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  • daharmasterklagdaharmasterklag Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    shpoks wrote: »
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    3. Will there be more uniform options made availible for the species of the KDF with LoR launch? Or some of the existing (like the Mercenary outfits) be adopted for KDF use?

    4. Will the new B'rothl Bird of Prey skin be availible to use on the Tier 5 B'rel Retrofit?

    5. Can we have ushaan/kar'takin and d'k tahg/mek'leth melee weapon packs added to the C-Store as the lirpa/bat'leth one that is currently availible for purchase?
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    jam062307 wrote: »
    <snip>Are there any KDF c-store ship variants similar to the Armitage/Vesta 3 pack in the works?

    Will we be seeing any new KDF Costume option such as Commander Kruge's trench coat?
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    When can I get the knee high boots on my KDF women?

    How about the new hair for my KDF ladies? How about the men too?

    Any more KDF costume options coming any time soon?

    If we can't get a KDF c-store version of the armitage/vesta then how about making a T5 B'rothl Bird of Prey that is more science oriented? As in 4 sci console slots etc etc. or perhaps making a T5 version of the Haj' Heavy BoP that can compete with all these new heavy Fed escorts and high end Rommie ships... the KDF seems to be falling further and further behind the power curve, in quality not just quantity, as far as ships go IMO. The two new Tier 1,2 BoP consoles look nice but otherwise the ships don't help my seven level 50 KDF characters in any significant way.

    I've gotten up to the Rura Penthe mission on tribble and I have to say good job so far on the KDF tutorials and new missions guys! Looking forward to the rest!
  • commadorebobcommadorebob Member Posts: 1,223 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    When can we expect a feline race in the Romulan Faction? It's not like it would take much to add it.
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  • smoovioussmoovious Member Posts: 264 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Why is it so hard for the client to persistently save and recall the changes to our settings/preferences?

    This may not be such a big thing in the eyes of your coders, but it is a very visible thing to the users, and EXTREMELY annoying to have to change my control settings back EVERY time I have to change zones.

    I don't want to keep looking over my shoulder, I want the camera to stay behind my head. I also want to walk when I move instead of jog (/walk 1)... among a handful of other changes to my experience.

    This isn't a little thing, this is a simple thing that should be working flawlessly with little effort, which, it appears, the coders can't handle, so what else can't they handle? (this is what I mean by it being very visible and having a direct impact on the user's experience. this is how it looks to us. small things like this, may be small in the big picture, but many small things, have big impacts, and this one has a big impact on the user.)

    Also... please expand the color palette we can use to customize our avatars and ships. The blues you have, are lacking.

    Oh, and one last thing.

    On the page where we can load our saved avatar/outfits, have the tooltip show the proper name we have saved the outfit with. The one that shows on the main selection screen, where we can rename it. The name that shows now, is too long, we only see the very beginning of it, and they're all identical making it useless.

    That's enough for now. Will have more next time.

    -- Smoov
  • patchouli19patchouli19 Member Posts: 15 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Will we see the Star Trek: Starfleet Command races anytime in the near or not-so-near future? The Hydran Kingdom was said to be conquered by the Klingons at one point and the Lyrans were allied with the Klingon Empire. In my opinion, it would be neat to see some of those races, even if they are just DOffs :)
  • sulac74sulac74 Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Will we ever see an improvement to the exchange where we can search for doffs by traits instead of having to scroll through 400 at a time to find the one we're looking for?

    Sulac
  • malkirk317malkirk317 Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Are we gonna see a Tier 5 NX-class anytime soon?
  • bsliskbslisk Member Posts: 14 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Will we See the Scimitar Warbird become a a playable Ship via Z-store, Lockbox or Lobi? and Any Chance of introducing more of the cast of the star trek shows as characters in game or a episode or series
  • felderburgfelderburg Member Posts: 853 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    When will we be able to modify the costumes for the special FE reward BOffs (Breen, Jem'Hadar, Reman)?

    When will the PvP queues get a button outside the dropdown menu?

    What will the 1,000 day Romulan ship be?

    What will the Romulan Captain's yacht look like?

    When will there be an option to "upgrade" (side-grade, really) a fleet's base into a Romulan appearance?

