Ya pretty annoyed by the length of this mega. Shan I really hope the change in reward structure is more than just adding another level and increasing point cost for each tier.
Having a mega event last this long is really insane. People don’t like it when an extra day is added and it has been increased from there.
By inquiring about the event phases it became evident that it would not work with an event ending on Tuesday.
I have amended the original post with the following:
Event Dates: Thursday 06/21 until Wednesday 06/27
The event will span over 7 days, for a total of 6x24h and 3 phases of 48h each.
This is the darkest timeline.
You're going the wrong way with event duration. This was the time to experiment with a 3-day event (24 hours for each phase).
Edit: And when does the NEXT event after it start? 24 hours later?
This was my question as well. It smells like we may get that weekend with no event that some have been clamoring for. Either that or perhaps next event will start Friday?
Why would they operate any differently and not just go on with the next event since it is probably a rerun?
I'm betting business as usual.
Wishing I was in Boston so I could deliver a cream pie in person.
Come on DB, there are 2 glaring issues here that should have been foreseen:
1- DS9 was heavily character story based, perhaps (debatably) more so than other Trek series. As a ‘fan pick’, I think many were hoping it would be more tailored to DS9 and less random/non-canon than it has been. Where is Jack or the rest of ‘Jack’s Pack’? More Sisko? More Cardassians, Dominion or Bajorans?
2- A 6-day event needs to offer more than 50% better rewards than a 4-day if you expect players to splash the cash. Many already want shorter and or fewer events as it is.
1) Event is now two phase, Faction portion cancelled.
2) event is now normal event length.
3) 3* admiral Patrick, IN THRESHOLDS!!!! enjoy.
4) Community Reward both phases!!!!! (We are so, so sorry)
6) Augment issue resolved. Augment trait is meant for Permanently Genetically Augmented Humans only, no voter registration card for political affiliation needed.
5) We will never play around with event length again. How would we know that if people rage at stretching to 5 days they would not be ok with 6 days?
6) Last ever expedition event!!!! (yeah some people like it ((including me)) but we figure it's fair to actually tell you to end speculation and saving two year olds emails for a good one only to not see one for another year)
7) We will be placing a greater emphasis on actually playing the game so we understand what we are doing to our players.
My favorite part of this is they made sure to put the two super grindy parts on the work days....
This may be an unpopular opinion, but I am 100% okay with the extended event IF and ONLY IF there's no event the next weekend.
Give us one gigantic event to finish off the mega...and then a break.
Maybe some sort of lighter "campaign" instead of an event. Like, "collect x amount of <random drops from episode nodes> and get honour/stuff" where we just go about our regular business, levelling crew and such, and the more we do, the more points or whatever we accrue, and the more freebies we get. No rankings, no competition. Just stuff for those who want it.
Literally every other game I've played has had mini events/campaigns like that, and I think it would work well as a "cooldown" from a gigantic event like this. Plus free stuff.
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Wow just wow, thats the biggest ** you(DB) pulled in a long time. Really, the event changes exactly when the event packs for the upcoming event used to go live? This will all end in an desaster. Horrible, just horrible....
How do we have a DS9 event featuring Bell Riots themed crew, where there is always an existing 4* crew included, yet Gabriel Bell himself doesn't make the cut?
I defended this mega event the past week or so, but feel like the finale is a huge let down.
- no Gabriel Bell
- no Admiral Ross
- non-cannon finale 5*
- non-cannon finale existing 4*
- only 1/4 DS9 augment 'misfits' (unless we get a new 2* or 3* next week)
- no Kira involvement, new or old
- no Odo involvement, new or old
AND on top of all that, we get an extended 6 day event?!?!? Ugh
This went from being a very promising mega event, to being one of the worst mega events.
While I think Augment Riker is a poor choice of a 4* to use in this mega, we were never promised Gabriel Bell, Admiral Ross, or any of the Misfits.
We got 6 DS9 Characters
1. Bell Riots Bashir
2. Bell Riots Dax
3. Augment Commander O'Brien
4. Sarina Douglas
5. Enemy Lines Sisko
6. Mirror Leeta
We got 6 Augment Characters
1. Bell Riots Bashir
2. Young Khan
3. Malik
4. Sarina Douglas
5. Augment Riker
6. Augment Commander O'Brien
Then we got 2 Augment-related characters
2. Arik Soong
3. Roga Danar
And 2 out-of-left-field characters
1. Drone Seven of Nine
2. Species 8472
So I'd say this event did rather decently in terms of balancing its focused groups of DS9 and Augments.
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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.
Am I missing something? Going to Wednesday means the next event starts Thursday (unless they cancel it) which means basically 10 days of pure grinding... probably make the next event a skirmish just to make the grinding even worse.
Am I missing something? Going to Wednesday means the next event starts Thursday (unless they cancel it) which means basically 10 days of pure grinding... probably make the next event a skirmish just to make the grinding even worse.
So, if the current event was touted as "Superior Ambition Mega-Event Part Three” (SAME, Part Three), will the upcoming event be touted as “Worldwide-Optimized Resplendent Super Event, Part Four” (WORSE, Part Four)?
