I understand the need to weed out people who benefit off the hard work of others by sitting back and doing nothing during the queues. I get that and I appreciate that.
That said, there needs to be an overhaul on what determines if a person gets the AFK penalty or bans from queues.
The reason I state this stems from an incident that occurred last night.
I warped into a Borg Red Alert and hit full impulse to engage, activating stuff all the way there. Before I can get into firing range, two cubes are destroyed. Next thing I know, all four preboss battles are cleared (still haven't been able to fire a shot) and here comes the big boy. Zip over, and sure enough, before I can get into firing range, it's destroyed as well.
Basically, people with the DPS monster builds are one-shotting nearly everything before I can even get into range.
Amazingly, I still got my Omega Marks, but not the other marks. Eh, it happens from time to time.
Come out, warp to the Tholian Red Alert and join the queue.
At least I tried to.
I get this pop up message that says I am temporarily banned from joining or creating public queues, likely because I "didn't participate" in the Borg RA.
So because people are power gaming like crazy, I actually get punished because the programming is apparently not sophisticated enough to tell the difference between someone who is sitting still and not participating (or even actively avoiding combat) and someone who is trying with everything they have, but just get outclassed by the other players.
This is a glaring problem that should be resolved, because there was absolutely no real reason to auto-ban me from joining queues.
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Things I want in STO:
1) More character customization options such as more clothing options, letting the toon complexion affect the entire body, not just the head. Also a true RGB color picker applied to all costume and appearance options, which would allow for true appearance customization and homogenous colors instead of "this same exact color looks vastly different on two different pieces."
2) Bridge customization, not bridge packs. Let us pick a general layout and adjust the color palette, console appearance, and chair types, as well as more ready room layout options.
3) Customizable ground weapons, i.e. The aesthetic look of phaser dual pistols but they shoot antiproton bolts. For obvious reasons this would only apply to standard ground weapons.
4) For the love of Q please revamp Plasma Ground Weapons. They look like demented Supersoakers right now.
5) True Vanity Impulse and Deflector effects similar to Vanity Shields.
6) A greater payout for hitting T6 Reputations. Currently it takes more time and resources to get from T5 to T6 than it does to get from nothing to T5. Make that grind really pay out at the end.
7) Mirrorverse Refugee event similar to AoY/Delta/Gamma, complete with new Mirrorverse recruits for all factions.
8) Independent Faction, because yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me!
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Thanks, man. That was absolutely useless advice. *thumbs up*
Things I want in STO:
1) More character customization options such as more clothing options, letting the toon complexion affect the entire body, not just the head. Also a true RGB color picker applied to all costume and appearance options, which would allow for true appearance customization and homogenous colors instead of "this same exact color looks vastly different on two different pieces."
2) Bridge customization, not bridge packs. Let us pick a general layout and adjust the color palette, console appearance, and chair types, as well as more ready room layout options.
3) Customizable ground weapons, i.e. The aesthetic look of phaser dual pistols but they shoot antiproton bolts. For obvious reasons this would only apply to standard ground weapons.
4) For the love of Q please revamp Plasma Ground Weapons. They look like demented Supersoakers right now.
5) True Vanity Impulse and Deflector effects similar to Vanity Shields.
6) A greater payout for hitting T6 Reputations. Currently it takes more time and resources to get from T5 to T6 than it does to get from nothing to T5. Make that grind really pay out at the end.
7) Mirrorverse Refugee event similar to AoY/Delta/Gamma, complete with new Mirrorverse recruits for all factions.
8) Independent Faction, because yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me!
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you should reread the op. the problem they were dead before the op could shoot them, not the op could't kill em. no amount of dps fixs that.
and to said op. good luck people have been asking for a fix for this for a while. no answer from cryptoc I'm sorry to say.
if I stop posting it doesn't make you right it. just means I don't have enough rum to continue interacting with you.
Me not know what you speak about. Me can brain good.
Seriously, man? Insulting someone? What, are you twelve?
