Congrats on somehow making the game worse. Repeatedly being booted from the game because of "failed" checks (that were nearly impossible to line up exactly), along with connection issues, made the event frustrating and unplayable at times.
For bonus points, having my skirmish setup cleared when I came back into the game after being booted, and having to waste time to reset it was extra awesome 🙄
After allowing rampant cheating to happen for too long, you've now overcorrected and swung it in the opposite direction. Punishing players who weren't cheating, by making extremely precise checks that were unfair, was not the answer.
Bravo 👏🏼
Agreed. I failed it a few times on my phone. It needs to be less sensitive, but I realize it’s a process and tweaks will be necessary. There was quite a long discussion on Discord with some good ideas. Even a recommendation to have the Ktarian Headset be the bot check as it would random every time. 😆
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I agree it's possible. I never had the chrons, stamina or motivation to do that for 12 hours or more four days in a row, but it can definitely be done.
The answer just came in the TP discord page 👏🖖
Greetings <@&1199035359326130299>s,
We want to inform you about a recent decision taken to maintain a fair and enjoyable environment for all players. After thoroughly conducting an internal investigation, combined with team and player reports, we have identified a situation where a player was found using tools in a way that disrupted the competitive balance within our community and events.
As a result, we have issued a suspension of this player's account until further notice. This decision was not taken lightly and reflects our ongoing commitment to ensuring fairness and integrity in gameplay, especially during the holiday season.
We want to emphasize that any attempts to exploit or undermine the integrity of the game will result in appropriate penalties, as outlined in our guidelines. This is essential to maintaining the standards of fairness and respect that define our community. Additionally, today we would like to share some updates to our anti-macro system have gone live today. These improvements are designed to strengthen our ability to detect and address actions that could compromise the competitive experience for others.
We deeply appreciate the support and vigilance of our community in helping us uphold these standards. If you have any further concerns or observations, please reach out to our Customer Support, Community Team, and Moderation.
Thank you for your understanding and continued dedication to making this community a fantastic place for everyone.
Best regards,
Team at Star Trek Timelines
LLAP
Once again, this shouldn't have to be posted here by a player. Thank you, @Tsunkatse Siete , but this is still hard to understand why they aren't posting on their official forum 😒
@STT Community , why aren't you not making these posts here or in-game?
I still feel like this doesn't go far enough. Cheating goes not just against fair play principles, but the very principles of Star Trek, on which this whole game is based on.
A potentially temporary suspension (until further notice) is unacceptable for blatantly cheating. A permanent ban should have been given. There should be zero tolerance of this kind of behaviour.
Also, there are several questions left unanswered, including:
● Who was the cheater? We can probably guess based on some of the accusations made, but multiple people were accused. The player should be named and shamed IMO.
● Were any other people found to be cheating or just the one? Were any others even investigated for cheating?
● Was the cheating happening during only one event (unlikely) or multiple? Which event(s) were found to be unfairly engaged in? Were any others investigated for similar issues?
● What is being done to ensure that there isn't a lapse in observation/oversight for a long period again? Holidays shouldn't be an excuse. What steps are being taken to prevent a similar situation from escalating like this one did?
If you want players to forgive, move on and accept this resolution, full and complete transparency is not just good protocol, but absolutely necessary. A lot of faith was lost and a lot of (justified) anger has been caused by this situation.
Not to mention that we lost the Big Book (possibly permanently) because this situation was allowed to happen.
I've been around a long time, but this incident is possibly the most damaging to the game yet. You've lost good players and resources that will probably never return.
This is a good start, but far from enough.
It's been ten days since I've initially asked. This is the third time I'm having to ask these questions.
@STT Community has posted multiple times since. They've been tagged by myself and other players. They are clearly ignoring legitimate questions.
ENOUGH.
This half-hearted effort at trying to address these concerns, to sweep this under the rug, to force us to move on without answers is unacceptable. I am not letting this go. I will continue to bump this to the top of this forum, as long as necessary. Especially as it seems that we have lost the Big Book, permanently, as a result of this nonsense.
We players deserve answers. We deserve transparency.
