Be positive.

[PianoWizzy]

I have read on the forums, sadly, complaint after bitter complaint. It's hard to find a thread about the stuff we LIKED about these updates and this event so I decided to make it myself.

Post here, the full list of things that you LOVED about the Infested Deck event and the updates that have been implemented into the game since.

I'd like to see a lighter atmosphere around here now. :)



As for me:
- the new UI has got what I need
- x-axis camera adjustment to better survey blackstar populations
- the generally larger view of fully zoomed out camera in all maps
- titles [hoping to see more of this of course, should be interesting]
- organized stash [COUGH]
- drag-scrolling instead of click-arrow scrolling
- the EASE of levelling in the Infested Deck
- the green x-ray
- the NEW DESIGN OF VULAR WHICH ARE AWESOME [I was sick of seeing the same old vular and seeing the larger more ossum-faced vulars was fresh]
- generally, of course, the flamethrowers
- pants...
- the smaller, sleeker font

[ I will add to this list ;) ]

Release the rainbows! Go! Post what you liked!

[Iphoneington]

I agree,people should be happy for these updates and enjoying the gameplay. :)

[Commanderkeen]

I love the new update the only thing I didn't like was the pet bomb glitch but that's fixed now so I'm in sci fi heaven.

[Xaphan Fox]

My favorite thing about this update is that it is an update.
woof

[PianoWizzy]

My favorite thing about this update is that it is an update.
woof

THAT'S THE SPIRIT

-dances-

[Ozuyucalebam]

Love it all. Stash tabs (cough)
Voleria is much more beautiful with the new camera. Plus you can go over head to watch for all mines :-)
The "lobby" is very useful. Love all the new buttons. Scrolling! Yay for scrolling!
Hmmm what else...I see people I know lol.

[PianoWizzy]

Oh! I noticed a little smoke from the eggs that I fry on the deck. A fantastic little touch, kudos to the graphics designers ;)

[Rittik]

just a small little complain!
in lpdi screen resolution (120 DPI)
the Font is UBREADABLE without a magnifying glass!
though didnt try out Mdpi but Hdpi works awesome ;)

-Rik(Rittik)

[Worship]

Remember the 'bring back the infested deck xp!' thread? Yeah, I was first reply, and it was simply: 'No.'
The update(s) are perfect as is.. We don't need crybabies saying: omg! I was going to cap!

Yeah.. The update gave a sh!t load of XP. (too much)
So I'm glad they fixed it and gave flamethrowers a real use.
Thanks ;)

[TheRajX]

Remember the 'bring back the infested deck xp!' thread? Yeah, I was first reply, and it was simply: 'No.'
The update(s) are perfect as is.. We don't need crybabies saying: omg! I was going to cap!

Yeah.. The update gave a sh!t load of XP. (too much)
So I'm glad they fixed it and gave flamethrowers a real use.
Thanks ;)

If you were a level 40 (at least if this character was your only one) you'd feel the same way.

We are crybabies and thats how sts should see us as. We are crying because the amazing xp gain we were receiving just ended abruptly without any notice or any thing of the such. Had sts set the date of the xp gain to terminate tomorrow at a certain time, i'm sure elixer buy rates would surpass that of any flamethrower rate.

More profitablity (at least through use of common sense { maybe the apparent stats will prove me wrong } ), More enjoyment or sustenance of periods of less crying, and as a result more positive notes and new players even could have resulted in not making the decision of halting the xp gain Why does there always seem to be a caviat with all the good things that come in with an update? I'm definetely not suggesting that updates are flawless as I myself was a beta tester, but obvious connections as to whats better and worse should be made immediately, and for some reason and obviously boo-factor was incorporated this time.

Your comment on too much xp.. well then why not halfen the rate at which vanities are spewed out. ATM that is of excess as well. And to my last point, the event is just 7 days. Why limit the xp gain abruptly between 7 days. I'm sure the popularity of the event greatly decreased for the 40rs.

I see these "relief" topics after a period of critism. Just know that however disheartening the critisim is, it does reinforce sts decisions on future updates and as a result is more useful when compared to these kinds of topics. Nevertheless since people participate in them and sadly does alert them that they sometimes do go over the top in reaction let it be, I guess it works.

PS: Honestly what kind of incentive is the pulse gun. Everyone i've Pmed (40 ish) people say they've played for the xp not the gun that everyone will get thereby making it completely unspecial like visors...and pets. which would have been amazingly cool if the drop rate was 10x lower. Do you think that the buy rate for the 500 plat R.I.V.E.T is going to increase. If anything it'll go down to maybe 2 / year because everyone will go for the one that looks cooler and costs 20c.

The only 2 great things about the event was the xp and the money i made off of business with the vanities. Other than that I don't agree with the incentive or the action of removing xp gain. I still have faith that we'll reach 2 mil because people will start to realize that a fast moving flame group can hit up to 3/4 of the old xp gain.

