Just finished the new tutorial and i must say its 1000 times better than the old one i love how the story develops.
i like the crew you get and its very much on par with the romulans now i dont think in the future ill be skipping it anymore. well done cryptic.
now about those hallways for our ship
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It's always great to here that new content is appreciated, and even looked forward too! It's music to our ears.
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No, it's that you can't replay the tutorial mission, nor can you play a retrofitted tutorial with an older character. So a Fed character made before the start of S8 can't play the new tutorial at all.
Mandoknight, is correct. In order to see the tutorial you have to create a brand new character. So you can see it. You can't go and do it with a character that was created before this. Unlike the KDF one, I went back and did those new missions with my Lv50 Klingon. Where this new one with the Fed I can't.
I still have 1 slot left, so I can create one just to see the beginning of it. The thought of a Science Captain has crossed my mind.
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I also wish we could get the new corridors (and Shuttlebay) into the STO ship interior system and replace te oversize corridors that exist currently. Overall a really nice tutorial, and all three factions do have interesting starting tutorials now that are worth doing at least once (biut I'll still do it for any new alts I make.)
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I love this idea.
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One thing I liked was that the old one was a social zone of sorts. It didn't have private instances, and thus it felt different than most missions do.
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Until I do Hide and Seek again.
But I'm an alt-a-holic. I love making alts, so any excuse to do so is welcome!
But overall, great story line. Smooth introduction of different story elements, and some genuine surprises.
Well Done!
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I did however like how she segued to the Miranda after ogling over the vesta, "aaaand then there's our ship." :P
The introduction of both, the Klingon War and the Borg threat is well done. Personally, I also loved Flores - she has a lot more personality than most NPCs, and I like her little quirks. I was also extremely impressed with the way you handled our characters field promotion. It feels a lot more realistic now, thanks to an exellent mission flow. I'm not thrown into the captain's chair, anyome - I earn my right to sit in there and get a cool crew, to go along with it.
I kinda wish, you guys would use the new tutorial as a basis for future missions. Maybe a featured episode about Vega colony? The situation there is very intriguing, but we never really explore the planet, or the Borg trapped there (story-wise, at least). You could also retell the whole time travel bookend loop thingy, which was present in the original tutorial and STFs.
My only dissapointment is, that a lot of the old story content is not even remotely close to this level of polish and exitment. Heck, even the original tutorial was a better story than most of the early Klingon Front missions. Maybe could take some time one day and revisit those plans to remaster the original storyline. It could use some love.
Anyway, thanks to the enitre team! You outdid yourself.
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all in all , a great new tutorial , but for me , a bit to short ... maybe a bit more focus on the Klingon-captain , not just the little fight you have with him (this new plot with the Klink-captain could be a 2 or 3 episode arc , in my opinion) ...
and , dunno if I should say this (dont blame me now , xD) ...
am I the only one who sees a little similitude between the new tutorial and the 1st JJ-Star Trek-movie ?
Starfleet Academy-cadets with no experience thrown right into action and player taking control of command (like Kirk) ... or is it just me?
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Also, was it just co-incidence that the Captain of the training ship had the same name as the Captain from Galaxy Quest, or was that a little reference from the devs? :P
This character is why I don't play my Romulan any more. Tovan Khev is NOT my BFF! Get him off my bridge!
Loved the class specific options as well as the pure emotion put into all the characters.
This makes all three tutorials have the great feel for their beginnings.
Junior officer Klingon assuming command during war.
Farmer turned to desperate freedom fighter.
Academy student earns their place on the bridge.
Brilliant!
(And both Eliza and K'mek are dismissible unlike Tovan. :P )
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After the fact, I feel empty though.. going back to the old episodes.
The voice acting and everything was just great, flow, presentation - all good.
Learn from this Dev-team and maybe you could start reworking all old episodes in a episodic manner you see in the series and the new tutorial.
We don't need to shoot everything to keep us entertained. Just some attachment to your bridge crew and ship, as if it really matters what name it bares. Full of Easter-eggs and references to the show is just awesome.
He is a regular hologram, not like the Doctor who was left on for a very long time and became sentient. He is supposed to sound that way.
Okay, no blaming, but it was more like a combination with Starship Troopers, even uses the same name (Flores) for your best friend.