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Research and Development Weekend [3/19 - 3/23]

pwlaughingtrendypwlaughingtrendy Member Posts: 2,966 Arc User
edited March 2015 in Galactic News Network [PC]
Hey Captains! The Research and Development weekend is returning shortly! This event will run this weekend from March 19th at 9AM PDT to March 23rd at 10AM PDT. This is a great opportunity to get ahead on all those schools you've been working on!

Check out our event details here.

~LaughingTrendy
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  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,164 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    The Iconians are on the verge of invading and you want us to craft? :eek:
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  • architect13architect13 Member Posts: 1,076 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    thay8472 wrote: »
    The Iconians are on the verge of invading and you want us to craft? :eek:

    Yes, something nice with popcicle sticks and pipe cleaners.
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  • pwlaughingtrendypwlaughingtrendy Member Posts: 2,966 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    thay8472 wrote: »
    The Iconians are on the verge of invading and you want us to craft? :eek:
    This will be a great opportunity for Captains to pool together resources for the incoming flux of new recruits. Grab a phaser and fight the Iconians!

    (But in all seriousness, don't advocate a new recruit charge an Iconian with just a phaser. That wouldn't ever end well.)
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  • dragonsbrethrendragonsbrethren Member Posts: 1,854 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    (But in all seriousness, don't advocate a new recruit charge an Iconian with just a phaser. That wouldn't ever end well.)

    Even if it's Mk XIV [CrtD]x4 [Dm/CrtH]?
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  • hyperionx09hyperionx09 Member Posts: 1,709 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    This will be a great opportunity for Captains to pool together resources for the incoming flux of new recruits. Grab a phaser and fight the Iconians!

    (But in all seriousness, don't advocate a new recruit charge an Iconian with just a phaser. That wouldn't ever end well.)
    But it wouldn't matter if we had you to lead us, with your Leek wand of power, and the legion of Undine who follow you.

    Lead us to victory, Trendy-sama!

    In all seriousness though, is there a catch to this event?

    Will R&D boxes only grant rewards if they're bought or obtained during this time period (kind of like Promotion Boxes)? Or do some that hoard R&D boxes get the bonus even if they stockpiled prior to the event?
  • pwlaughingtrendypwlaughingtrendy Member Posts: 2,966 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    hyperionx09 wrote: »
    But it wouldn't matter if we had you to lead us, with your Leek wand of power, and the legion of Undine who follow you.

    Lead us to victory, Trendy-sama!

    In all seriousness though, is there a catch to this event?

    Will R&D boxes only grant rewards if they're bought or obtained during this time period (kind of like Promotion Boxes)? Or do some that hoard R&D boxes get the bonus even if they stockpiled prior to the event?
    Well, I was trying to hide the fact that each R&D box is actually a hidden Undine agent waiting to infiltrate your ranks and then once the time is rig-

    Er. No. :)
  • antonine3258antonine3258 Member Posts: 2,391 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Sweet, I've got a char ready to hit Delta Rising and chomp through all those harvest node-filled maps.
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  • shevetshevet Member Posts: 1,667 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    This will be a great opportunity for Captains to pool together resources for the incoming flux of new recruits. Grab a phaser and fight the Iconians!

    (But in all seriousness, don't advocate a new recruit charge an Iconian with just a phaser. That wouldn't ever end well.)
    If the choice is between me doing it, and me sending a new recruit... "Good morning, Ensign Bob. Take this, and slip this shirt on while you're doing it. No, no, it's not red, it's... umm... crimson blush. Very stylish. Suits you."
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  • hyperionx09hyperionx09 Member Posts: 1,709 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    Well, I was trying to hide the fact that each R&D box is actually a hidden Undine agent waiting to infiltrate your ranks and then once the time is rig-

    Er. No. :)
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    But-but it's already hard enough dealing with a crew of Photonic Beings who "die" repeatedly and rarely ever get the ship sailing smoothly. What are we going to do if the Undine hijack our ships and turn them into lawn party boats?

