A number of our members lost out on both VP and rank in the last event, ranging from significantly affecting a player fighting for top 3 in the event to others missing out on a top 1000 finish. This has resulted in loss of rewards for some players, most notably 5* Mirror Troi. DB have refused to offer any proper apology or compensation to these players, or even acknowledge that they may have lost rewards. They did send out a 5* Mirror Picard to the entire player base as a fake apology for the disruptions in general. The reason I say ‘fake’ is because many players already have Picard 5/5, and he won’t be available again in the game to add stars to. So a 1/5 Picard is worth only a small amount of honour to those that paid, and only serves to undermine that purchase.
I’ll make this blunt. We play hard, we play fairly and we always communicate respectfully with DB and others in the game. However we do not feel that DB have been investing to improve the game, we do not feel they have been treating players fairly and we do not feel that DB either respects or listens to what we have to say, and finally we have had enough and we refuse to play their game! Period.
And this is why I don’t save my rare rewards until the very end. You never know if something like this is going to happen, or if you oversleep and miss the deadline for turning them in. I was the one who got 3rd place. I worked my **tsk tsk** off to get it. I would like to think I didn’t score that high because of a glitch
Good for you, for standing up. I hope to see that none of your members jump in and claim the community rewards either. Kick anyone out that doesn't show a big 0 on their fleet point rankings.
I'll be honest here. I don't know how effective this will be. This is a rerun event with mediocre crew (including a non-canon character, Mirror K'Ehleyr, and many people have voiced their concern regarding those crew) right after a galaxy event (albeit hybrid) on which most people worked their tails off. The new event crew is from Discovery, which isn't as popular as, say TNG, and his stats aren't great. Granted, if you really want Young Khan or Dukat, you'll fight for him. However, both of these crew have been in the portal pool for almost a year, perhaps making them less valuable as rewards. If you are new, then they are decent crew.
What I'm saying is, if you really wanted to hurt DB, you would hit the next new event. Or perhaps worse, you would hit a potential Convergence Day event with offers and rewards "too good" to pass up. The downside to waiting is that you don't get as many people, because the anger and disappointment would have subsided for all but the most resolute and/or most cheated-over (those who spent the $25)
I think its likely that DB also realized that if they gave Mirror Troi to everyone, it would make quite a mess of the Gauntlet since Mirror Troi was designed to be such a strong Gauntlet character.
I agree, she's 6th overall, but just a "lesser" Guinan, since they share the same 3 skills.
As leader of a small casual fleet with no star base room above 3%, most of my members benefited and were happy from the Picard distribution. As an individual, I have spent a great deal of money on this game and I believe rewards tiers are a huge issue, and will happily be joining the no event participation to draw attention to the issues at hand. We were told in October (I believe) rewards would be looked at, and here we are in January still with a top 1000 and 75,000 players. No VP promise taken.
Can I still craft a single recipe to leach the community 400 honor and portal, or will that still be too much participation?
Can I just participate in one event at the Olympics or is that too much participation... heck do whatever you want, it’s “kind of” still a free country.
Edit: was “leech the community” a typo or a great pun?
What event is everyone talking about? There's no event this week.
Admiral of the Haus of GaghGagh, Starbase level 94, we are not accepting members at this time.
Captain of the voyage vessels: Queen of Bashir, Landsknecht, and Sunspear, the first luxury starship cruiseliners.
Amenities include wifi, fully-functioning holodecks, a full-service bar, 3 party decks, a Trill spa, and a business centre.
Fun fact: The ships are propelled by bouncy castle technology.
I’m glad to see some heavy hitters take notice of the problem and resolve to make a stand until that problem is properly dealt with. I’ve spent a lot of money on this game (though not as much as the whales) and I agree that this is the first time I’ve truly regretted spending money here...moving forward, I will not be suckered into any more $25 upgrade deals for legendaries, regardless of what DB does (or does not do) about this problem.
And if they do make it right - whether that means giving everyone a Mirror Troi or giving a Mirror Troi just to everyone from rank 1001-1500 or 2000 while sending everyone 50,000 honor - I'll consider spending money on dilithium again as well. If not...extending voyages will **tsk tsk** but I'll find a way to manage. I hope more people will follow suit - a litany if angry forum posts just isn’t as loud as a big revenue drop.
I will be working the event up to the 130k VP threshold and then stopping. All of the Chrons used will be from free means within the game. Not a dime shall be spent on my part.
There are three ways to do something; the right way, the wrong way, and the Janeway.
We'll see how it pans out when it comes to community rewards how many are sitting out the event
It will actually be fun if this event we don't even hit the top tier 10x Pull award. That hasn't happened since February 2017 if I am not mistaken, while I was a relatively new player.
I will give my Squadron permission to sit out this event.
This very statement is why I don’t join a fleet
I think you missed the point. This is my Squadron I am referring to here. My Fleet is a very laid back New Orleans group.. Squadron membership is based on events. Fleets are about general participation. The USS New Orleans only requires once every 3 days, but some of our Krewe only trice a week.
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Ha!!!! Good one!!
And this is why I don’t save my rare rewards until the very end. You never know if something like this is going to happen, or if you oversleep and miss the deadline for turning them in. I was the one who got 3rd place. I worked my **tsk tsk** off to get it. I would like to think I didn’t score that high because of a glitch
What I'm saying is, if you really wanted to hurt DB, you would hit the next new event. Or perhaps worse, you would hit a potential Convergence Day event with offers and rewards "too good" to pass up. The downside to waiting is that you don't get as many people, because the anger and disappointment would have subsided for all but the most resolute and/or most cheated-over (those who spent the $25)
I agree, she's 6th overall, but just a "lesser" Guinan, since they share the same 3 skills.
This very statement is why I don’t join a fleet
You just have to find or start the right fleet
Same as ours. Our onl real rule is to let us know if you're going on vacation, etc.
Can I just participate in one event at the Olympics or is that too much participation... heck do whatever you want, it’s “kind of” still a free country.
Edit: was “leech the community” a typo or a great pun?
Captain of the voyage vessels: Queen of Bashir, Landsknecht, and Sunspear, the first luxury starship cruiseliners.
Amenities include wifi, fully-functioning holodecks, a full-service bar, 3 party decks, a Trill spa, and a business centre.
Fun fact: The ships are propelled by bouncy castle technology.
Wrong forum... your Jedi mind control tricks belong over at the Star WARS forum .... 😇
And if they do make it right - whether that means giving everyone a Mirror Troi or giving a Mirror Troi just to everyone from rank 1001-1500 or 2000 while sending everyone 50,000 honor - I'll consider spending money on dilithium again as well. If not...extending voyages will **tsk tsk** but I'll find a way to manage. I hope more people will follow suit - a litany if angry forum posts just isn’t as loud as a big revenue drop.
Comments here notwithstanding, I expect this event to be competitive, too.
Seems like the last one was ultra competitive though. I could be wrong
Haven't seen one but quite a few of mine are sitting out now.
DB: Do Better.
Member of Starship Trista.
It will actually be fun if this event we don't even hit the top tier 10x Pull award. That hasn't happened since February 2017 if I am not mistaken, while I was a relatively new player.
I think you missed the point. This is my Squadron I am referring to here. My Fleet is a very laid back New Orleans group.. Squadron membership is based on events. Fleets are about general participation. The USS New Orleans only requires once every 3 days, but some of our Krewe only trice a week.