Set up a DS9 Augment event. Hype the event to DS9 fans
-Include zero Cardassian/Dominion cards
-Include 1 of the Augment misfits from DS9 but not the Admiral Patrick which many requested
-Include a lot of Enterprise, voyager, TOS, and TNG cards
-Make Bell Riots Bashir look like a Jedi extra from Phantom Menace
-Use made up character for finale 5* card when there are a lot of good DS9 requested cards to choose from.
-Make the last event 6 days long
Set up a DS9 Augment event. Hype the event to DS9 fans
-Include zero Cardassian/Dominion cards
-Include 1 of the Augment misfits from DS9 but not the Admiral Patrick which many requested
-Include a lot of Enterprise, voyager, TOS, and TNG cards
-Make Bell Riots Bashir look like a Jedi extra from Phantom Menace
-Use made up character for finale 5* card when there are a lot of good DS9 requested cards to choose from.
-Make the last event 6 days long
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Having a mega event last this long is really insane. People don’t like it when an extra day is added and it has been increased from there.
Perhaps I should stop thinking out loud
1- DS9 was heavily character story based, perhaps (debatably) more so than other Trek series. As a ‘fan pick’, I think many were hoping it would be more tailored to DS9 and less random/non-canon than it has been. Where is Jack or the rest of ‘Jack’s Pack’? More Sisko? More Cardassians, Dominion or Bajorans?
2- A 6-day event needs to offer more than 50% better rewards than a 4-day if you expect players to splash the cash. Many already want shorter and or fewer events as it is.
You remember what happened last time they experimented with that change right? stretched the existing rewards over a higher level of VP.
1) Event is now two phase, Faction portion cancelled.
2) event is now normal event length.
3) 3* admiral Patrick, IN THRESHOLDS!!!! enjoy.
4) Community Reward both phases!!!!! (We are so, so sorry)
6) Augment issue resolved. Augment trait is meant for Permanently Genetically Augmented Humans only, no voter registration card for political affiliation needed.
5) We will never play around with event length again. How would we know that if people rage at stretching to 5 days they would not be ok with 6 days?
6) Last ever expedition event!!!! (yeah some people like it ((including me)) but we figure it's fair to actually tell you to end speculation and saving two year olds emails for a good one only to not see one for another year)
7) We will be placing a greater emphasis on actually playing the game so we understand what we are doing to our players.
My favorite part of this is they made sure to put the two super grindy parts on the work days....
Give us one gigantic event to finish off the mega...and then a break.
Maybe some sort of lighter "campaign" instead of an event. Like, "collect x amount of <random drops from episode nodes> and get honour/stuff" where we just go about our regular business, levelling crew and such, and the more we do, the more points or whatever we accrue, and the more freebies we get. No rankings, no competition. Just stuff for those who want it.
Literally every other game I've played has had mini events/campaigns like that, and I think it would work well as a "cooldown" from a gigantic event like this. Plus free stuff.
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ARG! please NO!
Edit - wait wait.. even better.. a bonus copy of Mirror Picard!
(reload.. aim at other foot... bang)
If they do that, they better send those of us who bought a double up offer a Legendary Citation in the mail!
While I think Augment Riker is a poor choice of a 4* to use in this mega, we were never promised Gabriel Bell, Admiral Ross, or any of the Misfits.
We got 6 DS9 Characters
1. Bell Riots Bashir
2. Bell Riots Dax
3. Augment Commander O'Brien
4. Sarina Douglas
5. Enemy Lines Sisko
6. Mirror Leeta
We got 6 Augment Characters
1. Bell Riots Bashir
2. Young Khan
3. Malik
4. Sarina Douglas
5. Augment Riker
6. Augment Commander O'Brien
Then we got 2 Augment-related characters
2. Arik Soong
3. Roga Danar
And 2 out-of-left-field characters
1. Drone Seven of Nine
2. Species 8472
So I'd say this event did rather decently in terms of balancing its focused groups of DS9 and Augments.
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.
Guess I did that somehow... We now have Augmented O'Burnway that craps out exploding Horta eggs...
At least the exploding Horta eggs will describe my mental state when this event ends: Totally FUBAR'ed...
Oh well, I shouldn't complain... At least I got Rain-woman FFE'ed...
That's not what they did. That's what it sounded like initially, but then they kept them the same and only added new higher level VP thresholds.
I’d much rather be nit picking...
I will welcome a skirmish under any circumstances
I’m down with that sickness!
I could probably get all my remaining crew to level 100 with that
My bad, I was thinking of several times ago.
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Like regular O'Brien, but with big fake boobs.
Obviously.
An O'Brien with torn clothing, obviously.
Hope he has an insane ENG proficiency, because I'm up for the marathon triple hybrid if he does.
LOL! Thank you @Dralix , I needed something to genuinely laugh at.
@Odo Marmarosa you know, now that you mention it, why do nearly all Augments have that homeless chique look with their clothing?
-Include zero Cardassian/Dominion cards
-Include 1 of the Augment misfits from DS9 but not the Admiral Patrick which many requested
-Include a lot of Enterprise, voyager, TOS, and TNG cards
-Make Bell Riots Bashir look like a Jedi extra from Phantom Menace
-Use made up character for finale 5* card when there are a lot of good DS9 requested cards to choose from.
-Make the last event 6 days long
Wonder why profits are down.
Why are we assuming profits are down?