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Research and Development Weekend!

baddmoonrizinbaddmoonrizin Member Posts: 10,369 Community Moderator
edited January 2019 in Galactic News Network [PC]
We’re pleased to announce the return of the Research and Development Weekend! This event will run, on all 3 platforms, from Thursday, January 3rd at 8AM PT to Monday, January 7th at 10AM PST, and features several bonuses throughout STO that will give Captains of all levels a leg up advancing their rank in the Research and Development school(s) of their choice.
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    pottsey5gpottsey5g Member Posts: 4,178 Arc User
    edited January 2019
    (Off topic comments removed, attempting to circumvent closed threads. - BMR)
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    sheldonlcoopersheldonlcooper Member Posts: 4,042 Arc User
    hmm the calendar says dil for pc. which is it?
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    where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    @baddmoonrizin are you the new Community Manager, now???
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    baddmoonrizinbaddmoonrizin Member Posts: 10,369 Community Moderator
    No, not at all. Just helping out while Kael is on holiday. Blogs can be scheduled to release. Forum threads cannot. :smile:
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    dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    I dare you guys to go 2 weeks without some sort of "limited time event!".
    Get some metrics on how your game is w/o something to hype.
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    djf021djf021 Member Posts: 1,379 Arc User
    > @sheldonlcooper said:
    > hmm the calendar says dil for pc. which is it?

    I'm wondering this too. I've got a bunch of mining claims waiting...
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    ussvaliant#6064 ussvaliant
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    I'd be disappointed if there's no dil weekend it'd be the 1st dil weekend I've had off this year.

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    nommo#5819 nommo
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    But really, the in-game calendar states tomorrow begins a dilithium boost for the next few days. So which is accurate? The in-game or the forum post?
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    where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    edited January 2019
    It is "hurry up and wait" all over, again.

    Rush through all the events so you can get it over with...and back to what you want to do....then wait for the next event. Half these "events" aren't even real events.
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    stupido#5208 stupido
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    Ahm - we need to know, if it's gorgeous dil or crappy r&d...
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    ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,571 Arc User
    Dilitium Weekend is for Console only.
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    eazzieeazzie Member Posts: 4,022 Arc User
    djf021 wrote: »
    > @sheldonlcooper said:
    > hmm the calendar says dil for pc. which is it?

    I'm wondering this too. I've got a bunch of mining claims waiting...
    nommo#5819 wrote: »
    But really, the in-game calendar states tomorrow begins a dilithium boost for the next few days. So which is accurate? The in-game or the forum post?
    stupido#5208 wrote: »
    Ahm - we need to know, if it's gorgeous dil or crappy r&d...
    ltminns wrote: »
    Dilitium Weekend is for Console only.

    There's a lot of conflicting info regarding this. On FB it is being said that the dil event and RD event are running together on PC. We will have to wait and see after maintenance.
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    baddmoonrizinbaddmoonrizin Member Posts: 10,369 Community Moderator
    eazzie wrote: »
    There's a lot of conflicting info regarding this. On FB it is being said that the dil event and RD event are running together on PC. We will have to wait and see after maintenance.

    Actually, no. The Facebook posts say that R&D is on all 3 platforms and Dilithium is on consoles not PC. Twitter has the same information. And they both link to the same blogs as in the announcement threads.




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    pottsey5gpottsey5g Member Posts: 4,178 Arc User
    edited January 2019
    baddmoonrizin wrote: »
    eazzie wrote: »
    There's a lot of conflicting info regarding this. On FB it is being said that the dil event and RD event are running together on PC. We will have to wait and see after maintenance.

    Actually, no. The Facebook posts say that R&D is on all 3 platforms and Dilithium is on consoles not PC. Twitter has the same information. And they both link to the same blogs as in the announcement threads.
    I am on the PC right now and it says dilithim Jan 3rd to Jan 7th. Earn Bonus dilithim this weekend e.c.t both in the PC overview and in the PC calendar. It seems to be a lot of conflicting information as the ingame info which is what most use is not the same as the out of game info.

    Furthermore on the Xbox webpage I see both dil and R&D together.
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    ussvaliant#6064 ussvaliant
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    edited January 2019
    baddmoonrizin wrote: »

    Actually, no. The Facebook posts say that R&D is on all 3 platforms and Dilithium is on consoles not PC. Twitter has the same information. And they both link to the same blogs as in the announcement threads.





    Not looking to shoot the messenger here Baddmoonrizin but how come social media like twitter can post correct information ? but PWE/Cryptic's own official website and ingame calendar have the wrong info ?.
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    ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,571 Arc User
    The In-game Calendar is not known for its 'precision'.
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    eazzieeazzie Member Posts: 4,022 Arc User
    baddmoonrizin wrote: »
    eazzie wrote: »
    There's a lot of conflicting info regarding this. On FB it is being said that the dil event and RD event are running together on PC. We will have to wait and see after maintenance.

