So you want us to all squad up for a hard boss but only give us one rare blueprint for the ship but wait it gets better, guess what, now you need two (At least for the vega one) so for a squad of five you have to do the mission ten times, SS, what on earth are you thinking!?
The Easter Event was not fun
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I agree with you in a way, maybe they thught 2 weeks was enough, although for me, it doesn't look like enough, because firstly, the first part of the special mission is kinda hard and long, and the second part is very hard, and in the end we only get 1 Rare BP, the worst part is.. not each, so we have to spend a very long time doing the mission again and again and again.selkath said:
LOL
Sorry SS but EPIC FAIL
I thought there was hope when u changed the cqs again but.....
Sigh
Honestly,u need to make the boss drop one bp for each squad member and the bp should need only one part.....
By putting more restrictions and more loops for us to jump through, you are inhibiting the boobs and normal players....and not even coming close to slOwing the addicts. I bet when I go to V1-Hypers site I will see at least two of the ships already!
Please SS, fix this!
And I will give you Easter cookies ^^
Sorry SS but EPIC FAIL
I thought there was hope when u changed the cqs again but.....
Sigh
Honestly,u need to make the boss drop one bp for each squad member and the bp should need only one part.....
By putting more restrictions and more loops for us to jump through, you are inhibiting the boobs and normal players....and not even coming close to slOwing the addicts. I bet when I go to V1-Hypers site I will see at least two of the ships already!
Please SS, fix this!
And I will give you Easter cookies ^^
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lol have u ever tried solo? before making such fuss.
its way to easy for the rewards u get. 2hrs for a new rare ship is too easy.
i tried in 5 player sq true took a long time getting 10 bpps for all especially since queue gets messed up by ppl leaving and new ones coming.
but tht is a choice to team for egg bashing not a prerequisite.
u just need ask others how to solo not whine right away and give up.
example :
for me sol was easiest solo and second was draconis weirdly enough i soloed draconis egg with non rare tank (which lacks ranged weapons) btw not one pod while soloing. if it sounds easy believe one who did it it is.
btw im not giving u instructions on how to solo to not spoil ur fun of finding out urself.
enjoy.
such said i suggest u try thanking splitscreen for almost free bps for rare ships and say happy easter.
come on people, this have been a nice event, and it's til easyer than to should find a normal rare ship, and all systems are possible to do solo, from vega to draconis, it's too easy to solo if you just finds out how to do it 
, i personaly made from gemini to draconis solo and made it in squard from vega to antares, so why are you having so mutch against this? think about it, how mutch time would it take to get the normal rare ship in each system? and how long time would it take to get the special ship in each system? maybe more days just to get the 1 in draconis, but the special ships, there i can get all 6 in just about 7 hours!!! so think about it, and you have 2 +1 week to get them
, i personaly made from gemini to draconis solo and made it in squard from vega to antares, so why are you having so mutch against this? think about it, how mutch time would it take to get the normal rare ship in each system? and how long time would it take to get the special ship in each system? maybe more days just to get the 1 in draconis, but the special ships, there i can get all 6 in just about 7 hours!!! so think about it, and you have 2 +1 week to get them Ctfunnygirl
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selkath,
I totally disagree. The easter event was hard, but it was a blast. Yes, I got podded a million times, but after a few times doing the mission and gaining an understanding of the mantis involved and their behaviors; it was a piece of cake. The reward of a new rare ship and outfitting it immediately was well worth the aggrivation.
However, at first when I read it and realized I had to do each mission at least 6 times for a squad of three, I groaned in frustration. Now.... since that time.... I can't tell you how many times I've done the missions, dozens I bet.
I loved that the mission had do be done in a system ship. It means that every pilot from no matter where they are in the game has the chance to get at least one rare - and that veteran pilots have no advantage over newer pilots. Fair playing field.
Also, when playing in a squad of 3 or more - is such a rush when the pilots work together and know each other's strengths and capabilties of the ships they are flying. Depending upon the pilots with whom I flew, we were able to complete the "egg scramble" in about 7 minutes without a single pilot podding. And when the veterans did pod... it was an opportunity to tease, make fun, and laugh out loud.
I would praise SS for giving me an event that is challenging - but not too hard, provides a substantial reward, and gives my mates and me a opportunty to point my fingers at their pod... and especially for laughter.
