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dinoyipi
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DISCLAIMER: This is a rather offbeat suggestion, and I do not foresee it happening, though I'd like it to. More of an "I wish" than an "I want".
So you've heard that a new ship, playable species, or item is really great, but it's going to consume a lot of resources and/or time to obtain, and you want to make sure it's worth it before you invest. Maybe you just have a random craving to fly a certain vessel, but you don't think you'll be using it very often, and don't want to bother purchasing it. Can you relate? Then you may also like this idea:
Star Trek Online: Sandbox
This would be a separate entity from the main game, similar to the way the Foundry is separate, possibly with purchasable access. You would create a character; set its rank, skills and traits; give it any ship, gear, and BOffs that you want; and test your creation out on some demo missions in Space or on Ground. Variety would be limited to only a handful of maps, in order to prevent the sandbox from completely replacing the live server.
There would be a single "enemy" faction (I was thinking either Klingons if Federation, Federation if Klingon, and Tal Shiar if Romulan; or a mutual enemy such as the Hirogen) that you could select enemy units from. Or perhaps if you unlock the 1,000 kill accolade for a faction on a Holodeck toon, you could unlock it for Sandbox use.
Before you enter a map, you can place enemy and ally units in a similar way done in the Foundry. The NPC's abilities and stats, as well as your own BOffs' ability selection, would automatically scale to the player's rank. So if you're flying a non-retrofit Akira, make sure you set your toon's rank to Commander, or you you will likely get overwhelmed.
So... Remembering the above disclaimer and not spamming a bunch of "This will never happen because the devs don't have time and/or will think this is a stupid idea" posts, any thoughts?
So you've heard that a new ship, playable species, or item is really great, but it's going to consume a lot of resources and/or time to obtain, and you want to make sure it's worth it before you invest. Maybe you just have a random craving to fly a certain vessel, but you don't think you'll be using it very often, and don't want to bother purchasing it. Can you relate? Then you may also like this idea:
Star Trek Online: Sandbox
This would be a separate entity from the main game, similar to the way the Foundry is separate, possibly with purchasable access. You would create a character; set its rank, skills and traits; give it any ship, gear, and BOffs that you want; and test your creation out on some demo missions in Space or on Ground. Variety would be limited to only a handful of maps, in order to prevent the sandbox from completely replacing the live server.
There would be a single "enemy" faction (I was thinking either Klingons if Federation, Federation if Klingon, and Tal Shiar if Romulan; or a mutual enemy such as the Hirogen) that you could select enemy units from. Or perhaps if you unlock the 1,000 kill accolade for a faction on a Holodeck toon, you could unlock it for Sandbox use.
Before you enter a map, you can place enemy and ally units in a similar way done in the Foundry. The NPC's abilities and stats, as well as your own BOffs' ability selection, would automatically scale to the player's rank. So if you're flying a non-retrofit Akira, make sure you set your toon's rank to Commander, or you you will likely get overwhelmed.
So... Remembering the above disclaimer and not spamming a bunch of "This will never happen because the devs don't have time and/or will think this is a stupid idea" posts, any thoughts?
For personal reasons, I've left Star Trek Online.
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But in all seriousness, they need to give us these kind of abilities in the foundry, it is hard to test a mission designed for Lvl 50 characters with a Cadet in a Miranda....
=/\=USS Lindsey Stirling =/\= NCC-116747 =/\=
=/\= Liberty Task Force =/\= Diplomatic Advisor =/\=
Can STO be a massive sandbox, getting rid of those "playerbase hated Loading screens"?
I understand the Devs can not say, "Yes or No" but opinions on would be great...
and a more critical question...
Can then the Current STO Engine handle the change to "Sandbox"???
What is the name of the STO engine anyways?? just out of curiosity!!!
EDIT: not editing... Mod moved thread!!! now it makes sorta of a sense.... but yeah