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The Top Three Most Amazing Things in this Game atm
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For balance and because some felt the other thread had turned toxic (hit me baby)
1. My fleet mates and the community at large.
2. Shan. A model employee who has taken alot of stick over the years but who is generally fair and tries to reign in the worst whims of Ben.
3. The Offer Wall (seriously). I avoided it for years because of the fears others had aired over privacy etc. But because I was so bored of the game I tried it. I have found some great new games (Puzzle Page is a cracker) and earned dilithium whilst I've been playing them. I haven't had my house, car, wife and kids stolen by Gates, Bezos or Musk yet.
Be interested to hear your thoughts too.
1. My fleet mates and the community at large.
2. Shan. A model employee who has taken alot of stick over the years but who is generally fair and tries to reign in the worst whims of Ben.
3. The Offer Wall (seriously). I avoided it for years because of the fears others had aired over privacy etc. But because I was so bored of the game I tried it. I have found some great new games (Puzzle Page is a cracker) and earned dilithium whilst I've been playing them. I haven't had my house, car, wife and kids stolen by Gates, Bezos or Musk yet.
Be interested to hear your thoughts too.
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1 - I’m in a pretty laid back fleet. The chat in game is pretty minimal but the interactions are respectful and helpful. No pressure to join a discord or line chat. I like that.
2 - The communications with Shan and during Timelines Talks, Ben. I’ve played a few other online games and this one seems to have the most communications with its players than the others.
3 - What I’ve been able to accomplish as a F2P player. When I started in 2016 I didn’t expect to get much in the way of crew and other stuff since a lot of the “good stuff” required one to spend $$$. That changed - if you’re patient you’ll get some good rewards. I’m a patient person so right now I have what I think is a pretty good crew. Then there’s the ability to warp that wasn’t available in the beginning. Made game player for F2P players much, much, easier. I appreciate that.
1. Ongoing development. Yes, I said it. Whether I/you/we like some of the specific things WRG puts together, the fact is that they are still working on the game. We're 5+ years into this thing, under two ownership teams (DB/TP), and they haven't just said "good enough, what's our next game project?" and let the servers ride. I can't count the number of times over the years that the forum had threads chirping about the "obvious" signs of impending shutdown, and yet, here we still are. And I don't see that changing any time soon. (Folks, they are about to debut mid-week "solo objective" events - whether these are "new" or some type of re-hash, this still represents development effort.)
2. The passion of the players. Goes hand-in-hand with comment 1, but the commitment of the players to this game is remarkable. As much as everyone would prefer not to periodically sharpen their pitchforks, the truth is that if we collectively stopped caring, posting, complaining, requesting, praising, error checking, number crunching, etc., this game wouldn't have the lifespan that it does. I appreciate playing a game with all of you - even though some of you annoy me at various times!
3. The artistic efforts put into the cards. I'm not a terribly artistic person, and we can each point to a dozen or so cards and say "oooh, kind of missed the mark on that one", but I really like that the art level is targeted to high quality presentations of the crew (even when those presentations are somewhat stylized) rather than lower quality pixelated/over-smoothed/zero-depth representations. The 2016 art is notably different than 2021 art, but if 2016 art had looked like I could have designed it on an Apple II, the game would have been uninstalled quickly from my phone.
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100% agree with you here, Shan is amazing. I almost winced when I read the word "employee" because to me, Shan is family.
1. The Collections: I love them, and they have really helped me stay focused and goal oriented.
2. All the recent QOL improvements. I appreciate all the little things that have been done in the last 12 months to improve the interface. Yes, it has added more steps/presses, but it has made it much easier to get everything in one place, and much easier to teach newer folks how to find things.
3. The recent LTOs have been much better, they are offering things people want.
- Notable increase in Honor Sales.
- Continued expansion of the game with new systems.
- Revision of ranked rewards with increased items and more folks getting extra copies of the legendary.
Even if folks here are sometimes salty, I quite enjoy the community and WRG's interaction with us. Also, and I suppose this would also count as recent, after literally years of avoiding Fleets I've fallen in with a nice bunch.Lots of other good call out here as well!
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Although for me it's a tie between that and:
1) The higher frequency of honor sales. I hope it will stay that way and we'll always have 3 or 4 a year now.
2) What dext74 said. It's nice to know a few things in advance, so that we have something to look forward to.
3) The art. Almost all new art has been amazing this year.
