I'd suggest something completelly different for next time. We have plenty of Foundry authors out there, and the Foundry could use some love. Why not give progress for completing the Foundry missions? It could be that only those, which qualify for standard Foundry rewards would count towards it, as we had it with 'Investigate Officer Reports' to avoid people playing some 2 minute grinder.
This event is nonsense. I'm still bent over the shenanigans with the stopped progress bar from last time. Until this even is more transparent, it's just whatever bonus they want to give us, and that's that.
I'd suggest something completelly different for next time. We have plenty of Foundry authors out there, and the Foundry could use some love. Why not give progress for completing the Foundry missions? It could be that only those, which qualify for standard Foundry rewards would count towards it, as we had it with 'Investigate Officer Reports' to avoid people playing some 2 minute grinder.
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if miss trendy has moved on, best of luck to her, I'm always happy to see nice people progress away from such places before it sucks them dry, even if that leaving takes away some of the shiny shiny.. and bacon.
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These events are boring and the "rewards" aren't really worth caring about. Did the last one even make it past Tier 2?
Perhaps if some of the social maps, or ANY map really, actually looked like there had been damage from the Iconians players might take more of an interest. Off screen "damage and casualties" just don't cut it.
^This. I actually posted a suggestion concerning this a couple weeks ago, one of the devs told me, that this is not gonna happen.
Until there is a numerical counter in which we can see that our completing a mission adds to said amount, this even is bullship.
It's not just that - I truly don't believe that the game engine is able to tally up all the donations to fleet projects or completed stfs in and of itself. I am convinced it is manually done. I'm not saying the metrics can't be generated, im saying that there no way for it to be done automagicly - also, I don't know of an easy system that they were able to copypasta to this end.
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While seems a good idea not sure how many people actually are or want to play foundry missions ... some of them can be quite hard considering we still meet lots of people with 2k space dps and under 100 ground. The idea is generally good, if implemented correctly can be fun imo.
It would be great for some kind of numerical progress bar on the tires, i seen lots of dubious stuff regarding that one.
For this event i don't care if its auto or manually set as long as we get tier 2 at least i missed the last one and have lots of stuff to do.
Until there is a numerical counter in which we can see that our completing a mission adds to said amount, this even is bullship.
It's not just that - I truly don't believe that the game engine is able to tally up all the donations to fleet projects or completed stfs in and of itself. I am convinced it is manually done. I'm not saying the metrics can't be generated, im saying that there no way for it to be done automagicly - also, I don't know of an easy system that they were able to copypasta to this end.
I'm not sure why you'd think that they've got someone manually tracking those numbers (with an abacus?) Implementing a server-side counter that increments by one every time any player completes a particular type of mission or performs some other action isn't exactly a heroic coding feat O_o
I'd suggest something completelly different for next time. We have plenty of Foundry authors out there, and the Foundry could use some love. Why not give progress for completing the Foundry missions? It could be that only those, which qualify for standard Foundry rewards would count towards it, as we had it with 'Investigate Officer Reports' to avoid people playing some 2 minute grinder.
Until there is a numerical counter in which we can see that our completing a mission adds to said amount, this even is bullship.
It's not just that - I truly don't believe that the game engine is able to tally up all the donations to fleet projects or completed stfs in and of itself. I am convinced it is manually done. I'm not saying the metrics can't be generated, im saying that there no way for it to be done automagicly - also, I don't know of an easy system that they were able to copypasta to this end.
I'm not sure why you'd think that they've got someone manually tracking those numbers (with an abacus?) Implementing a server-side counter that increments by one every time any player completes a particular type of mission or performs some other action isn't exactly a heroic coding feat O_o
Neat, could take these communal objectives a step further though by setting the requirements to something players don't typically do. Encouraging PVE participation is fine, but what about getting slightly more specific?
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^This. I actually posted a suggestion concerning this a couple weeks ago, one of the devs told me, that this is not gonna happen.
It's not just that - I truly don't believe that the game engine is able to tally up all the donations to fleet projects or completed stfs in and of itself. I am convinced it is manually done. I'm not saying the metrics can't be generated, im saying that there no way for it to be done automagicly - also, I don't know of an easy system that they were able to copypasta to this end.
Dude! Your Forum Icon: SUCH "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" I LUVIT!
P.S. We had to read that story in our English class...around the 10th grade or so...1987-ish. Please don't think I'm thinking of any Other incarnation of that story besides "the one we read out loud" in my 10th grade English class. Winky Blinky Wink Wink ;D
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It would be great for some kind of numerical progress bar on the tires, i seen lots of dubious stuff regarding that one.
For this event i don't care if its auto or manually set as long as we get tier 2 at least
I'm not sure why you'd think that they've got someone manually tracking those numbers (with an abacus?) Implementing a server-side counter that increments by one every time any player completes a particular type of mission or performs some other action isn't exactly a heroic coding feat O_o
i third the motion
Have you played this game even? lol
jodarkrider's idea sounds good to me, too.
Notable missions: Apex [AEI], Gemini [SSF], Trident [AEI], Evolution's Smile [SSF], Transcendence
Looking for something new to play? I've started building Foundry missions again in visual novel form!