Maybe the announcement will be about PVP and how the next 2-3 seasons are going to be based on PVP?
Don't misunderstand this: But that would be disastrous for STO.
Cryptic has already, and did very early, confirm that PvP never had much attention from the playerbase, even in early testing.
Dedication two full seasons to PvP would be nuts from a "luring in customers" standpoint.
Now I would not mind a season that was 70-80% dedicated to PvP development... I'd even go as far as say "it would be about time", but more than one season at this point, is just... wonko.
Don't look silly... Don't call it the "Z-Store/Zen Store"...
considering the timing, it's almost certainly Halloween based. remember all those weird noises in ESD and the other social hubs?
If it has to do anything related to the Great Pumpkin or Charlie Brown or that other craptastic mission BonBons.. we are all DOOMED for what is to come for Season 8. I'd also play a bet we'll all be getting dinosaur pets soon once this Jurassic Park spinoff EPICALLY comes to the worst idea they've thought of wears off.
Hey Cryptic, how about a poll for an end to grinding? Ohh wait, there was a poll for Fred Flinstone and Barney with Betty and Wilma making a surprise appearance in Season 9. STAY TUNED!
I think CBS is going to announce a new Trek TV show set in the STO universe and the game will be tied to it, similar to the game / TV show combo that is Defiance.
Whilst it works for the purpose of this game, I think the current story is too messed up to feature in a TV show; especially as we're only ever in 2409 and a TV show would need to advance in years.
There is too much going on within STO to focus on a TV show, add to that, many fans (who aren't players of this game) would go ape **** at the way the story has progressed.
Maybe the announcement will be about PVP and how the next 2-3 seasons are going to be based on PVP?
is that a joke? you cant honestly think they will announce the next year and a half of content updates when season 8 is not even here yet, and have those updates all be about one aspect of the game, which is not even that popular?
Yes PvP needs a major overhaul and deserves part of a season at the very least, but its unlikely it will ever be the selling point and be mentioned at this stage as an announcement.
I will be the first to admit that I am an "on again-off again" player. However IF the announcement is truly EPIC, and IF we take into consideration some of the other underlying events that have taken place in recent months, then this is the logic behind what I think the announcement is.
1) There have been at least two hardware system updates that I know of.
2) Judging from some of the information I have gotten from some of my fleetmates that are long time (beta-stage) players there are obviously problems keeping the player base steady.
3)We all know that for a good while now Cryptic/PWE have not exactly been ignoring player requests for content but what players do request is either not within the abilities of the core game engine, not permissible by CBS, or not supported by a large enough contingent of the player base.
In conclusion I can only guess one thing that would be TRULY UNABASHEDLY EPIC!
With the various hardware and software updates I would guess that Cryptic/PWE are going to announce that over the course of 2014 they will be working the replace the core game engine with a newer version that would allow them to expand STO in ways not possible before.
Honestly, I have read many many posts about people wanting this or that. Posts demanding bug fixes etc. The one overriding issue I can see with doing at least some of these things comes from my experience in programming. Sometimes you can only fix a piece of programming by converting the whole smash to run on a different core software.
The core software you start out with never seems deficient when you first start using it but after a few years the faults begin to present themselves at alarming rates!
This would be the only announcement that I can think of that would be UNGODLY EPIC!
He said it'll be "next week," which would be this week now. Based on when they generally post stuff, I'd say between 3 hours from now (the earliest of the common times of day that they post dev blogs) and late afternoon (Pacific time) on Wednesday (they rarely do big stuff on Fridays and Thursday is the FE). Depending on whether it's related to the FE, S8, or something between them, and where they want the anticipation/hype balance to be.
He said it'll be "next week," which would be this week now. Based on when they generally post stuff, I'd say between 3 hours from now (the earliest of the common times of day that they post dev blogs) and late afternoon (Pacific time) on Wednesday (they rarely do big stuff on Fridays and Thursday is the FE). Depending on whether it's related to the FE, S8, or something between them, and where they want the anticipation/hype balance to be.
Everytime Cryptic anounces something epic (exciting,awesome, you name it) we can surely assume it will be either something totally un-exciting, un-epic or it will be something no one will simply care about.
"...'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured...the first thought forbidden...the first freedom denied--chains us all irrevocably.' ... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. I fear that today--"
- (TNG) Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie
Everytime Cryptic anounces something epic (exciting,awesome, you name it) we can surely assume it will be either something totally un-exciting, un-epic or it will be something no one will simply care about.
Does mandatory ARC come under "not-epic"? :D
Hopefully I'll come back from my break; this break is fun; I play intellectual games.
Mandatory ARC should be under the category of "EPIC FAIL".
Edit: And I don't mean under new sign ups or having to redownload have to use ARC. I mean people who already have the game without ARC. Or use Steam should not have to.
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"There is no problem in the universe that can't be solved with a bribe, a paid assassin, or an overpowered fighter." - Chubain from Jumpgate Evolution
Everytime Cryptic anounces something epic (exciting,awesome, you name it) we can surely assume it will be either something totally un-exciting, un-epic or it will be something no one will simply care about.
I thought poll results were Voth, that's why we're getting Season 8 with the Voth. No?
This is how it worked.
There was a poll in which players decided what "themed" content they wanted coming up. I encouraged many to pick Enterprise and it unfortunately lost to DS9. The overall winner was Voyager. And Branflakes already said there was some Voth content coming up.