    Although, it really would be funny if you/Cryptic would make a random NPC spawn when popping open those R&D boxes on April 1st, everything from a tribble on the ground to an Undine or Borg. Just for April 1st, so that they can't be abused like Party Amps, even though they do spawn an NPC visible to all on the same zone map.
  • lordhavelocklordhavelock Member Posts: 2,248 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    A) Thanks for the bonus R&D skill points. I have several Alts that could use the bump.

    B) I think so, but just want to confirm, during this bonus R&D weekend, do the C-Store R&D Packs get the extra 25% worth of goodies while also still having 10 Lobi or chance at the new T6 Bug from this event?

    In other words, this weekend, are both events in effect for C-Store R&D Boxes?

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  • pwlaughingtrendypwlaughingtrendy Member Posts: 2,966 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    dragonsbrethren wrote: »
    Even if it's Mk XIV [CrtD]x4 [Dm/CrtH]?
    You gave your new recruit that? He'll bloody well get us airlocked with that thing!
  • pwlaughingtrendypwlaughingtrendy Member Posts: 2,966 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    lordhavelock wrote: »
    A) Thanks for the bonus R&D skill points. I have several Alts that could use the bump.

    B) I think so, but just want to confirm, during this bonus R&D weekend, do the C-Store R&D Packs get the extra 25% worth of goodies while also still having 10 Lobi or chance at the new T6 Bug from this event?

    In other words, this weekend, are both events in effect for C-Store R&D Boxes?
    Yep! This weekend you'll find that any boxes that you get will be quite the opportunity. :)
  • lordhavelocklordhavelock Member Posts: 2,248 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    Yep! This weekend you'll find that any boxes that you get will be quite the opportunity. :)

    Cool, that's good news, and I'll pony up a couple bucks to add to my stipend and open a few boxes just for funsies.

    Oh, and I've ordered an extra ration of bacon to be transported to your location, by way of thanks for the quick reply.

    ;)

    P.S. You should mention that in this blog (I seem to recall historically similar cross-referencing reminders are added when events overrun each other).

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  • ab4r4xusab4r4xus Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    thay8472 wrote: »
    The Iconians are on the verge of invading and you want us to craft? :eek:

    The Iconians are gonna TRIBBLE neutronium when they come to kill us but we have Tier 30 gear and have turned every starbase into giant weapons systems.
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    This will be a great opportunity for Captains to pool together resources for the incoming flux of new recruits. Grab a phaser and fight the Iconians!

    (But in all seriousness, don't advocate a new recruit charge an Iconian with just a phaser. That wouldn't ever end well.)

    Grab my sword and fight the Horde?
  • gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    Well, I was trying to hide the fact that each R&D box is actually a hidden Undine agent waiting to infiltrate your ranks and then once the time is rig-

    Er. No. :)

    It's OK, I have a hidden Devidian in Starfleet ranks who can fight that threat. ;)

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  • daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    architect13 wrote: »
    Yes, something nice with popcicle sticks and pipe cleaners.

    I was thinking macaronis and Elmer's glue.

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  • lance1967lance1967 Member Posts: 49 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    I'm still getting back into the game. What is a Harvest Node?
  • farmallmfarmallm Member Posts: 4,630 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Good, I have a couple more schools to finish off. So this will help me out. Then I will have all schools at Lv15. Plus hope I can find more rare items from scanning.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    the objects on mission maps you can interact with to get materials.
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  • itslieutenantdanitslieutenantdan Member Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Its sad people complain every time you do anything. Its a MMO suck it up butter cup. Thanks Cryptic. For doing what you can to help us. PWE is known for this type of game play. Sto is the best of them all. Its not going to change till someone else buys it out. So hang on for the bumpy ride or just jump off.
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  • peterconnorfirstpeterconnorfirst Member Posts: 6,225 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    Hey Captains! The Research and Development weekend is returning shortly! This event will run this weekend from March 19th at 9AM PDT to March 23rd at 10AM PDT. This is a great opportunity to get ahead on all those schools you've been working on!

