Currently, non-Omega reputation marks are in extreme short supply. The Nukara reputation appears to be no different. When will there be additional mark sources for non-Omega marks added to bring those systems on par with Elite-STF mark income rates?
Currently STO's content is one of two things: either trivially easy, or so hard that a player dies in a matter of moments (the latter being especially true in ESTFs against specific enemies). When will the ridiculously overtuned content be fixed, and when can we expect content that is actually challenging, without being another "beat on this sack of health while praying you don't get insta-gibbed"?
Fleet Starbases: Costs for higher tier projects are extremely prohibitive for small and medium sized fleets. When can we expect to see changes that will allow non-massive fleets a realistic hope of finishing their starbase sometime this decade?
1. Kits have long been hidden on KDF characters, but now I notice that KDF-aligned Romulans suffer the same fate...what gives?
2. Lobi...any chance of it becoming account-bound instead of character-bound? It's currently the only true currency that cannot be moved between characters.
3. Will there be snazzy Romulan goodies in the Lobi store at launch of LoR, or is that something we can expect further down the pipe?
4. Gasko station from the Legacy arc is a thing of beauty! Any thoughts on porting that exterior appearance to fleet starbases for those of us looking for a Romulan-flavored life?
5. Romulan STF armor...can I haz? 'nuff said!
6. Will you be bottling your Awesome Sauce so that the rest of us can be cool too?
The Galaxy X has serious model issues in the Galaxy variant (all of the dreadnought additions seriously off center) and lots of missing windows (an entire chunk on the bottom of the saucer) on the Venture variant. Is there any chance of it being repaired?
Recruiting boffs on the Romulan side is phenomenal. Is there any chance of a story boff or so on the Fed side - someone you can recruit with a story behind them?
As the three most iconic Next Generation ships - is there any chance of getting the Galaxy and Negh'Var's boff stations closer to what the D'Deredex is running now? Right now the standard Galaxy and Negh'Var don't match their multi-function rolls at all, instead of being some of the most versatile and powerful ships, they're only 'tanks' which are surpassed by the Odyssey and Bortas, something very disappointing for the people who love those ships.
I wonder if it would be possible to allow players to change the ship alert status. In other words, a player entering an unknown system would go to yellow alert until either attacked or the situation deemed safe. Would this be possible?
Your ship has shield always up.... We don't need yellow alert to be called.
1. Can we expect to see Lobi crystals as Account based instead of Character locked?
2. Is the daily 2 day long Doff mission for Refined Dillithium able to be changed to an extra 1K+ exchangeable through normal conversion.
3. Are the Zen store gonna Reflect as much on KDF and Rom as it does on FED in near future?
Will there be some episode series about the Romulan-Earth War in 2163? Where we can go back in time to see how it happened? Considering we didn't get to see that war after the cancellation of Enterprise.
How hard would it be to someday have events/episodes where our Captains revisit or replay cool or important events in Starfleet history? What I envision is something like I have seen on console games where you replay an important moment and have do certain things that happened then to complete your objectives.
1.) Can we expect new Doffing assignments and assignment chains, as well as perhaps a new colonization cluster, Romulan Asylum or Officer Exchanges in the Tau Dewa sector for every faction, or is it going to stay the way as it currently is on Tribble, with only a few, select Romulan doff assignments?
Is the Doffing system as a whole still being worked on since Heretic left, or is it considered somewhat "finished" with the exception of adding a few lockbox doffs now and then?
2.) Is there any chance we'll be seeing Refits or Fleet Refits of the "missing" KDF low-level ships (e.g. the K'Tanco, Vandal, Dacoit or both of the new low-level Birds-of-Prey)?
3.) If the Romulan faction turns out to be a huge success, which additional faction could you see working as well and which faction would you personally like to see if money, sales or rescources weren't an issue?
Is LoR an experiment to see if big faction adding expansions are viable for STO, or are you already planning to do this again? If so, who next?
