1: For a long time now, DSE maps have been severely bugged (I like to call this one the White Cloud of Lag). It's been posted on the forums many a time, bug reports have been submitted, and the devs have said they're aware of it. Why has this not been fixed? It's one of two bugs with the Red Alerts that make them unplayable (the other is the bug that makes you spawn into an empty map - that needs fixing, too).
2: A while back, when you released the Bortasqu', you added an "Immunity to Teleport" stat to several abilities, including AP:O. This stat, however, seems to make players immune to almost ALL forms of Crowd Control (especially tractor beams). So, this question is two fold: A) Is this "working as intended" or is this a bug? When will we see it removed, so it only affects Teleport? It makes AP:O way too powerful. If it's a bug, it needs fixing. If it's intentional, it was a bad call.
3: Crew in this game is pretty much useless, since no one sits there and waits for innate healing. And, since the healing is so low, it doesn't matter. What ways have you thought about to make Crew worth it, or would you be open to suggestions?
4: In a recent interview (and later on the STO forums), Geko effectively said that you're not going to balance the game so that you can sell more (that was at least the impression he gave). Since this would inevitably be the death of the game and CERTAINLY bad for sales in the long-term, when will we see a major balance pass for this game?
5: It might be a LITTLE early to ask this particular question, but when might we see LoR on TRIBBLE? I'd hope that an update so big would go through extensive testing (like CE is now) before going in, to make sure it's not game-breaking.
6: Will the Romulan Republic have their own Sector Block (Like the Feds have in Sirius and the KDF does in Omega Leonis)? What is the name of the Republic's new Capitol World?
7: Tour the Galaxy is one of my favorite events, and is a major boon of EC gain in the game. Will we see anything similar to this anytime soon?
Are there plans to add new story missions involving the Undine, especially within the story arcs for the Klingon and upcoming Romulan factions? Considering the backstory for the game involves the Undine infiltrating practically everyone, and the Klingons are supposedly looking for them, it seems odd that Klingon players don't face the Undine until the last two story-arc missions.
Why I can?t play with a Romulus faction, I only have 2 options: Federations or Klingon, but nothing about Romulus...???
The Romulan Faction is for the May Update. The countdown was for the official announcement of the May Update, not for the update itself. You will be able to play as a Romulan on May 21st. As it says on the teaser site.
3 simple Questions
1, will there be more Elite versions of missions added?
to me and meny people in my fleets, there the only real end game content make easy version for pugs and add more Elite versions for us, that have got the Elite team commander accolade please
know this one wont get answered but ill ask any way
2, will the dev team make a real effort at fixing bugs over the next 2 months or are u just going to keep adding small things that will probably add more bugs?
3 i love the mine trap mission but im so sick of AFKers im not doing it any more, are u working on a fix for this?
the last straw for me was a player with the same game name as Al Rivera CaptainGeko (ok his was spelled a little diffrent) and when i said i was reporting him he put Chill out im on the forms why join a mission if your going to AFK and cheack the forms out ill neaver know.
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Is there any ETA for the Fleet Galaxy Dreadnought? Its my favourite ship ingame and im feeling somewhat uncompetitive with all these 10 console fleet variant ships.
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With this expansion, will we finally be able to determine how we are addressed by NPCs? Perhaps by a drop down menu? Being referred to as Vice Admiral, Rear Admiral Lower Half, etc everywhere is cumbersome, at best. Simply being referred to as Captain, or Commander in Romulan tradition makes much more sense.
we have klingon boffs and there uniform can be changed in the creator will our reman boffs be able to use the new uniforms that the romulan faction get ?
I have a few questions more because I've been "collecting" them over the past few months... you never announce when you are going to post this thread so I was almost too late! my first "question" is: Please announce when you are going to do a new Ask Cryptic!
Is there a possibility that there is going to be a cool warp feature, like the one in star trek voyager when species 8472 fires a weapon at voyager. they are hit, but then they warp away. you could do some kind of emergency warp. Then you don't go to sector space but you move out of range of the attacking vessel. like 40 km or something. and that it can be activated every 10 minutes. so when you activate this ability, the ship waits for an energy weapon to be fired on the ship. and then your ship does some kind of "roll" thing, and then it warps away.
and in star trek, the borg never announce when they are going to attack, so maybe you could add random borg attacks on earth (spacedock). the players that are there at that time must fight the borg or otherwise they will assimilate earth!
in the far future you could add voice control. like when you say: "Red alert", or "attack pattern alpha", it will activate that ability. it think it will add a more star trek style into STO.
last question, maybe a silly one: could you add a feature that lets your bridge officers sit where you want them to sit? i want my chief tactical officer (Tuvok, Worf, etc.) to sit next to me, and not in front of a small console. He is a commander, not an ensign!
Will there be more content that reward Romulan Marks in larger quantities? The current amount of Marks one can get from the New Romulus content is so low,and the repetition of the content so high that I just gave up on the Romulan Reputation and stopped playing the New Romulus content completely.
