



By the way, in this mission you may finally benefit from additional transwarp locations, high warp speed engines, and faster quantum slipstream or transwarp recharge features from warp cores...
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  • armageddon771armageddon771 Member Posts: 36 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    I'm having the same problem it works fine sometimes and not others, and if you score zero it won't count the mission as competed so its next to impossible to get the qmendations
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  • pweadamanteuspweadamanteus Member Posts: 117 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    We are aware of a potential issue with multiple people interacting with the Omega nodes. This is being looked into and we will have more information as we track it down and make a fix (if necessary).
  • litchy74litchy74 Member Posts: 417 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    What a load of bollucks, mini games bugged did it even get play tested or just thrown out to the players. Great advertisement for the anniversary, what's the point, this is the best anniversary ever just like the expansion.........:mad:
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  • kodachikunokodachikuno Member Posts: 6,020 Arc User1
    edited January 2015
    pweadamanteus wrote: »
    We are aware of a potential issue with multiple people interacting with the Omega nodes. This is being looked into and we will have more information as we track it down and make a fix (if necessary).

    POTENTIAL ISSUE?!?! Try logging into your own game and playing it for once
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  • captinwh0captinwh0 Member Posts: 783 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    reddit chat is flaring with it, and i cant get a score ether, i even spawn camped one, i did it while no one elce was there and still got nothing
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  • gatsie7gatsie7 Member Posts: 141 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    It isn't working. Just goes to show how much this game fails, The Q hiding behind presents mini game is not working right and neither is the new omega one. Also PWE has shown us that playing the game often gets you screwed with the fact that I am only 7 specialization points from compeletion and they add a new branch to the whole thing and give us no free respec for it.

    I guess i can look on the bright side , won't be playing the game all that much anymore !
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  • captinwh0captinwh0 Member Posts: 783 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    *grabs popcorn*
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  • trelane87trelane87 Member Posts: 242 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    This could have been avoided if they put this on Tribble before release on Holodeck. When will you guys learn? :rolleyes:
  • lored2deathlored2death Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    captinwh0 wrote: »
    *grabs popcorn*


    Don't be a Cryptic. Share that delicious, buttery snack!
  • mightionnymightionny Member Posts: 128 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    If I were a cynic, I'd advise Cryptic to use their QA department for something besides populating the "Known Issues" field in the patch notes....

    If I were a cynic, that is.
  • captinwh0captinwh0 Member Posts: 783 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    lored2death wrote: »
    Don't be a Cryptic. Share that delicious, buttery snack!

    *Hands over bucket
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  • gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    gatsie7 wrote: »
    It isn't working. Just goes to show how much this game fails, The Q hiding behind presents mini game is not working right and neither is the new omega one.

    The old game...you mean Party Patrol is still on Holodeck this year? Is it some sort of second option to get your Qmendations?

    And if so, what is it doing wrong?

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  • darramouss1darramouss1 Member Posts: 1,811 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    pweadamanteus wrote: »
    We are aware of a potential issue with multiple people interacting with the Omega nodes. This is being looked into and we will have more information as we track it down and make a fix (if necessary).

    lol You mean you didn't actually game-test 5th Anniversary?!?!

    NO!!! NEVER!!! Surely Cryptic, the great game-testers couldn't have done that!! You guys are renowned amongst the gaming world for your thorough and in-depth game-testing.

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  • nyxadrillnyxadrill Member Posts: 1,242 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    mightionny wrote: »
    If I were a cynic, I'd advise Cryptic to use their QA department for something besides populating the "Known Issues" field in the patch notes....

    If I were a cynic, that is.

    There IS NO QA in Cryptic!!! This damn well proves it. Come on guys!!!! How unprofessional do you actually want to make yourselves look!!

    The amount of incompetence shown lately just staggers me!
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  • kozar2kozar2 Member Posts: 602 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    I'll say what everyone knows to be true. The PM of this game is a total fu(ktard who should be fired 10 times over for constantly (and I mean monthly) allowing releases that have obviously been through absolutely no QA/QC. I don't take joy in firing people at work but I would do this one with a :) Hell I'd even waive my standard fees.

    I have never seen such gross incompetence in my entire life.
  • valenn1valenn1 Member Posts: 842 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    trelane87 wrote: »
    This could have been avoided if they put this on Tribble before release on Holodeck. When will you guys learn? :rolleyes:

    I'm sure they tested it before...
    ... with like.... two people, how *unexpected* that now dozends of players on the same map try to interact with the same particle.
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  • asindar1asindar1 Member Posts: 89 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    I see there trying to put PVP back into the game - I don't think doing it as part of the Qmendation game was the right idea though. So anyone have an exploit that can force you into your own private instance so you have a chance at even getting one of these done a day not alone 3 separate location per day.
  • wraithshadow13wraithshadow13 Member Posts: 1,728 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    They need to give a better definition of how to play as well. Yes, i get that the thing goes up and down. I'm not a Pakled... Am I supposed to keep it stable as long as i can? am i supposed to fill the bubble and pop it? am i supposed to catch as many as possible to keep it stable?


