I would suggest not spending ANY money on this game. if everyone stopped spending money on it then maybe they would give a ****. (but don't count on it)
If everybody would do this, the only result would be that this game will be offline forever sooner than later... it's old enough to shut it down if it doesn't bring in the revenue anymore.
I'm not advocating anyone paying for something if they don't want to, but as someone aware of all the flaws and still loving to play, I felt the need to say this.
... and of course, I'd love to have a T5/6 Kamarag, like there is a T5/6 Ambassador.
Kind of hoping the extended breach event isn't deemed as compensation or some such, it assumes everyone that is waiting to get into game with the delays is only interested in that one piece of content. Cause it seems a little poor that throwing an extra day of an event and its all good.
Cryptic rarely, if ever gives out 'compensation' as you already get a shed ton of stuff FREE in a FREE game.
"You don't want to patrol!? You don't want to escort!? You don't want to defend the Federation's Starbases!? Then why are you flying my Starships!? If you were a Klingon you'd be killed on the spot, but lucky for you.....you WERE in Starfleet. Let's see how New Zealand Penal Colony suits you." Adm A. Necheyev.
That was nice of Cryptic even though the 14 needed out of 21 days available isn't really a crammed schedule. I'm happily surprised Cryptic did this, nicely done.
Actually, when you factor in 4 days of extremlely extended downtime, it actually does drastically shorten the 21 day time frame when taking real life obligations into consideration as well.
Kind of hoping the extended breach event isn't deemed as compensation or some such, it assumes everyone that is waiting to get into game with the delays is only interested in that one piece of content. Cause it seems a little poor that throwing an extra day of an event and its all good.
Indeed. Especially when pre-created pixels are absolutely free to them, but reap MASSIVE dividends in community
goodwill.
A bunch of forum whiners who want to stay in a basement and play games all day? isn't that every online game ever more or less? (not that everyone who plays is of course)
"He shall be my finest warrior, this generic man who was forced upon me.
Like a badass I shall make him look, and in the furnace of war I shall forge him.
he shall be of iron will and steely sinew.
In great armour I shall clad him and with the mightiest weapons he shall be armed.
He will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight him.
He shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best him in battle.
He is my answer to cryptic logic, he is the Defender of my Romulan Crew.
He is Tovan Khev... and he shall know no fear."
I'm getting flashbacks to the game's launch 8 years ago. The forums were almost as much fun as actually playing the game because servers were down half the time and all we could do was complain about the downtime.
Well it was fun while it lasted. Thanks for the forum updates.
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10 freakin hours!! and its still not up. this is inconcievable!! all day for me more than a complete work day. whip the tribbles and get the server back up already!!!
I would suggest not spending ANY money on this game. if everyone stopped spending money on it then maybe they would give a ****. (but don't count on it)
If everybody would do this, the only result would be that this game will be offline forever sooner than later... it's old enough to shut it down if it doesn't bring in the revenue anymore.
I'm not advocating anyone paying for something if they don't want to, but as someone aware of all the flaws and still loving to play, I felt the need to say this.
To be honest. I wouldn't shed many tears. It's be sad sure, but I wanted the original concept of the game. That of a mix of an RPG (Like Star Trek Adventures) and Bridge Commander. Wanted to be working in a ship with others. Not being the actual ship and doing everything myself.
When someone starts developing that game, then this one can finally die and die well.
A bunch of forum whiners who want to stay in a basement and play games all day? isn't that every online game ever more or less? (not that everyone who plays is of course)
For the sake of full disclosure, I am in MY own basement.
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Consider how much of a budget WoW has over this game. As much as I hate defending these people, they have a small(ish) budget, greedy Chinese overlords, and a bunch of forum whiners who want to stay at home in mommy's basement and play games all day... to deal with.
No problem with maintenance. Always know that STO maintenances are always excessive and long and there is nothing we can do about it. If it wasn't for my understanding of game development, I would surely thought them guys are a bunch of amateurs , because they keep messing up things and not able to be ready within ETA. ( 90 percent of the time. )
Yet, the only thing that still bothers me, is that PW is keeping their users at bay by promising all kinds of false stuff. When they say it takes 4 hours, you know they lie. But after 2 times delaying it, they place tweets saying things like: "High possibility that it will be online sooner than the given ETA" and STILL manages to even delay THAT one... Promising a lot of stuff, while not able to deliver, is even worse than having maintenances lasting an entire day, IMHO. This isn't really a promise, but it is a positive manipulation to ease the crowd. Which is not necessary! I could relate with long downtimes. I could not relate with false promises or leeching.
