Do you read the story in events?

AviTrek

Do you read the story DB creates for these events, or do you just click past the dialogue to play the event?

Dralix

I click through. For faction events, I access them from the shuttle dialogue instead of entering, so I don't even have to click through until the end.

DavideBooks

No

I read them until the Fun Sponge Burnham story. She comes off as an evil totalitarian. I have not seen Discovery, but I assume she was slandered in the event story.

[Deleted User]

Yes

The two things I tend to read are the news and what I'm doing in a game.

Currently the world is doing its level best to confuse me on which one is the fiction.

Althea Biermont

I was looking for the 3rd option of "Events have Stories?"

Dirk Gunderson

Yes

I enjoy reading though the dialogue but I don’t read the mission descriptions for Faction events. I feel a little bad about it but I'm so accustomed to rapidly tapping through it’s a hard habit to break.

For Cardassia

Yes

DavideBooks wrote: »

I read them until the Fun Sponge Burnham story. She comes off as an evil totalitarian. I have not seen Discovery, but I assume she was slandered in the event story.

Given the version of Burnham used for that...not really tbh. She kinda was like that a bit in the beginning. Believing her "vulcan logic" was superior to everything and was enough to justify her taking whatever actions she saw fit.

Part of her arc was learning how wrong that approach is.

[ISA] Big McLargeHuge

No

*taptaptap* *taptaptaptap*

If the intent is to get engrossed in a story, making events so ravenously competitive that you have no time to appreciate the narrative seems counterproductive.

Captain_Who

No

Nope. Events tend to turn into a slog and I just want them over.

I have wondered and pondered posting if anybody wrote it down and thought of asking them to post it in the bridge after the event. It might be interesting to read in one contiguous block. But at the end of the day, I don't care all that much, and mid event it's more of of an interruption than interest.

Travis S McClain

Yes

Captain_Who wrote: »

Nope. Events tend to turn into a slog and I just want them over.

I have wondered and pondered posting if anybody wrote it down and thought of asking them to post it in the bridge after the event. It might be interesting to read in one contiguous block. But at the end of the day, I don't care all that much, and mid event it's more of of an interruption than interest.

They're generally added to the event's page on the Wiki.

I read them, though with Faction Events, I'll postpone reading the individual shuttle mission text until I've finished ramping up.

Captain_Who

No

Travis S McClain wrote: »

Captain_Who wrote: »

Nope. Events tend to turn into a slog and I just want them over.

I have wondered and pondered posting if anybody wrote it down and thought of asking them to post it in the bridge after the event. It might be interesting to read in one contiguous block. But at the end of the day, I don't care all that much, and mid event it's more of of an interruption than interest.

They're generally added to the event's page on the Wiki.

I read them, though with Faction Events, I'll postpone reading the individual shuttle mission text until I've finished ramping up.

I thought the shuttles might be on the Wiki. Forgive me, I haven't looked in a while, and that was a pre-requisite for me saying anything here. But if I recall correctly, I don't remember the story being posted on the Wiki for galaxy events.
I'll take some time later to go dig around the wiki.

Althea Biermont

[ISA] Big McLargeHuge wrote: »

*taptaptap* *taptaptaptap*

If the intent is to get engrossed in a story, making events so ravenously competitive that you have no time to appreciate the narrative seems counterproductive.

Yep. They could make the event descriptions (cut scenes, faction shuttles, etc.) literally say, "Blah, blah, blah" and nothing else and I doubt it would impact the event participation.

Captain_Who

No

The last time I got any enjoyment out of the event text was the goofy names for the enemy ship abilities in Skirmishes. Those were quick, made me smile, and I didn't have to click click click click through so I could just play already.

Zombie Squirrel

No

No, total waste of time.

Pallidyne

Yes

Zombie Squirrel wrote: »

No, total waste of time.

I thought that's why we were here, to waste some time not toiling away at the office, ditch digging, etc.

Mirror Cartman

Yes

I read some, others I speed click through.

If I am in the company restaurant on a break trying to kick start a faction event, then I speed click, so that I can launch as many shuttles as possible in 20 minutes.

With a galaxy event I will read through, calmly create one item, and hand it in, and enjoy my meal. Then when I get home from work, one or two of the community rewards will be waiting for me to level.

Prime Lorca

No

I would like to read them, but the events start on my lunch break at work and I don't have time. Is there a "read dialogue" button that I don't know about so I can check it out when time allows?

Data1001

Sometimes, just for gits and shiggles. The problem with them is they have absolutely no bearing on the event. I would love to see an event where reading the story parts would be integral to your success in said event — if you don't pay attention, you could choose an option that would be much less successful, for instance.

Travis S McClain

Yes

Captain_Who wrote: »

Travis S McClain wrote: »

Captain_Who wrote: »

Nope. Events tend to turn into a slog and I just want them over.

I have wondered and pondered posting if anybody wrote it down and thought of asking them to post it in the bridge after the event. It might be interesting to read in one contiguous block. But at the end of the day, I don't care all that much, and mid event it's more of of an interruption than interest.

They're generally added to the event's page on the Wiki.

I read them, though with Faction Events, I'll postpone reading the individual shuttle mission text until I've finished ramping up.

I thought the shuttles might be on the Wiki. Forgive me, I haven't looked in a while, and that was a pre-requisite for me saying anything here. But if I recall correctly, I don't remember the story being posted on the Wiki for galaxy events.
I'll take some time later to go dig around the wiki.

As with everything else on the Wiki, it may not be 100% complete. This past week's Galaxy's story was added here by one (or some) of our intrepid fellow players. Here's the story for "Breakthrough" from the Vulcan/Romulan mega. (Just a randomly selected other sample.)