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Concern was expressed about the "Boycott". UPDATE: I decided to spend a little now. See Post.

DScottHewittDScottHewitt ✭✭✭✭✭
edited January 2018 in The Bridge
Slowing down the Community Rewards.

As of 1:20PM Eastern, Accumulated Points was closing in on 185 Million. I think the Portal Ten Pull will be okay.......



Scott


EDIT TO ADD: Since @Shan was nice enough to post and reassure us that we ALL will be appropriately compensated, after spending on the DYC, I bought a 1250 Chronie pack to support the game.




"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
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  • [SSR] GTMET[SSR] GTMET ✭✭✭✭✭
    It will be interesting, I for one played for about 40k points (basically cashing in as many threshold rewards as I could while walking away with MORE chrons then I started), but am now completely done. I imagine many others who are "boycotting" will do the same. We will see if the pace keeps up or slows once people cash out their free chrons, chredits, merits, honor and supply kits.
  • Paund SkummPaund Skumm ✭✭✭✭✭
    Khan 300 million VP unlocked just over two hours... I think we OK... maybe we’re proving the Vegas thing... a zillion old ladies playing nickle slots generates more revenue than a small handful of high rollers...
  • DScottHewittDScottHewitt ✭✭✭✭✭
    Khan 300 million VP unlocked just over two hours... I think we OK... maybe we’re proving the Vegas thing... a zillion old ladies playing nickle slots generates more revenue than a small handful of high rollers...

    I think so.


    One thing is very surprising. They know people used up Chronotons last week. But, no 1250/$9.99 Offer this Event?


    Scott


    "The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
  • Nero84Nero84 ✭✭✭
    I think you can't judge anything right now. Many people will probably stop at threshold or sooner. I think we can only judge how many people didn't contribute once the event ends.
  • edited January 2018
    I am pretty certain that the pull is not in danger at all. It's 1 000 000 000 pts, so if only 7700 people do threshold, everyone gets it. In a game with over 20k concurrent players, and with players pushing for top places anyway, IMO, it's in the bag,
  • Dirk GundersonDirk Gunderson ✭✭✭✭✭
    I got to 5000 VP and stopped. I probably wouldn’t have gone much farther because it’s a Galaxy event and there’s no way a normal person could get a ranked reward worth having but I'm definitely not going to buy chrons, even to use on leveling crew.
  • At this moment many members in out fleet have 0 vp points.
    Perhaps its still to early to judge, but i feel a boycot.
    Although ive only entered with 1 build for the free chrons, en to be eligable for the community events.
    Boycot or not, there'll always be players who will play, no need to miss out on free stuff because of a boycot :)
  • DScottHewittDScottHewitt ✭✭✭✭✭


    I got to 5000 VP and stopped. I probably wouldn’t have gone much farther because it’s a Galaxy event and there’s no way a normal person could get a ranked reward worth having but I'm definitely not going to buy chrons, even to use on leveling crew.

    I was WAY past 5000 before I ran out of the 894 Chronies I started with. And then collected 350 more, so I was past 12000. I'm at 39,690 and did not buy any Chronies. What did you start with?

    {Just asking so we can get some ideas of how people do. I had like 45 points before I used a Chronie, because I was able to Craft some to start.}


    Scott



    "The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
  • I managed to save up almost 10k chronitons for this event, and was going to make a honest attempt to get Pah-Wraith Cult Dukat cause I like the character. And then Picardgate happened. Instead, I am going to wait until the next event info pops up, do the 130k VP and use the chronitons to immortalize more crew. Until I have a solid reason to compete, I am going to put just enough effort to get the freebies.
  • I have exactly 225 VP. That represents what I could already build without spending a single chron on parts farming. This returned 50 chrons and some other crap. I am now done for the weekend.

    Collected Young Khan (for his second star), and will airlock the STD idiot should the community get to 600m this weekend. I could care less about the final award.
  • I played a little bit, so I should make top 50,000 instead of top 1,500 and get the community rewards.
  • JhamelJhamel ✭✭✭✭✭
    Voq coming in ...
    "Everything about the Jem'Hadar is lethal!" - Eris (ST-DS9 Episode 2x26 "The Jem'Hadar")
  • DScottHewittDScottHewitt ✭✭✭✭✭
    Voq coming in ...

    61% to Portal Pull in under five hours.
    "The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
  • ~peregrine~~peregrine~ ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have exactly 225 VP. That represents what I could already build without spending a single chron on parts farming. This returned 50 chrons and some other crap. I am now done for the weekend.

    Collected Young Khan (for his second star), and will airlock the STD idiot should the community get to 600m this weekend. I could care less about the final award.

    Similarly, I stopped after crafting one item from stock & will finish with 135 VP. I will airlock Y. Khan & T. Voq, keep the 50 chronitons & 10x pull, and save my 4000+ chronitons for another Hybrid Faction/Galaxy, where I at least have a shot at a decent ranking.

