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captainhunter1
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Hi everyone,
Our current Galaxy map just got a facelift with Delta Rising. It does look a lot better, however it still has some 'clunky' features on it. Most notably the Defara and Borg sectors. Game-wise, the travel to these could be smoothed over and made less confusing by doing the following:
By moving the Defara sector down and physically connecting the Borg sector to the rest of the map, travel to them becomes much easier for all factions. In addition, lore-wise this new layout also makes more sense (the Defara sector is close to the Borg area now, which is why they are being attacked by them. Also Captain Kirk didn't have a Transwarp gate to get to Cestus or the Mutara Nebula, so how did he get there in STO terms? :P)
You'll also note that I changed the border colors on a number of sectors to better represent the faction in control of that area (many blocks are half controlled by two factions - like the Eta Eradani sector or the Alpha Centauri sector).
One of the best things about 'correcting' the map as above, is that it allows easy expansion into the Gamma Quadrant from Deep Space Nine, when that content is made available.
Our current Galaxy map just got a facelift with Delta Rising. It does look a lot better, however it still has some 'clunky' features on it. Most notably the Defara and Borg sectors. Game-wise, the travel to these could be smoothed over and made less confusing by doing the following:
By moving the Defara sector down and physically connecting the Borg sector to the rest of the map, travel to them becomes much easier for all factions. In addition, lore-wise this new layout also makes more sense (the Defara sector is close to the Borg area now, which is why they are being attacked by them. Also Captain Kirk didn't have a Transwarp gate to get to Cestus or the Mutara Nebula, so how did he get there in STO terms? :P)
You'll also note that I changed the border colors on a number of sectors to better represent the faction in control of that area (many blocks are half controlled by two factions - like the Eta Eradani sector or the Alpha Centauri sector).
One of the best things about 'correcting' the map as above, is that it allows easy expansion into the Gamma Quadrant from Deep Space Nine, when that content is made available.
My consolidated list of game improvements for STO:
arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline/#/discussion/1203368/pve-content-a-list-of-gamewide-polishing-pass-suggestions
arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline/#/discussion/1203368/pve-content-a-list-of-gamewide-polishing-pass-suggestions
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The reason you have to use a gateway is because of the distance required and you have to access the Transwarp network. Otherwise they would have to map a huge chunk of the Federation.
It actually was that far for Kirk, they just used Warp Speed Plot
http://www.startrekmap.com/ufpmain.html
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defera would be above deep space 9, due to the breen border.
Yes the Federation split in two seems odd, but when you consider the Federation as a Political Entity it makes sense. The Federation has never been about conquering territories, its about planets choosing to join, It's a sprawling entity, to quote memory alpha:
As to the Kirk thing, you are trying to apply logic to the TV show. Yes at TNG warp 8 it would take Kirk around 100 days to get from Earth to the Mutara Nebula but that would be really boring on screen.
If STO were to add the actual distance there would be a lot of empty sector space maps. Though it would be awesome if they made all of it. I think rather than moving things around I would rather they fill in the gaps, add areas like Trill, Betazed etc