It isn't fun,at all.:(
The PWE/Cryptic sweatshop...not where the game is made,but where the game is played!
Take back your home,end the grind!
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*Can we get an option to remove shield indicators, buff/debuff icons, dropped item boxes, etc., from screencaps we take in space combat? I love taking screencaps during battles, but while it is good that the screencaps ignore the HUD and ship names, there are still a lot of indicators that are overlayed on screencaps. I am forced to turn off the shield indicators during gameplay to prevent them blocking ships in screencaps, and even so there are still lots of things that can clutter up an otherwise awesome cinematic-looking battle shot. Icons will pop up pointing at buffed or debuffed ships, and occasionally the gigantic item drops will ruin the appearance of a starship battle. Is there a way we can have these elements removed from screencaps along with the HUD? (other than photoshop?)
*Are there any plans for more cross-faction team-able missions, including space battles, so that teams of Federation, KDF, and Romulan players could work together?
Thanks to everyone who submitted their questions for the March Ask Cryptic! I am going to ship these questions over to Daniel so he can pull some of them out and respond. The answers will appear in an upcoming "Ask Cryptic" Web Feature that should be released before the end of the month/ early next month!
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2: A while back, when you released the Bortasqu', you added an "Immunity to Teleport" stat to several abilities, including AP:O. This stat, however, seems to make players immune to almost ALL forms of Crowd Control (especially tractor beams). So, this question is two fold: A) Is this "working as intended" or is this a bug?
3: Crew in this game is pretty much useless, since no one sits there and waits for innate healing. And, since the healing is so low, it doesn't matter. What ways have you thought about to make Crew worth it, or would you be open to suggestions?
4: In a recent interview (and later on the STO forums), Geko effectively said that you're not going to balance the game so that you can sell more (that was at least the impression he gave). Since this would inevitably be the death of the game and CERTAINLY bad for sales in the long-term, when will we see a major balance pass for this game?
5: It might be a LITTLE early to ask this particular question, but when might we see LoR on TRIBBLE? I'd hope that an update so big would go through extensive testing (like CE is now) before going in, to make sure it's not game-breaking.
6: Will the Romulan Republic have their own Sector Block (Like the Feds have in Sirius and the KDF does in Omega Leonis)? What is the name of the Republic's new Capitol World?
7: Tour the Galaxy is one of my favorite events, and is a major boon of EC gain in the game. Will we see anything similar to this anytime soon?
Any plans to add the insignia (and ranks) from the TNG episode Future Imperfect to the costume choices?
The Romulan Faction is for the May Update. The countdown was for the official announcement of the May Update, not for the update itself. You will be able to play as a Romulan on May 21st. As it says on the teaser site.
1, will there be more Elite versions of missions added?
to me and meny people in my fleets, there the only real end game content make easy version for pugs and add more Elite versions for us, that have got the Elite team commander accolade please
know this one wont get answered but ill ask any way
2, will the dev team make a real effort at fixing bugs over the next 2 months or are u just going to keep adding small things that will probably add more bugs?
3 i love the mine trap mission but im so sick of AFKers im not doing it any more, are u working on a fix for this?
the last straw for me was a player with the same game name as Al Rivera CaptainGeko (ok his was spelled a little diffrent) and when i said i was reporting him he put Chill out im on the forms why join a mission if your going to AFK and cheack the forms out ill neaver know.
lmao learn to read new rom faction is not out to may
@Aquitaine985
Lag Industries STO PvP Fleet - Executive
A Sad Panda of Industrial calibre.
2010: This is Cryptic PvP. Please hold the line, your call is very important to us...
1) When will we see a fleet version of the Galaxy-X(dreadnought cruiser)?
2) When will we see saucer separation for the Galaxy-X?
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I think a a lot more people would play content hunting accolade points if they actually did something.
Is there a possibility that there is going to be a cool warp feature, like the one in star trek voyager when species 8472 fires a weapon at voyager. they are hit, but then they warp away. you could do some kind of emergency warp. Then you don't go to sector space but you move out of range of the attacking vessel. like 40 km or something. and that it can be activated every 10 minutes. so when you activate this ability, the ship waits for an energy weapon to be fired on the ship. and then your ship does some kind of "roll" thing, and then it warps away.
and in star trek, the borg never announce when they are going to attack, so maybe you could add random borg attacks on earth (spacedock). the players that are there at that time must fight the borg or otherwise they will assimilate earth!
in the far future you could add voice control. like when you say: "Red alert", or "attack pattern alpha", it will activate that ability. it think it will add a more star trek style into STO.
last question, maybe a silly one: could you add a feature that lets your bridge officers sit where you want them to sit? i want my chief tactical officer (Tuvok, Worf, etc.) to sit next to me, and not in front of a small console. He is a commander, not an ensign!
Do you even Science Bro?
It isn't fun,at all.:(
Take back your home,end the grind!
Volunteer moderators policing the forums is like a mall cop trying to solve a murder.
*Are there any plans for more cross-faction team-able missions, including space battles, so that teams of Federation, KDF, and Romulan players could work together?
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=