It's not about circumventing a flaw. It's about addressing the issue at its source.
If you have a hole in your living room floor, sure you can step around it to keep from twisting your ankle, but at some point, the smart thing to do is to actually FIX THE HOLE.
Things I want in STO:
1) More character customization options such as more clothing options, letting the toon complexion affect the entire body, not just the head. Also a true RGB color picker applied to all costume and appearance options, which would allow for true appearance customization and homogenous colors instead of "this same exact color looks vastly different on two different pieces."
2) Bridge customization, not bridge packs. Let us pick a general layout and adjust the color palette, console appearance, and chair types, as well as more ready room layout options.
3) Customizable ground weapons, i.e. The aesthetic look of phaser dual pistols but they shoot antiproton bolts. For obvious reasons this would only apply to standard ground weapons.
4) For the love of Q please revamp Plasma Ground Weapons. They look like demented Supersoakers right now.
5) True Vanity Impulse and Deflector effects similar to Vanity Shields.
6) A greater payout for hitting T6 Reputations. Currently it takes more time and resources to get from T5 to T6 than it does to get from nothing to T5. Make that grind really pay out at the end.
7) Mirrorverse Refugee event similar to AoY/Delta/Gamma, complete with new Mirrorverse recruits for all factions.
8) Independent Faction, because yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me!
No, I do not consider the AFK penalty or the temp bans to be the hole in the ground at all. In fact, I said in my very first post that I understand why they do it and that I appreciate it. What IS the proverbial hole in the ground is the METHOD THEY USE TO CALCULATE IT.
My entire point, which you obviously skipped over to cherry pick your arguments to get your "git gud" commentary, is that how they calculate the necessity for the penalty is fundamentally flawed. What apparently happens is that they look at the amount of damage dealt out by each player, and if no damage is done by a player, that player gets hit with the penalty regardless of intent.
What needs to happen is that the calculations need to be able to take INTENT into account when calculating whether or not a player gets hit with a penalty. To reiterate my earlier statement, the programming is apparently not sophisticated enough to tell the difference between someone who is sitting still and not participating (or even actively avoiding combat) and someone who is trying with everything they have, but just get outclassed by the other players.
Your argument is that because I got outclassed, it's my fault. Well, buddy, everyone has to start somewhere. Even you, who can by your own statement solo an entire Red Alert, weren't always capable of doing so. So get off your high horse, stop assuming things about people, and start actually reading what people write instead of cherry picking your statements.
Things I want in STO:
1) More character customization options such as more clothing options, letting the toon complexion affect the entire body, not just the head. Also a true RGB color picker applied to all costume and appearance options, which would allow for true appearance customization and homogenous colors instead of "this same exact color looks vastly different on two different pieces."
2) Bridge customization, not bridge packs. Let us pick a general layout and adjust the color palette, console appearance, and chair types, as well as more ready room layout options.
3) Customizable ground weapons, i.e. The aesthetic look of phaser dual pistols but they shoot antiproton bolts. For obvious reasons this would only apply to standard ground weapons.
4) For the love of Q please revamp Plasma Ground Weapons. They look like demented Supersoakers right now.
5) True Vanity Impulse and Deflector effects similar to Vanity Shields.
6) A greater payout for hitting T6 Reputations. Currently it takes more time and resources to get from T5 to T6 than it does to get from nothing to T5. Make that grind really pay out at the end.
7) Mirrorverse Refugee event similar to AoY/Delta/Gamma, complete with new Mirrorverse recruits for all factions.
8) Independent Faction, because yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me!
I'm going to ignore the flaming commentary (not even going to touch the spelling and grammar issues), but this is your last warning. Debate properly, please. Flaming and name-calling have no place in a civilized discussion, which is what I am looking to have.
Now, as to your question, it's relatively simple:
The game has to track your relative position in space to indicate your location in respects to enemy combatants, so that if you are in range, you and they can both fire at each other. Additionally, it has to know when traits, bridge officer powers, and console abilities are activated so as to apply the appropriate changes to your ship. Since these specific items are already being tracked, you can extrapolate out an entire timeline of events from the moment you enter to the moment you leave.
