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Time to discuss Party Poppers
captainbrian11
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So I think it's time to seriously discuss party poppers.
I'm not saying they're entirly bad, in small doses they can be reasonably fun and entertaining, but they're often used obnoxiously to grief.
The Baloons are the worst offenders because THEY WON'T DESPAWN.
This was DS9 tonight.
Look I'm not saying get rid of the party poppers but for christsake have the baloons despawn after a period of time. We often complain about Cryptic adding too much visual TRIBBLE to BOFF and ship powers, but at the same time, they're not even addressing old toys like this, that really seem easily abused to grief.
I'm not saying they're entirly bad, in small doses they can be reasonably fun and entertaining, but they're often used obnoxiously to grief.
The Baloons are the worst offenders because THEY WON'T DESPAWN.
This was DS9 tonight.
Look I'm not saying get rid of the party poppers but for christsake have the baloons despawn after a period of time. We often complain about Cryptic adding too much visual TRIBBLE to BOFF and ship powers, but at the same time, they're not even addressing old toys like this, that really seem easily abused to grief.
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Thank you for posting this. I had been thinking of making the same point myself. DS9 is a very cramped environment and I would love to see party poppers, disco balls and reputation flourishes disabled in the bank area at least. If you want to play with your popper, please do it on Drozana or Risa.
Damn, these things don't despawn anymore?
I mean, let's be fair, we tend to get used to oversights in STO after a while, but this kind of graphical pollution could become a real problem on low-tier comps...
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Thanks for doing this. Being forced to change one's settings just to accomodate other players' griefing should not really be considered as a solution.
^ This.
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Like calling for people to behave in a considerate manner? Let people have fun of course, but not by being deliberately annoying. That is troll behaviour.
Largest single balloon spawned. It was so big that it wouldn't even fit in the room upright.
Highest density. This took a LOT of work. Activating an Elachi walker combat pet would have been a nice finisher.
Rattler's suggestion works, too. He's good people. So publicly dissing him here is probably the same as filling the room with balloons.
Last thing - Star Trek Online is a game. It should not ever be allowed to become a lifestyle choice.
No offence meant to Rattler. I was merely disagreeing with his suggestion.
And yes, changing instances works, but it's not the answer to the problem.
You mean, it is not the answer that you want to hear. It is one of the solutions however and no, not everyone who is using a party popper is trying to grief people.
No. I mean what I say, not what you read into it. It seems we all hear what we want to from time to time. At no point did I suggest that all people using party poppers were trying to grief people - merely that their use should be curtailed in certain areas such as the small banking space on DS9. That is the problem I was referring to, not the overall use of poppers.
> No. I mean what I say, not what you read into it. It seems we all hear what we want to from time to time. At no point did I suggest that all people using party poppers were trying to grief people - merely that their use should be curtailed in certain areas such as the small banking space on DS9. That is the problem I was referring to, not the overall use of poppers.
Thanks for the clarification. Maybe a middle ground can be reached.
Didn't say it was "THE" answer. Jus the one I use. Which works.
I also don't view this as a "problem".
(Trolling comments moderated out. - BMR)
I concur with that assessment. all these things are fun, but when they are used next to the bank mail and exchange consoles, it's ridiculous, and IMHO, griefing/trolling
sure can. a maximum amount of balloons in a 30M radius. if you create more, they disappear in order of summons.
Namely, it isn't enough to restrict the use of such items. The people who dare to use them MUST be punished for their blasphemous behavior! It always seems to be because: 1) "Somebody is ruining MY Fun!" and 2) "Somebody's not playing the game the way I DEMAND it be played!"
I find the second one a bit scary. Suppose Cryptic does accede to the OP's, and others, wishes. And restrict the use of these items. Now what? How long do you think it will be before Cryptic starts to restrict usage of things the OP, and others, like?
Always easier the second time.
Now for a radical idea. Remove ALL these items! But do it this way - PermaBan any player who uses one of these things in any social setting which is a public area. Restrict their use to Fleet social areas only. The people who use these things are all griefers and trolls whose only enjoyment in life is wrecking someone else's STO experience. They should be completely removed from Star Trek fandom! FOEVAH!
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