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mli777
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I'm currently going through the featured episode, and, wow....WOW!!!!!
Will post spoilers later but for now, I can say is this is definitely the most epic episode so far!!!
Will post spoilers later but for now, I can say is this is definitely the most epic episode so far!!!
USS Canada
N.C.C. 171867
Sovereign Class
Saint John Fleet Yard
"A Mari Usque Ad Mare"
N.C.C. 171867
Sovereign Class
Saint John Fleet Yard
"A Mari Usque Ad Mare"
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Likes:
- It's 2410 and the war is over.
- A reason presented for the ESD revamp.
Lol/Yes! moments:
- Egg as a ground Undine boss.
- The Iconian at the end.
Disappointments:
- Running to Qo'nos didn't devastate First City, which would mean a revamp.
- Shon spoke out of turn while an Ambassador of the Federation was speaking, where's the punishment?
- Shon didn't die.
Technical Problems:
- Some clipping issues with Undine NPCs.
-There was an Undine impersonating Quinn... but the one we normally see is the real one.:P
-Cooper gets pwned
-Spacedock 2.0 gets utterly trashed.
Epic moments:
-Defending Earth, while humming Scotland the Brave and Maple Leaf Forever (my first run was on the U.S.S Canada:P)
-The Aquarius trench run, making a shoutout to the Trench Run from Star Wars, and the final flight of the U.S.S Constellation from "Doomsday Machine"
-The Xindi have officially appeared!
-Michael Dorn voiced Worf again!
N.C.C. 171867
Sovereign Class
Saint John Fleet Yard
"A Mari Usque Ad Mare"
Eggmen WHYY!!! WHY!!!!
Iconion entrance was great THAT'S HOW YOU Introduce a Great Threat
Did someone notice that that "Sitting Dog" Perpetual Design was visible in the video at the beginning? At least it looked very much like that one to me. Maybe a hint for a non-lock-box ship to come?
And our first look at the "Demons of Air And Darkness". Powerful entry, though I have to wonder if it was a good decision - it just makes everyone even more certain that this threat must be dealt with. (Also, for Cryptic- they eventually have to depower the Iconian NPCs because enemies glow-vaporizing 6 characters per 10 seconds would not be much fun.)
They still didn't explain why the Undine need the Dyson Spheres, considering the planet killer quantum singularized in orbit directly. Unless they first need a fleet of ships there to call it in?
And now we know why Egg wasn't to be seen on Tribble anymore. Never trusted the guy, just standing there, doing nothing for me.
http://s12.postimg.org/7m57pihil/not_again.png
I'm guessing the QA Team didn't get their Tribble , as an award for playtesting this content ?
Next FE: Say hello to the Undine/Federation/Klingon alliance
Also, Xindi. Squee!
Downside, I continue to be disappointed with Koren. She's angry ALL THE TIME. She's like a surly 12-year-old. She needs some development of some kind.
Also favorite background moment, in the ending celebration, a Romulan uhlan trying to teach a Vulcan ensign how to dance, and the Vulcan sucks at it. So perfect.
Quite a mission.
They also ended the KDF-Fed war on a very good story. KDF Actually got told they were right.
I am actually blown away, despite all the changes made to mechanics and so on, the reps dont appeal to me at all.
But this mission? Good lord man, THAT was a battle.
Also, best part - you guys found a way to actually integrate our personal ships into the fleet cutscenes. That was epic as hell to see my ship flying alongside the others, and during the trench climax.
Fleet Admiral Rylana - Fed Tac - U.S.S Wild Card - Tactical Miracle Worker Cruiser
Lifetime Subscriber since 2012 == 17,200 Accolades = RIP PvP and Vice Squad
Chief of Starfleet Intelligence Service == Praise Cheesus
Let us upgrade the Seleya Ceremonial Lirpa and Kri'stak Blade
At Easter you have to crack an egg and that's eggactly what we did.
hahahahahahahahahahaahahha
Fleet Admiral Rylana - Fed Tac - U.S.S Wild Card - Tactical Miracle Worker Cruiser
Lifetime Subscriber since 2012 == 17,200 Accolades = RIP PvP and Vice Squad
Chief of Starfleet Intelligence Service == Praise Cheesus
John May Lives!
