Priority One Podcast | Cryptic Visit (Taking Questions)

elijahmre · October 2014

Hello Captains! Priority One Podcast be visiting Cryptic Studios during the week of October 5th to cover the release of Delta Rising! We've got a jam-packed schedule of interviews with various developers!

As always, we want to turn to you for great questions that we can ask the STO Development team. From Production, QA, Ship Design, Ship Powers, New Delta Rising content, Art, Story... and much more.

So, if you have a question, we'll do our best to get it answered! We'll be compiling questions until 8pm PT / 11pm ET on Wednesday, October 8th.

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chalpen · October 2014

The kdf could sure use some more t6 ships. Any possibility of that becoming a reality? There hasn't been a new kdf carrier in over 4 years.

Will there be more captain traits (ground/space) coming with delta rising?

thegreendragoon1 · October 2014

Will, free players have any sort of access to T6 ships? Are you concerned that this will cause a large divide between free and paid players that could cause a lack of players in elite content, not to mention PvP?

zathri83 · October 2014

Eta on when pvpers will adapt?

latiasracer · October 2014

Is repairing/changing the doff UI even being considered?

I dunno what your metrics show, but a fair few of my friends have just stopped playing completely since that update hit (It now takes so much longer to do)

chalpen · October 2014

patrickngo wrote: »

and chalpen, you win an Internet for "The question that will be ignored most insincerely in the podcast."

I know. But maybe, just maybe....

hypl · October 2014

Will we ever get Benzite Bridge Officers?

aelfwin1 · October 2014

1) Will T6 Fleet Ships only be new ships , or will they include ships that were available to update to T5-U ?

2) With the announced redistribution of all queue awards , including STF's (see quote below) , and the reported 15K to 30K DPS needed per player for some of the Elite content -- does this mean that the average player will be buffed to those levels , or that the 960 Dil per run for the new Elite content is out of reach for 70-90% of the playerbase after DR is introduced ?

coldsnapped wrote: »

All queues will reward Skill Points, Dilithium, and Crafting materials based on their difficulty level.
8,000 – 16,000 Skill Points based on average time in queue.
240, 480, or 960 Dilithium based on difficulty.

3) And as a follow up to the previous question , with the amount of DPS needed for Elite mode queued events, isn't it time to stop having end game ships that have only 2 TAC consoles ?

hyefather · October 2014

Takeing Questions huh? Heres some.
1 Are Vulcans flipping me off when they tell me to Live Long and Prosper?
2. When I PVP is it good luck to eat Bacon?
3. If I was to Tie a Ferasan and a Caitians tail together and threw them over a cloths line will they fight to the death?
4. If a Tellarite ate some Bacon would it be considerd Cannibalism.
5. And Finally. If I was to Sneeze, TRIBBLE and Cough all at the same time. Will I Die??

orangeitis · October 2014

Question for Gorngonzolla: What factors determine ship type? (Cruiser, Destroyer, etc)

Question for Gorngonzolla: What factors went in to deciding that some ship types share mastery passives? (Escort & Raptor, Science Vessel & Support Vessel, etc)

Question for Gorngonzolla: Is there any plans to implement new ship features differentiate currently-similar ship types by configuration or other common feature?

Question for Gorngonzolla: Going on the assumption that in STO, Refit=same ship as the basic version, same tier, but extra features, and Retrofit=same ship as the basic version but higher tier, any reason you guys opted not to call the T5-u ships "tier 6 Retrofits"?

stomperx99 · October 2014

I'll go for the obvious and ask If the forecast calls for a Typhoon on Jupiter? (Typhoon and Jupiter class)

organicmanfred · October 2014

I do have some special event and Lock-Box and Lobi Ships that occupie my ship slots.

Will we ever be able to re-pack them, or at least donate them to other players?

I don't need money for them or any other compensation, I just don't want to dismiss them, but rather donate them to the Fleet or send them to other players as present or for some EC.

ezriryan · October 2014

you could ask them if they watched the No Win 2 men ;D

sinn74 · October 2014

1. Will cross-faction content be more prevalent moving forward?

2. Will there eventually be alternate hull material options for the Mwahahaha Raptor?

3. What are the plans for future non-Federation ships?

odyssey47 · October 2014

thegreendragoon1 wrote: »

Will, free players have any sort of access to T6 ships? Are you concerned that this will cause a large divide between free and paid players that could cause a lack of players in elite content, not to mention PvP?

Free players have the same access to tier 6 ships as anyone.

coolheadal · October 2014

Are they going to introduce the Iconian again? If so would it be another expansion?

krovan · October 2014

1. Will there be a t6 Orion ship? Can it's traits be about stealing and smuggling.

2. The kdf has awesome racial ships, why not a t6 refit instead of waiting or possibly never seeing them at t6 in game? they took so much time and effort back in the times of trouble.

3. Will there be a time down the road when tanking is viable as an endgame strategy rather than everyone just maxing dps?

jagdhippies · October 2014

1 - Now that T6 ships are upon us, what is the point in buying the old T5 vessels? They cannot be T6 and do not have anything worth $20 - $25 that can be transferred to a T6 ship.

