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Dick Bass
Feb 22, 2006



This again

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Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
You know how Brainy smurf would roll up and try and narc on the other smurfs to papa Smurf, only to get mocked at the end of the show? That's Blinky

18 Character Limit
Apr 6, 2007

Screw you, Abed;
I can fix this!
Nap Ghost
Sub Nagus Gooark
We try not to kinkshame here,
but post with your main.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



Here, Pavel Chekov--
But worse than that, he's dead, Jim.
Don't invest in Jeep.

18 Character Limit
Apr 6, 2007

Screw you, Abed;
I can fix this!
Nap Ghost
Chrysler announces:
new Anton Edition Jeep
with no gear for park.

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
Ha, askray deleted all of binkley's posts.

Dely Apple
Apr 22, 2006

Sing me Spanish Techno


Romulans plot to
Destroy poor Chekov -- too late;
Neutral geared, not zoned.

hakimashou
Jul 15, 2002
Upset Trowel
https://www.reddit.com/r/sto/comments/4tumd4/join_us_tomorrow_to_celebrate_anton_yelchins_life/

Mimsy
Oct 25, 2008
I tried to do a password reset on the wiki and never got the email, is there something up with that or am I retarded and put my email address is wrong?

Tunicate
May 15, 2012

Mimsy posted:

I tried to do a password reset on the wiki and never got the email, is there something up with that or am I retarded and put my email address is wrong?

Emails don't exist sucker.

Tunicate
May 15, 2012

Get on chat ingame and I'll give you your new password.

Coq au Nandos
Nov 7, 2006

I think I would say to my daughters if they were to ask me this question... A shitpost is the greatest gift that you can give someone, the ultimate gift of giving and don't give it to someone lightly, that's what I would say.

Mimsy posted:

I tried to do a password reset on the wiki and never got the email, is there something up with that or am I retarded and put my email address is wrong?

What's your username?

DonDoodles
Aug 18, 2010

by general anime
Cassandra is blowing up my twitter after I told him to quit begging for money for his xbox/broken window. He's been asking anywhere from 600 to 900 to 2,000 dollars from people to pay for this poo poo.



Edit:



Edit:

DonDoodles fucked around with this message at 06:41 on Jul 21, 2016

Coq au Nandos
Nov 7, 2006

I think I would say to my daughters if they were to ask me this question... A shitpost is the greatest gift that you can give someone, the ultimate gift of giving and don't give it to someone lightly, that's what I would say.
Well, just managed to absolutely annihilate the Specialisation guide I spent today working on while work's been slow. That'll teach me.

Spoiler: Always be Intel/Pilot unless you're a scihole, then be Temporal Ops.

Cutedge
Mar 13, 2006

How can we lose so much more than we had before

Aleth posted:

I do wonder how many people are thinking 'just a few more purchases and I MUST hit the magic number' so it would really be for the best to keep quiet on it.

The official word on this:

quote:

“The gold-plated T6 Ferengi ship was sent out to a select group of players as part of an e-mail specific promotion. Unfortunately we aren’t able to reveal any additional information, as it goes against our policy to protect the privacy of our community members.”

:golfclap:

Nita
Apr 27, 2008
Meaning they won't tell because they don't want to reveal it's based on favoritism rather than how much you spent on the game. Pubbies would rage at the fact they spent $2000 for nothing.

**Edit**

Someone should claim to have never spent a cent on the game and received a package. It would cause nerd aneurysms of an apocalyptic scale.

Nita fucked around with this message at 08:56 on Jul 21, 2016

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

Nita posted:

Meaning they won't tell because they don't want to reveal it's based on favoritism rather than how much you spent on the game. Pubbies would rage at the fact they spent $2000 for nothing.

**Edit**

Someone should claim to have never spent a cent on the game and received a package. It would cause nerd aneurysms of an apocalyptic scale.

No, no, say you spent... hmm... 2500 dollars and got one. Or whatever is slightly more than the highest public "I didn't get one" person admits to spending.

See how many people then spend enough cash to make up the difference then get outraged when they don't get one.

Coq au Nandos
Nov 7, 2006

I think I would say to my daughters if they were to ask me this question... A shitpost is the greatest gift that you can give someone, the ultimate gift of giving and don't give it to someone lightly, that's what I would say.