With the current frustrations in the game it was a welcome break from endless grinding, complete boredom, and digging for golds. I hope there are many more events such as these.
Lool - Askone Server - Frequent Complainer
*edited silly spelling mistake.
I totally disagree. The easter event was hard, but it was a blast. Yes, I got podded a million times, but after a few times doing the mission and gaining an understanding of the mantis involved and their behaviors; it was a piece of cake. The reward of a new rare ship and outfitting it immediately was well worth the aggrivation.
However, at first when I read it and realized I had to do each mission at least 6 times for a squad of three, I groaned in frustration.
Now.... since that time.... I can't tell you how many times I've done the missions, dozens I bet. I loved that the mission had do be done in a system ship. It means that every pilot from no matter where they are in the game has the chance to get at least one rare - and that veteran pilots have no advantage over newer pilots. Fair playing field.
Also, when playing in a squad of 3 or more - is such a rush when the pilots work together and know each other's strengths and capabilties of the ships they are flying. Depending upon the pilots with whom I flew, we were able to complete the "egg scramble" in about 7 minutes without a single pilot podding. And when the veterans did pod... it was an opportunity to tease, make fun, and laugh out loud.
I would praise SS for giving me an event that is challenging - but not too hard, provides a substantial reward, and gives my mates and me a opportunty to point my fingers at their pod... and especially for laughter.
With the current frustrations in the game it was a welcome break from endless grinding, complete boredom, and digging for golds. I hope there are many more events such as these.
Lool - Askone Server - Frequent Complainer
*edited silly spelling mistake.
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Thank you Lool, this was very refreshing reading, just the way I took this, as a welcome change to the normal gameplay what is the same and same allover again lol
I have had fun, and been frustrated with these eggs, I laughed and almost cried, so there are so many sensations when we get something what is out of normal. ^^
I also loved the fact it had to be done in system ship, of course vet players has still a slight advantage having most rares on the ships what helps big time in defeating these all bunnies.
But in all, even a low and new player could do this in a squad, that was something I enjoyed really to see.
I have had fun, and been frustrated with these eggs, I laughed and almost cried, so there are so many sensations when we get something what is out of normal. ^^
I also loved the fact it had to be done in system ship, of course vet players has still a slight advantage having most rares on the ships what helps big time in defeating these all bunnies.
But in all, even a low and new player could do this in a squad, that was something I enjoyed really to see.
I have to agree with the OP.
This event has been very aggravating. 2 weeks was NOT long enough.
SS, you have an ingame news panel. Use it more. There was No fore-warning about the limited one-time only easter event. The latest update is 3 days ago. The one before that is from February. There SHOULD have been one posted on April 22nd saying an event was taking place April 23-May 7. If I known ahead of time, maybe I'd have taken measures to be ready for trying to get the rare ships. But since I had no idea, and found out somewhat late, I had to work like crazy for the last few days to get to Molikar.
But I'm on Aeria (the server SS doesn't seem to realize exists). Finding people to run these missions with is like pulling teeth. Either pilots aren't interested in the event, they've already done it, don't have time, or are in the middle of final exams, and don't want to be bothered.
And god knows when you can find people to make a squad for the Ragout mission, it's ridiculous. Your in the middle of doing 4 runs, and stragglers show up and want in on it, requiring more runs. What originally started as 4 runs, becomes 8. Which really turns off the people who already have it, and they don't want any part of it. I've helped quite a few people in vega and antares do ragouts. Inevitably there's always someone begging for help on one of these missions. Once you help them, do they help anyone else? Nope. Too much effort.
So I just raced through 20 missions and 7 levels, and I'm the only pilot in mizar, and have no hope of getting the mizar easter ship that I bent over backwards to gain access to.
But of course, I shouldn't be a brat, and stop whining. I should just go solo it.
Oh. That's right. SS overpowered the 2nd mission so you NEED a squad.
Those saying you can solo it, prove it. I wouldn't even have bothered coming to the forum if I could do this alone.
Its only possible if you magically managed to glitch the mission so the blue rabbit gets stuck in a wall.
This event was a complete annoyance. This is pretty much the last straw. I'm seriously considering just leaving the game, since all the other changes made by SS lately have also been terribly inconsiderate to their player base. This experience has been a slap in the face. If this is what the future holds for PG, I'm not going to waste my time with this game.
