Author Topic: Star Trek Online thread (Read 169320 times)

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #4940 on:** March 17, 2014, 09:27:20 PM »

Tribble patch today adds an undine battlezone in the Dyson sphere. I think it's in that "Voth zone" that couldn't be entered before

BarnesSFC · « **Reply #4941 on:** March 17, 2014, 09:46:17 PM »

You guys will get a kick out of this one - new ESD graphics near the hologram (look at the ship names:)

Nebula · « **Reply #4942 on:** March 17, 2014, 10:27:02 PM »

Heh I spy the Geronimo.

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #4943 on:** March 17, 2014, 10:46:48 PM »

Quote from: Nebula on March 17, 2014, 10:27:02 PM

Heh I spy the Geronimo.

Yep!

Judging by its position on the hologram and the Ambassador above it, it is the Akira sitting outside in the Drydock

Taco made an image showing the old and new interiors next to each other

ACES_HIGH · « **Reply #4944 on:** March 18, 2014, 01:32:10 AM »

It looks awesome, but it's a bit small, compared to the old one.

Also, Taco forgot to install a door in the corridor between the tailor and the armory:

Joshmaul · « **Reply #4945 on:** March 18, 2014, 04:44:20 AM »

Wasn't there an episode of Next Gen where Picard moves to go into a turbolift or something and nearly falls into space?

Darkthunder · « **Reply #4946 on:** March 18, 2014, 07:35:11 AM »

Quote from: ACES_HIGH on March 18, 2014, 01:32:10 AM

It looks awesome, but it's a bit small, compared to the old one.

The old one was HUGE. Too big in fact. The new one isn't -that- much smaller. And it's alot easier to find stuff.

1DeadlySAMURAI · « **Reply #4947 on:** March 18, 2014, 09:24:28 AM »

Yeah, I like the open design instead of running around in circles.

Joshmaul · « **Reply #4948 on:** March 18, 2014, 09:32:40 AM »

It reminds me of the redesign of Orgrimmar in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Economizing the space, as it were (i.e. the zeppelin towers that were outside the city gates are now inside the city itself, all the important crap centralized near the entrance, etc.)

FarShot · « **Reply #4949 on:** March 18, 2014, 09:49:22 AM »

At the very, very least, the new one makes physical sense. For the last one's 30 meter windows on the middle section to work, ESD would have to be like the size of DS9's central core. Even if it still suffers from cavernitus, it's certainly reasonable on a starbase.

ShaunKL · « **Reply #4950 on:** March 19, 2014, 12:00:08 AM »

Or the current ESD map could be located on the top where all the antennas and stuff are.
That new lighting... :drool:

Is it just the lighting, Barnes? Or do you do something special to your STO. It just looks so...visceral.

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #4951 on:** March 19, 2014, 10:52:03 AM »

Something I didn't notice until someone posted it on the forums

There are little silhouettes of people moving about.

captain_obvious · « **Reply #4952 on:** March 19, 2014, 10:56:13 AM »

Geronimo, but no San Francisco? No Devore? For shame cryptic

I like the little nod to BC though. I wonder why she's stuck in dock now, did old Greg try taking on a kessok heavy solo again?

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #4953 on:** March 19, 2014, 11:24:12 AM »

The Geronimo is also from Armada so they could be referencing that as well.

I google'd the Ambassador's name and it gave me this, a Star Trek Fan Club based in San Fran. which some Cryptic team members are apart of.

http://usslomaprieta.org/

The USS Hotspur on the Hologram is a Miranda Class, so I'm assuming it is this one. The only other is an Akira.

http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/USS_Hotspur_%28frigate%29

The USS Majestic Sovereign Class might be a reference to this

http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/USS_Majestic_%28Sovereign_class%29

This is where the USS Sagan is from, same registry and everything.

http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/USS_Sagan_%28NCC-75055%29

Googling the USS Indefatigable name a registry gave me this Screenshot from 2010 of a Miranda with the same name and registry

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45470819@N06/4375889177/

The USS Challenger is from Voyager and the SCE novels.
The USS Pasteur is Beverly's ship from All Good Things.
The Runabout USS Tahde, I'm not sure, could be someone's name.
The Runabout USS Los Gatos is named after the city where Cryptic's HQ is.

ACES_HIGH · « **Reply #4954 on:** March 19, 2014, 12:39:25 PM »

Quote from: Joshmaul on March 18, 2014, 04:44:20 AM

Wasn't there an episode of Next Gen where Picard moves to go into a turbolift or something and nearly falls into space?

yup.

I also took a shot after stepping through the hatch.

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #4955 on:** March 19, 2014, 02:49:30 PM »

I asked the texture artist about the ship names. He says he just took them from Memory-Beta, he didn't choose them as references to the games specifically.

Anyone else get... upset.. when you see players using Canon ship names and Character names?

I ran by 2 trills named Dax today. One named Joran one named JADZIA, both from the same fleet interestingly enough.

The Jadzia was also a Science Officer.

Really grinds my gears.

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #4956 on:** March 19, 2014, 08:39:44 PM »

Some new stuff on tribble for ESD

New STF

BarnesSFC · « **Reply #4957 on:** March 20, 2014, 08:23:26 AM »

In addition the Undine PvE stuff will reward Undine and Fleet Marks. The battlezone rewards you with "Isomorphic Injections".

Undine rep is incoming.

Darkthunder · « **Reply #4958 on:** March 20, 2014, 09:41:56 AM »

So shocking... *not*

Any word on a revamped Terradome to go along with this Undine rep?

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #4959 on:** March 20, 2014, 02:18:46 PM »

EQAH posted this on twitter

Also new Dev Blog

http://community.arcgames.com/en/news/star-trek-online/detail/3038383

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