    Actually, no. The Facebook posts say that R&D is on all 3 platforms and Dilithium is on consoles not PC. Twitter has the same information. And they both link to the same blogs as in the announcement threads.





    Actually yes. (removed names of people who have posted as it would be unethical to share their details) Posts on FB. Hence conflicting info.

    Post 1. i thought i read on the calander it was Dilithium weekend from january 4 at 4pm - january 7 at 6pm
    Post 2. Both are happening at the same time
    Post 3. They usually run two weekend events at the same time.
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    where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    Wow, the heck is going on???
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    kamiyama317kamiyama317 Member Posts: 1,295 Arc User
    Will there be an upgrade weekend soon? I'm sitting on a big pile of phoenix upgrades. I'm itching to use them but really want to get that extra boost.
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    curedmencuredmen Member Posts: 215 Arc User
    edited January 2019
    baddmoonrizin wrote: »
    We’re pleased to announce the return of the Research and Development Weekend! This event will run, on all 3 platforms, from Thursday, January 3rd at 8AM PT to Monday, January 7th at 10AM PST, and features several bonuses throughout STO that will give Captains of all levels a leg up advancing their rank in the Research and Development school(s) of their choice.

    So thanks to ingame calendar on pc my 19 character imigration to the dilimine was waste of time! welldone, welldone!!! Whats next?
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    ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,571 Arc User
    Fake News?
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    xxtakunixxxxtakunixx Member Posts: 65 Arc User
    I agree also we just had a r&d event that lasted a whole week in november i want the dil weekend that i spent time gearing up for on my calender that was in my pc version of the game not the darn r&d useless weekend i just spent time gearing all my toons up and relocating them for the dil weekend
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    baddmoonrizinbaddmoonrizin Member Posts: 10,369 Community Moderator
    Ok, so your "lots" of conflicting information is a bunch of random people posting on the internet. :smirk:

    OFFICIAL postings on Facebook, Twitter, and PWE/Cryptic website all say the same thing: R&D on all 3 platforms; Dilithium on consoles. The ONLY conflicting information from an OFFICIAL source is the in-game calendar, which is known to have its own issues.
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    iamynaughtiamynaught Member Posts: 1,285 Arc User
    edited January 2019
    If the R&D weekend was supposed to start at 8am Pacific, I'm not seeing any kind of bonus to mats received from nodes in missions, no extra 10 dil either. No visible bonus in the R&D schools either.

    And I just ran an Advanced Crystalline Entity and got no bonus mats from it, either.

    I did however get Bonus Dilithium from it, a total of 1080. So it would appear that the bonus Dill weekend is indeed in effect and NOT the R&D weekend.
    edited to add:
    where2r1 wrote: »
    So, it appears Dilithium bonus weekend is on PC.

    Yes, I forgot to mention my observations were on PC.
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    where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    edited January 2019
    So...the in game calendar is correct. Not the Community Managers on Social Media. So, I should be getting 3000 DL for turning in Contraband this weekend? I better get on that.

    P.S. Just collected the 3000 DL for Contraband. Add 720 DL for the Lore Question.
    So, it appears Dilithium bonus weekend is on PC.
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    crypticarmsmancrypticarmsman Member Posts: 4,113 Arc User
    LOL - I guess someone serverside inputted the wrong event key or command (That said, I hope it sticks as I'd rather a Dill weekend then another useless R&D one myself.) ;)
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    sukhothaisukhothai Member Posts: 276 Arc User
    sheldonlcooper wrote: »
    hmm the calendar says dil for pc. which is it?

    It may say dilithium weekend, but I am not getting any bonus dilithium.
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    where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    sukhothai wrote: »
    sheldonlcooper wrote: »
    hmm the calendar says dil for pc. which is it?

    It may say dilithium weekend, but I am not getting any bonus dilithium.

    I am. Are you on PC?
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    pottsey5gpottsey5g Member Posts: 4,178 Arc User
    edited January 2019
    baddmoonrizin wrote: »
    Ok, so your "lots" of conflicting information is a bunch of random people posting on the internet. :smirk:

    OFFICIAL postings on Facebook, Twitter, and PWE/Cryptic website all say the same thing: R&D on all 3 platforms; Dilithium on consoles. The ONLY conflicting information from an OFFICIAL source is the in-game calendar, which is known to have its own issues.
    Not just the calendar but also the official game overview pages. Basically everything in game says different to everything out of game. You can hardly blame us for being confused and what known issues with the calendar? EDIT: and it looks like both in game sources are correct after you made it sound like they have issues. I always found the overview and calendar more reliable as they seem to be linked into the code.
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