Captains Table

atronach1 · March 2015

hey i was wondering if we are ever going to get an upgrade to the captains table?

hpgibbs · March 2015

Probably not. that is the most unused system in the game.

saurializard · March 2015

hpgibbs wrote: »

Probably not. that is the most unused system in the game.

Catch-22. Why is it unused? Because there is nothing to do. So players visit it once and forget about it. So devs don't do anything about it. So players don't come.

thutmosis85 · March 2015

saurializard wrote: »

Catch-22. Why is it unused? Because there is nothing to do. So players visit it once and forget about it. So devs don't do anything about it. So players don't come.

A simple Transwarp would help immensely ... there was also talk about Acces from Club 47, but considering this was over 6 months ago ... I'm not going to hold my breath anymore ...

peetapipmac · March 2015

Doesn't help that a large proportion of the player base CAN'T go there.

starkaos · March 2015

thutmosis85 wrote: »

A simple Transwarp would help immensely ... there was also talk about Acces from Club 47, but considering this was over 6 months ago ... I'm not going to hold my breath anymore ...

Here is Tacofang's reason for no Captain's Table access from Club 47.

tacofangs wrote: »

So, this is still the plan, but is not implemented yet. We were about to do it, but decided that we didn't want to do that change JUST for the Feds. So we're waiting on that until we can also update the doors for the Klingons and Romulans. Sorry about that.

There is a door in C47 designated for this though, so it's still planned.

So the Klingons and Romulans will likely require their own version of Club 47 before Club 47 gets Captain's Table access.

bobbydazlers · March 2015

captains table is a dead loss and a waste of space, if they are not going to do anything to make it worthwhile they might as well remove it and give us something really useful in its place like a bumper packet of crafting mats or something equaly as useful.

js26568 · March 2015

bobbydazlers wrote: »

captains table is a dead loss and a waste of space, if they are not going to do anything to make it worthwhile they might as well remove it and give us something really useful in its place like a bumper packet of crafting mats or something equaly as useful.

If they remove it, the people who can go there but never use it will complain that it's been removed. That's what you get when you let people who paid some money into the game years ago and nothing else since then think they're somehow owed something.

vsilverwings1 · March 2015

It's got less functionality and longer to get to than ESD/FC/NR.

Really though it was with the best intentions for vet players at launch but Cryptic over time seems to have abandoned that. Maybe it's my imagination that the devs said they'd hang out there with the vete players and stuff but that never ever happened. Not saying it should but let's just say things were said but never happened....story of STO/Cryptic really.

rattler2 · March 2015

The problem is even if they improved it, there is really no incentive to go. And if Cryptic came up with the idea of making a C-Store purchase for access to the Captain's Table to help make money as well as raise interest in the station... the lifers who don't even go there will be up in arms about "loosing an exclusive thing". How exclusive is it if no one uses it in the first place? I think I saw someone once say that it was an escape from the "Stupidity of ESD". Yea... there's an easier cure. Disable Zone Chat.

The fact remains that the Captain's Table is pretty dead, and there is nothing really special about it. Now if they opened it up to non lifers via C-Store (Even if its 500-1000 Zen account unlock), and maybe some unique vendors... might breath some life into it. But as it is now... there is nothing there that can't be done at ESD, which is easier to get to.

meimeitoo · March 2015

rattler2 wrote: »

The problem is even if they improved it, there is really no incentive to go. And if Cryptic came up with the idea of making a C-Store purchase for access to the Captain's Table to help make money as well as raise interest in the station... the lifers who don't even go there will be up in arms about "loosing an exclusive thing". How exclusive is it if no one uses it in the first place? I think I saw someone once say that it was an escape from the "Stupidity of ESD". Yea... there's an easier cure. Disable Zone Chat.

The fact remains that the Captain's Table is pretty dead, and there is nothing really special about it. Now if they opened it up to non lifers via C-Store (Even if its 500-1000 Zen account unlock), and maybe some unique vendors... might breath some life into it. But as it is now... there is nothing there that can't be done at ESD, which is easier to get to.

^^ This!

