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  • daltonimperialdaltonimperial Member Posts: 47 Arc User
    Is maintenance generally longer when a holiday event begins, or is it planned to be the usual 2-3 hours?
  • sennahcheribsennahcherib Member Posts: 2,823 Arc User
    like I work before, I'm not very interested by the winter event, but i'm going to try the race for the ship; and only for the starship trait. But please, for this kind of events (winter & summer), try to add new stuff sometimes :)
  • breadandcircusesbreadandcircuses Member Posts: 2,355 Arc User
    edited December 2015
    like I work before, I'm not very interested by the winter event, but i'm going to try the race for the ship; and only for the starship trait. But please, for this kind of events (winter & summer), try to add new stuff sometimes :)

    They did add new stuff; there's a new PvE, new rewards (ship, gear, toys, pets, etc.), and a new currency. Not sure about that last bit, but whatever, I'd have stocked up for next year anyway. Plus, this leaves folks willing to spend Lobi as bug testers for the rest of us where the Rezreth (and it's console, set, Starship Trait, etc.) is concerned.
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  • thelunarboythelunarboy Member Posts: 412 Arc User
    edited December 2015
    Do you think one day it might be possible to have space maps for the winter event. I think a snow laden version of the Dyson Sphere (that's the obvious place to do it), would look very festive. It would feel like being in a giant snowglobe.

    You could call it the Ice-on Sphere.

    I was just thinking it might be a way to add an extra dimension to the winter event.
  • khamseenairkhamseenair Member Posts: 2,640 Bug Hunter
    edited December 2015
    Frosted boots for new toons in T minus 3 hours and 30 minutes! It's sad that's the one item I most look forward to from the winter event haha.

    *Disclaimer: I'm not saying I don't look forward to other aspects of the winter event (it's my favourite in game event), but the boots are at the top of my wishlist every time I create a new toon.
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  • gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    Do you think one day it might be possible to have space maps for the winter event. I think a snow laden version of the Dyson Sphere (that's the obvious place to do it), would look very festive. It would feel like being in a giant snowglobe.

    You could call it the Ice-on Sphere.

    I was just thinking it might be a way to add an extra dimension to the winter event.

    Haha, that's cute. I like it. :)

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  • zedbrightlander1zedbrightlander1 Member Posts: 14,782 Arc User
    Raveh II is a very wintry looking place.
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    It's the last planet that you can visit during the Mission: Cold Case. Maybe some Foundry user types can make a Christmas Party Planet kind of mission.

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  • tinyfistedtinyfisted Member Posts: 193 Arc User
    [sings to the tune of Alvin and the Chipmunks christmas song]

    Win...ter Wonderland is heeeere!
    Gingerbread and butterbeer!
    We've been good... (Well, not _too_ bad!)
    Even Klingons! (Don't be mad!)

    Pilot ships can loop-the-loop
    Undine ships are full of goop!

    Snorgs are cute and full of hate
    [beat] Please Q, don't be late!
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  • theillusivenmantheillusivenman Member Posts: 438 Arc User
    tinyfisted wrote: »
    [sings to the tune of Alvin and the Chipmunks christmas song]

    Win...ter Wonderland is heeeere!
    Gingerbread and butterbeer!
    We've been good... (Well, not _too_ bad!)
    Even Klingons! (Don't be mad!)

    Pilot ships can loop-the-loop
    Undine ships are full of goop!

    Snorgs are cute and full of hate
    [beat] Please Q, don't be late!

    That's cute, I loved it, thank you!

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  • rakhohl#4803 rakhohl Member Posts: 39 Arc User
    I do like the Winter event. The new attack on the Gingerbread Village is fun, as are most of the other events. They're kind of packed together now with so many events one after the other. That's OK, though. The race for the ship is easy enough and it is nice that I only have to do it on a single character, now.

    The one thing that I really, really don't like is that epohh tags can only be earned through the PVP race. The race is not particularly fun, obnoxious players make it worse, and having to "grab the flag" at the end just makes it an unpleasant experience. I've come to rely on the epohh slave trade to earn enough reputation points to get the ship and ground sets because I simply don't have the time to play all the PvE queues (the Badlands Battlezone does help, though). During the Summer event, I can easily collect enough bird eggs during the Horga'hn Hunt to get the space set. Not so with the Winter event.

    I know that development for this year is done, but please consider adding some kind of non-PVP method of obtaining Epohh tags to the Winter event for next year.

    It is also entirely possible that there is some method of getting tags of which I am unaware. If so, please let me know!
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  • ageroth1ageroth1 Member Posts: 129 Arc User
    edited December 2015
    I have three things I'd like to sugeest for improving the winter event. 1: Increase duration of the freeze mmunity to at least five seconds after thawing, so that snowmen can't freeze players two+ times in a row simply because their health hasn't fully regenerated. 2: Reduce cooldown on all holiday ornament weapons, ie turrets. 2 minutes is more than enough but 4-5 is excessive. 3: Add some new music for the winter event combat please? The regular game music isn't really fitting for this event.
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  • misterperseusmisterperseus Member Posts: 71 Arc User
    Eggs to finish chef missions are missing. The circle appears but no node. When the new road was put in did the eggs get covered over, or forgotten to be put back in?
  • sennahcheribsennahcherib Member Posts: 2,823 Arc User
    edited December 2015
    Eggs to finish chef missions are missing. The circle appears but no node. When the new road was put in did the eggs get covered over, or forgotten to be put back in?

    yes, I had also this problem. poorly rewarded curiosity :p
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    Eggs to finish chef missions are missing. The circle appears but no node. When the new road was put in did the eggs get covered over, or forgotten to be put back in?

