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Anyone else notice that the NPC's on DS9...

corjetcorjet Member Posts: 188 Arc User
in Star Trek Online General Discussion
All seem to have at least a cold. They pause for a moment and then cough. I seem to think it happens only a little bit on Earth Space Dock.

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  • mackbolan01mackbolan01 Member Posts: 580 Arc User
    edited December 2015
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,687 Community Moderator
    I've noticed a lot of civilians on DS9 coughing. Also the textures on some of their shirts are borked. Have been for years.
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    Yang Xiao Long wrote:
    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
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  • kontarnuskontarnus Member Posts: 289 Arc User
    They cough in a very conspicuous way, to make you pay attention. That's why they stop, stretch their arms, cough, walk away.
    Then there's the exaggerated 'argument' arm waving, that aliens not from late 20th-early 21st century Earth should not be doing.

    Oh well. Someone had a tiny bit of fun with those sprites.
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  • jade1280jade1280 Member Posts: 868 Arc User
    Shhh it is a precursor to the new episode later down the road for temporal influenza released by the tholiens as bio warfare against the federation of the past...
  • anodynesanodynes Member Posts: 1,999 Arc User
    kontarnus wrote: »
    They cough in a very conspicuous way, to make you pay attention. That's why they stop, stretch their arms, cough, walk away.
    Then there's the exaggerated 'argument' arm waving, that aliens not from late 20th-early 21st century Earth should not be doing.

    Oh well. Someone had a tiny bit of fun with those sprites.

    It's all quite jerky in animation, too. They're like broken Replicants more than believable biological beings. Someone should give them an animation touch-up.
    This is an MMO, not a Star Trek episode simulator. That would make for a terrible game.
  • admrenlarreckadmrenlarreck Member Posts: 2,041 Arc User
    HMMM If I remember right back in Terrdome. they did this then flipped a coin. That was how you Identified the right people to talk to.

    Maybe this is a slip up indicating that Terradome is coming back?
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  • twg042370twg042370 Member Posts: 2,312 Arc User
    corjet wrote: »
    All seem to have at least a cold. They pause for a moment and then cough. I seem to think it happens only a little bit on Earth Space Dock.

    When was the last time your captain had a sonic shower?

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  • mayito2009mayito2009 Member Posts: 643 Arc User
    It is called the whoopie cushion cold caused by the presence of Tribbles deep inside the station air vents.
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  • swamarianswamarian Member Posts: 1,506 Arc User
    admrenlarreck wrote: »
    HMMM If I remember right back in Terrdome. they did this then flipped a coin. That was how you Identified the right people to talk to.
    Maybe this is a slip up indicating that Terradome is coming back?

    I doubt it. They've been coughing for years. It's nice to know why, though.
  • hawku001xhawku001x Member Posts: 10,769 Arc User
    Always thought it was an in-joke saying DS9 was unclean or something.
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  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,693 Arc User
    SWTOR has an event where Rakghoul disease is spreading throughout the galaxy, including to your character. Without treatment you sicken and die. (Then respawn healthy)

    BE AFRAID! :eek:
  • lopequillopequil Member Posts: 1,226 Arc User
    Frog blast the vent core!
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,687 Community Moderator
    swamarian wrote: »
    admrenlarreck wrote: »
    HMMM If I remember right back in Terrdome. they did this then flipped a coin. That was how you Identified the right people to talk to.
    Maybe this is a slip up indicating that Terradome is coming back?

    I doubt it. They've been coughing for years. It's nice to know why, though.

    They've been doing that ever since I first got to DS9, back when STO just hit F2P.
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    Yang Xiao Long wrote:
    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
    The nut who actually ground out many packs. The resident forum voice of reason (I HAZ FORUM REP! YAY!)
    normal text = me speaking as fellow formite
    colored text = mod mode
  • fovrelfovrel Member Posts: 1,448 Arc User
    I suppose it is the emote /cough, players can do it to. Do we also have the emote where you go banging on a console. You can see an NPC doing it at the tailor on Q'onos First City. I suppose it is /frustrated. What happened to the C-store emotes?
  • gfreeman98gfreeman98 Member Posts: 1,201 Arc User
    Yes I've noticed, and they've always done it, especially in the "break room" where the Bank & Exchange are.
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  • groomofweirdgroomofweird Member Posts: 1,045 Arc User
    I was on qonos earlier (totally unrelated I know), but I swear I saw a classic TOS era gorn walk by me. Silly boggly eyes and everything, I had to double take. I was too busy thinking "did I just see that?" to screenshot.
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  • monkeybone13monkeybone13 Member Posts: 4,640 Arc User
    edited December 2015
    admrenlarreck wrote: »
    HMMM If I remember right back in Terrdome. they did this then flipped a coin. That was how you Identified the right people to talk to.

    Maybe this is a slip up indicating that Terradome is coming back?

    LOL No. They've been coughing like this long before terradome was removed. Sometimes when standing still in DS9 an NPC will walk up to you and start coughing right next to you for some reason. The animations do seem jerky though. Sometimes they start to cough then suddenly start stretching their arms and it just goes back and forth quickly for a moment.

    They have said they do plan on revamping DS9 like they did with ESD. They haven't had time to start on the revamp yet, but I imagine when do get around to it that's when they'll fix the NPC animations. There really isn't any reason to waste time on that right now.

    Edit: DS9 doesn't have a sick bay. It's probably why we got sick NPCs running around all the time LOL
  • meimeitoomeimeitoo Member Posts: 12,594 Arc User
    It's kinda the same as on Bajor itself. I guess it's supposed to portray the 'activist' nature of Bajoran (what with their war against the Cardassians and all). Makes em look politically engaged, I guess.
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  • corjetcorjet Member Posts: 188 Arc User
    jade1280 wrote: »
    Shhh it is a precursor to the new episode later down the road for temporal influenza released by the tholiens as bio warfare against the federation of the past...

    I think jadel1280's got it right...
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  • kyrrokkyrrok Member Posts: 1,352 Arc User
    edited December 2015
    It's Yarim Fel. A mutated strain of the virus now affects humanoids, is highly contagious through the air, and gets people coughing. =)
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