Updates of anything? Will it ever happen? Mostly STO seems focused on adding new stuff and if anything old is touched its to get rid of it in favor of new stuff. When we ask for updates for exploration and crafting, if anything happens to those sections of the game, are we most likely going to see it replaced with something new? Same with old ships needing graphics/model updates, kits, KDF kits not showing, bridges, Defiant bridge not having an account bank, etc.
I noticed that in the LoR beta, even though Romulan ships have a full interior, all of the doffs for the ships are found via a console on the bridge. Is this going to stay, and could it be ported over to Fed and KDF ships?
Also, wil the Fed and KDF interiors ever get a revamp to be as awesome as the Rom one?
Any clues as to the next starbase expansion? Dilithium mine?
Is the STO timeline ever going to advance beyond 2409?
Will we ever have faction PvP warfare that actually counts? Like warzone X now is controled 95% by the KDF. Maybe have maps for space and ground in the warzone between the FED and KDF starbases where you can go into them, capture markers and stuff like the current capture and hold, but have it be open so that anyone can drop in at any time up to the map limit?
Gal-X saucer sep? Could this be the next 5 module fleet ship? Or 6? I'd pay for 6.
1 - If your fleet is present in all factions, will you look at adding the option to link them all together so there is a tab to display your other factions starbase progress and roster? Also as well as linking the fleet chat and displaying names in different colors depending which faction your playing on.
2 - I understand the character customisation is getting a revamp, will it eventually be in appearance with more options? Games like Eve that don't even have ground combat have a much more in-depth character customization than STO, it would be nice to see something of a similar standard.
3 - I'd like to see more ship customization and ship power management options like Starfleet Command. With ship customization it would be nice to have a list of objects to add your ship like an extra warp nacelle, strut etc that maybe give an added bonus so everyone's ship is more unique in play style and makes sense. With power management I'd like to see console slots replaced with an upgrade system where you obtain devices from either loot or the exchange which allow you to upgrade certain systems / weapons / hull etc at the shipyard and for example you want to add phaser damage upgrades, you go to the shipyard to oversee maintenance and upgrades on your ship. Would this be something you'd like to see in the game and look at adding to give Star Trek more depth?
4 - It'd be nice to have more races added to the game that can be multi-faction (maybe add the ones that are only available features under alien race?). Also adding more differences to each race, like health, strength, vitality, agility would also be a welcomed change and an upgraded ground combat which introduces the use of cover so my character can press a button to lean up against a crate or wall etc.
5 - I would like to see the ranking system separated from leveling and everyone is a captain. Maybe have the first 10 levels start on your race's home world where you get ready to become a starfleet captain and get your own ship at level 10 and the higher ranks are only available from joining a fleet and purely used to display your rank within that fleet. It makes no sense to have all these admirals flying ships in the game.
6 - When can we see an update to the fleet interface? It feels very archaic and more customisation on the starbase would be nice. I'd like more admin controls with ranks and not limited to just 7, also maybe the option to assign ranks to specific people with certain controls.
7 - Finally, space feels very small and the combat is way too fast paced which makes it feel more like Star Wars. I'd like to see space opened up with no loading screens and the option to warp direct to a location and follow your ship during warp rather than go to a "Sector Space" zone. The combat needs to be improved and a z-axis added with the removal of anything higher than turret for all ships on the Fed side apart from Defiant / Fighters / Jemmy etc. Maybe give the escorts a bigger damage bonus or introduce Dual Heavy Beams / Heavy Beam Arrays etc.
At one point, it was mentioned that Duty Uniforms and Off-Duty Uniforms were going to be merged into just one "Uniforms" selection. Any word on a timeframe for that?
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Keep calm, and continue firing photon torpedoes.
There are over 16,000 fleets in the game and they all have a unique name. Quite a number of these are entirely filled with members who haven't logged in for months at a time -- is there any plan that these fleets will require at least some activity?
It has been mentioned that a feature to merge fleets or have some kind of fleet alliance system may be on the horizon. Can you please expand on the details for what this would do to the provisions, XP on starbase and embassy, and so on?
You mentioned the third fleet holding would not be at LoR launch. What is it going to be, and will it be released before Season 8 at end of year?
