You're right about the whole shuttle part. They said that in addition to the new sector, there would also be a new fleet holding, an embassy. The shuttle is going to be taking us there from our fleet base, which is probably what that "interior" people were discovering during the early weeks of season 6. I smell a proper shuttlebay coming soon for both ships and starbases.
You're right about the whole shuttle part. They said that in addition to the new sector, there would also be a new fleet holding, an embassy. The shuttle is going to be taking us there from our fleet base, which is probably what that "interior" people were discovering during the early weeks of season 6. I smell a proper shuttlebay coming soon for both ships and starbases.
It will probably act like Transwarp to Starbase does and send you back where you came from when you leave the system
I hope that Khitomer is set up as a social zone where we can see the complex where the Original Khitomer Conference took place. Maybe even have a display to show the Khitomer Accords hard copy.
I hope that Khitomer is set up as a social zone where we can see the complex where the Original Khitomer Conference took place. Maybe even have a display to show the Khitomer Accords hard copy.
That would be nice, especially if there was another Khitomer Conference being held, which would install the third Khitomer Accords, and extend it to the Romulans.
Of course, given the war going on, the Iconian hostility and J'mpok as Chancellor, the story of STO would need to be progressed.
I hope that Khitomer is set up as a social zone where we can see the complex where the Original Khitomer Conference took place. Maybe even have a display to show the Khitomer Accords hard copy.
I have a feeling that the first target that an invading Romulan orbital bombardment would have hit, would have been the revered site of the signing of the Klingon/Federation peace treaty.
Of course, according to Voyager, an obelisk was supposedly erected there, memorializing the dead, but erected by whom is an interesting question, since the colonists who did survive were moved to another planet, and there's no canon mention of Khitomer being retaken by or returned to the Klingon Empire. Perhaps the Romulans felt bad about it later... they're big on Obelisks.
In the STO timeline, Khitomer was apparently snagged back by the Klingons during that whole Shinzon business that never happened. Maybe in the decades since, the Klingons rebuilt the site of Camp Khitomer, but given their present stance with the Federation, I doubt that they'd bother.
I'm not seeing any mention of anything time gated in the blog
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It mentioned extra rewards if played in a calendar event, and I think people misread it and thought that it could ONLY be done in that time zone. Simple misunderstanding.
It mentioned extra rewards if played in a calendar event, and I think people misread it and thought that it could ONLY be done in that time zone. Simple misunderstanding.
Ah, okay. Bonus rewards here are like the Fleet Mark event, STF days, etc. Sorry for the confusion.
I have a feeling that the first target that an invading Romulan orbital bombardment would have hit, would have been the revered site of the signing of the Klingon/Federation peace treaty.
Of course, according to Voyager, an obelisk was supposedly erected there, memorializing the dead, but erected by whom is an interesting question, since the colonists who did survive were moved to another planet, and there's no canon mention of Khitomer being retaken by or returned to the Klingon Empire. Perhaps the Romulans felt bad about it later... they're big on Obelisks.
In the STO timeline, Khitomer was apparently snagged back by the Klingons during that whole Shinzon business that never happened. Maybe in the decades since, the Klingons rebuilt the site of Camp Khitomer, but given their present stance with the Federation, I doubt that they'd bother.
I'd hate for it to be "just nuked" because it's an iconic location, one of those places that's burned into your brain.
I'd much rather see it torn up and covered in vines, debris, phaser burns, and skeletons.
Turn it into a PvP map or a haunted house-type 5 man.
I'd rather have that than treat it as "totally nuked."
So what you're saying is, Tholians time traveled into the past to ruin the planet, so they get Archer involved in the Temporal War, which in time helped found the Federation of Planets, which makes them a threat to themselves by thwarting their plans?
I'm not quite sure how you inferred that line of reasoning. But to be clear, what I was suggesting was that in the present the Tholians may seemingly be interested in a number of planets in this sector block, since it seems the Romulans in the screenshots for this dev blog show them fighting Tholians. Exactly how is the Suliban homeworld currently uninhabitable for humanoid lifeforms? Is it too cold, or deathly hot? The latter of which would foster appropriate conditions for the Tholians to consider colonization.
Bad decisions that could be forced on them for all we know, courtesy of PWE's 'influence' on the game.
All of which started when PWE bought them. Doesn't really seem like a coincidence to me...
Of course, that's just my opinion. Who knows what's really the case?
Didn't I once see that PWE wanted STO "Aisan-ized" to attempt to make money off both the western (US) and Eastern markets?
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I'm not seeing any mention of anything time gated in the blog
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=
Um.....
and bonus rewards will be awarded if played during special timeslots found on the hourly event calendar
Do correct me if I'm wrong, but isnt the "hourly event calender" mean it's time gated? Well the bonus, but then again people mostly play during the bonus times since thats the only time you can get a group together
Do correct me if I'm wrong, but isnt the "hourly event calender" mean it's time gated? Well the bonus, but then again people mostly play during the bonus times since thats the only time you can get a group together
I wouldn't consider bonus rewards timegating, no. If the missions themselves were only available at certain times, then yes.
