Still hopefully they found or will explore a few idea's if not several idea's in this thread, or 1-2 of those other threads on a similar subject or title. All we can do is hope...
Hopefully also a few or several of the DEVs read it too from Al Rivera, Borticus, Thomas/ TtC maybe even Andre plus several others...
I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
The nut who actually ground out many packs. The resident forum voice of reason (I HAZ FORUM REP! YAY!)
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A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch." "We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
Passion and Serenity are one.
I gain power by understanding both.
In the chaos of their battle, I bring order.
I am a shadow, darkness born from light.
The Force is united within me.
Still hopefully they found or will explore a few idea's or several idea's in this thread, or 1-2 of those other threads on a similar subject or title. All we can do is hope...
Kael has mentioned in the last few livestreams that hes gone through the forums, reddit, and twitter responses, and given the ideas he thought were doable to the devs to see what they think about them.
I suspect he passes on the idea's he thinks will work, still I also hope he's open minded, and actually encourages the DEVs to also read through a few threads from time to time. Then does a follow up meeting or Phone/Video Conference with them to discuss what idea's they each liked, as they review various posts in the threads. It be an interesting way on some subjects to perhaps see things from a Player Point of View; or find ways to turn interesting idea's, well into really good or great ones!
Still I think he does both or that's my strong hope.
I really loved when PWTrendy (Old Cryptic CM) came up with the idea after a chat with some DEVs, about doing the Design a Ship Contest using concept art or idea's, before finally choosing a final candidate to produce into a ship--those were always popular, despite wildly varied opinions.
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Yea... Trendy was awesome. Then we got Smirk and... eh...
Kael's better than Smirk IMO. But I still miss Trendy and her leek.
I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
The nut who actually ground out many packs. The resident forum voice of reason (I HAZ FORUM REP! YAY!)
normal text = me speaking as fellow formite colored text = mod mode
A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch." "We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
Passion and Serenity are one.
I gain power by understanding both.
In the chaos of their battle, I bring order.
I am a shadow, darkness born from light.
The Force is united within me.
i think i have one god like idea.
sell keys for fix price in dilithium, only in dilithium. 10 keys for 281250 dili. and i think you will end all problems connected do dili. exchange.
i think i have one god like idea.
sell keys for fix price in dilithium, only in dilithium. 10 keys for 281250 dili. and i think you will end all problems connected do dili. exchange.
Probably not as selling keys is also a source of income for STO, and thus selling them for DL would cut into that. Sure you'd have people buying some Zen to trade for DL for it, but it wouldn't be equivelent to the amount they'd get just selling the keys for Zen. In Theory that would make Dilithium HIGHLY desirable, in practice... less money for the Devs to work with overall. It would probably create a whole new problem.
I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
The nut who actually ground out many packs. The resident forum voice of reason (I HAZ FORUM REP! YAY!)
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One thing they mentioned way back when was being able to upgrade player traits to their Superior version. I think that could be a great idea, but i don't think Cryptic can do it without it being too costly in an annoying way.
I would absolutely love to have that as a thing, though.
Additional side idea: I added this in another thread but if they ever gave us customizable interiors, using GPL and DIL would be great for furnishings and stuff for the ships. ESO has an interesting system for furnishings but houses are soooo expensive. Here, it would just be added value if claiming a ship in the zen store also came with it's layout for customization.
It doesn't include all Trait's that are available, so they could always expand this listing. Yet the cost seems very appropriate for what's offered. Still I don't think we'll see more added, unless they decide to expand T3 Fleet Holdings out to T4 slowly over time...
Additional side idea: I added this in another thread but if they ever gave us customizable interiors, using GPL and DIL would be great for furnishings and stuff for the ships. ESO has an interesting system for furnishings but houses are soooo expensive. Here, it would just be added value if claiming a ship in the zen store also came with it's layout for customization.
Most have said the best we'd hope to see is slowly updating Ship Interiors, allowing for a lot more Trophies with GPL & DIL.
So if you're interested check out my post on Page 8, 50% down the page it was just an idea, based on one from years before. Simply a possibility for them to consider about improving &/or updating Starship Interiors at least for Federation.
In another thread on the topic of player housing for Risa, still it be unique. Yet just like Starship Interiors they'd greatly need to expand Decorations/Trophies to more items and expand the hooks to place items... ...in addition to Utility Trophies for Exchange, Bank, Healing, Repairs, Tailor, and several others. It also be nice to set a hook to choose your desired beam in location, provided you returned there after a Queue. Still they've strongly resisted it previously, yet if you want to comment then perhaps visit this thread and read through it.
Still I don't know they'll reconsider this... ...even some others like to see it.
