Under 40 minutes, and there's a real possibility of us not hitting all the Community rewards.
If that doesn't send a message about player engagement and satisfaction with the current game state, I'm not sure what will.
A lousy legendary reward over a holiday weekend. I can't imagine why anyone would even bother wasting time this event.
Allow me to fix that for you:
“Yet another lousy reward that you can only earn by repeating monotonous tasks over the course of a whole weekend. I can’t imagine why anyone would bother wasting time on this game”
Under 40 minutes, and there's a real possibility of us not hitting all the Community rewards.
If that doesn't send a message about player engagement and satisfaction with the current game state, I'm not sure what will.
It started piling up fast the last hour. People turning in SuperRares probably. There was less than ten minutes left when it interrupted my Crafting, IIRC. Which is very late from normal, I think?
I'd say the frustration expressed this week was even more widespread than the Forums reflect. Definitely came closer than I ever have to three copies of Satie. I finished 119. Was within <75,000 of where 100 was the last time I looked.
"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
Isn't it ironic that the next event is titled Question of Ethics......
I was avoiding saying it.
We’re all thinking it, though. 😆
“A committee is a cul-de-sac, down which good ideas are lured and quietly strangled.” —Mark TwainMEMBER: [BoB] Barrel of Bloodwine... We are recruiting and putting the “curv” in scurvy! Best Event Finish: #3 Honor Debt: Inconceivable...Honor Bank Account: Slowly building...
Under 40 minutes, and there's a real possibility of us not hitting all the Community rewards.
If that doesn't send a message about player engagement and satisfaction with the current game state, I'm not sure what will.
A lousy legendary reward over a holiday weekend. I can't imagine why anyone would even bother wasting time this event.
It's always slower in the galaxy phase of a hybrid than a pure galaxy, as well. Those of us who just wanted to clear 130k and check out could do that with shuttles in phase 1.
There are skill checks that pop up when you earn points at an accelerated rate. I had one pop up for me when I collected my shuttles in a 10 minute period during phase 2. It was one where they asked you to move the insignia to a specific location.
Apparently TPG doesn’t like when you earn 200k points in about 10 minutes.
The thread is about a previous Galaxy event, not this Faction/Galaxy event
As we haven’t got any input from TP in the whole week, I will recommend everybody using bots, batckend tools or any other tools available, as it seems the undoubted cheating by Callimanchus will have not consequences. Sad times for a game that should be played with honor
As we haven’t got any input from TP in the whole week, I will recommend everybody using bots, batckend tools or any other tools available, as it seems the undoubted cheating by Callimanchus will have not consequences. Sad times for a game that should be played with honor
If you cant beat em, join em.
Maybe if everyone is cheating tp will step in and do something about it?
Isn't it ironic that the next event is titled Question of Ethics......
Don't tell me you've never heard of Ferengi ethics!
Those two words just don’t seem like they are meant to go together; kind of like gas station sushi… 😆
“A committee is a cul-de-sac, down which good ideas are lured and quietly strangled.” —Mark TwainMEMBER: [BoB] Barrel of Bloodwine... We are recruiting and putting the “curv” in scurvy! Best Event Finish: #3 Honor Debt: Inconceivable...Honor Bank Account: Slowly building...
There are skill checks that pop up when you earn points at an accelerated rate. I had one pop up for me when I collected my shuttles in a 10 minute period during phase 2. It was one where they asked you to move the insignia to a specific location.
Apparently TPG doesn’t like when you earn 200k points in about 10 minutes.
The thread is about a previous Galaxy event, not this Faction/Galaxy event
I know. My points were these:
1. TPG is trying to stop cheating. Their skill check probably needs to be calibrated slightly differently.
2. TPG may be equating speed of tapping with cheating, which is interesting. I did not get skill checked when turning in rares at the end of the event.
Ill just say it, if one of the @s$}{0|£s running this game dosnt come in here and address this cheating issue with at least, and at minimum, a Fu(|<!|\|g “we are looking into this and take it very seriously” message, then im going to have my entire fleet start bombing the app ratings for this game.
As we haven’t got any input from TP in the whole week, I will recommend everybody using bots, batckend tools or any other tools available, as it seems the undoubted cheating by Callimanchus will have not consequences. Sad times for a game that should be played with honor
@STT Community (and likely others) is probably on vacation for the holidays and the usual announcements were likely sent out automatically at a certain date and time. I would not expect to see anything until January 2 at the earliest. I don’t believe there have been any replies from WRG since prior to Christmas.
As we haven’t got any input from TP in the whole week, I will recommend everybody using bots, batckend tools or any other tools available, as it seems the undoubted cheating by Callimanchus will have not consequences. Sad times for a game that should be played with honor
@STT Community (and likely others) is probably on vacation for the holidays and the usual announcements were likely sent out automatically at a certain date and time. I would not expect to see anything until January 2 at the earliest. I don’t believe there have been any replies from WRG since prior to Christmas.
