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What do you think Cryptic has done well with STO?
thegreendragoon1
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Part of good feedback is conveying what is being done well in addition to what isn't working. So, what do you think Cryptic has done well with STO?
(P.S. You can't answer "nothing" because then you would have literally made a post to say nothing.)
(P.S. You can't answer "nothing" because then you would have literally made a post to say nothing.)
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Customization is also pleasant despite varying opinions on the limits set.
Thank goodness we can share captain names. Unlike some other properties out there, there can be more than one "Mary" in our world.
Aside from my Lifetime membership and the Amazon pre-order, I was able to obtain everything I want from the C-store simply by playing the game.
(UFP) Ragnar
Some, if not most, if the story missions.
Getting the voice of Duke Nukem as a Klingon/Prophet in Of Bajor or one of those (immersion breaking sure, but for a Duke fan, a bit of fun).
The Excelsior ship model.
Those are the only totally positive, as in really shining spots in my STO memories, that I can think of off the top of my head.
EDIT: ohhhh wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait....i just thought of one. The Voyager interior was done really well. I'm a ST: Voyager fan so i went through the interior during the Mindscape mission checking out every detail and console. Its too bad that interior that detailed isnt standard. I would prefer interior to also be the right scale, but i guess due to POV and game engine reasons the bridge interiors and hallways have to be huge. But some bridges are soooooo huge that it is ridiculous. Then i hop into something like the Narcine Bridge and i think to myself...why is this so small?
All of this.
Many folks may not appreciate it, but They have done an excellent job of it.
:cool:
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Also "most" of the story missions are pretty good at capturing a Stark Trek feel I think. Though I do think some of the foundry authors do a better job than the actual devs sometimes.
Space combat in general is fun. While it has gotten a bit spammy lately, finishing an enemy battleship off with a salvo of torpedoes always brings a smile to my face.
Most of the recent story missions are awesome, and I like how they've taken a darker turn. "Mind Game", "Devil's Choice", and "All That Glitters" especially.
The Guardian-class is amazing. So is the Romulan Aelahl. I'm glad the newer models are higher quality than the originals.
"Critics who say that the optimistic utopia Star Trek depicted is now outmoded forget the cultural context that gave birth to it: Star Trek was not a manifestation of optimism when optimism was easy. Star Trek declared a hope for a future that nobody stuck in the present could believe in. For all our struggles today, we haven’t outgrown the need for stories like Star Trek. We need tales of optimism, of heroes, of courage and goodness now as much as we’ve ever needed them."
-Thomas Marrone
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"Critics who say that the optimistic utopia Star Trek depicted is now outmoded forget the cultural context that gave birth to it: Star Trek was not a manifestation of optimism when optimism was easy. Star Trek declared a hope for a future that nobody stuck in the present could believe in. For all our struggles today, we haven’t outgrown the need for stories like Star Trek. We need tales of optimism, of heroes, of courage and goodness now as much as we’ve ever needed them."
-Thomas Marrone
These are the things that keep me coming back even if I vehemently disagree with other aspects of the game.
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Over all, i think the ships are well done, to the stations and i think that the character creator is the most powerful within the MMO world currently. It could be better, but i think overall it does what it needs to in making a variety of different species.
I think they can do allot better than what they have created already, they could take what they have given us and build upon that. I would hope that the devs seen this thread, it is nice change to the positive of STO vs. the negative and i am sure that the negative is something that devs don't want to see, but if you are going to do that at least be constructive.
The ships look pretty good too, in a qualitative sense, taste can't be accounted for.
One of my personal highlights are probably negative objectively speaking, but I love the awkward cutscenes with characters desperately trying to convey emotions by spamming inappropriate emotes.
-I think it captures a good amount of the Trek spirt, that you could fit in an MMO.
-It continues the Trek story
-I love when they bring Trek actors back to voice the game.
-I like being able to play iconic Trek ships!
-I enjoy the foundry, but I wish it could be better linked into the game.
-The game works well to bring fleets together and easily play/chat together.
-I think the Free to Play model that PWE/Cryptic is using is the best of I have seen in any MMO type game. You can play it all for free without limits, anc can buy what you want, or work toward getting it.
-I really like the process/contest they used creating the Odyssey, and I think it's a great flagship. Bortas'q is nice as well, and I look forward to T6 versions of these iconic ships
-I like that Star Trek Magazine has fiction by Christine Thompson (sp?) dealing with STO, and the future of the Star Trek Universe.
-The customization of the captain and the BOFFs is very neat, and sometimes I spend way too much time oufitting my crew. I like the change to the 2410 Odyssey uniform for all generic staff as well.
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They did do space battles right... manual piloting, managing shield facings, and firing arc's work very well, and space battles in STO are the top of the genre from an individual pilots perspective.....I have yet to actually play Elite Dangerous, but the FPS doesn't seem to give you as much situational awareness of the entire battle zone the way STO and EVE does does, and EVE has a hard time of keeping focus of what's actually happening around your ship with how much of it has to be dedicated to focusing on the battle as a whole.
