I don't see where having it flicker is such a big deal....
It sure was cooler looking that way.
Stupid rules.
.jpegs are safer and easier for the mods to deal with. We tried with no effort to get them to allow .pngs because they are smaller, but they stuck with .jpeg only.
.jpegs are safer and easier for the mods to deal with. We tried with no effort to get them to allow .pngs because they are smaller, but they stuck with .jpeg only.
Never mind at least one CM was using a .png, at least the last time I looked.....
Interesting that....
In captian log you wrote that you can get from 1-10 lobi crystals from lockboxes but i got several times 20 lobi crystal from a single lockbox.
Thank you hrci2907 - I have been informed that there have been those who have also received 100. I have corrected my column to reflect the appropriate numbers and the fact that the 100 Lobi crystal box is a "very rare" drop.
I have spent just over $100 on the Ferengi boxes and never saw more than 10. Since I tend to steer clear of the forums I did not read the fact that others had actually received more.
You are correct, I didn't read it nor do I intend to.
It's too bad you didn't read the article, you might not come off looking so ridiculously wrong.
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There is a real consensus between STOked, Podcast UGC, Captain's Log, and Redshirt Academy on what the problems are with recent trends in the game. It's hard to say with Priority One since so much of what they do is comedy; they're probably the most positive at the moment but they seem partially in agreement with the others.
For Podcast UGC, Redshirt Academy, and STOked to agree on anything is unheard of.
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But on Lobi Crystals and time gated events and loss of Featured Episodes, we've suddenly got unanimous consensus from pretty much every podcaster aside from the new girl on Priority One and even her position is more "There has to be a reason for this we aren't seeing" than outright disagreement. I'd say the forums probably have a few more people like her than the podcasts do.
We have a unified standpoint from just about everyone though. I could take transcripts from any of the podcasts and blogs, from any of the posters on the forums. If I typed them up, nobody would be able to guess who said which quote.
Let's see if whoever is driving these decisions is capable of swalloing their ego, and working out a solution.
This is really a level of player upset I haven't seen about multiple things wrong in a game (from a customer perspective) in quite a long while.
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I just think there is a negotiation that Cryptic needs to be prepared to enter into on some things.
I will add. I suggested a second chance currency back in December. I don't know if anyone agreed with me.
My idea was that the "second chance currency" would be used for things that had a chance to drop in the bags and that anything you could buy with the currency would also be in the bags, mainly as a failsafe against people spending more than $300 on a ship.
And my rationale on that is, overall, not many people will spend more than $300 on a ship and you want anyone who spends $300 to walk away happy because, if they do, they might spend $300 again. The point was to put a price cap on raffled items as a failsafe to keep big spenders happy, not to create a second tier of more expensive rewards.
Your idea seemed pretty cool, of course, the way Cryptic used it, less so.
I don't even think there needs to be a currency for getting the lockbox ship. But there should simply a reward with every opened lockbox that feels worth the ~100 Cryptic POints opening one costs. But 1 Lobi Crystal is not that reward. If they want to keep it variable, okay, but then have the variance from 25 to 50 for example, and put something in the store for 20, 50 and maybe one special one at 500 at best. Just put something consumable (but worthy consumable) in it as well, and they'll probably forever have people buying master keys just for the lobi crystals. They don't have to gouge customers with them!
Your idea seemed pretty cool, of course, the way Cryptic used it, less so.
I don't even think there needs to be a currency for getting the lockbox ship. But there should simply a reward with every opened lockbox that feels worth the ~100 Cryptic POints opening one costs. But 1 Lobi Crystal is not that reward. If they want to keep it variable, okay, but then have the variance from 25 to 50 for example, and put something in the store for 20, 50 and maybe one special one at 500 at best. Just put something consumable (but worthy consumable) in it as well, and they'll probably forever have people buying master keys just for the lobi crystals. They don't have to gouge customers with them!
And herein lies our current problem.
Cryptic is putting Lobi crystals into boxes that *supposedly* already contain "worthy" consumables (consumable battle pets, batteries, shields, armor, gambling devices, etc.) and the Lobi crystals are theoretically the *second chance* currency - the thing you're not *supposed* to want any more than the item you already got in the lockbox.
The fact of the matter is - they've placed items I personally desire MORE into the Lobi Crystal consortium than they have in the boxes - so Lobi *aren't* second chance to me - they're the item I actually want.
And you're RIGHT - the prices in the Consortium are *outrageous.*
So far, IMHO it's alllllll backwards. Throw the armor, shields and batteries into the Lobi store and put the costume pieces that I really want into the lockboxes.
Better yet - put them in to the C-Store where I can just buy them. XD
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