This weekend 10-12th of may neverwinter has a double astral diamond event running. As Astral diamonds are a glorified version of STO's dilithium system, 1st how come we have never had a double dil weekend and 2- will sto ever have a double dil weekend??
2. Will the Advanced carrier pets ever be "equalized?" Peregrines, Runabouts, Delta Flyers, To'Dujs and S'kuls are all woefully underpowered compared to the Stalkers, BoPs and Fer'Jais (and of course the Jem Hadar Attack Ship pets).
Is it possible to get the Sword of the Raptor Star right now? Or is what D'tan said just a sneak peak at LOR? HELP! I've been looking for this sword for a long time.
Will you be adding more things unique for us Lifetime members?
For example: A engineering and science version of the chimera and KDF version?
Well needed update on the Captain's Table?
Any items unique to us Lifetime members?
someone made a suggestion in another thread about how to potentially fix the lobi exploit if we ever got account bound lobi:
Lobi would be character bound until you purchased an "unlock account-bound lobi" upgrade, cost "1 lobi" and if it was per character unlock that would remove the 1 free lobi per new character exploit. Although you do have to presently level up you character to 5? to get this mission at present I believe. the 20 free lobi from FE reruns, not sure i see that as a great issue since to get all 20 you would have to level the toon to 46? to acquire them all, it seems we have only had reruns of FE missions 3x? since F2P.
would this solution be acceptable, as someone with tons of lobi scattered across tons of characters it would be a nice option to have.
Please post your questions below and dStahl will answer selected questions from all those received. Please post them today as I will ship questions off to Daniel tomorrow.
Also, remember that questions will not be answered in this thread -- answers will be posted in an upcoming "Ask Cryptic" Web Feature that should be released before the end of the month.
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=
Question 1:
With the injury to Russel Westbrook, who do you see coming out of the western conference to challenge in the NBA Finals?
Question 2:
While on the topic of sports, think it might be possible to do a baseball mini-game for a DS9 Holosuite? And really just pay homage to the Take me out to the holosuite episode of that show?
Question 3:
With the Romulan Faction now a reality, any chance we'll see Thaloron Radiation consoles or special weapons on special ships in the future?
Question 4:
What are you thoughts about a possible Kazon ship in a future lockbox? Maybe a delta quadrant lockbox series? Toss in a kremin timeship too?
Question 5:
Any chance of getting the Star Trek uniforms from The Cage? The ones that Captain Pike and crew wore? Maybe with the laser pistol and the away team jacket?
Question 6:
Any chance of expanding the available AUX based weapons? I'd love to try and fly a Nebula or an Intrepid with AUX based beams and see how that feels.
Will we ever seen any new classes in STO?
and when will PVP get a face lift?
Also curious to know when more costumes/tailoring/alien options will become available to use?
Any plans to introduce Romulan STF's (Tal Shiar STf's please), Romulan/Borg Endgame ground or space gear, or a Tal Shiar Space or ground set? Would make for an interesting more end game missions from a Romulan point of view.
Any plans to build the value of your ship's crew statistic?
Any plans to add more missions with a skill focus instead of dps focus, like CE?
Romulans are all the rage now, but will you and the Cryptic Staff try Vulcan Ale?
Comments
I like the TNG color scheme for my feds, but I don't want to change from TNG to default whenever I'm playing a Klingon or a Romulan.
Infinite possibilities have implications that could not be completely understood if you turned this entire universe into a giant supercomputer.
Currently STO's content is one of two things: either trivially easy, or so hard that a player dies in a matter of moments (the latter being especially true in ESTFs against specific enemies). When will the ridiculously overtuned content be fixed, and when can we expect content that is actually challenging, without being another "beat on this sack of health while praying you don't get insta-gibbed"?
Fleet Starbases: Costs for higher tier projects are extremely prohibitive for small and medium sized fleets. When can we expect to see changes that will allow non-massive fleets a realistic hope of finishing their starbase sometime this decade?
2. Lobi...any chance of it becoming account-bound instead of character-bound? It's currently the only true currency that cannot be moved between characters.