[Iron Hand]

Come on people now that they fixed the xp for flame throwers it is by far the easiest ever xp gain. 182 xp per 3 to 5 minute run. Use 3x elixir and that is 546 xp in 5 minutes with a good fast group. I have seen peeps now getting 4k xp in 30 minutes. But here is the secret. Use flame throwers only(patch tues. Morning fixed xp gain for flame throwers) no guns or skills as this makes it fast. U get 1xp per burnt egg ( that is 3 xp PER EGG with a 3x elixr) using a flame thrower. Where as now guns and skills break eggs for 1/2 xp and allows alien bug to escape which is the other 1/2 xp. So fry the eggs peeps and level fast :)

[Asavadale]

I Honestly dont care about Exp (Cuz ive already capped my com and thats all im capping) Vanities, Money or whatever i just wanted SL to become alive again, Seeing guild members who havent been on in months. Thats all I wanted :) And its not like capping Is gonna make you a better player you just get a Vanity for It. (which other ppl are gonna have, so its not really all that special) My Favorite part about the event is everything :D except for the New Homepage when you log in and the scroll instead of The arrow :(

[Slant]

full runs
runs all day
this is fun

[HunterSLAYER]

Remember the 'bring back the infested deck xp!' thread? Yeah, I was first reply, and it was simply: 'No.'
The update(s) are perfect as is.. We don't need crybabies saying: omg! I was going to cap!

Yeah.. The update gave a sh!t load of XP. (too much)
So I'm glad they fixed it and gave flamethrowers a real use.
Thanks ;)

And i was the first to say yes.
Though they could actually let the exp gain remain the same instead of nerfing it.

Crybabies?
It's feedback. if there was no feedback sts wouldn't know how players actually felt about the xp nerf and other updates.
Don't get me wrong.

[Crummypaladin]

Kudos Wizzy! I love the topic:-)

Now everyone that wants to complain... do it somewhere else :-P

I love the new vanities, they may be cheap and easy drops, but they cover up the L40 buggy looking gear:-)

And of course lonely loves being able to kill farm like when cap was in Bio!

Power of positive thinking points:
Pianowizzy +1
Haters -1

[Lowlyspy]

If you were a level 40 (at least if this character was your only one) you'd feel the same way.

Your comment on too much xp.. well then why not halfen the rate at which vanities are spewed out. ATM that is of excess as well. And to my last point, the event is just 7 days. Why limit the xp gain abruptly between 7 days. I'm sure the popularity of the event greatly decreased for the 40rs.

I have been grinding all weekend for 41, i made the decision yesterday to grind out the 10k i had left instead of just doing 5k yesterday and 5k today. Had i not made that decision i wouldn't be 41 right now, and i would be feeling exactly the same way as you, disheartened. If you think about it though, even with the reduction, it is still amazing xp compared to what your other choice of leveling would be (Voleria). At least it's still faster than the alternative.

As for the vanities, if you think about this as well, they did cut the drop rates but without actually cutting the drop rates. The only reason vanities were dropping so ridiculously often was because of the endless stream of bugs being released from the eggs by skills and guns, with that amount of bugs being burned by flamethrowers the number of chances at a drop are dramatically less, without actually changing the chance of it to drop. I can tell you after about 45 minutes grinding my Op today, i saw 3 vanity drops. While i was grinding my Engi to 41 i saw, on average, 30 drops an hour. Idk about you, but that's a pretty big difference to me.

As i see it, this is the way the event was supposed to be run from the beginning. Still decent xp, a use for flamethrowers, and vanities being reasonably rare.

[Technique]

The new stash was amazing, I'm also very happy about the new patch.

Makes kill farming so much easier since the egg gives the kill, did almost 10k kills today. Going at this rate ill be back on com LB in no time.

[*Zero*]

Fantastic.
Its how i sum up the whole update.
Everything is fresh and the life is back on blackstar.

[Mitchturbo]

That's it guys. Stay positive. Stay strong.
Show the Devs we appreciate their hard work and quick bug fixes.

[Taresafoo]

My favorite thing about this update is that it is an update.
woof

New things to shoot at, something new to shoot them with, and new duds to wear while shooting! Can i get a yeehaw?!

[Mitchturbo]

YeeeeHaaaaaw!

[TheRajX]

I have been grinding all weekend for 41, i made the decision yesterday to grind out the 10k i had left instead of just doing 5k yesterday and 5k today. Had i not made that decision i wouldn't be 41 right now, and i would be feeling exactly the same way as you, disheartened. If you think about it though, even with the reduction, it is still amazing xp compared to what your other choice of leveling would be (Voleria). At least it's still faster than the alternative.

As for the vanities, if you think about this as well, they did cut the drop rates but without actually cutting the drop rates. The only reason vanities were dropping so ridiculously often was because of the endless stream of bugs being released from the eggs by skills and guns, with that amount of bugs being burned by flamethrowers the number of chances at a drop are dramatically less, without actually changing the chance of it to drop. I can tell you after about 45 minutes grinding my Op today, i saw 3 vanity drops. While i was grinding my Engi to 41 i saw, on average, 30 drops an hour. Idk about you, but that's a pretty big difference to me.

As i see it, this is the way the event was supposed to be run from the beginning. Still decent xp, a use for flamethrowers, and vanities being reasonably rare.

