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haunted101 · October 2017

WTH is up with getting shield neutralized without a NPC present? If there is a NPC present, then the game won't allow my weapons to fire till I get shield drained (literally, not figuratively). Being the only one to get shield drained despite being the furthest away compared to other players. Getting shield drained without a source (no tachyon beam or shield neutralizer or anything. happens more times then not) 3 of the 4 instances kind of look like cheating to me. If this is the way it's going to be, then they need to discontinue STO. Because if they fail to follow there rules, (cheating being one of them) then they need not reap the monetary benefits of this game. Dishonesty and cheating have no place in the game industry. Do I need also mention they conduct fraud as well? Meaning a player paying actual $$$ for full use of the product then turn around and get restricted use of such item. Even though payment had cleared 2 days after purchase was made. Approached week 2 before full use was granted. That happened to me. I was close to contacting the authorities about it. I told the customer service rep that I was close to taking legal action when suddenly I was granted full access the very next day. Coincidence? I think not.
The game could of had potential. I have tried everything I could to improve game play from my end. Suffice to say, the problem isn't with me or my set up. So what does that leave?

lordsteve1 · October 2017

What are you on about?

Give some specific details not just a wall o’ text rant.
Never heard of weapons being locked out until shields are down.
Not have I heard of anything being restricted use after purchase unless you were not the right level to use said item(s). That’s intentional, you can’t use a T6 ship at level 1 for good reason.

usskentucky · October 2017

Maybe you are hitting the wrong button.

nikeix · October 2017

Look at this person's post history and all will be clear.

Including that some people put themselves on Dev blacklists.

saurializard · October 2017

haunted101#2485 wrote: »

WTH is up with getting shield neutralized without a NPC present? If there is a NPC present, then the game won't allow my weapons to fire till I get shield drained (literally, not figuratively). Being the only one to get shield drained despite being the furthest away compared to other players. Getting shield drained without a source (no tachyon beam or shield neutralizer or anything. happens more times then not) 3 of the 4 instances kind of look like cheating to me. If this is the way it's going to be, then they need to discontinue STO. Because if they fail to follow there rules, (cheating being one of them) then they need not reap the monetary benefits of this game. Dishonesty and cheating have no place in the game industry. Do I need also mention they conduct fraud as well? Meaning a player paying actual $$$ for full use of the product then turn around and get restricted use of such item. Even though payment had cleared 2 days after purchase was made. Approached week 2 before full use was granted. That happened to me. I was close to contacting the authorities about it. I told the customer service rep that I was close to taking legal action when suddenly I was granted full access the very next day. Coincidence? I think not.
The game could of had potential. I have tried everything I could to improve game play from my end. Suffice to say, the problem isn't with me or my set up. So what does that leave?

This part in bold? Utterly unnecessary and uncalled for, especially with such vague details (like which instance, which kind of ship, which weapons) about... well everything.

For all we know it could have been lag which would explain why weapons didn't fire and the enemy attacks weren't seen.

trennan · October 2017

saurializard wrote: »

haunted101#2485 wrote: »

WTH is up with getting shield neutralized without a NPC present? If there is a NPC present, then the game won't allow my weapons to fire till I get shield drained (literally, not figuratively). Being the only one to get shield drained despite being the furthest away compared to other players. Getting shield drained without a source (no tachyon beam or shield neutralizer or anything. happens more times then not) 3 of the 4 instances kind of look like cheating to me. If this is the way it's going to be, then they need to discontinue STO. Because if they fail to follow there rules, (cheating being one of them) then they need not reap the monetary benefits of this game. Dishonesty and cheating have no place in the game industry. Do I need also mention they conduct fraud as well? Meaning a player paying actual $$$ for full use of the product then turn around and get restricted use of such item. Even though payment had cleared 2 days after purchase was made. Approached week 2 before full use was granted. That happened to me. I was close to contacting the authorities about it. I told the customer service rep that I was close to taking legal action when suddenly I was granted full access the very next day. Coincidence? I think not.
The game could of had potential. I have tried everything I could to improve game play from my end. Suffice to say, the problem isn't with me or my set up. So what does that leave?

This part in bold? Utterly unnecessary and uncalled for, especially with such vague details (like which instance, which kind of ship, which weapons) about... well everything.

For all we know it could have been lag which would explain why weapons didn't fire and the enemy attacks weren't seen.