    yes, I had also this problem. poorly rewarded curiosity :p
    hit V to scan. last year I discovered some of them were in some stupid locations. Walk to circle.... look underneath pebble....
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  • khamseenairkhamseenair Member Posts: 2,640 Bug Hunter
    I too have had the issue with the eggs. I went to the place marked on the map and scanned around a bit and it does look like the item is spawning under the new 'road' to the Gingerbread Village. ​​
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  • captaincelestialcaptaincelestial Member Posts: 1,925 Arc User
    It would be nice if the Winter Event could include a 'Space zone' aspect next year. Let's say the surrounding the Winter Event zone is a giant snowglobe with snow instead of stars. Assimilated Icecubes vs. feastive treat ships (perhaps based on STO's Constitution class cruiser, D-7 battlecruiser, and the Romulan Bird of Prey (or warbird as they are called these days)).
  • adrianasrxadrianasrx Member Posts: 61 Arc User
    Eggs to finish chef missions are missing. The circle appears but no node. When the new road was put in did the eggs get covered over, or forgotten to be put back in?

    Its not just eggs its any item that is put there, I have experienced it with gelatin. I was able to complete it once but not sure how I was able to get it
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2015
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  • thlaylierahthlaylierah Member Posts: 2,987 Arc User
    It would be nice if the Winter Event could include a 'Space zone' aspect next year. Let's say the surrounding the Winter Event zone is a giant snowglobe with snow instead of stars. Assimilated Icecubes vs. feastive treat ships (perhaps based on STO's Constitution class cruiser, D-7 battlecruiser, and the Romulan Bird of Prey (or warbird as they are called these days)).

    I was thinking this would be nice as well.

    Maybe fight a Borg Ice Cube.

    I wouldn't make festive ship weapons though.

    Not everyone likes "Ground Trek."
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    adrianasrx wrote: »
    Eggs to finish chef missions are missing. The circle appears but no node. When the new road was put in did the eggs get covered over, or forgotten to be put back in?
    Its not just eggs its any item that is put there, I have experienced it with gelatin. I was able to complete it once but not sure how I was able to get it
    Maybe if you stand directly on top of the node?
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  • misterperseusmisterperseus Member Posts: 71 Arc User
    Haven't had to get gelatin yet, but mint is just barely able to be had. Literally had to be right on top of the little glow showing thru the snow.
  • thelunarboythelunarboy Member Posts: 412 Arc User
    It would be nice if the Winter Event could include a 'Space zone' aspect next year. Let's say the surrounding the Winter Event zone is a giant snowglobe with snow instead of stars. Assimilated Icecubes vs. feastive treat ships (perhaps based on STO's Constitution class cruiser, D-7 battlecruiser, and the Romulan Bird of Prey (or warbird as they are called these days)).

    I was thinking this would be nice as well.

    Maybe fight a Borg Ice Cube.

    I wouldn't make festive ship weapons though.

    Not everyone likes "Ground Trek."

    It's almost like nobody reads my posts sometimes. :'(:p
  • yakodymyakodym Member Posts: 363 Arc User
    Okay, it was my first time in WW. Since I'm not really in the market for alien ships, it was just about the gadgets from the store... Running around eating pies and pewpewing snow borg almost took a whole day of my life, and then I realized I can get ornaments from the exchange. Bought 500 of each, bought modules, boots and manuals for relevant toons within 15 minutes, sold leftover ornaments, and now I can pretend the Winter Event never happened :wink:
  • rllaillieurllaillieu Member Posts: 351 Arc User
    Is there any way to get Event Vouchers other than that stupid PvE race or lobi? My buddy is trying to convince me to get the new ship, but I just want to punch my computer every time I do the race (and lose) and I'm a poor person, so yeah.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    practice the race. it's not really hard when you know what to do.
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  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,917 Arc User
    edited December 2015
    I second markhawkman-I practiced for a long time on empty track till I found a system that worked for me. Will I 'win' race first time every time now? No, but I will win eventually since you have unlimited restarts. And I will win this ship.

    What worked for me was dashing through places where I could run straight and then frog hop when I reached a big curve till I was about halfway around it. Really, frog hopping (mashing spacebar as fast as you can) does slow you down and you don't have to stop. I even frog hop through that last, almost ninety-degree turn in the epohh tag race and never have to slide or stop.
    Now a LTS and loving it.
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  • misterperseusmisterperseus Member Posts: 71 Arc User
    Is anyone else having problems with the fast and the flurrious race? I cant get the darn thing to accept the "join race" toggle most of the time and about half the time when I do get to race it CDTs when grabbing the flag at the end. Getting 2 tags an hour is maddening. They dont want us to get marks now?
  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,917 Arc User
    No, I haven't had a problem joining either race and have raced both races back to back. I have heard of some who have had problems joining the second race after running the first, though.

    I hope you figure out what your problem is.
    Now a LTS and loving it.
    Just because you spend money on this game, it does not entitle you to be a jerk if things don't go your way.
    I have come to the conclusion that I have a memory like Etch-A-Sketch. I shake my head and forget everything. :D
  • guljarolguljarol Member Posts: 980 Arc User
    I think that if you take 1st-3rd place in the first race, you can't join again. Otherwise you can. I didn't test it thoroughly, but so far I didn't have a case to disprove this. Maybe it's WAI: "give others a chance" kind of thing?​​
  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,917 Arc User
    I was able to rejoin after taking a third place flag last night.
    Now a LTS and loving it.
    Just because you spend money on this game, it does not entitle you to be a jerk if things don't go your way.
    I have come to the conclusion that I have a memory like Etch-A-Sketch. I shake my head and forget everything. :D
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