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Q's Winter Wonderland!

ambassadorkael#6946 ambassadorkael Member, Administrator Posts: 2,675 Community Manager
Greetings, mortals. Q has returned to fill your life with mirth and merriment! This year, you can learn to ice fish like a proper Klingon!

Check out more details here:
http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10284693-q's-winter-wonderland!
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    angarus1angarus1 Member Posts: 684 Arc User
    Well, that's different!
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    scarlingscarling Member Posts: 708 Arc User
    Yep that time again. Where I get burnt out from trying to get free ships, then I don't play till the next big event because I feel like puking every time I see sto. Fun.
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    jasonyeefongjasonyeefong Member Posts: 105 Arc User
    Hey Q, where's sulu?
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    antonine3258antonine3258 Member Posts: 2,391 Arc User
    We are punching through ice as a festive activity and can buy terrible sweaters.

    I'm so in.
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    jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    scarling wrote: »
    Yep that time again. Where I get burnt out from trying to get free ships, then I don't play till the next big event because I feel like puking every time I see sto. Fun.

    You get burnt out doing the "Fastest Game On Ice" which should generally take about 3 minutes per day once you are proficient at it?

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    ilithynilithyn Member Posts: 903 Arc User
    jaguarskx wrote: »
    scarling wrote: »
    Yep that time again. Where I get burnt out from trying to get free ships, then I don't play till the next big event because I feel like puking every time I see sto. Fun.

    You get burnt out doing the "Fastest Game On Ice" which should generally take about 3 minutes per day once you are proficient at it?

    I mean, I could see that happening back when the ship only was character unlock and you had to do it on everyone you wanted the ship on, sure. But now when it's account unlock so you only have to do it on one? Not so much.
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    arabaturarabatur Member Posts: 408 Arc User
    I really do hope this is not a copy/pasta from Neverwinter, because so far, Cryptic just cannot do fishing and make it fun to.
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    storulesstorules Member Posts: 3,253 Arc User
    Thanks for the new event! Looking forward to some ice fishing tiger-2.gif​​
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    jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    Hmmm....

    Wouldn't it be easier to launch a photon torpedo from your ship at a frozen lake, then beam down and collect whatever got blown onto the surface?
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    davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,512 Arc User
    edited November 2016
    scarling wrote: »
    Yep that time again. Where I get burnt out from trying to get free ships, then I don't play till the next big event because I feel like puking every time I see sto. Fun.

    Can I haz ur stuffs?

    One 3 minute ice race per day now. For an all-character unlock, including any future characters that you create 5 years from now.

    Speaking for myself:

    Thanks Cryptic! The ice race is easy, and I've had fun in the past winter wonderlands.
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    djf021djf021 Member Posts: 1,379 Arc User
    I was hoping for a glimpse of the new ship. Not the stats, mind you, it is only Monday after all. But just an official picture...
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    iamynaughtiamynaught Member Posts: 1,285 Arc User
    edited November 2016
    There are so many things to do with these events, I kind of wonder what is getting pushed out of the rotation? The PvP race has to stay, likely twice an hour. The Snowconian/village event was just introduced last year and the Snorg were just 2 years ago. Add in the winter Overlord/snowman hunt and something has to give. Perhaps the Overlord is being replaced, guess we'll find out soon enough.

    As for those expressing some burnout, I know what you mean. I haven't seriously played since before the Crystalline event started and even with it over I still find myself not seriously playing. Oh, I still log in daily so the metrics would show I'm a "happy customer", but all I'm doing is going through inventory and making new outfits with the new options I have now thanks to the sale over the weekend. I do not see this changing once the Winter Event starts up.

    Log in, run the race on one alt, start up some DOff missions, log out and find something else to do.

    Anyway, I'm still looking forward to the new event ship, what ever the Chel it ends up being. :p

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    antonine3258antonine3258 Member Posts: 2,391 Arc User
    jaguarskx wrote: »
    Hmmm....

    Wouldn't it be easier to launch a photon torpedo from your ship at a frozen lake, then beam down and collect whatever got blown onto the surface?

    Just doesn't have the honor of punching them in the face, one at a time.
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    nebfabnebfab Member Posts: 672 Arc User
    For some reason, a mental picture of Klingons out on an ice fishing expedition just makes me LOL uncontrollably. Which is probably a good sign for the event, if not for my sanity.

    And congrats to our new CM on his first official thread!
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    mthomps016mthomps016 Member Posts: 66 Arc User
    Ugly sweaters and ice fishing.

    It sounds like you've been talking to a resort owner from the Lakes, you know.
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    powerman913powerman913 Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    jaguarskx wrote: »
    scarling wrote: »
    Yep that time again. Where I get burnt out from trying to get free ships, then I don't play till the next big event because I feel like puking every time I see sto. Fun.

    You get burnt out doing the "Fastest Game On Ice" which should generally take about 3 minutes per day once you are proficient at it?