3. Will there be snazzy Romulan goodies in the Lobi store at launch of LoR, or is that something we can expect further down the pipe?
4. Gasko station from the Legacy arc is a thing of beauty! Any thoughts on porting that exterior appearance to fleet starbases for those of us looking for a Romulan-flavored life?
5. Romulan STF armor...can I haz? 'nuff said!
6. Will you be bottling your Awesome Sauce so that the rest of us can be cool too?
Join our cause now!
Recruiting boffs on the Romulan side is phenomenal. Is there any chance of a story boff or so on the Fed side - someone you can recruit with a story behind them?
As the three most iconic Next Generation ships - is there any chance of getting the Galaxy and Negh'Var's boff stations closer to what the D'Deredex is running now? Right now the standard Galaxy and Negh'Var don't match their multi-function rolls at all, instead of being some of the most versatile and powerful ships, they're only 'tanks' which are surpassed by the Odyssey and Bortas, something very disappointing for the people who love those ships.
Great job on the game and on New Romulus.
Your ship has shield always up.... We don't need yellow alert to be called.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
2. Is the daily 2 day long Doff mission for Refined Dillithium able to be changed to an extra 1K+ exchangeable through normal conversion.
3. Are the Zen store gonna Reflect as much on KDF and Rom as it does on FED in near future?
*Room for more questions
Is the Doffing system as a whole still being worked on since Heretic left, or is it considered somewhat "finished" with the exception of adding a few lockbox doffs now and then?
2.) Is there any chance we'll be seeing Refits or Fleet Refits of the "missing" KDF low-level ships (e.g. the K'Tanco, Vandal, Dacoit or both of the new low-level Birds-of-Prey)?
3.) If the Romulan faction turns out to be a huge success, which additional faction could you see working as well and which faction would you personally like to see if money, sales or rescources weren't an issue?
Updates of anything? Will it ever happen? Mostly STO seems focused on adding new stuff and if anything old is touched its to get rid of it in favor of new stuff. When we ask for updates for exploration and crafting, if anything happens to those sections of the game, are we most likely going to see it replaced with something new? Same with old ships needing graphics/model updates, kits, KDF kits not showing, bridges, Defiant bridge not having an account bank, etc.
I noticed that in the LoR beta, even though Romulan ships have a full interior, all of the doffs for the ships are found via a console on the bridge. Is this going to stay, and could it be ported over to Fed and KDF ships?
Also, wil the Fed and KDF interiors ever get a revamp to be as awesome as the Rom one?
Any clues as to the next starbase expansion? Dilithium mine?
Is the STO timeline ever going to advance beyond 2409?
Will we ever have faction PvP warfare that actually counts? Like warzone X now is controled 95% by the KDF. Maybe have maps for space and ground in the warzone between the FED and KDF starbases where you can go into them, capture markers and stuff like the current capture and hold, but have it be open so that anyone can drop in at any time up to the map limit?
Gal-X saucer sep? Could this be the next 5 module fleet ship? Or 6? I'd pay for 6.
Nouveau riche LTS member
2 - I understand the character customisation is getting a revamp, will it eventually be in appearance with more options? Games like Eve that don't even have ground combat have a much more in-depth character customization than STO, it would be nice to see something of a similar standard.
3 - I'd like to see more ship customization and ship power management options like Starfleet Command. With ship customization it would be nice to have a list of objects to add your ship like an extra warp nacelle, strut etc that maybe give an added bonus so everyone's ship is more unique in play style and makes sense. With power management I'd like to see console slots replaced with an upgrade system where you obtain devices from either loot or the exchange which allow you to upgrade certain systems / weapons / hull etc at the shipyard and for example you want to add phaser damage upgrades, you go to the shipyard to oversee maintenance and upgrades on your ship. Would this be something you'd like to see in the game and look at adding to give Star Trek more depth?
4 - It'd be nice to have more races added to the game that can be multi-faction (maybe add the ones that are only available features under alien race?). Also adding more differences to each race, like health, strength, vitality, agility would also be a welcomed change and an upgraded ground combat which introduces the use of cover so my character can press a button to lean up against a crate or wall etc.
