Ask Cryptic (August 25, 2008)

[Kestrel]

In our first round of developer Q&As, we tackle community submitted questions about canon, customization, music, exploration and more. Thanks very much to Al "Captain Geko" Rivera and Craig "Zinc" Zinkievich for their answers!

We know that fans want to play Star Trek Online because they want to explore the Star Trek universe, and we are striving to deliver as authentic an experience as possible. Our team has seen all the shows and movies and we're watching them again every single day. We are also studying other soft canon resources such as novels and comics.

Read more here! (http://www.startrekonline.com/dev_blog/ask_cryptic_8-25-08)

[Sckullzy]

Now THAT’s a Q&A. I’m pacified for a while.:)

[Davies82]

Thanks for posting more Q and A Kestrel, just read it.
Nice to have feedback from the Devs.
Keep them coming.

Will there be another thread for Q and A for the devs opening up again soon?

[Kestrel]

Thanks for posting more Q and A Kestrel, just read it.
Nice to have feedback from the Devs.
Keep them coming.

Will there be another thread for Q and A for the devs opening up again soon?

We will be opening up another thread sometime, but there were *so* many good questions in the first thread that we'll mine it for at least one more Q&A.

But everyone will get a chance to ask questions!

[Raven0238]

I really did expect more out of it, with the exception of a few things, I think it's safe to say we knew all the info that was given in this already. I would however like specifics of the competitive PVE, is this like the Restuss Event in SWG?

[bobh]

Great start Kestrel!!!!

Keep feeding us!

[iPond317]

This is awesome! Thanks Cryptic!

[Ptahk]

Will I be able to trick out my Bird of Prey with green flame decals to show off when I decloak to "pwn Federation nubs"?

I stopped reading when I got this far as this clearly shows the questions were being asked by children.

[RandomRedshirt]

Not to bag too much, but there were like 50 pages of questions, and you only answered a couple? ?????

Also, with the ship customization, why is it necessary to give people THAT much ability to change their ships? Color? Decals? Does this mean we should expect pink Bird of Prey ships flying around with Barbie decals and blue flames?

I know, my opinion doesn't mean squat, but I have to say it anyways that I have a major lack of faith here. Are we making Star Trek, Online or are we making an MMO that is simply called Star Trek?

[Stronin]

First Pos....Dang.

The info about custom decals being anything and eveything, did make me a bit nervous.

[Peteman1000]

All of this was already answered on the video before (I think), but he didn't really answer the first part of the first question... the question was will STO be considered canon?

so does that mean that if it is, then while the game is going on then no new star trek series will be released? or If they're set before STO, they'd have to be very strictly controlled so that the content meshes well with what takes place in STO(which is supposed to be in the future (after nemesis)). or even if set after STO, content would have to be very painstakingly controlled, but would then control the future of the game...

I'd like to hear any comments on this if any of my rambling made any sense! thanks for the Q&A tho!

[Apolladan]

http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=3479

First page

[Wolf503]

Thanks For The Info.
Going To Be Interesting To See Exactly How Play Actions Effect New Races That Are Discovered. Aggressive Diplomacy Between Klingon And Federation Captains Over A Newly Discovered Race... I Like It.

[MoppyCGDaniels]

You guys do a beautifull job with the development and all the new features.

Don't forget about the Romulans!

[moeper]

Not to bag too much, but there were like 50 pages of questions, and you only answered a couple? ?????

Also, with the ship customization, why is it necessary to give people THAT much ability to change their ships? Color? Decals? Does this mean we should expect pink Bird of Prey ships flying around with Barbie decals and blue flames?

I know, my opinion doesn't mean squat, but I have to say it anyways that I have a major lack of faith here. Are we making Star Trek, Online or are we making an MMO that is simply called Star Trek?
Couldn't agree more, especially the custamization stuff. I don't want to see an orange Galaxy class ship with flower prints on it.

