Cryptic, if you want to hear a perfect solution for adding EASY content in STO, consider this. First of all, starship interiors need to be added for this to work you would need the Captains Ready room, the Captains off duty quarters, and the off duty quarters for all the Bridge Officers.
Cryptic invests some time into designing and creating objects that can be placed inside these rooms in whatever way, shape or form the player wishes on a table, next to the bed, on the walls, etc. and these objects can be earned in various ways. Here are some possible ways:
1 Random Exploration missions. Occasionally you will find an alien planet that needs study. There is one mission Ive done several times where you find some alien graves. You add to that, and as you explore the planet you uncover random objects from alien ruins, graves, etc.
2 Add uncommon random exploration missions that have a chance to pop up after a set number of random exploration missions that have uncommon items to collect.
3 Aid the Planet Missions. After you have aided 10 planets, you get a special gift from the population. After you have aided 25, 50, 75 and then 100 you get different gifts each one larger and cooler (maybe you get some alien statue for completing 100 Aid the Planet missions. Imagine how RARE that would be to possess!!!
4 Common items that can be found during game missions. They would be placed within the scenarios and you would have to find them, whether its something on a wall, or on a desk, etc. but anyone can find them just by doing the mission and looking around carefully.
5 Rare and Very Rare items that can be found in various ways, almost all tied to exploration.
This adds a twist to the idea of a player house (ie your ship) and being able to decorate it. Just like Picard was in awe of ancient relics, you could find some of your own to showcase on your ship! A portrait from an ancient civilization, or a vase, or even a special rare jewel box for aiding 25 planets!
This would be an EASY way of adding a TON of content and keep people playing, trying to find a variety of items, some common, some uncommon, some rare and some very rare! Nothing in the C-Store, and nothing that can be traded. All items found would be bound to that character so that each Captain (and even Bridge Officers!) has his or her own adventure and can SHOWCASE what they have discovered/earned.
This is just an idea and any additional input is welcome, I want to find easy solutions to increase STOs appeal and life and keep player interest.
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It would work just as well for Klingons.
In fact, dstahl is asking everyone what trophies they'd like to see in-game:
http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?p=2665292#post2665292
As for everything else, variety is always welcome in an MMO.