I think this is spot on.
That being said, this is a hot button issue and the jokers that are “managing” this game have until exactly 10am EST (since i know they are MASS-holes) to at least respond here with a “we are looking into this” message.
@STT Community (and likely others) is probably on vacation for the holidays and the usual announcements were likely sent out automatically at a certain date and time.
I doubt that. They wrote:
Apologies for the late announcement captains, Happy Holidays
Saw this Namer person was the first to get accused that event, after out pacing others, and stopped playing after the accusation to then blame the person in second who won the event. It's unfortunate that he is allowed to bully someone with his platform when he has had accusations himself in the past. Always suspicious how he had access to the game for data and would win events.
Even this last event had a similar score to the one in question and should be reviewed for possible cheating since I understand that has been the biggest fleet to claim tricky tactics over the last few weeks. It's always the people pointing at others that usually end up guilty themselves. But if Rom is out there playing and winning events after his accusations, then don't hold your breath for changes.
Lol just found out about this, you have 3 different players with their own websites
Saw this Namer person was the first to get accused that event, after out pacing others, and stopped playing after the accusation to then blame the person in second who won the event. It's unfortunate that he is allowed to bully someone with his platform when he has had accusations himself in the past. Always suspicious how he had access to the game for data and would win events.
Even this last event had a similar score to the one in question and should be reviewed for possible cheating since I understand that has been the biggest fleet to claim tricky tactics over the last few weeks. It's always the people pointing at others that usually end up guilty themselves. But if Rom is out there playing and winning events after his accusations, then don't hold your breath for changes.
Lol just found out about this, you have 3 different players with their own websites
Let's pretend Namer did cheat. That doesn't mean others aren't too. They aren't mutually exclusive. At the end of the day, no matter who's guilty of cheating, the players suffer. Shouldn't we all want a fair, level playing field?
Numerous people here have broken down how the scores were suspect. You can believe them or not. But, a very credible case has been made for exactly what Namer said.
Considering Namer's contribution to the game, and his obvious depth of knowledge, I'm much more inclined to take his claim at face value. I also highly doubt he'd be making these accusations, without cause. He's submitted his evidence to the Devs and made a VERY public statement on this. It would be hard to walk back if this was a hoax.
He's also done a lot, unpaid, on his own time, to create a resource that has been very valuable to the community. Someone like that isn't going to pull a passion project like that with a good reason.
And perhaps most importantly, none of this precludes the Devs from addressing this and making a public statement. Which they haven't. The silence is deafening.
No one is winning in this experience. This is yet another example of the Devs allowing a small fire to turn into a burning blaze, unnecessarily. The game and its players suffer as a result.
Saw this Namer person was the first to get accused that event
First? You must be new to this game. But it's also rather telling how [SSR] kiwi gets a pass from you in both the instances you mention where he very closely trailed the winners. If they cheated, then so did kiwi. But beyond those suspicions, you're clearly trying to character assassinate here as if the proof against Callimachus rests on anyone's reputation. It does not. There is no suspicion in this case, just proof, with verifiable reports coming from multiple players.
TPG really needs to do some cleanup here and fast, but my hopes at this point are almost nil.
Its pretty easy to figure out that this game is run by wrgjoe and wrgBENNYBOY.
The account “polo” is almost assuredly used by both benny boy and joe joe to feign the illusion that there are more people paying attention to this game.
There aren’t.
Nancy was a chat tool that benny boy pushed on upper management to get shan axed and save a couple bucks.
Stt community is almost guaranteed to be benny boy and/or joe.
Why would they do that? Simple logic.
If you are the only person running a game, do you want all the users DM’ing you? Nope. You want them to scream i to the wind. So you create “complaint fairies”.
While it's nice to finally see something, them not making any kind of post on their official forum is exactly the kind of disconnect that people are talking about.
Nothing in game either.
Expecting players to use a third-party communications app when you have the means to communicate in-game and here on your own site is a fail.
It's going to take some real action to make up for this debacle and restore player faith. I'm not holding my breath.
While it's nice to finally see something, them not making any kind of post on their official forum is exactly the kind of disconnect that people are talking about.
Nothing in game either.
Expecting players to use a third-party communications app when you have the means to communicate in-game and here on your own site is a fail.
It's going to take some real action to make up for this debacle and restore player faith. I'm not holding my breath.
Yeah. They wont do anything of consequence.
So, for 2025, star trek timelines players are treated to the following *new features*:
1. No legitimate way to win an event.
2. No reasonable expectation that the game will be around at the end of the year.
I get being upset at cheating and being upset at the delayed response, but taking down the Big Book just seems like a cranky five year old. It doesn’t hurt the cheater or the company, but rather the fellow players whose support the online rant was trying to win over to your side. Present the facts and hope justice wins out, without devaluing yourself with such a temper tantrum.