[Valenthalas]

I'm sure the customization aspect will certainly have limits.. I doubt decals and fleet insignia will be HUGE compared to your ship and probably have some guidleines for size and design, coloration, etc.. as I'm sure will your ships.. I doubt we'll be seeing bring pink and yellow polka-dotted starships flying around.. I'd imagine if anything they would be very subtle hues.

[RandomRedshirt]

Couldn't agree more, especially the custamization stuff. I don't want to see an orange Galaxy class ship with flower prints on it.

I just have a hard time grasping this customization initiative outside of allowing some kitbashing of pre-developed in game ships. Starfleet has been around for close to 230 years. In that time, Captains have not been given the ability or choice to modify their ships in such a manner to give it a "personal touch" outside of the decor in their ready room, the motto on a ship plaque, etc. I'm having a hard time believing that after 230 years, suddenly something happens between 2379 and 2409 that now Captains can paint their ships blue, put some lightning and flames on and that everything is hunky dory.

[Spoofy]

I cant really see a problem with having the ability to dictate what colour of ship you want.

if there are some people who think that pink is not really a colour one only has to look at a sunset or sunrise

with regards to those who think pink is too errrrrr feminine then perhaps being whooped by a fleet of pink ships might be just the thing they need to wake them up.

anyway perhaps someone could give us a little hint as to its release date......not the exact one but perhaps tell us if this is going to be relased in 2008 or are we going to have to wait till 2009 before we see it on the shelves

something else which has not been mentioned is the subscription price oh and while i am at it i take it there will be European servers? or is this going to be all on one server?

if they are separate will it be easier to change between servers ie from usa server to euro server? and would people from usa be restricted to usa servers and visa versa for europeans

will there be playtime cards available in stores or is this going to be just via credit card and if by credit card are you going to have everything in place ready? unlike wow who took all of 2 years to realise that 'Switch' was replaced with 'Maestro' so that you had a 50/50 chance your card would work.

just thought i would put in my two penneth worth :)

thanks for keeping us informed

[RandomRedshirt]

I cant really see a problem with having the ability to dictate what colour of ship you want.

When was the last time you saw a pink, orange, yellow, green, blue or purple Starfleet vessel? (Outside of the Welles class of course)

And unlike later on in your post, this isn't a matter of thinking pink is too feminine or any of that BS. This is about immersion factor. This is about making the game world feel like a person is really there, as a Captain in Starfleet. I don't want to fly around seeing ships that are all colors of the rainbow, because it looses the uniformity of it all, thereby severely reducing the immersion factor.

[Peteman1000]

well I heard that the other game is coming out next april or so, and this definitely isn't going to be before that. so its probably at least in the second half of 2009

[Drake1985]

Well, as for the "Is it considered Canon?"-question I think we shouldn't start getting delusional... No Trek-game has ever been canon so far and I'd be very surprised if STO were the first one to be. But as I don't see any post-Nemesis-canon-Trek coming anytime soon, we could always consider STO as "Canon, until contradicted".

I know, it's not the way things work, but why throw away good ideas that appeared in non-canon sources and material, if canon doesn't say anything else?

Regarding the customization-issue, my guess is that it will be limited to colours, decals, etc. that Cryptic implement beforehand. This way they could keep control of how the player ships look and prevent such oddities as pink Galaxy-class ships or a Sovereign-class with "I PWN U!!!" written across its saucer.

I somehow think that customized ships might actually look like the "Mirror NX-01" we saw in "In a Mirror, Darkly". You know, the one with the yellow decals (and I think there also was the Terran-Empire-Badge somewhere) that otherwise looked very similar to a "stock" NX-class.

[StealthTrooper]

I agree, why else would they ask us to join this forum, if not to show off their soon to be completed Star Trek game?:)

[Sir_Cedric]

Now they are talking, changes in the universe that stick, meaning we can change what we see. I like that part. as far as the custom ships, I wouldn't worry too much guys, they did say they will stay in canon, so I look for things we have seen already. The Decals might be a fleet type thing, something to show who your with, I don't see it being something that's going to take away from the ship.

