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Bring Back "Engage"

baucoinbaucoin Member Posts: 821 Arc User
edited October 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
When the game first started the launcher said Play to start up the game, then per players request it was changed to Engage in homage to Jean-Luc Picard. Now you've gone and changed it back to Play. Bad form gang. I know it's a silly nitpicky detail but it's one that I will miss.


Really though, with the limited resources the game currently has time is spent changing the launcher. A change in my option wasn't needed.
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  • vetteguy904vetteguy904 Member Posts: 3,938 Arc User
    they you tick off the much cooler Pike crowd with "punch it"
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  • timelords1701timelords1701 Member Posts: 556 Arc User
    I do not understand why they felt the need to update the launcher screen.
    But I am in agreement with baucoin the change was not needed.
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  • crypticarmsmancrypticarmsman Member Posts: 4,115 Arc User
    vetteguy904 wrote: »
    they you tick off the much cooler Pike crowd with "punch it"

    Actually the Pike character coined 'Engage' in the 1964 unsold Star Trek Pilot 23 years prior to the Picard character's use of it in 1987.
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  • vetteguy904vetteguy904 Member Posts: 3,938 Arc User
    every captain said it until SNW.
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  • solidshark214solidshark214 Member Posts: 347 Arc User
    What the...? When did they change that??? That's not how it was for me just a few hours ago!
  • dragon#2626 dragon
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    The change is since this morning. Completely unnecessary change I might add; classic case of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
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  • sthe91sthe91 Member Posts: 6,021 Arc User
    I also would like Engage back. It felt Star Trek. Instead of just Play.
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  • rhapses1rhapses1 Member Posts: 8 Arc User
    I concur. Please bring back 'Engage'. It's much more Trek than 'play'.
  • axiom9axiom9 Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    Just that Engage is so much better than Play the play button is on every game but Engage was on only one game :(
  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,671 Community Moderator
    Merged
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  • selioneselione Member Posts: 17 Arc User
    I am not so bothered by the "play" vs "engage" button. I am more bothered by this truly ugly new launcher
  • baddmoonrizinbaddmoonrizin Member Posts: 11,015 Community Moderator
    I can't help but think, "If we were going to get a new launcher, then why not something that looks more LCARS?" 🤔
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  • spiritbornspiritborn Member Posts: 4,395 Arc User
    baddmoonrizin wrote: »
    I can't help but think, "If we were going to get a new launcher, then why not something that looks more LCARS?" 🤔
    If that was the intention then I wish would have gone all the way and not this half way thing that doesn't look that great.

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    baddmoonrizin wrote: »
    I can't help but think, "If we were going to get a new launcher, then why not something that looks more LCARS?" 🤔

    Interesting point. Would certainly feel more Trek than what we got.
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  • seanreedseanreed Member Posts: 5 Arc User
    edited September 2023
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  • arathinarathin Member Posts: 59 Arc User
    Voting for return of engage.
  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    edited September 2023
    colonelmarik wrote: »
    seanreed wrote: »
    (Flaming, trolling comments moderated out. - BMR)

    Well, the game is itself only barely connected to Star Trek, too.

    I do agree, though. It's not very nice to look at, and I think a solid LCARS design would have been appropriate. Perhaps even let the players choose a launcher, Federation LCARS, Klingon or Romulan...

    And, let's get ENGAGE back.

    Agreed on engage, but as far as launcher design goes the new layout is able to present more information more cleanly and still include a lot of fancy art for the game. It gets the job done well You can throw LCARS on top of that but if appropriately scaled the principle function is going to add clutter and subtract usable space (sacrificing a clean look for a Trek look). IMO the launcher's design looks good, per actual computer ergonomics, and I'm not going to begrudge a Trek property for pushing a different UI aesthetic in some small form. LCARs to me stands out as TNG-VOY era UI design, even by 2409 it'd be appropriate to revamp it considerably or move onto something else.
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  • jade1280jade1280 Member Posts: 868 Arc User
    "Make it go"
  • inferiorityinferiority Member Posts: 4,446 Arc User
    Just to get my opinion in here, it's a refreshing change to see a new design to the launcher.
    It may not have needed it but I think it's a step in the right direction.
    I do think it needs refined though - the 'News' section feels cramped and "Engage" definitely feels more 'Star Trek' than "Play".

    Whilst I like what's been tried to do, I think the small size of the launcher works against it.

    Maybe it's time to increase the amount of screen-space used by the launcher to something more like 800x600 ?
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  • saurializardsaurializard Member Posts: 4,404 Arc User
    edited September 2023
    While a new design is welcome, in practice, it's not well-implemented, compared to the previous one.
    Still the weird "news is both present in different text and thumbnails for some reasons" and now, you can't scroll to get more, the more appealing and fitting "Engage" button is replaced by a generic "Play", about one third of it is just used for the title and the portraits of the factions, and there is this ugly "X" replacing the bird.
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  • baucoinbaucoin Member Posts: 821 Arc User
    Thank you for bringing back Engage!
  • sthe91sthe91 Member Posts: 6,021 Arc User
    Yes, thanks to whoever brought back Engage. Much appreciated.
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  • psiameesepsiameese Member Posts: 1,650 Arc User
    Also grateful for the return of ENGAGE.
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  • rhapses1rhapses1 Member Posts: 8 Arc User
    Also please pass on my thanks to the silent achiever who brought back Engage :smile:
  • arathinarathin Member Posts: 59 Arc User
    thank you for bringing back engage now how about the button cycles through all the warp commands like Hit It, Warp Me, Let's Fly, I would like the ship to go....now, give me warp in the factor of three four five, thank you in advance
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