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Tuskin38 · « **Reply #3420 on:** July 09, 2012, 09:36:58 PM »

Cryptic Point to Zen conversion FAQ

https://support.perfectworld.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4136

All you really know is

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All Cryptic Points will be converted to an equivalent value in ZEN. For example, if you have 80 Cryptic Points ($1.00 in value) before the conversion, you will have 100 ZEN ($1.00 in value) after the conversion. We will multiply your Cryptic Point balance by 1.25 to get your new ZEN balance.

captain_obvious · « **Reply #3421 on:** July 12, 2012, 03:13:14 PM »

It's season 6!

EDIT

Uh-oh, the site is down as of 2120 hours and the launcher is throwing up all sorts of unusual script errors

1DeadlySAMURAI · « **Reply #3422 on:** July 12, 2012, 04:32:10 PM »

Server time out at character selection. This happens ever season update.
Why won't Cryptic learn?

captain_obvious · « **Reply #3423 on:** July 12, 2012, 04:35:02 PM »

It's going up and down like a goddamn yo-yo. The launcher is taking a long time to do anything too.

Darkthunder · « **Reply #3424 on:** July 12, 2012, 04:38:55 PM »

"He who fails to learn from history, is doomed to repeat it."

Nowhere else is this as true, as it is for Cryptic. 2.5 years into STO, and they've had the exact same launch issues with EVERY... SINGLE... Season... update. Apparently, their "Login Queue" system wasn't even enabled at first, and people are just now, slowly getting access to the game again. All the Perfect World sites on the other hand, are virtually inaccessible.

captain_obvious · « **Reply #3425 on:** July 12, 2012, 04:42:34 PM »

Eh? A queue to get in? As they say "DAFUQ".

2140

Darkthunder · « **Reply #3426 on:** July 12, 2012, 04:47:35 PM »

My current spot is at 2121 of 3839. In the past 5 minutes, my spot has remained constant at 2121, while the queue has grown from 2494 to the current 3839.

One guy in the TTS (Tribble Test Server) chat, said "Well I guess STO is popular...". It's ONLY popular when there are new Season updates. In a few weeks time, the popularity will die down, until the next Season update.

captain_obvious · « **Reply #3427 on:** July 12, 2012, 04:48:32 PM »

I'm currently in 2694 out of 4010. I was 1832 of 1850 :/

EDIT

Now at 2694 of 5216 at 2215 hrs. Bloody ridiculous.

I'm calling it a night. It will probably be somewhat better tomorrow!

EDIT2

Wait...the programme had crashed and was stuck at 5216. God knows what it's at now

1DeadlySAMURAI · « **Reply #3428 on:** July 12, 2012, 05:34:17 PM »

Damn, I can't even get to the queue.
Just a connection time out.

Darkthunder · « **Reply #3429 on:** July 12, 2012, 05:55:17 PM »

Now the game is apparently back in Maintenance Mode, and Daniel Stahl posted on the forums a short time ago, stating the server is up and running fine. Left hand, not knowing what the right hand is doing I suppose?

Joshmaul · « **Reply #3430 on:** July 13, 2012, 10:47:07 AM »

Hmm. So it looks like the fleet upgrades stuff is more bullshit demanding real money. Somehow, I'm not surprised.

Darkthunder · « **Reply #3431 on:** July 13, 2012, 11:58:32 AM »

Looks that way yeah...

What it really boils down to, is this:

Zen Ships (Formerly C-Store): Grind Dilithium, or pay flat-cash, get ship instantly (account-wide). Ship comes with extra console (bonus ability)

Fleet Ships: Grind Dilithium and a bunch of other things, wait several months to get the shipyards upgraded, purchase of ship requires an extra module (or 4) that is purchasable from the Zen Store, or off the Exchange for millions of Energy Credits. Ship is unlocked per-character (NOT account-wide)

Ultimately, what it comes down to, is that "Zen Ships" have slightly inferior base stats such as Hull and Shields, but they get the extra console ability, and the ship is unlocked account-wide. "Fleet Ships" have superior base stats, but no extra console ability, and the ship is unlocked on a per-character basis. Not to mention, the extra time and work involved, in grinding your Fleet Starbase facilities to allow the purchase of the "Fleet Ships".

TL;DR: Season 6 is 2 days old, and already it's been a colossal failure in my opinion. Season 7 will likely be my final season in this game, then i'll move onto "bigger and better things".

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #3432 on:** July 13, 2012, 12:05:08 PM »

If you already have the C-store ship you only have buy 1 for the fleet version.

But still, Geko said it would be cheaper then a normal c-store ship :/ Maybe it changed since then.

Also yesterday was the second time I ever had to wait in a Queue for STO

Darkthunder · « **Reply #3433 on:** July 13, 2012, 12:18:58 PM »

The ship I want, doesn't have a C-Store version. And the only Tier 5 ships I already have, have no C-Store counterparts.

Apparently, getting one of the original "Tier 4" ships as Retrofits, doesn't count if you got it via the "Vice Admiral token". Which means no Galaxy Retrofit, no Defiant Retrofit, no Intrepid Retrofit. In order to get the fleet version of either of these for 5 dollars (instead of 20), you need to buy one of them off the C-Store (which costs... 20 dollars).

Shadowknight1 · « **Reply #3434 on:** July 13, 2012, 01:42:31 PM »

In that case, I'm glad I got the Armitage before this.

majormagna · « **Reply #3435 on:** July 13, 2012, 06:05:02 PM »

So I just did a starbase Defence fleet action...

You know how you get 5 Fleet Marks for doing a minigame? I spent almost 20 minutes in this, died countless times and killed a ton of ships... How many Fleet Marks? Four.

Never. Again.

captain_obvious · « **Reply #3436 on:** July 14, 2012, 06:40:08 AM »

Quote from: majormagna on July 13, 2012, 06:05:02 PM

So I just did a starbase Defence fleet action...

You know how you get 5 Fleet Marks for doing a minigame? I spent almost 20 minutes in this, died countless times and killed a ton of ships... How many Fleet Marks? Four.

Never. Again.

Eh? I didn't die once and got 25 fleet marks :/

EDIT

Good lord, I just saw the kang get one shotted :eek
neghvars in CSE now hitting for more than 1 million non crit REPEATEDLY.

captain_obvious · « **Reply #3437 on:** July 14, 2012, 12:04:52 PM »

Double post, but this must be said.
YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!

Shadowknight1 · « **Reply #3438 on:** July 14, 2012, 12:57:47 PM »

Oh good, no more spam about who got a Ferengi Marauder. Got my energy whip, so don't need anything else.

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #3439 on:** July 14, 2012, 08:04:03 PM »

Quote from: Shadowknight1 on July 14, 2012, 12:57:47 PM

Oh good, no more spam about who got a Ferengi Marauder.

You've been able to disable that for months.

Hit the down arrow under the map and hit "Notification Settings"

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