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Cryptic have done a good job on maps like Defera, ESD, Qo'nos, the academies and now Bajor.
Assuming they were to add another big social zonel/Mission map for the next FE series or event, what would you like to see?
Cardassia? Trill? Ty'gokor? etc.
I think my choice would be Ferenginar. I think that would be a fun place to see in game.
Assuming they were to add another big social zonel/Mission map for the next FE series or event, what would you like to see?
Cardassia? Trill? Ty'gokor? etc.
I think my choice would be Ferenginar. I think that would be a fun place to see in game.
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They should make Mars and Luna maps as well and maybe some star bases on the moons and in the orbit of Saturn and Jupiter.
And of course, they should open all these maps up to foundry authors so we can play some stories using these well-crafted sets.
So I think finding social locations is a the hard part. Maybe what they should focus on is expanding places like Bajor, earth, risa, and other places and give us stuff to do there.
Of course. if I had to give a place I would like to see. I would have to day the Trill home world, P'jem ( as a social place. I am sure it isn't right now. ) Rura Pentha, and maybe a few others.
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Then Ferenginar.
This, or a Paramount Studios backlot zone for time travel missions.
The new Defiant interior is great, what would be great is for them to work on the Intrepid, Galaxy and Soveriegn interiors (including shuttle bays). If they then added missions to do on our ships (maybe dailies) the maps would get used alot too. Failing that they could make a few FE's that requier you to goto a ship to ensure the interiors get used.
Risa could also do with a revamp to bring it up to teh standards of what the concept art for it originally was.
After that I'd say probably Cardassia or Ferenginar.
Starfleet Command could be great as well. Ideally though, I'd say The Gorn, Orion or Nausicaan homeworlds would be nice for the Klinks :-)
Out of existing places, I'd like to see some city-area on Andoria. The existing map is just a wide open nature park. We've seen an Aenar city onscreen, but they are in the Northern Wastes. It would be interesting to see if 'temperate'-zone underground cities have more vegetation, flowing water, or even access to the sky. Still chilly, but more alpine than arctic.
Then, give us the moon colonies, let us look at Earth from the Moon, and explore what Earth has created on the moon. Then give us Mars, let us see the Mars colonies and explore Mars.
I'd also like to see Jupiter Station that we saw in Voyager several times, where Dr. Zimmerman worked.
I'd like every ship to have an appropriate bridge for that ship, from the TV series, along with unique interiors, based on that ship, as we've seen in the TV series, so that each ship has a unique bridge and interior.
For looking at worlds outside of Sol, definitely give us Betazed. It's time to open up that sector block and let us explore Betazed.
How about a PvP zone on Ferenginar where buisnesses can battle each other for Latinum?
I'm not sure how it took two years to get another map in the game aside from Shanty Town, especially when many of the Featured series maps could be added.
Give Andoria it's open zone Melee PvP "Ushaan", with energy weapons and kits disabled like Coliseum.
Something to do on Risa. Like some nice "misadventure" that Picard went thru.
Also, since they have a day/night cycle figued out, maybe apply it to Risa.
If they finish or edit Andoria, I'd love to see San Franscisco.
Doing a historical Earth city and throwing those assets into the foundry would be a godsend for authors.
I would like to see one in the Gamma Quadrant.
I'd say more, but you said what I was thinking.
And I don't want "pretty" tech to delay any of it.
I'd like the already existing maps to be 100% complete or possibly expanded a bit before creating new ones.
I am pretty sure, to have an idea what we will get.
They talked about opening a new sector next season, that will inlclude another fleet holding (as if dropping resources into a starbase wasn't enough already).
Likely something like a colony world where you can build up from a camp with tents to a flourishing city...
I also expect another public starbase in that region or another open ground map where Federation, Klingon and Romulan all come together.
Not sure if there is an established world from canon that would fit the bill.
Possibly Nimbus III, which could be interesting to explore more than 100 years later that what we last saw of it.
Since we are talking about a social zone, the main aspect I would be interested in is a good flavor envirmonment for RP.
The starbases will be the place to meet for fleets. Other than that, people use DS9 or ESD/Quo'nos since they have business there anyway. No one goes out of their way to fly to Bajor or Risa just to stand there and chat in zone-chat.
We don't need more social maps. Why would we NEED them?
I would rather they focus their time and money on adding more mission content to the game.
We dont need another map where we just run around, check the bank, exchange, look at the scenery and talk in the zone chat.
I agree that they should add those locations, but it should be in a mission context.
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Plus we have all the smaller based like SB 39, K7, etc.
Plus, I'm assuming the new Zone coming with Season 7 will also have a social zone. I'd really rather they spend the time focusing more on game content then social content.
The Defera Invasion zone was going in the right direction. It was a social zone most of the time and became filled with NPC enemies once the sun went down and the space vampires came out.
Have bigger zones and populate them with all sorts of social features as well as mission content. For more complex mission requiements ad special mission instances you access through doors or transporters. This would also be a lovely playground for foundry authors.
This all makes esspecially sense if you make a whole mission series around a single theme.
Bajor is an excellent example as well, it's just too many minigame style missions all linked to the 2800. But the idea is the right one.
It would be easy to hook up with other players doing the same mission because you see them running around there.
RPing is always more nice in a living breathing environment (even if it's partypopping cats in pink miniskirts).
Take Bajor for example. It's beautiful and probably took alot of time and effort to make, but within a week of being put into the game, it's a ghost town. Never seen or heard from again.
TLDR; Social maps = resource black hole.