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Suggestions for 2016 Risa

oldkhemaraaoldkhemaraa Member Posts: 1,039 Arc User
in Feature Episodes, Events and PvE Content
Power Board Race:
More course markers that actually mark the course boundary. I might suggest them in two colors. White to mark the course, and Red to mark out of bounds/Disqualification line. Use the player positional data. Some areas of the course need to be course boundry and DQ on the same line, A fair race penalizes for cutting the course.

At race end, The flag things have got to go. They are not fair to the players. If your first across the line, then award the player the extra favors. The game is tracking players positions on the map as a matter of course. Use the data! Players should not be having to grab anything at the end of the race! to routine governing the race should know where the players are on the course and who crosed the finish line in what order. Extend bonus favor awards down to 5th place finish, that will open the rewards to more players. Filter in some bonus awards.. races won, races done.

Consider multi lap races..there is more then sufficient time min events to run a 3 lap race! The same could be done with the winter event.

Leave the race course up at all times. Let folks practice!

Race games are much more fun for everyone when done right.

Floater stuff: There could be a multiplayer floater race. Almost surprised we don't have one.

Costumage: More off duty and mixables please. And Risan flower ornaments can NOT be worn with swim wear and swim wear combo's WHAT? That is just silly! Fix that! Might want to get together with some companies...that Orion dancer pattern is unique. Check with some shirt manufacturers! Licence it! (give it buttons that have the trek badge on 'em.)

Emotes: Go fix the male Samba so it looks like a "Male" Samba. Pretty please. I've danced professionally. It's..ummm "ewwwwwww!" kinda squeal with that I just stepped in goo sort effect to get the idea. You could try adding a couples dance for next year. Players agree to be partner. just code it in that asking to dance wins you the dance lead animation if there is a gender issue. Other wise sorry, It's "Traditional" dance in STO universe.. amle dance the male dance unless they have been asked by another male to dance. It could be quite comical. Umm, players must be within a certain height range of each other to perform a couple dance.
A nice bit of Bossa Nova motion capture could be fun... And we've seen Picard dance.. its not a lost art!

Also.. Because I saw it done in DS-9 maybe consider/think about adding or how to add a Limbo contest?

The recent fixes as of yesterday this post did clear up a great deal of the Risa event map lag. Quite a bit less frustrating in game! Thank you.



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Comments

  • farshorefarshore Member Posts: 353 Arc User
    Rock climbing races.
  • oldkhemaraaoldkhemaraa Member Posts: 1,039 Arc User
    Not sure they could do rock climbing justice, it'd have to be a mini game with possibly its own set of controls...
    NOw, what if powerboards had a throttle control?
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  • farshorefarshore Member Posts: 353 Arc User
    They have the zip-lines and other things from those spy missions on Vaudwar Prime.
  • primar13primar13 Member Posts: 1,896 Bug Hunter
    Really If they are Set to have a new Curency Every year, I think their should be a new event every year to earn it...

    I've done Floaters, and Ice Racing for 3 Years, lets try something new.

    I like the Idea of Multiplayer Floaters, so that cool.
  • rakija879rakija879 Member Posts: 646 Arc User
    Some sort of food contest, or game like in the winter event would be nice.
  • where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    My suggestions:

    A mini-power board and Elite power boards that look, well, more tasteful, less garish for the KDF...and, in particular, for the women playing this game?

    I don't mind the red...but tired of the black and thorny and garish. Maybe something more "spa-inspired" and meditative? Colors more in the vein of the LLAP Vulcan Power board?

    Yes, I favor the KDF and Klingons they all may be...but I want them to look stylish.

    Also, speaking of the Vulcan board.....can we get a mini-board and/or power board in "artificial gold plated latinum" for the Ferengis?
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  • onehalfklingononehalfklingon Member Posts: 106 Arc User
    Please make the eggs bound to account. I have some toons who find them regularly, and others seem to never find an egg.
  • xyquarzexyquarze Member Posts: 2,120 Arc User
    where2r1 wrote: »
    A mini-power board and Elite power boards that look, well, more tasteful, less garish for the KDF...and, in particular, for the women playing this game?

    Gotta admit I am a man first, so my views may differ somewhat. But while I agree on the Targ - it's so "badass" with a miniscule capital "b" that you don't even see how badass it is (what I am meaning to say: IMO it's trying too hard) - I disagree on the KDF board which in my opinion is the best looking of the lot, mostly because Fed and Rom are lacking any distinct features.

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  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    With the Race:

    1) Get rid of the Flag Mechanics
    2) Create a second race within the race time. (9/10 of the time, the race is done within 1 minute, leaving lots of spare time. In that time, there can be a second race.
    3) Make the race more about skill than having the fastest board or luck with the speed boosts.


    Allow Winter weapons to be used on Risa as party (squirt) guns.

    Have something to do around the North Tower, make use of that empty area.

    More Sand Castle event areas.
  • captz1ppcaptz1pp Member Posts: 931 Arc User
    I'd like to see the male wetsuits get patterns like the 1920's stripes as an option.
  • ccs46ccs46 Member Posts: 117 Arc User
    rakija879 wrote: »
    Some sort of food contest, or game like in the winter event would be nice.
    A Risian bean eating contest.

