In most of my articles about Cryptic Studios, I talk about how despite the fact that the company is always rushing up yelling to players to give them more feedback, they usually end up only fixing the issues that should have been blatantly obvious in the first place. Other than the do-or-die fixes, most other feedback is pushed into oblivion, if not completely ignored altogether. In my staple case, I referenced that not only did someone think putting a two hour cooldown timer on the Blood Moon portals was a good thing, but made the exact same mistake going into the winter event. Yes, I’m riding on that example.
In the latest State of the Game, Cryptic wants to make amends…again. Foremost, Cryptic wants to address growing complaints over the game’s cash shop. dStahl has promised us that “coveted items” available in the cash shop will be available in-game as well. When the subject came to the Klingon faction, Stahl promised that the faction would become a full PvP faction with more faction-specific PvE missions and rewards, as well as veteran rewards suited for Klingon players. As for why the Klingon faction will never be up to par with the Federation, well Cryptic just doesn’t have the manpower, and not enough people play the Klingon faction.
There’s circular logic for you. Not enough people play the Klingon faction to warrant spending resources beefing it up to the Federation level, but the reason not enough people play is because the Klingon faction launched with barely any content.
It’s good to see that Star Trek Online is reportedly healthy, with a growing number of lifetime subscribers and normal subscribers, but slightly disappointing to see Cryptic still using their patented circular logic.
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