With these events already being tracked and the basic framework in place (i.e. - the one percent damage you spoke of), it shouldn't be too difficult to expand that to monitor your speed, location, direction, and activated powers. Using that tracking, you could parse that data to show intent. Someone barreling in at top speed while activating powers but unable to fire a shot due to the enemy getting blown up ahead of time shows more intent than someone sitting still and waiting for the queue to be over.
Either you are some kind of gaming prodigy (in which case you should be gaming for money) or that statement is a giant load of bovine excrement. If, indeed, you were able to solo a Red Alert from the start, then your entire argument is null and void because you have no frame of reference to speak of. It would be like a mathematical genius saying "I don't know why you don't understand algebra at age sixteen. I was doing differential calculus at age five!"
I didn't say that I have to be able to solo it either. Quit putting words in my mouth. The issue is not about how much damage is being done by me, but whether or not I can actually get in there and do the damage to begin with.
Reading comprehension is really not your strong suit, is it?
The point.
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Your head.
Things I want in STO:
1) More character customization options such as more clothing options, letting the toon complexion affect the entire body, not just the head. Also a true RGB color picker applied to all costume and appearance options, which would allow for true appearance customization and homogenous colors instead of "this same exact color looks vastly different on two different pieces."
2) Bridge customization, not bridge packs. Let us pick a general layout and adjust the color palette, console appearance, and chair types, as well as more ready room layout options.
3) Customizable ground weapons, i.e. The aesthetic look of phaser dual pistols but they shoot antiproton bolts. For obvious reasons this would only apply to standard ground weapons.
4) For the love of Q please revamp Plasma Ground Weapons. They look like demented Supersoakers right now.
5) True Vanity Impulse and Deflector effects similar to Vanity Shields.
6) A greater payout for hitting T6 Reputations. Currently it takes more time and resources to get from T5 to T6 than it does to get from nothing to T5. Make that grind really pay out at the end.
7) Mirrorverse Refugee event similar to AoY/Delta/Gamma, complete with new Mirrorverse recruits for all factions.
8) Independent Faction, because yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me!
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No, I just think it's unfair for those of us at lower tiers to get shafted because of power gamers and DPS monsters.
Which they are... if they weren't capable of doing it, they wouldn't be able to make the game as it stands. None of that matters anyway because with this new game balancing they're doing, a lot of the problems inherent here might be negated.
Pay attention, because I'm only going to say this one more time.
I am not advocating a change to or removal of the AFK penalty. I am proposing a change to HOW IT IS IMPLEMENTED.
And here we go with the petty insults. You are taking this way too personally. It's almost like you stand to lose something.
Actually, your reading comprehension is terrible. If you actually read and comprehended what I wrote, you would have seen that I never once backtracked on anything.
Here's the sequence of events:
1) I said that at the beginning stages of playing, nobody is as good as they are later on.
2) You boasted that you solo'd RA's from the moment you started using common gear.
3) I replied that you're either a gaming genius or full of excrement.
There is not a single backtracking statement in that sequence of events.
I was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt, but I think that time has passed. Frankly, I am going to say that you are lying about being a perfect player from the start. I highly doubt you were capable of doing what you claim, and I would go so far as to say that you probably still get blown up in RAs.
Oh don't worry, there's no need for you to "cease to be kind."
It seems to me that your intention was never to actually address the issue at hand, but to boast about how good you are and to denigrate me as a player. Therefore, I am ceasing this line of communication with you as it serves no purpose except to give you an opportunity to stroke your own Napoleonesque ego. It's obvious from your insults, the comedy of errors that is your spelling and grammar "abilities," and the lack of reading comprehension afforded to a slow first grader, that I have scraped more intelligence from the bottom of my shoe after walking through a cow pasture than you seem to possess between your ears.
Good day, sir.
