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Captains Table Revamp

Please make the Federations Captains Table a little more interesting and accessible
ie. Dont make it a seperate starbase area, how about placing it into Earth Starbase like the Nighclub and making it an area off limits except for those authorised personnel and giving us a reason to visit it more often. How about better purchasing or selling deals for vet captains the longer we have been subscribed or lifetime members. What about our own apartment or office we can acces through it that we can decorate with trophies.

Currently its incredibly boring and pretty much nobody uses it except out of curiousity once or twice.

Thats my only complaint - I'm loving this game, and waiting for my T6 Oddie and the long wait to save up for the wells class and dauntless sci ship, but I consider it a labour of love

Anyone else have any ideas on this

Thankyou again to the Devs for keeping the game fresh and alive

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  • captz1ppcaptz1pp Member Posts: 931 Arc User
    There is that "off-limits" door on ESD's mezzanine that can be used as the entrance for the captains table.
  • catstarstocatstarsto Member Posts: 2,149 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    it should have special items for sale like the vip lounge in champs, maybe recipes to make shuttles, kit powers or special weapons for crafters. dont forget pets! champs has a golden foxbat pet in the vip lounge, lets have a golden mini ship that floats behind you like a pet. the ship changes as you change ships to fit what your flying, like a mini model of the sorts like when you buy a promotional vehicle and get a model of the car/truck u bought. the interior should be layed out more supernatural like the continuum or that bubble zone the traveler took them too. oh, and how about costumes you can craft, that only people who sub can use. that way it give more incentive to buy a sub
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  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    Actually, @tacofangs commented around the ESD revamp that the Bathroom Door in Club 47 was going to be the new doorway to the Captains Table. But guess they got busy and any work on the Captain's Table was lowered on the priority list.

    But one thing I would love to see with Captain's Table revamp is doorways leading to the various Hubs. In making a type of shortcut.
  • hyperionx09hyperionx09 Member Posts: 1,709 Arc User
    Actually, @tacofangs commented around the ESD revamp that the Bathroom Door in Club 47 was going to be the new doorway to the Captains Table. But guess they got busy and any work on the Captain's Table was lowered on the priority list.

    But one thing I would love to see with Captain's Table revamp is doorways leading to the various Hubs. In making a type of shortcut.

    Adding to this, the Devs also mentioned plans of probably adding a similar and even more detailed club to the Captain's Table, in addition to maybe using it to allow Lifer or long-subbed KDF-Romulans and KDF players access to the ESD Club (but preventing them from moving further into ESD) as another perk.

    A shame that project fell though though. The Captain's Table is well deserving of a major refresh, and could use a larger general area given it's own impressive size.
  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    A shame that project fell though though. The Captain's Table is well deserving of a major refresh, and could use a larger general area given it's own impressive size.

    Long as the Table Room itself isn't touched. The Table Room itself, even years later, has to be one of the best looking interiors in STO. The Hallway and console rooms, that could go. :tongue:

    Hmm, come to think of it. Wonder where the doors would be on New Romulus and on Qo'nos?
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  • seriousdaveseriousdave Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    Wasn't the captain's table revamp smirk's pet project? Or at least he was a strong advocate of it.
    I fully agree that it desperately needs some love but I think that project pretty much died when he left.
  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    Unless they find a way to monetise it then it will stay the same boring and useless place it has been for the last 5 years. I fully support the OP and other ideas here but alas I doubt very much it will change for a long time, if ever.

    Easy, its basically a meeting room on a ship / station. They just need to create a mission that has it as a focal point.
  • rahmkota19rahmkota19 Member Posts: 1,929 Arc User
    The shortcut idea? Great idea!

    Adding any non-cosmetic items for sale in this area? NO. DON'T.
    As a lifetimer myself, I already get access to stuff others don't get to see. Stuff like the Chimera and variations. Stuff like that free T5 ship and that one free T5U upgrade token.
    Don't go full pay2win with adding even a single non-cosmetic item, regardless of how useless it is. All lifetime is is monthly zen and a single ship not obtainable otherwise, and this is a great deal imo. Because the rest of the community doesn't get locked out, and has just as cheap access to ships far superior the lifetimers get for free. Which is a very good thing.