If PWE says something positive, then it's almost guaranteed to either be a blatant lie or a fact so polished it may as well be a lie. It's why I stopped following their twitter. It's nothing but self-gratification and lies, and an obvious corporate intent at ignoring every valid criticism at their lack of proper business practices.
Just remember, as bad as today may have been, we still have two more Tuesdays with extended maintenances, and perhaps regular maintenances on the following Thursdays. The 18th is meant to be a 7 hour maintenance and then the 25th is due to be a 10 hour maintenance.
So this is just a sample of what may lie ahead.
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Defiantly taking an odd approach to this. Delays and more delays and then not much longer! Only not much longer is as accurate as all the other times that have been posted, who knows what it means, cause its seems to be 30min +
Consider how much of a budget WoW has over this game. As much as I hate defending these people, they have a small(ish) budget, greedy Chinese overlords, and a bunch of forum whiners who want to stay at home in mommy's basement and play games all day... to deal with.
Could be worse.
We could have EA to deal with like TOR does.
Eww.... EA, or Daybreak
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Servers were on their way to life 20 minutes ago in other news but then temporal shenanigans.
"He shall be my finest warrior, this generic man who was forced upon me.
Like a badass I shall make him look, and in the furnace of war I shall forge him.
he shall be of iron will and steely sinew.
In great armour I shall clad him and with the mightiest weapons he shall be armed.
He will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight him.
He shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best him in battle.
He is my answer to cryptic logic, he is the Defender of my Romulan Crew.
He is Tovan Khev... and he shall know no fear."
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If everybody would do this, the only result would be that this game will be offline forever sooner than later... it's old enough to shut it down if it doesn't bring in the revenue anymore.
I'm not advocating anyone paying for something if they don't want to, but as someone aware of all the flaws and still loving to play, I felt the need to say this.
... and of course, I'd love to have a T5/6 Kamarag, like there is a T5/6 Ambassador.
Yep, no need to get weird with silly demands (like 100k Dilithium, LOL). Let's keep some perspective.
Cryptic rarely, if ever gives out 'compensation' as you already get a shed ton of stuff FREE in a FREE game.
Actually, when you factor in 4 days of extremlely extended downtime, it actually does drastically shorten the 21 day time frame when taking real life obligations into consideration as well.
Indeed. Especially when pre-created pixels are absolutely free to them, but reap MASSIVE dividends in community
goodwill.
"He shall be my finest warrior, this generic man who was forced upon me.
Like a badass I shall make him look, and in the furnace of war I shall forge him.
he shall be of iron will and steely sinew.
In great armour I shall clad him and with the mightiest weapons he shall be armed.
He will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight him.
He shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best him in battle.
He is my answer to cryptic logic, he is the Defender of my Romulan Crew.
He is Tovan Khev... and he shall know no fear."
Has 4:20 p.m. (PST) been taken yet? It'd be just my luck with these guys to be busy with something else the moment they go up. LOL
Well it was fun while it lasted. Thanks for the forum updates.
"When diplomacy fails, there's only one alternative - violence. Force must be applied without apology. It's the Starfleet way." - Captain Janeway
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To be honest. I wouldn't shed many tears. It's be sad sure, but I wanted the original concept of the game. That of a mix of an RPG (Like Star Trek Adventures) and Bridge Commander. Wanted to be working in a ship with others. Not being the actual ship and doing everything myself.
When someone starts developing that game, then this one can finally die and die well.
For the sake of full disclosure, I am in MY own basement.
Join Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Could be worse.
We could have EA to deal with like TOR does.
If PWE says something positive, then it's almost guaranteed to either be a blatant lie or a fact so polished it may as well be a lie. It's why I stopped following their twitter. It's nothing but self-gratification and lies, and an obvious corporate intent at ignoring every valid criticism at their lack of proper business practices.
So this is just a sample of what may lie ahead.
Losing faith in humanity, one person at a time.
I sometimes wish I were one of those.
... and of course, I'd love to have a T5/6 Kamarag, like there is a T5/6 Ambassador.
Eww.... EA, or Daybreak
Join Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2010
At this rate, I expect them to be halfway done with an engine upgrade. At least then all this time will have made sense (at least in my mind)
"He shall be my finest warrior, this generic man who was forced upon me.
Like a badass I shall make him look, and in the furnace of war I shall forge him.
he shall be of iron will and steely sinew.
In great armour I shall clad him and with the mightiest weapons he shall be armed.
He will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight him.
He shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best him in battle.
He is my answer to cryptic logic, he is the Defender of my Romulan Crew.
He is Tovan Khev... and he shall know no fear."
More like Baseball bats, & Tire Irons.