Then the DEVS selected some popular / well known races from the delta quadrant, and the winner was the Krenim.
Hopefully I'll come back from my break; this break is fun; I play intellectual games.
There was a poll in which players decided what "themed" content they wanted coming up. I encouraged many to pick Enterprise and it unfortunately lost to DS9. The overall winner was Voyager. And Branflakes already said there was some Voth content coming up.
Then the DEVS selected some popular / well known races from the delta quadrant, and the winner was the Krenim.
Come to think of it, I think I remember the poll. I can't remember what I voted for though, probably wasn't the Krenim.
I know I voted Enterprise for the series one. Shame we lost. STO could have done wonders with the Xindi. Moreso than both the Voth and the Krenim.
Hi, what do we all think next weeks 'epic' STO announcement will be?
Cryptic found the missing Spider Pit scene from the 1933 version of King Kong in their Dyson Ball vacuum cleaner.
An agreement has been struck and you can now play that scene, and capture King Kong in STO.
You and your new pet Kong, decked out in the new Mark XIIII Skull Island/Big Apple ground set, can fight and beat dinosaurs, even those with freaking lazers on their head, in space.
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that pic made my day !!!!!!!!
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Don't misunderstand this: But that would be disastrous for STO.
Cryptic has already, and did very early, confirm that PvP never had much attention from the playerbase, even in early testing.
Dedication two full seasons to PvP would be nuts from a "luring in customers" standpoint.
Now I would not mind a season that was 70-80% dedicated to PvP development... I'd even go as far as say "it would be about time", but more than one season at this point, is just... wonko.
If it has to do anything related to the Great Pumpkin or Charlie Brown or that other craptastic mission BonBons.. we are all DOOMED for what is to come for Season 8. I'd also play a bet we'll all be getting dinosaur pets soon once this Jurassic Park spinoff EPICALLY comes to the worst idea they've thought of wears off.
Hey Cryptic, how about a poll for an end to grinding? Ohh wait, there was a poll for Fred Flinstone and Barney with Betty and Wilma making a surprise appearance in Season 9. STAY TUNED!
There is too much going on within STO to focus on a TV show, add to that, many fans (who aren't players of this game) would go ape **** at the way the story has progressed.
is that a joke? you cant honestly think they will announce the next year and a half of content updates when season 8 is not even here yet, and have those updates all be about one aspect of the game, which is not even that popular?
Yes PvP needs a major overhaul and deserves part of a season at the very least, but its unlikely it will ever be the selling point and be mentioned at this stage as an announcement.
Fridays are now Hawaiian Shirt Days at Cryptic.
they are going to announce that REDACTED is going to be part of STO!!! :eek:
Agreed.
I know it probably would lead to some misery , server wise, but the result would be amazing.
Plus, quite honestly, I would quite like some updated Graphics.
I hope STO get's better ...
I hope STO get's better ...
Is this a twitter announcement?
Or a forum announcement?
Or a STO website announcement?
I mean, seriously, what is it?!
And of course, any ETA knowledge?
PS: I CANNOT WAIT !!!!
I hope STO get's better ...
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"There is no problem in the universe that can't be solved with a bribe, a paid assassin, or an overpowered fighter." - Chubain from Jumpgate Evolution
Edit: link: https://twitter.com/PWE_BranFlakes/status/393136581780852736
Everytime Cryptic anounces something epic (exciting,awesome, you name it) we can surely assume it will be either something totally un-exciting, un-epic or it will be something no one will simply care about.
Does mandatory ARC come under "not-epic"?
I hope STO get's better ...
Mandatory ARC should be under the category of "EPIC FAIL".
Edit: And I don't mean under new sign ups or having to redownload have to use ARC. I mean people who already have the game without ARC. Or use Steam should not have to.
"There is no problem in the universe that can't be solved with a bribe, a paid assassin, or an overpowered fighter." - Chubain from Jumpgate Evolution
Remember the poll were the result was the Krenim?
I say no more ...
I hope STO get's better ...
In honor of your cheery spirit..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yop62wQH498
I myself am curious, although I fear it has to do with angry-sea bass....
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This is how it worked.
There was a poll in which players decided what "themed" content they wanted coming up. I encouraged many to pick Enterprise and it unfortunately lost to DS9. The overall winner was Voyager. And Branflakes already said there was some Voth content coming up.
Then the DEVS selected some popular / well known races from the delta quadrant, and the winner was the Krenim.
I hope STO get's better ...
I know I voted Enterprise for the series one. Shame we lost. STO could have done wonders with the Xindi. Moreso than both the Voth and the Krenim.
I voted for the Hierarchy, because I would love to ally with them!
As for Enterprise, disappointing? Yes ...
And I completely agree with your statement.
I suppose we will have to wait and see. [... How STO turns out ...]
Let history make it's own judgements.
I hope STO get's better ...
Cryptic found the missing Spider Pit scene from the 1933 version of King Kong in their Dyson Ball vacuum cleaner.
An agreement has been struck and you can now play that scene, and capture King Kong in STO.
You and your new pet Kong, decked out in the new Mark XIIII Skull Island/Big Apple ground set, can fight and beat dinosaurs, even those with freaking lazers on their head, in space.
The new ground set will be nicknamed "Dino-mite".