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aeonjean
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On the older version of tribble you could test ships. I've found on Drozana where you can use the test console for items, ground and space. However, where is the console to test different ships? Was this removed?
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If STO was back on the subscription model or retail-price-tag, then yes ship testing would make sense (given that we have all that other stuff) but as it is, its not terribly appropriate.
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how do you become a tester or how can you help them with testing some of those ships?
they should make it free for everyone so everyone can help them improve those ships instead of spending a sh*t load of money on a sh*tty ship and be angry to them. if they make all ships available on tribble, nobody would be angry because they already know if they have chosen a good ship or a bad one.
In the past (I haven't tested since the Mogh), it was based on the type of feedback one left. Not whether it was positive or negative, but whether it was constructive - detailed - etc...if one posted like a tester, one had a chance of being invited to be a tester.
Folks that have hit up Tribble to test other things, providing detailed feedback about what they're experiencing. Folks that report bugs, both advantageous and disadvantageous. Folks that understand there is going to be powercreep and the business need for that, but that still have an eye out for various outliers that upset the precarious balance.
Basically, a tester would get an invite because they were already testing things.
Folks looking to try things...folks that just ranted and complained about things...and all the countless other stuff like that, well...they wouldn't.
While it couldn't possibly be completely a selfless act, it wasn't a try before you buy program in the least. Folks still had their agendas, they wanted things the way they wanted them - so folks could end up arguing, the same TOS applied there as it did anywhere else though, lol...and that area of the forums was moderated like anywhere else. But the folks were still tackling it as testers...folks that demonstrated that's not really what they were doing there might not invited back for the next test.
Something to keep in mind would also be the testing of ships that might have little interest to the player...the ship not being their thing, so to speak...and the ability to still test it and offer feedback. Cause otherwise, it kind of gets into the try instead of test thing...more of a personal agenda.
With there being KDF, Fed, and Rom ships - it could also get into having the toons available to test the various ships - though in some cases, having KDF toons could be advantageous cause there just weren't that many KDF players - but of course, as you likely noticed...ships have become more and more copypasta over the years - makes the testing process a bit easier there as one can extrapolate the minor differences.
Ships are a key part of the Cryptic revenue stream...they take the testing very seriously...it is NDA'd out the wahzoo.
if you need to buy the ship first before trying them out on tribble is (in my opinion) not testing out.
you already bought the ship without knowing if the ship is good and if you even like it.
I want to buy several ships but i first need to know if the hull strenght, speed and firepower is.
and if you already bought it and you actually don't even like it, then you just wasted +/-55 dollar's on a sh***y ship
I know what you mean but what im saying is that i think they should allow you to access any ships youve bought on the CStore post-copying your character to tribble purely for the fact that people would want to be flying all of the ships that have access to considering we do pay real money for such content.
Also considering that Tribble is a test server for content they would like us to test and report back to them about... itd make sense to be allowed to use the paid-for content to help aid us.
Tribble is a test server, but is not a server for people to test before purchases. It's purpose is to test content and report on bugs, to help Cryptic test new content, before releasing it on Holodeck.
I actually like Delta Rising.
This post is confused in what im actually trying to convey. i mearly just suggested that if we have Cstore ships already bought on our accounts. we should be able to have access to those ships [we have bought] in the cstore, nothing about ones that would be for sale still.
I agree BUT Cryptic has shown they will or have thrown content on Holodeck without Tribble testing. Pretty much making Holodeck the Tribble at the player expense of time and money.