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If you could make STO 2, what would you do?
jjprize
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This isnt meant to criticize this game, because I love it. But just for fun, if you could make STO 2, what would you do differently, or add to what we already have?
I'll start off: having played Cryptic's newest game Neverwinter, I really enjoy its fast paced combat system. As far as space gameplay is concerned, I think STO pretty much nailed it there. But on the ground, I would like to see something closer to Neverwinter's system than what we have here.
What about you?
I'll start off: having played Cryptic's newest game Neverwinter, I really enjoy its fast paced combat system. As far as space gameplay is concerned, I think STO pretty much nailed it there. But on the ground, I would like to see something closer to Neverwinter's system than what we have here.
What about you?
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No alien ships playable outside of their race.
R.I.P
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Support 90 degree arc limitation on BFaW! Save our ships from looking like flying disco balls of dumb!
Maybe up the scale so it plays more like Klingon academy.
Three full factions. (No mini factions)
More in depth power systems.
No alien ships.
No pay to win.
Proper PvP.
Basically I want Klingon academy as an mmo.
Then why say it? Clearly you DO want to criticize the game otherwise you would not have written that. (right back at ya, babe.)
With that out of the way, I would start STO-2 with proper ship interiors that would allow for missions to take place in. A good portion of the stories in Trek take place entirely on the ship, and this would increase a player's immersion in the game overall.
I would allow for the game mechanics to make it possible to fly sector space from your bridge.
I would still include a tactical view, but to get there you would have to board your ship via the shuttle bay, or the transporter. Then move through the ship to the nearest turbo lift, and then the bridge. Then sit in your captain's chair to move to tactical view. (And the reverse when leaving the ship to beam down to a planet and such?)
Of course a quick option to switch to tactical view would be included for those who do not want to do this.
I will also agree with you that ground combat needs improvement, and would support a style like what you suggested.
Let's see I would input cheat code on my fake development company for infinite cash, make sure my sims don't get tired and just go nuts.
Not at all. You see, it is possible to like one thing, while liking something else even more. For example, I enjoy vanilla ice cream. I enjoy chocolate ice cream even more, but that does not mean I am criticizing vanilla ice cream.
Likewise, I enjoy this game, and I even enjoy its ground combat. However, I like NW's ground combat even more. So if there were a STO 2, I would prefer if its ground combat were more like NW's. In conclusion, when you try to assume you know what other people are thinking, you will usually find out how wrong you are :P
Federation canon species would be in one semi-faction, but the only uniting factor for them would be an assumption that all of them are Federation and have shared ships (Fed ones). Racial ships like Atrox and Kumari would be restriced to their "base" species, but unlockable by reputation.
Other species would be restricted to racial ships. Klingons, Orions, Nausicaans, Cardassians.
Visiting faction capital planets would be restricted by racial reputation. Klingon homeworld requires max level of Klingon reputation, ESD max level of UFP reputation and so on.
Whether players want to play PvE and PvP queues in a canon factional setup or not, would be left entirely for players, save for certain specified scenarios.
Honestly, I believe that only serious mistake made with STO is two faction system. It doesn't fit with ST universe and was a reason for pretty silly writing needed to shoehorn few races into only two factions.
Otherwise? I think the game's fine. It may use some polish, but that's it.
Also, more complete ship interiors. And if you capture an opponent's ship, it follows you like a pet and shoots at your targets until you die or the match ends.
Seamless transition from space to atmospheric entry to ground. Actual docking animations at starbases. Actual ship yard visuals for repairs and modifications.
Shuttles accessed from the shuttle bay. And the actual shuttle you're using, not some generic placeholder.
Fleet/battle group mechanics. Maybe too difficult to have your alts flying wing man, but what about your ranking bridge officers flying your other ships?
Outer hull EV missions. Similar to the DS9 exterior mission, but on your ship. Could be to repel attacks, repair damage, scan wierd alien rust contamination, etc.
An option to navigate from the bridge map. Even if it's in sector space, it'd be cool to sit in the captain's chair and actually do something.
Collisions. Yeah, I said it. Collisions. People would play differently if they had to worry about crashing their ships into things.
Personally i want to take the person from SWTOR that thought it was a good idea to use a modified and leased game engine and take the person from STO that thought it was a good idea to use this engine and bonk their heads together.
To answer the OP...STO 2 for me would borrow from WoW, EVE online, SWG and maybe GW2. Things like game engine, content releases and dev support = WoW. Overall game concept like how items, ships, the exchange, crafting and people all interact and so on = EVE+SWG minus the PVP. SWTOR does do a few good things with storyline content, but i think they go too far with some things, like "chosen one" storylines for example.
You mean like when you assumed what I was thinking when you criticized my remarks about the T5 connie?
That because I wrote that (paraphrased), "if such a level of contempt and complaining is what it takes to get one in the game, then I do not want it", and you then assumed that I must believe that complaining would actually make it happen, because otherwise why would I write it?:eek:
There seems to be two sets of rules here.
So... right ... back... at .. you.... babe.
I will always support anything that allows for greater customization in an MMO, especially if that customization is purely cosmetic. Agreed 100%.
The lack of zoom made Neverwinter feel like a cheap console port -- this convinced me that I'm better off focusing on more modern PC titles like STO
As for STO2, some things I'd like to see are
1 - Persistent territorial contested zones on a huge galactic map. This area will be subdivided into sectors, and players will be free to attack adjacent sectors and hold territory for access to special resources like unique vendors, dilithium mines, etc... Opposing factions can enter the zone from opposite ends of the map, and occasional NPC factions will attack random sectors to keep players on their toes
2 - More weapon stats and variety - new weapon (spinals, gattling guns, expanding spheres), variable ranges, multiple damage types, etc. No more 10km fixed range for all weapons. Torpedoes will no longer be kinetic-damage-only, thereby improving performance vs. raised shields.
3 - More canon-accurate ship movement - Z-axis and turn-thruster controls, allowing ships to rotate without forward movement.
4 - Warp Based Combat encounters -- for large galactic maps. Weapons ranges will be impacted - energy weapons and abilities will be limited 2km (about the size of ship overlapping warp fields), including most cannons, beams, and tractors. Torpedo range will be greatly increased via micro warp engines.
5 - Isometric map displays -- replaces the flat top view map of the sector with a 3D RTS style display. Think of sector space, but zoomed out to the point that your ship is a small dot on a large 3D map.
6 - Warp Cores will now determine top warp speed, not impulse engines as is now.
Many of the above can be implemented in STO1, but I doubt they will ever happen.
No offense, but no matter how many times you call me "babe" I'm afraid I am not interested in you that way :P
Yea... I am in on this...
Actually you can zoom, although it is not tied to the mouse wheel and it also removes the UI from your screen. I dont really like that myself, but I do like the way the combat works
How would you know? You know nothing about me.
See? There you go again, making assumptions.
(Is it OK for you to make assumptions, while other people should not?)
Anyway, do not take this too seriously. I don't really care what you think. Double standards just bother me, that's all.
I can see this adding in interesting dynamic to the game, particularly on the edges of faction space, though I should hope it involves a pvp tag system of sorts (like the one featured in SWTOR, PvE only by default) for the protection of less good players from top end ones.
Because I already have someone who calls me "babe", so no matter how many times you call me that I will still prefer them over you :P
"Faster than light, no left or right."
- Tom Paris, Voyager
My point exactly.
This... just made my week!
You sir have won the internet
The player base would be a fleet within one faction, not three factions. A single ship would act as an enormous part of the game's setting. Species would be a bigger deal. I'd want Starfleet Klingons to feel like a complete and distinct playstyle before doing factions that expand that out.