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So I haven't played in like 2 years, anything worth coming back for?
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HUGE SPACEKABLOOIE posted:So I haven't played in like 2 years, anything worth coming back for? You missed the sweet spot where the game was actually good, it's back to being poo poo now.
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May 2, 2015 07:55
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Welp
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May 2, 2015 07:56
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MikeJF posted:You missed the sweet spot where the game was actually good, it's back to being poo poo now. This game was never good. The game isn't even worth my time trying to uninstall it. I might as well update and then close it.
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May 2, 2015 08:05
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Hah, more releasing old  If you still play this game please do the sensible thing and do NOT spend a single [low demonination local currency unit] on it. If this game lasts a couple more years you're going to see T7. You all know that right.
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May 2, 2015 08:39
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Korgan posted:Surprised it took them this long to take out a painless way of levelling to be honest. Grind out levels the Cryptic Approved way or gently caress off. welp, i am going to get that one thing for sure, i guess i should make more dil this weekend.
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May 2, 2015 08:42
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 Anyone who actually thought T5 ships were ever going to be useful again is an idiot. I'm glad I've never paid for an upgrade token, at this rate we'll start seeing T6 scimitars or some poo poo in a month. faxmachine posted:RIP reliable alt leveling method  I forget who said it in chat a few hours ago, but the fact Cryptic is still somehow finding new and exciting ways to nerf XP game is almost admirable. That takes absolute focus and devotion to making the game go down the toilet.
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Asimo posted:
No poo poo. Ludicro, please add this to the OP, thanks. 
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faxmachine posted:RIP reliable alt leveling method I don't understand the screenshot. Could you explain? quote:Anyone who actually thought T5 ships were ever going to be useful again is an idiot. I'm glad I've never paid for an upgrade token, at this rate we'll start seeing T6 scimitars or some poo poo in a month. True enough, but one wonders how they're going to top the Iconian set/stuff in terms of effectiveness. Bloodly fucked around with this message at 10:45 on May 2, 2015 |
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May 2, 2015 10:39
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Korgan posted:Surprised it took them this long to take out a painless way of levelling to be honest. Grind out levels the Cryptic Approved way or gently caress off. Missed a few bits, new poo poo is in bold, I suggest the richer players look at this asap.
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May 2, 2015 11:09
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DancingShade posted:Hah, more releasing old Years? More like 6 months.
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May 2, 2015 11:25
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I would bet money we'll see Borg lockboxes by year's end if not sooner. That's the last huge trigger they have to pull for sales and the Cooperative poo poo makes it make a little lore sense.
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May 2, 2015 11:27
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If the Borg cube turns out to be the first T7 ship I guess the game will be officially over, instead of unofficially.
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May 2, 2015 11:44
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A borg lockbox would be the deathknell, but more likely they'll just keep releasing T6 variants of all the existing lockbox stuff now they've opened that door with the bug V2.Korgan posted:Missed a few bits, new poo poo is in bold, I suggest the richer players look at this asap. Effort.
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May 2, 2015 12:08
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Also, i strongly suggest everyone convert all their dil, and all the dil they get during the bonus event, and all the dil you get going forward, into zen immediately. 220 is going to be 'the good old days.' And you can always convert it back to dil later if you need dil, except you'll get more dil.
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May 2, 2015 13:35
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It's going to hit the cap of 500 just like neverwinter did. And remained forever more.
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I dunno, my Fleet Defiant T5 still holds its own. I really want a T6 Defiant though. I would pay real money for one. I wonder if the other T6 ships will get a remodel like the Intrepid and Galaxy. Some ship models really need to be looked at. Especially the Sovereign, it is probably the worst one right now.
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May 2, 2015 15:45
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Bloodly posted:I don't understand the screenshot. Could you explain? Klanks had one way to level toons that didn't involve a god awful grind. Devs have fixed that bug.
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May 2, 2015 16:42
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Please remember to post, and to encourage others to post, /spit in official threads about unpopular decisions by craptic. Spitting is a traditional way of showing disapproval.
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hakimashou posted:Please remember to post, and to encourage others to post, /spit in official threads about unpopular decisions by craptic. The picture of the protester spitting on the riot cop's face shield where the spittle is in mid air seems appropriate. Wish I could find it.
