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AG-Vuk
Elite Member
Joined: 7/26/04
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son. |
8/03/10 10:32:23 AM#441
Originally posted by raistalin69 |
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8/03/10 7:42:22 PM#442
Originally posted by Darth_Osor That's the problem, you're going by what Jack said; it can generally be safely assumed that the man doesn't know what the heck he is talking about. After all, Jack also said that the Klingons had tons of content and were the ones he was having the most fun playing. I was going by the Daniel Stahl podcast (the one on December 13) that stated the 45 day patch would add in Genesis content for the Klingons, because they needed time to rework the Genesis system to create missions more appropriate for the Klingons (i.e. they wanted the missions to all be combat focused). "Oh my, how horrible, someone is criticizing a MMO. Oh yeah, that is what a forum is about, looking at both sides. You rather have to be critical of anything in this genre as of late because the track record of these major studios has just been appalling." -Ozmodan |
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8/04/10 10:39:09 AM#443
Originally posted by Dinendae Cryptic have also been caught a good few times editing or deleting thier statements so anything they say can be taken with a grain of salt. |
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Darth_Osor
Advanced Member
Joined: 2/17/09
Just because you are unique does not mean you are special |
8/04/10 1:20:44 PM#444
Originally posted by Dinendae ...except you said the *fans* made the 45 day patch out to be more than was promised. True, anyone that played a MMO before knew there was no way they were going to magically crap out enough content in 45 days to fill in that black hole of a game, but that doesn't change the fact they were told it was going to be big, and I'm sure quite a few people that bought STO were first time MMO players and didn't know better. |
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8/04/10 9:58:10 PM#445
Originally posted by Darth_Osor The fans did make it out to be more than it was supposed to be, i.e. the 'miracle patch,' and not Cryptic. In fact that was something I posted to Cryptic in the beta forums about, when open beta was going and people got a general sense of how lacking the game was going to be; I posted to the devs that they need to start posting more about what they expected the 45 day patch to be and not let the fans make it out to be more than it was, otherwise people were going to get massively disappointed and leave in droves when the patch didn't do everything the fans were claiming it would. Ironically, the thing didn't even do what Cryptic was claiming it would do, but that's a different issue. As for not knowing better, a lot of people who had experience with MMOs believed it as well; remember Cryptic was selling the idea that they had tons of content that was nearly finished, but that they needed the 45 days to polish it up and test it internally first. Now we know that was complete b.s., but at the time no one really knew how much (or little in this case) Cryptic had managed to get done. It helped Cryptic's claims that there were features that had only been in game for just the last couple of weeks of beta (such as the Klingon 'content'), and some things we didn't see until launch. It seemed reasonable that there might have been more waiting to get finished. As I said, we know that was a complete lie now, but it was within the realm of possibility until we actually saw how sparse that 45 day patch was. "Oh my, how horrible, someone is criticizing a MMO. Oh yeah, that is what a forum is about, looking at both sides. You rather have to be critical of anything in this genre as of late because the track record of these major studios has just been appalling." -Ozmodan |
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Gruug
Hard Core Member
Joined: 4/03/08
The more you know, the more you know you don't know. |
8/04/10 10:00:48 PM#446
I am surprised, or maybe not, that people are still discussing the "45 day patch" when that was something like 155 days ago. ;) Let's party like it is 1863! |
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8/04/10 10:09:50 PM#447
Originally posted by Gruug Eh, I just try to be fair in my criticisms; in this case while Cryptic didn't make good on what the patch was supposed to have, it was the fans who turned it into some kind of supposed miracle patch that would fix all of STO's woes. Even factoring in marketing spin and hype, Cryptic didn't take things that far. History repeated itself with Season 1 and Season 2 as well: Cryptic made promises (some they kept, some they didn't), but the fans made each one out to be far more than actually advertised. "Oh my, how horrible, someone is criticizing a MMO. Oh yeah, that is what a forum is about, looking at both sides. You rather have to be critical of anything in this genre as of late because the track record of these major studios has just been appalling." -Ozmodan |
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8/04/10 10:25:57 PM#448
