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Bonus Marks Weekend!

pwlaughingtrendypwlaughingtrendy Member Posts: 2,966 Arc User
in Galactic News Network [PC]
Captains! We're happy to announce that our Marks Weekend returns! From Thursday 2/18 at 9AM PST until Monday 2/22 at 10AM PST, Star Trek Online will be running a special weekend event where you can earn Bonus Fleet or Reputation Marks by playing content throughout the game!

MARKS! Marky mark mark marks!

~Morrigan "LaughingTrendy"
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  • angrytargangrytarg Member Posts: 11,008 Arc User
    So, you say we should mark your words?​​
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  • psychoplattpsychoplatt Member Posts: 285 Arc User
    you are sure it is marks and not xp? The Calendar Shows xp!
    nice u wasted so much time in your sig - i do not see it anyway :)
  • pwlaughingtrendypwlaughingtrendy Member Posts: 2,966 Arc User
    psychoplatt wrote: »
    you are sure it is marks and not xp? The Calendar Shows xp!

    The Blog That Morrigan Linked wrote:
    We will be updating the in-game calendar to reflect the change to the Marks Weekend Event!
  • nickcastletonnickcastleton Member Posts: 1,212 Arc User
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    psychoplatt wrote: »
    you are sure it is marks and not xp? The Calendar Shows xp!

    The Blog That Morrigan Linked wrote:
    We will be updating the in-game calendar to reflect the change to the Marks Weekend Event!

    This is very disappointing for me, i was looking forward to upping up some low level characters.
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  • nebfabnebfab Member Posts: 672 Arc User
    Well, several my alts could use more marks... Still disappointed it's not XP.
  • jcswwjcsww Member Posts: 6,828 Arc User
    Can't we have Marks and XP in the same weekend, please? This would greatly benefit everyone.
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  • warspirit85warspirit85 Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    Marks Weekend

    It's... very sad...
  • dalolorndalolorn Member Posts: 3,655 Arc User
    nickcastleton wrote: »
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    psychoplatt wrote: »
    you are sure it is marks and not xp? The Calendar Shows xp!

    The Blog That Morrigan Linked wrote:
    We will be updating the in-game calendar to reflect the change to the Marks Weekend Event!

    This is very disappointing for me, i was looking forward to upping up some low level characters.

    I is sad. You is condemning mediocrity to Reman, and to Tarhedian, and to Vulcan.

    But, I is condemning Reman bubble-guarder to Reman, and I is happy.
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  • daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    edited February 2016
    I guess I'll just mark my time till tomorrows patch then.
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  • keletteskelettes Member Posts: 488 Arc User
    edited February 2016
    I was hoping to earn some xp and improve my specializations, but bonus marks are good too. :smile:
    • I still have toons that have yet to earn the rep gear I planned for them
    • I can turn any excess marks into dil

    Never say no to dil :3
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  • daciaeternadaciaeterna Member Posts: 219 Arc User
    edited February 2016
    I already have enough marks, and they are easy to do anyway. Some XP event would be better imo. BUT on the other hand if they postpone this normal XP event for a better one aka "fill this stuff this week to enjoy rewards next one" i'd wouldn't say no :).
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    • daltonimperialdaltonimperial Member Posts: 47 Arc User
      edited February 2016
      Any particular reason why this was changed the day before the XP bonus weekend? I bought extra character slots from last weekend's ZEN bonus in anticipation of the bonus XP weekend.

      My maxed characters can use marks more than new characters need extra XP, so I'm not too disappointed but just would like to know why the change was made so late.
    • evs2011evs2011 Member Posts: 56 Arc User
      The calender serves no purpose if you change events at short notice, please stick to it or remove it.
    • culexofborgculexofborg Member Posts: 27 Arc User
      edited February 2016
      This is ridiculous... I was deathly ill last bonus xp weekend and couldn't level up my second toon. Now, there is gonna be a bonus mark weekend and my second toon can't even do rep yet and needs to level up to use the gear that will actually make a difference that I crafted last weekend.. My primary toon is done with all rep except iconian..

      I agree with evs2011.. what is the point of the in-game calendar if everything is just gonna be changed 24 hours before anyway.
    • daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
      evs2011 wrote: »
      The calender serves no purpose if you change events at short notice, please stick to it or remove it.

      One would think that They probably have a Master Plan, when making these decisions...

      ????

      Nope, Naaah, Nada, Never mind...

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    • protoneousprotoneous Member Posts: 3,159 Arc User
      Boo.

      The calendar has shown a bonus XP weekend for quite a while. You should stick to your calendar (or even better just normalize rewards in-game).
    • evilmark444evilmark444 Member Posts: 6,951 Arc User
      pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
      psychoplatt wrote: »
      you are sure it is marks and not xp? The Calendar Shows xp!

      The Blog That Morrigan Linked wrote:
      We will be updating the in-game calendar to reflect the change to the Marks Weekend Event!