Do correct me if I'm wrong, but isnt the "hourly event calender" mean it's time gated? Well the bonus, but then again people mostly play during the bonus times since thats the only time you can get a group together
Bonus rewards means, by definition, an addition to the standard rewards. And unless we're both mistaken, he did NOT say the standard rewards were only available during timeslots.
It's probably a lot like the Fleet Marks events: you earn Fleet marks anyway doing certain missions, but you get bonus Fleet Marks by doing them during a special timeslot. Not required to do, or even necessary, but it's an option for you.
And it sounds like something similiar here, to me at least.
Edit: pwebranflakes beat me to it :P
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You do get 480 Dil when the event's not running, per run If during the event, the Datalogs replace the Dil instead
Problem here is that nobody plays vault outside the hourly event. So by a technicality you are limited with this one.
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-The actions of Cryptic, on the other hand......
Lol, Tau Camel (Dewa is similar to Deva, which is the Croatian word for "Camel")? 1 hump or 2 humps? :P
No Humps... Just a few Toes... <chuckle>
They forgot to add the ICONIA System...
Which should be above the Archer System and some where to the right of the Nequencia System.
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Didn't I once see that PWE wanted STO "Aisan-ized" to attempt to make money off both the western (US) and Eastern markets?
Frankly, I think it's entirely possible that this entire idea of 'Asianifying' the game could be anywhere on the spectrum from 'totally true' to 'totally made-up.' While it's undoubted that PWE has had at least SOME influence, I also think it's entirely possible that PWE doesn't really CARE all that much so long as Cryptic brings home the bacon, and possibly follows some mandates from on high, e.g. helping with R&D, and possibly putting lockboxes in.
Something that needs to be kept in mind is that PWE will do with Cryptic whatever PWE thinks will boost its bottom line. It's not trying to float an ideology, really. If it's "dictate their every move," they'll do that. If it's "who cares so long as we see the green," they'll do that, too. Though IMO they are PROBABLY smart enough to know a completely Asian model simply won't work in North America, and Cryptic's stuff is almost entirely geared towards a Western audience. If this company was willing to throw millions and millions of dollars to try to get a foothold in North America, they probably did at least a little research on the issue. That said, I could be completely wrong, save for the fact that PWE is more interested in whatever will make it more money than anything else.
I wouldn't consider bonus rewards timegating, no. If the missions themselves were only available at certain times, then yes.
Cheers,
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Well, "The Vault" could as well be completely timegated, since the Data Logs ONLY drop while the event is live, for that one hour.
With the quality of Pugs at the moment, and the increased difficulty, i get, if i'm lucky, one Datalog per Event.
-> getting 90 of those for the XII Set? ...for more than one character?
That makes the random STF Mk XII Tech drops odds look more reliable than ever getting a Reman XII Set.
Please change the name of the sector - "Tau Dewa" wtf is that? Need something friendlier/commercial?
Give it a better name or better still ask the community for one
If ya check out the Star Trek Maps, there is actually a Dewa System located in that area...
To bad They Didn't Actually Include It, in the new Zone. :rolleyes:
Personally I would have picked Zeta Pictoris, it's a more prominant system on the maps.
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Though IMO they are PROBABLY smart enough to know a completely Asian model simply won't work in North America, and Cryptic's stuff is almost entirely geared towards a Western audience.
Well, while PWE would only have to look at NCSoft to see how "well" that kind of customer shoe-horning works, Cryptic has established a track record of selling themselves to such markets. PWE may not be quite the "grind til your eyes bleed" mentality, but they're obviously more than willing to nickel-and-dime a game away.
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It will probably act like Transwarp to Starbase does and send you back where you came from when you leave the system
That would be nice, especially if there was another Khitomer Conference being held, which would install the third Khitomer Accords, and extend it to the Romulans.
Of course, given the war going on, the Iconian hostility and J'mpok as Chancellor, the story of STO would need to be progressed.
Wasn't the Khitomer colony destroyed (only two survivors, one being Worf) by a Romulan attack and then the planet and system annexed by the Romulan Star Empire? http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Khitomer and http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Khitomer_Massacre
I have a feeling that the first target that an invading Romulan orbital bombardment would have hit, would have been the revered site of the signing of the Klingon/Federation peace treaty.
Of course, according to Voyager, an obelisk was supposedly erected there, memorializing the dead, but erected by whom is an interesting question, since the colonists who did survive were moved to another planet, and there's no canon mention of Khitomer being retaken by or returned to the Klingon Empire. Perhaps the Romulans felt bad about it later... they're big on Obelisks.
