I realize this has been brought up roughly 7 billion times (or so I'm guessing, only read 2 pages of this thread), but being able to access and use this for DOFF assignments would be totally amazing. I often log on the full client just for DOFF, but I do have overall limited bandwidth and this would burn far less, over the long term. And it would just generally be a fantastic feature. It would be very welcome.
Although I understand the sentiment and sympathize concerning bandwidth, the Gateway should not be used to facilitate DOff assignments. The Gateway should not be a proxy for actually playing the game ... in my opinion
But rather, it should do for DOffs, what it's currently doing: providing a means to overview the DOffs you have.
I was looking over the Fleet additions to the Gateway.
In the example of my Fed fleet we have 22 pages of Logs. With the the most recent being displayed at the bottom of page 22. However, the front page of the Fleet screen sports a Recent Events window in the lower-right. This displays the first 3 logs as taken from page 1. Which are considerably older entries.
I'd like to suggest that the Stardate tab for Fleet Logs offer a toggle between standard dates and stardates. We have that choice in-game and it's helpful to be able to swap back and forth between the two.
I do enjoy that we can now click the entries for fleetmates from the Roster tab. Permitting us to view one anothers Captain, Bridge Officer's and Starship's. I think this is the first opportunity that we've had to share - at least those with the details - our Bridge Officer biographies. There may be some fun back stories being missed.
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Not sure if this is related to the gateway or not, but I had been unable to access my fleets via pidgin/xmpp starting around the time the gateway stuff started.
Those of you who have been trying the Gateway Beta know that it's been a rough couple days. We're working hard on fixing the problems as soon as we see them. We truly appreciate the feedback you're giving and appreciate the perseverance it takes to use beta software.
psiameese: Good point on the order of the logs. We'll fix that.
tk79 andlostpinky101: At this time, we're focusing all our energy on making a good
Starting with yesterday's (25 Jan) update, the Account Guard identifier is no longer associated with your IP address. (This means that you may need to enter one more code, and then you'll be in the clear for 30 days or so.) If this isn't the case, let us know.
My computer is able to access the gateway on Firefox, but my phone still gets a message of STO being down.. The only reason I would use the gateway is for my phone to access away from the computer.
Manged to get onto the Gateway briefly. The character selection takes an age to pull up the list of characters. Kicked out a number of times, getting the "Gateway s current under maintenance message.
I'm looking at the gateway again because I'm interested in the "Fleet support" and wanted to see what is was like.
What I was hoping was a better view / interface into the Roster. The in-game roster holds 80% of the information that we are interested in for managing a fleet of 200+ registered, but the sorting on the screen doesn't work correctly for anything other than Name and Rank.
It would be useful if the roster screen split out the account name from the character name. This would simplify making sure that all of a member's characters are the same rank. It would also aid in seeing the total fleet contribution an account has made. And please show a larger number of rows. I can copy and parse the HTML to split the name myself, but would need a large number of rows to make that worthwhile.
I got the feeling that the roster screen auto-refreshed, at which point I was kicked out. I wouldn't mind if the auto-refresh was dropped.
What I would love would be an Atom data feed of the Fleet roster and it wouldn't have to be real-time, a 24hr update would be fine.
What would other people like to see on the Roster screen?
Edit: I'm running Windows 7 64-bit with both 32-bit and 64-bit IE9.
I'd love... I'd really LOVE a web API for the gateway to use on our own webpages.
It would be nice if we could get import data from the gateway to fetch such things as characters, fleet, possibly items and so on from gateway for our webpages to ease the creation of member profiles ported directly from STO.
Now obviously this would require certain security features, but I'd really love such a function.
Don't look silly... Don't call it the "Z-Store/Zen Store"...
The bad news is that we confirm that there was a problem with Safari logins. :-( Thank you for the reports. The good news is that a fix has been applied!
There is also an event which occurs which drops everyone on Gateway. We have a fix for this, but it needs to go through QA first. At the moment, it happens once every couple hours.
