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A Change In Command

pwlaughingtrendypwlaughingtrendy Member Posts: 2,966 Arc User
edited February 2015 in Galactic News Network [PC]
Captains! Our five year anniversary brings a wealth of updates as well as a change in command! We would like you to welcome our newest Executive Producer for Star Trek Online: Stephen Ricossa!

It’s time to dust off your dress uniform, Captains!

~LaughingTrendy
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  • sunfranckssunfrancks Member Posts: 3,925 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Nice, let's hope this leads to good things!
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  • xxxseadog117xxxxxxseadog117xxx Member Posts: 131 Arc User
    edited February 2015
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  • eltatuseltatus Member Posts: 291 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    lmao, they preffer to upgrade sector space than to fix PVP.

    Sorry, but you already started bad Mr Ricossa.
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  • trelane87trelane87 Member Posts: 242 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Sector Space getting combined... either gonna be awesome or a complete disaster, I wonder how doffing will be handled by it...
  • walshicuswalshicus Member Posts: 1,314 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    eltatus wrote: »
    lmao, they preffer to upgrade sector space than to fix PVP.

    Sorry, but you already started bad Mr Ricossa.

    Sector space is more important than PvP.

    But let's not pretend there was anything he could have said that you'd be happy with. :)
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  • dirlettiadirlettia Member Posts: 1,632 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Welcome Stephen and I hope we can all get along :(

    I was going to post something about how things had changed recently but decided against as this really isn't the place for it. :)
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  • jam3s1701jam3s1701 Member Posts: 1,825 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    eltatus wrote: »
    lmao, they preffer to upgrade sector space than to fix PVP.

    Sorry, but you already started bad Mr Ricossa.


    Yeah coz PvP is soooo important...

    And...

    You know that this wud have been planned months ago before he got the job...
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  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    This should be interesting...

    Now... Wheres my Tribble(Ric)? Seems like the obvious time to stroke it.
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  • evilbsg62evilbsg62 Member Posts: 172 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    finally. glad sto is finally going to go in the direction of huge alpha,beta,gamma/delta maps instead of zoning over and over. that feature would give more immersion to flying through space and make me not use transwarp so much lol.
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  • lucho80lucho80 Member Posts: 6,600 Bug Hunter
    edited February 2015
    New guy seems like a ST fan. Hopefully he fixes all the problems that the game has, specially with the DR mess.

    On another note, mediocrity seems to be rewarded with a promotion. CTO, really?
  • eltatuseltatus Member Posts: 291 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    PVP is not important..

    There a lot of only PVP game more succesfull than STO.

    There a only PVP and Star Trek game more sucesfull than STO.

    PVP is not important..

    Maybe that is why STO is so low in the MMO players list =)

    PVP is not important.. sector space is..
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  • thenoname711thenoname711 Member Posts: 204 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    I am looking forward to sector space map merge but I hope you also have plans to address all that lag and imbalance in the game.
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  • doubleohninedoubleohnine Member Posts: 818 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    The team that brought you yet ANOTHER season launch mess is going to try their hand at Q and recreate the Galaxy. What could possibly go wrong.

    Not even Jim Kirk can save the galaxy's destruction scheduled for Spring 2015

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  • hyplhypl Member Posts: 3,719 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Nice to hear a teaser that's direct and not so "Cryptic" for a change... :rolleyes:

    Sector Space Revamp = Broken Galaxy Map. We know it's going to be more rushed content, so I'm not really looking forward to it.
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  • drake122svkdrake122svk Member Posts: 731 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    In other words, Season 10: RIP Doffing ....
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  • linyivelinyive Member Posts: 1,086 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    With the launch of Season 10 Sector Space will be comprised of only three maps, with each one representing a quadrant that exists in STO. Yes, the sector walls are coming down!
    So, you are combining already in game sectors?

    How will combining sectors affect duty officer missions, patrols, etc?

    Will there be anything new in Season Ten, or is it just a revamp of sector space?

    Will there now be a dilithium cost to jump across the three sectors?
  • flash525flash525 Member Posts: 5,441 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    We have some fantastic plans in store for the game in 2015 and the same veteran team that brought you Delta Rising is here to execute those plans.
    I'm not going to jump in and start bashing anything, but honestly (in my opinion at least) Delta Rising wasn't that great. Some new features were added, which extend that expansion and (as a whole) make an improvement, but there's still a lot to be learned from both you Devs, and us Players.

    During the course of the year, might I request a portion of this veteran team locate a Tardis, travel back a few years, and put some (more) work into existing content? New Romulus (including the Romulan faction), Unique Bridge Officer Customization, PvP, Caitians, etc - I don't need to list everything here, I'm sure you're aware of multiple desires from us, but it would be nice to get some of them signed off.
    With the launch of Season 10 Sector Space will be comprised of only three maps, with each one representing a quadrant that exists in STO. Yes, the sector walls are coming down! I hope that minor reveal will get you excited for the changes in the year to come, and I look forward to working with the team to achieve everything we have planned.
    Now this is something to look forward too, though you should be aware that everyone is going to be expecting that fourth map before long. ;)
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  • razar2380razar2380 Member Posts: 1,187 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Congrats on the promotion.

    I know you are taking over in the middle of a huge mess. However, I am optimistic that you will be able to steer this ship back to a healthier existence, and fix a lot of the design mistakes that were made, or make them at least decent.

