Does anyone know if the weekly episodes that are coming are going to need to be done in the order they come out, or are going to have storylines? I'm really curious, and I haven't had the time to track done everything the dev's have said on the subject.
Does anyone know if the weekly episodes that are coming are going to need to be done in the order they come out, or are going to have storylines? I'm really curious, and I haven't had the time to track done everything the dev's have said on the subject.
I'm guessing they're going to be telling a complete story-arc by exposing you to the story piece by piece each week. The great thing about that is that each weekly episode is still going to be there, and they won't be level-bound, so you could play them at whatever level your character is.
The leveling path for all captains is pretty fixed as it currently stands. Are there plans to expand options, so that leveling alts doesn't involve the exact same missions each time?
We have an idea about that, and one thing that I think will work -- obviously [if] it doesn't work, we won't do it -- are weekly episodes. If we make them playable at any level by any faction, and we stay true to delivering these on a weekly basis, then if you play the game at any level there's always new content and new things to do.
For example, let's say you're playing for six months and you level a character, and you're able to play through several of these episodes. Now let's say you create a new character -- not only is there all of that content to play, but there's also all this new content coming that is level-agnostic. The more you play, the longer you play, there's always more content available for you at any level. There is a level path -- you go to the Klingon sector, you go to the Romulan sector, you go to the Cardassian sector. But by adding this other content that happens at any level, you really have more options at any given point.
Are weekly episodes going to be archived, or will they only be available for a given week?
No, they're a permanent part of the game. Let's say that six months from now you're a new player to the game -- you'll have all of this backlog of content that's been added to the game. We hope that people actually will go back and replay these weekly series. That's something where instead of just adding a new zone that's just for a specific level, where you can just play that content at a certain level -- by doing it this way, we make that content available to everyone, and you decide how you want to level. And if there's a lot of that content, with each character you make, you can take a completely different path through the game in terms of how you want to level.
i think they may be part of an overall story but most of the missions apart from the task forces dont have to be done in order, even thought they link up. so im hoping you can do them in any order
I was thinking that if they had said something like that it'd be cool. I actually think they should do some stand-alone mission, and then some 2-3 part missions, like the shows had. That'd be fun
I was thinking that if they had said something like that it'd be cool. I actually think they should do some stand-alone mission, and then some 2-3 part missions, like the shows had. That'd be fun
I think that's probably what we'll see.
To be honest, what interests me the most right now about the Weekly Content updates is how would they be created and produced because I'm guessing that Cryptic will be testing their UGC tool-set by using it to produce these weekly missions. I'm hoping I'm right and I'm hoping that the whole thing is a huge success because if it is, then we'll get the UGC tool-set sooner rather than later (again, wishful thinking) which may mean that STO will become a very lively MMO indeed!
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Here's some more info.
http://www.massively.com/2010/07/26/our-interview-with-star-trek-onlines-executive-producer-dan-sta/
No idea if it helps to answer any of your questions.
i think they may be part of an overall story but most of the missions apart from the task forces dont have to be done in order, even thought they link up. so im hoping you can do them in any order
To be honest, what interests me the most right now about the Weekly Content updates is how would they be created and produced because I'm guessing that Cryptic will be testing their UGC tool-set by using it to produce these weekly missions. I'm hoping I'm right and I'm hoping that the whole thing is a huge success because if it is, then we'll get the UGC tool-set sooner rather than later (again, wishful thinking) which may mean that STO will become a very lively MMO indeed!