There is at least one problem in the client which causes a disconnection you. (You'll get the Disconnected dialog box pop up.) We're working on that too.
If you are "visiting" a Fleet page (i.e. not a member) you see less information than someone who is a member. You see just enough to know some basics about the fleet and contact the top officers.
There's still no way to go to other pages without going back to the main screen. The options should all be on a top or bottom bar (If I'm on the accolades page, for example, I should be able to click a button that takes me straight to the Personnel page, rather than going back to the main screen and then to the personnel page).
Additionally, I should be able to go straight to my character from a fleet page or another character's page, rather than having to go through the "select character" process again.
Hmm I can get on without new access codes now, so not sure what that problem was.
But if I go into my fleetmate's bios for a few minutes, often the thing seems to crash on me and say something about maintenance. If I leave it alone for a while I can get back in again.
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I clicked on my fleet's website, and it took me there, which was cool. However, when I pressed the back button to return to the gateway, it got stuck on the loading screen. I had to close the tab for a bit, then try again to get to the login screen.
That is all I get when I try to use this new feature. I have JavaScript enabled, as well as cookies for the site, and it never gets past that please wait screen. I'm using IE9 as my browser and synchronized my cryptic account months ago. Any idea why this isn't working for me?
I don't think that anyone mentioned the new audio effects. As I don't own a handheld device to test, can someone else comment on how immersed it makes your experience? From the desktop perspective, I'm thinking I'd want more audio bells and whistles. Perhaps some Barrett-esque call outs? I don't know how practical that would be for the Gateway?
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I've never gotten past this screen, and I've tried it on my home computer as well as my computer at work.
EDIT: I FINALLY got past the entry screen and was told to check my e-mail for a passcode. I did this immediately, got the code, and saw this: "Gateway is now undergoing maintenence. Please try again later"!!!!
Now I REALLY want to check this thing out. It's like a quest to complete! lol
I have to ask, are we actually supposed to be able to view other players' and fleets' information through the Gateway? I know it's just the info, but you can basically view other people's builds, character details, biographies, fleet information and such with ease. I'm just not sure that this is how it should be. Some kind of "hide" option would be nice for people who wouldn't like their characters to be viewable by everybody.
As for other feedback:
Keep getting disconnected randomly. Keeps telling me that "gateway is undergoing maintenance".
Scroll down keeps resetting - moves window to the top at random.
Some chat integration would be nice, so that we can use the in-game chat while outside of the game.
I have to ask, are we actually supposed to be able to view other players' and fleets' information through the Gateway? I know it's just the info, but you can basically view other people's builds, character details, biographies, fleet information and such with ease. I'm just not sure that this is how it should be. Some kind of "hide" option would be nice for people who wouldn't like their characters to be viewable by everybody.
I have to ask, are we actually supposed to be able to view other players' and fleets' information through the Gateway? I know it's just the info, but you can basically view other people's builds, character details, biographies, fleet information and such with ease. I'm just not sure that this is how it should be. Some kind of "hide" option would be nice for people who wouldn't like their characters to be viewable by everybody.
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Although I understand the sentiment and sympathize concerning bandwidth, the Gateway should not be used to facilitate DOff assignments. The Gateway should not be a proxy for actually playing the game ... in my opinion
But rather, it should do for DOffs, what it's currently doing: providing a means to overview the DOffs you have.
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In the example of my Fed fleet we have 22 pages of Logs. With the the most recent being displayed at the bottom of page 22. However, the front page of the Fleet screen sports a Recent Events window in the lower-right. This displays the first 3 logs as taken from page 1. Which are considerably older entries.
I'd like to suggest that the Stardate tab for Fleet Logs offer a toggle between standard dates and stardates. We have that choice in-game and it's helpful to be able to swap back and forth between the two.
I do enjoy that we can now click the entries for fleetmates from the Roster tab. Permitting us to view one anothers Captain, Bridge Officer's and Starship's. I think this is the first opportunity that we've had to share - at least those with the details - our Bridge Officer biographies. There may be some fun back stories being missed.