Great Job CS DEVs, keep the Q&A coming.

[Tsibao]

I'm looking forward to seeing two mighty forces in the galaxy seek advantanges and i dont have a problem with customisation, alhough, a fleet engaging all looking united(and therefore staying and acting united?), is much more impressive i guess then some mixed coloured fleet(maybe showing of the egoism of each captain, just some thoughts of me of symbolism)

But it is a funny thought to meet, later on the game, a pink-customized Borg Cube^^(unless you are assimilated)

anyway thanx for the informatiion, i've been eating it up^^

[Spacemanspiff]

I too am worried about the customization of ships . . . but they did say that they want it to "feel like Star Trek", and it sure wouldn't feel like Trek with pink ships flying around now would it lol. Hopefully they limit the visual customization of ships.

[ob1klone]

In our first round of developer Q&As, we tackle community submitted questions about canon, customization, music, exploration and more. Thanks very much to Al "Captain Geko" Rivera and Craig "Zinc" Zinkievich for their answers!

We know that fans want to play Star Trek Online because they want to explore the Star Trek universe, and we are striving to deliver as authentic an experience as possible. Our team has seen all the shows and movies and we're watching them again every single day. We are also studying other soft canon resources such as novels and comics.

Read more here! (http://www.startrekonline.com/dev_blog/ask_cryptic_8-25-08)

Nothing new here, moving on.:(

[Spoofy]

this is a fantasy game and by that definition there should be elements in there that reflect individual fantasy because you ahve to agree that we all dont fantasise about the same thing and so, that being the case then, and contrary to what you say, i believe allowing people the chance to put their own personal touch to what they have created through their own fantasies can only help but enhance the experience.

to add to this i have to say that perhaps one day a new planet will be discovered where the whole land mass is covered in pink edible flowers that taint the planet's occupants pink. surely this new race would have ships that were pink? in which case how would you 'immerse' yourerself into that if you restrict your own fantasy in the beginning?

[serflaten]

Also, with the ship customization, why is it necessary to give people THAT much ability to change their ships? Color? Decals? Does this mean we should expect pink Bird of Prey ships flying around with Barbie decals and blue flames?

There are actuallly very few occasions where the people inside a ship are able to see the ouside hull. Perhaps outward facing customizations might be more limited than the interior sections where, it could be presumed, the captain spends most of his time. Typically ships are of a certain class, where all in that class look similar, with perhaps alternate markings. The same should be true in STO, so that certain perameters might be understood by all players. A shuttlecraft, for example, should not have the ablility to overpower a galaxy class starship, in any engagement, no matter how much 'upgrading' is done.

Having some set of universal truths that can be learned (through research or experience) would help level the playing field between the novice and advanced players. Having ships of a certain class all look similar would also be an equalizer, of sorts.

[da_Borgs]

Woah! Thanks Cryptic! I love the bit about exploration, THANK YOU!

[Raven0238]

The fundamental issue with ship customizations, especially to the extremes that cryptic is suggesting is that is very much goes against cannon, not even the most rogue ships have decals and awkward colors. The fact is both starfleet ships and klingon ships are, in one shape or another, uniform with one another, kitbashing, fine, giving our own name, fine, but leave ship customizations to ship systems and upgrades.

[MoppyCGDaniels]

I look forward to the races like Jem'Hadar, Warter, Founders and Cardassians even like the commen type. I'm not only focused on the Bajorans and this setor.

Eitherway there is a problem, can a boarding party transport to an enemy ship? I mean with interios on a ship in space to share with the pet team. Which has for a group to be exchangeable.

I found it allways to have the Borg around overstated. Ok let's say they have the tranwarp conduits what I think is a good thing.

