First I'd scrap the horrible idea of introducing and developing a second part to a well running mmo, that will wipe the purchases of what would have been my best customers.
Then I'd take the rescources and the manpower that are freed up by not producing "part 2" and allocate them to the original game.
1. A complete interior for each ship built, meaning in ship has its maximum number of decks.
2. More diverse wardrobe availability based upon the costumes in all Trek series.
3. More Trek story content. Voice overs would be optional. Stories that explore what it means to be human.
4. More exploration and less killing for Feds.
5. No Admirals. The highest rank should be Captain.
6. Choose 1 last tier ship as your main one for your captain. You should get command of different ships, but in the end, you should only have 1 ship to command.
7. PET BANKS & INVENTORIES!!!! That's right. Pets get their own space.
8. Academy storyline. Have it so that you can attend the academy and earn your rank by taking classes and learning more. (Hence: Starfleet Academy & Klingon Acadmey).
9. Colony creations. Have it so you can actually assist making a colony. (This is not meant to be like building a fleet starbase, embassy, etc.)
10. Visit shipyards for repairs. Visit other starbases.
11. Make homeworlds for all participating races available to visit.
12. Make Delta and Gamma Quadrants available.
13. Be able to move around on your ship while you are traveling to different locations at warp speed.
14. Be able to play as your crew. Play as your ship's doctor, engineer, etc. while your ship is assigned to a mission.
There are more things, but these are the few I think should be added to STO 2.
1. Open universe without instances (like EVE...it can be done)
2. I personally hate things like disco ball and balloons on esd but since others like them I would restrict the areas that they can be used in and/or give everyone the ability to turn "fluff" off in settings.
3. Optional ground combat. I haven't played the mission content just because I don't enjoy the ground part.
Four big things I would want to do (that can be done in the current sto)
1: PVP!
2: New text based on race (my main is a Betazoid, the text should reflect that with references to how characters feel at the very least, maybe improved diplomacy as well), while we're at it I don't like being told what to do by my boffs, I'm the commanding officer, not them!
3: More non combat focussed missions
4: A revamped AI with more skills (and a balance pass to go with, Aux2batt being a good start given it's unprecedented level of power creep)
This isnt meant to criticize this game, because I love it. But just for fun, if you could make STO 2, what would you do differently, or add to what we already have?
I'll start off: having played Cryptic's newest game Neverwinter, I really enjoy its fast paced combat system. As far as space gameplay is concerned, I think STO pretty much nailed it there. But on the ground, I would like to see something closer to Neverwinter's system than what we have here.
What about you?
I would find a better company that understands the mmo market better, and has the desire to put out a game that is comparable to all the others on the market.. and also actually cares about the customers
that being said.. I would make the level cap captain, and make the game have more of a military feel like in the show.. (ie, chain of command, being given orders to go do something, not having an admiral casually hail you, and ask if you want to do it..).. I would make the dailies more random, making it so you are told to do certain patrols, or investigate something, and have it change up daily..
finally I would make it so the federation isn't in a conflict with everything that breathes or otherwise.. kinda kills the star trek mood..
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Playable Romulans of course... and a conquest system.
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First I'd scrap the horrible idea of introducing and developing a second part to a well running mmo, that will wipe the purchases of what would have been my best customers.
Then I'd take the rescources and the manpower that are freed up by not producing "part 2" and allocate them to the original game.
1: Fire the muppets that are currently posing as devs (but keep most artists) and hire a proper dev team
2: hire an actual QA departement
anything else can be thought of after this happened.
1. A complete interior for each ship built, meaning in ship has its maximum number of decks.
2. More diverse wardrobe availability based upon the costumes in all Trek series.
3. More Trek story content. Voice overs would be optional. Stories that explore what it means to be human.
4. More exploration and less killing for Feds.
5. No Admirals. The highest rank should be Captain.
6. Choose 1 last tier ship as your main one for your captain. You should get command of different ships, but in the end, you should only have 1 ship to command.
7. PET BANKS & INVENTORIES!!!! That's right. Pets get their own space.
8. Academy storyline. Have it so that you can attend the academy and earn your rank by taking classes and learning more. (Hence: Starfleet Academy & Klingon Acadmey).
9. Colony creations. Have it so you can actually assist making a colony. (This is not meant to be like building a fleet starbase, embassy, etc.)
10. Visit shipyards for repairs. Visit other starbases.
11. Make homeworlds for all participating races available to visit.
12. Make Delta and Gamma Quadrants available.
13. Be able to move around on your ship while you are traveling to different locations at warp speed.
14. Be able to play as your crew. Play as your ship's doctor, engineer, etc. while your ship is assigned to a mission.
There are more things, but these are the few I think should be added to STO 2.
1. Open universe without instances (like EVE...it can be done)
2. I personally hate things like disco ball and balloons on esd but since others like them I would restrict the areas that they can be used in and/or give everyone the ability to turn "fluff" off in settings.
3. Optional ground combat. I haven't played the mission content just because I don't enjoy the ground part.
PvP
1: PVP!
2: New text based on race (my main is a Betazoid, the text should reflect that with references to how characters feel at the very least, maybe improved diplomacy as well), while we're at it I don't like being told what to do by my boffs, I'm the commanding officer, not them!
3: More non combat focussed missions
4: A revamped AI with more skills (and a balance pass to go with, Aux2batt being a good start given it's unprecedented level of power creep)
I would find a better company that understands the mmo market better, and has the desire to put out a game that is comparable to all the others on the market.. and also actually cares about the customers
that being said.. I would make the level cap captain, and make the game have more of a military feel like in the show.. (ie, chain of command, being given orders to go do something, not having an admiral casually hail you, and ask if you want to do it..).. I would make the dailies more random, making it so you are told to do certain patrols, or investigate something, and have it change up daily..
finally I would make it so the federation isn't in a conflict with everything that breathes or otherwise.. kinda kills the star trek mood..