Had the event run its proposed way this conflict woudnt have occured. But since we were spoiled in a sense it became a downer - thats all my point is. Other than that thanks for actually listening and not saying... yeahhhh haters -1 -1. Thanks again.

[SexyIsland]

Hey wth!!! We got some sort of visor at least. I'm happy as Rainbow Dash laying on a cloud not being bothered.

"I still wish I get an X-ray visor drop, maybe one day" but still am HaPpY!!!!

[StompArtist]

Yay

[Libertie]

Man, people are killing the good vibes here. Go complain in complaint threads :<

Things I really like about the update:
* new camera controls - I actually like them in Chrome but maybe people who don't play on a computer feel differently and would like to ask for an option in the CP that allows them to choose what their camera does

* faster load times for things like picking up keys and unlocking doors, turning things on, etc (actually this is more of a neutral - I'm not sure if I LIKE it or not but it was worth mentioning)

* the ability to walk up to a terminal, door, chest, basically anything in the game and hit space bar to interact with it rather than having to click on it. I play on Chrome for one reason, and that's speed. Keyboard shortcuts make everything so much faster and that's awesome, so when I walk up to something to get a quest I have far fewer clicks now! I can just run past boxes and hit space bar while still running past them before anyone even has a chance to say "OMG DON'T OPEN BOXES" yaayy!! :D

* the fact that a LOT of our voices were heard. How many people noticed issues that had been posted about in S&F and the Technical Problems forum, that have been fixed for this update? Obviously they couldn't fix everything, but the fact that they took any suggestions at all says that they do listen to us. :)

[Fao]

The update/event is great! It gave me a new feel for the game that I will be playing more!

I only have ONE character, I got from 38 to 40 in about 30 minutes no elixir because of it, which made me SO HAPPY! And then I realized if I grinded long enough without elixirs(5-7k XP a day) I could cap before the new update, I was freaking out because it would be my FIRST elite cap! I was grinding, and then they nerfed the XP!!:( Yes, a HUGE disappointment in my position, BUT SO WHAT??? Its a great game, but I mean really? Why go complaining so much about not getting a level cap? You have a life right? Getting a level cap in a virtual game isn't going to get you any farther in life and I don't think it ever will! I hope I got my point across because it took a while to think this little thing through!:)

Well, I'm not going to cap... This time:) I will most definitely get 46! No doubt in my mind I won't!:)

~Fao

[Mitchturbo]

The update/event is great! It gave me a new feel for the game that I will be playing more!

I only have ONE character, I got from 38 to 40 in about 30 minutes no elixir because of it, which made me SO HAPPY! And then I realized if I grinded long enough without elixirs(5-7k XP a day) I could cap before the new update, I was freaking out because it would be my FIRST elite cap! I was grinding, and then they nerfed the XP!!:( Yes, a HUGE disappointment in my position, BUT SO WHAT??? Its a great game, but I mean really? Why go complaining so much about not getting a level cap? You have a life right? Getting a level cap in a virtual game isn't going to get you any farther in life and I don't think it ever will! I hope I got my point across because it took a while to think this little thing through!:)

Well, I'm not going to cap... This time:) I will most definitely get 46! No doubt in my mind I won't!:)

~Fao
That's Great! We need more players like you :-)
Looking forward to doing some lvl cap runs with you when the new lvl cap is released!

[Fao]

Thanks Mitch! I'm still jealous of that Cultist hood with yellow eye beams! Grrr! Haha, well it will be nice to run with you, talk to you in game!:)

[Snakespeare]

What I like BEST about this whole event (and I like almost everything about it), is the UC uniform. Now everyone who wants one can have one. And why would we want one? because United Colonies Defense is the Starfleet of Star Legends. I have the name reserved as a guild name. My wife and I are the only members, but now we have our uniforms! How cool is that!?

[TheRajX]

Are you saying that leveling 1-40 did get you a life?

As you stay idle not leveling to 41 you'll realize that your missing on the exclusive vanity chestplate and if your like me (pvp) you would realize how vital that last point is for skills and stats. An event like this is something that I started as a level 40. Things would be very different if I was level 38 because I would be satisfied at 40. ( I mean new gear, new tenths digit = awesome). Things would also be different if we were informed that the level cap was soon or late. In any case it doesnt justify halving xp without notice.


Also the uc uniform is nice because engis really don't have any decent fitting items for some of the chest vanities. However, unless more of these suits are to come in later events at a lower rate than before, I don't really see them as special or something i'd really want.

[PianoWizzy]

What I like BEST about this whole event (and I like almost everything about it), is the UC uniform. Now everyone who wants one can have one. And why would we want one? because United Colonies Defense is the Starfleet of Star Legends. I have the name reserved as a guild name. My wife and I are the only members, but now we have our uniforms! How cool is that!?

*squeals ridiculously*

[Slant]

... like hogging xp with my flamethrower when everyone else is busy arguing whether or not to use flamethrowers

[PianoWizzy]

... like hogging xp with my flamethrower when everyone else is busy arguing whether or not to use flamethrowers

Lmao I'm hogging kills with my flamethrower whenever I end up with a group on the second stage [because I can't solo lock it so for the most part I"m stuck on the first stage].