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Pre-Season 8 Feature Episode Mission - "Sphere of Influence" - Oct. 31, 2013

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  • bortensbortens Member Posts: 146 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    beerxhyper wrote: »
    i think thats the other feature episodes we get every once in a while like the romulan one that gives u the reman boff.

    of course it is a rerun of those old featured episodes.
    in game calendar states right that.

    and i still hope it means new feature episode. :)
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    sunseahl wrote: »
    Exactly! Or maybe something halfway in between... :D
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    My character Tsin'xing
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  • askatusaskatus Member Posts: 157 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    First the patch servers will be overwhelmed and downloads will slow to a crawl, with updates taking several hours for many people. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    Then it will be very difficult to log in, and even those who succeed will be faced with lengthy queues of over 20000 players. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    Those people who do manage to get in find the game is extremely laggy and almost unplayable, with crashes and disconnects common. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    Some of those who do manage to start the new missions find they cannot complete it on the first run in a badly damaged Pakled shuttle and start to complain that it is too hard and must be made easier. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    The new carrier starts to appear in PvP and is criticised as being overpowered and underpowered. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    Some new and horrible bugs are discovered. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    Eventually everything settles down and we all start to enjoy the new content. The forums calm down a bit.

    Then Season 8 launches...
    You shoot me down
    But I respawn
    I am duranium!
  • turbomagnusturbomagnus Member Posts: 3,479 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    That's not a 'prediction', that's just applying knowledge of past events to extrapolate future potentialities. It's a lot more scientific that way...
    "If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross; but it's not for the timid." -- Q, TNG: "Q-Who?"
    ^Words that every player should keep in mind, especially whenever there's a problem with the game...
  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    I bet money it's coming out on October 31st any takers :D
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  • captainrevo1captainrevo1 Member Posts: 3,948 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    askatus wrote: »
    First the patch servers will be overwhelmed and downloads will slow to a crawl, with updates taking several hours for many people. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    Then it will be very difficult to log in, and even those who succeed will be faced with lengthy queues of over 20000 players. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    Those people who do manage to get in find the game is extremely laggy and almost unplayable, with crashes and disconnects common. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    Some of those who do manage to start the new missions find they cannot complete it on the first run in a badly damaged Pakled shuttle and start to complain that it is too hard and must be made easier. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    The new carrier starts to appear in PvP and is criticised as being overpowered and underpowered. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    Some new and horrible bugs are discovered. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    Eventually everything settles down and we all start to enjoy the new content. The forums calm down a bit.

    Then Season 8 launches...

    .....It's the circle of life. It's the wheel of fortune.....
  • turbomagnusturbomagnus Member Posts: 3,479 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    To risk sounding like a smug, self-rightous... well... Know what I find funny? Remember way on back when I brought up the idea of the Dyson Sphere FE being released on Halloween and everyone shouted it down, "Oh, they're already doing 'Hearts and Minds', they'd never do two special events at once"?

    "Our upcoming Feature Episode, "Sphere of Influence," premieres on Thursday, October 31, 2013 and will advance the STO storyline."

    Halloween, boys!

    Spooky abandoned space station half-way across the galaxy with, potentially, humanoid-dinosaurs stalking you throughout the mission... Yeah, that's definately Halloween.
    "If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross; but it's not for the timid." -- Q, TNG: "Q-Who?"
    ^Words that every player should keep in mind, especially whenever there's a problem with the game...
  • eldarion79eldarion79 Member Posts: 1,679 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    First the patch servers will be overwhelmed and downloads will slow to a crawl, with updates taking several hours for many people. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    Then it will be very difficult to log in, and even those who succeed will be faced with lengthy queues of over 20000 players. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    Those people who do manage to get in find the game is extremely laggy and almost unplayable, with crashes and disconnects common. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    Some of those who do manage to start the new missions find they cannot complete it on the first run in a badly damaged Pakled shuttle and start to complain that it is too hard and must be made easier. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    The new carrier starts to appear in PvP and is criticised as being overpowered and underpowered. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    Some new and horrible bugs are discovered. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    Eventually everything settles down and we all start to enjoy the new content. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    Fixed it for you.
  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    eldarion79 wrote: »
    First the patch servers will be overwhelmed and downloads will slow to a crawl, with updates taking several hours for many people. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    Then it will be very difficult to log in, and even those who succeed will be faced with lengthy queues of over 20000 players. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    Those people who do manage to get in find the game is extremely laggy and almost unplayable, with crashes and disconnects common. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    Some of those who do manage to start the new missions find they cannot complete it on the first run in a badly damaged Pakled shuttle and start to complain that it is too hard and must be made easier. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    The new carrier starts to appear in PvP and is criticised as being overpowered and underpowered. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    Some new and horrible bugs are discovered. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    Eventually everything settles down and we all start to enjoy the new content. This leads to much raging in the forums.