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A lousy legendary reward over a holiday weekend. I can't imagine why anyone would even bother wasting time this event.
Allow me to fix that for you:
“Yet another lousy reward that you can only earn by repeating monotonous tasks over the course of a whole weekend. I can’t imagine why anyone would bother wasting time on this game”
It started piling up fast the last hour. People turning in SuperRares probably. There was less than ten minutes left when it interrupted my Crafting, IIRC. Which is very late from normal, I think?
I'd say the frustration expressed this week was even more widespread than the Forums reflect. Definitely came closer than I ever have to three copies of Satie. I finished 119. Was within <75,000 of where 100 was the last time I looked.
I was avoiding saying it.
We’re all thinking it, though. 😆
It's always slower in the galaxy phase of a hybrid than a pure galaxy, as well. Those of us who just wanted to clear 130k and check out could do that with shuttles in phase 1.
The thread is about a previous Galaxy event, not this Faction/Galaxy event
I'm not afraid to be that guy.
If you cant beat em, join em.
Maybe if everyone is cheating tp will step in and do something about it?
Don't tell me you've never heard of Ferengi ethics!
Those two words just don’t seem like they are meant to go together; kind of like gas station sushi… 😆
I know. My points were these:
1. TPG is trying to stop cheating. Their skill check probably needs to be calibrated slightly differently.
2. TPG may be equating speed of tapping with cheating, which is interesting. I did not get skill checked when turning in rares at the end of the event.
Enough is enough.
@STT Community (and likely others) is probably on vacation for the holidays and the usual announcements were likely sent out automatically at a certain date and time. I would not expect to see anything until January 2 at the earliest. I don’t believe there have been any replies from WRG since prior to Christmas.
I think this is spot on.
That being said, this is a hot button issue and the jokers that are “managing” this game have until exactly 10am EST (since i know they are MASS-holes) to at least respond here with a “we are looking into this” message.
I doubt that. They wrote:
Even this last event had a similar score to the one in question and should be reviewed for possible cheating since I understand that has been the biggest fleet to claim tricky tactics over the last few weeks. It's always the people pointing at others that usually end up guilty themselves. But if Rom is out there playing and winning events after his accusations, then don't hold your breath for changes.
Lol just found out about this, you have 3 different players with their own websites
https://bigbook.app/
https://bigbook.dev
https://theromskirmish.com/
Let's pretend Namer did cheat. That doesn't mean others aren't too. They aren't mutually exclusive. At the end of the day, no matter who's guilty of cheating, the players suffer. Shouldn't we all want a fair, level playing field?
Numerous people here have broken down how the scores were suspect. You can believe them or not. But, a very credible case has been made for exactly what Namer said.
Considering Namer's contribution to the game, and his obvious depth of knowledge, I'm much more inclined to take his claim at face value. I also highly doubt he'd be making these accusations, without cause. He's submitted his evidence to the Devs and made a VERY public statement on this. It would be hard to walk back if this was a hoax.
He's also done a lot, unpaid, on his own time, to create a resource that has been very valuable to the community. Someone like that isn't going to pull a passion project like that with a good reason.
And perhaps most importantly, none of this precludes the Devs from addressing this and making a public statement. Which they haven't. The silence is deafening.
No one is winning in this experience. This is yet another example of the Devs allowing a small fire to turn into a burning blaze, unnecessarily. The game and its players suffer as a result.
TPG really needs to do some cleanup here and fast, but my hopes at this point are almost nil.
Exactly. I also don't hear anyone using Datacore complaining about that mined data either.
Not as far as I know. I believe Nancy was only here a short time.
Its pretty easy to figure out that this game is run by wrgjoe and wrgBENNYBOY.
The account “polo” is almost assuredly used by both benny boy and joe joe to feign the illusion that there are more people paying attention to this game.
There aren’t.
Nancy was a chat tool that benny boy pushed on upper management to get shan axed and save a couple bucks.
Stt community is almost guaranteed to be benny boy and/or joe.
Why would they do that? Simple logic.
If you are the only person running a game, do you want all the users DM’ing you? Nope. You want them to scream i to the wind. So you create “complaint fairies”.
While it's nice to finally see something, them not making any kind of post on their official forum is exactly the kind of disconnect that people are talking about.
Nothing in game either.
Expecting players to use a third-party communications app when you have the means to communicate in-game and here on your own site is a fail.
It's going to take some real action to make up for this debacle and restore player faith. I'm not holding my breath.
Yeah. They wont do anything of consequence.
So, for 2025, star trek timelines players are treated to the following *new features*:
1. No legitimate way to win an event.
2. No reasonable expectation that the game will be around at the end of the year.