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Star Base Offices and other customization

captmasoncaptmason Member Posts: 42 Arc User
edited August 2014 in Fleet System and Holdings
Myself and leaders of a few other fleets have discussed the missing elements of fleet bases.

While we like the basic functions of the base and it's holdings we believe that it needs more functionality and customization. So we sat down and came up with a few things that would be nice to have.

  1. Offices - A new floor that holds offices that you can assign to specific fleet members through fleet management would be really nice. Possibly even allow the member who owns the office to customize the objects in the room. I.E. paintings, ship models, different desk options, etc. Possibly certain items that can only be gotten with Zen even.
  2. Classroom/meeting room - Yes there are already places on the star bases with tables and chairs that people can sit at they are small and fell more like a gathering spot than a meeting place. Possibly a larger space that is an actual room to it's self. Something similar to what was on the old Earth Space Dock.
  3. More Star Base Design Customization - Right now there is nothing that makes one star base different than another other than what projects you have finished, and the holiday decorations. It would be nice if a fleet could customize the exterior and more importantly the interior of the star base to reflect the fleet. Let the officers change out decorations, floor coloring, the engineering floor is ugly, plants, etc.
  4. Give the holodeck a use - Right now that room sits there and has no function and has nothing in it at all. It has not purpose to exist. Possibly turn it into a testing room similar to how the holodecks on Bajor are used in the Of Bajor mission, and/or make it a rec room like in the actual shows. Let officers determine how many minutes/hours per week a certain rank can spend in it and then allow people to load certain areas. Beaches of Risa, Winter zone, etc.

There are many other things that have priority I am sure, such as bugs to fix and other new content to work on, We just think that it would give the bases more of a purpose to visit than than the few basic things that it is used for now.

Sincerely,
Mason
Executive Officer 1279th Imperial Assault Command
Executive Officer of the 1279th Imperial Assault Command
Fleet Admiral Mason
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Comments

  • leveslylevesly Member Posts: 53 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    I totally agree with you.

    There needs to be more customization of the Starbase Interior and Exterior. Just like you can customize your ship there should be the option of people in the fleet having permissions to change the Starbase. This could be managed just like bank access etc to avoid abuse.

    tbh comparing the Klingon and Fed starbases, the Klingon Starbase feels more like a Starbase than the Federation one does. The Command deck for the Klingons feels like a Command deck, their bar area is a separate room and has tables for more than two people. The Federation Ops deck feels like a glorified Airport lounge.

    If Cryptic wanted to cash in on Starbase customization they would simply have to add it as a special Dilithium project, because after all as much as we want such things for free we have to consider the time and money ratio that Cryptic work to so it has to be made worth their while.

    They could have different Dilithium projects for different bits. Even adding special exteriors, we know that the parts for other Starbases exist in game already. It would be nice to make your Starbase with bits from K-7, SB12, DS9 etc.
  • arms14vearms14ve Member Posts: 25 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    the funny thing is you look at the klink SB Interior and it looks amazing one of the best interiors looks like a working starbase they have a meeting room/table that looks like a conference room and there own social area with the bar and there CIC is far superior to the fed version its IMO perfect interior as for the FED they got shafted in base interior design and so I support this idea.

    I would love to get the fed base to seem more functional.
  • jarodroto123jarodroto123 Member Posts: 1,337 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    arms14ve wrote: »
    the funny thing is you look at the klink SB Interior and it looks amazing one of the best interiors looks like a working starbase they have a meeting room/table that looks like a conference room and there own social area with the bar and there CIC is far superior to the fed version its IMO perfect interior as for the FED they got shafted in base interior design and so I support this idea.

    I would love to get the fed base to seem more functional.

    Heh, yeah the klingon base is pretty badass and functional, the fed one looks like a bar with an oversized dance floor
  • ralphgraphiteralphgraphite Member Posts: 628 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    I'd personally LOVE to have functionality that would allow Fleet Starbases to be customized by the Fleet itself. As it is now, any Fleet is much like any other - it's less of a feeling of ownership, and more of a feeling of "we have accomplished x, y, and z hurdle that they have placed in front of us".

    Alot of Fleets aren't active enough to need it, but a large meeting area would be nice for those who do.

    New Fleet holdings/projects would be a good thing - haven't been any in a long time now.
  • tehbubbalootehbubbaloo Member Posts: 2,003 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    being able to display the fleet emblem would be a great first step!
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  • leveslylevesly Member Posts: 53 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    As has been pointed out when interiors have been discussed before in other threads, many say they don't get used. And that's true in the most part.

    How long do people actually spend in the interiors of their Fleet Holdings? Other than to run through to the stores etc. Probably not a lot.

    But those that do spend time in interiors are the people that would be prepared to commit to more projects to customize their interiors. As has been said, it would make fleets feel more individualized and unique and give actual meaning to being in a fleet.

    And yes to reagree with what many have said, the Klingon Starbase is the best of the interiors, even the Engineering section feels like a working Engineering. Rather than the oversized abomination that is used on Fed Ship Interiors. The Fed Starbase one is ok, its just a bit meh.
  • vermatrixvermatrix Member Posts: 335 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Personally, I like the federation fleet starbase interior, though, it could use more. Too bad they couldn't just give us the old ESD interior as the new fleet starbase interior, though, a few changes would have to be made first for the limited time cosmetic projects. Personally though, I'd like to see the fleet system change a little, rather than just being empty space, maybe a nebula or something.
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  • mechalegzillamechalegzilla Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I really would like t see a customization process where fleets of certain sizes get a number of points and you can set room and decorations (already existing in a drag, drop, & resize format. That way each fleet can create the mood and design that shows what their fleet is about.

    I also think it would be awesome if we could set a fleet personnel uniform that everyone would appear in, it would make it look much more "fleetie".

    Eventually they could expand this to other fleet holdings as well, but the base is where people first see and want.

    Also an ability to change the exterior setup of how your items are arranged and maybe add some other items (asteroids, nebula, whatever).
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