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loverofwars you're a genius :D Either that or I'm a bit thick :P
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Thanks eazzie, he is - his 13th birthday present from his favourite (I wish!) uncle was the complete kit for his favourite team whom I won't mention, as I'm from the other (Red) side of the city!! I'll try that once the server is up and running again loverofwars, many thanks :)
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I made him an arc account, but the launcher says Invalid Username or Password so I guess it hasn't created a Star Trek account for him. I guess he can go without :)
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Where's the money? Remember that's the only question the devs ask about any idea. If they can't sell new content to you for real world money then they will NEVER make it. If you flesh out your idea with "and it costs x amount of Zen in order to continue/start/take part" then your idea might be given some consideration. If…
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Mining, unless it's with Rich Claims, takes too long. If 1k = 10 minutes, then 960*3 (2880) dil in ESTFs takes only 9 minutes. 6 with a really good team. I also have to agree with rinkster, Nukara rep is the easiest to "grind" with CCE; 2 CCE = 3 days rep. Do it every day instead so you have lots of spare marks for days…
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Worst game ever... oh my so many choices... Has to be BSGO. If ever there was promise in a game it was there, under Bugpoint's fingertips, waiting to be released and developed as THE great sci-fi branded space fighter sim. Instead the devs decided that total incompetence, ignorance and belligerence were to be the…
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Simple answer: No When you use (for instance) one of your Beam Array: Fire at will 1 skills, the other 2 will enter a "cooldown" phase, and take time to become available again. During this time only 1 version of the skill is running, not all 3 as it might seem. Thus it's probably best not to use the same skill 3 times.…
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Wow, that's a lot of questions! No, really, that's some serious information you're requesting!! I'll try to break it down into some simple steps... 1. Forget the episodes; if you've done them all only replay those you enjoy :) 1a. If you do want to re-run episodes for things like the Jem'Hadar Boff feel free; he's not…
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Usually Crowd Control; Gravity Well is the most crowd control mechanism and the Recluse can certainly rock the gwell :cool:
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I can sort of understand where they would be coming from. Take this as an extreme example: Player joins his first privately-queued Elite STF. Player watches as previously tough targets vaporize before his very eyes Player asks in Team how on earth everyone does THAT?!?!? A teammate responds "get faw dem and a marion in…
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Helped myself to Fleet Mogh earlier this week, thanks NoP :D Remember there are many fleets offering help in the channel, as well as great advice and sometimes even a laugh :eek: You can get anything and everything available to anyone and everyone with nothing more than a little bit of patience.
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Wrong? I say there will be far fewer bugs, ("rarely be released" not "never be released") not no bugs. You say there will still be bugs. You agree with me, yet you say I'm wrong. Odd :confused: (And old bugs only resurface if the original coding is flawed. If the bug had been properly fixed, not simply patched over, then…
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Only if they don't test properly first! Test thoroughly first and bugs will rarely be released, thus ensuring smooth, enjoyable gameplay. Test at all and it will happen far less, so the players might complain and gripe a bit, but mostly the gameplay is fine and people can adapt. Utterly fail to test and bugs will be…
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I'm under no illusions... I know the Dyson Sphere was a huge project to design and construct. I know all of the "new" content in there has taken a great deal of effort to prepare. However I also know that adding bugs is pure laziness. Check your work! I know ignoring old bugs and releasing new Seasons is pure…
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Can someone sticky this thread? Saves deleting the x-million posts that will be created. Massively annoying bug placed in the game purely to cause upset? Inspired genius coupled with a burning player base hatred? And not bothering to manage the myriad bug reports through abject laziness? Thanks PWE, you rock!
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So they made changes. This is a victory how? You think them putting back what they took away (as was their intention all along) is a victory? A victory when, as you say, they can do whatever they choose? Indeed they aren't, but they allow for discussion and dislike, so I described my dislike in the forum. You understand…
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Cryptic made changes, but lied first about said changes. This caused the greatest upset IMO. Cryptic knew from the beginning there would be outcry, hence the ruse to placate the few who get their dil back. There was no victory in which to be magnanimous. Cryptic did not apologise for the lies. Cryptic have still sent dil…
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I like your idea, as I've liked many similar ideas that have gone before. Unfortunately there is one fatal flaw... Where's the money? In order for Cryptic to make a change there must either be a real world money cost to you, the player, or a money loss taking place for them, the greedy liars. Your idea will not earn them…
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As a cynic, I'm in accordance with many who've stated their belief that Cryptic knew what they were going to do well in advance. For me, the REAL reason behind the STF changes was the number of players getting rich off them through drops (EC) rather than dilithium, and have used the dil return as cover for their true…
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I like your thinking, and agree with much of it. I think you're insane to ask Cryptic to think though, they have no capacity for that. Unless you offer to pay them to think, that is...
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I tried some Fleet Actions this morning to try and re-motivate myself to play. After being logged out of the Action 14 times during the course of play I gave up. Whilst I'm sure today's server maintenance is designed to repair this, I'm also certain that Fleet Actions are still as dull and pointless as before... "ooh look,…
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They were thinking "we want more money, now now now" followed by "how do we force players to buy more Zen" which was quickly followed by "burn their dilithium" Such it is that they've made everything cost more dil whilst at the same time reducing the enjoyable/easy ways to get dil. It's a dirty practice but sometimes…
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Epic post, beautifully put. I can only apologise for removing great chunks of it from the quote to keep my post small. Any chance you're a secret billionaire who'll buy Cryptic from the evil money hoarders and release the developers to produce content that inspires us to spend? I promise you'll still make a profit from it,…
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It doesn't force you to buy Zen, just stops your character's revenue from the supposed end game content by removing drops and dilithium reward. If you want to compete in end game content, which is surely the point, then you have to spend in order to take full part at a level those you're playing with deserve. Enforced…
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I understand this feeling, but I can't be bothered grinding in a game whose developers will blatantly lie to their player base. Is there an RSS feed or something I can follow in order to see when change has been made for the better? I don't want to read dev blogs (now known as LIE blogs) that are full of nothing but bs,…
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He's been given a HUGE pay rise
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Who mentioned dil? I was talking about general character wealth generated from STF's being removed (drops), thus forcing you to spend if you want that character wealth. My fault for not explaining more clearly *facepalm* I can't make sense of the latter part of your statement... perhaps I'm reading it wrong :s
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No. Giving you choice will not force you to spend.
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I agree with you totally. But some companies get new management, or new shareholders, and have to act accordingly. Clearly they weren't happy with revenue streams and have acted to increase them. I'm currently trying to figure out how to most efficiently turn my characters into fleet base projects for my mates before I…
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WALL OF TEXT! :P But on a serious note pretty much everything you say is true, whether for you and others or whether just general truisms for the game. The problem everyone seems to be overlooking is profit. It conquers all, it rules all. S7's STF changes have come about because players who play for free had equal chances…