The answer just came in the TP discord page 👏🖖
Greetings <@&1199035359326130299>s,
We want to inform you about a recent decision taken to maintain a fair and enjoyable environment for all players. After thoroughly conducting an internal investigation, combined with team and player reports, we have identified a situation where a player was found using tools in a way that disrupted the competitive balance within our community and events.
As a result, we have issued a suspension of this player's account until further notice. This decision was not taken lightly and reflects our ongoing commitment to ensuring fairness and integrity in gameplay, especially during the holiday season.
We want to emphasize that any attempts to exploit or undermine the integrity of the game will result in appropriate penalties, as outlined in our guidelines. This is essential to maintaining the standards of fairness and respect that define our community. Additionally, today we would like to share some updates to our anti-macro system have gone live today. These improvements are designed to strengthen our ability to detect and address actions that could compromise the competitive experience for others.
We deeply appreciate the support and vigilance of our community in helping us uphold these standards. If you have any further concerns or observations, please reach out to our Customer Support, Community Team, and Moderation.
Thank you for your understanding and continued dedication to making this community a fantastic place for everyone.
Best regards,
Team at Star Trek Timelines
LLAP
Once again, this shouldn't have to be posted here by a player. Thank you, @Tsunkatse Siete , but this is still hard to understand why they aren't posting on their official forum 😒
@STT Community , why aren't you not making these posts here or in-game?
I still feel like this doesn't go far enough. Cheating goes not just against fair play principles, but the very principles of Star Trek, on which this whole game is based on.
A potentially temporary suspension (until further notice) is unacceptable for blatantly cheating. A permanent ban should have been given. There should be zero tolerance of this kind of behaviour.
Also, there are several questions left unanswered, including:
● Who was the cheater? We can probably guess based on some of the accusations made, but multiple people were accused. The player should be named and shamed IMO.
● Were any other people found to be cheating or just the one? Were any others even investigated for cheating?
● Was the cheating happening during only one event (unlikely) or multiple? Which event(s) were found to be unfairly engaged in? Were any others investigated for similar issues?
● What is being done to ensure that there isn't a lapse in observation/oversight for a long period again? Holidays shouldn't be an excuse. What steps are being taken to prevent a similar situation from escalating like this one did?
If you want players to forgive, move on and accept this resolution, full and complete transparency is not just good protocol, but absolutely necessary. A lot of faith was lost and a lot of (justified) anger has been caused by this situation.
Not to mention that we lost the Big Book (possibly permanently) because this situation was allowed to happen.
I've been around a long time, but this incident is possibly the most damaging to the game yet. You've lost good players and resources that will probably never return.
This is a good start, but far from enough.
It's been ten days since I've initially asked. This is the third time I'm having to ask these questions.
@STT Community has posted multiple times since. They've been tagged by myself and other players. They are clearly ignoring legitimate questions.
ENOUGH.
This half-hearted effort at trying to address these concerns, to sweep this under the rug, to force us to move on without answers is unacceptable. I am not letting this go. I will continue to bump this to the top of this forum, as long as necessary. Especially as it seems that we have lost the Big Book, permanently, as a result of this nonsense.
We players deserve answers. We deserve transparency.
We deserve the truth.
I agree with your assessment of the situation.
However, we already know the answers to the questions you asked.
Calimachus was the cheater who got tossed
Im sure they will be reinstated at some point, if they fork over a “penalty assessment”.
No one else was or will be investigated for cheating in this incident.
If and when someone develops a method to get by the anti-cheating measures, they too will enjoy getting away with it until a member of the community (not a member of the wrg/tp team) compiles sufficient evidence, and finds a way to bring it to wrg/tp’s attention such that they have no choice but to act on it.
Nothing will be done to prevent more lapses in oversight, as lapses in oversight are part of the built in experience of playing this game.
Most actual Battles take a couple of seconds with the speed up option. So, an average of 55 seconds a Run does not seem impossible.
Yep. When Skirmishes first started, I began testing out all of my ships to see which one was consistently the fastest. I continued this testing for the next 4 or 5 Skirmish events, until I settled on a particular ship that I still use today. With that, and the same crew lineup I've been using for at least a year (other than a main event crew in one slot, of course), I can usually do a round of Skirmish battles in just under 50 seconds. A bit more if I spend dil for bonus rewards, which I have been doing a lot more since I loaded up my dilithium stash.