[boz75]

Thanks for the QA, however we mostly already know what was answered. The decals and customisation is the obvious factor that has many people wondering how far they will go. I cannot see Cryptic going over board with this - surely they are not gonna let us create an orange and pink Klingon ship! I think it should be fairly obvious it will more like certain tones of a colour, and only Trek icons. Surely?

Once again though thanks for that, keep em coming :)

[dwarner]

I don't like the idea of being able to make drastic color changes to your ships hull. I'm sure they'll restrict it to avoid the ridiculous. Maybe choosing the color of your trim rather than the entire hull. No problem with decals either as long as they are smallish.

I quite like the idea of customizing your ships geometry. It's true that it isn't terribly canon, but lets face it, a game that holds strictly to the idea of being in a military organization where your whole job is to say "sir, yes sir" and execute orders would not be much fun. We can just say that Starfleet decided it was more efficient to let Captains assume responsibility for refitting their ships because they have the best knowledge of their missions.

There. That wasn't too hard, was it?

[CaptainBaumer]

I have a question reguarding the changing environment due to faction influence from the previous Q&A...

What would happen if say the Federation started out with 70% of the online players and the Klingon only 30%. (Not saying either is "Better" I am just stating an example) What if because of this, the Federation expands to the point? Will that form the galaxy so that the Klingon faction would never have enough firepower or participation to recover... I am sure there has to be some balance somewhere to keep this from happening right?

Will there be something done to reset the galactic gameplay at some point?

>This question may already have been answered not sure> Can one change back and forth between factions once they have started and played the other for a while?



I guess I am curious to know more about how that is all going to work out.

[njdss4]

That Q&A was okay, but a lot of those questions were ones we already had answers to. I understand that you can only answer some questions right now, but I'd really like to know how PvP, and this "competitive PvE", is going to work. It'd be great if you could put that in the next Q&A!

[ddredar]

Now THAT’s a Q&A. I’m pacified for a while.:)


NOT ME!!!!

This just makes me want to start playing STO even more, and in turn makes me even more impatient for launch time:p

[ddredar]

I think having large emblems or fleet tags would be just fine, and if they let us create our own that would be even better. I would live to have a large dragon symbol on my ship. But I can see this being horribly abused. I would hate to see nudity, and/or rude gestures printed on the hull of a ship. If I want to find that kind of thing on the internet it would take one simple search.

[amb]

Thanks for that! It sounds promising. Peaceful exploration should become a major part in STO equally to combat.

[insanityy]

Awesome Q&A. With each morsel of new STO information I love the game more and more :)

EDIT:

Thanks for that! It sounds promising. Peaceful exploration should become a major part in STO equally to combat.

I agree! Who wants to be fighting all the time? (Well, besides the Klingon's that is :p ) I would love to just relax and explore in the Trek universe.

[LCDSeattle]

pink Bird of Prey ships flying around with Barbie decals and blue flames?


All will learn to fear the Barbie Pink Bird of Prey!


While certainly not canon and more then a little distracting, I find the thought of being pwned by the BPBP a delightful idea.

[CStrass]

Also, with the ship customization, why is it necessary to give people THAT much ability to change their ships? Color? Decals? Does this mean we should expect pink Bird of Prey ships flying around with Barbie decals and blue flames?

I know, my opinion doesn't mean squat, but I have to say it anyways that I have a major lack of faith here. Are we making Star Trek, Online or are we making an MMO that is simply called Star Trek?

I have to agree with RandomRedshirt. Birds of Prey have always been green, to go against that it to firmly go against cannon.
Furthermore, there are certain ship characteristics that are distinctive to each race. (Okay, I know that's the wrong word) For example, ALL starfleet ships have two nascells that are distinct from the primary hull, ALL Romulan ships blend them together fairly well, etc. I agree that their should be some customization of ship design, but everyone needs to be able to recognize what race (again, the wrong word) you belong to based on the basic design of your ship, as is highly noticable within ALL Star Trek Cannon. So let us have some fun with designs, but don't give us the tools to go overboard.

