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Re: Voyage event test questions and complaints.
ChaosChild wrote: »I do use Discord on a regular basis, but it is a much worse method of giving out information, if you actually want people to see it. It's just a continual flow of messages, very little structure, and it's very hard to actually go back and look at past information. Discord is great for chatting, the forums are much better for actually sharing information.
By all means, share the info on Discord. But if that's the only place you share it, don't be surprised if the majority of your players don't see it. Including most of the ones that are actually on Discord.
^ This
And/or most players dont want discord.
By cutting out the forums, you are cutting off the majority of players to interactive communication.
It takes a long time to scroll Discord, as mentioned, just a few lengthy running threads of banter. Very seldom can you find what you are looking for. It is a horrible form of communication to find information on actual topics or specific game areas.
Gawd, I hate Discord. I had to use it for work some years ago, and I couldn't understand then why it was better than just sending emails (or creating a forum... ahem). And it still bites. It's just a mess, imo. Here, I know exactly where to go to find information, everything is neatly organized, and mostly, I don't have to deal with that awful interface. 🤢🤮
Re: The Official Unofficial Star Trek Timelines Changelog
NoNameNamer wrote: »I will no longer be posting these updates here. Automated changelogs, data mined assets, crew stats and more will continue to be available in the Trek Time Discord.
That's a shame. I find Discord extremely inconvenient. It can't replace a forum. I will therefore no longer follow your future updates.
Re: Voyage event test questions and complaints.
Discord has its uses, but the more users are on there, the more unmanageable it gets. For a fleet (max of 50) it works pretty well for things like coordinating boss battles, soliciting advice from other players, or just chatting. Once you've got the entire player base on one server it's nigh-on impossible to keep up with, it just becomes a mess with so many simultaneous conversations. Anything that's actually useful becomes lost in the noise.
Re: Can someone explain what happened here?
Current mood:
What Frank wrote is correct. Tens of thousands of dil/Q by a handful of players, maybe someone hit six digits, I don't know.
You're not blocked by most people, DScott is. Not surprised to see him slinging mud as always. Most of us have moved onto Discord where his brand of pot stirring is not allowed.
'Simple Simon' was a reference to a song I love that always pops into my head when I see the name Simon. Missing the old Big Book days of hyperlinks. My sister is autistic and we've talked a lot about "the r-word", her struggles with being 'normal' and the like. I'd obviously never intentionally use slurs like that in my writing, especially as it's a labor of love for the community.
What Frank wrote is correct. Tens of thousands of dil/Q by a handful of players, maybe someone hit six digits, I don't know.
Z•A•P•P ©™ wrote: »Somehow a simple "what happened here" turned into a discussion about misogyny. Not sure why there's all the underlying hostility here and there. Also if I'm blocked by anyone it would be pretty shallow. I never did anything to anybody here, on Line, in Discord or anywhere else. Thanks all for the responses. I sincerely miss the old forum.
You're not blocked by most people, DScott is. Not surprised to see him slinging mud as always. Most of us have moved onto Discord where his brand of pot stirring is not allowed.
'Simple Simon' was a reference to a song I love that always pops into my head when I see the name Simon. Missing the old Big Book days of hyperlinks. My sister is autistic and we've talked a lot about "the r-word", her struggles with being 'normal' and the like. I'd obviously never intentionally use slurs like that in my writing, especially as it's a labor of love for the community.
Re: The Official Unofficial Star Trek Timelines Changelog
Greetings, Captains!
With this week’s server release the following unannounced changes have been made to the game:
Wizard Hemmer - SCI: 1336(202-401) -> 1240(272-616) | DIP: 1094(176-306) -> 950(256-561) | ENG: 547(83-179) -> 439(193-399)
(Note that the event announcement lists the old stats)
Thank you for playing!
The STAR TREK TIMELINES Stealth Change Monitor Team
With this week’s server release the following unannounced changes have been made to the game:
Wizard Hemmer - SCI: 1336(202-401) -> 1240(272-616) | DIP: 1094(176-306) -> 950(256-561) | ENG: 547(83-179) -> 439(193-399)
(Note that the event announcement lists the old stats)
Thank you for playing!
The STAR TREK TIMELINES Stealth Change Monitor Team
Re: Voyage event test questions and complaints.
ChaosChild wrote: »I do use Discord on a regular basis, but it is a much worse method of giving out information, if you actually want people to see it. It's just a continual flow of messages, very little structure, and it's very hard to actually go back and look at past information. Discord is great for chatting, the forums are much better for actually sharing information.