5 - I would like to see the ranking system separated from leveling and everyone is a captain. Maybe have the first 10 levels start on your race's home world where you get ready to become a starfleet captain and get your own ship at level 10 and the higher ranks are only available from joining a fleet and purely used to display your rank within that fleet. It makes no sense to have all these admirals flying ships in the game.
6 - When can we see an update to the fleet interface? It feels very archaic and more customisation on the starbase would be nice. I'd like more admin controls with ranks and not limited to just 7, also maybe the option to assign ranks to specific people with certain controls.
7 - Finally, space feels very small and the combat is way too fast paced which makes it feel more like Star Wars. I'd like to see space opened up with no loading screens and the option to warp direct to a location and follow your ship during warp rather than go to a "Sector Space" zone. The combat needs to be improved and a z-axis added with the removal of anything higher than turret for all ships on the Fed side apart from Defiant / Fighters / Jemmy etc. Maybe give the escorts a bigger damage bonus or introduce Dual Heavy Beams / Heavy Beam Arrays etc.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Keep calm, and continue firing photon torpedoes.
It has been mentioned that a feature to merge fleets or have some kind of fleet alliance system may be on the horizon. Can you please expand on the details for what this would do to the provisions, XP on starbase and embassy, and so on?
You mentioned the third fleet holding would not be at LoR launch. What is it going to be, and will it be released before Season 8 at end of year?
My STOwiki page | Reachable in-game @PhyrexianHero
Fed Armada: Section 31 (level 730, 2700+ members)
KDF Armada: Klingon Intelligence (level 699, 2100+ members)
2) is the "path to 2409" coming back with updated content ?
3) is the ability to unbind things from your character and allow it to remain account wide (lockbox ships) possible? As an "upgrade"?
2. Will the Advanced carrier pets ever be "equalized?" Peregrines, Runabouts, Delta Flyers, To'Dujs and S'kuls are all woefully underpowered compared to the Stalkers, BoPs and Fer'Jais (and of course the Jem Hadar Attack Ship pets).
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
For example: A engineering and science version of the chimera and KDF version?
Well needed update on the Captain's Table?
Any items unique to us Lifetime members?
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Lobi would be character bound until you purchased an "unlock account-bound lobi" upgrade, cost "1 lobi" and if it was per character unlock that would remove the 1 free lobi per new character exploit. Although you do have to presently level up you character to 5? to get this mission at present I believe. the 20 free lobi from FE reruns, not sure i see that as a great issue since to get all 20 you would have to level the toon to 46? to acquire them all, it seems we have only had reruns of FE missions 3x? since F2P.
would this solution be acceptable, as someone with tons of lobi scattered across tons of characters it would be a nice option to have.
Question 1:
With the injury to Russel Westbrook, who do you see coming out of the western conference to challenge in the NBA Finals?
Question 2:
While on the topic of sports, think it might be possible to do a baseball mini-game for a DS9 Holosuite? And really just pay homage to the Take me out to the holosuite episode of that show?
Question 3:
With the Romulan Faction now a reality, any chance we'll see Thaloron Radiation consoles or special weapons on special ships in the future?
Question 4:
What are you thoughts about a possible Kazon ship in a future lockbox? Maybe a delta quadrant lockbox series? Toss in a kremin timeship too?
Question 5:
Any chance of getting the Star Trek uniforms from The Cage? The ones that Captain Pike and crew wore? Maybe with the laser pistol and the away team jacket?
Question 6:
Any chance of expanding the available AUX based weapons? I'd love to try and fly a Nebula or an Intrepid with AUX based beams and see how that feels.
and when will PVP get a face lift?
Also curious to know when more costumes/tailoring/alien options will become available to use?
Any plans to build the value of your ship's crew statistic?
Any plans to add more missions with a skill focus instead of dps focus, like CE?
Romulans are all the rage now, but will you and the Cryptic Staff try Vulcan Ale?
Thanks to everyone for your work.
hmm should of tryed on tribble but server went down before i remembered