In the STO timeline, Khitomer was apparently snagged back by the Klingons during that whole Shinzon business that never happened. Maybe in the decades since, the Klingons rebuilt the site of Camp Khitomer, but given their present stance with the Federation, I doubt that they'd bother.
I'm not seeing any mention of anything time gated in the blog
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=
It mentioned extra rewards if played in a calendar event, and I think people misread it and thought that it could ONLY be done in that time zone. Simple misunderstanding.
Ah, okay. Bonus rewards here are like the Fleet Mark event, STF days, etc.
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=
I'd hate for it to be "just nuked" because it's an iconic location, one of those places that's burned into your brain.
I'd much rather see it torn up and covered in vines, debris, phaser burns, and skeletons.
Turn it into a PvP map or a haunted house-type 5 man.
I'd rather have that than treat it as "totally nuked."
I'm not quite sure how you inferred that line of reasoning. But to be clear, what I was suggesting was that in the present the Tholians may seemingly be interested in a number of planets in this sector block, since it seems the Romulans in the screenshots for this dev blog show them fighting Tholians. Exactly how is the Suliban homeworld currently uninhabitable for humanoid lifeforms? Is it too cold, or deathly hot? The latter of which would foster appropriate conditions for the Tholians to consider colonization.
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Didn't I once see that PWE wanted STO "Aisan-ized" to attempt to make money off both the western (US) and Eastern markets?
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You've seen PLAYERS say that, yes.
That's never been said by PWE or Cryptic and I think the truth there is considerably more nuanced.
Um.....
I wouldn't consider bonus rewards timegating, no. If the missions themselves were only available at certain times, then yes.
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=
It's probably a lot like the Fleet Marks events: you earn Fleet marks anyway doing certain missions, but you get bonus Fleet Marks by doing them during a special timeslot. Not required to do, or even necessary, but it's an option for you.
And it sounds like something similiar here, to me at least.
Edit: pwebranflakes beat me to it :P
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I'm a bit more iffy on The Vault. Do you get ANYTHING outside the windows?
I wouldn't consider STFs timegated because you can still make progress outside the window. Likewise the Invasion zones.
You can only advance your Reman sets by playing in the Vault window event.
If it's like Nukara Prime or STFs, cool. If it's like the Vault, enh.
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Problem here is that nobody plays vault outside the hourly event. So by a technicality you are limited with this one.
-Rule of Acquisition #113: Always have sex with the boss.
-I am one of the many victims from the hijacked Caspian Division.
I will not let the childish acts of a criminal ruin this game for me.
-The actions of Cryptic, on the other hand......
No Humps... Just a few Toes... <chuckle>
They forgot to add the ICONIA System...
Which should be above the Archer System and some where to the right of the Nequencia System.
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The Reman Mk XII set isn't good enough to gate as hard as they gated it, IMHO. It seems like a cloaking, plasma torpedo boat set.
So... Ah... Mainly good for KDF and Galaxy-X and even then not with the preferred builds.
Frankly, I think it's entirely possible that this entire idea of 'Asianifying' the game could be anywhere on the spectrum from 'totally true' to 'totally made-up.' While it's undoubted that PWE has had at least SOME influence, I also think it's entirely possible that PWE doesn't really CARE all that much so long as Cryptic brings home the bacon, and possibly follows some mandates from on high, e.g. helping with R&D, and possibly putting lockboxes in.
Something that needs to be kept in mind is that PWE will do with Cryptic whatever PWE thinks will boost its bottom line. It's not trying to float an ideology, really. If it's "dictate their every move," they'll do that. If it's "who cares so long as we see the green," they'll do that, too. Though IMO they are PROBABLY smart enough to know a completely Asian model simply won't work in North America, and Cryptic's stuff is almost entirely geared towards a Western audience. If this company was willing to throw millions and millions of dollars to try to get a foothold in North America, they probably did at least a little research on the issue. That said, I could be completely wrong, save for the fact that PWE is more interested in whatever will make it more money than anything else.
Give it a better name or better still ask the community for one
Well, "The Vault" could as well be completely timegated, since the Data Logs ONLY drop while the event is live, for that one hour.
With the quality of Pugs at the moment, and the increased difficulty, i get, if i'm lucky, one Datalog per Event.
-> getting 90 of those for the XII Set? ...for more than one character?
That makes the random STF Mk XII Tech drops odds look more reliable than ever getting a Reman XII Set.
If ya check out the Star Trek Maps, there is actually a Dewa System located in that area...
To bad They Didn't Actually Include It, in the new Zone. :rolleyes:
Personally I would have picked Zeta Pictoris, it's a more prominant system on the maps.
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How is "Tau Dewa" any worse than "Iota Pavonis", "Psi Velorum", "Pi Canis", "Omega Leonis", "Eta Eridani", "Zeta Andromedae", "Beta Ursae", "Alpha Trianguli" or "Gamma Orionis"?
Probably because they already have it in the Iota Pavonis Block...
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