Originally posted by Dinendae I agree with that. When the Ship Interiors hit Tribble (the test server) I was extremely underwhelmed thinking "seriously? is this all? are they even going to put functionality into it?" and then it was released pretty much in the same condition it already was in on the test server. Yet everyone on the forums made it out to sound like Interiors would fix a lot of the problems with the gameplay.. it didn't.. and they only put ship interiors in because the original Alpha screenshots showed fully explorable interiors of an Akira class ship- so like many others we were mislead into thinking Cryptic was going to implement that- but the fans ultimately made it sound like being able to walk around on your ship was somehow going to fix the game. Season 2 is a joke, the non-combat gameplay is just a broken grind, the interiors are non-functional, the only thing it added to the game was some late end game stuff that 90% of the players won't ever likely experience- it sucks. And Klingon PvE is still crap. So long as Cryptic are focused on Story Driven content the miracle patch will never come.. they seem so certain that players want the tedious grind- no.. that's the problem with the game- there's too much grind, and they just keep adding more ways to grind- all the patches have done is added more grind to the game. (season 2 added those new badges for example.. so once you hit the level 51 cap.. then you've got to grind those fucking badges!). |
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8/05/10 2:03:30 AM#449
Originally posted by Mr_Cyberpunk wow... who in there right mind would think functional interiors was a fix for sto. i understand cRIPtic doing it, as the fans asked for it... but honestly. you would have to be completely delusional to think they would fix anything. nice, but unless there was missions onboard your own ship (like there was in every tv series) whats the point? maybe missions on a persons own ship is a longer range goal of cryptics, buyt there are so many other parts of the game that desperately need attention. cRIPtic is obviously either not capable or not interested in making a decent mmo. how the big boss' at atari can tolerate a management team that decides to add terrtiatary fluff to a game that has no substance is shocking. no wonder they are getting sued and losing money. as a manager at a mmo studio.. didnt anyone ask themselves... "are we going to lose more subscribers if we work on ship interiors and ignore content / overhauling the exploration and crafting systems..... or should we work on content and major game flaws first?" we all know which one they chose. IF THE ONLY DEFENCE FOR CRITICISM OF A GAME IS CALLING SOMEONE A TROLL OR HATER, THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE GAME |
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8/05/10 4:07:54 AM#450
Originally posted by raistalin69 What gets me is that cryptic always was upfront that ship interiors were going to be basically cosmetic only; how anyone could read more into that is beyond me. "Oh my, how horrible, someone is criticizing a MMO. Oh yeah, that is what a forum is about, looking at both sides. You rather have to be critical of anything in this genre as of late because the track record of these major studios has just been appalling." -Ozmodan |
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8/05/10 4:23:53 AM#451
Originally posted by Dinendae Sadly far to many of the STO fanbase are so willing to pay via the c-store for content that really should be included in the monthly subscription. I am kinda amazed that ship interiors were not a c-store purchase at this point since around 60% of new content added to the game ends up there :( |
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8/05/10 4:32:53 AM#452
TBH becoming a life time member of a game like this, says more about that person than about the company. All the big "MMO Games" have tanked compared to those hyped expectations. |
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8/05/10 5:15:25 AM#453
All you nay sayers need to wake up and smell the coffee! This is Star Trek. I am sure you have heard of the word "Trekkie", never ever take them lightly. This game is and will always be a sure-fire success, whatever you may think, simply because of Trekkies. Add to that the fact that there is no other Star Trek game, single or multiplayer (not to mention an MMO) on the market and you have a winning formula every day and twice on Sundays! Even people who have never played an MMO in their life bought this game because they are trekkies. So you may as well stop all these fail threads about Lifers starting to bail, or how bad the game is as it will simply not fail. The games is getting more and more content as well, the development continues, the Trekies would be happy as it is at the moment, or how it was at release. So if you want to slate a game then I advise you try another game, maybe one that does not have an IP that is as famous as Star Trek, I would suggest WAR, but even that has a strong following, so try Tabula Rasa (oh sorry that folded already), try Vangurad, yes that is a prime candidate for a fail thread as even the producers(Sony) want it to fail so you will have more success there seeing a failed game, than you will ever do here.