2 - But seriously, why are 95% of the C store ships now obsolete?

3 - How do they expect to take in money now that all we would want to buy is but a tiny set of ships and some lame upgrade tokens? Are they betting the kitchen sink on people buying zen just to convert it to dil?

I will not buy a T6 nor will I buy a T5U token, I will simply keep using my current fleet T5s. That means no more money from me, how is that good for business?

fcaptkmton · October 2014

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

mightybobcnc · October 2014

Question 1: Will time ever be dedicated to fixing a large batch of Quality of Life issues at once? There are numerous nagging small annoyances with the UI or missing features (e.g. mail management, exchange search) that add up to a large annoying whole.

Question 2: Would you rather fight 1 horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses?

szerontzur · October 2014

-Will there be T6 'member race' ships? (Orion, Vulcan, etc.)

-How often will we see new captain specializations? (each update?, every other?)

-Any chance we'll be able to upgrade the quality of bridge officers in the future?

-Will the crafting inventory be moved after the regular inventory in the vendor/sellable window anytime soon?

-Gateway??

-Exploration revamp??

-What were some of the most comical office shenanigans during the development of Delta Rising?

Edit:
-What is the cost of T6 ships?
-What is the cost of T5U tokens?

strykewolf67 · October 2014

Any plans for faction missions that are focused on the various races of each factions? As in, for example, KDF side; A couple missions that are Gorn focused, Nausicaan focused, etcetra? Doesn't matter what KDF player you have, the missions would involve 'internal' faction issues. Same with fed and rom? Could use them to fill in history/backstory of the various races.

vestereng · October 2014

fcaptkmton wrote: »

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

You just use your forehead, ensign

ursusmorologus · October 2014

odyssey47 wrote: »

Free players have the same access to tier 6 ships as anyone.

Everybody got a free T5 ship... he's asking if there will be anything like that for T6

jarodroto123 · October 2014

skollulfr wrote: »

given that the old queue rewards where utterly clueless of the players path of least resistance, in what way does cryptic think trying to squeeze more increments out of that broken system sounds like a good idea?

or do you simply not realise that cure is in no way as hard as hive, nor as needlessly time consuming as ensnared.

it would seem they kind of got it, if you look the added skill point rewards are based on average time to complete.

it is worth noting that once specializations are maxed, those skill point rewards will = dilthium

grayfoxjames · October 2014

To Al "Captain Geko" Rivera: Since you have announced that eventually there will be Tier VI Fleet Ships are there plans to make any of the existing ships i.e. Vesta's, Defiant's, ODYSSEY's, etc. also be Tier VI Fleet Ships or will the fleet ones only be for the new/current Tier VI ships.

Also, will these Tier VI Fleet Ships be available through Tier V Shipyards or through a different holding.

tehbubbaloo · October 2014

now that the feds have a better BoP than the kdf, is there a (real) plan to revisit kdf BoPs?
is there a (real) kdf t6 BoP being released?
where is the fleet guramba?
or should kdf mains just take this opportunity to walk away?

it wouldnt kill you to ask one non-fed question over the course of the hour and a half hey
im not so unreasonable to suggest 18% of the time... but a single question would be a nice change. maybe its something you and the devs can have a joke about :rolleyes:

chalpen · October 2014

Why can i not use the elite jem hadar attack pets that I own on my tholian recluse carrier?
Or why can I not use my Elite BOP on my Karfi?
Why are frigates tied to a ship?

robdmc · October 2014

1) Will future lockbox ships be t6 or t5-u?
2) When Fleet t6 ships become available will Lockbox ships become updated?

3) Normally every 10 levels players get a ship token. The VA token was retired for all players since the retrofit ships were still t5 and they received a t5 ship at 40. But now with t6 ships will you add a basic t6 ship for players at 50? I have heard the argument that you can still do level 60 content in a t5 ship but currently I can do level 50 content in a Thunderchild but that doesn't mean I would want too or should. Why else did you stop shuttles from entering stfs. for a new player that hasn't gotten a chance to grind out better gear may need a bit of help.

4) Now that t6 ships are available would it now be a good time to introduce the t5 connie with no chance to upgrade to a t5-u as a giant middle finger to all those who have been asking for it all these years?

5) Most of the story missions lately do not allow for team play. Is there any plans to allow a group of people to run future story missions together?

tcgrandpa · October 2014

questions.

1. whats the ETA on for exploration missions and could team explorations missions would be great.

2. what about better planet maps like google maps so you could go where you want on planets.

3. what about customization captains cabin or an apartment on your home world. that could you could pay zen and such for items in your cabin or apartment.

4. what about making all pve multi faction (ie big dig on kdf never comes up for 3-4 days)

varzec · October 2014

How hard would it be in alll the pve ques changes to allow private ques to choose thier own enemies? Mainly like fleet alert that has a random enemies.

Priority One Podcast | Cryptic Visit (Taking Questions)

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