Ugh that surfboard race is so annoying, just like the winter PvP race. It's not who crosses the finish line first like it should be but who clicks the randomly placed marker first, so you can be screwed if you are technically first or second.
Latency prevents it from being simply who crosses the line first.
That's the excuse.
So why doesn't latency prevent it from being who clicks on a flag first? Because the system is so dysfunctional to begin with that lag can't possibly make it any worse.
I am interested at seeing the ship stats in advance, so I can plan accordingly.
I have always been too wrapped up in real life to undertake the Summer events, so far, sadly, so this will be my first one. Interestingly enough the summer event is the only yearly event I've ever missed.
Event starts on the 9th, so it will likely be announced tomorrow or Monday, with the changes and rewards described Tuesday, and the ship stats posted Wednesday. That's the typical pattern for the Summer/Winter events.
As far as piloting the floater, I prefer RPG mode. Just hold both buttons and fly like your ship, and use the spacebar to get altitude when needed. Getting a top-tier floater is best; it's definitely worth the time saved on the ship gate runs.
Hopefully we get another Ferengi ship this year - the tooltip for the Nandi console is already mentioning a "Battle Module 4000". If anyone's ships would be found everywhere, it's them.
Ugh that surfboard race is so annoying, just like the winter PvP race. It's not who crosses the finish line first like it should be but who clicks the randomly placed marker first, so you can be screwed if you are technically first or second.
Latency prevents it from being simply who crosses the line first.
That's the excuse.
So why doesn't latency prevent it from being who clicks on a flag first? Because the system is so dysfunctional to begin with that lag can't possibly make it any worse.
It's not that they CAN'T, Champions does it with Circus Malvanum.
But Circus Malvanum doesn't give out different prizes based on placement. It's just bragging rights. and yes, it is a PITA to learn the Circus Malvanum course. Anyone who thinks Risa is hard needs to try more challenging content.
But I digress..... If two players are nearly tied, each will see themselves in the lead as they cross the line. Your local client shows your current position and the other players at where they were a second or two ago.
But I digress..... If two players are nearly tied, each will see themselves in the lead as they cross the line. Your local client shows your current position and the other players at where they were a second or two ago.
And I repeat, why is this a problem with a finish line but not with a flag? Because the flag system sucks so bad that players aren't at all surprised to be shafted by it.
Of course, an honest game would just call an ambiguous finish a tie and give both players the 1st place reward.
Players posting they got 2nd place even though they crossed the finish line first (from their perspective or whatever) would get the unconditional support of the community, but the flag system doing the exact same thing is still defended. Because players expect the flag system to mess up the finishing order. Because that's what it's designed to do.
Circus Malvanum seems to record races times down to 1/10th second. But as you said, looking at the leaderboard after the race is over is the only way players can know who got top score. But no one really cares because CM gives everyone the same prize no matter what order they finished. CM scoring is worth naught but bragging rights.
Capture the flag gives players a more tangible way to know who was first.
Why not use the CM system? Well.... CM is a lot harder than either of the races for event tags. If they made Risa as hard it'd be like the floater daily, but with maybe half the time. The surfboard race is trivially easy to complete. There's no challenge there.
Don't count on the announcement this week. The ones for Season 11.5 were very late and stacked up on top of each other the night before and day of launch.
Check the Announcement for this XP Weekend, see if you can spot the anomalies.
'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
Judge Dan Haywood
'As l speak now, the words are forming in my head.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
Oh, and now that they gave out the equivalent of the best UR Board they had with the Flyer, is the new Board debuting going to be an Epic Level one? Maybe it'll just transport you to the end of the race. Power creep, indeed.
'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
Judge Dan Haywood
'As l speak now, the words are forming in my head.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
normally you have to do the flying high to get teh ship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVsoiKHsOEw
this Video Shows you where to start the Mission an so on - it's about a slow Version of ice running
18 characters
KDF: 2 tacs, 2 engs, 3 scis
KDF Roms: 3 tacs, 1 eng, 1 scis
FED: 2 tacs, 1 eng, 2 scis
TOS: 1 tac
all on T5 rep (up to temporal)
all have mastered Intel tree (and some more specs Points)
highest DPS: 60.982
Oh, and now that they gave out the equivalent of the best UR Board they had with the Flyer, is the new Board debuting going to be an Epic Level one? Maybe it'll just transport you to the end of the race. Power creep, indeed.
ha yes there's no doubt it will be better. However it's still a step up to be only 1 level behind instead of 3 which I was last year.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: "We think we've come so far. Torture of heretics, burning of witches, it's all ancient history. Then - before you can blink an eye - suddenly it threatens to start all over again."
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
Capture the flag gives players a more tangible way to know who was first.
No, it gives players a big mess where it doesn't matter who was first because the rewards are decided by the mad scramble for the flags at the end rather than the race itself. They might just as well roll an RNG to decide placements.
Capture the flag gives players a more tangible way to know who was first.
No, it gives players a big mess where it doesn't matter who was first because the rewards are decided by the mad scramble for the flags at the end rather than the race itself. They might just as well roll an RNG to decide placements.
I disagree. The person who actually gets to the flag first has the first opportunity to grab it. Those behind them will only get it if the person in first misses.
Capture the flag gives players a more tangible way to know who was first.
No, it gives players a big mess where it doesn't matter who was first because the rewards are decided by the mad scramble for the flags at the end rather than the race itself. They might just as well roll an RNG to decide placements.