    Why not create new 3-way PvP maps, instead of tying everything into 2-team versions? Barring that, why not just make a single "queue here" button, and randomly assign everyone who queues on to one of two teams? It seems like that would have been better than tying Romulans in with Fed or KDF, and allowed them to stand alone, rather than allying with the existing factions. Additionally, at some point all bases will be tier 5, so why not allow for Romulan-only bases? Sure, people may be tired of doing bases now, but eventually they'll want more stuff to do.

    Will all the endgame content always be the same for all factions? I understand that it's two or three times as much work to make faction-specific STFs and such, but it doesn't make much in-game sense, depending on what the storyline is. I hope for faction-unique endgame content someday, that doesn't shoehorn everyone into fighting the [Borg, Undine, Iconian] threat of the season with each other.

    Will there ever be species-specific storylines for KDF and Rom? The Honor Day Bortasqu' Orion sort of hit on that, in that he said something like "I'm not Klingon, I don't care about 'honor.'" Why not add storylines about a Gorn character choosing between the Empire and some of his own people who feel that they have been subjugated? Or a Reman dealing with some NPC Republic members who still treat her poorly?
    When can we expect a feline race in the Romulan Faction? It's not like it would take much to add it.

    What about a canine race?

    When will we see what the Romulan ships look like with their parts mixed and matched? (Given that they'll be getting three costumes variants like the Fed and KDF, or so I assume).

    Speaking of costume variants, when will the Odyssey, Chimera, Bortasqu', etc. class ships get costume variants?
  • admiralandyadmiralandy Member Posts: 189 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Will the Dreadnaught and D'kyer get updated fleet versions?
  • darthwoodarthwoo Member Posts: 371 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Will there ever be options for wearing the costumes of other factions? One option would be making a Tier 4 Espionage reward of a free costume slot that allows for other faction costumes. This could be a win-win, as it would instantly provide much greater variety for every player's costume choices, as well as potentially increase demand for C-Store costumes.
  • startrekronstartrekron Member Posts: 231 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Any chance of seeing options to expand fleets? My fleet, Serenity's Grasp, would like to be able to add more bank space or additional tabs.

    We saw the Design the Next Enterprise contest awhile back is there any chance to see the same thing done with the Defiant or Voyager?

    Speaking of Voyager.... We've seen the Defiant and the new Enterprise in game but where is Voyager?

    Will there be any sort of promotional cross overs between STO and Neverwinter?
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  • otowiotowi Member Posts: 600 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Hi there, will see the New Enterprise from the New Movies, available in the CStore?

    I can answer this one right now. The answer is no, not a chance. The new films is not owned by CBS, but rather Paramount (I think, correct me if I'm wrong).

    So the chances of seeing the JJ Enterprise is extremely slim to none at all.

    Now, my question for ask Cryptic is one that many are asking. With the release of LoR looming ever closer, will you have the servers fixed in time so that we will not see any more annoying server crashes??
  • cptbrettlecptbrettle Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Will there be new ships released from the latest movie?
  • bryguy#1741 bryguy Member Posts: 122 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Hi Dan,

    Questions for your consideration:

    1. Galaxy Class Starship. This ship (regular and the X) desperately needs some love. Can you provide any information as to when we might see this happen? Any information as to what kind of love we might look forward to, such as bridge officer layout, console setup changes, turn rate, etc...?

    2. Are there any plans to do anything with Andoria? This seems to be the planet that STO forgot. Can I suggest a winter ski resort type of social zone?

    3. Fleet Holding Costs: Any news on a reduction or modification of costs for fleet holdings? It would be great if Doff requirements could be combined (i.e. Science and Medical as a single input). If not, can something be done about the Doff distribution ratio?

    4. Are there any plans to address the dilithium costs for upgrading Doffs? The heavy price tag that was added at the beginning of Season 7 has made upgrading excess lower level Doffs into something possibly more useful prohibitively expensive.

    5. Having been on Tribble with the Romulan content, I'd like to say that the ship interiors are beautiful and very well done. Any chance the team that designed these interiors can take a pass at Federation interiors?