Or the old bug from the Borg Elites from way back when. The invisible one shot torpedo.

leemwatson · October 2017

haunted101#2485 wrote: »

WTH is up with getting shield neutralized without a NPC present? If there is a NPC present, then the game won't allow my weapons to fire till I get shield drained (literally, not figuratively). Being the only one to get shield drained despite being the furthest away compared to other players. Getting shield drained without a source (no tachyon beam or shield neutralizer or anything. happens more times then not) 3 of the 4 instances kind of look like cheating to me. If this is the way it's going to be, then they need to discontinue STO. Because if they fail to follow there rules, (cheating being one of them) then they need not reap the monetary benefits of this game. Dishonesty and cheating have no place in the game industry. Do I need also mention they conduct fraud as well? Meaning a player paying actual $$$ for full use of the product then turn around and get restricted use of such item. Even though payment had cleared 2 days after purchase was made. Approached week 2 before full use was granted. That happened to me. I was close to contacting the authorities about it. I told the customer service rep that I was close to taking legal action when suddenly I was granted full access the very next day. Coincidence? I think not.
The game could of had potential. I have tried everything I could to improve game play from my end. Suffice to say, the problem isn't with me or my set up. So what does that leave?

Wrong forum, needs to be in Bugs.

However OP, it's either you are your hardware. I've never experienced what you claim.

First time purchases of Zen are usually put on probation FOR YOURS and CRYPTICS protection. It's an anti-fraud system. This especially happens when you use Steam! And the probation period is usually about 48 hours, so there is no coincidence either.

This game is also FREE to play and by playing it, you agree to abide by the ToS. Cryptic have done nothing wrong. So good luck contacting the authorites, because they will tell you just the same!

@badmoonrisin

arionisa · October 2017

Although it is impossible to tell from that incoherent ranting, the best guess based on what information was given is that the OP made a first time Zen purchase through Steam and then without reading the hundreds or even thousands of previous posts about purchasing Zen through Steam went ballistic because he/she was being subjected to the Zen probation thing, the one that everyone goes through, and that is spelled out in great detail for anyone who can be bothered to actually read.

I find it quite comical that the OP thinks the devs would actually program some kind of cheat into the game (especially one that for some reason would focus specifically on them, yet leave other players alone). Way too many obvious absurdities with that concept to even bother listing them.

Also quite comical that the OP thinks that a threat of "going to the authorities" accomplished anything other than make them look like a fool. A person could write a hundred mpage treatise on why that is also an absurd concept.

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gilion · October 2017

trennan wrote: »

saurializard wrote: »

haunted101#2485 wrote: »

WTH is up with getting shield neutralized without a NPC present? If there is a NPC present, then the game won't allow my weapons to fire till I get shield drained (literally, not figuratively). Being the only one to get shield drained despite being the furthest away compared to other players. Getting shield drained without a source (no tachyon beam or shield neutralizer or anything. happens more times then not) 3 of the 4 instances kind of look like cheating to me. If this is the way it's going to be, then they need to discontinue STO. Because if they fail to follow there rules, (cheating being one of them) then they need not reap the monetary benefits of this game. Dishonesty and cheating have no place in the game industry. Do I need also mention they conduct fraud as well? Meaning a player paying actual $$$ for full use of the product then turn around and get restricted use of such item. Even though payment had cleared 2 days after purchase was made. Approached week 2 before full use was granted. That happened to me. I was close to contacting the authorities about it. I told the customer service rep that I was close to taking legal action when suddenly I was granted full access the very next day. Coincidence? I think not.
The game could of had potential. I have tried everything I could to improve game play from my end. Suffice to say, the problem isn't with me or my set up. So what does that leave?

This part in bold? Utterly unnecessary and uncalled for, especially with such vague details (like which instance, which kind of ship, which weapons) about... well everything.

For all we know it could have been lag which would explain why weapons didn't fire and the enemy attacks weren't seen.

Or the old bug from the Borg Elites from way back when. The invisible one shot torpedo.

I still call bull on that, I used to play a LOT of STFs around the time that was an issue and I never had any problems with invisible torpedoes. But that's besides the point, you gave a specific example that everyone knows about and that was (eventually) fixed, if I remember correctly that was also the reason why we got the death log. OP is way too vague so no idea what he could be talking about.

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orangeitis · October 2017

Framing your post as a rant rather than a bug report is a surefire way of not getting your post read by any dev team, let alone STO's.

baddmoonrizin · October 2017

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