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Season 6 Dev Blog #24

pwebranflakespwebranflakes Member Posts: 7,741
edited August 2012 in Galactic News Network [PC]
Lead Content Designer Scott "Goatshark" Shicoff shares details about the fourth Starbase Featured Project in this entry of the Season 6 News Dev Blog series.


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  • ashkrik23ashkrik23 Member Posts: 10,809 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Still waiting on the hunting bar project. Wonder what the Ops improvements are for KDF.
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  • tobar26thtobar26th Member Posts: 799 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Nice. Is the bar part of the update or is that part of the bartender project? We haven't completed that yet.
  • nexus2251nexus2251 Member Posts: 26 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Still precious little information on the existing non-special projects :(
  • rifter1969rifter1969 Member Posts: 654 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Some clarification please....

    Starfleet SBs get an enhanced bar? Anything else? Hard to tell form the screen shot. :confused:


    Thanks.
  • ashkrik23ashkrik23 Member Posts: 10,809 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    tobar26th wrote: »
    Nice. Is the bar part of the update or is that part of the bartender project? We haven't completed that yet.

    Featured projects are separate.
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  • hyplhypl Member Posts: 3,719 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Chances are that's EXACTLY what you'll be forking 200,000k dilithium for. A shiny new bar and non-functional chess tables. :rolleyes:

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  • jcswwjcsww Member Posts: 6,828 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    The more of these we get, the less worth while they become. Is the chess playable? That would make this project worth while but I'm guessing it's just like the useless poker tables on our ship interior lounges.
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  • fallenhawkfallenhawk Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    I like the SB Bar just they way it is . -go back to dancing in middle of the bar-
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  • switchngcswitchngc Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    tobar26th wrote: »
    Nice. Is the bar part of the update or is that part of the bartender project? We haven't completed that yet.

    Nope, Bartender project is worthless. It is identical to your starship Bartender and has no graphical updates. That is purely from this (likely) 200K Dilithium Project
    nexus2251 wrote: »
    Still precious little information on the existing non-special projects :(

    Why should they actually tell you what you will get? Then you may not do the project.
    jcsww wrote: »
    The more of these we get, the less worth while they become.

    I agree. Though that seems to be par for the course for the whole Fleet Holdings system
  • f8explorer#7814 f8explorer
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    edited August 2012
    ashkrik23 wrote: »
    Still waiting on the hunting bar project. Wonder what the Ops improvements are for KDF.

    Same ... We are waiting for the roaring fire and the Mugato skin rug.
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  • usscapitalusscapital Member Posts: 985 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    the fed project seems rather poor compaired to the klingon project tbh :( , but thats just my opinion
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  • switchngcswitchngc Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
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    usscapital wrote: »
    the fed project seems rather poor compaired to the klingon project tbh :( , but thats just my opinion

    Actually, I was thinking exactly the opposite. At least with the Fed Project I could immediately see what was added (granted, I don't visit the KDF starbase as often)
  • usscapitalusscapital Member Posts: 985 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    switchngc wrote: »
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    Actually, I was thinking exactly the opposite. At least with the Fed Project I could immediately see what was added (granted, I don't visit the KDF starbase as often)

    was just on about from what i see in those pics ;)
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  • mindmagemindmage Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    200K of dilithium is too much for a cosmetic upgrade. 50K would be better.



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  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Just imagine how much resources a truly useful special project will cost; assuming there ever is one.
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  • general1devongeneral1devon Member Posts: 298 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    mindmage2 wrote: »
    200K of dilithium is too much for a cosmetic upgrade. 50K would be better.



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  • captan2er0captan2er0 Member Posts: 837 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    jcsww wrote: »
    The more of these we get, the less worth while they become. Is the chess playable? That would make this project worth while but I'm guessing it's just like the useless poker tables on our ship interior lounges.

    Agreed here. If you ask me, too much for too little. STO needs, we as players need, less fluff and more stuf (a.k.a. content). I don't know about the rest of the player base, but I'm tired of seeing endless amounts of fluff added with no actual story-based content. The invasion stuff is nice at first, but there is no real story to it and it gets really old really fast.

    Actual 3D chess feature would be a nice touch
    mindmage2 wrote: »
    200K of dilithium is too much for a cosmetic upgrade. 50K would be better.

    After the last round of "upgrades," I feel that eve 50K is too much. I mean, seriously, 200K in DL for Tribbles that are instanced for every person? No two people see the same tribble, and even those with lower end settings can't see them. Remind me of the motive behind these past the Tribbles 'n' Targs one?
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  • diogene0diogene0 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Another useless vanity project. It is consequently imperative to do it. It looks like a great one. :D
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  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    200,000 Dilithium for the Bar to get a shelf and some tables, while Klingons get.....displays? Just not feeling it.