[Highcommander]

Ok so noone is going to read what I am typing but, Was anyone else like / What the heck? We knew everything they choose to answer while leaving out the most controversial and important questions. Perhaps even a "We know you want to know about ITEM A or ITEM B, but due to the development process we cannot divulge any info on it atm."

So basically 19 or so pages of questions and we get about 5 already answered questions.... Now I am not trying to be ungrateful, but let us think about this for a moment, whats the point in generating so many questions if they are ignored?

[Acidrain]

So basically 19 or so pages of questions and we get about 5 already answered questions.... Now I am not trying to be ungrateful, but let us think about this for a moment, whats the point in generating so many questions if they are ignored?

Good question, though the questions they did pick had nothing to them to be honest.

[RockyM]

Hey it's better then nothing :)
I'm just glad the community is getting heard :D

[bean]

This was a really fantastic Q&A and that photo is hilarious. Thanks. :)

I'm particularly excited to learn more about how exactly the exploration mechanics work and are made fun. Is there a skill element or is it travel time ending with a roll of the dice? Also, do Klingons really let other races on their ships? Would it be possible for them to gain technology instead of recruits. . . basically let Star Fleet's diversity provide them with bonuses while the Klingon's brutality provides them with stolen technology?

[stanld03]

I Furthermore, there are certain ship characteristics that are distinctive to each race. For example, ALL starfleet ships have two nascells that are distinct from the primary hull, I agree that their should be some customization of ship design, but everyone needs to be able to recognize what race (again, the wrong word) you belong to based on the basic design of your ship, as is highly noticable within ALL Star Trek Cannon. So let us have some fun with designs, but don't give us the tools to go overboard.

Somehow, I don't think that Cryptic will allow you to go overboard with colours, as they have stated that ship design and customisation will fall within specified perameters.

And also, not ALL Starfleet ships had two nacelles distinct from the primary hull: the Constellation class (USS Stargazer) had four, and the Enterprise D Refit (from All Good Things...) had three. ;)

[babykittents]

Wonderful!! Peace, Love and Fruitloops

[TheDart]

Thanks for the Q&A, guys - and ahoy, Cap'n Geko! Always nice to see a familiar face. :D

[lumpking69]

Good stuff, wish they answered a bit more hehe

[Trekkie]

This was great! Thank you very much!

[Gruug]

Like many have already mention before, I am very concerned regarding what Cryptic plans in regards to customization. I think that, at least the way the Q/A on this is addressed, there may be way too much customization. It was one of the things that killed SWG for me is when you could put flames and lightening bolts on X-wings. Just did not say, "Star Wars" to me. I quit SWG as much over that issue then any other including the NGE. Over customizaion in STO will be a game killer for me.

[RuthlessTimes]

After reading this, I have to say the game seems to have more ups then downs and it will be great to finaly get into this game.

Having the 'relatively' relaxed and quite exploration is a big plus for those days you want to give the phaser banks a chance to cool down. I can't say that I'm all that concerned about pink or orange ships, ...yet, but I really am interested in the games economy. I hope they can divulge more about these 'credits' later on.

Are they standard MMO credits, expressed in GPL's - gold pressed latinum(If so, how do federation players earn them?) or is it measured in prestige points?

Seriously, is Starfleet going to start paying GPL's for successful missions? Isn't that one of the largest breaks in canon?

I understand the need for a standard server economy but, but....? :confused:

Again, I hope they can let us know more about the games economy, as soon as possible.

If, the devs choose the straight forward server economy model, of other MMO's, it will run into issues that are contrary to ST canon but every MMO has needed one, so far. I've always liked the idea of prestige points but it's not upto me. So what will it be, hmm?

Anyhow, I hope that shortly after they know that we know.

