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The SHOW interviews STO Producer Maria Rosseau (Z. Rex)!!!
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Check it out! The interview lasted 3 hours, was done live, and is uncut/unedited.
https://youtu.be/qXgvNUizS5Q
Big thanks to Maria for joining us live!
Topics discussed include:
Agents of Yesterday
Revamps
The Lag
PvE queues
Faction parity
and much much more!
I've converted the interview into an mp3 and split it into 3, hour long parts:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/qXgvNUizS5QBig thanks to Maria for joining us live!
Topics discussed include:
Agents of Yesterday
Revamps
The Lag
PvE queues
Faction parity
and much much more!
I've converted the interview into an mp3 and split it into 3, hour long parts:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Enjoy!
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We discussed a lot of things.
^_^
it's your loss. there is a lot of info
What Sarcasm said.
One of the best parts was when Maria got to ask you guys a bunch of questions.
Im an hour and a half in now and I think my ears may never stop bleeding.... and Maria has gone on my poodoo list for her opinion that TOS was about 'seeking out new life and seducing or killing it' explains so much about STO's direction... -.-
So, exactly how many episodes weren't resolved by Kirk snogging, punching or shooting something again ?
I seem to remember an ep where Kirk ordered a planet to be bombarded from orbit... it might have been more than one ep actually.
many, but one must also remember NBC basically required a fistfight per episode, they wanted the 'Wagon Train to the Stars' Gene sold em on... Remember how the first pilot failed because it was not violent enough? :P
Everyone takes something different away from a series. For me TOS was about showing us metaphors for the world they had in the 60s and how to do better, how Humans in general, could be better. IMO Gene was far too optimistic about our race's ability to move above our nature, but that's a separate issue. For another person I know TOS was all about "possibilities". That miss Rosseu saw it as pew pew snog, is disappointing to me but also helps illuminate many things about STO.
I hurt my ribs laughing so hard. that was quite an ironic statement. Have you listened to The SHOW before?
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
Yeah, its terrible when a person does not realise how boring and uninteresting they are, isn't it chaos?
On another note, the interview was quite good, well done OP
Maria aka zeroniusrex: lead producer
- lots of stuff hasn't been released on Tribble yet
- they have plans for the game till 2018.
- what expansion would you like to see next?
Carassians are a possibility. She would like to see an expansion that is completely our own (not relying on any ST series) but doesn't think such an expansion is likely to come.
- Which one of the Star Trek series is your favorite?
TOS. Star Trek is an action show. Explore, seduce or kill.
- Are there more people doing voice over for STO?
She's not saying.
- Event rewards and unlocks soon to be account wide?
They have been talking about it but they don't want to devalue the effort people put into getting them when the original event took place. Discussions are still going on.
- What you think about moving cannon abilities down a rank?
She thinks that's a good point but doesn't want to answer.
- Any carriers coming up for Romulan and Klingon players?
They are too busy right now to do somthing simular to the Jupiter project for Klingons and Romulans. Maybe later this year.
- Additional functionality for BOFFS planned (temporal BOFF)?
Who knows, maybe?
Revamps:
- Are there any plans to revamp any social zones?
They want to revamp DS9, they even started on it but there wasn't enough time to complete it. Their plan is to revamp all social zones in time.
KDF/Rom:
- How many of the Devs play Fed/Rom/Klingon
Most of them are playing Fed.
- What would you do to improve the Klingon experience, to motivate more players into making a Klingon char?
Episode parity, but it would take too long and use up too many ressources (half a year that would have to be spend on making Klingon content exclusively). It's not a realistic path.
If they went solely by the numbers they would probably never release any Klingon (or Romulan) specific content/ships. But they are trying to give those factions something from time to time anyway.
Agents of Yesterday:
- Is the TOS faction gonna be seperate from the Fed faction? Are the ships from the TOS ship pack exclusive to that faction?
TOS ships are exclusive to the TOS faction and cannot be used by Feds. Eternal and Outoboros class are for everyone.
- Are console players getting the same game as PC players?
Yes. But the UI and controls will be different.
