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Please Add a Foundry Gate to the Fleet Starbase Map

ompgaming1ompgaming1 Member Posts: 91 Arc User
in The Foundry for Star Trek Online - Discussion & Feedback
I'd like to, again, press for a foundry gate to be located on the Fleet Starbase Map.

I would even be ok if it was just a clone from a gate that is located on a public map like ESD or K7 etc. Just something so that players can go directly from the starbase to custom maps, please.

I can't imagine this would be that hard to add at all!

PLEASE!?!?!

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  • captainhunter1captainhunter1 Member Posts: 1,630 Arc User
    edited December 2016
    Yep, more gates are always good. And the Fleet Starbase in Sector Space is a great candidate for one because I know a lot of fleets which have 'intro' missions in the Foundry - and this local would be perfect for those. Plus it can still be used for other missions as well. :)

    (Speaking of bases, I'd love to see the Vault added to the Sector Space gate list too ;) )
    My consolidated list of game improvements for STO:
    arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline/#/discussion/1203368/pve-content-a-list-of-gamewide-polishing-pass-suggestions
  • rogue6800rogue6800 Member Posts: 213 Arc User
    If we are listing points, I would love some random points at the edge of sector space, e.g. "Unmapped region K87-990".
  • ompgaming1ompgaming1 Member Posts: 91 Arc User
    Actually, I don't mean the starbase in the sector space map, I mean a gate IN the starbase ground map. A console in the transporter room or a plant near the turbolift, or something in the holodeck, etc. That is the type of gate I would want.

    Though, both of the above choices would be nice as well, but they both require a map transfer to the sector map from the starbase, which is what I am trying to avoid because then groups have to travel across the map and instances of sector space can lead to issues.
  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    May I point out the obvious flaw in your idea, that this would make the mission inaccessible to anyone who doesn't want to be in a fleet?
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  • wombat140wombat140 Member Posts: 971 Arc User
    Well, you could get in by asking someone else to invite you to their Starbase. That can be done.
  • ompgaming1ompgaming1 Member Posts: 91 Arc User
    starswordc wrote: »
    May I point out the obvious flaw in your idea, that this would make the mission inaccessible to anyone who doesn't want to be in a fleet?

    If they cloned a gate that is on ESD, then anyone could access the mission. What I am saying is make a gate on the fleet starbase map that would be an identical link as one that is on ESD. So, Foundry Mission OMP would be able to be accessed from either ESD or the fleet starbase. That would be acceptable to me.

    Honestly, though, if that is not possible and the only way to do it is to have an independent gate on the fleet starbaes, then I would take that, fully knowing that anyone not in a fleet would not be able to access it. Because right now we don't have any option. I would be ok with a limited option.
  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    edited January 2017
    wombat140 wrote: »
    Well, you could get in by asking someone else to invite you to their Starbase. That can be done.

    It can be done, but as a Foundry author I would never bank on my players having reliable access to someone (be it a friend or help channel) that can get them on demand access to a Starbase interior. It's all too circumstantial. Maybe there's some special narrative possibilities in using a specific console in the fleet base for mission access. But I could just as well stage those events on my first map (with an exterior fleetbase door) and then not worry about fleet access at all.

    I just don't see what interior fleetbase doors gets us besides access problems.
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  • captainhunter1captainhunter1 Member Posts: 1,630 Arc User
    duncanidaho11 wrote: »
    I just don't see what interior fleetbase doors gets us besides access problems.

    Agreed.

    The only Foundry door inside a Fleet Starbase should be the universal Holodeck access - - arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline/#/discussion/1193978/universal-holodeck-panel-door-for-holo-missions
    My consolidated list of game improvements for STO:
    arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline/#/discussion/1203368/pve-content-a-list-of-gamewide-polishing-pass-suggestions
  • barimanforumsbarimanforums Member Posts: 104 Arc User
    Perhaps limited access is the point?
    Fleet orientation wouldn't be of much use to someone outside the fleet.

    That said, I thought it would be cool if we could attack faction-ed Star-bases since Fleet Star Bases first came out (space and/or ground).
  • spiritbornspiritborn Member Posts: 4,372 Arc User
    Well the thing is that Foundry is already a small community to begin with, limiting it to those who have a fleet doesn't really add anything useful to the mix.
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