SS, you finally listened to us.

[AwesomeFightingAce]

THANK YOU! Now common BPs in the Gem system are not almost impossible to get by me and my impossibly underarmed fusion storm. Only need like 1 more bp for each BP I have for the full BP.

It took you a long time, but you've finally lowered the fragments needed.
I think 10 BPs for a Gem rare is kinda too much though. It should be 9, like Antares rares were, or 8 even.

 

[ridoi]

THANK YOU! Now common BPs in the Gem system are not almost impossible to get by me and my impossibly underarmed fusion storm. Only need like 1 more bp for each BP I have for the full BP.

It took you a long time, but you've finally lowered the fragments needed.
I think 10 BPs for a Gem rare is kinda too much though. It should be 9, like Antares rares were, or 8 even.

mate 20 rares for 1 draconis rare and 25 for draconis rare ship the x-defender, that is to much

 

[AwesomeFightingAce]

THANK YOU! Now common BPs in the Gem system are not almost impossible to get by me and my impossibly underarmed fusion storm. Only need like 1 more bp for each BP I have for the full BP.

It took you a long time, but you've finally lowered the fragments needed.
I think 10 BPs for a Gem rare is kinda too much though. It should be 9, like Antares rares were, or 8 even.

mate 20 rares for 1 draconis rare and 25 for draconis rare ship the x-defender, that is to much

well it's good enough for me where I am, until I get there I'll worry about MY ship.

 

[CapnSanta]

You seem to not understand the basic problem .... Too slow drop of BPs in Draconis. The "fixing" of this problem by fragmenting BPs into 20 - 25 segments is NOT addressing the problem! It is COMPOUNDING the problem!
All BPs should be return to single full drops and then simply adjust UP the drop rate for the required systems! No need for major overhauls at all.

 

[AwesomeFightingAce]

You seem to not understand the basic problem .... Too slow drop of BPs in Draconis. The "fixing" of this problem by fragmenting BPs into 20 - 25 segments is NOT addressing the problem! It is COMPOUNDING the problem!
All BPs should be return to single full drops and then simply adjust UP the drop rate for the required systems! No need for major overhauls at all.

or just completely revert everything back to how it was before the update. I liked it better that way. And I really doubt I'm the only one who thinks this.

 

[Caribou71]

well they listen?? partially we can say...they lower a little bit the BP needed...but just a bit...still way too high in higher system....and they removed some piecses you already had...thats really bad....you cant just remove the part somebody already found...not acceptable at all.

they were supposed to reduce the number of pieces for BP that mender and harv give....well what about the gem rare ship from the harv???...still at 11 pieces i believe....and they lower down the collector mizar where we can find it on marauders...i guess they just do what ever they want...and give to us just a little piece of change to keep us...i dont think they will do what we want...they have something in their heads..and they follow it...

 

[visitorfromspace65]

As i can see and i think find out: The *lower* items for ship, first 4 standard, specialy the rep droid and collector they bring it down. But 16 pieces for rep droid is to much in my opinion. Because you can shoot more Assasins, Detenators, Mauraders, Pyro's etc. because they spawn more and faster then a Mencer. They try balance it.... Old way could be frustrating, some took months before they could find a rare.

This new way cost less time over all, for those who are where not lucky, to get the rares they after. But it takes more time to get it and grind for it. Funny how they find ways to slow us down. Because that's the main goal... Slow us down.

Like the engi for example: The fun part was helping lower system players. I can remember that a GM wrote on forum go help lower players. But if it takes time to collect your rare(s), get cry's to buy those rares, how can you find time to help those lower level players?

Engi flying is great. For me it stays the best. But for others the use of it is less. You can't mat those who are flying in squad or do white mission just to help them if they are podded. You can't give them rep, you can't give them protect. You would make a lot happy if you undo this backdate.... Because it was not an update but a backdate..... Specially if you want that new players stay and keep playing this game undo it.... Then for the most engi's flyers the fun returns. Because you took the fun away by those backdates.....

And sure there always will be who abuse it. Boost, let them make fast to Sol or even Draconis. But that works 2 ways:

For you (SS) they stay keep playing. (Perhaps more use of boosters). The other way they must learn the game when they high ranked (and that's boring). I am proud that i maked my way part by part, first get the cry's and right level for go further. By doing on this way i learned to fly with my engi. And i still learning, but on my own proces of learning i got nice messages from others that i fly nice and good with it. (The engi).

So SS if you gonna read it, scratch behind your ears and undo those backdate(s).

Regards, visitorfromspace65

 

[pbhuh]

visitorfromspace, repair droid is from sniper normally, so that drops easy. I find it harder to shoot assasins because they use aim scrambler.

