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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    Should this treat not be closed by now and we get some answers ?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    1) Will there be a fix for the "captain database" for outside the STO game? And if you are revamping it, will there be a way to see our Biography, rank, diplo rank, etc? And finally can there be a way to access biographies of other characters maybe in our ship interior?
    Many fleets use the captains database and I use it to showcase my characters. This great tool just kinda withered away on the site and I'd love to see it back.

    2) Will sector maps ever be replaced by ONE universal map? (ever?) i.e. visit lwaxana on betazed :eek: or tell your helmsman to set course for Vulcan and go directly there

    3) When will Lifers get more unique items (unobtainable like not costume items)?

    4) Can we visit famous characters of Star Trek at Starfleet Academy?
    i.e. O'brian or Janeway

    5) Since there is a way for the game to get sounds from a mic, can there be a long term goal to maybe make VOICE COMMANDS? i.e. Helmsman, full impulse or Security escort to my location, or SHIELDS UP, RED ALERT!!!!!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    When are we getting new content??

    By that I mean playable missions, new sets for ground and space, new upper level ships ( not low lvl garbage most of us will never use, sorry, i'm venting )

    Is this really the best u can do for August, a low lvl ship and klingon uniforms ( that we will only be able to get through c-store.. really....u can't give us one new uniform for free???)

    CAN WE STOP WITH UNIFORMS AND GET SOME MISSIONS.... PLEASE!

    Even if u just replay the episodes with rewards again, it would be better than this.

    I know everyone is working really hard but come on guys this is pathetic
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    Something I've been wondering for a while. I know the Dev team is small compared to some other games. My question is this: just how much time does the average Dev put into STO in a week?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    When can we start seeing some Federation Advanced Heavy Cruisers (AKA federation battle ships or battle cruisers) In a time of war you would expect there to be some Battle Ships. Personally I would like to see this as a Star Fleet Battle Ship. The Proxima from star trek legacy.

    http://images.wikia.com/startrek/images/c/c0/ProximaRefit.jpg

    And what are the chances of us seeing ships from such Star trek games like Legacy, Armada, ect.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    And what are the chances of us seeing ships from such Star trek games like Legacy, Armada, ect.

    This has been answered in the past: they don't have the rights to ships from other games.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    1. Are there plans to produce some type of guide (other than the very basic one you currently have) either online or in print which gives more detailed information about gameplay?

    2. When do you see the current level 51 cap being raised?

    3. Isn't it time to start talking about the 600 day rewards?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    Will we see in future birthday presents?
    When did we see social missions?
    Did we have life in our ship with inside missions?
    Are plans to have our own house or somethng different?
    Can we visit Veridian III to make an trip to the Enterprise D?
    In the Star Trek Encyclopedia are much planets, will these planets in the future in the game?
    Did we have more Missions with old Captains like Riker on the USS Titan?

    Thanks for the great Game
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    when is the maintain sellcetion for auto attack to be returned to the ground control ui
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    With the introduction of the Odyssey-class (Enterprise-F) and the Klingon 'Flagship' that's been announced, what is their intended design (BO layout, speed, turn rates, weapon layouts, etc) and intended impact in PvP? Will these ships be moving beasts that require multiple ships to bring down or are they just meant to essentially be large cruisers?

    Additionally, how will these ship effect the T6 designs that may eventually come out?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    Any chance of us getting back a functional Captain Database? That functionality, broken as it often was, was very useful for fleet recruitment as well as sharing bios, etc.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    So far, I've been blown away by Star Trek Onlines incredible progress in the last year and a half. It's almost not the same game, in some respects. We also know about some of the other big changes coming up, like the Doff and First Officer system.

    But what I want to know, what is it that you want to see added the most to the game? Not necessarily short range, just your own personal dream feature.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    As their 100th episode is coming up, does STO have anything planned to show some appreciation to Jeremy and Chris for their support of the game and the great work they do everything bringing the STO to us fans?

    Secondly, when do you foresee the next series of weekly episodes to be coming out?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    Another question I thought of that I see others have asked, but I will ask again for empahsis:

    Can we have a Captain change species option?

    Seconded.

    As for my questions:

    When will we see human style melee weapons. Katana, Broadsword, Claymore etc.

    Also will we ever get more ship class specific classic bridges (like excelsior, constitution refit, miranda)

    Also any timetable for the Romulans yet? I have pretty much stopped playing because I have 3 max level feds and klingons.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    Any chance we could get a Commander lvl Miranda Class ship?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    Any chance we could get a Commander lvl Miranda Class ship?

    In the very least, a Lt. Commander variant on the Miranda, possibly as an Escort (with the Cruiser slot filled by the current Constitution Refit).