Things I want in STO:
1) More character customization options such as more clothing options, letting the toon complexion affect the entire body, not just the head. Also a true RGB color picker applied to all costume and appearance options, which would allow for true appearance customization and homogenous colors instead of "this same exact color looks vastly different on two different pieces."
2) Bridge customization, not bridge packs. Let us pick a general layout and adjust the color palette, console appearance, and chair types, as well as more ready room layout options.
3) Customizable ground weapons, i.e. The aesthetic look of phaser dual pistols but they shoot antiproton bolts. For obvious reasons this would only apply to standard ground weapons.
4) For the love of Q please revamp Plasma Ground Weapons. They look like demented Supersoakers right now.
5) True Vanity Impulse and Deflector effects similar to Vanity Shields.
6) A greater payout for hitting T6 Reputations. Currently it takes more time and resources to get from T5 to T6 than it does to get from nothing to T5. Make that grind really pay out at the end.
7) Mirrorverse Refugee event similar to AoY/Delta/Gamma, complete with new Mirrorverse recruits for all factions.
8) Independent Faction, because yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me!
Things I want in STO:
1) More character customization options such as more clothing options, letting the toon complexion affect the entire body, not just the head. Also a true RGB color picker applied to all costume and appearance options, which would allow for true appearance customization and homogenous colors instead of "this same exact color looks vastly different on two different pieces."
2) Bridge customization, not bridge packs. Let us pick a general layout and adjust the color palette, console appearance, and chair types, as well as more ready room layout options.
3) Customizable ground weapons, i.e. The aesthetic look of phaser dual pistols but they shoot antiproton bolts. For obvious reasons this would only apply to standard ground weapons.
4) For the love of Q please revamp Plasma Ground Weapons. They look like demented Supersoakers right now.
5) True Vanity Impulse and Deflector effects similar to Vanity Shields.
6) A greater payout for hitting T6 Reputations. Currently it takes more time and resources to get from T5 to T6 than it does to get from nothing to T5. Make that grind really pay out at the end.
7) Mirrorverse Refugee event similar to AoY/Delta/Gamma, complete with new Mirrorverse recruits for all factions.
8) Independent Faction, because yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me!
Things I want in STO:
1) More character customization options such as more clothing options, letting the toon complexion affect the entire body, not just the head. Also a true RGB color picker applied to all costume and appearance options, which would allow for true appearance customization and homogenous colors instead of "this same exact color looks vastly different on two different pieces."
2) Bridge customization, not bridge packs. Let us pick a general layout and adjust the color palette, console appearance, and chair types, as well as more ready room layout options.
3) Customizable ground weapons, i.e. The aesthetic look of phaser dual pistols but they shoot antiproton bolts. For obvious reasons this would only apply to standard ground weapons.
4) For the love of Q please revamp Plasma Ground Weapons. They look like demented Supersoakers right now.
5) True Vanity Impulse and Deflector effects similar to Vanity Shields.
6) A greater payout for hitting T6 Reputations. Currently it takes more time and resources to get from T5 to T6 than it does to get from nothing to T5. Make that grind really pay out at the end.
7) Mirrorverse Refugee event similar to AoY/Delta/Gamma, complete with new Mirrorverse recruits for all factions.
8) Independent Faction, because yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me!
You can say, Sir, Ma'am, thank you, your welcome all you want to seem to be nice, but in the end, you are asking for a change in the game to benefit yourself.
Every six months I post about chucking the dil exchange, I am always prepared to defend my stance, no matter how much it will never happen.
Keep trying OP, one or these days of head pounding might just create that window.
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Uh, no. I am proposing something that will alleviate the inadvertent punishment of people who don't need to be punished based on an overly wide selection criteria.There's no change involved. Simply a refinement of an already existing process. Basically, narrow the focus.
Also, it doesn't happen all the time (I've only been AFK penalized once and temp banned once), but I'm not the only one it happens to, so saying it's all about me is disingenuous.