DancingShade posted:

No, no, say you spent... hmm... 2500 dollars and got one. Or whatever is slightly more than the highest public "I didn't get one" person admits to spending.

See how many people then spend enough cash to make up the difference then get outraged when they don't get one.

I'm going to strongly suggest nobody does this. These people are gambling addicts, encouraging their addiction is not ok.

Hail Mr. Satan!
Oct 3, 2009

by zen death robot
Reddit is rabidly angry about it, the whole thing is loving hilarious. Also please keep OpSec, someone over there already knows and posted about the 8 in our bank.

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


Nita posted:

Meaning they won't tell because they don't want to reveal it's based on favoritism rather than how much you spent on the game. Pubbies would rage at the fact they spent $2000 for nothing.
I obviously can't say for certain but I can almost guarantee that the earlier comparison to a casino giving free drinks to big spender problem gamblers is accurate. It's likely not "just" spending large amounts of money, but spending an absurd amount on keys in particular. Probably on the order of five thousand dollars or more. With the "prize" package sent to people who spent like that before but have stopped at some point (in order to try and draw them back into the game and spending again) or to people who consistently spend, and most likely some combination of both. There's some small handful whales with horrible gambling issues and enough money to piss away and I think a lot of people really underestimate how abusive and exploitative F2P gambling mechanics can be.

The fact Cryptic's been super coy about she specifics basically confirms it really. If it was just some flat "spent <amount>" then they would have just said so, even if they probably would have kept the actual total secret. But not even copping to the methodology means they're almost certainly targeting the profligate gamblers directly, and they sure as gently caress aren't about to admit to that, or to how much real money those people actually wasted on internet gamble boxes. The only real amazing thing is that they somehow expected it to not blow up in their face, because of loving course handing out a handful of literal trophies is going to make all the other players curious about it.

What a hilarious goddamn clusterfuck on their end. :lol:

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
Someone probably did a cost benefit analysis and went "Yup, if even [some small number] % of them return it will outweigh any player losses from upset punters who missed out".

There's whales and then there are whales.

MikeJF
Dec 20, 2003




DancingShade posted:

Someone probably did a cost benefit analysis and went "Yup, if even [some small number] % of them return it will outweigh any player losses from upset punters who missed out".

There's whales and then there are whales.

Honestly, I think that's more competency than I'm willing to attribute to them.

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


DancingShade posted:

Someone probably did a cost benefit analysis and went "Yup, if even [some small number] % of them return it will outweigh any player losses from upset punters who missed out".

There's whales and then there are whales.
Almost certainly yeah. They could probably lose a half-dozen "normal" lifetime account types with a bunch of c-store ships and you'd probably still have money left over compared to what the superwhales spend.

I still think this game is fun, but man everything about the monetization is horribly abusive. I mean I'm pretty sure the only reason we don't have account-unlocked lockbox ships and traits and whatever is because the superwhales will totally buy the ships again and again for all their alts.

Dr. Lariat
Jul 1, 2004

by Lowtax
On just one of my characters the duty officers have stopped auto assigning for some reason. I seem to remember this happening before or maybe thats just how it was at a time. Is there an option or something I toggled somewhere ?

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


I think it's a checkbox phrased something like "bridge officer suggestions" on the tab where you can go click on them to get the assignments for the different fields. Or maybe the first tab? Well whatever, it's the only checkbox in there.

Morglon
Jan 13, 2010

Safe and sound, detached from reality.
Just like your posting.
Pff, I got one and all I bought was Lifetime on sale, the Steam pack and maybe like 50 bucks worth of Zen over the years. Even got one for my alt account I haven't spent anything on. And I haven't even been playing the game for ages, just the summer event and back to doing something fun. I guess someone really likes me.

Hail Mr. Satan!
Oct 3, 2009

by zen death robot
I'd legit buy one of those hats if they sold them

Dr. Lariat
Jul 1, 2004

by Lowtax

Asimo posted:

I think it's a checkbox phrased something like "bridge officer suggestions" on the tab where you can go click on them to get the assignments for the different fields. Or maybe the first tab? Well whatever, it's the only checkbox in there.

