I love this show. I look forward to it every week. Really liked the bonus cite advice eps as well— cited/Immo’ed Pah-Wraith Keiko this morning after watching one of the cite eps. Never hear/read about her so she wasn’t in my radar. —But she immediately contributed once she got that 5th star.
I am sure most viewers are well beyond this info, but I have always wondered what all the numbers mean when you talk crew. I do use the Big Book from time to time, and the tiering has been invaluable to me and Beholds— but I would love to know what stats to focus on for voyages or events or even gauntlet.
As promised by Ben in chat last week, new Worf in the Developer's Pack. EV Suit Worf. 1st variant with Eng and 1st with Med. (Sec-Eng-Med). At a guess, 2nd best voyage figures behind AoS Worf.
No matter what happens in the next 24hrs I see only 1 important question to be answered in tomorrow's show.
As promised by Ben in chat last week, new Worf in the Developer's Pack. EV Suit Worf. 1st variant with Eng and 1st with Med. (Sec-Eng-Med). At a guess, 2nd best voyage figures behind AoS Worf.
No matter what happens in the next 24hrs I see only 1 important question to be answered in tomorrow's show.
"Stars .... How much dil did you spend?"
Pleasantly surprised by this Worf. Nice to see him get something outside of his normal CMD/DIP/SEC trifecta.
As promised by Ben in chat last week, new Worf in the Developer's Pack. EV Suit Worf. 1st variant with Eng and 1st with Med. (Sec-Eng-Med). At a guess, 2nd best voyage figures behind AoS Worf.
No matter what happens in the next 24hrs I see only 1 important question to be answered in tomorrow's show.
"Stars .... How much dil did you spend?"
Pleasantly surprised by this Worf. Nice to see him get something outside of his normal CMD/DIP/SEC trifecta.
It's an awesome skill set, and perfect for the scene. The combination makes him a much more valuable crew than the stats would on its own.
Incase the "realworld" keeps me from the live stream before Idol's pee break, Can someone ask Ben if EV Worf can get the "Assimilate This!" Soundbite? looking at you Stars..........
If there's some world breaking game revelation from WRG, will you have an emergency show during the holiday....?
Red Alert! All hands to streaming stations!
I mean...
Something tells me that they are going to steer clear of the controversy.
No but we picked a hell of a week to have off. It will of course be discussed like we do all game and community related things.
Awesome! I wasn’t sure but i thought there was a rumor that a certain wrg/tp employee might join your stream next week, so i suppose i thought it might be a little too controversial to being up. Interested in hearing the discussion next week though.
It would be hypocritical not to ask Ben what happened here if he joins the show.
I mean "Adira Tal" art was visible for 6 days before they removed it at the last hour.
And refuse any explanation.
He is head of Quality Control. That covers all areas from advertising, development to support.
Eddited to add the following:
But it should not be the main part of the show. There is so much we like to know about the future plans, new event type, convergence day , etc.
So, on Jan 6th we will be having WRG Ben back on Timelines Talks for another Q&A Session! And again we are looking for community questions! So please DM me here, or on the Discord or in an email to TimelinesTalks@gmail.com. Please don't just put your questions in this thread. The closing date for all questions is Dec 30th so please get them in before then so we can submit them to WRG for approval.
Side note: Yes we will be submitting questions about the Adira issue ourselves as I suspect quite a few of you will be putting that forward. Also some duplicate questions from previous sessions which were answered previously will not be asked unless it's related to an update or ongoing issue.
Please keep things respectful and polite and we look forward to your questions!
So, on Jan 6th we will be having WRG Ben back on Timelines Talks for another Q&A Session! And again we are looking for community questions! So please DM me here, or on the Discord or in an email to TimelinesTalks@gmail.com. Please don't just put your questions in this thread. The closing date for all questions is Dec 30th so please get them in before then so we can submit them to WRG for approval.
Side note: Yes we will be submitting questions about the Adira issue ourselves as I suspect quite a few of you will be putting that forward. Also some duplicate questions from previous sessions which were answered previously will not be asked unless it's related to an update or ongoing issue.
Please keep things respectful and polite and we look forward to your questions!
I am glad you are going to bring up the Adira situation. Please make sure Ben gives us an actual answer with more information as to why it happened, why they won’t let us keep the original art and how they are going to make it up to the players. Don’t let him just brush you aside with the same lame unsatisfactory answers we have currently received.