By all means, share the info on Discord. But if that's the only place you share it, don't be surprised if the majority of your players don't see it. Including most of the ones that are actually on Discord.
^ This
And/or most players dont want discord.
By cutting out the forums, you are cutting off the majority of players to interactive communication.
It takes a long time to scroll Discord, as mentioned, just a few lengthy running threads of banter. Very seldom can you find what you are looking for. It is a horrible form of communication to find information on actual topics or specific game areas.
And again…..most players do not want social media. And do not even know what discord is let alone know how to use it.
@STT Community may i suggest, Take a poll. Set up a poll through an in game link to the survey. Ask
1. how many players know what Discord is?
2. How many players want discord for official stt communication?
3. How many players would be willing to obtain another app on mobile strictly for game communications?
4. Possibly ask the age range of the player to help understand,
STTis played heavily by Trek fans of 50-60yrs old. This age range typically dislikes social media.
DAE
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Re: Voyage/Skirmish Event Notes Ye Olde Space Opera - 2024/09/19
It's an interesting choice to make the first real Voyage Event a hybrid. I think it's the right call, given the shakiness of the first event. Good idea combining it with Skirmish so we don't have issues with crew being "busy" again if that hasn't been completely fixed.
Shidoni
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Re: Voyage event test questions and complaints.
There has been plenty of communication. At the start of the event, during the event answering questions, and during the issues after the event. It's just all happening on discord. They want to kill the forums. It's time to recognize that and move on. This is not where the staff is spending their time communicating with players anymore.
Once again, if true, this is the typical "we're not listening to the players" attitude that has been prevalent for a LONG time.
No one asked for more Discord or YouTube communication. Most players don't follow them on those platforms. Heck, a lot of players don't follow the forums either, but at least here has been an established point of contact forever. Why is it suddenly so hard to communicate here?
In-game communication should be the absolute bare minimum, and that doesn't even happen in a lot of instances. It seems their staff is already stretched thin based on the bugs and lack of QA, amongst other things. Maybe now is not the time to try to force new methods of communicating on the players.
If they really do want to kill the forums, and this isn't just bad communication, then they are even more out of touch than it seems.
If they're posting important information on Discord, is it really that hard to copy/paste it to another couple of places? It's not like we're asking them for anything that'll take more than a couple of minutes, tops.
Re: RIP James Darren (aka "Vic Fontaine")
Once a player got very angry because Vic Fontaine had medicine skill. He ask me why. I answered simply, "Counseling Nog when he lost his leg."
Silence.
Fontaine was a caring soul. The Star Trek Universe is poorer place w/him offline. He was a hologram w/a soul before the EMH.
Silence.
Fontaine was a caring soul. The Star Trek Universe is poorer place w/him offline. He was a hologram w/a soul before the EMH.
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Re: Voyage event test questions and complaints.
ChaosChild wrote: »There has been plenty of communication. At the start of the event, during the event answering questions, and during the issues after the event. It's just all happening on discord. They want to kill the forums. It's time to recognize that and move on. This is not where the staff is spending their time communicating with players anymore.
Once again, if true, this is the typical "we're not listening to the players" attitude that has been prevalent for a LONG time.
No one asked for more Discord or YouTube communication. Most players don't follow them on those platforms. Heck, a lot of players don't follow the forums either, but at least here has been an established point of contact forever. Why is it suddenly so hard to communicate here?
In-game communication should be the absolute bare minimum, and that doesn't even happen in a lot of instances. It seems their staff is already stretched thin based on the bugs and lack of QA, amongst other things. Maybe now is not the time to try to force new methods of communicating on the players.
If they really do want to kill the forums, and this isn't just bad communication, then they are even more out of touch than it seems.
If they're posting important information on Discord, is it really that hard to copy/paste it to another couple of places? It's not like we're asking them for anything that'll take more than a couple of minutes, tops.
I'm sorry, but in-game communication should be their priority and first-line of communication with players. Period.
If they want to phase-out their forums, then do so. It's not like this is a player-built community, it's the game's official forum. As long as it exists and remains open for players, then TP should be utilizing it. At the very least, use it to inform players that their communications is shifting to other platforms. Having said that, they still announce every event here in their communications sub-forum, to the inconsistency and mixed-messaging is already incredibly frustrating.
Proper communication with the players fell apart pretty quickly after Shan left.