    Check out our event details here.

    ~LaughingTrendy

    Thx for the reminder. So is a better participation in PvE queued maps during weekend to be expected than we had on recent marks event? Empty queue lists don’t help me to change my weekend plans in favour of STO. In any case I will log 4 times the next few days to make sure my schools are running and help you on your log-in quota.
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    This will be a great opportunity for Captains to pool together resources for the incoming flux of new recruits. Grab a phaser and fight the Iconians!

    (But in all seriousness, don't advocate a new recruit charge an Iconian with just a phaser. That wouldn't ever end well.)

    Ahhh…

    Since we all seem to fight side by side against a common danger of imminent destruction how about you guys in the making of STO use this opportunity to make selectable modifiers on crafted items work?

    We get potent gear to fight your Iconians and you get happy customers in return.

    These are exciting times and there seems to be so much at stake. :rolleyes:
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  • bobbydazlersbobbydazlers Member Posts: 4,534 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    it would have been nice to see a higher chance to crit and get double or treble quantity or get quality booste return on items crafted during this event.

    also a 1 time claim free bonus crafting materials pack for each character would have gone down well.

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  • zedbrightlander1zedbrightlander1 Member Posts: 14,782 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    This will be a great opportunity for Captains to pool together resources for the incoming flux of new recruits. Grab a phaser and fight the Iconians!

    (But in all seriousness, don't advocate a new recruit charge an Iconian with just a phaser. That wouldn't ever end well.)

    WHY! Why did you guys make phasers suck so much? In the old days, they could even take off alien-bug infested head and then blowup the the ugly mother-ship bug living inside the body.

    But now... NOW they can barely tickle a tribble. You know what you need to do, don't you?

    In case you cannot tell, I kid. I must be kidding since this game a hugely expanded game of rock paper scissors. It's more like...

    Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock, Bird, Water, Phaser, Disruptor, Klingon Bat'leth, Nausicaan Tegolar Sword, Tsunkatse Falchion, Vulcan Lirpa, Vulcan Ahn'woon, Ushaan-tor, Varon-T Disruptor, Ferengi Energy Whip, Sonic Shower, Silicon, Duranium, Tritanium, Neutronium, Dilithium, Bio-mimetic gel,, Trellium-K, Argonite Gas, Radiogenic Particle, Plekton Particle, Dentarium, Craylon Gas, transparent aluminum, Adamantium, Kryptonite, Vibranium, Mithral, and about a million other similar fictional nouns.

    Now, if I could just figure out which fictional noun my Phasers trump, I'd be set.

    btw - I'm really good with Treknobabble if your team ever needs help with writing. Um, never mind. There are plenty of JAVAs for that. :)
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  • zedbrightlander1zedbrightlander1 Member Posts: 14,782 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    ab4r4xus wrote: »
    The Iconians are gonna TRIBBLE neutronium when they come to kill us but we have Tier 30 gear and have turned every starbase into giant weapons systems.



    Grab my sword and fight the Horde?

    Any chance at all that Iconians look like this.

    first thing i thought of when you said, TRIBBLE neutronium. :D
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  • phantrosityphantrosity Member Posts: 239 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    Well, I was trying to hide the fact that each R&D box is actually a hidden Undine agent waiting to infiltrate your ranks and then once the time is rig-

    Er. No. :)

    You mean the freebie R&D doffs, right?

    I mean, think about it. All these officers shipped to you in an unmarked box from 'starfleet', with no discernible skills or personality, who insist on working with all your weapons and shields?

    Sounds like infiltrators to me!
  • xablisxablis Member Posts: 236 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    The maps for the KDF sortie missions in Pi Canis sector do not reward any bonus materials, dilithium, or catalysts, just in case anyone at Cryptic cares about yet another KDF only issue.
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