    Fixed it for you.
    I think we've been here too long, as that is too true. :)
    STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Yes, yes, it is quite true....
    -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
    My character Tsin'xing
    Costume_marhawkman_Tsin%27xing_CC_Comic_Page_Blue_488916968.jpg
  • amosov78amosov78 Member Posts: 1,495 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    To risk sounding like a smug, self-rightous... well... Know what I find funny? Remember way on back when I brought up the idea of the Dyson Sphere FE being released on Halloween and everyone shouted it down, "Oh, they're already doing 'Hearts and Minds', they'd never do two special events at once"?

    "Our upcoming Feature Episode, "Sphere of Influence," premieres on Thursday, October 31, 2013 and will advance the STO storyline."

    Halloween, boys!

    Spooky abandoned space station half-way across the galaxy with, potentially, humanoid-dinosaurs stalking you throughout the mission... Yeah, that's definately Halloween.

    But the Voth aren't creepy, and I doubt their raptor pets are gonna start singing bonnie kin. :P
    U.S.S. Endeavour NCC-71895 - Nebula-class
    Commanding Officer: Captain Pyotr Ramonovich Amosov
    Dedication Plaque: "Nil Intentatum Reliquit"
  • turbomagnusturbomagnus Member Posts: 3,479 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Go watch the scenes from the first Jurassic Park where the raptor's stalking them...

    Do it at night... with the lights off... alone.

    Then tell me dinosaurs can't be scary.
    "If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross; but it's not for the timid." -- Q, TNG: "Q-Who?"
    ^Words that every player should keep in mind, especially whenever there's a problem with the game...
  • eatsmarteatsmart Member Posts: 134 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Nonono, you've all got it wrong, it will be a Borg Tactical Carrier Cube which launches probes and spheres First Contact style.

    It will be epic, and the pvpers will compain about the shield neut powers on the pets.
  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Dinosaurs are scary, but they can also make you cry :(


    Anywho, best way to fight a genetically modified Dinosaur, is with a Genetically modified Mugato
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  • tracer1xtracer1x Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    With the next season they should raise the level cap.
  • thestargazethestargaze Member Posts: 1,020 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    I clearly missed the memo to obtain engineering character. Still,.. a free ship is a free ship.
  • pardusian141pardusian141 Member Posts: 57 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    "Dinosaurs...on a spaceship! How cool is that!"
  • mrwuffausmrwuffaus Member Posts: 44 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    are there any parts of the new episode available on either redshirt or tribble?
  • z3ndor99z3ndor99 Member Posts: 1,391 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    A single stand alone episode never hits the test-server, it would sorta spoil that one episode. Its less than a week away ( we've waited almost a month ) so just relax.
  • mrwuffausmrwuffaus Member Posts: 44 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    very true. also from what i have read, when the next season gets released, its going to be quite big, The file for startrekonline justs gets bigger and bigger. Any idea on just how big the next episode will be?
  • capnshadow27capnshadow27 Member Posts: 1,731 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    "Dinosaurs...on a spaceship! How cool is that!"

    Doctor who did it.

    Also from doctor who The Silurians. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silurian_(Doctor_Who)

    Also Voth, (technically dinosaurs)

    Before that, I really forget the name of the movie, kids movie, about dinosaurs that get turned into cartoon's and become good, and then bad again then good again, also partially takes place on a space ship.

    I'm sure there are other references also out there, but yes it is cool this is why we do it.

    So frankly Dinosaurs with laser beams, totally cool, totally plausible, totally awesome.

    Warriors and scientists right on!
    Inertia just means you can do Powerslides in you carrier!
    I am Il Shadow and i approve these Shennanigans!
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • roriiickroriiick Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    can we wait until we are in November that would be nice then I wouldn't have to miss out on a free carrier because my gaming computer is broken ;)
  • stf65stf65 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    roriiick wrote: »
    can we wait until we are in November that would be nice then I wouldn't have to miss out on a free carrier because my gaming computer is broken ;)
    I read that the free carrier option will last for an entire week.
  • crypt1c1crypt1c1 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    stf65 wrote: »
    I read that the free carrier option will last for an entire week.

    It should be just like the temporal ambassador mission during the 3rd year anniversary event.

    Give a level 20-30 carrier that is available for each new toon that plays the mission, then give a retrofit version only available for the first week.
  • turbomagnusturbomagnus Member Posts: 3,479 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    That's what I thought too until Dev Blog #13 came out today and specifically stated that the Obelisk Carrier would be level 40 and up, available to all comers during the FE premiere, then it would revert to a Fleet-only ship.

    "Those who complete the mission will earn a free, powerful new ship, the Obelisk Carrier, as well as pieces of the Ancient Obelisk Technology Item set. The Obelisk can only be earned from October 31 ? December 5, 2013, and will then be available via the upcoming Fleet Spire Outpost. The box containing the Obelisk is character bound on pickup, available to all factions, and can only be opened once the character reaches level 40. Ship and items stats will be posted in tomorrow?s Dev Blog."
    "If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross; but it's not for the timid." -- Q, TNG: "Q-Who?"
    ^Words that every player should keep in mind, especially whenever there's a problem with the game...
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