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somtaawkharsomtaawkhar Member Posts: 10,222 Arc User
In the last year and a half or so Cryptic has addressed many of the lager QoL fixes people have been asking for, but there are still a number of smaller QoL issues I would like to see resolved.

In no particular order
  • A dedicated EV suit slot so we don't constantly have to switch between our armor and EV suits(Cryptic says they are still working on this but until it's out, it isn't)
  • Separation of ground and space specializations and reputation active powers. Neither of these are a particularly big loss as they are, but it would make it more consistent with how normal and reputation traits are separated.
  • Normalizing the fleet holding transwarp menu. All fleet holdings connect to the Starbase, and the Starbase connects to all other fleet holdings, but can we get every fleet holding connected to each other so we don't have to constantly play hopscotch when trying to move between fleet holdings?
  • A pet tab. I'm honestly not sure how people get so many pets this becomes a problem, but it apparently is, and getting a Guild wars 2 style pet tab would be nice.
  • Armada mail. Just making it easier for all fleets in an armada to get news across
  • Cleaning up the accoalde list so it isn't an FPS killer and so its actually alphabetical instead of being broken up into odd chucks where said chunks are alphabetical, but not everything in each section of the accolade list is.
  • Item deltas to compare stats between items. We have gone 10 years without it, without any major problems, but it would still be nice to have this feature almost every other MMO out there does.
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  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,918 Arc User
    +1 for pet tab!
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  • captainhunter1captainhunter1 Member Posts: 1,632 Arc User
    edited May 2020
    Great list!

    I'll add:

    - Academy Terminal in New Romulus Command for daily trivia questions. Sure would be nice as a Romulan to use my homeworld as a real base like other factions do.

    -Add the Captain's Table to the sector space Transwarp list for those who have access. What's the point of only having it in orbit of Qo'nos and Earth, when I can just use those facilities easier? (yeah, yeah, I've heard the excuse that it is less crowded - umm, only very few people use it exclusively for this reason. Putting it on the Transwarp list makes it much more convenient for a LARGE number of people.)
  • furyofthefugafuryofthefuga Member Posts: 157 Arc User
    Someone's gonna have to explain the pet tab to me. lol

    I would add to the accolade item to include filter options (including one that filters those that give titles).
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  • sthe91sthe91 Member Posts: 6,013 Arc User
    edited May 2020
    +2 for pet tab and yes to the dedicated EV suit slot.

    - I did not know about the FPS issue with the accolade list but there is also a glitch when you scroll down that list. Glad it has some filters though.

    - The past Winter Event accolades are either not completable and/or one does not know how many one has done with some of them especially the older ones (Gingerbuddy and another one) and not the new ones involving the Kramp'lhri event. This is on all my characters.

    - Some players still have a not able to complete accolade about requesting additional duty officers from Lt. Ferra, the Caitian, it is Duty Officers x2 or something like that. The accolade for Nimbus III called Nimbus Survivor has Nimbus spelled wrong and is rendered Nimibus. This is on all my characters.

    - Another thing the side missions on New Romulus (the Help Out New Romulus ones) which are not the same as those in the New Romulus story arc that used to be connected to the New Romulus Reputation do not appear in the Available tab where they used to be except on certain characters like DSC.

    - Better organization of the Available tab- In fact rename it to the Side Missions tab and organize the missions of the various story arcs that are in there in chronological order including the Kobali arc, Acts I-III. Also, fix the part where it says Mission Replay: To Be Filled In in the Fed-Info, Romulan-Info, and KDF - Info tabs (might also exist on DSC, TOS, and Jem'Hadar) on the left of the Available tab. Another part is cleaning out that tab especially removing missions from that tab that are no longer accessible in the game like Starbase 24 and Slowing the Expeditionary Force which still appear in my Available tab on my Fed, TOS, and DSC characters under Admiral Grigori Yanishev (have not yet checked my Fed'Romulan and Fed'Hadar to see if they are there as well).

    - Some players have a Lifetime accolade in their Accolades list (Mine is the 100-day one called Stalwart) even though they do not have a Lifetime membership. Also, combadge is spelled wrong in the accolade itself. It is rendered as combage or something like that. I have this on several of my characters.

    Players having the old Omega Rep armor, shield, weapon/Maco Rep armor, shield, weapon accolades that refer to an item that does not come in Mark X anymore but only in a higher mark. This accolade needs to be updated. As well as all the accolades that are bugged that involve unlocking visuals for ground reputation sets involving a shield/armor, and weapon set.
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  • furyofthefugafuryofthefuga Member Posts: 157 Arc User
    Someone's gonna have to explain the pet tab to me. lol
    STO has a large number of pets, be it combat, or non combat, pets, and holding onto all of them in the inventory wastes a lot of space. Other games solve this problem by creating an inventory tab specifically for pets.