This event has been very aggravating. 2 weeks was NOT long enough.
SS, you have an ingame news panel. Use it more. There was No fore-warning about the limited one-time only easter event. The latest update is 3 days ago. The one before that is from February. There SHOULD have been one posted on April 22nd saying an event was taking place April 23-May 7. If I known ahead of time, maybe I'd have taken measures to be ready for trying to get the rare ships. But since I had no idea, and found out somewhat late, I had to work like crazy for the last few days to get to Molikar.
But I'm on Aeria (the server SS doesn't seem to realize exists). Finding people to run these missions with is like pulling teeth. Either pilots aren't interested in the event, they've already done it, don't have time, or are in the middle of final exams, and don't want to be bothered.
And god knows when you can find people to make a squad for the Ragout mission, it's ridiculous. Your in the middle of doing 4 runs, and stragglers show up and want in on it, requiring more runs. What originally started as 4 runs, becomes 8. Which really turns off the people who already have it, and they don't want any part of it. I've helped quite a few people in vega and antares do ragouts. Inevitably there's always someone begging for help on one of these missions. Once you help them, do they help anyone else? Nope. Too much effort.
So I just raced through 20 missions and 7 levels, and I'm the only pilot in mizar, and have no hope of getting the mizar easter ship that I bent over backwards to gain access to.
But of course, I shouldn't be a brat, and stop whining. I should just go solo it.
Oh. That's right. SS overpowered the 2nd mission so you NEED a squad.
Those saying you can solo it, prove it. I wouldn't even have bothered coming to the forum if I could do this alone.
Its only possible if you magically managed to glitch the mission so the blue rabbit gets stuck in a wall.
This event was a complete annoyance. This is pretty much the last straw. I'm seriously considering just leaving the game, since all the other changes made by SS lately have also been terribly inconsiderate to their player base. This experience has been a slap in the face. If this is what the future holds for PG, I'm not going to waste my time with this game.
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I agree with CanOpener as well, this event was not fun at all. Through watching others do the mission and myself included, I would say you can't solo the ragout. Just can't do it in the lower systems. Maybe in higher systems like sol, but definitely not in vega and the other systems. It forces you to do it in a squad, and when people dont feel like wasting an hour or two trying to get a rare blueprint (then they have to do it again to complete it,) it becomes difficult to impossible and you lose more cryo podding constantly by yourself than the ship is worth.
I also see why this game hasn't won an award since 2009, its just that ss doesn't seem to notice the reason people are quitting. most components of the recent updates are just pitiful, and with the most recent conquest system, it seems to be yet another way for ss to rake in some money. Just my 2 cents, I'm also pretty fed up with these updates. can't wait to see the next FAIL, gonna be quitting time soon......
I also see why this game hasn't won an award since 2009, its just that ss doesn't seem to notice the reason people are quitting. most components of the recent updates are just pitiful, and with the most recent conquest system, it seems to be yet another way for ss to rake in some money. Just my 2 cents, I'm also pretty fed up with these updates. can't wait to see the next FAIL, gonna be quitting time soon......
come on people,
1st: 2 weeks was enought and the even gave us 2 days more, and persoanly then it only toke me 3 days to get all ships, and i did even get 4 of them on my own, with out help. to them who say this even wasn't fun is their problem, SS did well with thi event and if you did't like them then it's your problem, there is a reson for that i's called a event, and the ships was special and mutch faster to get than the normal rare ships, so there is no reson to complain about this event
2st: Fett, i will disagree with you m8, this mission is possible to do solo, even in vega is it possible, you just have to figure out how to do it solo, it takes me about 30 min to do 1 of these egg missions solo, but still it's possible, i started in gemini where no 1 whanted to help me so i tryed on my own, and after i had been potted 8 times did i figure out how to do the mission solo, (including a little bug in the game) but the bug is not needet, is only maiking it easyer, this event have been great and if you say somthing else then it's you who isn't good enought to see it.