2. Game updates, especially:
Crew Retrieval, being able to (for the most part) chase specific cards to collect has been amazing for my Picard Collection;
Event rewards expansion, chasing 2 copies at 750 is way easier than it was before (top 25?)
3. Shan and Ben. They take a lot of heat when something goes wrong, but manage to maintain a professional, if not always sunny, disposition. Being on the receiving end of our pitchforks is not a comfortable position to be in, but they always handle it well, even when we don't like the answers they provide.
2) The spreadsheets, datacore, wiki, etc. Awesome stuff. Makes the game a lot more fun. I use them daily.
3) The limited crew space. You have to consider all your options. Otherwise it would get boring very fast.
(1) Chasing my 1st 12hr voyage (which entails crew rival for top voyagers)
(2) The staff/customer support, whenever I have sent in a ticket, sometimes due to my own error, ie, airlocking FF/FE Locutus and others, they have always been courteous, friendly and expedient, plus when it's their error I get Sorry Chrons 😂 Niiiiice
(3) This Forum actually, so far no one's trolled me or been spiteful, only witty and Helpful (Cue barrage of abuse) 🤣 But seriously a fun place to visit/be 👍
2. Skirmishes
3. The achievement rewards (achievements, collections, daily targets, fleet targets)
Wow.
Recently, when I asked someone to say a positive thing about a politician, I got the answer "Well, he has the ability to ... breath."
But still after that, I think your post is the worst burn I ever heard. I mean you asked yourself about the three best things of this game, and your answer is "people that don't belong to the gamepeople that aren't provided by the game (company), but just happen to be here, too; one employee on the forum and that other(!!!) games are great/make fun".
I mean I can't argue with that, it isn't wrong, but apart from the "You made one right decision: ONE of your employees is awesome" part, this is just devastating!
Live long and prosper,
Doctor8472
Edit: Reformulated ambiguous term. (see comments below).
This comment made me laugh so hard I spurted the coffee I was drinking through my nose 😂 🤣 🤣 ruined my top 🍵👄😁🤣😂 @OsirisSonOfGeb
I'm really not sure how you got that meaning from the words I wrote. By 'community at large' I meant players and forum members whom I've had good interactions with and also the people who have contributed to making all the great tools at our disposal (none of those groups are mutually exclusive). I'm scratching my head wondering what I typed incorrectly for it to be interpreted so negatively? Should I have more correctly said 'larger community'? I wasn't really taught proper written communication and grammar at school and although I have tried to improve as the years have passed, I sometimes trip up.
Always glad when I can make someone smile.
Indeed I full-heartedly agree that the community and the people that don't get paid to be here are the ones that really make impressive contributions, i.e. the wiki and so on.
I edited the term in the original post (and striking through the ambiguous term).
I think I understand what you're saying now, @Doctor 8472 I had to re-read it a few times along with your other post explaining it. At first read thru I couldn't understand your point. Now I believe I do. The "Wow" part of your sentence was directed at the Company / Game Staff and not @OsirisSonOfGeb. In other words you feel it quite damning that when someones asked what's the best 3 things they like about the Game the answer doesn't include those who made the game (apart from a nod to Shan) and the last one regarding what you like about THIS game, the answer is OTHER GAMES available via offer Wall. I actually get the part about Wiki etc, that these helpful tools, Data core etc are NOT supplied by the developers per say. (i say per say, as I have no idea 💡 if maybe some off these tools DO have some of the developers input, doing so in their own downtime so to speak) Otherwise yes it would've been very beneficial /helpful from the get go for them to include something like these. I'd aim that at DB though, not the latest owners who kinda inherited the Status Quo. Here's a secondary thought which may need a different thread... I sincerely commend those who have put thier time, MONEY 💷 and energy ino these game helps... My question is... Those who put these tools/sheets etc together, would you like WRG to take it over, buy you out, or leave it to us (the Community) meaning "we got this, leave it with us"?
1) collecting, fusing, equipping and finally immortalizing crew. this includes getting the cards as rewards on voyages or in beholds, merit pulls etc as well as getting cites and behold in honor sales
2) competing in events. as boring as they may be, it feels great when I decide to go for a good rank (for a good card) and it works out well, which means a place in top1000 or even top750 for me.
3) crew slot and item management. because the spots are limited, also the replicator uses per day. which item from which source? what do I need for equipping crew, what for the next galaxy event...
the game is still around is also my #1.
#2 Various improvements over the years which made things more comfy/faster.
#3 A community that cares passionately about the franchise.