Not bothering with this until that is changed.
"We are smart." - Grebnedlog
Member of Alliance Central Command/boq botlhra'ghom
All my fleets are back ! Good work guys!
psiameese: Good point on the order of the logs. We'll fix that.
tk79 andlostpinky101: At this time, we're focusing all our energy on making a good
Starting with yesterday's (25 Jan) update, the Account Guard identifier is no longer associated with your IP address. (This means that you may need to enter one more code, and then you'll be in the clear for 30 days or so.) If this isn't the case, let us know.
I'm looking at the gateway again because I'm interested in the "Fleet support" and wanted to see what is was like.
What I was hoping was a better view / interface into the Roster. The in-game roster holds 80% of the information that we are interested in for managing a fleet of 200+ registered, but the sorting on the screen doesn't work correctly for anything other than Name and Rank.
It would be useful if the roster screen split out the account name from the character name. This would simplify making sure that all of a member's characters are the same rank. It would also aid in seeing the total fleet contribution an account has made. And please show a larger number of rows. I can copy and parse the HTML to split the name myself, but would need a large number of rows to make that worthwhile.
I got the feeling that the roster screen auto-refreshed, at which point I was kicked out. I wouldn't mind if the auto-refresh was dropped.
What I would love would be an Atom data feed of the Fleet roster and it wouldn't have to be real-time, a 24hr update would be fine.
What would other people like to see on the Roster screen?
Edit: I'm running Windows 7 64-bit with both 32-bit and 64-bit IE9.
Can anyone else confirm that this is new?
I guess this would only show up for those in a fleet... All mine shows is gear for my ship and crew...
I am still waiting for them to add the DOFF duty management... Would give me something to do while I am at work on my lunch break.
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I'd love... I'd really LOVE a web API for the gateway to use on our own webpages.
It would be nice if we could get import data from the gateway to fetch such things as characters, fleet, possibly items and so on from gateway for our webpages to ease the creation of member profiles ported directly from STO.
Now obviously this would require certain security features, but I'd really love such a function.
There is also an event which occurs which drops everyone on Gateway. We have a fix for this, but it needs to go through QA first. At the moment, it happens once every couple hours.
There is at least one problem in the client which causes a disconnection you. (You'll get the Disconnected dialog box pop up.) We're working on that too.
Yes, it was in the January 17 patch notes.
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Additionally, I should be able to go straight to my character from a fleet page or another character's page, rather than having to go through the "select character" process again.
But if I go into my fleetmate's bios for a few minutes, often the thing seems to crash on me and say something about maintenance. If I leave it alone for a while I can get back in again.
"We are smart." - Grebnedlog
Member of Alliance Central Command/boq botlhra'ghom
I'm using Internet Explorer 10. I have JavaScript and cookies allowed for *.startrekonline.com and *.perfectworld.com.
That is all I get when I try to use this new feature. I have JavaScript enabled, as well as cookies for the site, and it never gets past that please wait screen. I'm using IE9 as my browser and synchronized my cryptic account months ago. Any idea why this isn't working for me?
I've never gotten past this screen, and I've tried it on my home computer as well as my computer at work.
EDIT: I FINALLY got past the entry screen and was told to check my e-mail for a passcode. I did this immediately, got the code, and saw this: "Gateway is now undergoing maintenence. Please try again later"!!!!
Now I REALLY want to check this thing out. It's like a quest to complete! lol
:rolleyes:
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Now shaddup about the queues, it's a BUG
As for other feedback:
Keep getting disconnected randomly. Keeps telling me that "gateway is undergoing maintenance".
Scroll down keeps resetting - moves window to the top at random.
Some chat integration would be nice, so that we can use the in-game chat while outside of the game.
Agreed.. invasion of privacy.. :eek:
Yes, this is as intended, however...
...the button can be found in the Social Window (default key "O") Search tab by clicking on the Privacy button towards the bottom-right.
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=