test content
  • Games
  • Social
  • Arc News
  • Support
  • Zen
What is the Arc Client?
Install Arc
Forums > Home› Star Trek Online General Discussion

[PODCAST] [INTERVIEW] Tribbles in Ecstasy talk to Content Designers, Kate and Jaddua; Got Questions?

midniteshadow7midniteshadow7 Member Posts: 787 Arc User
in Star Trek Online General Discussion
The Tribbles in Ecstasy Podcast will be talking to Star Trek Online Content Designers, Kate Bankson and Jaddua "QuantumMeerkat" Ross live on Friday, 29th July 2016 from 5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern/1am UK.

You can join us live to ask questions in the chat at http://bit.ly/hsmlive or reply to this post with any questions you have.

LLAP

Comments

  • kjwashingtonkjwashington Member Posts: 2,529 Arc User
    edited July 2016
    @midniteshadow7 Can you give us a few examples of what they do before we start asking questions? And also from now on? It'll at least help deter people from asking questions that they can't answer.
    FaW%20meme_zpsbkzfjonz.jpg
    Support 90 degree arc limitation on BFaW! Save our ships from looking like flying disco balls of dumb!
  • gaevsprivsmangaevsprivsman Member Posts: 314 Arc User
    I proposed once if we could get a mission of a derelict ship, that you have to play from the outside, in space... then enter the ship.. kind of like a suspense mission, would be too difficult to create?
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0 Arc User
    Any chance on a featured series based on some kind of holonovel from trek.

    The Adventures of Captain Proton‎
    The Dixon Hill Series‎
    Vic Fontaine's Lounge and Casino
    The Adventures of Flotter
    Insurrection Alpha
    Julian Bashir's Secret Agent
    Kahless and Lukara (for the KDF side)
    Photons Be Free
    Vulcan Love Slave
    Beowulf
    Sherlock Holmes Program 3A
  • evilmark444evilmark444 Member Posts: 6,950 Arc User
    kjwashington wrote: »
    @midniteshadow7 Can you give us a few examples of what they do before we start asking questions? And also from now on? It'll at least help deter people from asking questions that they can't answer.

    Yeah this is a good point, I was about to pose some mission related questions, but then I realized that may not be the content these particular devs design.
    Lifetime Subscriber since Beta
    eaY7Xxu.png
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,231 Arc User
    These are the story writing people.
    -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
    My character Tsin'xing
    Costume_marhawkman_Tsin%27xing_CC_Comic_Page_Blue_488916968.jpg
  • kjwashingtonkjwashington Member Posts: 2,529 Arc User
    edited July 2016
    markhawkman wrote: »
    These are the story writing people.

    Thank-you! That's the sort of information that should be posted in the OP.

    As for my question:
    In the mission second wave, there isn't a Romulan Republic ambassador, is there any chance that this can be added for Romulans to talk to? Perhaps even replacing the Deferi? (I know the mission pre-dates the season that New Romulus and the Republic came in, but it just feels odd that the Deferi are there, but not the Romulans.)

    Apparently they aren't the story writing people, so they probably can't answer my above question. I'll try to think of one later.
    Post edited by kjwashington on
    FaW%20meme_zpsbkzfjonz.jpg
    Support 90 degree arc limitation on BFaW! Save our ships from looking like flying disco balls of dumb!
  • evilmark444evilmark444 Member Posts: 6,950 Arc User
    To some of us, AoY was lacking in mission quantity, particularly in comparison to LoR. Are either of you able to comment on why there weren't more?

    Will 'State of Q' be updated and brought back any time soon?

    Between the AoY missions and 'State of Q', the TMP era is the only era to not yet appear in a time travel mission, is there a reason for this?

    Will we ever get to see how powerful the Borg would become if they assimilated Herald tech?
    Lifetime Subscriber since Beta
    eaY7Xxu.png
  • jheinigjheinig Member Posts: 364 Cryptic Developer
    Content designers generally implement missions. Our writer, Paul Reed, focuses on much of the story and dialog. Content designers do tasks like making puzzles, figuring out the pacing of a mission, working with an environment artist to lay out the map with an eye to the mission's "flow," setting up the encounters, and building all of the data that allows your character to accept the mission, play through it, and turn it in for credit.
  • risian4risian4 Member Posts: 3,711 Arc User
    edited July 2016
    Three things, all related to diplomacy and the ties between the most important powers:

    1. Will we witness how the Alliance gets further integrated? Like, are there any plans to have cross-faction missions where, for example, J'mpok or some other Klingon alliance representative gives a Federation player his new orders?

    2. Are there any plans to bring diplomacy back, specifically diplomatic efforts towards the Undine, Voth, Heralds, Vaadwaur? Like, are there plans to have the Voth and Undine join Task Force Omega? Or opening an embassy on Iconia for example?

    I quite liked the diplomatic conference episodes, though I do think that more focus should be placed on the outcome of such conferences, instead of some interruption that will always take place.

    3. Related to Iconia and the Iconians: are there any plans to have the (former?) servitor species feature again in some episode?
  • evilmark444evilmark444 Member Posts: 6,950 Arc User
    In that case ... hmm ... yeah they probably can't answer any of my above questions, and I don't know that I have any they could answer ...

    Best I got is: Please no more math in future puzzles!
    Lifetime Subscriber since Beta
    eaY7Xxu.png
  • officerbatman81officerbatman81 Member Posts: 2,761 Arc User
    edited July 2016
    Jaddua Ross is a female i presume?

