Future TFO events may reward more sets, this is an experiment
Andre was pushing for new item sets
New TFO: Synth Wave
TFO involves the synth attack on Utopia Planitia
TFO is focused on trying to rescue as many people as possible from the surface during the unstoppable synth attack
TFO arena shrinks over time
No plans to make Utopia Planitia on fire in 2409/2410/2411
No decision yet on changing STO to match Picard more closely.
Some internal talk about blaming the changes on us mucking with time during the Iconian War
There will be an advanced and elite version of "To Hell with Honor". No ETA.
Commander Burgess narrates the TFO
Fly into circles to pick up people from the surface. Deliver them to transport ships. Transport ships need to be defended, and can hold differing amount of people depending on class of transport.
They got the official Federation Mars transport model from Picard, used in the TFO
TFO is about 16 minutes long
Jessie Heining made a design for a STO Battle Royale mode as an experiment. Not sure if they will actually do it ever.
Started doing the official content reveals on the day it launches because media was picking up the articles about things like guest VAs, and people were disappointed the content wasn't playable right then
Launch date for the new content is sooner then we think
No forced ship skins like in Battle of the Binary Stars due to Picard being so close to STO's timeframe
Kael thinks they now have permission to do long hairstyles(like M'ress) for Caitians and Ferasans
182 possible marks from the TFO
No unique looks for the new set items
Lead character artist wants to remake the humanoid body model to be higher quality. No ETA on when that might happen
No info on if/when the synth ships will be playable
If they redo the humanoid body model, I hope they look into fixing clothing/hair clipping issues and unlocking more assets that are currently not available to players.
Yes please. Among the things I'd like to see in this vein would be neck gaiters (the Iccobar ambassador in 'Midnight' has one) and more color variants for the MACO battledress (why shouldn't players be able to replicate the 'Mantel'/Facility 4028 color scheme?).
It will indeed be interesting to see how the new TFO works out with actual players... and on an amusing note, I was reminded of Space: Above and Beyond... subsequent research reminded me, however, that 'synth' as a slang term for android seems to have originated from Alien and its sequels (the actual term in S:AAB is 'silicate').
Started doing the official content reveals on the day it launches because media was picking up the articles about things like guest VAs, and people were disappointed the content wasn't playable right then
In other words, 'media' wasn't making clear that they were talking about future events - and thus failing to do their job properly. If, as I understand things, the sources are clear in this regard, the blame for the referenced disappointment falls squarely on said 'media'. Now I am curious as to whether or not relevant persons from the STO team have properly reprimanded the generators of such careless articles.
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The-Grand-Nagus
Join Date: Sep 2008
Thank goodness for that. I don't want that gloomy look and feel.....not to mention all those disco shuttles and stuff. >_>''
It will indeed be interesting to see how the new TFO works out with actual players... and on an amusing note, I was reminded of Space: Above and Beyond... subsequent research reminded me, however, that 'synth' as a slang term for android seems to have originated from Alien and its sequels (the actual term in S:AAB is 'silicate').
In other words, 'media' wasn't making clear that they were talking about future events - and thus failing to do their job properly. If, as I understand things, the sources are clear in this regard, the blame for the referenced disappointment falls squarely on said 'media'. Now I am curious as to whether or not relevant persons from the STO team have properly reprimanded the generators of such careless articles.
Or at least clarify in advance whether it will be put in the Phoenix store.
[3/25 10:41][Combat (Self)]Your Haymaker deals 26187 (10692) Physical Damage(Critical) to Orinoco.