Credit Where Credit is Due: The Good News

greedo42

I just want to say that while I, and the vast majority of STO captains, haven't been shy about pointing out how awful the new forums are and how the transition was handled, I think some people deserve some praise. (Some good news has been buried in the chaos of the regime change. )

1) Heretic et. al.

The Starbase System mechanics look fascinating and well thought out. Superb! I can't wait exploring how it all works. Lets get this stuff on holodeck ASAP!

2) Starbase Art

The interior and exterior design of these things looks great! You really outdid yourselves here. Its also clear that new decorations and customization will be unlocked, so no doubt we will continue to be pleasantly surprised...

3) Foundry Updates on Tribble

New assets for our creative genuises are always welcome. Keep giving the "Founders" the tools they need to tell their stories!

4) No more Time Gating
The vault is no longer gated on Tribble. Thank you for listening Devs! No doubt you had to fight for that. Thank you.

5) Branflakes
He has had a tough job. Either he wasn't informed of the impending forumpocalypse, or he wasn't allowed to warn us about it. Whatever the background, he has shown graciousness and accessibility under fire, and is actively working to advocate for the community and restore as much of our old functionality and rich forum experience as he can. I'll join my voice to the many who have said that the rage was not directed at him personally. Thank you Brandon.

tobar26th

I couldn't agree more on most of that - Starbase interiors I'm a touch 'meh' on, I think they need a lot of work on their layout as they've got a lot of recycled and somewhat misplaced elements.


Otherwise? Awesomely agreeing.

blitzy4

Starbases look great, but that even the most basic items need to be 'uinlocked'?! I think that most fleet's will skip that if possible and go for useful upgrades.

Heck even the fireplace in the KDF 'lounge' can't have fire unless its unlocked. That's a bit obsessive

azurianstar

I don't like the Starbase system, mainly due to it being made for super-larger fleets and not the smaller 5-10 man fleets, which only have a few players online at any given time.

As for the Starbases themselves, the exteriors are nice. But the interiors are just more cut-and-paste jobs, which looks like people in the Foundry could do better (no offense). You have the Ready Room as the Main Office, Tactical is just the Lackey Base, you got constant reuse of the Laboratories...given they been working on this for months, at least the could've put more effort into these areas.


As for the Foundry changes, its a good start, but there is plenty of things need to be fixed before it goes live. Like those insanely small text boxes and those offsets, as well as the Ship Costumes and ship listing (still plenty of stuff missing from that list).

But inspite of my harsh criticism, I give the stuff on Tribble a B.

tangolight

azurianstar wrote: »

I don't like the Starbase system, mainly due to it being made for super-larger fleets and not the smaller 5-10 man fleets, which only have a few players online at any given time.

As someone who's in a small fleet with only 2 active people in it, I've been testing out the fleet stuff on Tribble, and I'm satisfied with the rate we'll end up progressing. The first few tiers seem doable, and I hope to maybe recruit 3 more active people so we might be able to do Fleet Alerts once in a while. (Looking for experienced MMOers who may or may not be new to Star Trek and are fine with mostly doing things solo!)

Sure, we'll lag behind larger fleets, and probably reach tier 3 a few months behind larger ones, but I think we'll still be able to feel like we're progressing.

talzerotwo

I am agreed, although I am primarily a pvper, I am enjoy all this extra content that's being worked on. I feel like I'm going to have much more to do and at the very least, maybe get more stories to come along with it. I'm very excited and things looks good

sierrafortune

greedo42 wrote: »

4) No more Time Gating
The vault is no longer gated on Tribble. Thank you for listening Devs! No doubt you had to fight for that. Thank you.

This. It's nice to see that Cryptic still listens to its playerbase on issues like this, and thanks to all the Devs for changing this, it sets a nice precedent for the future :cool:

truewarper

*Two Thumbs up*

greedo42 wrote: »

I just want to say that while I, and the vast majority of STO captains, haven't been shy about pointing out how awful the new forums are and how the transition was handled, I think some people deserve some praise. (Some good news has been buried in the chaos of the regime change. )

1) Heretic et. al.

The Starbase System mechanics look fascinating and well thought out. Superb! I can't wait exploring how it all works. Lets get this stuff on holodeck ASAP!

2) Starbase Art

The interior and exterior design of these things looks great! You really outdid yourselves here. Its also clear that new decorations and customization will be unlocked, so no doubt we will continue to be pleasantly surprised...

3) Foundry Updates on Tribble

New assets for our creative genuises are always welcome. Keep giving the "Founders" the tools they need to tell their stories!

4) No more Time Gating
The vault is no longer gated on Tribble. Thank you for listening Devs! No doubt you had to fight for that. Thank you.

5) Branflakes
He has had a tough job. Either he wasn't informed of the impending forumpocalypse, or he wasn't allowed to warn us about it. Whatever the background, he has shown graciousness and accessibility under fire, and is actively working to advocate for the community and restore as much of our old functionality and rich forum experience as he can. I'll join my voice to the many who have said that the rage was not directed at him personally. Thank you Brandon.