They did F2P right as well - at first anyway. - you either grind in a real life job and buy resources (dil) you need for projects, or you grind those resources in game to trade for cash store credit from other players....To bad they didn't limit game grind to just that area of the game. Casual players with jobs will pay to avoid spending their time grinding in game for their projects, - they won't pay if they also have to grind on top of that anyway.
and finally
They *USE TOO* do casual gaming very well... when I had 10-15 min of game time in the day, i could get into a fun space battle, do well, and be happy... now I got to spend 2,000 hours of grinding on my own to be geared up enough for that 10 min fight - no longer worth it.
Me playing UT2k4 (red guy) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz0DnP7wXnU
Just in DR...
specialization tree is awesome.
intel skills are awesome.
bug hunt and borg disconnected are both fun, BH is a little dull for having to re-do for ancient cells, though, after a while.
several of the new ships are pretty good.
upgraded gear to XIV is nice.
general difficulty increase is challenging and well done for the average player (exception: failure conditions).
not to mention older content, which had a lot of nice things as well.
Thouse jokes are just epic XD
LOOOOOOOOOOOL
Wut?
Rly?
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
I love how you can create almost any affiliated species of Captain in such detail. Especially with the "alien" option where you can create and write about a species you made up and put into your STO universe.
The variety of ships with different stengths, abilities and unique consoles is another thing I really appreciate.
I enjoy the storyline bits of the missions. Most of the time they do have a "Star Trek" feel to them and they show your character's growth as a Captain not just in numbers and levelling up. You're gradually given missions of more importance as your rank goes up. Really well done on putting in as many references to the shows as possible. Even the DOFF missions where you provide antigens for various illneses are illnesses mention in passing on the shows. That's a wonderful level of detail.
Bringing in the actors to voice their character roles is a very nice touch. I hope to see more of it in the furture.
The level of comparative ease of the storyline missions was another huge plus. One could just play through the game and enjoy the stories.
Legacy of Romulus overall was pretty well done. It was refreshing to play as a civilian refugee turned freedom fighter rather than a professional soldier on a job. The new storylines were also mostly pleasant to go through-at least while it was faction specific. I'd still like to solidly hear and see a bit more of how D'Tan's government operates and real hard updated information on how much stronger/bigger/more populous the Republic is.
Devs.... Cryptic. You hear a lot of negativity on the forums but really overall the game is good. Less grind, better rewards and more storylines would please me immensely.
Oh and the Fleet/guild setup is really nice too. I've made some good friends in my fleets.
As far as new work that is lacking that is not properly done the q system revamp is pretty bad. All in all this is my main complaint. The rest I think is done well.
Perhaps the dilithium prices on the crafting system is too high and I dont like the concept of a dice roll in conjunction with using a valuable resource like dilithium, but the RNG part only gets bad at the epic level so I can understand why they added it (to keep epic truly rare). So in a way I guess its not bad. The dilithium costs only get insane when your chasing an epic so.. i am kind of flip flopping over this new system and the issue of dilithium.
I find the environments on New Romulus to be beautiful, the music relaxing, and the dailies there to be tasks that while not always non-violent, are at least the type of tasks that Starfleet officers would be asked to do (maintain security, gather research, etc).
I also enjoy Kobali Prime and some bits of the Dyson battlezone.
Space combat in general is usually fun.
The latest environment redesigns are magnificent (ESD and Club 47, Risa Revamp).
Space combat is fun and engaging. It's visceral and yet still feels like classic Star Trek.
The ship designs are excellent. The recent Guardian is by far the best designed ship in the game maintaining the 'canon' while honoring just about everything else before it. There are a few dogs out there, but for the most part the ship designs stand out.
Mission Stories are for the most part, thoughtful and engaging. Not everything is a winner, but as with the original series there are highs and lows.
space combat (the only other reason I play)
hoping they keep building on these successes and expanding to a FLEET ADMIRAL type of space combat...
Yeah for me as well in general all their open zones I truly enjoy which is why i hope they add another space open zone like the one over the dyson area. I like drozana for some reason as well as a place to hangout possibly because its not too large.
I forgot about Risa I like that as well. I wish there was more going round on it all year round. I also like Romulus by the way.
I'd like to see a galaxy wide map revamp in which the borders between empires are capturable PvP zones.
However, I feel that is lacking on the KDF side. The clothing options are extremely limited, even more so if you aren't a female Orion. About the only KDF-only place anyone goes to is Qo'nos. I feel the KDF experience is sadly lacking, compared to that of the Fed side
In terms of Star Trek, their designs tend towards terrible, the storylines are terrible, and the setting simply doesn't support the intended gameplay, which results in a double down on the terrible designs and storylines.
The mechanics of the ship combat is pretty damn cool, and ground combat hangs together well enough to make the space/ground combination work.
The actual foundational bones of this game are crying out for an original IP, because they're really rather good but DON'T WORK with Star Trek. The way beam arrays work, in terms of how they're stacked up and result in an enraged disco ball that's tripping the **** out, is terrible for Star Trek. It would, however, be totally ballin' if you were cruising about in some sort of Earth Alliance Warlock-esque brick o' death. The ability of your five man team to relentlessly wade through hails of fire in the process of slaughtering waves of enemies is about as Star Trek as Sauron, but if you were actually be some sort of power armour laden, genetically engineered, or transhuman death machine.....