[Silvernebula]

I am worried about what was said in the Video that this will be a RvR based game. If this will be true, then will PvE play take a back seat to PvP like all other RvR games being released?

If this is so, please let me know now. I have no interest at all in playing a primarily PvP game, and will reluctantly have to avoid this game, even though I love Startrek.

[doam]

Exploration is always happening – expect to see new planets and races discovered that were unknown the last time you logged in.


I liked everything except the quoted portion. That scares me. Are we to take craig literally? Because that seems a little... lame. Multiple planets and races discovered between logins? Who are we talking about here? Normal people that log in once every day or two? Military people that can go months without logging in? Or addicts like me that barely manage to go 9 hours without logging in?


Because while space may be "infinite" (you know what I mean!) Star Trek space, and specificly the Alpha quadrant, is not. I'm not a canon freak or nothing, but it would be nice if this star trek game did infact resemble star trek. If multiple new planets and races are being discovered daily, it won't even come close to resembling the star trek universe after a year or two. Heck, it might not even after a couple months!


Or was he exagerating, and in reality we'll only find a new race/planet every couple weeks/months?

[arakkis]

Fantastic QnA guys. These really make my week.

[Pntwrs]

I dont know, but they say look at our Q & A and all I see is the same questions being answered again and again :( :( :(

Please tell us something we don't already know :)

[Masen]

If I had to guess, that if the idea of "over-customizing" your ship (pink pokadots, zebra stripes, PWN decals, etc.), is so offensive to the majority of the STO community, most will not go crazy with their personal touches. Hell, someone with a bright pink Bird of Prey and someone's blog URL decaled on their left wing is gonna get ripped on some much, they'll either have to change their designs or not like the game anymore and quit, lol :cool:

[Gara000]

Thanks for the Q&A.

[Blackfire2]

If I had to guess, that if the idea of "over-customizing" your ship (pink pokadots, zebra stripes, PWN decals, etc.), is so offensive to the majority of the STO community, most will not go crazy with their personal touches. Hell, someone with a bright pink Bird of Prey and someone's blog URL decaled on their left wing is gonna get ripped on some much, they'll either have to change their designs or not like the game anymore and quit, lol :cool:

I agree, most likely, ( I hope ) this will be the case. However, I'm not too happy with this Q&A. While the question was asked if someone could put flames on their ship they answered with only that there will be a wide range of customization, using colour and decals. Not a direct yes or no. Still if Cryptic truly means what they say about "sticking to whats canon" then I would strongly urge the devs not to put in decals of skulls flames and other ludicrous decals, if they expect us to take this game seriously.

[Kinneas]

A dynamic universe that you can discover, affect & influence is going to be a hoot.

I'm particularly happy there seems to be a good and strong relationship with CBS and that they got mentioned a lot. It is great hearing the studios has finally decided to have some involvement. It has usually always been a 'we don't want anything to do with games and take a hands off approach to it.' :whew:

[miqrogroove]

Was anyone else like / What the heck? We knew everything they choose to answer while leaving out the most controversial and important questions.

Will I be able to trick out my Bird of Prey with green flame decals to show off when I decloak to "pwn Federation nubs"?

I stopped reading when I got this far

These are valid points. There is a fine line between having flexibility in ship design, and allowing STO to become a puerile frag match. And most of the fan questions remain unanswered, so why bother asking? News doesn't have to come in a Q&A format to be informative.

[Sorbek]

that was a awesome QA can't wait to explore everything!!

[bailzan]

"Competitive PVE" I love it. This was how the world in FFXI changed, If you (your faction) had enough victories in an area you would then take control of that area, but you had to maintain it otherwise it might fall to another faction or worse fall to the mobs. It was an awesome idea and I love that it will be here in STO.

[Wildboar]

As long as you can do missions for Quark I'm not gonna be bored :D

[daryosh]

As expected, STO-Welten has translated the Q&A into German. Have a look here (www.sto-welten.de).
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Wie sollte es anders sein, STO-Welten hat das Q&A für euch übersetzt. Schaut mal rein. (www.sto-welten.de) ;)

[xcess]

Great QA, thank you !

