Originally Posted by MikeWard1701

Totally Agree

I've said it since the Defera Invasion first launched that Cryptic and STO are in no position to be dictating to players when they should be logging on to play.

Originally Posted by Brackynews

No, I think you misunderstood. When new variants get rotated in, the previous ones will appear in the STF gear store for chips instead of only prototype tech.

There is more than one "store".

Originally Posted by Jovus_Amberose

Gozer's (paraphrasing) "Tough luck if you never get a MKXII Proto Tech drop" response was a tad offputting.

He indicated that the MKXII was intended to be there for people who really went the whole hog on STFs, investing hours upon hours in doing them, but then says that due to the mechanics involved (roll that percentile! have another bash at the STF slot machine!) you may never get them, even if you run thousands.

That doesn't quite gel with the intended outcome.

Originally Posted by MikeWard1701

Totally Agree

I've said it since the Defera Invasion first launched that Cryptic and STO are in no position to be dictating to players when they should be logging on to play.

This game has seen very little additional content from Cryptic in the last year, and the content we have received has either been; late (The 2800 featured series), Time-Restricted (Deferra Invasion, Vault Shuttle), or temporary/Intermittent (Winter wonderland, Utopia Planitia, Hearts and Minds). Even worse, is that content has been removed from the game! (DS9 Fleet Action, Terradome)

The Foundry has helped counter this lack of official content, with very talented members of the community making some great missions. But I can't help feeling this has allowed Cryptic to become complacent in releasing additional content (especially story focused content).

Yes, we all know Cryptic has been through major transitions and changes in the past year, hence the lack of content. If it weren't for the foundry, podcasts, patience of the community, and that this is a Star Trek game, this game would probably be dead. But this only emphasizes the fact that what content they can release should have maximum accessibility.

When you consider that there is now more entertainment available to us than one person could ever consume in their lifetime, and that we now live in an on-demand society. Where TiVo/Hulu/Neflix have freed us from TV scheduling, Podcasts have freed us from radio schedules. The only reason people now tune in at specific times is because they choose to.

That Cryptic feels it can now release content and dictate when we can play it, after the previous year, and the sheer number of on-demand alternatives available, is bordering on arrogance/stupidity.

T L D R; Cryptics' in no position to be dictating when content should be played. We live in an on-demand society, with entertainments in abundance.


PS; Revamped Fleet Actions, STFs, and Remastered Missions cannot be considered additional content, because you are taking X away to replace it with Y.