As much as I am all for updating ship interiors, more trophies, and places to display them. The reality is, most players barely ever visit their ship interiors and the same applies to fleet holdings after a fleet has been maxed out. A lot of time and resources go into creating these maps. Outside of missions and special events, even maps like Defera have very little purpose. I would love to see some new locations, but they have to be something we are all going to use regularly. Even the Lifer Station is pretty quiet compared to other social zones.
Even if this has been suggested already
even if I personally won't do much with it
Player-housing.
...
These are all huge resource drains with very little return on that investment. That's why they aren't part of STO. It's the same reason why they've more less stopped making bridges for ships -- there's just not enough demand to justify the expense.
That's what they say about new fleet-holdings. Player-housing is a different beast, and tends to be popular and profitable in games that have it. FF14 and Warframe have a lot of people really committed to their housing and orbiters/dojos.
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Still hopefully they found or will explore a few idea's if not several idea's in this thread, or 1-2 of those other threads on a similar subject or title. All we can do is hope...
Hopefully also a few or several of the DEVs read it too from Al Rivera, Borticus, Thomas/ TtC maybe even Andre plus several others...
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colored text = mod mode
#LegalizeAwoo
A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
"We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
I suspect he passes on the idea's he thinks will work, still I also hope he's open minded, and actually encourages the DEVs to also read through a few threads from time to time. Then does a follow up meeting or Phone/Video Conference with them to discuss what idea's they each liked, as they review various posts in the threads. It be an interesting way on some subjects to perhaps see things from a Player Point of View; or find ways to turn interesting idea's, well into really good or great ones!
Still I think he does both or that's my strong hope.
I really loved when PWTrendy (Old Cryptic CM) came up with the idea after a chat with some DEVs, about doing the Design a Ship Contest using concept art or idea's, before finally choosing a final candidate to produce into a ship--those were always popular, despite wildly varied opinions.
Kael's better than Smirk IMO. But I still miss Trendy and her leek.
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So, just to be clear on the order of our community managers since I've been here...
It went Branflakes, Smirk, LaughingTrendy, AmbassadorKael.
#LegalizeAwoo
A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
"We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
> Looks like the Zen well is about to dry up again less than 70 zen on the exchange at present
Yea I noticed the same. I made my monthly conversion a bit early as a result. Not that I regret it in light of the attractive key ring bundle sale.
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But honestly, just so long as they don't take something away and then sell it back to us.
sell keys for fix price in dilithium, only in dilithium. 10 keys for 281250 dili. and i think you will end all problems connected do dili. exchange.
@pwlaughingtrendy was an awesome Community Manager and the best, in my opinion, this community has ever had. She is definitely missed around here!
Probably not as selling keys is also a source of income for STO, and thus selling them for DL would cut into that. Sure you'd have people buying some Zen to trade for DL for it, but it wouldn't be equivelent to the amount they'd get just selling the keys for Zen. In Theory that would make Dilithium HIGHLY desirable, in practice... less money for the Devs to work with overall. It would probably create a whole new problem.
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colored text = mod mode
I would absolutely love to have that as a thing, though.
Additional side idea: I added this in another thread but if they ever gave us customizable interiors, using GPL and DIL would be great for furnishings and stuff for the ships. ESO has an interesting system for furnishings but houses are soooo expensive. Here, it would just be added value if claiming a ship in the zen store also came with it's layout for customization.
https://sto.fandom.com/wiki/Trait_Enhancements
It doesn't include all Trait's that are available, so they could always expand this listing. Yet the cost seems very appropriate for what's offered. Still I don't think we'll see more added, unless they decide to expand T3 Fleet Holdings out to T4 slowly over time...
Most have said the best we'd hope to see is slowly updating Ship Interiors, allowing for a lot more Trophies with GPL & DIL.
So if you're interested check out my post on Page 8, 50% down the page it was just an idea, based on one from years before. Simply a possibility for them to consider about improving &/or updating Starship Interiors at least for Federation.
In another thread on the topic of player housing for Risa, still it be unique. Yet just like Starship Interiors they'd greatly need to expand Decorations/Trophies to more items and expand the hooks to place items... ...in addition to Utility Trophies for Exchange, Bank, Healing, Repairs, Tailor, and several others. It also be nice to set a hook to choose your desired beam in location, provided you returned there after a Queue. Still they've strongly resisted it previously, yet if you want to comment then perhaps visit this thread and read through it.
Still I don't know they'll reconsider this... ...even some others like to see it.
even if I personally won't do much with it
Player-housing.
Offer stuff on Risa. Offer a suite on DS9.
Offer quarters-customization (or even general interior customization) on ships, so interiors actually have a purpose.
Offer an area to live inside on fleet-holdings.
Looking at most other MMO's, those that offer housing usually have huge parts of the playerbase doing little else.
That's what they say about new fleet-holdings. Player-housing is a different beast, and tends to be popular and profitable in games that have it. FF14 and Warframe have a lot of people really committed to their housing and orbiters/dojos.