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Season 6 Dev Blog #11

pwebranflakespwebranflakes Member Posts: 7,741
edited July 2012 in Galactic News Network [PC]
Lead Content Designer Scott "Goatshark" Shicoff shares details about the upcoming Tholian Incursion event in this entry of the Season 6 News Dev Blog series.


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  • dmfreddie_1426533189dmfreddie_1426533189 Member Posts: 84 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    My question is: is when will we get the standard issue (voyager or enterprise e) style EVA suits!?! :P
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  • averyddaverydd Member Posts: 74 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Looking forward to it.

    Really hoping S6 releases thursday
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  • brigadooombrigadooom Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Darned Tholians being all enigmatic and such. How long until we get a Legendary Tholian Bridge Officer? :P
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  • zerobangzerobang Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    thats an almost perfect picture for the news...

    just... that Phaser Rifle Art Asset... *sigh*
    can we PLEASE have some proper TNG Movie Era Rifle Replicas ?

    ( and yes i WILL keep nagging you on every opportunity i get until you finally do it :P )
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  • f8explorer#7814 f8explorer
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    edited July 2012
    Really looking forward to this one as the Tribble test missions were loads of fun!
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  • nyiadnyiad Member Posts: 220 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    TNG EV suit ftw!

    Now pls fix the launcher / stability so I can play! :D :P :rolleyes:
  • captainbaldycaptainbaldy Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Can we pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease have those awesome First Contact-style EV suits? :D
  • sierrafortunesierrafortune Member Posts: 129 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    The Tholian Incursion is always available to players who have reached Vice Admiral or Lieutenant General Rank, and bonus rewards will be awarded if played during special timeslots found on the daily event calendar.

    You guys taught PW the meaning of Calendars! Huzzah for the death of content gating!
  • diogene0diogene0 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    averydd wrote: »
    Looking forward to it.

    Really hoping S6 releases thursday

    Devs working last saturday, massive pre-patching, intensive tribble patching, a 7h update (expect 12) on thursday, and you're still hoping. It will be on thursday, there is no doubt about it. :D
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  • psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Sounds awesome. Is there a release date for season 6 yet?
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  • diogene0diogene0 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Meh everyone is talking about it now... Just read this thread.
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  • fauxpasiiifauxpasiii Member Posts: 72 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Many thanks for making this event available 24/7. This is the way to do time-boxed events (bonuses at certain times) if you feel that time-boxing is necessary.

    So yeah... Thanks!
  • alarikunalarikun Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    No. Just no. None of the Tholian stuff requires more than 1 person, EXCEPT for the "Hard Boss." The rest of the stuff, I did alone... effortlessly. This stuff needs serious rebalancing if they plan on releasing it on Thursday. I mean... I did the final boss with one other friend... with characters who aren't even NEAR fully upgraded. I had MKVIII equipment mostly.
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  • brackynewsbrackynews Member Posts: 132 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    brigadooom wrote: »
    Darned Tholians being all enigmatic and such. How long until we get a Legendary Tholian Bridge Officer? :P
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  • jkstocbrjkstocbr Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Had to stop playing this addictive zone on Tribble before I burn out pre-S6 :p Very happy this is not gated content! Another Kill Accolade to work towards :).
  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    diogene0 wrote: »
    Devs working last saturday, massive pre-patching, intensive tribble patching, a 7h update (expect 12) on thursday, and you're still hoping. It will be on thursday, there is no doubt about it. :D

    i doubt it will come out on Thursday, they are going to be dealing with the Z Store and the hordes of mathematically impaired players. i'm pretty sure they want the Z store out first so when S6 comes it will be a smooth transition without worrying about Z store.
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  • zeuxidemus001zeuxidemus001 Member Posts: 3,357 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    neoakiraii wrote: »
    i doubt it will come out on Thursday, they are going to be dealing with the Z Store and the hordes of mathematically impaired players. i'm pretty sure they want the Z store out first so when S6 comes it will be a smooth transition without worrying about Z store.

    ROFL no doubt... I had like an hour bout with one fleet member yesterday who was so mathematically impaired that it was pointless to try to teach them 3rd grade math 80 points per dollar is still 80 points per dollar... It is a conspiracy...
  • tacofangstacofangs Member Posts: 2,951 Cryptic Developer
    edited July 2012
    brackynews wrote: »
    You figure out a chair design that works, and I'll crank up the temperature. :cool:

    LOL! You have no idea how funny this is to me. . . :D
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  • charliescot25charliescot25 Member Posts: 269 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    I suspect it will be released end of the month.
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  • qordaqqordaq Member Posts: 129 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    I have read a few folks complain that this zone is "Too Easy"... However, I have been having a lot of fun with it, and even if it is very straight-forward, it makes for a nice alternative for a solo-player to earn some Fleet Marks without worrying about queuing-related issues and so on.

    It feels like some lessons were learned from the Defera event frankly, and implemented in this updated version. In particular, I like how the open zone concept fuses with a nearly linear progressive meta-mission. In other-words, a player (or group) can set out to complete the entire mini-arc of individual missions, which put together more or less form a contiguous story. All the while allowing for the social-zone feel of Defera--but with more of a focus in my opinion.

    The fact that missions items can be collected and mission progress saved between instances of play, also means it's a cool diversion while waiting for other mission-timers to cool down, which can be dropped at any time and easily picked back up again.

    For those who feel it's too easy, I hear what you are saying, but I feel that the game needed additional "End-game" content that was a little less challenging than most of the rest... Not to mention a quick way to solo some Fleet Marks when needed.

    Also, I really like the new gear ideas.

    The new EV suits are not OP compared to most Armor of similar level, but are still useful in the context for which they were designed... This opens up the potential for additional content in the future which can really make use of EV suits.

    While I understand the frustration of those players who cannot use their (hard-won) STF gear in an environment where such gear would possibly make logical sense, I also see the benefit of offering a new type of armor that has a specific purpose in the game--surviving in a hazardous environment.

    Additionally, since some of this new gear is also part of a set (or multiple sets?) it gives those that already have their STF and/or Jem'hadar sets something new to work towards.

    Overall, I feel that the Tholian ground incursion is a step in the right direction for future casual but still fun new content. The fact that general usage here is not time-gated is probably the best part of the whole design.

    I am really enjoying play-testing this on Tribble right now, and look forward to it on Holodeck.

    Great job on this one Cryptic!
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  • pyrophilepyrophile Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    alarikun wrote: »
    No. Just no. None of the Tholian stuff requires more than 1 person, EXCEPT for the "Hard Boss." The rest of the stuff, I did alone... effortlessly. This stuff needs serious rebalancing if they plan on releasing it on Thursday. I mean... I did the final boss with one other friend... with characters who aren't even NEAR fully upgraded. I had MKVIII equipment mostly.

    But you don't know if they've changed it all yet.
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