 

[RetroRage]

i wont be happy till the steering system is returned to how it used to be, iv not played the game since they changed the steering system, i dont like it i dont want to like it or get used too it is horrible, and i am ( or was ) a massive spender on this game so the ball is in your court splitscreen if you want my cash as with many players then change it back

 

[AwesomeFightingAce]

i wont be happy till the steering system is returned to how it used to be, iv not played the game since they changed the steering system, i dont like it i dont want to like it or get used too it is horrible, and i am ( or was ) a massive spender on this game so the ball is in your court splitscreen if you want my cash as with many players then change it back

I don't know why people spend so much on the game, but I do agree. There should at least be an option to go back to the old steering, even if removing a useless feature such as hovering.

 

[Whatever]

SS listened nothing. the game aint balanced at all and I see that this MMO is reaching the end of its journey. thing with these F2P games is that they cant last forever just on the account of those who buy - you also need free players to bring new people into game. the greed is mighty but it can be misleading. you cant expect to "force" people to buy benefits just by making game so difficult (poor drop rate, low cryo rewards, insanely huge difference between cost of sol and draconis items etc.) that it's almost impossible to play for "free". there are other games out there as well: free ones and those who require payment but the thing is in such games you get good gameplay for something you spend your money on.

Sayyadin spoke about new "balancing" (yeah right) and I quote
"The dropchance for rare blueprints will be decreased slightly and the amount accordingly.
The dropchance for blue blueprints will be decreased slightly and the amount accordingly."

So what's new in this new update? NOTHING AT ALL - they reduced the number of blueprints pieces and also they reduced dropchance for bps too. what did players get? NOTHING - that's right, many will read this update log and think "yeeeeeeee now we wont need 25 but 20 bp pieces" - newsflash: it's harder to get a bp piece now than before so IT IS STILL THE SAME. SS may have fooled some 12year old kids but you cant fool many hard core PG players here

and when we think of draconis I have another rant: WHY DO WE HAVE TO PLAY DRACO SMs IN SQUADS? what if we simply want to do SMs solo? they want to convince us that it is possible w/o membership - I say it's IMPOSSIBLE. well maybe I'm being too strict now... I'll say it's highly improbable and possible to complete hive SMs if we play 12hrs a day. I'm NOT INSANE to sacrifice that much time for a game no matter how good/bad it is. why? because I HAVE A LIFE and that life brings more pressing matters to attend to.

PG was a good source of fun during all this time but now since SS decided to make it "pay per play" game it will really lose on popularity. speaking of popularity I'm looking forward to seeing which place on the annual MMO ladder will be reserved for PG - if it makes in top 20 then I'm Elvis ^^

Lastly. I'll talk a bit about FUNCTIONALITY (PG dev team should really read this)
AK-47 assault rifle is considered to be the best assault rifle in the world of all times. why? because it was constructed to work in extreme cold. heat or dirty conditions. Russian engineers havent changed the AK system at all when they created new rifle AK 74. why? because that same old system was PROVEN TO BE WORKING CORRECTLY AND FLAWLESSLY. so I say: why did you have to change something that worked fine and to mess it up completely? if the game needed tweaking it just needed a bit better dropchance in draconis and not the full overhaul that prove to be a total failure and complete miss. I honestly hope that SS will realize the mistakes soon and put the game as it was before it's too late for the game and SS as well. if they leave it as it is they'll end up circling down the drain because sooner or later those naive 12 year old kids will see thru your veil of deceptions

 

[pbhuh]

the problem is, Draconis is not for squads, because missions get impossible if doing it with too many, YET SS DID say: Draconis will be a hard system that will only be for squads.

YOU LIED, thats not true,

the third mission prooves you already wrong, you can do the third mission the best with 2 (Paying) players, a engineer and a storm/sniper.

For the loot system. The onces that wanted it only wanted it if it would be fair, but you screwed it up the last day. Can't you listen exactly? If we say, we don't like something then it doesn't mean you have to screw it up.

 

[Razzorkill]

I have already got draconis aim scrambler 25/25, draconis repair target 20/20 and Draconis stun charge 20/20, of course with elite bp booster but I think the drops is good if you just shoot constantly all the time.
Only problem for me is mender, I shot 100 menders today, and I got 1 draconis rep field, and 4 draconis repair droid. Why do you need 16 drac repair droids while you need 20 for field when repair droid has dropped 9 times total for me while rep field only once? should be the other way with this drop..

 

[ridoi]

well, SS lost my Respect again, nice done SS b
why do more stupid stuff XD

 

[Adrana]

I recommend to you all, please check PTR for to see the changes before the main update on Wednesday.
I do hope if bugs are found and reported the update will not be done before all is clear.
Also do the bug reports as due and as much clear as possible to be able to emend it fast, and without complications.
Many bug reports in past has not been clear enough for to be able to take action, and also what is very important is to reproduce the bug to see if it comes up always, or if it is just a 1 time bug.

Player name:
Server vs: PTR and number (Can be found at upper right in the popup window on Question mark, Game Vs is at that window on bottom left side.)
System:
Planet:
Bug: Explain it with details as much as possible without being a mess
Screenshots: Include the data info, press F11 (Remember to use forum upload tool, with no external links.)
Reproduce: Explain what you did to reproduce it, and what happened.