What I've always wondered, however, is if the game is substantially faster with a fiber connection, for instance. I mean, I get between 230-300 Mbps download and 100-150 Mbps upload (which is plenty fast for my needs), but I know there are folks out there with bandwidth that would put that to shame.
I continued this testing for the next 4 or 5 Skirmish events, until I settled on a particular ship that I still use today. With that, and the same crew lineup I've been using for at least a year (other than a main event crew in one slot, of course)
What I've always wondered, however, is if the game is substantially faster with a fiber connection, for instance. I mean, I get between 230-300 Mbps download and 100-150 Mbps upload (which is plenty fast for my needs), but I know there are folks out there with bandwidth that would put that to shame.
Download speed is one thing. Ping speed should have a much bigger impact.
I do the Ferengi Krayton for my ship with two Garth, 1 Killy, and whomever I pick from event crew.
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Agreed. I failed it a few times on my phone. It needs to be less sensitive, but I realize it’s a process and tweaks will be necessary. There was quite a long discussion on Discord with some good ideas. Even a recommendation to have the Ktarian Headset be the bot check as it would random every time. 😆
It's been ten days since I've initially asked. This is the third time I'm having to ask these questions.
@STT Community has posted multiple times since. They've been tagged by myself and other players. They are clearly ignoring legitimate questions.
ENOUGH.
This half-hearted effort at trying to address these concerns, to sweep this under the rug, to force us to move on without answers is unacceptable. I am not letting this go. I will continue to bump this to the top of this forum, as long as necessary. Especially as it seems that we have lost the Big Book, permanently, as a result of this nonsense.
We players deserve answers. We deserve transparency.
We deserve the truth.
I agree with your assessment of the situation.
However, we already know the answers to the questions you asked.
Calimachus was the cheater who got tossed
Im sure they will be reinstated at some point, if they fork over a “penalty assessment”.
No one else was or will be investigated for cheating in this incident.
If and when someone develops a method to get by the anti-cheating measures, they too will enjoy getting away with it until a member of the community (not a member of the wrg/tp team) compiles sufficient evidence, and finds a way to bring it to wrg/tp’s attention such that they have no choice but to act on it.
Nothing will be done to prevent more lapses in oversight, as lapses in oversight are part of the built in experience of playing this game.
Yep. When Skirmishes first started, I began testing out all of my ships to see which one was consistently the fastest. I continued this testing for the next 4 or 5 Skirmish events, until I settled on a particular ship that I still use today. With that, and the same crew lineup I've been using for at least a year (other than a main event crew in one slot, of course), I can usually do a round of Skirmish battles in just under 50 seconds. A bit more if I spend dil for bonus rewards, which I have been doing a lot more since I loaded up my dilithium stash.
What I've always wondered, however, is if the game is substantially faster with a fiber connection, for instance. I mean, I get between 230-300 Mbps download and 100-150 Mbps upload (which is plenty fast for my needs), but I know there are folks out there with bandwidth that would put that to shame.
Care to share your insights?
Download speed is one thing. Ping speed should have a much bigger impact.
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Multi-Quote was eating my post, for some reason......
Some people do not get specific. {Not saying Shaw is one of them.}
I'm willing to share mine.
The Artifact with any Event Crew, plus three Sledgehammers.
I used {left to right} Dress Uniform La Forge, Chances Taken Kirk, Tactical MACO Mayweather, and Chances Taken Kirk in the seats.
But, there are other Sledgehammers that work. Both Battle Beverly and Dread Pirate Q work on the Artifact, because it has Boarding.
Other options:
Chuft-Captain {one-time use, but 425% Damage}
EV Suit Gorn {425% Damage, twice}
AGIMUS {400% Unlimted Boarding Trigger}
The Wiki has a list. Just look for ones without a Trigger, or the Boarding Trigger.
https://sttwiki.org/wiki/Damage_Bonus_List
I do the Ferengi Krayton for my ship with two Garth, 1 Killy, and whomever I pick from event crew.