    As for the revamp, I'd say cut out the space map, make it a ground map only, give said ground map a more Klingon/Romulan look instead of the 100% Fed K-7 look and make it a single room a la ESD. And then indeed place doors leading to various ingame locations such as ESD, First City, New Romulus Command, Dyson Joint Command, etc.​​
  • protogothprotogoth Member Posts: 2,369 Arc User
    markg71 wrote: »
    Please make the Federations Captains Table a little more interesting and accessible
    ie. Dont make it a seperate starbase area, how about placing it into Earth Starbase like the Nighclub and making it an area off limits except for those authorised personnel and giving us a reason to visit it more often. How about better purchasing or selling deals for vet captains the longer we have been subscribed or lifetime members. What about our own apartment or office we can acces through it that we can decorate with trophies.

    Currently its incredibly boring and pretty much nobody uses it except out of curiousity once or twice.

    Thats my only complaint - I'm loving this game, and waiting for my T6 Oddie and the long wait to save up for the wells class and dauntless sci ship, but I consider it a labour of love

    Anyone else have any ideas on this

    Thankyou again to the Devs for keeping the game fresh and alive

    The Captains' Table is not faction-exclusive, so why call it "the Federations Captains Table"?

    And some of us do visit it, although our visits are fairly rare. For me personally, I think a means of access in the New Romulus system would be a welcome addition, since RRF LTS are able to get there, but have to go to the Sol System or the Qo'noS System in order to access it.
  • gradiigradii Member Posts: 2,824 Arc User
    I am still wondering why someone would ask for a revamp of a place they don't remember visiting.

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    Like a badass I shall make him look, and in the furnace of war I shall forge him.
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    He will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight him.
    He shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best him in battle.
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  • forcemajeureforcemajeure Member Posts: 212 Arc User
    I also really like the ideas of 'accessible off ESD' and 'shortcuts', hence 'accessible off First City, New Rom & DS9' as well. For a supposed perk of 'given us a steady stream of cash', it currently lacks perkiness.
  • jaymclaughlinjaymclaughlin Member Posts: 630 Arc User
    I'd like it to have more of a reason to exist, beyond just being a fancy social zone. Heavily discounted commodities for lifetime subscribers would be good, and would mean people visit more often to fill up fleet projects etc.

    Also if there were some other perks like exclusive duty officer assignments.

    Would also be nice if you could invite a guest (like most exclusive member clubs), but if you were to leave, the guest would be forced to leave too.
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  • taylor1701dtaylor1701d Member Posts: 3,099 Arc User
    There needs to be VIP Poker tables in the captains lounge.
    Where you could gamble Dil, Lobi and ec against other captain's willing to play.

    Would be nice to have a a few VIP only costumes, purchasable only at the Captain Table's Vendor. (Things like the gambler's visor DATA wears in TNG)

    A Captain's Table only space and ground set, so we can show off our prestige, being the LTS members that we are.
    This would drive a few sales, and make the LTS a little more attractive.


    But I'd be happy with a VIP Poker area.
    High stakes: Lobi
    Mid Stakes: Dil
    Low Stakes: EC

    I know I would show up, if there was Poker.




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  • potasssiumpotasssium Member Posts: 1,226 Arc User
    Make it a transwarp holding location with all services one needs but no cooldown on the transwarp. Include a gateway to access the rest of network, and our Fleet starbase as a destination as well. It would serve as a a time saving utility waypoint, then drop us back in sector space or letting us jump to our Fleet holding.
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  • dareaudareau Member Posts: 2,390 Arc User
    Unless they find a way to monetise it then it will stay the same boring and useless place it has been for the last 5 years. I fully support the OP and other ideas here but alas I doubt very much it will change for a long time, if ever.

    The "monetization" aspect - unlock via LTS or paying for a Gold Sub for 400 days, is covered.

    The "reasons to use" aspect - now this "needs" work... :tongue:
    I mean, unlike your "average" MMO, which segregates most/all chats to the specific zone (outside of guild), STO's plethora of "custom, all points in game" channels means that I don't have to travel to base X or zone Y to chat it up with "like minded players", I just join the appropriate channel and, heck, I can drop a comment at one of them while my character's spraying full auto fire into a cluster of targets...