So, on Jan 6th we will be having WRG Ben back on Timelines Talks for another Q&A Session! And again we are looking for community questions! So please DM me here, or on the Discord or in an email to TimelinesTalks@gmail.com. Please don't just put your questions in this thread. The closing date for all questions is Dec 30th so please get them in before then so we can submit them to WRG for approval.
Side note: Yes we will be submitting questions about the Adira issue ourselves as I suspect quite a few of you will be putting that forward. Also some duplicate questions from previous sessions which were answered previously will not be asked unless it's related to an update or ongoing issue.
Please keep things respectful and polite and we look forward to your questions!
I am glad you are going to bring up the Adira situation. Please make sure Ben gives us an actual answer with more information as why it happened, why they won’t let us keep the original art and how they are going to make it up to the players. Don’t let him just brush you aside with the same lame unsatisfactory answers we have currently gotten.
We're not looking to do any hostile journalism. This is still going to be a casual show and a chilled Q&A. I'm not about to start badgering a guest on our show who is willing to do this for us. This is Timelines Talks not Newsnight. The question will be asked and if an answer is given on the subject we will take that at face value.
Ben might well not be in the position to authourise an answer on this subject, but he is here as our guest to answer community questions and not to be harrassed over one issue, no matter the scope, and we will have plenty of other questions from the community to be asked. As I said earlier, please keep this respectful and polite.
So, on Jan 6th we will be having WRG Ben back on Timelines Talks for another Q&A Session! And again we are looking for community questions! So please DM me here, or on the Discord or in an email to TimelinesTalks@gmail.com. Please don't just put your questions in this thread. The closing date for all questions is Dec 30th so please get them in before then so we can submit them to WRG for approval.
Side note: Yes we will be submitting questions about the Adira issue ourselves as I suspect quite a few of you will be putting that forward. Also some duplicate questions from previous sessions which were answered previously will not be asked unless it's related to an update or ongoing issue.
Please keep things respectful and polite and we look forward to your questions!
I am glad you are going to bring up the Adira situation. Please make sure Ben gives us an actual answer with more information as why it happened, why they won’t let us keep the original art and how they are going to make it up to the players. Don’t let him just brush you aside with the same lame unsatisfactory answers we have currently gotten.
We're not looking to do any hostile journalism. This is still going to be a casual show and a chilled Q&A. I'm not about to start badgering a guest on our show who is willing to do this for us. This is Timelines Talks not Newsnight. The question will be asked and if an answer is given on the subject we will take that at face value.
Ben might well not be in the position to authourise an answer on this subject, but he is here as our guest to answer community questions and not to be harrassed over one issue, no matter the scope, and we will have plenty of other questions from the community to be asked. As I said earlier, please keep this respectful and polite.
No, not saying hostile, just ask a follow up question if first answer is incomplete. It is in TP’s interests as much as the players.
The closing date for all questions is Dec 30th so please get them in before then so we can submit them to WRG for approval.
Ähm - you do now, that journalism isn’t working this way by only asking approved questions‽
Don’t make yourself a marketing tool for them by yourself. They can refuse to answer the question, though.
There is something called a “Press codex” - even if it’s just a leisure chat on YouTube by you three.
Not attacking, just questioning.
Anyway: love listening to your shows and the Humor of you three and the guests.
Where can I send the bribes to? German beer anyone? Joking
Happy Holidays to you three!
PS: what’s that screensaver named you are using for the 15 minute into? I remember vaguely having something simillar (paid!) some 20 years ago for windows. Might want to have that fun back on my machines in the otherwise boring home office.
PPS: I still have no clue how to send a pm on this forum. I don’t see any “mail/messaging options”
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I listen almost every week and really enjoy it, especially the episodes where Ben is a guest, or dropping info in chat.
Keep up the positive vibe, I hope there is lots of news about convergence day (month?? Lol) and the teased new game mode.
I have faith that the explanation about the art is understandable and will be answered in a satisfying way without being pressured into doing so. He is a guest.
Looking forward to the show!
We are not professional journalists, we are three guys who drink (one of them juice) and talk about a video game that we play. If someone wants to start the Timelines Gazette to submit formal requests and ask Tilting Point's office the hard questions, I'd love to see the results.
Does the Adira thing **tsk tsk**? Hell yea. For them as a company as much as us individually. The players were advertised X and delivered Y. That's unacceptable and nobody is pretending that it's not. We're going to complain about it on the next stream and then ask a WRG employee about it the week after that. That's what we're empowered to do.