In reality, if coldnapalm had delivered his message without resorting to insults, I would have been fine with it, but the fact that he immediately started insulting me is what led me to reject anything he had to say out of hand.
Things I want in STO:
1) More character customization options such as more clothing options, letting the toon complexion affect the entire body, not just the head. Also a true RGB color picker applied to all costume and appearance options, which would allow for true appearance customization and homogenous colors instead of "this same exact color looks vastly different on two different pieces."
2) Bridge customization, not bridge packs. Let us pick a general layout and adjust the color palette, console appearance, and chair types, as well as more ready room layout options.
3) Customizable ground weapons, i.e. The aesthetic look of phaser dual pistols but they shoot antiproton bolts. For obvious reasons this would only apply to standard ground weapons.
4) For the love of Q please revamp Plasma Ground Weapons. They look like demented Supersoakers right now.
5) True Vanity Impulse and Deflector effects similar to Vanity Shields.
6) A greater payout for hitting T6 Reputations. Currently it takes more time and resources to get from T5 to T6 than it does to get from nothing to T5. Make that grind really pay out at the end.
7) Mirrorverse Refugee event similar to AoY/Delta/Gamma, complete with new Mirrorverse recruits for all factions.
8) Independent Faction, because yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me!
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Son, let me tell you something. Your little petty insults truly do nothing to me. I have heard far more creative insults from far less intelligent people than you (a Herculean feat in and of itself).
Now, to your point, I could possibly see where you were coming from if it were just me with this issue. However, I am not the only one. Yes, everyone has a bad day every once in a while. But when the same issue crops up over and over and over again, you look at the common denominators (in this case, high end DPS builds killing the competitiveness) and propose a solution to keep it from happening again.
Also, I never explicitly blamed power gamers. I have no problem with that play style. It's just as valid as a canon build or any theme build. No, as stated in the original post and even in the title, my issue is with how the AFK penalty and bans are calculated and applied.
Things I want in STO:
1) More character customization options such as more clothing options, letting the toon complexion affect the entire body, not just the head. Also a true RGB color picker applied to all costume and appearance options, which would allow for true appearance customization and homogenous colors instead of "this same exact color looks vastly different on two different pieces."
2) Bridge customization, not bridge packs. Let us pick a general layout and adjust the color palette, console appearance, and chair types, as well as more ready room layout options.
3) Customizable ground weapons, i.e. The aesthetic look of phaser dual pistols but they shoot antiproton bolts. For obvious reasons this would only apply to standard ground weapons.
4) For the love of Q please revamp Plasma Ground Weapons. They look like demented Supersoakers right now.
5) True Vanity Impulse and Deflector effects similar to Vanity Shields.
6) A greater payout for hitting T6 Reputations. Currently it takes more time and resources to get from T5 to T6 than it does to get from nothing to T5. Make that grind really pay out at the end.
7) Mirrorverse Refugee event similar to AoY/Delta/Gamma, complete with new Mirrorverse recruits for all factions.
8) Independent Faction, because yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me!
You mentioned earlier that you are not listening to coldnapalm as you feel he is personally attacking, now you just personally attacked him.
I think we need a measuring tape and a magnifying glass so we can measure this e-pen contest.
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In this case, you could try sitting in the middle waiting for the boss to spawn on top of you, so you can get your shots in.
Never claimed to. I simply stated that there were others out there who have experienced the same issue as me.
Just because you CAN be a jerk does not mean that you have to do it. Be the better man.
1) To be fair, I've only been AFK penalized once since I started playing and temp banned once, so it's not like it's a constant issue or a need to "git gud" as you not-so-eloquently put it by using parlance common to other games.
2) No, I am not blaming the power gamers. That is simply what you choose to erroneously believe. Since I am sure that you have no real interest in anything I have to say other than to have a reason to attack me again, I will just leave it alone, as nothing is likely to convince you otherwise.