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May 2, 2015 17:42
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Actually Gorn uprisings still show up, just one sector over from Droz now. Just go to the Aldebaran sector.
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Yeah, the missions are still around, it's just that the rewards have been drastically reduced. Not sure when the nerf is supposed to hit Holodeck but it's already on Tribble.
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May 2, 2015 18:50
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And by drastically, he means they now give 10% of the original xp.
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-Troika- posted:Actually Gorn uprisings still show up, just one sector over from Droz now. Just go to the Aldebaran sector. Come Thursday, "who cares?"
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May 2, 2015 19:09
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Korgan posted:Missed a few bits, new poo poo is in bold, I suggest the richer players look at this asap. again.Although without giving too much away here, I don't think that'll be quite like the JHSS. Intel seats are way more useful than command seats so the existing ship will probably be the more valuable of the two barring some other surprise.
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Confronted with declining revenue, Geko is informed that PWE has turned to alternative methods for the STO dev team to make ends meet:
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May 2, 2015 21:04
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"Leave it as is you dumb sack of sperglord poo poo since it sure wasn't breaking anything." It's hilarious to see something so relatively trivial blowing up in his idiotic loving face, since even the dumbest and most cheerleading pubbies are finally starting to clue in that they'll never be able to make useful alts again.
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May 2, 2015 21:11
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"Assume competence" ahahaha no, Cryptic, you don't get that benefit of the doubt ever again.
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Seriously, the fact the specialization system launched without any sort of throttling (like with reps and starbase projects) shows just how incompetent Cryptic is. Anyone with two firing neurons could have seen this outcome; everyone was going to flock to whatever mission or method that gave the biggest reward for the effort. And instead of actually trying to fix the blatant fundamental flaws in the design, Geko's just nerfing things over and over and over and over again without understanding why it isn't working.  It's absolutely hilarious to watch, I just wish he wasn't in charge of a game I actually kind of like.
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talking points: -sneering -not the right thing to do, but it's the easy thing to do -bad choices -bad decisions
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Bort also tried to explain why the DOFF missions were technically broken http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=23677591&postcount=96 http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=23677651&postcount=98
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Yeah, it's pretty much 100% cryptic error there. And I don't just mean the scaling error, which is pure cryptic in that it's sat there blatant and obvious to everyone for years without notice, giving the strong implication that none of the lead developers actually play. But also in the response. Making a quick "fix" to something that's old and established without understanding the wider metagame effects on overall advancement and rewards versus playtime, and being confused and angry that players aren't happy about these things even though it directly affects them. It's why I don't have any hesitation about calling the remaining devteam incompetent.
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Asimo posted:It's why I don't have any hesitation about calling the remaining devteam incompetent. One should never hesitate to tell the truth 
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Preechr posted:"Assume competence" ahahaha no, Cryptic, you don't get that benefit of the doubt ever again. Oh man, it's even better. Apparently when Heretic was still around he mentioned that the 12 hour bump was fully intentional, to promote a playstyle where people were incentivized to log into STO multiple times a day. So he's assuming incompetence, but really he doesn't have the full picture. 
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Yeah we fixed that "bug" that totally wasn't a conscious design decision by the specific developer who made the entire system, who also publicly stated as much at the time. But who cares anyway! Go buy the same ships you already bought at full price again! 
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Tunicate posted:Oh man, it's even better. Apparently when Heretic was still around he mentioned that the 12 hour bump was fully intentional, to promote a playstyle where people were incentivized to log into STO multiple times a day. Holy christ, the development methods at Cryptic are a clown car. DancingShade posted:Go buy the same ships you already bought at full price again! They're more expensive now. $30 instead of $25! 
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Honestly I would be all for them "normalizing" xp gains if the baseline wasn't such poo poo.
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Yesterday I was screwing around with ship builds on my delta recruit and checking out the new Negh'Varish T6. Last year in this scenario I'd think "Why not? I haven't tossed this game a bone in a while" and grab the bundle. Now there's no way I'd spend money on this poo poo. They've basically squandered the large amount of goodwill I had for this game in a short 7 months.
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