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fleetcaptain5
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I am disappointed that we have to do yet another event for 20 days to get a ground set - the kind of reward that used to be added to featured episodes, but which will now be available for a limited time only.
Why do we get to pick only a single item as the episode reward? Why not simply add the ground set to the episodes as a reward - so that they can also be available at all times, like you've always done?
I'm not a fan of doing things the way they are being done now, Cryptic. Asking your players to do 20 times as much work as before, reducing the availability of items AND reducing the diversity of items that are put in the episodes at the same time... It's worse in every way.
Why do we get to pick only a single item as the episode reward? Why not simply add the ground set to the episodes as a reward - so that they can also be available at all times, like you've always done?
I'm not a fan of doing things the way they are being done now, Cryptic. Asking your players to do 20 times as much work as before, reducing the availability of items AND reducing the diversity of items that are put in the episodes at the same time... It's worse in every way.
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I am a bit annoyed that there is yet another version of an engineer kit module made available for everyone.
Can we get some tactical kit module analogs next or will the next reward be an universal kit module with a mortar in it.
Their metrics must also have noted that people wanted only cr*p Rewards from the new (Discovery Episodes on) Featured Episodes.
Yes, their metrics are very precise.
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Plus, you can also buy it out. Or partially buy it out, if you want to reduce the price by playing some. The point is, it's nice to have options.
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Here are some other variables for these quadratic equation calculations:
- Old Featured Episodes did have three piece sets. (Now they are four piece for these Events). So that was actually 6 2/3 Characters.
- Featured Episodes take only 30-40 minutes at most to run. (Do you read and listen and not skip on subsequent play-thrus)? -
- You could run the old Featured Episodes at any time at your convenience. This requires a commitment during a 30 day window.
- The old Featured TFO Event Buyout Bundle was considerably cheaper than the current direct buyout, giving 10/14 progress (70%) with an Ultima Tech Upgrade Token for 1,000 Zen (always 800 Zen for the first Weekend). 80 Zen per day vs, 300 per day currently.
New Featured Episodes generally give drop items as Rewards these days.
I'm certain that Cryptic made these adjustments exclusively in our best interests.
As an aside, the Featured Episode used to be worth 40% toward completion of the Anniversary Event,
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I've been completely underwhelmed by rewards in all the year of the Klingon episodes. Where are the unique interesting weapons that do something besides just being a different color of something we already have? Or what about unique consoles that combine stats you don't find on vanilla stuff, which you can find a number of in other episodes? Even non set unique shield or armor pieces are interesting to help you mix and match better with other non set weapons.
Not the best selection.
And no one's said a word about the tetryon mine stuff from the two newest episodes yet, so I can't comment on those.
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I personally prefer the current system that allows me to run queues to get the rewards instead of grinding a long story mission over and over and over again.
As for the OPs question about them now being limited time availability, there's a very simple reason:
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I've found that 2 patrols are quicker and easier than a bad group of To Hell With Honor or Best Served Cold. No comment on new TFO yet, I want to finish the episodes for the first time before that. For event completion itself, the choice is nice.
That said, I agree that putting the set reward back somehow is necessary. Back into the mission as a regular per character reward would be helpful for those who missed it. Maybe after a year if you really want to keep the FOMO going for awhile, or put it in a Phoenix Reward for the Dil sink.