03 February 2012 | Its the show so nice we are going to air it twice! We are joined by Cryptic Lead Designer, Al Rivera on the show this week! He answers your questions, and in such great detail, that we had to split the show into two parts. Al answers some of our questions and a metric ton of community questions. There is quite possibly more information in this one interview, than in all our previous interviews combined! Thank you Al, this was a treat for us and, we hope, for our listeners. Enjoy Part One of Episode 66 and tune in Monday February 6th to hear Part 2, the thrilling conclusion of Episode 66, Al Good Things.
Our Blank of the Week features a couple of fantastic Videos and a message from a friend. First, Lily Garrett produced a shockingly good
STO Anniversary Tribute Video, to mark the occasion. And not to be outdone, Cryptic released an awesome promo video for the forthcoming
Dominion Featured Episode Series. Also we take a minute to talk about Adam Ihle, the creator of the U.S.S. Enterprise - F. He finds himself
in need of some assistance, and the Star Trek Community is here to prove that we are the living Roddenberry Vision. Make it so!
In STO News, we cover
Season 5 Dev Diary entries 15, 16 and 17, which feature news from Stephen D'Angelo on the upcoming Dominion Series, STO's move to STEAM, and the Foundry Author's Tip Jar, as well as highlights from the
recent patch notes!
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Comments
"Let's watch the video"... 2 seconds later... "That was Epic!" LOL
Adam Ihle also makes an "apperance" in the Odyssey Shack Down at Utopia Planitia, as Commander Ihle.
SOooooo... Hiring Podcasters.... I know of one that may be of use to you.
Not me of course. I'm way to unstable for game development.
Yo Al, you never comment on my part of the question about KDF uniforms, did the Orions not have any clothing of their own style before joining the klingons other than the few minor items?
I rather wish the press releases (aka Dev Diaries) were reported with a little more... analysis or at least context. James parroted DD#16 about STO appearing on Steam, without the tiny bit of context that D'Angelo was talking about Steam's Free Games section and not its catalogue. James made it sound "totally new, tell your friends." Yes, do tell your friends! But I bought STO on Steam last summer on a $5 sale. Been launching it using Steam ever since.
First paragraph:
Nitpicky sure, I admit. And I'm sorry that it bugged me enough to write about. But I don't believe there's such a thing as being too accurate in news reporting. Not in an age with circular wikipedia references. Context and analysis is what separates facts from fan service.
This does raise the question of whether the game could use Son'a mixed in with its Dominion/True Way mobs.
Why all the hate? They didn't spend the entire podcast QQ'ing about how much they are ready to ragequit, unlike Mav from RedShirtArmy, and they don't ACTUALLY ragequit on air and slap an entire gaming community and its developers in the face, unlike Chris Fisher from STOked. When I want to feel good and excited about STO, I will listen to PriorityOne. When I want to feel let down, disappointed, and ragey, I will come here and read one of D'Angelo's dev diaries. Simple as that.
My point is that whatever gets you off or turns you on, this community has what you need. You will never find criticism or hate of STO on PriorityOne, though, for better or for worse. If that's what you need, tune in to RSA and listen to Mav complain and moan while Cohas tries to keep the show together.
I'm hoping Al Rivera can comment on this:
During the interview I recall the talk about the Roddenberry rules of design. If I remember correctly, he said the followed it or along those lines. But yet with the new BortaS class, it completely ignores that rule. The Warp Nacelles line of sight rules was completely is ignored.
Why?
Is the BortaS going to get revamped to obey this traditional rule or you guys going to throw it out the door now?
So, not all of them reintegrated into the Baku.
Has nothing to do with rage quitting, it does have to do with asking the good with the bad. When Cryptic is due praise, I have no problem with it. When they TRIBBLE up they deserve to be asked the hard questions and sometimes need to be put on the spot. Example, what is hard about asking when bugs that have existed from launch are still out there, or broken basic mechanics are left to rot for over a year going to be fixed. Even something as easy as when ships listed in Cryptic's on F2P blogs are going to be released. If tough questions aren't asked when warranted, especially on a podcast where there is visability, how is the game ever going to improve?