What you're calling a "mad gamble" ... can also be practized & requires skill to do so ... i.E. jump from your board at the right time ... it's not like the ancient greeks invented something called "relay race" ... not sure why "the first one crossing the line", is supposed be to the only "right way" to do a race ...
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Capture the flag gives players a more tangible way to know who was first.
No, it gives players a big mess where it doesn't matter who was first because the rewards are decided by the mad scramble for the flags at the end rather than the race itself. They might just as well roll an RNG to decide placements.
I disagree. The person who actually gets to the flag first has the first opportunity to grab it. Those behind them will only get it if the person in first misses.
Which makes it even worse. After the 'F' spamming contest that actually decides the "first place," the people who didn't get it (who, thanks to lag, probably all saw themselves coming in first) will most likely be too late to go for the other flags, either.
Capture the flag gives players a more tangible way to know who was first.
No, it gives players a big mess where it doesn't matter who was first because the rewards are decided by the mad scramble for the flags at the end rather than the race itself. They might just as well roll an RNG to decide placements.
What you're calling a "mad gamble" ... can also be practized & requires skill to do so ... i.E. jump from your board at the right time ... it's not like the ancient greeks invented something called "relay race" ... not sure why "the first one crossing the line", is supposed be to the only "right way" to do a race ...
So call it a target jumping contest then, not a race.
Except that's not really it either, is it? Because the flags are not in the same position you also have to guess which flag is going to be there when you stop (and remembering again there may be people in front of you that you can't see because of lag and that people you do see may miss or aim for the wrong flag, it is a pure guess). If you don't guess 1st place you will also have to know the other spawn positions in advance because the game doesn't show the other flags until they appear. And if someone else guessed the same one you must win the 'F' spamming UI lag contest. If you guessed wrong or didn't get lucky with your 'F'...no flag for you.
Everything about the finish condition is clearly designed to make the results as unreliable as possible, and mostly affected by everything except the "race."
So the connection between the new ship and Summer is beach bullies? The Risian Corvette is about surfing, the Risian Luxury Cruiser is about going on a cruise, and the Ferengi Nandi Warship is about catching some rays.
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So why doesn't latency prevent it from being who clicks on a flag first? Because the system is so dysfunctional to begin with that lag can't possibly make it any worse.
Event starts on the 9th, so it will likely be announced tomorrow or Monday, with the changes and rewards described Tuesday, and the ship stats posted Wednesday. That's the typical pattern for the Summer/Winter events.
As far as piloting the floater, I prefer RPG mode. Just hold both buttons and fly like your ship, and use the spacebar to get altitude when needed. Getting a top-tier floater is best; it's definitely worth the time saved on the ship gate runs.
But Circus Malvanum doesn't give out different prizes based on placement. It's just bragging rights. and yes, it is a PITA to learn the Circus Malvanum course. Anyone who thinks Risa is hard needs to try more challenging content.
But I digress..... If two players are nearly tied, each will see themselves in the lead as they cross the line. Your local client shows your current position and the other players at where they were a second or two ago.
My character Tsin'xing
Of course, an honest game would just call an ambiguous finish a tie and give both players the 1st place reward.
Players posting they got 2nd place even though they crossed the finish line first (from their perspective or whatever) would get the unconditional support of the community, but the flag system doing the exact same thing is still defended. Because players expect the flag system to mess up the finishing order. Because that's what it's designed to do.
Capture the flag gives players a more tangible way to know who was first.
Why not use the CM system? Well.... CM is a lot harder than either of the races for event tags. If they made Risa as hard it'd be like the floater daily, but with maybe half the time. The surfboard race is trivially easy to complete. There's no challenge there.
My character Tsin'xing
Check the Announcement for this XP Weekend, see if you can spot the anomalies.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
this Video Shows you where to start the Mission an so on - it's about a slow Version of ice running
KDF: 2 tacs, 2 engs, 3 scis
KDF Roms: 3 tacs, 1 eng, 1 scis
FED: 2 tacs, 1 eng, 2 scis
TOS: 1 tac
all on T5 rep (up to temporal)
all have mastered Intel tree (and some more specs Points)
highest DPS: 60.982
ha yes there's no doubt it will be better. However it's still a step up to be only 1 level behind instead of 3 which I was last year.
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
My character Tsin'xing
What you're calling a "mad gamble" ... can also be practized & requires skill to do so ... i.E. jump from your board at the right time ... it's not like the ancient greeks invented something called "relay race" ... not sure why "the first one crossing the line", is supposed be to the only "right way" to do a race ...
Except that's not really it either, is it? Because the flags are not in the same position you also have to guess which flag is going to be there when you stop (and remembering again there may be people in front of you that you can't see because of lag and that people you do see may miss or aim for the wrong flag, it is a pure guess). If you don't guess 1st place you will also have to know the other spawn positions in advance because the game doesn't show the other flags until they appear. And if someone else guessed the same one you must win the 'F' spamming UI lag contest. If you guessed wrong or didn't get lucky with your 'F'...no flag for you.
Everything about the finish condition is clearly designed to make the results as unreliable as possible, and mostly affected by everything except the "race."
An RNG would actually be better.
My character Tsin'xing
It looks like a ...... squid ...with a paint job inspired from
woodstock.
just saying
Isn't it GREAT? It's like not every alien in the entire *($&ing UNIVERSE wants to be a Federation clone.
Embrace the variety.