3rd: Thank you SS it have been a GREAT event, an bad luck for them who did't manage to get all ships, that's how game is. (btw, the easter missions ends today about 4 hours after this post came out)
1st: 2 weeks was enought and the even gave us 2 days more, and persoanly then it only toke me 3 days to get all ships, and i did even get 4 of them on my own, with out help. to them who say this even wasn't fun is their problem, SS did well with thi event and if you did't like them then it's your problem, there is a reson for that i's called a event, and the ships was special and mutch faster to get than the normal rare ships, so there is no reson to complain about this event
2st: Fett, i will disagree with you m8, this mission is possible to do solo, even in vega is it possible, you just have to figure out how to do it solo, it takes me about 30 min to do 1 of these egg missions solo, but still it's possible, i started in gemini where no 1 whanted to help me so i tryed on my own, and after i had been potted 8 times did i figure out how to do the mission solo, (including a little bug in the game) but the bug is not needet, is only maiking it easyer, this event have been great and if you say somthing else then it's you who isn't good enought to see it.
3rd: Thank you SS it have been a GREAT event, an bad luck for them who did't manage to get all ships, that's how game is. (btw, the easter missions ends today about 4 hours after this post came out)
I would like to thanks SS for that event...finally an event with great rewards at the end.
thos who didnt like it was solo player....this event was for team player...with friends and clan it was easy to do it all...didnt say without pod lolll..i did pod a couple of times...specially at the beginning.
great ships in all system...it was fun to do something else then just grinding...but now i have to find all the rare for those ships..loll
thanks again SS
thos who didnt like it was solo player....this event was for team player...with friends and clan it was easy to do it all...didnt say without pod lolll..i did pod a couple of times...specially at the beginning.
great ships in all system...it was fun to do something else then just grinding...but now i have to find all the rare for those ships..loll
thanks again SS
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Few points I'd like to make about what you said.
1. depends on how you look at it. if you're a paying customer of course its gonna be easier, you just buy a booster and get to it. if not, it'll take a whole lot longer: you'll run out of e, and then they re-heal and it goes on forever.
2. solo it in 30 minutes sounds like a load of bull if you had nothing but the best system bps. try that in vega, i doubt you could do it in 30 minutes with no boosters and 2k e. again, don't know if you have membership or anything, but if you're a level 75 pilot of course you could sit there for a long time and blast that thing, you wouldn't run out of energy like the lower ranked players. Also, if the egg was in drac or sol for that 30 minute run you say you had, yeah i heard those were easier because the best bps can actually handle the egg and rabbits, not be completely overpowered so that you need a squad to do it.
3. just curious, but did you even report the bug?
Yes i reported the bug, but SS is never really listening, so by some reson is it never getting fixed ^^, and yes i got membership, and if your 5 in squard then you can do the mission in about 7 min, but then again 5 x 2 so every 1 get's the ship x 7 then your at 70 min, so it's not realy waste to do it solo either, and when you got a engineer and storm i a squard then is it almost fun to kill the egg, because you can kil the blue rabbit with out problems if the engineer is good enought, these missions was a lot of fun to use time on, and come on 1 hour for a draco special ship, think about the meta x-defender, it would take you ore than 1 day to get all parts for it so what's the problem?Fett said:
Don't try and persuade me to change my opinion. This is a feedback forum, and I'm giving feedback on my experience in the game. So enough with this "oh c'mon, we thought it was fun, and so should you, so stop complaining" nonsense.
And my experience with this event has been quite a negative one.
There is not a single thing like this in the rest of the game. If I fail to join a group doing behemoth, I can always do it later. If I don't rare hunt today, I can always do it next week. For this event there were two weeks. Then never again. No one will ever have another chance to get those ships, which for you were apparently so easy to get. I've had to make peace with the fact that I will never have the sol and drac easter ships.
Not that I have much expectation this thread will ever been taken seriously. But since this is about giving feedback, let me spell it out for you.
I play this game for one reason: It's casual.
I quit playing big-name real MMO's like eve online, or other browser MMO's like ikariam or starfleet because they all demanded I work my time around them. If I could not play for a week, it really hurt your stance in the game. You have to constantly be thinking about the game in order to be somewhat successful. I have something of a life, and that was no good for me.
For someone like myself, the real appeal of this game is it's one of the few MMO's that doesn't require you to devote your time to playing it every day. Advancing in the game is all based on the effort you put in while you are able to play. I could be gone for a month, and pick up where I left off, no problem. If it was not for this I would NOT be playing at all.
