EVENT PROJECT AND CURRENCY UPDATES

[cmdraftbrn]

Hi all,

We wanted to let you all know that we will be making some changes to the way we handle our Event Projects and Currencies. For the sake of thoroughness, we will be outlining the availability of these projects and their currencies. Some of the notes below are not changes, and have been marked as such. Here’s what you need to know:

• All Event ship projects from previous years that aren’t already slotted cannot be started - This is not a change
  All Event ship projects from previous years that are already slotted will remain slotted - This is not a change
  All Event Voucher currencies from previous years (e.g.: Lohlunat Prize Voucher (2015)) already owned by the player will remain in the player's inventory - This is not a change
  All Event ship projects from previous years (up to 6th Anniversary Event) that are already slotted will require the last currency for that event:
• Old Winter Event ship projects will require Winter Prize Voucher (2015)
• Old Summer Event ship projects will require Summer Prize Voucher (2015)
• Old Anniversary Event ship projects will require 6th Anniversary Prize Vouchers

The above older currencies can be purchased from the Lobi store for the normal price. This currency will be made available year round.
All projects released after the 6th Anniversary will require the currency for that year. In other words in the 2017 Winter Event:

• The 2017 Winter Event Ship will require Winter Prize Vouchers (2017)
• The 2016 Winter Event Ship will require Winter Prize Vouchers (2016)
• All old Winter Event Ships will require Winter Prize Vouchers (2015)

Event ship projects are no longer mutually exclusive - This is a partial change. Some events had mutually exclusive projects, others did not.
These changes only apply to our Anniversary, Summer and Winter Event projects and currencies.

FAQ:

In the 2015 Summer Event blog it was stated that old event currencies and old event ship projects would be removed from the player. Why have you changed your mind on this plan?

There were two key factors that caused us to deviate from the original plan here:

• 1) We had concerns that automatically removing a partially completed ship project from a player might leave them frustrated. Players might feel like their time was wasted, and this feeling would be compounded by not having any alternative way of completing the project once the currency for it is no longer available.
  
  2) We’ve encountered some technical hurdles that prevented us from doing this in a way that would both accomplish our goals and provide a good player experience.

What is your reasoning behind making event ships no longer mutually exclusive?

Our goal here was to make sure that players know that a new ship project is available. Let’s say you still have the Ferengi Nandi Warship reputation project from the 2015 Summer Event still slotted. This means that when the next Summer Event ship project becomes available you wouldn’t see the project. We feel that this isn’t an ideal player experience, so we’ve removed that limitation.

A side effect of this is that you can theoretically have every ship project slotted in your available project slots and in an incomplete state. This will require the player to have to cancel a project in order to pick up a new one.

Will there ever be a means to acquire Event Currencies from previous years, other than purchasing them with Lobi?

No. Once an Event ends, the currencies associated with that event’s project may only be acquired from the Lobi Store.

Regards,
Phil “Gorngonzolla” Zeleski
Lead Systems Designer
Star Trek Online

original link http://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/start ... cy-updates

[Amicus]

removing a partially completed ship project from a player might leave them frustrated. Players might feel like their time was wasted, and this feeling would be compounded by not having any alternative way of completing the project once the currency for it is no longer available.

Very true, no point in doing any of it when due to disasters, celebrations, vacations, etc., you will miss so much grinding that completing the project would be iffy.

The above older currencies can [only] be purchased from the Lobi store for the normal price.

That way Cryptic can make wonderful cash off your misery.

[A_Zombie_Gamer]

yup now your wonderful free ship just became a paid for ship...very sneaky

[cmdraftbrn]

its like they have a learning immunity.

[QorDaq]

So I try not to gripe too loudly about Cryptic's cash grabs (unless it has to do with further disenfranchising KDF players of course...*Chuckle*...), however, and this is not really the first time they have done this kind of thing, they waited a year or so to announce this stuff, giving folks plenty of time to cash in old vouchers for knick knacks. It was nice to get a few extra XP here and there or a space emote I guess, if you're into that sort of thing, but for those big batches of 600-800 vouchers that effectively went away, if the project in question was not cancelled by now, those that might have paid to make up the difference of 200-400 or so vouchers, would now be starting over...Doh!