3) Okay, so tell me how exactly you know how much damage he did. Does the game have a readily available ledger for people to access that details out the movements and DPS damage done by each player? If it does, I would like to know how to access this information for future purposes. I'd like to analyze the data from an RA and see where any potential weak spots are on my build in terms of weapons.
Hate to break it to you, but not everyone is able to tank a swarm of spheres.
And before you say "git gud," I'm fairly certain that even you would be wiped out using "common Mk XII equipment" no matter how good you are.
Things I want in STO:
1) More character customization options such as more clothing options, letting the toon complexion affect the entire body, not just the head. Also a true RGB color picker applied to all costume and appearance options, which would allow for true appearance customization and homogenous colors instead of "this same exact color looks vastly different on two different pieces."
2) Bridge customization, not bridge packs. Let us pick a general layout and adjust the color palette, console appearance, and chair types, as well as more ready room layout options.
3) Customizable ground weapons, i.e. The aesthetic look of phaser dual pistols but they shoot antiproton bolts. For obvious reasons this would only apply to standard ground weapons.
4) For the love of Q please revamp Plasma Ground Weapons. They look like demented Supersoakers right now.
5) True Vanity Impulse and Deflector effects similar to Vanity Shields.
6) A greater payout for hitting T6 Reputations. Currently it takes more time and resources to get from T5 to T6 than it does to get from nothing to T5. Make that grind really pay out at the end.
7) Mirrorverse Refugee event similar to AoY/Delta/Gamma, complete with new Mirrorverse recruits for all factions.
8) Independent Faction, because yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me!
Oh... so close.
I was so hoping that you could go a single post without tossing out an insult.
I guess I was wrong.
Things I want in STO:
1) More character customization options such as more clothing options, letting the toon complexion affect the entire body, not just the head. Also a true RGB color picker applied to all costume and appearance options, which would allow for true appearance customization and homogenous colors instead of "this same exact color looks vastly different on two different pieces."
2) Bridge customization, not bridge packs. Let us pick a general layout and adjust the color palette, console appearance, and chair types, as well as more ready room layout options.
3) Customizable ground weapons, i.e. The aesthetic look of phaser dual pistols but they shoot antiproton bolts. For obvious reasons this would only apply to standard ground weapons.
4) For the love of Q please revamp Plasma Ground Weapons. They look like demented Supersoakers right now.
5) True Vanity Impulse and Deflector effects similar to Vanity Shields.
6) A greater payout for hitting T6 Reputations. Currently it takes more time and resources to get from T5 to T6 than it does to get from nothing to T5. Make that grind really pay out at the end.
7) Mirrorverse Refugee event similar to AoY/Delta/Gamma, complete with new Mirrorverse recruits for all factions.
8) Independent Faction, because yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me!
That could work, but I get this gut feeling there's some potential for abuse.
Uh, bad idea. The entire purpose of the penalties was to prevent camping and to weed out resource farmers (which could tax the system resources). Taking the AFK penalty away in this case would be a step backwards.
Things I want in STO:
1) More character customization options such as more clothing options, letting the toon complexion affect the entire body, not just the head. Also a true RGB color picker applied to all costume and appearance options, which would allow for true appearance customization and homogenous colors instead of "this same exact color looks vastly different on two different pieces."
2) Bridge customization, not bridge packs. Let us pick a general layout and adjust the color palette, console appearance, and chair types, as well as more ready room layout options.
3) Customizable ground weapons, i.e. The aesthetic look of phaser dual pistols but they shoot antiproton bolts. For obvious reasons this would only apply to standard ground weapons.
4) For the love of Q please revamp Plasma Ground Weapons. They look like demented Supersoakers right now.
5) True Vanity Impulse and Deflector effects similar to Vanity Shields.
6) A greater payout for hitting T6 Reputations. Currently it takes more time and resources to get from T5 to T6 than it does to get from nothing to T5. Make that grind really pay out at the end.
7) Mirrorverse Refugee event similar to AoY/Delta/Gamma, complete with new Mirrorverse recruits for all factions.
8) Independent Faction, because yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me!