My character Tsin'xing
Just wait until we start fighting their ships. Borg Command Ships will be running for their mommies. :cool:
"Critics who say that the optimistic utopia Star Trek depicted is now outmoded forget the cultural context that gave birth to it: Star Trek was not a manifestation of optimism when optimism was easy. Star Trek declared a hope for a future that nobody stuck in the present could believe in. For all our struggles today, we haven’t outgrown the need for stories like Star Trek. We need tales of optimism, of heroes, of courage and goodness now as much as we’ve ever needed them."
-Thomas Marrone
Agreed ... I have still to figure out what happened to the new Omega T2 which should replace the +30 Weapons training with something which should do more damage than before ( the Kinetic ... damage ?
But this is the greatest feature episode I've played so far ... At first I thought Admiral Quinn was the Undine , as many were suspecting in the forums ... then ... what? Egg ???
Then I feared the destruction of Q'onos when that ... thing appeared, then I saw a lance hitting the Aquarius and I thought "Oh no! We've lost captain Shon! " .... suspence ... and then he appeared ... feww.
It's funny when I beamed on Q'onos , I saw on the map 2 red dots and I thought " it's not over yet " but ... although I suspected, like many here, that the Iconians were behind all of this ( even not playing all of the episodes ... I've played the last Undine one, before they removed it, which says it all ), I didn't expect them showing up at the conference.
So, yeah ... what was that?
Great story ... and it was awesome to fight in space with my Galaxy, like a TNG episode.
"Critics who say that the optimistic utopia Star Trek depicted is now outmoded forget the cultural context that gave birth to it: Star Trek was not a manifestation of optimism when optimism was easy. Star Trek declared a hope for a future that nobody stuck in the present could believe in. For all our struggles today, we haven’t outgrown the need for stories like Star Trek. We need tales of optimism, of heroes, of courage and goodness now as much as we’ve ever needed them."
-Thomas Marrone
My character Tsin'xing
Loved the Ferengi who wanted to know who owned the Dyson Sphere and if he could buy it.
That's what I had thought. My next guess is that an Undine had subdued the transporter officer, briefly, while morphing into Shon. It's too good to be true for Shon to make it back like that. Then again, it's not the first time a last minute escape has been used.
I also want mention a parody of when Tuvok owned Cooper, but less of a parody - Cooper becoming an Undine and then starting a chain of nightmares where more people become Undine, and in a creepy, but funny ending, Tuvok wakes up while looking to see if he's an Undine. Sounds cliche, but I think it would be funny to see. It's been done before though, but it's the first thing that came to mind during that scene where Tuvok owns Cooper.
Imagine Admiral Janeway with 7 of 9 warping in with the Rhode Island and someone cracks a joke about Harry Kim eventually getting to captain the ship when he makes rank...
I second that thought - this FE was movie length and it took about 2 hours to complete. The whole time I played through it, the conference being interrupted had surprised me. Do you detect any movie formula from Undiscovered Country and Nemesis?
On another note, do you reckon the Devidian story arc should be expanded, or improved upon? Perhaps they are a servitor race? Or do you think they're independent?
I do not like the war ending this way. The multiplayer part of the game still has a war on, and you just ended it in the single-player story line. Captain Calhoun and LtCmdr Icheb from K-7 are handing out assignments to go kill Klingons, and the Klingon High Council is still authorizing an assault on SB24... In-game universe has lost all cohesion now.
I just finished this and I'm positively gushing over it.
Excellent work, Cryptic.
Bravo.
BRAVO!!!
My pet peeve about it though was all those tiny little cutscenes in the middle of the big fights getting in the way due to not being skippable. At least I couldn't, even using the escape button.
Even worse, I found out that NPCs would stop firing while the cutscenes were playing. A real pain that one. I survived it, but others probably would not.
The cats arguing at the start of the mission was a very nice little touch though. I would have loved to have gone up to them and told them to "stop beating around the bush and get a room already!"
I loved that little touch.
I'll miss the old ESD map.
For comparison. I guess a color change was in order...