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Spotlight on the Foundry - 12/21/2012

pwebranflakespwebranflakes Member Posts: 7,741
edited December 2012 in Galactic News Network [PC]
This week's spotlighted mission is "First Cause, Then Effect" by RogueEnterprise. Read more to learn about this incredible player-made mission.


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  • diotwdiotw Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    This was one of the first Foundry missions I ever played, and it's still one of the best. I've played it again on my first alt, and now I'll take the time to play it on my second. RogueEnterprise is one of the best authors out there!
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    This character is why I don't play my Romulan any more. Tovan Khev is NOT my BFF! Get him off my bridge!
  • meurikmeurik Member Posts: 856 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Just played through the mission (first time for me). Was really well done, and a nice homage to one of my favorite TNG episodes. My only issue, is that I would've preferred seeing more than 1 deck on the transport (bridge and transporter room on Deck 1, Shuttlebay, Crew Quarters, Mess Hall and Engineering on Deck 2).

    I'm confused about these "Spotlight Missions". Wasn't the whole idea of the revamped Journal, to provide additional incentives to spotlighted missions? I ran this mission, and had the "Investigate Officer Reports" mission accepted. Upon completion, I got exactly the same rewards as usual. No bonus. Any idea, Mr BranFlakes?
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  • pwebranflakespwebranflakes Member Posts: 7,741
    edited December 2012
    meurik wrote: »
    I'm confused about these "Spotlight Missions". Wasn't the whole idea of the revamped Journal, to provide additional incentives to spotlighted missions? I ran this mission, and had the "Investigate Officer Reports" mission accepted. Upon completion, I got exactly the same rewards as usual. No bonus. Any idea, Mr BranFlakes?

    The spotlight missions you'll be seeing are spotlighted because they are among the best, and will typically qualify for the IOR repeatable. Having them in on the journal front page allows players to easily accept them, as well as easy access to past spotlights (we'll be adding past missions in during the coming weeks). Also, in the very near future, we'll be adding special, extra rewards for completing the spotlight missions (I think it will be a daily). This was in testing on Tribble pre-Season 7 but did not go live due to a few bugs. Once those are worked out, you'll see them available on Holodeck.

    Cheers,

    Brandon =/\=
  • darkenzedddarkenzedd Member Posts: 881
    edited December 2012
    I love this mission. As said by others, it was one of the first foundry missions that got me into playing them.

    Looking forward to the spotlight rewards coming, will be good to replay it again.
  • khamseenairkhamseenair Member Posts: 2,644 Bug Hunter
    edited December 2012
    Really enjoyable mission. I hadn't ever played it before so was glad it came up on here. I've now recommended it to all of my friends. Great story and fun to play.
    Join date is wrong, I've actually been around since STO Beta.
    True alters don't have a "main". Account wide unlocks for all unique event rewards!!
  • diotwdiotw Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Seriously, this mission wouldn't be out of place in the Klingon War story missions! It's that good.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
    This character is why I don't play my Romulan any more. Tovan Khev is NOT my BFF! Get him off my bridge!
  • rogueeenterpriserogueeenterprise Member Posts: 299 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Hey guys, author here... thanks so much for the nice comments about my mission! Glad it's getting this kind of feedback from forumites. I realize it's not perfect but I tried to do some crazy stuff and I think in general it seems to be going over well. So thanks again!
  • psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I played a bunch of Foundries today, but somehow forgot to check out the spotlight. :o I'll play through it tomorrow.

    On, and congrats!
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    "Critics who say that the optimistic utopia Star Trek depicted is now outmoded forget the cultural context that gave birth to it: Star Trek was not a manifestation of optimism when optimism was easy. Star Trek declared a hope for a future that nobody stuck in the present could believe in. For all our struggles today, we haven’t outgrown the need for stories like Star Trek. We need tales of optimism, of heroes, of courage and goodness now as much as we’ve ever needed them."
    -Thomas Marrone
  • luxchristianluxchristian Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Hey guys, author here... thanks so much for the nice comments about my mission! Glad it's getting this kind of feedback from forumites. I realize it's not perfect but I tried to do some crazy stuff and I think in general it seems to be going over well. So thanks again!

    Hoi, I played your mission yesterday and it really is an awesome mission :-)

    It is better than some missions from Cryptic :)
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