Star Trek Online thread

[Darkthunder]

That wasn't my point Kori.

The "red beam of light" has already been confirmed by the UI artist, to be a WIP and planned to be different based on faction. As I wrote above, my issue is with the tiny shuttlecraft hovering over my head instead of my starship.

[captain_obvious]

I'm not feeling that character select screen.  That concept image is better than what's there on tribble atm.  But regardless, I wouldn't pick either of them.  
Having the station interior set from character creation as the setting for the select screen would be much more fitting imo.  Have your ship in view out the big window, your captain standing by the window.  They could even put the ships of other players who are just logging in to the game in the far distance, make the whole damn thing feel truly huge.  It's a goddamn social game after all!
    Cryptic would have the opportunity to even put in some funnies in there too.  Stuff that happens if you leave it idle for a bit. Things like a walk on extra dropping a pile of stuff as they walk by.  Or perhaps some seasonal stuff? Like santa and his reindeer buzzing the window!
Get what I mean?

At least they're working on the ui though.  Reducing memory usage is no bad thing, but I do hope they managed to bring down cpu usage as well!

[Joshmaul]

I'm not feeling that character select screen.  That concept image is better than what's there on tribble atm.  But regardless, I wouldn't pick either of them.  
Having the station interior set from character creation as the setting for the select screen would be much more fitting imo.  Have your ship in view out the big window, your captain standing by the window.

I agree; I would definately like the look of that.

At least they're working on the ui though.  Reducing memory usage is no bad thing, but I do hope they managed to bring down cpu usage as well!

Here's hoping; the memory lag of late is killing me (literally in some cases, lol).

[Tuskin38]

UI Blog

http://sto.perfectworld.com/blog/?p=867531

[Tuskin38]

New Tribble Patch

http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=9267711&postcount=1

Nothing exciting, existing Klingon Character can play missions from the 'Empire' tab I showed earlier in the thread.

The reticle colors have been updated.

    Consistently across all factions, allies are now blue, enemies are red.
    Player allies/enemies are different shades of these colors.
        Player allies are green-blue, player enemies are yellow-orange.

[Joshmaul]

http://sto.perfectworld.com/legacypack

As I see it, it's essentially "pay $125 now for shit that'll cost $200 in Zen later".

[captain_obvious]

I will smack my head of the desk for each time someone buys one of those $125 packs. 
Actually, no I won't.  That would be dumb.  Not as dumb as the people buying those though!

[Darkthunder]

Worst offender was when I read a guy comment; "I admit, it's a bit pricy. But i'll buy it anyways..."

[Joshmaul]

Worst offender was when I read a guy comment; "I admit, it's a bit pricy. But i'll buy it anyways..."

Must be nice to have money to burn.

[Tuskin38]

Lifetimers get Remans anyways according to Dan in a recent interview, so that is one thing off the list for me, they're also a New Romulus Reputation unlock. Account wide.

I don't see myself flying a D'Deridex enough to want the retrofit. I don't like the big slow moving ships, I'm an Escort/BoP guy.

I might get the Starter Pack.

A friend of mine is telling me the new Klingon Missions on tribble are amazing, Rura Penthe is in one, and he says its very accurate to Undiscovered Country

edit:

There is a trailer for the pack, shiny

Edit:

As soon as I go to test the Klingon missions, tribble goes down for a patch

http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=624781

We will be bringing the Tribble server down for maintenance to apply a new update.
ST.30.20130416a.5

General:

• Completing the full Tour the Galaxy challenge now rewards the "Well Travelled" trait as a free bonus trait.
• This trait grants your captain a permanent reduction in Transwarp cooldown.
• Updated Bringing Down the House:
• Added interact FX to the door to the Ketha Lowlands.
• Added an interact in the Qo'noS System to take you to Ketha Lowlands if you have this mission.
• Updated the second part of this mission to replace the single large waypoint in which to find the assassin with four smaller waypoints.
• The character selection screen has been updated.
• Your ship's name features more prominently.
• Your bridge officers are striking poses.

Systems:

• Updated Emission-Seeking Torpedoes:
• All Emission-Seeking Torpedoes now explode with the appropriate FX, instead of all using a Plasma Torpedo explosion.
• Damage dealt by all versions of Emission-Seeking Torpedoes are now approximately equivalent to a High-Yield torpedo or Salvo of the same type.
• As a result of this change, Emission-Seeking Plasma Torpedoes are now targetable for balance reasons.
• The Combat Log will no longer report "an unknown officer deals damage to Emission-Seeking Torpedo..." when it detonates.
• All applicable descriptions have been updated to reflect this functionality.
• To'Duj Fighter Devices no longer incorrectly grant their owners Battle Cloak.

Character Select, Light beam is faction specific now. And there is a Klingon Tricorder model for KDF Science BOFFs on the character screen, not sure if its in the actual game


http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/577861040695747574/B08CEF2B45E828D58037FC43A5A389E6CC8F8F4B/
http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/577861040695858991/46B22DF52C044EFF2703B48519DAEDEF915E7274/

[captain_obvious]

"these are the victories of..." "these are the voyages of..."
....
...
...
It's getting more and more corny/daft with each iteration...
To me, that screen doesn't say "star trek".  It says "2nd rate action film".

Or maybe it's the allusions to "rp" getting on my nerves.  You have no idea just how much I dislike "rp". 

[Tuskin38]

Closed Beta has started for Romulans, level 1-21, I think it may depend on how many hours you've spent on tribble, I got an invite right away.

http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=9291971&postcount=1

[captain_obvious]

I heard about that.  In my fleet a few guys got it, but all were lifers.  One of them is a newbies with no tribble time at all who bought the life time a few weeks ago :/

[Tuskin38]

My Romulan, about 2.5 hours in.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=139955559

"These are the exploits of..." haha.

[captain_obvious]

"These are the exploits of..." haha.

-.-

[FarShot]

Got it, can't play it until May 10th.

[Tuskin38]

Romulan ship interior is FULL, not just a bridge, and it is beautiful. Didn't see a single re-used texture, all of then textures look new.

Engineering is the best place on the ship.

Romulan sickbay looks like it was inspired by NX-01 sickbay

Also

<Dev> d'Stahl@dstahl: The scimitar is not in a lock box - it is coming after launch

[Phoenix Bondi]

I've recorded my first hour of game play, will be uploading it tomorrow, its better than i expected heres to cryptic for a change

[Tuskin38]

Just got to level 10. Now time for bed.

[Joshmaul]

<Dev> d'Stahl@dstahl: The scimitar is not in a lock box - it is coming after launch

Got a feeling it's gonna be the Romulan version of the Odyssey/Bortasqu' packs.