We're not in a position to arm twist a volunteer guest of an entertainment talk show to get answers that the horde of posts here and customer support tickets haven't gotten.
By the way, the people intentionally spreading rumors on this forum about a mini-event by trying to turn a remark by Ben
We have a mini-event planned, but not as soon as we would have hoped. We have one penciled in for late fall. Due to the transition and our priorities and some stuff getting swapped around I mentioned last time that's been delayed and pushed back, but it's something that we'll have to get re-prioritized.
into a broken promise are doing as much to harm the WRG/player relationship as anything. For the first time in my three years playing, we are having a regular dialogue with the company, including bits and pieces of their roadmap for future development. Can they do better? Always. But as a player, I'm glad to see that dialogue open on the stream, in between the episodes where we criticize them for a million little things.
I get that and I am more mollified by more recent answers from Shan but try to remember too that you have an ability to communicate directly with Ben that we do not. You are our representatives and with medium power comes medium responsibility. I don’t want you to be rude to Ben. I like him. I found the card art switch less frustrating than the lack of communication why. I know some things cannot or the company does not want to be revealed but info on the why it cannot be revealed would be nice.
I found the card art switch less frustrating than the lack of communication why. I know some things cannot or the company does not want to be revealed but info on the why it cannot be revealed would be nice.
It eventually was made pretty clear in the relevant thread that the licence didn’t allow them to reveal that art yet. Presumably there has to be a bit of a lag behind the show.
I get that and I am more mollified by more recent answers from Shan but try to remember too that you have an ability to communicate directly with Ben that we do not. You are our representatives and with medium power comes medium responsibility. I don’t want you to be rude to Ben. I like him. I found the card art switch less frustrating than the lack of communication why. I know some things cannot or the company does not want to be revealed but info on the why it cannot be revealed would be nice.
Correct we are representatives which is why we ask for submitted questions rather than just interview him on our own. But as the Adira topic is such a point of controvery at the moment we anticipated we would get hundreds of questions on this topic on it's own which was why I wanted to get ahead with the statement saying that we would be addressing it to him. But this is not the thread to be talking about this.
Also Riov tr'Khazaan (sorry I can't tag your name) we are not journalists. But also we are not a marketing tool nor are we employed or represent WRG and TP in any form. We're just three goofs who occasionally get a message from Ben requesting formally to come back on the show. We arrange things mutually and the approval process and not going for "Hard Journalism" means we get another Q&A 3 months down the line. This will be our third go round doing it this way and I think it's worked very well.
When we originally did the first Q&A it was our idea to get a list of questions from the community and send it over for them to look at. We could well have just sprung it on Ben on the night but not only having approval, but having answers ready on the night makes for a better show all round and doesn't leave any uncomfortable moments. Needless to say if we get Ben on and slam our fists down saying "We demand an answer now, this is not good enough" he'll probably hang up and never talk to us again. And who does that help?
We're interested in good times, a good interview and a good few beers to keep the journey interesting...
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All the stats we display come from another sheet I run. The Backend Hyper Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1czPEYhyNszsx7BqzYsbicAHKK15w4hjTmYiSp_jKsgg/edit#gid=0
You can get Pair/Triplet/Gauntlet information there as well as voyage ranks and specific skills.
I have inadequate resources for all the spreadsheets (my phone is my main way to go online), but I’ll save this post to use when I can.
Great job on all of the additional eps. I'm looking forward to catching up on the cite advice show tomorrow.
I think that can be arranged
No matter what happens in the next 24hrs I see only 1 important question to be answered in tomorrow's show.
"Stars .... How much dil did you spend?"
Pleasantly surprised by this Worf. Nice to see him get something outside of his normal CMD/DIP/SEC trifecta.
It's an awesome skill set, and perfect for the scene. The combination makes him a much more valuable crew than the stats would on its own.
And we will be skipping next for a holiday break so next show will be Dec 30th
Red Alert! All hands to streaming stations!
Something tells me that they are going to steer clear of the controversy.
No but we picked a hell of a week to have off. It will of course be discussed like we do all game and community related things.
Awesome! I wasn’t sure but i thought there was a rumor that a certain wrg/tp employee might join your stream next week, so i suppose i thought it might be a little too controversial to being up. Interested in hearing the discussion next week though.
"Some people thought they were getting Tal in a Blanket, but No no no no no no no....!"
I mean "Adira Tal" art was visible for 6 days before they removed it at the last hour.