    Thank you for your time.
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  • captwilhelmcaptwilhelm Member Posts: 99 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I'm assuming the Liberated Reman from the LoR starter pack will be available in C-Store. So, will it be available as an account-wide unlock or as tradable item as we see today with the other BOffs?
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  • otowiotowi Member Posts: 600 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    otowi wrote: »
    I can answer this one right now. The answer is no, not a chance. The new films is not owned by CBS, but rather Paramount (I think, correct me if I'm wrong).

    So the chances of seeing the JJ Enterprise is extremely slim to none at all.
    cptbrettle wrote: »
    Will there be new ships released from the latest movie?

    See my post above for the answer to that question.
  • dongemaharudongemaharu Member Posts: 544 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Will there be a lifetime sale anytime soon?
  • wanderintxwanderintx Member Posts: 144 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    You are adding the Nukara Reputation in LoR. It has been stated the gear for Nukara will not be on the same level as end game Omega gear. Rather, it will be comparable to the current Romulan rep gear.

    Given that, is there any consideration being given to lowering the dilithium prices for the rep systems where the gear is considered sub-endgame? Or, better, raising the value/stats of the other rep system's gear and creating more diversity in what players choose when they reach max level and want more choices for how they outfit themselves.
  • terryrwilliams#9684 terryrwilliams Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I wonder if it would be possible to allow players to change the ship alert status. In other words, a player entering an unknown system would go to yellow alert until either attacked or the situation deemed safe. Would this be possible?
  • cptbrettlecptbrettle Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    otowi wrote: »
    See my post above for the answer to that question.

    Yes i saw just after i posted, thanks.
  • athourstathourst Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Will the Romulan marauder drone-ship from Enterprise make it in game with it's Holographic ability?
  • kylelockekylelocke Member Posts: 182 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Will we be seeing any new ship classes and starship bridges/layouts in the future (aside from those being included in Legacy of Romulus)? Also is there any new fleet holdings/assets like starbase and embassy being planned?
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  • cptbrettlecptbrettle Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Is there a possibility of releasing a tier upgrade for current ships, i.e. TOS enterprise could be used at tier 5?
  • hawkishmonkhawkishmonk Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    1. Is updating the Galaxy Retrofit/Fleet on your list to look at anytime soon?
    2. The EPTx changes are looking great but is there anyway you can add at least one more engineering ensign power that is not on a shared cooldown?
    3. Any chance that you might be able to give us the ability to remove the 3rd nacelle from the Dreadnaught in case question 1 is something you are not going to be doing?
  • connercrestconnercrest Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Are there any plans for a new Vulcan ship, like the Sh'Ran, with a skin similar to the Romulan red?
  • stnetstnet Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    RED ALERT Sound:
    Now that the UI is having a complete makeover (the new UI is very awesome), are you also thinking about putting in a menu option to change the RED ALERT sound?

    In the series the U.S.S. Defiant and the U.S.S. Voyager had different RED ALERT sounds. Is there a possibility that we can get an option (like the new UI color changes) to change the RED ALERT sound?

    As a Voyager fan, I really like the Voyager RED ALERT sound and would use that in the game. :D
  • longasclongasc Member Posts: 490
    edited May 2013
    What is this "texture update" all about? What is getting updated?
  • connercrestconnercrest Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Could we see an update for the D'Kyr? Maybe a more red skin included?
  • gatsie7gatsie7 Member Posts: 141 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I am not trying to take away from the new content that is coming out because it looks great but it seems that unless you are planning on starting a new character and doing all the grind that is involved to get your character geared up. Then their is no new content for you. For instance my main character ( My favorite one ) Insta , has been on active duty for 152 days, 15 hours, 11 minutes, 25 seconds. So as you can imagine I have done it all. So my question is this, Is there plans to expand the End game content more importantly is there any talk of adding more end game Borg content ? Some would say that the borg are not all that is Star Trek and I agree, However they are the Ultimate Enemy !
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  • alarikunalarikun Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Will we ever be seeing 'True Branching Paths' in the Foundry? I don't mean having 1 path you succeed, and 1 path you fail the mission. I mean multiple ways to complete the mission... with choices actually branching the way the mission goes.
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