Wow, I'm amazed the response is so positive to this. It really does not sound like a great thing to me. Challenge and penalty blocks for not paying attention and not having at least half-decent gear are what STO has needed for a long time, and I was happy it was finally gaining some. Then the queues died because it gained…
STO is an amazing game, and an MMO is an unbelievably complex piece of software and hardware and people, so the fact any MMO runs at all is kind of incredible. Props to our devoted Cryptic staff who WILL get it back up, and in a mere few hours at worst. Gamer rage is understandable but it could really be a whole lot worse.…