    So, to make the table "attractive", it needs services. However, other than tucking all the Veteran reward "vendors" into the table - what services can be provided at the table that can't / isn't provided anywhere else in game, and is of such a nature that it doesn't unbalance the game?

    Standard base amenities? I'm going to jump through the hoops of hitting up "headquarters" just to jump to the Table to get at the standard services? Nope...
    Combining every "vendor" in the game? So that if I have to go fleet-supply shopping, I can just head to the table instead of heading to Andor for probes, Risa for stabililzers, etc. etc? Starting to look attractive, especially if these vendors sell at the "best rate possible without an unlock like Tuffli or Embassy vendor"...
    Having table access via the dropdown? I'd love to see "Visit Starship Bridge, Visit Shuttle Bridge, Visit Captain's Table" in my dropdown, especially after it has all these services... :wink:

    Extra "social" gameplay like Dabo, (Mythical) Poker, etc? Always welcome.

    To me, one of the best uses I've ever come up for with the Captain's Table (both Space and ground) is to use it as a preview area of sorts. To use a recent example, right after they announced the "Dreadnought" line, put the models of the Yamato etc. up in Table space so that Captains with access could swing by and see the models in all their in-game glory... Maybe even use it to slip "teasers" - everyone knows a T6 Defiant / BoP is coming, so if you have the models done, why not slip them into the table so that those with access can see them?
    Detecting big-time "anti-old-school" bias here. NX? Lobi. TOS/TMP Connie? Super-promotion-box. (aka the two hardest ways to get ships) Excelsior & all 3 TNG "big hero" ships? C-Store. Please Equalize...

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  • agentexeideragentexeider Member Posts: 180 Arc User
    I wouldn't mind if it got revamped into "The Nexus" and it traveled through the quadrants on a semi scheduled basis and you'd have to chase it down to enter it.
  • kamiyama317kamiyama317 Member Posts: 1,295 Arc User
    I really like the existing station they are using for the Captain's Table. Have you ever gotten up close and looked at it? I want to know why there are pools of lava inside the station. What is Cap doing in there?

    I would put the existing station in orbit around earth. The nebula warp point is an eyesore and it just adds an extra map transition. Just move the crazy lava station to earth orbit so we can just fly over and dock on it.
  • velquavelqua Member Posts: 1,220 Arc User
    There should be special DOFF and TRIBBLE assignments at the Captain's Table. I would like to see a vendor like the one aboard the Cell and Tuffli ships. A Dabo table would be nice too. Also, we should be allowed to use our Risa clothing as well. More pets should be visible too.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    Actually, @tacofangs commented around the ESD revamp that the Bathroom Door in Club 47 was going to be the new doorway to the Captains Table. But guess they got busy and any work on the Captain's Table was lowered on the priority list.

    But one thing I would love to see with Captain's Table revamp is doorways leading to the various Hubs. In making a type of shortcut.
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  • depc101depc101 Member Posts: 84 Arc User
    Should be a transwarp hub so you can go any were vie there
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  • azurianstarazurianstar Member Posts: 6,985 Arc User
    velqua wrote: »
    There should be special DOFF and TRIBBLE assignments at the Captain's Table. I would like to see a vendor like the one aboard the Cell and Tuffli ships. A Dabo table would be nice too. Also, we should be allowed to use our Risa clothing as well. More pets should be visible too.

    I like these ideas. Adding Special Access missions and vendors would increase appeal. In fact, I'll add to that. These vendors should also have the best buy / sell prices in the game. Maybe even selling high-end commodities at low prices (without depending on the Romulan Embassy Fleet holdings).
  • jaymclaughlinjaymclaughlin Member Posts: 630 Arc User
    Discounted price on the non tradable lobi items like consoles etc would also be good.
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  • mackbolan01mackbolan01 Member Posts: 580 Arc User
    a holodeck with actual things to do, for example : try to beat morarity, goto janeways 17th century workshop......things like that, maybe guinans holo target practice
  • annemarie30annemarie30 Member Posts: 2,705 Arc User
    pretty sure taco said a shortcut system would NOT be part of any revamp.
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