      WHAT!? SERIOUSLY!? Two weeks ago I saw that this XP weekend was coming up and made plans to finally level my romulan and klingon alts ... I literally have no reason to play this weekend if that's been canceled ... I really couldn't care less about marks ... was waiting for my tax money so I can grab the T6 flagship bundle but instead I think I'm just going to play something else for the next 6 months or so. Not gonna say I'm quitting cause I'm a lifer and i know I'll be back, but Jesus am I disappointed right now.
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    • thegrandnagus1thegrandnagus1 Member Posts: 5,166 Arc User
      Personally, I don't really care about the change from xp to marks. But I am simply curious, why did this change occur? Who decides this, and why?
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    • alcyoneserenealcyoneserene Member Posts: 2,414 Arc User
      The real news is: don't trust the calendar, expect anything, and don't bother preparing.

      Also, 2 really good events (Dil and Bonus Marks) overlapping the Omega event now. At least the shuttle event hasn't happened at the same time.

      Look forward anyways as I can only farm so much Omega per day.
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      That's Cryptic consistency and the players love it. /sarcasm
    • kavasekavase Member Posts: 771 Arc User
      thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
      Personally, I don't really care about the change from xp to marks. But I am simply curious, why did this change occur? Who decides this, and why?

      I am as well.

      Although I'll venture a guess and say it was an error on the calendar.
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    • cbrjwrrcbrjwrr Member Posts: 2,782 Arc User
      nickcastleton wrote: »


      This is very disappointing for me, i was looking forward to upping up some low level characters.

      Same, I had just made four new characters who could really use a bonus experience weekend.

      Oh well.
    • ncc1701z5ncc1701z5 Member Posts: 26 Arc User
      I just want to point out that on the announcement page for this on arc, the picture with all the people and marks above them is missing the iconian and terran marks :)
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    • thegrandnagus1thegrandnagus1 Member Posts: 5,166 Arc User
      kavase wrote: »
      thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
      Personally, I don't really care about the change from xp to marks. But I am simply curious, why did this change occur? Who decides this, and why?

      I am as well.

      Although I'll venture a guess and say it was an error on the calendar.

      The question then would be, mistake or no, why not simply do what the calendar said, since that is what people were expecting? I mean, they actually *control* what type of weekend they put in, so it's not like the marks weekend was some unstoppable force of nature that they had to go with even if the calendar was wrong. Again, I'm not upset by this at all, I'm just curious why they act the way they do about these things :p
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    • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
      edited February 2016
      Ok, will the Omega Awards that you can run after you Unlock the Krenim ship be eligible for the Bonus? I noticed lately that the ambiguous terminology has been used to indicate what gets the Bonus - 'content that is eligible'.

      I guess that prevents the problem like all the Announcements that indicated that Bonuses apply to this and that and including such and such (for both Dilithium and Marks). Then the EP or Devs come back at a later date and announce that they are removing the Bonus from the thises or thats because you players were exploiting, in effect, what we told you that you could do.

      Did anyone see any announcement that, even though the Dilithium Rewards from Admiralty were eligible for the Bonus, the 30k award from completing the 10 of 10 KDF Tour of Duty was not. The beauty of using 'content that is eligible'. It lets you redefine that any time you want.
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    • kavasekavase Member Posts: 771 Arc User
      thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
      kavase wrote: »
      thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
      Personally, I don't really care about the change from xp to marks. But I am simply curious, why did this change occur? Who decides this, and why?

      I am as well.

      Although I'll venture a guess and say it was an error on the calendar.

      The question then would be, mistake or no, why not simply do what the calendar said, since that is what people were expecting? I mean, they actually *control* what type of weekend they put in, so it's not like the marks weekend was some unstoppable force of nature that they had to go with even if the calendar was wrong. Again, I'm not upset by this at all, I'm just curious why they act the way they do about these things :p

      You just never know, perhaps it is an unstoppable force and FAW doesn't do anything!

      But yes, still curious like you are.
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    • captaincelestialcaptaincelestial Member Posts: 1,925 Arc User
      jcsww wrote: »
      Can't we have Marks and XP in the same weekend, please? This would greatly benefit everyone.

      Ms. Marks and Mr. XP had a falling out. :hushed:
    • captaincelestialcaptaincelestial Member Posts: 1,925 Arc User
      protoneous wrote: »
      Boo.

      The calendar has shown a bonus XP weekend for quite a while. You should stick to your calendar (or even better just normalize rewards in-game).

      They previously had an error where none of weekend events were showing. Perhaps we should stick with that calendar instead? ;)
    • daciaeternadaciaeterna Member Posts: 219 Arc User
      edited February 2016
      evs2011 wrote: »
      The calender serves no purpose if you change events at short notice, please stick to it or remove it.
      This. We use the calendar to prepare for events, buy things, reserve real life time to play this game.You added this calendar for this purpose and to encourage players to plan ahead. Changing this overnight with no prior announcement its not nice.
      Like he said, if you don't plan on sticking with your own calendar just remove it. Better than to give false info imo.
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      • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
        cbrjwrr wrote: »
        nickcastleton wrote: »
        This is very disappointing for me, i was looking forward to upping up some low level characters.
        Same, I had just made four new characters who could really use a bonus experience weekend.

        Oh well.
        Actually I'm pretty sure it was a Crafting Xp weekend and not a regular xp weekend anyways.
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