Game could really use it. Plenty of places to put in sandbox.
Exploration, setting up starbase, first contact etc.
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Voting no only because the only things you could do besides the current foundry builds already in game is to make new starships. And there is just too much room for Cryptic to be sued because fans ignore the 'Don't use copyrighted material' warnings.
Originally Posted by pwlaughingtrendy
Network engineers are not ship designers.
Nor should they be. Their ships would look weird.
You mean an open environment where activities can be gained from distributed contacts?
Um...we do have New Romulus, the Dyson Adventure Zone, Nimbus, and Kobali Prime.
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Sure, I can use a sand box if I have to... Oh, that's not what you mean? Well... Some ecplanation would be nice.
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We have a very Trek oriented game with the Foundry available as an amazing, but currently broken, sandbox feature.
I say this coming from Star Wars Galaxies.... that game was TOO sandbox. It was like they threw in anything but Star Wars stuff as the 'go to' equipment. So it felt like a generic MMO with a sprinkling of some Star Wars flavor just to get people hooked. And I DONT want that here. If I play a 'themed' game I want that surrounding my experience, not as some side show.
No, because you didn't bother to tell us what you mean by that.
Players are already free to do some story chains out of order, and are free to choose which TFOs to play and there are patrols and battle zones. Plus the Foundry.
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I have been an advocate of a sandbox environment to try before you buy lobi and C store ships for a while the downside is that what prevents you from getting accolades or traits in th sandbox for free? I do not know if it is feasible to erase anything gained in the sandbox, unless you could make a test server where nothing is stored.
I have been an advocate of a sandbox environment to try before you buy lobi and C store ships for a while the downside is that what prevents you from getting accolades or traits in th sandbox for free? I do not know if it is feasible to erase anything gained in the sandbox, unless you could make a test server where nothing is stored.
You mean like the Tribble server?
Who knows whether that's what the OP is asking for though, since he refuses to tell us
yes, like tribble, but nothing is saved, so you can't progress.. and have limited content. lets face it 90% of what a sandbox would be fore is testing if you want the new shiny or if you want to test a new equipment loadout. all you need for that is a few PVE queues. you really don't need to run butterfly. jut make all the consoles and parts available in the shipbuilder
This was what I was hoping STO would be when it was released. A large, unexplored and black galaxy map where you had to actually fly your ship to chart it. Patrolling borders, establishing colonies, meeting new aliens - any task that spreads the influence of the Federation. Take aspects of World War II Online and mix them with Sid Meier's Civilization series and I will open my wallet.
My Caitian has been waiting for a sandbox in her quarters for some time.
My half-Caitian has a litterbox on board her vessel... just one. It's there for when smartasses think they're clever by asking where the litterbox is. Only after they embarrass themselves are they informed that the ship has the full standard complement of conventional restroom facilities and the litterbox is only there for those who ask for one.
I was under the impression Starfleet vessels didn't have restrooms. Because nobody poops on TV. Or videogames.
My Caitian has been waiting for a sandbox in her quarters for some time.
My half-Caitian has a litterbox on board her vessel... just one. It's there for when smartasses think they're clever by asking where the litterbox is. Only after they embarrass themselves are they informed that the ship has the full standard complement of conventional restroom facilities and the litterbox is only there for those who ask for one.
I was under the impression Starfleet vessels didn't have restrooms. Because nobody poops on TV. Or videogames.
If you look carefully at the Enterprise D MSD, there is ONE bathroom icon.
Also, in Home Soil, when the microbrain was taking over the ship, an ensign in engineering said that someone got locked in the ship's rest room.
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Exploration, setting up starbase, first contact etc.
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http://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/1145998/star-trek-battles-channel-got-canon/p1
If it contains stuff like this, sure.
@OP: Your topic title could benefit from some clarity.
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Let me rephrase this..... How would that be any different from what players are already doing?
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Originally Posted by pwlaughingtrendy
Network engineers are not ship designers.
Nor should they be. Their ships would look weird.
Um...we do have New Romulus, the Dyson Adventure Zone, Nimbus, and Kobali Prime.
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We have a very Trek oriented game with the Foundry available as an amazing, but currently broken, sandbox feature.
I say this coming from Star Wars Galaxies.... that game was TOO sandbox. It was like they threw in anything but Star Wars stuff as the 'go to' equipment. So it felt like a generic MMO with a sprinkling of some Star Wars flavor just to get people hooked. And I DONT want that here. If I play a 'themed' game I want that surrounding my experience, not as some side show.
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if they add stuff for the klinks, then ok. I mean no scan of artifacts, no blabla with boring alien like kuumarrke.
Players are already free to do some story chains out of order, and are free to choose which TFOs to play and there are patrols and battle zones. Plus the Foundry.
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Never… ever… build one on your bridge... you will never get the sand out of the carpet!
You mean like the Tribble server?
Who knows whether that's what the OP is asking for though, since he refuses to tell us
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Wow...that means there is a lot of unexplored "stuff" in space.
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OP never came back, either.
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If you look carefully at the Enterprise D MSD, there is ONE bathroom icon.
Also, in Home Soil, when the microbrain was taking over the ship, an ensign in engineering said that someone got locked in the ship's rest room.