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From the massively article: http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/09/21/star-trek-online-producer-says-game-is-kicking-butt/
Star Trek Online Producer Daniel Stahl isn't beating around the bush about the state of the game. According to him, STO has both purpose and a leg-up on much of the industry.
"When you consider what it takes to run an MMO in today's highly competitive marketplace," Stahl writes, "STO has been kicking some butt. Despite what some may think, we have a deliberate path and long-term goals that we've been tracking quite well against. STO has not only survived, but is thriving at a time when many MMOs have kicked or are about to kick the bucket."
Stahl goes on to rally the troops by citing how much the team has accomplished this year and what its focus is on for November's Season 7 update and beyond. The team's biggest priorities are in enriching the foundry, overhauling PvP, buffing up Klingon content, and a possible Romulan faction.
He also mentioned that Cryptic has hired "great talent" from 38 Studios and Paragon Studios to join the team.
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OMFG they have hired some Paragon guys and some Studio 38 guys OMFG ...seriously loving Cryptic this week.
I loved my time in CoX and I love playing KoA ...seriously awesome.
Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
I'll......FOAM FINGER YOUR BACK!
Can anyone here say Epic Win?
Consolidate currency!
Munitions additions
Petition to take in game report spam function out
Why not to do surveys and free offers
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Man, STO makes me so sad and angry.
Wicks and Things: NW-DI4FMZRR4 : The Fenwick merchant family has lost a caravan! Can you help?
Beggar's Hollow: NW-DR6YG4J2L : Someone, or something, has stolen away many of the Fenwicks' children! Can you find out what happened to them?
Into the Fen Wood: NW-DL89DRG7B : Enter the heart of the forest. Can you discover the secret of the Fen Wood?
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Do you have knowledge of the insider workings at Cryptic or something because I see no evidence that CO didn't get any of the devs hired from Paragon Studios and 38 Studios.
Just because we haven't seen any of the more vocal devs from Paragon Studios or 38 Studios doesn't mean that they haven't had some of the people who worked without communicating on the forums.
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Some may come and some may stay
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One of the devs said this morning that to his knowledge, the Champs team hasn't added anyone yet, but they are looking to fill some positions.
meaning i very much doubt were going to get any of the devs they are probably going to go to NWN and STO instead as usual....
The Nemesis system needs fixing and here's ideas:
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business. Henry Ford
this is what is making me sad, champions needs so much love from the company. while its great to see sto thriving and living. the same thing cannot be said for champions. think about the only things that were added to this game. alerts and open world events.
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yes it is, and if this keeps up, were not going to have a game anymore. unless the they start putting develops programmers and artists in here, this game is going the way of the dinosaur, just like COH. i estimate that no more then 5000 to 6000 people are playing this game at most.
as i said before, unless this game gets really MAJOR support and soon. I suspect it to last 2 more years at most.
because our "saviors" PWE sure don't seen to be very interested in this game when they bought out cryptic and it shows
The Nemesis system needs fixing and here's ideas:
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business. Henry Ford
But regardless I still love STO, but after almost 3 years of playing daily I'm finally bored. I haven't played STO in over 3 weeks.....
I'm playing Champions more and I'm also playing SW:TOR...
STO needs more and less buggy content, period!
Thanks!
From what I heard there are spots being filled for Champions, people are reading too far into an article and many here have the false view that just because more developers are hired that we will expect instant turn around in development. They would still have to train the developers with the tools and engine, and at the earliest before we see any major results would be next year, probably around Spring time.
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Wicks and Things: NW-DI4FMZRR4 : The Fenwick merchant family has lost a caravan! Can you help?
Beggar's Hollow: NW-DR6YG4J2L : Someone, or something, has stolen away many of the Fenwicks' children! Can you find out what happened to them?
Into the Fen Wood: NW-DL89DRG7B : Enter the heart of the forest. Can you discover the secret of the Fen Wood?
i dont think anyone here wants the devs to just wave a wand and poof new content. i think what we want is to hear the devs and home office to think of us a a major game like sto and neverwinter. not just a 2nd rate game. that we can keep pushing the same missions on people year after year. ofcourse thats just my .02 cents.
Agreed with teh above. The TOR lot cant even handle up/down toggle on hoods theve been promising that for over a year
To be honest I am glad some of the Paragon guys have found new employment thats what really matters.
Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
I'll......FOAM FINGER YOUR BACK!
I'm reminded of SMNC, another game I was playing. "Contrary to popular belief, the playerbase is growing" they told us. Now, you're lucky to see 400 people online at the same time.
With all that said, given what STO is getting, I'd say they're still doing better than us in some way.
...I just recently realized something really disturbing. We're all eating Sodapop3's "humble pie."
I loved playing KoA:R almost as much as playing Skyrim.
To be fair though - With regard to SWToR; EA/BioWare hasn't really kept up with any of their announced post launch content timeline announcements beyond the first content patch (which was ready at SWToR launch, but held back); which is one of the many reasons SWToR has been bleeding subs massively from day one (and I too was playing SWToR until the end of April.)
PWE Drone says: "Your STO forum community as you have known it is ended...Display names are irrelevant...Any further sense of community is irrelevant...Resistance is futile...You will be assimilated..."
On the other hand, if none of the paragon guys are assigned to CO it would send an unflattering message about the state of CO and Cryptic/PWEs view of it.
/sigh.
I didnt see any one expecting any instant new content.
The impression im getting is that people would be disappointed if the paragon studios devs didn't get assigned to CO at all.
PVP is starving without rewards
1. Please give us Daily PVP missions that reward Questionite.
2. Please give us an exchange rate between Acclaim and Recognition so that PVP has access to all "On Alert" PVE rewards.