Why you all want to see fail games in this genre is beyond me as it is incredibly short sighted for a person who is registered on MMORPG forum to see the downfall of any MMO, as one day you may find that all MMOs have folded besides the mainstreams ones like WoW, which the majority of people on these forums don't like anyway, but yet do not give other MMO producers a chance, even if you don't like the games they produce and think they are bad does not mean that you should try and put them down as this is contrary to being an MMO enthusiast(which you are as you are reading this and no doubt have an account on these forums). And yes you may go on about how you don't want crap games etc but that is not how these things work, there has to a phase of crap games for good ones to come through(or any other product), so leave the slating of games to people who do not care about this genre and instead offer constructive criticism and ideas on how to make games better rather than just shouting fail all the time like an empty vessel(any numpty can do that), if you have nothing constructive to say then just keep quiet, as you are no better than those that you are slating in the first place TBH. Thank you for your time. Hopefully you have learnt something about yourself and how to support your interest instead of shooting yourself in the foot. |
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8/05/10 5:24:15 AM#454
Originally posted by Jounar They are doing it because its a StarTrek game. It's all about the fan dollar. I haven't "paid" for any C-store items yet, everything I have was free so far. Most of what they've put up is junk anyway- and the rest should either be something we can obtain ingame using energy credits. The services stuff is a given that it'd cost money, I don't have a problem with it except for the whole Per Character crap and the fact that Respecs cost money-- yet they keep changing the god damn skill tree every patch (so a new skill comes along, now you have to respec because you don't have an optimial cookie cutter build anymore.. seems like a scam to me.) My suspicion is that if you did it to CO, there would be a massive uproar over it because CO isn't a well established IP and no one would give a flying fuck about a new cape skin the same way they would a new ship model based on an iconic TV show. It's nostalgia. I don't agree with it though and I won't be paying a cent more than the sub I already pay for. What I find odd is some of the players see Cryptic as a charity case, so they pump money into the C-Store thinking its good for the game and the company.. WRONG.. its just telling them you're a sucker with a huge wallet. $25 for a starship.. when EvE Online give away free ships as promotions.. or that EvE Online have free Expansion packs. (FYI I dislike EvE but CCP have a far superior business model than the bs Cryptic are trying to pull on us.) $25 is about the price of a damn Expansion pack... What the fuck are they trying to pull on us?! Simply their competitiors are doing a far better job, Cryptic are being ignorant morons if they think that they can continue to survive with this business model in such a competitive climate. Also I don't want this game to fail.. I want it to succeed. Star Trek gaming has been through so much crap lately that to see this as the final blow would be heart breaking. So they better not let that happen. We've been through enough of this shit already. |
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8/05/10 5:30:48 AM#455
Originally posted by VultureSkull Are you serious? Have you even played STO? LOL! There were alot of people at launch, especially in the first month. But that has dissipated now. The game was released half-ass*d, incomplete. To top THAT off, Cryptic has the gall to put content for sale on the C-Store / Item Shop. And on top of having a C-Store / Item Shop, they're charging a Subscription or Lifetime sub! And the Klingon experience? LACKING. Always had since the beginning and always will because Cryptic caters to the Federatio. Oh sure, one of their devs posted how much he loves the Klingons in Star Trek, but the RESULTS speak for themselves with the totally lacking Klingon faction. Not to mention the game has a bad reputation by word of mouth as well as reviews. Then there's Cryptic's shady or outright idiotic PR moves (Galaxy X fiasco for instance). If anyone needs to "smell the coffee", it's you, but you first need to wake the f*ck up. STO is a failure. And personally, as an old school Star Trek fan, I **hope** STO pulls the plug sometime soon.. Because I hope the rights to a Star Trek MMO goes to a better publisher, better dev team to give the Star Trek name the proper MMORPG treatment it deserves. But it's not going to happen anytime soon. Cryptic will keep STO running with its small playerbase (and milking the bejeezus out of them). "I have only two out of my company and 20 out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I will hold." (First Lieutenant Clifton B. Cates, US Marine Corps, Soissons, 19 July 1918) |
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Kost
Newshound
Joined: 1/15/10
In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro. |
8/05/10 6:10:06 AM#456
Originally posted by VultureSkull |
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8/05/10 10:09:42 PM#457
The fact that you want people to act this way only lends merit to the opinion that the game is in a poor state, because if it were not, you would want people to talk about the game instead of trying to force them to keep quiet. -1,500 Lifers bailed after they seen Season 2- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexa traffic rank for eveonline.com: |
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8/05/10 10:44:03 PM#458
Alexa traffic rank? How does this Alexa service generate these numbers, and how accurate are they? "Oh my, how horrible, someone is criticizing a MMO. Oh yeah, that is what a forum is about, looking at both sides. You rather have to be critical of anything in this genre as of late because the track record of these major studios has just been appalling." -Ozmodan |
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8/05/10 10:50:19 PM#459
Alexa traffic rank for worldofwarcraft.com:
Cookies on Patrol - if you did not know - every site You visit is logged by your ISP
VISITS TO DRUDGEREPORT.COM 8/06/10 026,671,971 IN PAST 24 HOURS LUV IT- last act of a dying MMO - Who are you going to believe - The actual numbers - OR The scam charge on your credit card - Some Nigerian has a deal for you - Buy a lifetime sub and he will send you a check for 10X the amount! |
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Hi Guys Well I though I would pop in again to see how this game has Grown.. :-( .. Well I think shrink is the word to use now. I see all the Captains have abandoned ship ...Zink .>Roper .. And I see they are really spiting fire from there marketing engine. Also I read the last review on MMORPG ... you cannot be be serious ..7. What! Some other site also had a re-Review ..I mean gosh its only what 8 months old! I see there Forums have toned down but that to be expected if you don't have subscribes any longer! Shame ... real dead duck this one. Someone should just shoot it! Its a shame to let a IP suffer like this! Then they also got NWN... what's this world coming too! Sad day for those IP's |
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