You really are making yourself look like an arse today, do you get a dilithium payment from Cryptic for that? You said Dstahl is marketing department. End of. We are merely pointing out to you that he is far more than just the marketing department, he is the boss, the top guy, get it? Sure that means he has overall say in the marketing department but it's not all he is. And for your information I was a sales director when you were probably still in nappies sonny.

So either they didn't lie, or they did lie but it's marketing speak so it doesn't count? Make up your mind with your arguments.

Let's go by exactly what Stahl has said:


I could go on, but you get the idea.

Correction, Alan Chen is the Boss and Big Guy. As he is the CEO of Perfect World Entertainment, and thus Dstahl's boss.

Those things were not forgotten. If you haven't noticed people are not doing as much or AT ALL crafting. So.... Mission Accomplished by Cryptic?

And to the poster several people above yours, yes it seems they are giving more options with SB 24 giving 1440 Dil with a short cooldown, buit there are no big ships there before BECAUSE it was a newbiew STF to do before the big boys took out REAL STFs with the borg. Now the big boys have been sent back to the the start of the line in regards to STFs.

I guess you must done some research and found that satisfying those few players who were polaying the starting STFs was the most important thing of all, huh Cryptic?

Sidebar: Dstahl would disagree that crafting is dead.

http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/11...-daniel-stahl/

4th question.

OK noted, thanks, however if Cryptic enjoys a level of autonomy then for all intents and purposes Stahl has the big chair, however I assume your post implies that PWE are pulling the strings?

I can't say for certain how closely interrelated the two parts of the company are. However I highly doubt that the parent company would sit idly by and let Cryptic muck about with something that directly influences the Zen Currency which is the primary mode of income for Perfect World Entertainment.

That makes sense to me. It would also explain the total U-Turn from much of what Stahl and others had said during tribble testing. This last blog feels to me like something that has been forced on them and hence the huge amount of explanations given plus the lack of feedback on the many forum posts about this, seems to me Stahl's hands are tied and he is probably feeling just as shafted if not more so, because after all this is his livelihood, than the rest of us.

Makes you wonder how many of the Dev team may be looking at the Situations Vacant post of their local paper this morning?

I am a fairly avid crafter myself, though possibly not to the level Stahl was referring to in that article. To my mind, crafting wasn't killed by adding dilithium to it, it was just crippled. I have not, nor will I ever, craft any of the items that require dilithium as it stands now. There are still plenty of options for worthwhile things to craft (captain and lower weapons for new toons, melee weapons, kits for all levels, etc), but none of them require unreplicateable materials. So no, it's not dead, but adding those materials to the system certainly reduced its value to level 50 players to almost nothing.

Maybe that's your problem right there .
See in the Star Trek universe , ppl actually care about the opinions of other ppl , even when they differ from their own .
I may not agree with the complaints of Foundry Authors for example , but I don't confront them and tell them that I'm right and they're wrong simply because I say so .
More over , I don't question their right to voice their grievances any more then I question the pvp-ers or stf-ers or Kdf-ers .
We are all minorities , but despite what Cryptic thinks or does , we still matter .

I'm not sure what to ask you first :
Are you sure you are a Star Trek fan ? (you don't sound like one)
And what other Star Trek Mmo would you suggest that I go play ?

Ahhh , but you at least hear it ... -- and not just from the "forum going minority" -- which is even better .
Kind of sucks that you are hearing what the Dev's don't (or pretend they don't) .

Gen.Hauk is definitely right tho -- fat chance the Devs are playing this game with any regularity .