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missing items and event in console version of Q,s winter wonderland

captainman2captainman2 Member Posts: 21 Arc User
in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I am normally not one to complain but I feel we console players got last year's winter wonderland from Q. As in its current state it's missing the 2016 prizes listed in the blogs and we're missing the klingon ice fishing event as well. I am playing in the winter wonderland for the first time this year because I wanted the micro cryonic warhead kit module for my tactical character. Yet the module is absent in the holiday vendor on console. So if there is a update coming would be nice to know as I'm currently saving my Christmas currency in sto for the 3 modules listed in the winter prize blog. Kinda upset at the 2016 prizes being not there on console at this time
to the defiant and lets kick some borg tail:)

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  • UnknownUnknown
    edited December 2016
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  • deathbykarmadeathbykarma Member Posts: 63 Arc User
    Yes I agree consoles got shafted, as the only thing good is from selling all the trinkets.
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  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,693 Arc User
    edited December 2016
    The Breen Dread is a nice T6 ship that will be unlocked for all characters and all factions you have now, AND any characters you create in the future. It's a $25 prize.

    Edit: plus you still get to fight the snowmen around the map instead of just in the village, right? They gave us fishing but took away our snow goons :(
  • skullblits#4627 skullblits
    skullblits#4627
         Member Posts: 1,273 Arc User
    pfffttt it's all new to me. I'm happy
  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    edited December 2016
    You can probably chalk this one up to the fact that consoles and PCs run different versions of the game. Things newly released on the PC won't ever appear simultaneously on the consoles. Reason 1 for this: validation. Both Microsoft and Sony have a few additional hoops to jump through before games, DLC, and updates are launched on their platform. There's sensible reasons for that (namely: an extra quality control step and some oversight on exactly what's sold on the platform) but it does means delays.

    In most circumstances that will customarily mean a few months gap between STO console and STO PC. But we can't very well have a 2016 Console Winter event in April so everything showing up now on the PC gets a year's delay. That's unfortunate, but do keep in mind that for all consoles characters EVERYTHING will be new and unacquired.

    (PS. and I'm sure Cryptic is aware of the "fix" to this, just get the work done on seasonal event content early enough to get it validated on all platforms. As they didn't, we can just assume prohibitive constraints of some kind (ex. time available, other active projects, lack of whips to make the devs work faster :tongue: ) and leave it at that.)
    Post edited by duncanidaho11 on
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  • azuries#1043 azuries
    azuries#1043
         Member Posts: 25 Arc User
    If we had everything the PC version had what would we have to look forward to in terms of content, it's a good way to keep a fan base on console too in my opinion.
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