So, in other STO news...
Romulan TNG Uniform for 550 Zen:
http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=936351Legacy of Romulus Tribble Reward:
http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=936381Where shall I begin?
For starters, all players have the "First Contact" style TNG uniform unlocked from start,
FOR FREE. It's been there since launch. KDF faction gets all of their variations of uniforms (both TOS and TNG),
FOR FREE. Yet here we have one of the most recognizable uniforms for the Romulan faction, and it
COSTS 550 Zen. (
bolded for emphasis)
Next up, Tribble Testing Reward... It's fairly standard practice by Cryptic, to hand out a
Tribble for any player who meets certain testing criteria. In the past, that has been to either achieve a certain character level on Tribble, play for a certain amount of time on Tribble etc. This time, they decide to hand out a Tribble Testing Reward to
ALL players, regardless of if they actually logged onto Tribble. Players who tested the expansion content in closed beta, are also short-changed (no additional rewards).
Also, as expected, this Tribble awards 1 Nukara Mark per hour (Nukara Marks are used for advancing your Nukara Reputation, aka Tholian Reputation track). At 1 Mark per hour, you need to pet your poor Tribble every hour for atleast 10 hours, just to start a single reputation project at Tier 1. Past Tribble Test Rewards have been equally useless, awarding only 1 Fleet Mark (for Season 6), 1 Romulan Mark (for Season 7) etc. Although in the past, they also occasionally handed out an extra reward in the form of special Duty Officers. This time? Nope, nada, zilch, zero!
Bottomline; When there's no meaningful reward for testing their stuff on Tribble, less people will visit the server to try out new content. When the rewards are handed out automatically without even having spent
1 second on Tribble, makes it even less meaningful to help out on testing. In any case, their testing generally sucks, and most content is pushed out to Holodeck, filled with bugs and other issues.
