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Darkthunder · « **Reply #3340 on:** June 20, 2012, 05:48:38 PM »

The thing is, the change-over was known for a few months now, but there was ZERO communication as to when the change-over would occur. And when it finally did change, none of the: avatars, signatures or forum posts were left intact. Everyone has to link their Cryptic accounts to Perfect World, if they intend to continue using the forums, AND more than likely end up with a different display name, than the one you previously had on the forums.

In short: Massive cluster@#$% indeed

Joshmaul · « **Reply #3341 on:** June 20, 2012, 05:51:13 PM »

And you need a PWE account to get Cryptic Points too, and you have to do it by getting Zen. Some people say having Steam and getting STO that way goes around it, but...eh, too late for me, heh heh.

captain_obvious · « **Reply #3342 on:** June 20, 2012, 06:27:12 PM »

Ah goddamnit, they didn't just change over the accounts they deleted the bloody things without touching the posts.
Way to handle a forum change over cryptic!

Btw, I didn't even know about this change over. How long has it been on the cards?

EDIT

Heck, even the RSS feed is gone. Well, guess I'll be using this thread to get my info from now on!

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #3343 on:** June 20, 2012, 10:56:57 PM »

the new site doesn't bother me at all

Joshmaul · « **Reply #3344 on:** June 21, 2012, 05:17:23 AM »

Quote from: captain_obvious on June 20, 2012, 06:27:12 PM

Btw, I didn't even know about this change over. How long has it been on the cards?

Supposedly, the last six months. News to me.

1DeadlySAMURAI · « **Reply #3345 on:** June 21, 2012, 12:12:20 PM »

They really don't want people to play STO, do they? :roll

Shadowknight1 · « **Reply #3346 on:** June 21, 2012, 02:22:26 PM »

So...someone give me a quick run-down on wtf you guys are talking about?

Darkthunder · « **Reply #3347 on:** June 21, 2012, 02:44:30 PM »

Cryptic "offers" players to merge their Cryptic Account, with a PWE Account. Players who merge, get a 1-time special reward ingame, and upon merging, your old Cryptic Account will become essentially worthless.

The result of this "offer", is a loss of access to all your old forum posts, all your subscribed threads, as well as a change of "display name" on the forums. A name which CAN'T be changed. Add to this, a reset of both avatars and signatures, and the available avatars is pre-defined. Players can't choose "their own" avatar.

Lastly, this "offer" will eventually become non-optional, so players will be forced to merge their accounts sooner or later.

Shadowknight1 · « **Reply #3348 on:** June 21, 2012, 02:59:56 PM »

And what does this mean if I don't care about the forums and just play the game?

Darkthorne · « **Reply #3349 on:** June 21, 2012, 03:08:18 PM »

Quote from: Darkthunder on June 21, 2012, 02:44:30 PM

Cryptic "offers" players to merge their Cryptic Account, with a PWE Account. Players who merge, get a 1-time special reward ingame, and upon merging, your old Cryptic Account will become essentially worthless.

The result of this "offer", is a loss of access to all your old forum posts, all your subscribed threads, as well as a change of "display name" on the forums. A name which CAN'T be changed. Add to this, a reset of both avatars and signatures, and the available avatars is pre-defined. Players can't choose "their own" avatar.

Lastly, this "offer" will eventually become non-optional, so players will be forced to merge their accounts sooner or later.

dont forget that you couldnt log ino the forum unless you create a PWE account anyway

Darkthunder · « **Reply #3350 on:** June 21, 2012, 03:33:09 PM »

Correct. Forgot that bit. Also, as stated after you merge the accounts, your Cryptic account becomes virtually useless. If you try to log in to the game or website using your old Cryptic login credentials, it will tell you to use your Perfect World login.

