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re: Dilithium Economy Suggestions I posted to Cryptic

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All:

Please review these posts I've made on the Arc Forums for Cryptic to hopefully see and get value out of.  If you approve of what I've stated, as I stated, I'd appreciate it if you logged in and replied to the post stating as much.  If you have suggestions on how I can update/reword any of the suggestions I've made, or disagree with them for any reason, please post here, message me in game, or mail me in game with your feedback so that I can update and improve my posts.


https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline#/discussion/1263333/economy-improvement-suggestions-fleets

https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline#/discussion/1263334/economy-improvement-suggestions-r-d

https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline#/discussion/1263335/economy-improvement-suggestions-reputation

https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline#/discussion/1263337/economy-improvement-suggestions-tfos

 

Thank you very much for your time and assistance and I look forward to playing with you guys more in-game!

 

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 Novin -- my 2 cents.  Good work and like CDR Shepard, I approve your message. 



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Novin, your suggestions are pretty spot on, but all of the issues are a symptom of a far greater problem that has plagued the game since it came out almost 12 years ago; the game is an unbalanced mess that Cryptic has been putting slap patches on the whole time. The economy has suffered the worst for it because of the sheer slog in end-game progression across the board and uncontrolled inflation. It is the primary reason I am in reserve status as I simply no longer have the patience to do dailies for weeks or months on end just to achieve one pixel of progress on the bars. Most of the Zen buyouts I see on the store now appear as a message from Cryptic saying, "We know the economy is a busted disaster...here, spend 20 bucks to not grind for three months." I am not confident that Cryptic will take your honest and true suggestions to heart because it financially benefits them to keep the system busted to sell Zen buyouts. I would MUCH rather see the game go back to the subscription model IF the devs would take REAL time to clean up the overall game; Scrapping and overhauling the economy in a mega-patch or re-release that removes the current problems and adds a better effort-versus-reward mechanic.

The game's combat suffers the same problems. Classes once mattered forever and a day ago. Now, everything is DPS meta because the only combat "balancing" Cryptic does is make the NPC enemies mega-tanks that cheat (Vaadwaur raiders using the old, unpatched Ramming Speed skill that was denied to cruiser skippers back in 2012 because PvP Escort players whined about ships several times their size and mass rightfully insta-popping them with it). Every class NEEDS to DPS because of this. Instead of Cruisers being tanks, Escorts being glass cannons and science ships being support/jack-of-all-stats, every build has to be an alpha strike build to get around the nonsense. That is something that this Fleet helped me accomplish when I joined back in 2015 and I am still grateful to the support I received despite the fact I have been a ghost for the past few years. I just find it hard to come back to the game for any length of time because of how quickly the sheer grind wears on my patience. I have more I want to say on this, but I do not want to hijack the thread. If everyone wants to hear it and says so, I am more than willing to continue. The gist is that the name needs a full-blown refit to clean up YEARS of sloppy mechanics and mindless grinding.

 

EDIT: Maybe if the Fleet had a good discussion about this on the Discord and we presented it to Cryptic, they MIGHT take notice than one of the first fleets in the game is coming to them as a collective saying what needs to be fixed.



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Bump on this.  It's been almost a year since I posted, and things have gotten worse.  The dilithium exchange is now about 7 million in debt, which means this is no longer truly a "FTP" game since there is no way to obtain a lot of the content simply by playing it.  I really do love this game and the people in it, but it needs dire help from people who care about the quality and gaming experience benefit of all - not just what will make their own character stronger.  Cryptic needs a way to make money, that's no doubt - so for those of you who do qualify as "whales" in this game, please review my suggestions and chime in if you feel that they would inspire you to spend more money on the game.  Cryptic needs to know the changes I'm suggesting won't bankrupt them or they'll never implement them.  So I need the voices of those who spend the most money to post and say that they agree with the suggestions and/or provide updated feedback on what would make them even better.  I know I'm rather scarce myself these days - only logging in to finish the dailies and not miss content (which is another problem with STO - increased "FOMO" mechanics).  I want this game to go back to the unique advantages that would make it competitive again with other games.  I think a lot of us would agree on that, as I notice many of us spend more of our time elsewhere nowadays.  Any/all feedback is appreciated.  Thanks!



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