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I don't think you get what "power creep" is. "this is a bad idea with making it so you have to work for the gear" - seriously? That's an MMO, my friend. When you hit your max level, you work to get gear that further develops your character. That's "end game" content. It does not mean "every one is completely capped of any…
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I see that logic, but on the other hand - dilithium just flows out of the sky in this game, cripes I play an hour or two a day and I never have less than a few hundred K of unrefined dilithium. It seems intentional across a lot of systems - you can make your 8K dilith a day just by logging in four times for thirty seconds…
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/sigh The point is, the base system for scaling exists within the game engine. It could be applied to more systems. It could be further adjusted/expanded to take care of this "power creep" you seem to feel exists that is so detrimental to the game. It's cool, though, we'll speak with our wallets. I learned long ago that…
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The scaling system is built into the game. Go into your options, and then you can see that you can select the difficulty. That could easily be adjusted further, the system is already there. As I stated, I don't play to grind - I play to progress, at my own pace. And at the rate they are adding reputations, just about time…
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No, a dedicated PvPer who also plays the Forum PvP game who couldn't care less about the PvE game or anything else so long as PvP is getting catered to.
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This is so backwards. And I can speak very authoritatively - as I am in the situation you just described. I returned as the Dyson content was coming in. And in fact, I didn't have tier V in *ANY* reputation. I'm into DOFFing, playing the economic game (my bank balance goes between 75-500M in any given day), playing episode…
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If you think people left the game over this, you are having a fantasy. People leave over things like lockboxes and ships staring them in the face they can only get if they spend $100's of dollars. They don't leave because some folks can finish PvE content more quickly than them because frankly they never will know. It's…
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I think you don't understand what sarcasm is, because your first sentence wasn't sarcastic, it was a simple insult. An ironic insult, no less, since I don't have max reps on any characters - I have multiple characters for collecting Dilith via DOFF missions, but I only have time to play one, one that I have been slowly…
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Exactly. It's a smoke screen if I have ever seen one. Now, though, it's all starting to make sense...things like adding the junk boxes to the rep projects, for example. Junk boxes with stuff inside that you can destroy for about as many credits as it takes to do the project. I'm sick of clicking on them to be honest - I…
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Wow! A whole two months to finish the end game! Good thing they are ramping up that nerf bat - two months, man - that's just too much to ask anyone! /sarcasm off In fact, it will get even easier to do rep with the changes to projects. So, you just proved the point - it's not that difficult to get to the rep anyway. Two…
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Oh good, glad you said that. :) Now your smug posts and mocking smilies make perfect sense. ;) I appreciate knowing that you are a "PvP guy" so we know where your interests lay - you couldn't care less if they start tearing apart the PvE portion of the game that the vast majority of players spend their playtime in so you…
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The "new player" thing is just an excuse. The folks happy about this because they think suddenly FTP dabblers will somehow stay and play are fooling themselves. What do you think turns off new players more, some powers that they likely have no idea other players have, in one of a multitude of advancement systems, and -…
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Thing is, all those people are "straw men". It's pure fantasy to suddenly think that more players are going to arrive and continue playing because of a change in the end-game that they aren't even going to understand, one of many complex systems this game has. It's also pure folly to think that people get up to level 50…
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There is a difference between feeling owed and earning something. Regardless, that's not my real problem here. My real problem is that I don't want to spend more time micromanaging to take advantage of what I have earned playing the game. They can start handing out Tier 4 rep in every rep to new players to get them to want…
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MMO history is rife with examples of no matter what you do to change the mechanics to suit it, people who don't PvP don't PvP, and nothing is going to change that. So catering the game to the minority of players who PvP by nerfing PvE just drives people away, not makes them suddenly go "hey now I wanna PvP!"
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You either have a) never played an MMO before, or b) never put enough time and effort into one to earn the perks of being a veteran.
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Exactly. AND I LIKE MICRO-MANAGING - but, it's got to stop, somewhere. That's why this is hitting like a ton of latinum bricks - yay, another thing to spend time on before I can actually play the game, if I don't want to waste the things I have spent time earning. With all the excellent changes, as I said above, I…
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With all of the awesome changes lately, I guess it should be expected that a terrible one would make it in. I'm so tired of slots and power tray juggling and mulch-piece sets and earning stuff I'll not be able to use, and have to constantly play with builds so I don't feel like I'm not taking advantage of what I've earned.…
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Haha, you know, I think of Scotty and this quote quite often in daily life. It actually works like a charm in many circumstances - not only does it make you look good regularly, it also covers your behind when they don't.
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Please don't tell me that you actually believe that. The only thing more scary than not knowing your rights is thinking you have rights you do not. Freedom of speech has absolutely nothing, zero, zilch to do with messages on a privately owned message board online. You are allowed to post at the discretion of the owners of…
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You didn't read down far enough. It's going to be EASIER now for that situation. The same exact 20-hour mission that used to cost you 1 Commendation and got you 2500XP now will cost 30 marks and give you the same 2500XP. Now, you can earn the same amount of marks that it used to cost you to get that 5-pack (350), and…
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I have brought up two new from Level 1 to Level 50's lately, and reputation XP just falls from the sky. Gosh, you don't even have to leave a starbase after Level 11 if you don't want. You can just park yourself at DS9 and get to level 50 so quickly that your head spins by DOFFing. And then all XP turns into Expertise. I'm…
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I don't get it. They are just removing the lesser equipment that was redundant, and a waste of marks for most folks anyway since they just end up getting the better equipment once they get to a high enough level. I don't see how that makes it any less motivating to work through the system. FWIW, I've never bought the lower…
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You didn't read what was actually written. It's actually going to go just as fast, and, in fact, at least for Dyson Sphere, be even cheaper/easier to complete to Tier 5.
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But you can also run at least 20 DOFF missions at once. Right now, I have something like 14 or 15 million expertise just sitting there. If you just load up on DOFF missions even once a day, expertise is the easiest thing to get in the game. As to the changes, at first blush I had a bit of trepidation because I actually…
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Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! I am so tired of managing inventory. I spent two hours yesterday clearing out various characters, and with all the various items you have to collect for missions, etc., even being selective I have long since passed the point where I had to create extra characters just for storage use.…
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The UI was showing 7. Not 75. 7. As in 1,2,3,4,5,6 - 7. Today I have just logged in and see they are reporting 75. So it must have been some glitch, because all day yesterday they said just 7. So yes, that would have been a significant nerf, as I stated - 85% nerf. Thankfully, it seems to have passed.
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I didn't see that issue, but there was a HUGE stealth nerf to dilithium rewards for many DOFF assignments in the patch today. I came here to the forums and I was shocked no one was talking about it, unless I am missing something. All the "highlighted" missions (the ones that appear to glow a bit) that used to pay 50D now…
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On one hand, I understand the criticism, as it does seem to go against the "signal unified currency" thing. That said, I think this comes at it from a different angle and won't have the same issues as before. It's being done in an entirely new way. The problem with the "old" system was that the marks were tiered, and you…
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Or, you could buy 40 keys, resell them for 1.25M each, and buy the ship for 50M credits. It's going to get someone one a lot quicker. Thought is your friend.