ACES_HIGH · « **Reply #3351 on:** June 21, 2012, 06:41:28 PM »

Quote from: Darkthunder on June 21, 2012, 03:33:09 PM

Correct. Forgot that bit. Also, as stated after you merge the accounts, your Cryptic account becomes virtually useless. If you try to log in to the game or website using your old Cryptic login credentials, it will tell you to use your Perfect World login.

which is silly because they haven't removed the cryptic login from the launcher. Worse yet, appearently no one can use their old cryptic @names in the forum, if you try to register it as a PW screenname it won't work, even though Branflakes promised that the old names would be reserved for us.
I'm still miffed that they took away our ability to have custom avatars too.

Joshmaul · « **Reply #3352 on:** June 21, 2012, 07:04:58 PM »

Quote from: Shadowknight1 on June 21, 2012, 02:59:56 PM

And what does this mean if I don't care about the forums and just play the game?

Well, if you buy Cryptic Points, you can't do it now without either 1)playing STO through the Steam client and using their Wallet, or 2)having a PWE account and buying, for example, 2000 Zen to convert to...1600 Cryptic Points. (One of the many "WTF, man" moments with PWE.)

086gf · « **Reply #3353 on:** June 21, 2012, 07:37:16 PM »

Just spent another few hours over there. There is only one staff member thats doing anything and he is being very vague but thats because he has no choice so that don't make things better. Not an once of care from PW though its obvious why.(below)

Quote from: captain_obvious on June 20, 2012, 06:27:12 PM

Ah goddamnit, they didn't just change over the accounts they deleted the bloody things without touching the posts.
Way to handle a forum change over cryptic!

They didn't delete them as much as forgot to transfer over the metadata(account info) along with the actual posts but yeah basically they're gone. Also its all on PW not Cryptic they were just drones in all this mess. They have to conform and become like the rest of their forums. No more individuallity or uniqueness for either member or STO itself. Resistence is futile. Tis the way of the Chinesse afterall.

Darkthunder · « **Reply #3354 on:** June 21, 2012, 08:05:31 PM »

I can quote quite a few Ferengi "Rules of Acquisition", which are appropriate in this situation:

- Once you have their money, you never give it back.
- Greed is eternal.
- Treat people in your debt like family ... exploit them. (Cryptic owes their existence to it's players)
- Whisper your way to success. (Recent example, the "silent" change in forum structure)
- Employees are the rungs on the ladder of success. Don't hesitate to step on them.
- Never be afraid to mislabel a product. (Many promises made over the years, very little actual progress)

Substitute "Employees" above, with either Players or Customers, and you have a rather accurate description of Cryptic/PW.

Shadowknight1 · « **Reply #3355 on:** June 21, 2012, 08:37:54 PM »

Well, I just tried to do this link bullshit, and it says my user name is taken. Wtf am I supposed to do now?

Darkthunder · « **Reply #3356 on:** June 21, 2012, 09:40:56 PM »

Contact Customer Support? Shoddy, thou they may be

And yes, i'm pretty sure this change-over, was to give Customer Support MORE WORK to do.

086gf · « **Reply #3357 on:** June 22, 2012, 12:44:33 PM »

Quote from: Shadowknight1 on June 21, 2012, 08:37:54 PM

Well, I just tried to do this link bullshit, and it says my user name is taken. Wtf am I supposed to do now?

CS wont change it from what i've read, you will have to pick a different name. Oh and remember not caps or "_" in your name at all.

Shadowknight1 · « **Reply #3358 on:** June 22, 2012, 12:55:06 PM »

So, what's that going to do to my actual in-game screen-name???

captain_obvious · « **Reply #3359 on:** June 22, 2012, 04:23:43 PM »

Quote from: 086gf on June 21, 2012, 07:37:16 PM

They didn't delete them as much as forgot to transfer over the metadata(account info) along with the actual posts but yeah basically they're gone.

My account was PWE from day 1. I joined just as the whole thing went F2P back in feb. Luckily my in game details and stuff are still there but everything I did on the forums is gone. GONE

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