For all those hating the concept of the Mega Event.....
DScottHewitt
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Why not just take the month off?
I'm 99.9999999999999999% sure that Events are VOLUNTARY.
Scott
I'm 99.9999999999999999% sure that Events are VOLUNTARY.
Scott
"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
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Just joshing, guys!
Sorry guys, shuttle failed- RNG is just designed that way probability and all.
Nooooo *looks into camera like on The Office*
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Part 2 "When Giants Walk" | Faction
5* Protomorphosis Worf
4* Ambassador K'Ehleyr
3* Maquis Takeover Torres
4* Liaison Torres
2* Security Chief Worf
Part 3 "The Heart of the Empire" | Faction/Expedition Hybrid
5* Dahar Master Kang
4* Klingon Torres
3* Commander Kang
4* General Martok
3* Maquis Takeover Torres [only two copies in the thresholds]
All I really wanted out of that entire mega event were Dahar Master Kor (part 1 threshold) and Dahar Master Kang (part 3 rank). If these were all unrelated events, I might have not really bothered with part 2 at all. However, because I wanted to compete heavily in part 3, it would have been poor game play for me to pass up the 3/4 Liaison Torres and 3/3 Maquis Takeover Torres in the rewards for part 2 because she featured again in part 3.
Mind you, I was perfectly content to participate, but it's an illustrative example of the kind of setup that can make it less simple for a given hypothetical player who may well be disinterested in part of a mega event to skip it.
All that said, I do wholeheartedly agree that the compulsion that seems to drive some players to participate in full in every event is probably unhealthy and even more probably affects other aspects of their daily lives, and in that case it would be prudent to work on reining in that sense of obligation.
Well said, Travis.
This is also likely true, but I feel that the modern gaming culture as a whole wouldn't be nearly the success it is without a whole lot of obsessive and compulsive players needing to feed that craving on a pretty regular basis.
Could you please continue the petty bickering? I find it most intriguing.
~ Data, ST:TNG "Haven"
I would say that's demonstrably true. I would also say that it's true of the entire capitalist system. We have some seriously unhealthy impulses as a society, y'all.
*I'm still in need of critting three ENG nodes, but none of my current crew can do that so it'd be pointless to waste the chronitons replaying those two missions ad nauseum.
I have been there for at least a month, all crew is FE. I sit back, collect things, do cadet challenges, and wait for events. If I don’t want the crew it’s another week of nothing. Like this week. The mirror event is very welcome. Definitely want Reed and Jadzia. At one point this month you will see my name atop the leaderboard. The time is ripe and I will find my event. You just can’t realistically go for the win week after week.
Because a mega-event is four linked events, it's possible to have an extreme interest in one part of it but almost no interest in other parts.
So, for example, if Week 3's 5* reward is a Maximillian Forrest or a Mirror Sulu or a Mirror Scotty or whatever, that's a character I really want. I play the game on a budget, so the way I'd normally get it is to place in the top 1000 of the event.
Realistically, that's not going to be possible to do without Mirror Picard, since everyone else in the event is going to have a 3/5 Mirror Picard pretty early on.
This isn't such a big deal for me personally. Mirror Picard does nothing for me - he's far from the dumbest character in a new TNG comic series that loses me as soon as I see the art on Wesley or Riker or La Forge or Data - but he doesn't actively offend me the way the botched art on an Airlock Martok (three times out the airlock and counting, baby!) does. So I'll just collect, level and use my Mirror Picard without a whole lot of enthusiasm, because it's not so bad and the competition requires it.
However, I still have a lot of sympathy for players who see that Picard and hate him but don't want to miss out on characters they do like who form part of the mega event.
It's a little like if you're a huge Star Wars fan but can't stand Jar-Jar Binks. Yes, the Phantom Menace is totally voluntary and you don't actually have to watch it, but if you enjoy the franchise overall and want to get the whole immersive feel on a marathon re-watch, you're probably going to put it on and think dark thoughts about George Lucas every time Jar-Jar's ridiculous face pops up on screen. And if there were a forum where you could pop in and grumble to Lucas every time that face popped up, it might just make you feel like your dissatisfaction was being heard and - maybe, just maybe - might result in improvements in the future.
Just kind of rude and selfish behavior. Oh wait we are talking about DB, so that's normal behavior.
Now I fully expect to my butt kicked to next Tuesday in the new mega event, but I will get another 4/5 that I can use and I will be grateful for him. I know I can't compete against the people who have real money to throw into this game unlike to 10-15$$ I can afford to spend now and then. But it's all good.....
Oh great Q give me grace to accept with serenity
my failed shuttles,
DB grant me a 5 star guy now and then
to keep me happy,
I surrender what little money I have to you
So keep me reasonably content and having a good time as you are the host of this party
That is all I am asking for
This is great. For those not wanting to do these events, just do the begininning and get the Picards then stop. You can find a few hrs or less needed to do that in four days surely.
Haha — that is the perfect analogy.
Could you please continue the petty bickering? I find it most intriguing.
~ Data, ST:TNG "Haven"
I know I am way in the minority but I like episode 1-3 way better than 4-6 and yes I was around for 4-6. Saw all three in the theater as a kid
Anyhow, wrong franchise for this board so we should just go about our business and move along. Move along.
I agree it is a discussion for a different sub forum but hey, sometimes a ball just gets rolling
I fully intend to kick your butt waaaaay past next Tuesday... probably the next THREE Tuesdays... LOL... Good Luck 🍀
PS: I spend the $5 a month too and it gives me a weird sense of satisfaction to be able to do better than guys who seem to spend large multiples of that in each event. Don’t resign yourself to a Butt kicking just because the other guys have a huge advantage, it’s more challenging that way.
I wonder if that bat’s name was Knubberrub? 8-}
Now, unlike that awful Discovery mega event, and the slightly less awful but still tedious Klingon mega event, I am more excited about this mega event than even the Borg mega event. But, the fact that it took me 5 minutes to remember the theme of the previous mega event, means that there are probably too many too often. They feel less special.
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