    Ladies, were you fans of Star Trek before you joined the team? What are your memories, fondest moments, favorite parts? Which Star Trek is your favorite?

    Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to making this great game.
    Post edited by officerbatman81 on
  • dragonsbrethrendragonsbrethren Member Posts: 1,854 Arc User
    edited July 2016
    How do you accommodate for the large gaps in player performance when designing combat encounters?

    Are there any scenarios that had to be cut from a mission because they were too difficult or too confusing?

    Have any missions or PVE queues been scrapped entirely?

    What is something that's not possible in STO that you wish you could implement in a mission?

    Any funny stories about something that has gone wrong in a mission?

    (If any of these questions get asked on stream, you don't have to credit me. If you do, I prefer Kinanra over my forums handle.)
    @Kinanra_STO on Twitter • Star Trek Battles Regular • Sarita Devastated, my latest Foundry mission
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0 Arc User
    Are they working on a new exploratory system
  • kjwashingtonkjwashington Member Posts: 2,529 Arc User
    theunknown0#4185 wrote: »
    Are they working on a new exploratory system

    Instead of asking my own question, I would like to second this.
    FaW%20meme_zpsbkzfjonz.jpg
    Support 90 degree arc limitation on BFaW! Save our ships from looking like flying disco balls of dumb!
  • captkelly31#5645 captkelly31
    captkelly31#5645
         Member Posts: 392 Arc User
    theunknown0#4185 wrote: »
    Any chance on a featured series based on some kind of holonovel from trek.

    The Adventures of Captain Proton‎
    The Dixon Hill Series‎
    Vic Fontaine's Lounge and Casino
    The Adventures of Flotter
    Insurrection Alpha
    Julian Bashir's Secret Agent
    Kahless and Lukara (for the KDF side)
    Photons Be Free
    Vulcan Love Slave
    Beowulf
    Sherlock Holmes Program 3A

    Cryptic, please add some of these.
  • vegeta50024vegeta50024 Member Posts: 2,335 Arc User
    theunknown0#4185 wrote: »
    Are they working on a new exploratory system
    kjwashington wrote: »
    theunknown0#4185 wrote: »
    Are they working on a new exploratory system

    Instead of asking my own question, I would like to second this.

    The Lead Content Designer, Al Rivera has stated in the past on what stuff they're working on is that they're currently working on a very early Exploration system internally, but the thing is, since it has to be a major thing, it's not going to be ready for some time, especially since they have larger things they want to get things done first.

    TSC_Signature_Gen_4_-_Vegeta_Small.png
  • officerbatman81officerbatman81 Member Posts: 2,761 Arc User
    ^2nd question completely inappropriate.
    Bitter and jaded kdf chip on his shoulder.
    Im tired of these folks.
  • nikeixnikeix Member Posts: 3,972 Arc User
    Q: What do you do when planning a new episode to mix up mission flow and keep things from feeling formulaic or repetitive?
  • sinn74sinn74 Member Posts: 1,149 Arc User
    edited July 2016
    officerbatman81 wrote: »
    ^2nd question completely inappropriate.
    Bitter and jaded kdf chip on his shoulder.
    Im tired of these folks.

    You're right. They should just make 2-3 seasons of KDF-only content so you don't have to read about how they're being ignored.

    Great idea!
  • indysharkindyshark Member Posts: 1,543 Arc User
    I'd like to see just one or two KDF unique mission released every quarter.
  • officerbatman81officerbatman81 Member Posts: 2,761 Arc User
    This klingon being ignored and underserved and dont have blah blah blah treated unfairly schtick is ridiculous amd makes me laugh. Very childish people with childish mentalities.

    If a business has a product and through all their means finds that product is not popular and it doesnt create a big enough revenue to justify pouring more resources into it, such is business, logic, life. Get over it hard liners.
  • captkelly31#5645 captkelly31
    captkelly31#5645
         Member Posts: 392 Arc User
    Get the money out of gaming, then?
  • sinn74sinn74 Member Posts: 1,149 Arc User
    officerbatman81 wrote: »
    This klingon being ignored and underserved and dont have blah blah blah treated unfairly schtick is ridiculous amd makes me laugh. Very childish people with childish mentalities.

    If a business has a product and through all their means finds that product is not popular and it doesnt create a big enough revenue to justify pouring more resources into it, such is business, logic, life. Get over it hard liners.

    In every other business, if there is a product that doesn't sell as well, incentives are put into place so more people buy it. Such is business, logic, life. Get over it, Cryptic apologists.
  • officerbatman81officerbatman81 Member Posts: 2,761 Arc User
    Or as someone said above facetiously, discontinue the product due to lack of interest.

    Car companies will discontinue a car model because of that principle.
  • sinn74sinn74 Member Posts: 1,149 Arc User
    officerbatman81 wrote: »
    Or as someone said above facetiously, discontinue the product due to lack of interest.

    Car companies will discontinue a car model because of that principle.

    CBS will likely not let them do this, so they're (seemingly) passive-aggressively sabotaging the faction they never wanted. More bugs, less content, less ships, etc. "See! we put out stuff and no one wants it!" It's not brain surgery.
  • crypticrockcrypticrock Member Posts: 120 Cryptic Developer
    officerbatman81 wrote: »
    Jaddua Ross is a female i presume?

    I shared this with him. There was much guffawing. :)
  • midniteshadow7midniteshadow7 Member Posts: 787 Arc User
    Thread closed - got Qs for interview, thank you all that posted, the episode will be posted soon.
This discussion has been closed.