    You have a lot of work before you, and I wish you the best. All I ask that you remember is that STO is a game, and should be fun, and an enjoyable experience.

    Good luck.

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  • beerxhyperbeerxhyper Member Posts: 676 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    eltatus wrote: »
    PVP is not important..

    There a lot of only PVP game more succesfull than STO.

    There a only PVP and Star Trek game more sucesfull than STO.

    PVP is not important..

    Maybe that is why STO is so low in the MMO players list =)

    PVP is not important.. sector space is..

    nope pvp is not important <_< >_>
    i came to STO for the fun cause lets all be honest here yes theres like 0 exploration in the game but star trek was never about PVP it was about exploreing besides pvp in sto is deader then the dinosuars but not like thers no hope all we can do is wait and see what season 10 brings lol.


  • alliefalcon07alliefalcon07 Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    I'm very interested to see this. I truly hope things change. Let me say please stop the grind.
    The reputation system is bad compared to the random stf drops we had,
    Now you grind r&d...
    Atm we are grinding 3,000 ➕ particles to upgrade!
    Most of my fleet and friends have quit because of too much grind.

    Please look after the players, not the legacy
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  • askrayaskray Member Posts: 3,329 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    lucho80 wrote: »
    New guy seems like a ST fan. Hopefully he fixes all the problems that the game has, specially with the DR mess.

    On another note, mediocrity seems to be rewarded with a promotion. CTO, really?
    D'angelo was already CTO, and took on the role of EP as well while they found someone else i assume.

    As for the sectors all being combined - it's about time. We've heard this is something they've wanted to do for awhile.
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  • narthaisnarthais Member Posts: 452 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    The game already has the ability to track which region of a map you are in if they tie doff missions to that rather than what map you are on there wouldn't necessarily need to be a change to how sector based doff missions work.
  • eltatuseltatus Member Posts: 291 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    beerxhyper wrote: »
    star trek was never about PVP

    U mean that Star Trek is not about combat, and I agree.. but STO IS about combat..

    There are more succesfull multy player star trek games that are 100% PVP than what STO is.
    http://heroclix.com/category/heroclix/star-trek-tactics/#axzz3QcYWKiSm

    So dont even dare to tell me that ST is not about PVP..

    Hoo.. and the sector space upgrade is not a exploration upgrade, learn to read.
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  • mewimewi Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    First dstahl adds as much greedy gouge the player content as he can. Then you add as much game breaking bug infested, pvp destroying garbage as YOU can. Where are the apologies to the players from Cryptic devs and producers for completely destroying STO?
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  • gaulltgaullt Member Posts: 35 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    drake122svk wrote: »
    In other words, Season 10: RIP Doffing ....

    Nope Doffing just suffers from a massive RNG nerf due to no longer finessing probabilities by picking up missions by sector block. Instead of getting the "Haggle For's" in Bajor/Cardassia, it is just another random.......
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  • blakes7tvseriesblakes7tvseries Member Posts: 704 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Stephen Ricossa
    Executive Producer
    Star Trek Online


    Welcome to the Executive Producer's chair.
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  • dontdrunkimshootdontdrunkimshoot Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    walshicus wrote: »
    Sector space is more important than PvP.

    But let's not pretend there was anything he could have said that you'd be happy with. :)

    its actually not, its so marginalized by transwarp and all end game being que based, they might as well remove it.



    well, welcome to the top spot Stephen Ricossa! please use this position to

    -put the grind thresholds more near to pre DR level

    -make specialization experience account wide

    -encourage systems team not to make things that ruin pvp wile having little effect in pve

    -give pvp some love, starting with making all gear in pvp matches leveless

    -start an npc revamp, that focuses on making npcs operate more like player ships, were station powers make up the majority of their potential hitpoints and DPS, npcs that science debuffs would be as effective against as pure DPS is

    id appreciate it. because i don't consider this game playable anymore, and not by a little, by a huge margin. i have stopped after almost 5 years of daily log in, and have invested PLENTY of money during that time.
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  • bunansabunansa Member Posts: 928 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    Congrats for the promotion first thing you should do,


    Fire that excellent team that brought us delta rising, no joke. Dunno bout you but I know a majority of the players hate what it brought with it, sure the story stuff was good but the team literally killed the game for myself and im sure many others.

    As for the sector walls coming down...could be bad or good, I know Dan Stahl was the guy that wanted to do this years ago. so either the tech is finally around or the team actually isn't sure what to do with the results of Delta Rising..and have spare time now.

    Also don't put your veteran players off to the side when it comes to cstore stuff, IE pathfinder pack, cant purchase the interior and ship only ship since I already own the other 2 versions of said ship.

    Also, if stuff is made let it be used more often, the new starship interiors are still not available to us players its only on the tutorial, why have a dev spend time making it for a 15 minute segment of the game?


    Lastly, best of luck, seriously.
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  • ak255ak255 Member Posts: 317 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    So he's been around since 2008 and doesn't think PVP needs to be focused on? Well here's to another year of that not being revamped and focusing more on how to make us grind for hours on end.

    OOHHHH, revamping Sector Space, even though ppl just use Transwarp most of the time! I can't wait! :p

    BTW, did the previous executive producer actually leave, or rubberband and disconnected his way out the door?
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    anazonda wrote: »
    This should be interesting...

    Now... Wheres my Tribble(Ric)? Seems like the obvious time to stroke it.

    Just don't make any ST-O: Story of Ricossa jokes while folks in the background are singing...

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