This game is frankly just a big excuse to grind, the reward being to collect bp and ships. The only people who stay with this game are those who like grinding, or those who like collecting. And if your interested in collecting, like I am, and want to unlock all the items in the game, then getting those easter ships was kinda important. Especially since if fail to get one, then the entire goal of unlocking everything in the game is unreachable. Like I said before, two weeks, then never again.
So between the time limit, and the forced dependency on other people, it was extremely frustrating trying to collect those bp. And as I've said in my previous post, it really was a slap in the face when SS failed to inform players that there would be an upcoming event, yet made that event so time critical. So maybe week one would have been pretty good to get a squad together. I don't know. I had no idea an event was going on till it was half way over, and help was scarce.
Add that to the new cq system that only allows you to donate one log, ONE log, a day. You need to log on everyday to help your clan. I don't mind helping my clan, but I do mind a game that again makes demands on my time. A game is supposed to be about having fun and enjoying it. A game that turns itself into a chore, when I have things I have to do in the real world is NOT fun.
It's plain as day to me that SS is starting to go in a direction of requiring players to be online more in order to fulfill their goals in the game. If this continues to be the pattern, I will leave the game, that's a given.
I realize a developer can't make everyone happy. I'm just giving SS feedback on my experience with this event, in hopes to inform them that such decisions will not win over players like myself.
But to those of you in this thread: Don't proceed to ask me to change an opinion just because it doesn't match with yours.
And my experience with this event has been quite a negative one.
And you think I just had not bothered to try to solo it? I don't know if you have a membership or booster, or what. Even with a graviton I couldn't solo the mission. Since the event is over, why don't one of you guys claiming it can be solo'ed please go ahead and detail exactly how you managed it. Otherwise, please stop saying unsubstantiated things. And no, using a glitch (happenstance that it is) in the mission is not a reasonable answer.
Um. Not really.
There is not a single thing like this in the rest of the game. If I fail to join a group doing behemoth, I can always do it later. If I don't rare hunt today, I can always do it next week. For this event there were two weeks. Then never again. No one will ever have another chance to get those ships, which for you were apparently so easy to get. I've had to make peace with the fact that I will never have the sol and drac easter ships.
Not that I have much expectation this thread will ever been taken seriously. But since this is about giving feedback, let me spell it out for you.
I play this game for one reason: It's casual.
I quit playing big-name real MMO's like eve online, or other browser MMO's like ikariam or starfleet because they all demanded I work my time around them. If I could not play for a week, it really hurt your stance in the game. You have to constantly be thinking about the game in order to be somewhat successful. I have something of a life, and that was no good for me.
For someone like myself, the real appeal of this game is it's one of the few MMO's that doesn't require you to devote your time to playing it every day. Advancing in the game is all based on the effort you put in while you are able to play. I could be gone for a month, and pick up where I left off, no problem. If it was not for this I would NOT be playing at all.
This game is frankly just a big excuse to grind, the reward being to collect bp and ships. The only people who stay with this game are those who like grinding, or those who like collecting. And if your interested in collecting, like I am, and want to unlock all the items in the game, then getting those easter ships was kinda important. Especially since if fail to get one, then the entire goal of unlocking everything in the game is unreachable. Like I said before, two weeks, then never again.
So between the time limit, and the forced dependency on other people, it was extremely frustrating trying to collect those bp. And as I've said in my previous post, it really was a slap in the face when SS failed to inform players that there would be an upcoming event, yet made that event so time critical. So maybe week one would have been pretty good to get a squad together. I don't know. I had no idea an event was going on till it was half way over, and help was scarce.
Add that to the new cq system that only allows you to donate one log, ONE log, a day. You need to log on everyday to help your clan. I don't mind helping my clan, but I do mind a game that again makes demands on my time. A game is supposed to be about having fun and enjoying it. A game that turns itself into a chore, when I have things I have to do in the real world is NOT fun.
It's plain as day to me that SS is starting to go in a direction of requiring players to be online more in order to fulfill their goals in the game. If this continues to be the pattern, I will leave the game, that's a given.
I realize a developer can't make everyone happy. I'm just giving SS feedback on my experience with this event, in hopes to inform them that such decisions will not win over players like myself.
But to those of you in this thread: Don't proceed to ask me to change an opinion just because it doesn't match with yours.
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