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Reduce "Condition Red" transition timer?
livinlifejb90
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Pretty much what it sounds like. A slight reduction in the time it takes to go from Condition Red/Alert back to normal flight or in ground missions.
Reduce "Condition Red" transition timer? 31 votes
Yes
67%
21 votes
No
12%
4 votes
Make them longer, actually.
3%
1 vote
Indifferent.
16%
5 votes
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Obviously it could be added as a multiplier to several build types. -10% time on red alert status timer. Or -0.5 seconds to red alert status change timer. Or -x%/sec reduction in status timer per condition. Like all the other existing abilities. It's basically or literally boff/captain ability timer. Add a GCD and add the normal skills/layouts. ;p
BTW, I love gcd builds. It would make ground more interesting. Although the ability in ground could be very lethal.
That's certainly true. It used to be annoyingly too long to get out of, now it's just slightly too long.
That could very easily be addressed with a shorter RA timer. Simply add some code to those traits that ensures the buffs do not zero out until X seconds after RA drops, where X is the difference between the current RA timer and the new one.
Good answer in theory, but the odds of Cryptic getting that working properly are very low
I'd like to be able to manually set 'red alert' status and also disable it at will (which would drop shields for instance). That is unfeasible for the game but I'd like it.
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Agreed!
You unfortunately have a very good point.
That's what I meant, a 'alert toggle' of sorts that lets you switch from 'red' to 'green' with the latter lowering your shields. Many of the classic Trek games allowed you to remain at no alert ('green'), just raise shields ('yellow') and battle stations ('red').
STO doesn't really warrant anything that'd require you to lower your shields, but as a sort of "penalty" for getting away it might work.
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I'm thinking of certain TFOs where it's helpful to have speed to get between points (To Hell With Honor) that would not be balanced the same if we could go Full Impulse sooner, and that may mitigate the tactic of clearing out turrets along the way. Just one example of many, I'm sure. Similarly, sprinting in combat has a more limited duration, and that could throw off the flow of certain queues. Although maybe in Miner Instability, it might make it easier to get to the Gorn before they get knocked out, so...I dunno.
Yea, but what is weirder is that red alert was something the captain chose to turn on and off at will. We are the captain. We should say when and if it goes. Why not add a system of alerts we can use. That would probably have been useful to balance out the old crew logic to get them in place. Assuming we had some sort of 2d/3d map of them running around the ship. Then it could get them in place to carry out their jobs in relation to combat.
This is my answer. Shortening red alert would seriously cripple some traits and their usability.
Yea this is a very good reason it's just fine as it is.
I think most are suggesting it's too long simply because we've been at Red Alert since last Tuesday, and long for peace in the Galaxy.
It's too bad the Borg Queen wasn't nice, friendly, kind, caring, and friendly; she trying to steal the title from the true Queen who kindly delegates all her tasks to Book, and gives him free will on her ship.