    As for questions:

    - Any firm release date for the start of the next Featured Episode arc?
    - Any firm release date for when the DOff system will hit Tribble/Holodeck?
    - What is the current planning for Season 5, and will it be launched before 2012?
    - Will we ever be able to craft our own starships, much like the current Delta Flyer system?
    - Would it be possible to revamp the "Transwarp to Quonos/Spacedock", to a destination of OUR choosing?
    - Will we ever get a "Warp Engine" item slot, with variants providing new passive/active bonuses?

    Last but not least...

    - Would it be possible to make certain C-Store only ships (NX-Class, Oberth Class and TOS Connie come to mind), available by means of an ingame accolade? "Complete TOS-era time travel episodes = Rewards TOS Connie account-unlock" for example.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    Now that you can select any com-badge for almost every uniform is there an thought into doing the same with ranks?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    MartinM wrote: »
    ...
    Did we have life in our ship with inside missions?
    Are plans to have our own house or somethng different?
    Can we visit Veridian III to make an trip to the Enterprise D?
    ...

    Thanks for the great Game

    Seconded!
    Having your own Klingon house would be VERY cool, same as Veridian III with the Enterprise D f.e. as social map.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    The NEW Enterprise-F,It well be C-Store Item or it well be free?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    With the recent changes to the UI (incorporating ground ui in to shooter mode and space ui to have more freedom), are there any plans to make the space UI more customisable (and in fact saveable) so that it will be easier to change between ships quickly?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    come one close this and give us answers

    longer open more Questions= you have more Work or have to ignore more players
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    I know I already posted one question but I have another. Will the UI ever fully support joysticks. Those of us with a flight sim background like using joysticks for space combat, but having to rekey in two different areas every time when switching between ships is a pain. I would much rather remap in the ui. And it would be helpful if a profile could be saved for each ship. Right now as I see it the joystick option is just a dpad layout and I have to key actions to my keyboard, then use my joystick software to assign my buttons to the keyboard mapping.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    A number of folks such as myself are playing STO via Hotels or Wireless modems from the road on our latops. It would be nice to be able to monitor our connections and know when its our issue or the Servers so some simple lag'o'meter options would be welcome and if possible tweaks to allow us to optimize the gameclient for those situations.

    UI Improvement:
    A lag'o'meter similiar to Call of Duty's would be nice in order to track dropped packets ona slow connections

    An FPS meter would be usefull for this type of monitoring as well.

    Connection or speed settings in order to oprimize for a slow connection or a connection such as a 3G/4G modem. These settings are fine in a config file or UI as long as there is a little documentation for it we'll figure it out.....we're geeky that way.

    FyreMouse
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    FyreMouse wrote:
    A number of folks such as myself are playing STO via Hotels or Wireless modems from the road on our latops. It would be nice to be able to monitor our connections and know when its our issue or the Servers so some simple lag'o'meter options would be welcome and if possible tweaks to allow us to optimize the gameclient for those situations.

    UI Improvement:
    A lag'o'meter similiar to Call of Duty's would be nice in order to track dropped packets ona slow connections

    An FPS meter would be usefull for this type of monitoring as well.

    Connection or speed settings in order to oprimize for a slow connection or a connection such as a 3G/4G modem. These settings are fine in a config file or UI as long as there is a little documentation for it we'll figure it out.....we're geeky that way.

    FyreMouse
    i found out that Fraps and STO dont Work as good together then before 1.4 Patch can you cange that again ?

    i have my FPS at left Top Corner and sometimes it dont shows but if i click in game at that corner it shows again and was before 1,4 working fine
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    Keeping in mind Star Trek fans become attached to not just the captain but the crew as well, many STO gamers (who are not rabid MMO gamers) would like to keep their crew intact as most of the series did. Has their been any discussion or thought to allowing our BOFFs to progress in status as well as rank (say, go from white to purple over time) in some manner?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    W-T-Riker wrote:
    come one close this and give us answers

    longer open more Questions= you have more Work or have to ignore more players

    There have been times they gave us an Ask Cryptic and forgot to close the Question Submission Thread, so don't worry. We'll probably get an Ask Cryptic by Friday. :D:cool:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    Keeping in mind Star Trek fans become attached to not just the captain but the crew as well, many STO gamers (who are not rabid MMO gamers) would like to keep their crew intact as most of the series did. Has their been any discussion or thought to allowing our BOFFs to progress in status as well as rank (say, go from white to purple over time) in some manner?

    Seconded!
    And it would be nice having more real RPG options for our BOFFs like telling them to interact with objects or talking to NPCs.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    MartinM wrote: »
    Can we visit Veridian III to make an trip to the Enterprise D?

    This statement confuses me as the Ent-D was destroyed.
    That's why they made the Sovereign-Class Ent-E.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    Xavier_Q wrote:
    This statement confuses me as the Ent-D was destroyed.
    That's why they made the Sovereign-Class Ent-E.

    What about visiting the remains?
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