Thanks it was the first officer recommendations thing. mustve hit it at some time.

Aleth
Aug 2, 2008

Pillbug

Morglon posted:

Pff, I got one and all I bought was Lifetime on sale, the Steam pack and maybe like 50 bucks worth of Zen over the years. Even got one for my alt account I haven't spent anything on. And I haven't even been playing the game for ages, just the summer event and back to doing something fun. I guess someone really likes me.

That was just the monthly Dental care package. You didn't think they'd give out all this swag to a bunch of random pubs and not us, did you?

Edit: gently caress, wrong thread.

Aleth fucked around with this message at 13:13 on Jul 21, 2016

ugh its Troika
May 2, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
I updated the wiki page to note that drain infection is worth taking now if you're a scidude along with a link to a bunch of the things that trigger it. Since it scales with your EPG there's no reason to not take it if you ever use any kind of drains, since it's just one more thing to proc entropic rider with. :toot:

Skinty McEdger
Mar 9, 2008

I have NEVER received the respect I deserve as the leader and founder of The Masterflock, the internet's largest and oldest Christopher Masterpiece fan group in all of history, and I DEMAND that changes. From now on, you will respect Skinty McEdger!

Can i get wiki access for username Skintypoo.

Technical Analysis
Nov 21, 2007

I got 99 problems but the British ain't one.
It's upgrade weekend
Goodbye to dilithium
Hi disappointment

Hail Mr. Satan!
Oct 3, 2009

by zen death robot
Gaudy gold plating
Why wasn't I selected?
Notice me, Senpai!

Berke Negri
Feb 15, 2012

Les Ricains tuent et moi je mue
Mao Mao
Les fous sont rois et moi je bois
Mao Mao
Les bombes tonnent et moi je sonne
Mao Mao
Les bebes fuient et moi je fuis
Mao Mao


Asimo posted:

Almost certainly yeah. They could probably lose a half-dozen "normal" lifetime account types with a bunch of c-store ships and you'd probably still have money left over compared to what the superwhales spend.

I still think this game is fun, but man everything about the monetization is horribly abusive. I mean I'm pretty sure the only reason we don't have account-unlocked lockbox ships and traits and whatever is because the superwhales will totally buy the ships again and again for all their alts.

This but I'm also guessing that the code for doling out ships is so messed up theyre not really sure how to make lockboxes/lobi ships account wide.

Technical Analysis
Nov 21, 2007

I got 99 problems but the British ain't one.

Berke Negri posted:

This but I'm also guessing that the code for doling out ships is so messed up theyre not really sure how to make lockboxes/lobi ships account wide.

They did it with event ships, though I imagine that solution was crafted with paperclips and bubblegum, and is now held together merely on prayer.

Space Hero Keith
Sep 26, 2015

Berke Negri posted:

This but I'm also guessing that the code for doling out ships is so messed up theyre not really sure how to make lockboxes/lobi ships account wide.

I get the feeling the c-store is their only real account wide unlock system, and the event rep reclaim store is just some nasty hack that is probably one typo away from giving everyone free ships and infinite dil.

Roadie
Jun 30, 2013

A Fancy Bloke posted:

Reddit is rabidly angry about it, the whole thing is loving hilarious. Also please keep OpSec, someone over there already knows and posted about the 8 in our bank.

The word's already getting around about how Cryptic insiders are going to get a T6 Nagus issued free to every member of Dental. I don't think it's worth worrying about the ones we already have stocked up.

Trast
Oct 20, 2010

Three games, thousands of playthroughs. 90% of the players don't know I exist. Still a redhead saving the galaxy with a [Right Hook].

:edi:
Star Trek gets my pay
Ferengi latinum style
I am so alone

Jxforema
Sep 23, 2005
long live the Space Pope
I guess i just dont understand why pubbies can't figure out that if they take the same money they waste on keys and just give it to cryptic employees, they can have nice this like we do.

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Roseo
Jun 1, 2000
Forum Veteran
I just got my email code for the bling bling ferengi ship. If you're in dental, check your mail for the subject line 'special package for our special friends' in case it went to spam.

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