    Sorry, but like the Tribbles and Targs, I'll just skip over the Tables and Displays.
  • captainjgeecaptainjgee Member Posts: 144 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    I'm so over Starbase Featured Projects and Fleet Starbase in general. It's just another attempt to get players to buy Zen, as there is no way to get the Dilithium to do all the projects with a 8,000 cap. Have you seen how the exchange price for Dilithium is falling, by the end of the year it will be 25 Dilithium to 1 Zen. Looks like a win for someone, just not the players again. :mad:
  • tebsutebsu Member Posts: 372 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    will save my dil for fleet ships - wont contribute to fleetprojects with it
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  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    captainjgee wrote: »
    I'm so over Starbase Featured Projects and Fleet Starbase in general. It's just another attempt to get players to buy Zen, as there is no way to get the Dilithium to do all the projects with a 8,000 cap.
    I earn over 17,000 Dilithium every day just playing 2-2.5 hours a day. My average month is somewhere between 500,000 and 600,000 Dilithium. All of it gets Refined and converted to Zen. I haven't purchased any CPs/Zen in 7 months. I currently have over 15,000 Zen on my account and have purchased every Fed ship and uniform released into the game. If Cryptic's only goal was to make players buy Zen none of that would be possible for me.

    If someone wants the Feature Project, great! Get it; but it's certainly not required. Ultimately it's just a way for large Fleets to let all their members earn some FCs. When you have a Fleet with 200+ people in it the small projects can fill up quickly, so the Feature Projects are a way for everyone to contribute.

    And what is 200,000 Dilithium, anyway? In a Fleet of 10 people that's 20,000 each. Even if you only do 8,000 Dilithium per say it only takes 2.5 days to get to 20,000. So in 3 days your 10-person Fleet can have the project done. Wow! You can accomplish in 3 days what they give you 2 weeks to do.
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  • jjumetleyjjumetley Member Posts: 281 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    captainjgee wrote: »
    I'm so over Starbase Featured Projects and Fleet Starbase in general. It's just another attempt to get players to buy Zen, as there is no way to get the Dilithium to do all the projects with a 8,000 cap. Have you seen how the exchange price for Dilithium is falling, by the end of the year it will be 25 Dilithium to 1 Zen. Looks like a win for someone, just not the players again. :mad:
    From my point of view 25 dilithium for 1 Zen is a fantastic thing, and I'm a player so it's a win. Should I remind you that for a long time Zen was heavily overpriced? Now it might be slightly underpriced. It's a free market and a normal thing it's oscillating.
  • suavekssuaveks Member Posts: 1,736 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    And I thought tribbles and targs were a poor joke...


    Cryptic should really consider lowering the price of these useless decorations by half. I imagine it would be better to encourage more fleets to start a cheaper project, rather than discouraging them from even starting the projects to begin with, because of how expensive they are...

    KDF also seem like an afterthought. I don't even know what this particular project is - two monitors? Is that it? What happened to the bar decorations so often promoted before Season 6 launch? Will we be gettin them anytime soon(tm)?

    Reluctantly my fleet started the Tribbles and Targs, for some few tribble fans that were willing to contribute. This time though... no... we'd rather save our dilithium for other projects. After Tier 2 they get pretty expensive anyways.
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  • nyniknynik Member Posts: 1,628 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    It would be cool if that 3D Chess was a functional minigame.
  • sortofsortof Member Posts: 196 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    tebsu wrote: »
    will save my dil for fleet ships - wont contribute to fleetprojects with it

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  • sortofsortof Member Posts: 196 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    suaveks wrote: »
    And I thought tribbles and targs were a poor joke...


    Cryptic should really consider lowering the price of these useless decorations by half. I imagine it would be better to encourage more fleets to start a cheaper project, rather than discouraging them from even starting the projects to begin with, because of how expensive they are...

    KDF also seem like an afterthought. I don't even know what this particular project is - two monitors? Is that it? What happened to the bar decorations so often promoted before Season 6 launch? Will we be gettin them anytime soon(tm)?

    Reluctantly my fleet started the Tribbles and Targs, for some few tribble fans that were willing to contribute. This time though... no... we'd rather save our dilithium for other projects. After Tier 2 they get pretty expensive anyways.

    It makes perfect sense. Players play so they would win. Not doing the special project, you lose an opportunity. Lose being the magic word. Noone want's to lose. Hence, you fork out the 200k dilithium. Because you are afraid of becoming a loser. This is just a trait we have today, omg, I don't wnat to lose anything. I am entitled to have all, and always win ! And in our desperate search for permawin, we became losers.
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  • jjumetleyjjumetley Member Posts: 281 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    sortof wrote: »
    You won't get the fleet provision for it than, if your fleet leaders have any mind.
    A player can contribute a wide range of items. Not only dilithium.
  • dkratascodkratasco Member Posts: 585 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Cryptic is proud of customization options which players have with their characters, even Mr. Sthal spoke about it in Ask Cryptic or State of Game. Space stations were have to be same, unique for every Fleet, right now I'm all most sure that all stations look exactly the same.

    Instead those so called spacial projects which mostly are joke you should give Fleet leaders or any other person with correct fleet permission to use foundry and design which elements should be put in actual interior. Depending on which elements were used in project game system will calculate cost for Fleet project.

    For example I'd like to put three ship models on wall in Ops and a chair under them. Each model have base cost: 2500 GPL, 50 dilithium and 2 Self sealing steambolts and chair require 50 Provisions. So Fleet must pay 7500 GPL, 150 dilithium, 6 Self sealing steambolts and 50 Provisions to activated new project for furniture.

    This will make each Starbase unique, not that "special projects" same for every Fleet.
  • danielpenfolddanielpenfold Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    I like the new stuff that has been added to the starbase and that, at the momnet. And that is all i can say.
    I'm so happy :D
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