- they are concentrating on TOS content, not TAS content
- she doesn't think Caitans from TAS would work well in STO (from an artstyle perspective), and they don't want to give TAS Caitians a visual upgrade
- the TOS faction is like the Romulan faction except you cannot chose the Klingon side
Foundry:
- Of all of the additions which one is your favorite? (proudest to have worked on)
The foundry.
- Are there plans to add Unimatrixes, dreadnoughts, gateways, bosses and other stationary objects to the foundry?
Those assets are ignoring the standard AI and working according to a scripted routine. Therefore it is difficult to bring them into the foundry. She would love to do it but its gonna be a lot of work.
- any official content planed to help people learning how to do things in the foundry?
No. They are relying on playergroups to teach new players.
- Is it possible to add a little window to the foundry with links to people or groups that can help you taking the first steps?
No direct in-game link possible. But they could create a help page with references and links to the specific groups.
- Could the people in charge of the foundry do some tutorial videos?
No. People who were in charge moved on.
- Will console players have access to the foundry?
No, but some foundry missions might be brought to consoles.
- What's the future of the foundry?
Foundry support is scheduled but has a low priority compared to all the other content that is coming. Na'kuhl, Krenim and TOS assets are coming to the foundry but if something comes up it has to be delayed.
- Is the foundry ever gonna come out of Beta?
Yes.
Lag:
- Is there anything that is being done that you can communicate to the playerbase? What are the causes?
FPS and lag are often mixed up by players and therefore tracking down the problem becomes difficult since different systems are concerned.
They have to update their engine for time to time which is gonna impact performance on older PCs.
They are still identifying powers that cause performance issues.
They are actively working at it all the time.
- Is there anything the playerbase can do?
Be very precise in your reports. Tell them the symptoms, not what you think is the cause.
- After a very active phase communication in this matter has stopped almost entirely, why?
They were very busy with the expansion and the console release and just couldn't find the time. She admits that this was a mistake and should not have happened.
Console port:
- Is the community management gonna be expanded?
It's PWE's responsibility. She doesn't know.
- Will console players be able to PvP?
Most likely yes.
- No foundry on console.
- Console and PC are not gonna be able to play together. It is set in stone at least for launch. Cross platform play is difficult to achieve and would require lots of ressources dedicated to it. Global chat would be another issue since it runs on a seperate server.
Queues:
-Why can't we have Elite queues?
It's a lot of work but it's something they want to tackle. They want them to be challenging, not just a DPS race.
- No Win Scenario, any updates?
It was removed because it no longer was a no-win-scenario. They want to bring it back but are not going to until they have turned it into a no-win-scenario once again. No concrete plans as of yet.
Armada system:
- Any plans on improving the system (XP bonus applying to critter kills only, donations from players to other fleets not trackable)?
If she knew she wouldn't be able to tell. Nothing in the near term.
PvP:
- Any sorts of improvements planed?
Something they are always discussing. They know it's important and they want to work on it. There are tentative plans but nothing concrete.
(Sorry if I missed a few points but I kind of had to do several things at the same time.)
The grim summary - "Expect absolutely nothing beyond what we announce with full fanfare."
technically they can... since if you own those t6 ships they can use the TOS skins... you just gotta buy 2 ships to use the TOS skin or the big whopper pack
Pretty much the reason I stopped listening.
Doesn't have to be all positive...but the criticism kinda took over, and was no longer a learning experience. It was the audio version of the STO Forums. Plus it kept getting longer, and longer, and longer.
I had high hopes for THE SHOW, at the start, but it is no longer for me.
Thank you, szim...and no need to be sorry about putting forth the effort, and your time. It is appreciated.
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
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Regardless of my personal thoughts, I enjoyed Maria Rosseau's (Z. Rex), thoughts, musings, insights, and info sharing. She is a real Crypt interviewer asset.
"I hurt my ribs laughing so hard. that was quite an ironic statement. Have you listened to The SHOW before?"
I have not listened, but what i said still applies. Clearly you think highly of your program and fine.
But I'm considering her/their perspective, your not with the game production, you are coming from the fan side. So this was actually a "fanboy" interview.
And by its very nature podcasts are more of an amateur media.
Not trying to make enemies. But 3hrs does sound excessive. Maria is a good sport.
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