Star Trek Online

CaptainRAVE · 3 Dec 2010 at 22:13

Cavallino said:
Foundry whats this foundry? Everytime I come by this thread there is something new

We can now make our own missions

- use generated content ***!

I disagree that Klingons are OP in PvP. They are just more coordinated as they ave had more practice.

I can't wait for season 3, it is going to be great. For those of you who haven't played in a long time, now is a great time to return. I have and am really enjoying it.

Cavallino · 3 Dec 2010 at 22:47

CaptainRAVE said:
We can now make our own missions - use generated content ***!

Omg! Like.. er.. how?!? Any linky to explain? I tried to get into EVE but just a bit of mind job playing that game (although I may come back to it one day).

STO was simple but entertaining... maybe I should come back

JGBR · 4 Dec 2010 at 10:31

let's face it, Klingons are hardly well known for their science and diplomatic skills.

JGBR · 5 Dec 2010 at 10:25

Any comments on the beta stuff people?

Cavallino · 5 Dec 2010 at 10:34

Is there any linky explaining what this foundry lark is?

JGBR · 5 Dec 2010 at 10:37

http://www.startrekonline.com/foundrywalkthrough tells you how to use it.

But basically

Subscribers can write and design missions that the wider community can then play

It takes the burden of cryptic to write lots of content.

Cavallino · 5 Dec 2010 at 10:43

Ah cheers JGBR.
Doesnt this mean users could create really easy missions and award themselves a shedload of XP etc? Or do these need to be authorised by Cryptic?

JGBR · 5 Dec 2010 at 11:05

No cryptic saw that one a mile of.

Mission "hard ness" will be tallied against what rank you are at the time.

It keeps it fair and stops people cheating by getting 10,000 XP For destroying an unarmed freighter (for instance LOL).

It's still in beta, so it could all change again but its going to expand with time.

for the time being, its set up a mission, get XP related to rank and keep you busy and take the workload of cryptic.

Cavallino · 5 Dec 2010 at 11:07

Hmm thats fair I guess, but seems a bit of a cop out by Cryptic not to design missions. Then again, maybe the STO community can create better missions? Who knows.

JGBR · 5 Dec 2010 at 11:10

Well the debate rageing is that Cryptic have lots of work in more major areas then having to direct resources to doing missions to keeping people intrested and playing. Handing that job over to players takes the pressure so they can focus on bigger issues such as economny, graphics etc etc.

The problem orginally being that their was not enough missions to keep people intrested, this should solve that problem.

It's coming along nicely but then rome wasn't built in a day!

CaptainRAVE · 5 Dec 2010 at 12:00

Cavallino said:
Hmm thats fair I guess, but seems a bit of a cop out by Cryptic not to design missions. Then again, maybe the STO community can create better missions? Who knows.

Cryptic are still designing missions. There is a Breen and Devidian series with another due in January. The Foundry will just help populate the galaxy a little more. Plus they have been busy with lots of other stuff, as you will see in Season 3 (due on the 9th December).

JGBR · 5 Dec 2010 at 12:15

Whats happening for Season 4, do we know yet?

I'd rather cryptic focused on the core sto now. The users can take up the slack.

CaptainRAVE · 5 Dec 2010 at 12:37

No idea. They have talked about opening up borders and redoing ground combat - I think we will still get the weekly series, but there will certainly be a focus now on the game mechanics.

Bergkamp · 5 Dec 2010 at 12:40

So is this game actually getting an economy then? I played towards the end of the beta and for about a week after launch and haven't looked near it since.

JGBR · 5 Dec 2010 at 12:49

Apparetnyl the economy is starting to kick of now and will be further boosted with season 3.

I'm not sure whats on peoples wish lists for the future, to me, it seems the bulk of it is being sorted, lots of the other things are little things really.

CaptainRAVE · 6 Dec 2010 at 15:55

According to the devs the new ground combat may not be too far away from tribble. The rumour mill is hard at work and saying that the new ground combat changes will be like a recent Champions Online mod which basically turned it in to a Mass Effect third person shooter. You auto target the guy nearest your targeting reticule and fight with WASD and mouse, left click being main weapon and right click being alternate fire. Certainly wouldn't complain if it was similar to the Mass Effect combat system!

JGBR · 7 Dec 2010 at 09:33

Yes that would be handy and great but also being able to go 1st person when walking around the starbase etc etc would add a lot more RPG To it.

However it might make team orders etc abit difficult. But the rumour mill goes on.

Lets get foundry out the door first!

CaptainRAVE · 7 Dec 2010 at 09:49

2 days until season 3

- although not sure how much they will roll out of the first day?

JGBR · 7 Dec 2010 at 10:24

Apparently all of it is going to be rolled out

But

Im not sure foundry is. Beta has only been going a few days and some big errors are popping up, so im not convinced that will appear quite yet.

Lots of the missions people are writing are good but not very canon or believable.

CaptainRAVE · 7 Dec 2010 at 18:54

http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/?p=3896

The big topic this week in the STO community with no doubt is the Foundry. Jeremy and Chris have had their nerdy little hands on it for a bit now and they share their first impressions!

Plus – We cover the highlights of the recent Ask Cryptic, and read between the lines on a few items, update you on a few great season 3 changes

Then – We’ve got an Exclusive look and a borg’d up ships captured during a Q&A session on tribble, and give you an update on our great Klingon experiment!

Last but not least it’s STOked’s holiday buying guide! We share a few of our favorite trek toys, and cover a few items that just might improve your game!