    I guess I still don't understand considering you can only use one at a time... but ok! :)
  • sthe91sthe91 Member Posts: 6,013 Arc User
    edited May 2020
    Som, you explained it better. I can easily run out of room in my inventory if I were to buy all the vanity pets as well as combat pets in this game. I have to delete several, move them to my BOFFs as storage, into my bank, etc. I don't understand why furyofthefuga does not understand that though.
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,669 Community Moderator
    I will also voice support for Pet Tab. You'd be surprised how much Bank Space I don't have because of all my pets I've collected over the years.

    Also I think dedicated EV Suit slots were actually brought up by the Devs at some point, but don't remember where.
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  • thunderfoot#5163 thunderfoot Member Posts: 4,545 Arc User
    OP has some very good suggestions. Others who've posted do as well. Great ideas which should have already been put into action.
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  • sierra078sierra078 Member Posts: 335 Arc User
    Can we get a 'salvage' button too? Maybe? Perhaps? Possibly?
  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,918 Arc User
    Someone's gonna have to explain the pet tab to me. lol
    STO has a large number of pets, be it combat, or non combat, pets, and holding onto all of them in the inventory wastes a lot of space. Other games solve this problem by creating an inventory tab specifically for pets.

    I guess I still don't understand considering you can only use one at a time... but ok! :)

    Yes, we can only use them one at a time, but we still run out of bank/inventory space to store the others in. I'm sure I'm not alone in sometimes switching up pets to follow along, meaning I keep several in inventory and swap them with ones in the bank.

    If we had a pet tab, we can store them there and they won't take up inventory space, just like having RnD mats on their own tab keeps them from filling up inventory.
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  • flatulencius#6400 flatulencius Member Posts: 13 Arc User
    I'd like the ability to turn in commendation reports without having to go to starbase and sit through very slow loading screens. Maybe this could be added to mail terminals.
    Also an option to auto-turn in completed doff assignments and/or admiralty missions would save my poor mouse a lot of clicking.
  • ussvaliant#6064 ussvaliant Member Posts: 1,006 Arc User
    edited May 2020
    Few things

    1. Salvage Tab for inventory.
    2. Klingon Doff mission assign prisoners to interment camp autofill of the 10 required doffs like it used to do.
    3. Armada donations tab as many fleets have a contribution requirement for store access, but not often enough projects to donate directly to that fleet, so members donate to the Armada fleets but have no way to prove it.
    4. Unrestricted Tailor access or at least match colour palettes for upper and lower. The TNG Skant looks nice on my female toons but having the bottom slightly off colour to the top sucks as an example.

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    5.Blogs and in game calander to be actually correct. Says Bonus Marks but is actually Dil Bonus
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  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    You select a Primary and Secondary Specialization. If you select Commado as Secondary, that is good for Ground but worthless for Space. Having a Primary and Secondary for Space and one for Ground lets you set up correctly for both.

    Active Reputation only has one set for the four (or five) Active Reputation Traits. Having a Ground and Space line again lets you select appropriately for both.
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  • sthe91sthe91 Member Posts: 6,013 Arc User
    edited May 2020
    sthe91 wrote: »
    Another part of that tab, removing missions from that tab that are no longer accessible in the game like Starbase 24 and others.
    Fun fact, they actually did this over a month ago, it just went as an undocumented change. Things like Starbase 24, and Big Dig, are no longer in the available tab.

    As keepcalmandchiveon said, Starbase 24 is still in my Available tab. You are correct that Big Dig has been removed from it but not Starbase 24 and Slowing the Expeditionary Force which I added to my suggestions.
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  • furyofthefugafuryofthefuga Member Posts: 157 Arc User
    It would, but they have not made them auto-actions. In a few instances, they are. But not in most.
    Given that the missions "Researcher Rescue" and "What Lies Beneath" were both updated some time ago to make putting out the fires, and getting the flashlights, an automatic thing, instead of having the player obtain,and equip, a physical device item, I am not sure why you would even still have either item to begin with.

    The Fire Suppression Device was only ever used in "Researcher Rescue" and doesn't work on fires in other missions. likewise, the flashlight was only used in the "What Lies Beneath" mission, and the "Defend Rh'Ihho Station" TFO, and, IIRC, both of those are automatic equips(I know the "What Lies Beneath" mission is), so I'm honestly more confused on why anyone has these items, and why Cryptic hasn't just removed them from the game.

    Hmm, there was a TFO I played not too long ago where you could grab a flashlight out of a crate. I don't recall anything about it being auto, but being the first time I had played it, too, I found myself too busy trying to keep up with everyone else to really take the time to figure it out. lol
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