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My vote went to Delta, of which I understand I am in the extreme minority. While I absolutely agree that the forced patrol missions are the weakest of Delta Rising's added content, I don't find them as objectionable as other people seem to; on my "main" characters I typically play all of the Episode content in order, and…
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Actually I noticed the same tooltip, which is why I was surprised the "re-ignited" star was distinctly blue-white. G-type stars are yellow-white (technically, they're actually a pure white color to human vision, but looking at them through an atmosphere has led to the forgivable fiction that they're yellowish). Still, I'll…
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I am very much enjoying these new missions, but as an astronomer there is something I feel compelled to point out - red dwarf stars have expected main sequence lifetimes of hundreds of billions to over a trillion years. There is no way a red dwarf would be naturally nearing the end of its life cycle (the universe is only…
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Aw ... that's distressing to hear. Ninety percent of the time the only thing of value I find here is the information in the dev posts. Without a way to track those posts, these forums are virtually useless to me.
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This'll seem a bit off base (and will never happen): I'd pay dil to be able to run an STF solo (with the difficulty scaled appropriate to a solo player). And that's not a stab at the abilities of my (frequently) PUG teammates - I've had both good and bad, and expect as much. I just think it'd be a good way for me to get to…
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I do think this does contribute - been playing for over two years, and I do notice the trollish nastiness increases during the summer. For that matter, on off days I even notice that the terrible behavior tends to increase incrementally as the day wears on, especially after 3 pm (as though schools are letting out in each…
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In all honesty, even if they pro-rated the cost based on veteran time I bet they would get a whole lot more sales. I pay $10/month, so to me the question becomes "will I still be playing another 20 months from now?" I honestly don't know (I hope to be, but you never know), so lifetime seems too risky. And furthermore, the…
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There we go! THAT answered my question! Thank you!
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I wouldn't have expected a refund; but I wasn't really asking if anything would be refunded. Just if it could even be done.
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Not motivation. Ability.
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Can you even cancel a lifetime sub? I was actually under the impression you can't even cancel an account once you create it. You can go free to play and never come back, but the account is still there. I'm actually genuinely asking; I'm curious to know.
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Actually, I would argue that (if you are taking a break from the game, versus leaving for good) that keeping your subscription just to accumulate Zen is a bad use of your money. If you have a $15 subscription fee, you're paying $15 for 500 Zen. On the other had if you cancel the sub, and just save the money, when you…
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I completely agree in every way with everything you just said. Completely. You are correct. ... ... ... BACKWARDS! BACKWARDS! BACKWARDS! BACKWARDS! BACKWARDS! BACKWARDS!
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Oh wow. The feeling that it is backwards is just uncanny. My rational brain agrees with all of the points raised about a (non-canon) ship's design elements being fairly consistent with canon Ferengi ships. Logically I can argue myself into believing its flight profile is consistent with canon Ferengi ships. But the moment…
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As was I. I rather liked that character from DS9. Of course, if I had a penny for every time I saw someone assume that because they don't like or care about something nobody does (or if they want something, everyone must want it to), I'd have enough money to pay off the US national debt.
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How can you be sure she even HAS a pulse?!
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Two things I noticed: The "diffraction spikes" around moderately distant stars appear to be offset from the star "globes." Basically, it looks like the star's "rays" are coming from a point in space a bit off to the side of the star itself. I autoflew to Vulcan by clicking on it on the map. It parked me in the system, but…
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Bit of a rehash - but is the problem you want to skip it, and you can't? Or that you've completed it, but can't get out of the final map? Or the final mission won't clear? If it's the first one, then (as has been said), if it is your first character on the account, you'll have to play it - there is no option to skip. If it…
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To the OP: You are asking a somewhat loaded question - it really means what you define as "win" - what your goal is. If your goal is to play through all of the Episodes for each faction, participate in special events, explore the galaxy (i.e. do patrols) and at least contribute to (if not excel at) any Standard level…
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Odd. I would consider the Halo deep space. Not much out there but the globulars and the occasional Halo star. It's pretty empty compared to the Disk. But regardless of whether or not you went horizontally or vertically, leaving the Disk would basically put you in the same place. Sure, formally, some astronomers like to…
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Count me in as someone who is perplexed by the logic of the change. What I'm reading is that people were gravitating toward patrols that had good dilithium rewards compared to the time required to play them (which is understandable). Your goal: encourage players to not favor one patrol over another. Your answer: make all…
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Apologies if this has already been mentioned ... but you actually don't need to tell first time players to do the tutorial (versus skipping it). The first character on a new account doesn't have the option of skipping the tutorial at all. I actually discovered that when I created a FTP account alongside my paid one so I…
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Actually what makes things like "I had very little trouble making it through Kobali Prime" frustrating is that I can literally say the same thing. This is my second character to play through the Delta content, and I don't remember #1 having anywhere near this much trouble with Kobali Prime. In particular, I remember the…
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I am seeing absolutely no change in kill XP - frigates are still worth around 40, cruisers around 215, and battleships about 285. DOffs I genuinely can't get a handle on at all. In all cases the awarded XP is equal to or greater than what is stated, and I'm positive it is higher than before the patch, but there is no rhyme…
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Each of my "serious" federation characters has a specific set of rules for what they name their ships. My Vulcan Tac Officer (my true main) names all ships after real-world spacecraft. Tactical ships are named for unmanned solar system exploration missions, cruisers after manned missions, science vessels for a manned or…
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Ignoring is not quite the right word. I have noticed them, and get meaningful things out of their posts. Your review of DR was one of them. Very insightful; I certainly agreed with more of your points than I disagreed with. And I agree that the reasoned complaints should be taken very seriously (and they don't appear to…
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Got it. The total gained was 2275. That's about a factor 2.8 increase over 800. But that's consistent with a mission where most of the reward is the mission end reward. I can buy that given that every time I've done the Crystalline Entity mission the team pops a few Tholian ships and then focuses on the Entity itself - in…
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This may end up being moot, because I have no idea if the emergency server maintenance that just kicked me out of the game is to fix the issue will critter kill and or DOff XP (I am in 100% agreement with the advice that Cryptic needs to seriously improve their communications), but I did some decent preliminary ship kill…
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You are correct that that would allow for both to be right. But I seriously doubt that it is. Here is my reasoning. So far, all of the evidence over all 60 levels seems to point to critters drawing on a level-based master table for skill points. Actually, it even possibly seems rank based, since I have yet to see the…
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I literally just saw a post where an increase (but not by x2.9) was reported. By definition, only one of them can be correct (or neither). I give up. I'll check it myself when I get a chance. My mistake. Trying to get accurate information out of angry people is usually an unwise decision.