    I especially don't like "Fastest Game On Ice"; I seem to always lag in the corners for a split moment...meaning there have been times where it takes me 30 minutes to complete it, either from finishing after the NPC or from accidentally leaving the course.

    I would suggest either replacing it all together, or maybe something that after 3 attempts just gives you the reward for the day.
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    stobg2015stobg2015 Member Posts: 800 Arc User
    arabatur wrote: »
    I really do hope this is not a copy/pasta from Neverwinter, because so far, Cryptic just cannot do fishing and make it fun to.

    Not a lot they can directly cut-n-paste between both games. Same engine, but the implementation details are way different under the hood AFAIK.

    Still, I would guess that some of the logic/code probably trickled over in some form. They're big fans of reuse and there are no examples of fishing in Trek lore that come to mind that would force it to be radically different.

    But let's face it... are there ANY MMO games that make in-game fishing a fun activity? Just one more activity to add variety to the grind.

    Punching through the ice is new, though. That does strike me as a distinctly Klingon twist.

    "I will beat the ice into submission and force it to yield up my prey!"
    (The Guy Formerly And Still Known As Bluegeek)
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    trillbuffettrillbuffet Member Posts: 861 Arc User
    jaguarskx wrote: »
    scarling wrote: »
    Yep that time again. Where I get burnt out from trying to get free ships, then I don't play till the next big event because I feel like puking every time I see sto. Fun.

    You get burnt out doing the "Fastest Game On Ice" which should generally take about 3 minutes per day once you are proficient at it?

    That person may have not played since the discount thing was put in. I remember getting burnt out on it before then on 20+ characters just to still have them boxed up to this day still lol.

    Atleast this is different :) Ice fishing Klingons with monsters that like eat klingons with candy fish im so in.
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    redrickyredricky Member Posts: 1,004 Arc User
    stobg2015 wrote: »

    "I will beat the ice into submission and force it to yield up my prey!"

    So hopefully a reward this year will be a tac module with 21st c. Fishing Grenade.
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    davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,512 Arc User
    redricky wrote: »
    stobg2015 wrote: »

    "I will beat the ice into submission and force it to yield up my prey!"

    So hopefully a reward this year will be a tac module with 21st c. Fishing Grenade.

    LOL at the machinegun at the end :)
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    ssbn655ssbn655 Member Posts: 1,894 Arc User
    This is the one event I look forward to every year. I wish the Risa event had as much content. Thank you Cryptic for this event.
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    sukhothaisukhothai Member Posts: 276 Arc User
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    kimonykimony Member Posts: 571 Arc User
    sukhothai wrote: »
    Where do I find Q?

    Depending on your Faction: ESD, New Romulus or The First City. Don't forget to annoy Q so he turns you into (for a short time) one of a variety of creatures.

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    sgtfloydpepper#7911 sgtfloydpepper Member Posts: 1,111 Arc User
    I really hope it's not another fugly breen ship. Breen there, done that, would like something new and prettier.
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    gavinrunebladegavinruneblade Member Posts: 3,894 Arc User
    [quote="stobg2015;13115963"]

    But let's face it... are there ANY MMO games that make in-game fishing a fun activity? Just one more activity to add variety to the grind.

    Punching through the ice is new, though. That does strike me as a distinctly Klingon twist.

    "I will [i]beat[/i] the ice into submission and force it to yield up my prey!"[/quote]

    Black Desert Online has two fishing modes for rod and harpoon. The rod blows the harpoon is fun.

    What amuses me about mmo fishing is that most MMOs make it about waitin and doing nothing. Which is realistic but boring. Most real life fishing is boring. But mobile and console fishing games, and there are hundreds, are active and fun.

    I don't know why MMOs insist on boring when there are so many other options.

    Punching the hole is totally Klingon. I love it.

    Also the description sounds different from neverwinter. They have fixed holes that never move and enemies randomly hop out and attack you. You use buffs and higher quality gear to try and get high bonuses while hopping between holes based on the color of sparks it is giving off. There's no boss fight.
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    sotsogmsotsogm Member Posts: 67 Arc User
    Fishing?! Ice fishing?! We have ice fishing?!

    I am excited. Seriously, unironically excited. Maybe I have low standards. I don't care. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!
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    potasssiumpotasssium Member Posts: 1,226 Arc User
    Klingon Ice Fisting, Kinky.

    My Andorrans are up for the challenge.
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    galattgalatt Member Posts: 707 Arc User
    If i'm the only one punching the ice yelling "GIGA DRILL BREAK!" I will be very disapoint
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    icerose20icerose20 Member Posts: 18,379 Arc User
    So now Klingons can partake in the Human experience of being outsmarted by fish.
    Ancient Griffon insult

    That one is so stupid, he lost a Rock/Paper/Scissors game to a Pony.
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