  • djxprimedjxprime Member Posts: 522 Arc User
    Swimming. I'd like to be able to swim around the island. Maybe do some pearl diving and being able to see underwater coral and fish.
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  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    -Remove the map-restrictions on clothes
    -Bring back the old ships
    -Remove the flag-picking from the board race
    -Add alternate rewards directly to the daily floater mission (converting the ship currency to marks with a 20-hour project is a pointless hassle when we could instead choose between the ship currency and marks when turning in the mission in the first place)
  • som3one1som3one1 Member Posts: 94 Arc User
    Id love to see swimming added myself and fix those wetsuits, they have been bugged since delta rising.
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  • pertaipertai Member Posts: 16 Arc User
    I totally love the summer event and have spent all my time on Risa since the summer festival started. But I also see room for improvement and new ideas..

    By all means - remove the flag grabbing at the end of the power board race. It's beyond unfair when you miss out of it because of lag or you can't stop where it is it and someone else (who came after you) grabs it.
    All participants should be rewarded with a minimum of both monkey tags and favors no matter the ranking but ofc more if you take 1-3 ranking. I mean players did the race so ofc they should have a minimum of both in my opinion.

    Also reinforce penalties when players cut corners or jump areas out of the course boundry - either race disqualification or noticiable speed reduction for 5-10 secs.

    Monkey tags should also be obtainable from other contests than the power board race.
    I miss some underwater activities and the monkey tags or another new tag type could be implemented and obtained from one of the below mentioned underwater activities:
    underwater pearl diving
    catching fish with fishnets
    swim with turtles or dolphins (like swim with x amount of species within a limited time)
    plant x amount of corals

    - there are lots of possibilities!

    Dance competition – overall I think the developers have done a great job in the details of every dance move, I'm very impressed but I sooooooooo miss some MUSIC – if there had been some cool clubmusic during the dance competition I would have installed my bed on Risa B)

    Another idea could be to have the dance competition on a yacht (both on the upper and lower deck) and ofc in the open air – and ofc with music!! ;) . You would either have to use the floater, swim out to the yacht or use the powerboard to get out there.

    There should be more yachts out there during the dance competition so players would have more boats to choose from. Overall the yachts would add to the beach/seaside environment, which currently seems rather empty.

    Finally I think it's a pity that Risa only has content 1 month in a whole year cause it's such a lovely and beautiful place. How about a reoccuring event every 3 months, which would last 2 weeks or so? Then you could also be given the chance to wear all the costumes you bought during the summer festival?
  • xyquarzexyquarze Member Posts: 2,120 Arc User
    I have to disagree on the power board race issue. Both are clearly stated in the game description: you don't have to follow the course, you just need to pass the gates - that's what you're being told when you ask how the race works. And stopping right for your flag is part of the skill that's needed. So it is neither unfair nor abuse nor cheating.

    I admit that having a slow connection with lag issues might hurt you and wouldn't mind a "first through the posts" rule, would win more races myself that way - but I'll guess you'd get a new set of complaints from people who thought they were first. But as it is, it is not cheesing mechanics but playing as stated.

    What I would welcome though would be a change so that good jumping over the ramps actually helps you. The boost you may or may not receive barely compensates for the speed loss in the air.
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  • pertaipertai Member Posts: 16 Arc User
    Even though it's stated it doesn't mean it's working well. Why have a race course if you don't need to follow it?!..beats me. And missing out on grabbing the flag is not just a matter of "skills needed" you have to chase it - AFTER you've won cause the flag location changes every time someone else grabs it. That's just a very odd mechanism!
  • xapocalypseponyxxapocalypseponyx Member Posts: 577 Arc User
    Another idea for the dance competition, when accepting the "mission", if possible grant the character use of every dance move for the event, so they can all be incorporated into the event. Next year, I want to be doing the Ferengi, the Shuffle and everything else.
  • xyquarzexyquarze Member Posts: 2,120 Arc User
    You don't have to chase the flag AFTER you've won - because you haven't won until you get the flag. As I said it would be okay for me if rules were changed (e. g. to force you inbounds during the course - would add more skill), but the (maybe not by you) too often read statement that you won because you finished the line first is just not correct and doesn't help the case. So yes, chasing the flag is considered part of the game and as such is a skill needed to win the game.
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  • solax79solax79 Member Posts: 32 Arc User
    I'm all for swimming/scuba diving. Definitely need that for 2016 no question about it.

    Also, I would love to see them add duty officer assignments similar to the Winter Event. Some assignments that grant event rewards. The raising feathered monkeys thing is alright, but we can do that across the map with all sorts of pets so it's not really special. This previous Winter Event featured missions such as "Decorate the Halls" and "Exchange Gifts" (something like that) and you'd get some of the event's currency as rewards. Summer equivalents would be a great addition, I think.
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  • noxteregnoxtereg Member Posts: 111 Arc User
    Haven't read through all the posts but...

    Water Balloon Fights maybe water balloon guns?
    Rafting, similar to the power boards but you power raft instead through a course.
    Bumper boats! maybe smack in to stuff for points or something along those lines.
  • daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    edited July 2015
    There should be a waterfall on the island somewhere.
    One of the original concept sketches of Risa had waterfalls all over the place.
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  • bltrrnbltrrn Member Posts: 1,322 Arc User
    daveyny wrote: »
    There should be a waterfall on the island somewhere.
    One of the original concept sketches of Risa had waterfalls all over the place.
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    Sweet Hilton-Marriot-Trump, that's a nice resort! :D

    As well as a bigger map, I'd like to see "buggy" races, perhaps as a leeway to ground vehicles. After all, many of us do enjoy unsafe velocities, esp. the Pilots.
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