If they made it Club 47 style (aka, beautiful), I might visit again, But yeah, everything accessible can be done elsewhere too (and often better).

It simply needs a graphical overhaul, for one. And so does K-7. And DS9. I'd say, start with the latter two first.

robertcrayven · March 2015

The Captain's Table is yet another abandonware component of this game, much as the Star Trek Online Gateway for mobile apps is abandonware. Cryptic has no intention of doing anything with the Captain's Table at this point. They have the bulk of the money that they will ever get from people suckered into lifetime subscriptions; why would they invest any of that in an upgraded bait and switch which has already been exposed?

robertcrayven · March 2015

Edit: Removed duplicate post which I didn't request.

oldkhemaraa · March 2015

I can see you've never actually been there then.. there is NO dabo at the captains table.

Never has been.

The Captains table is absolutely unchanged. other then a three vendor console/NPC's REMOVED, since launch. (yes, they bloody well NERFED a social zone.. some inane fear that LTM'ers would be elitist snobs etc I guess... honestly, I've utterly given up on figuring out why cryptic does what it does when it does it)

and what was removed was useful, and life timers didn't have to hang out at ESD or Qo'nos.. everything could be done at the CT...

Honestly... I no longer expect anything of Cryptic myself...

mithrosnomore · March 2015

Cryptic is clueless when it comes to the Captain;s table, and other players are happy to support them.

If I could go to the Captain's table to handle my business instead of ESD, they fear that ESD would die, and with it, the game.

If there are that many people on ESD that if they were at the CT instead that ESD would die then Cryptic has bigger problems.

Somehow though it's perfectly fine to have a completely useless CT sitting out there, but if it takes even 10% of the traffic away from ESD then suddenly it's bad for the game?

Then why did they make it in the first place?

The people that are utilizng the CT won't talk to each other or help each other out in the ways that they would if they were on ESD with the spammers and people arguing about politics and religion?
They wouldn't maybe, just possibly, form their own tight-knit sub-community?

Apparently not.

Giving people something to actually do at the CT is apparently bad for the game, so no. Expect nothing more from the CT. Ever.

A quiet place to maybe do some RP and to enjoy some different sights, but otherwise just standing as a monument to squandered potential.

nassiris · March 2015

It would be nice to see them do something, it's a dead zone now.

atronach1 · March 2015

all good points but like you said it hasnt been updated since the start so if they took abit of time to redo it like they did club 47 more people would come there anyways but a good transwarp to there without a cooldown would be amazing specially because you have to do alot to get access either open your wallet or be on for 400 days so it shouldnt be neglected as much as its been

atronach1 · March 2015

im not so sure i think they just need people to care about it more thats why i wanna raise the awareness of its lacking of update

atronach1 · March 2015

bump

common people

birzark · March 2015

I did what probably every lifer did, as soon as got access I went once looked all around and never went back. I would like go see something there, but it will probably be useless like C47 is. Except for RP I see no reason to even go there.

timelord79 · March 2015

They could make the Captain's Table a resting place similar to cantinas in that other game. If you log off on that map and stay out for a few hours you get a 10k XP bonus pool or something like that when you return.
This XP pool is active for 20 hours max and can only be applied once a day.

Would that give it veteran worthy purpose?

fleetsolvanguard · March 2015

I want us to have a transwarp with no cooldown for it.

cookiecrook · March 2015

The Captain's Table lacks any real reason to go there. It's a nice map but it doesn't have anything special to make players that have access to go there. A Transwarp directly there with no cooldown needed for it, access to everything in one single place, and unique perks to add incentives for people to want to have access to it would really go a long way.

High stakes Dabo would be nice and some minor additions to the map would be great! Some new bind on pickup perks like discounted special event rewards. Making them bind on pick up at a 15% discount means they don't impact the Exchange and yet it offers up that same non-tradeable item slightly cheaper for that character.

gl2814e · March 2015

I used to go to the Captain's Table to get a break from ESD and it's howling void of general-chat insanity, but then I learned to just go to literally every other social hub except for Drozana or disable my general chat tab when there.

I can't imagine what they could do to make it worth going to over the other social hubs.

Captains Table

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