    Oh, and yes, it would help if the damned game actually worked as well. I've (as well as many others) have been running around the social zones earning no points what so ever, and in some cases, getting autofailed for no reason. In one case, it autofailed and gave me a blue particle.

    If this is a limited time grind, then you need to fix it so people can actually play it.
  • bloodyrizbloodyriz Member Posts: 1,756 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Yeah this mini-game is fully borked! Gonna make it hard to get to 1000 Qmendations in time, that's for sure.
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  • abystander0abystander0 Member Posts: 649 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    It would have been nice if this had been tested before it went live. Seriously, this is ridiculous.


    Possible solutions for fixing this might be to spawn 100 of those omega mini-game interaction items across the map instead of just 3. Another idea is to simply make it so the players are taken to a private instance to play the mini-game, so that you don't have the issue of multiple players bugging it.
  • darramouss1darramouss1 Member Posts: 1,811 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    What's the bet there'll be another patch tomorrow?
  • gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    darramouss1 wrote: »
    What's the bet there'll be another patch tomorrow?

    Fairly good per one of Smirk's recent posts. Sounds like emergency maintenance of some sort is a possibility.

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  • kapla1755kapla1755 Member Posts: 1,249
    edited January 2015
    pweadamanteus wrote: »
    We are aware of a potential issue with multiple people interacting with the Omega nodes. This is being looked into and we will have more information as we track it down and make a fix (if necessary).


    Pretty sure it more than a Potential Issue

    *Notice the lack of score even though it lights up when you grabbed a molecule.

    Its bad enough we have to run all over the social zones [ think it is 5 separate maps] looking for a random spawning particle and then it doesn't even give a score and you can't use that particle to try again. Hmmm seems like a Fail to me.


    PS side issue what is with the special mission ship parts only being offerred on certain days, so if you miss that day your outta luck?


    PSS whoever thought that was a fun time needs to re-evaluate as its not.
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  • gatsie7gatsie7 Member Posts: 141 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    darramouss1 wrote: »
    lol You mean you didn't actually game-test 5th Anniversary?!?!

    NO!!! NEVER!!! Surely Cryptic, the great game-testers couldn't have done that!! You guys are renowned amongst the gaming world for your thorough and in-depth game-testing.

    [/sarcasm]

    It is at the academy and there are 2 q's at the same spot and if not then during the box movment there are 2 either way go for only the one that you saw move
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  • gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Do you still use the Party Poopers to get Qmendations as well, or just the Omega game?





    (And yes, I know it's not officially "Party Poopers," but that's what I have called them in previous years. ;) )

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  • zensutrazensutra Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Seems like the mini-Q game only gives you 5(!) marks of choice or 240 dil now, no Q-mendations. That's reserved for their new borked mini-game. I was wary when it said only 2 would spawn, thought they would have learned by now how much we enjoy scavenger hunts.

    Also, to be fair to QA since I've known some testers, they're the lowest on the totem pole of developers. They can submit reports all day long, but ultimately it's the programmers/designers/artists' jobs to fix it. You can have the best QA in the world, but when the devs don't fix it, it's the same end result to us as if they were the worst. Think of how many bug reports we've reported over the years; they still can't be bothered to fix the word 'destabilize' (in game as destabalize) in Traits and DOff missions, for pity's sake.

    But this isn't unusual for them; when Legacy of Romulus launched, they only had ONE Tholian Red Alert in Tau Dewa to worry about as a Feature. It took them a year to fix that so we wouldn't warp into empty maps. I'm not even going to start on Loadouts.
  • tigerariestigeraries Member Posts: 3,492 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Just fix it so you only need to do the mission for the ship... like how they eventually removed the req to do the snow battle.
  • rmackiermackie Member Posts: 97 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    pweadamanteus wrote: »
    We are aware of a potential issue with multiple people interacting with the Omega nodes. This is being looked into and we will have more information as we track it down and make a fix (if necessary).

    If necessary? thanks for the laugh, it is pretty necessary, as you can get the 400 qmarks from the feature episode, but it is next to impossible to get the daily qmarks, I am hoping it is fixed tomorrow, as it will be hard to get the 1000 needed for the ship...keep us informed cryptic, hope that isn't too much to ask
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  • swatopswatop Member Posts: 566 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    make a fix (if necessary).
    if necessary?

    it is necessary because it is totally bugged!
  • zero2362zero2362 Member Posts: 436 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    trelane87 wrote: »
    This could have been avoided if they put this on Tribble before release on Holodeck. When will you guys learn? :rolleyes:

    You really think that would have made a difference? Last time a major bug was found on tribble cryptic ignored it untill well after it was brought onto holodeck and didnt make a move to fix it until a large portion of the player base were using it to power level despite it being hevily reported
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