    Or maybe I’ll use them & a Supply Kit to power-level 3* Robin Lefler & finally get the Ktarian headset, then freeze her and resume normal operations. Choice is good! 🤔

    But this Event? Stick a fork in me, because I’m done. Galaxy=meh to me.
    "In the short run, the game defines the players. But in the long run, it's us players who define the game." — Nicky Case, The Evolution of Trust
  • DScottHewittDScottHewitt ✭✭✭✭✭
    Over 830 Million, before 7:15 PM
    "The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
  • At this moment many members in out fleet have 0 vp points.
    Perhaps its still to early to judge, but i feel a boycot.
    Although ive only entered with 1 build for the free chrons, en to be eligable for the community events.
    Boycot or not, there'll always be players who will play, no need to miss out on free stuff because of a boycot :)

    The event has been running 8.5 hours and half of my Fleet has 0 vp points.

  • DScottHewittDScottHewitt ✭✭✭✭✭
    954 Million at 8:45 PM
    "The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
  • [10F] Belle'Anna [10F] Belle'Anna ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 2018
    4 of my fleet haven't made a recipe yet. 35 are ranked under 10,000.

    We haven't formally discussed a boycott. We don't work like that. Yet we have an unprecedented low participation and fleet rank.

    We lost a loved and valuable fleet member yesterday because of this.

    As Jonathan Frakes said, 'You Decide'.
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  • ProsserProsser ✭✭✭
    Community goals cleared at 9:21 PM EST
  • Why do I get the feeling DB put the clocks on ludicrous speed?
  • the Boycott is mainly no spending money not avoiding the game, i for one will not play past 20000 vp
    DB Do-Better II
  • I haven't spent a dime since the initial ticket.... still waiting on a response from CS but I'll keep checking in forums every couple of hours for updates...
  • Captain_WhoCaptain_Who ✭✭✭✭✭
    Copper wrote: »
    I haven't spent a dime since the initial ticket.... still waiting on a response from CS but I'll keep checking in forums every couple of hours for updates...

    It seems to me DB has already said there will be no updates or clarification. Their official stance is to officially tell you that they will NOT tell you what they've told CS to do, but if you don't like what happened, then make another ticket saying you didn't like it and hope you get a new response, but there is no guarantee that it will be a consistent response.
    Shan: We are aware that there have been some inconsistencies in the replies given by Player Support, regarding the compensation issued for Tuesday's outage.

    If you are not satisfied with the reply you have received, please reopen your ticket, and it will be reviewed again on a case by case basis.

    When we asked what that meant and if there was going to be an official DB response, Black Pebble popped in to tell us that was the official response.

    Now all we have is SilverRose telling us that DB told her to tell us their response is to give everybody 50k honor and remove Peccard if you have 6 or more.

    However, we have reports of inconsistent implementations of even that. Some Peccards aren't being removed, some FE cards are being demoted to level 50, sometimes 50k honor is just stealthily showing up on your account and CS is keeping silent and letting the ticket age out.

    So to sum everything up, The Official Response is to make a new ticket and to expect inconsistent results.
  • This Sisko1This Sisko1 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think they have permission to make people happy if your request is reasonable. I personally only wanted the honor. I may have kept gun show Picard but it did leave a bitter taste that I had just spent for him. Now it's a sweet taste that I have honor. I want to play this game. Lots invested and it kills time. I only did up to the threshold. Not spending on packs and will resist temptation when they drop a sisko pack with his base Stat being medical. I know they will do it to tempt me. But I feel if we make a point that it will be better in the long run to think of customers first and maybe run ideas through us first in the future. Thank you DB.
  • I'm surprised it went as fast as it did. Considering its a repeat event where instead of a new 5* added to the mix there's only a new 4* STD character who can be FF from threshold rewards. Makes it an easy one to just go for the threshold prizes or skip entirely.
  • Peachtree RexPeachtree Rex ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've always felt the first 30k points were always worth getting because the chronotons (650 in this event) did a pretty good job of balancing out the materials required. Additionally, you'd pull in 500 honor, a supply kit, 500 merits, 125k credits, and some equipment of questionable value.

    I think the 4* has to have some value for you to keep going beyond 30k.
  • AviTrekAviTrek ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's fairly easy to clear the threshold while spending $0. If it's a spending boycott people can still clear the threshold and then stop. The real indication of any change will be the VP for 1K and below.
  • PallidynePallidyne ✭✭✭✭✭
    AviTrek wrote: »
    It's fairly easy to clear the threshold while spending $0. If it's a spending boycott people can still clear the threshold and then stop. The real indication of any change will be the VP for 1K and below.

    Though we still have some folks here who have stated they have 10s of thousands of chrons packed away. There may still be some folks not spending that drop some serious chron but they should be few in number.
  • 4 of my fleet haven't made a recipe yet. 35 are ranked under 10,000.

    We haven't formally discussed a boycott. We don't work like that. Yet we have an unprecedented low participation and fleet rank.

    We lost a loved and valuable fleet member yesterday because of this.

    As Jonathan Frakes said, 'You Decide'.

    Aw really sorry to hear that Belle'Anna :( been hoping none leave. Enthusiastic and chill captains waiting to see what happens with CS and put off by this, a culmination in a string.

    Everyone is free to do as they wish here too, but participation and fleet rank are also at a fraction of usual. At least people are expressing themselves in the way they see fit.
    C6pilot wrote: »
    In reality, its not about boycotting play, its about boycotting pay. F2P until DB finds their way.... that's what I say. It rhymes so it must be right.

    ^ The route many are taking. I still want to FF Khan but no $pending.
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