And refuse any explanation.
He is head of Quality Control. That covers all areas from advertising, development to support.
Eddited to add the following:
But it should not be the main part of the show. There is so much we like to know about the future plans, new event type, convergence day , etc.
Side note: Yes we will be submitting questions about the Adira issue ourselves as I suspect quite a few of you will be putting that forward. Also some duplicate questions from previous sessions which were answered previously will not be asked unless it's related to an update or ongoing issue.
Please keep things respectful and polite and we look forward to your questions!
I am glad you are going to bring up the Adira situation. Please make sure Ben gives us an actual answer with more information as to why it happened, why they won’t let us keep the original art and how they are going to make it up to the players. Don’t let him just brush you aside with the same lame unsatisfactory answers we have currently received.
We're not looking to do any hostile journalism. This is still going to be a casual show and a chilled Q&A. I'm not about to start badgering a guest on our show who is willing to do this for us. This is Timelines Talks not Newsnight. The question will be asked and if an answer is given on the subject we will take that at face value.
Ben might well not be in the position to authourise an answer on this subject, but he is here as our guest to answer community questions and not to be harrassed over one issue, no matter the scope, and we will have plenty of other questions from the community to be asked. As I said earlier, please keep this respectful and polite.
No, not saying hostile, just ask a follow up question if first answer is incomplete. It is in TP’s interests as much as the players.
Ähm - you do now, that journalism isn’t working this way by only asking approved questions‽
Don’t make yourself a marketing tool for them by yourself. They can refuse to answer the question, though.
There is something called a “Press codex” - even if it’s just a leisure chat on YouTube by you three.
Not attacking, just questioning.
Anyway: love listening to your shows and the Humor of you three and the guests.
Where can I send the bribes to? German beer anyone? Joking
Happy Holidays to you three!
PS: what’s that screensaver named you are using for the 15 minute into? I remember vaguely having something simillar (paid!) some 20 years ago for windows. Might want to have that fun back on my machines in the otherwise boring home office.
PPS: I still have no clue how to send a pm on this forum. I don’t see any “mail/messaging options”
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Keep up the positive vibe, I hope there is lots of news about convergence day (month?? Lol) and the teased new game mode.
I have faith that the explanation about the art is understandable and will be answered in a satisfying way without being pressured into doing so. He is a guest.
Looking forward to the show!
Does the Adira thing **tsk tsk**? Hell yea. For them as a company as much as us individually. The players were advertised X and delivered Y. That's unacceptable and nobody is pretending that it's not. We're going to complain about it on the next stream and then ask a WRG employee about it the week after that. That's what we're empowered to do.
We're not in a position to arm twist a volunteer guest of an entertainment talk show to get answers that the horde of posts here and customer support tickets haven't gotten.
By the way, the people intentionally spreading rumors on this forum about a mini-event by trying to turn a remark by Ben
into a broken promise are doing as much to harm the WRG/player relationship as anything. For the first time in my three years playing, we are having a regular dialogue with the company, including bits and pieces of their roadmap for future development. Can they do better? Always. But as a player, I'm glad to see that dialogue open on the stream, in between the episodes where we criticize them for a million little things.
It eventually was made pretty clear in the relevant thread that the licence didn’t allow them to reveal that art yet. Presumably there has to be a bit of a lag behind the show.
Correct we are representatives which is why we ask for submitted questions rather than just interview him on our own. But as the Adira topic is such a point of controvery at the moment we anticipated we would get hundreds of questions on this topic on it's own which was why I wanted to get ahead with the statement saying that we would be addressing it to him. But this is not the thread to be talking about this.
Also Riov tr'Khazaan (sorry I can't tag your name) we are not journalists. But also we are not a marketing tool nor are we employed or represent WRG and TP in any form. We're just three goofs who occasionally get a message from Ben requesting formally to come back on the show. We arrange things mutually and the approval process and not going for "Hard Journalism" means we get another Q&A 3 months down the line. This will be our third go round doing it this way and I think it's worked very well.
When we originally did the first Q&A it was our idea to get a list of questions from the community and send it over for them to look at. We could well have just sprung it on Ben on the night but not only having approval, but having answers ready on the night makes for a better show all round and doesn't leave any uncomfortable moments. Needless to say if we get Ben on and slam our fists down saying "We demand an answer now, this is not good enough" he'll probably hang up and never talk to us again. And who does that help?
We're interested in good times, a good interview and a good few beers to keep the journey interesting...