[Kandor103]

1 can we launch space shuttles and other smaller crafts from ower ships? 2 in the las startrek move and i belive a few the enterprises shows they had a ground vehicles they tuck to some planets.Could we exspect to see those as well?

[SirBismuth]

Good Q&A, hope they have more questions next time! :D

My only concern here is customization, I hope it's not allowed to the extent of pink Birds of Prey and Barbie Sovereign-class starships. If it does, I will have to become a pirate, and make it my mission to blow every single one of them out of the sky. I imagine that they will put limits on the extent of your customization. at least I hope they do.

AB

[Xaranos]

Translation of the last Newspost Englisch - German
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In unserer ersten Entwickler Frage&Antwort- Runde baten wir die Community uns Fragen über grundlegende Maßstäbe, Anpassungsmöglichkeiten, Musik, Erforschung und weiteren Themen zu stellen.
Vielen Dank an Al „Captain Geko“ Rivera und Craig „Zinc“ Zinkievich für ihre Antworten!

Wird Star Trek Online Rücksicht auf die grundlegenden Ideen nehmen? Wie sehr wird das Spiel damit übereinstimmen?

Al „Captain Geko“ Rivera (lead designer): Jede Serie und jeder Film hat einen grundlegenden Maßstab bzw. Leitgedanken und wir bleiben in unserer Entwicklung diesem treu. Star Trek ist reich an Sagen und Geschichten und wir haben somit eine große Basis an Material auf der wir aufbauen können, um den Schritt mit Star Trek Online in das 25. Jahrhundert wagen zu können. Wir arbeiten mit CBS eng zusammen um sicher zu stellen, dass all das was wir erschaffen originalgetreu ist und einen Sinn ergibt.

Wir wissen das die Fans Star Trek Online spielen wollen, da sie das Star Trek Universum erkunden möchten und wir streben danach eine möglichst authentisches Erlebnis zu schaffen. Unser Team hat alle Serien und Filme gesehen und schauen sie auch weiterhin jeden Tag erneut an. Wir analysieren auch die Inhalte anderer Medien wie Romanen und Comics. Wir versuchen uns davon inspirieren zu lassen und um neue Ideen für unser Spiel zu implementieren. Überall da, wo es einen Sinn ergibt, werden wir solche Ideen bei Star Trek Online umsetzen.

Werde ich die Möglichkeit haben meinen Bird of Prey mit grünen Flammenbemalungen zu versehen, die ich dann, nach dem enttarnen, präsentieren kann um „ein paar Föderations nubs zu pwnen“ ?

Captain Geko: Eines von Cryptic Studios’ Markenzeichen lautet, in all unseren Spielen den Spielern eine ultimative Anpassungsmöglichkeit zu bieten, wenn es um ihren Charakter geht. Wir implementieren in Star Trek Online unsere komplette Charakter-Erstellungs-Technologie, um eine individuelle Anpassung für Raumschiffe und Charaktere möglich zu machen. Ihr werdet die Möglichkeit haben den Schiffumriss, sowie Farben, Bemalungen und Flottenabzeichen eures Schiffes selbst anzupassen.

Star Trek hat in der Vergangenheit einige der besten Soundtracks überhaupt hervorgebracht. Können wir davon ausgehen das die Soundeffekte, Musik und Ambiente genau so viel Aufmerksamkeit erhalten werden, wie es bereits der Grafikbereich zu bekommen scheint?

Captain Geko: Glücklicherweise ist unser Audiodirektor, Michael Henry, ein langwieriger Star Trek Fan und ein begnadeter Musiker und Komponist. Ihr könnt uns vertrauen wenn wir sagen, dass Michael authentische Star Trek Musik und ambientische Sounds komponiert – nicht einmal ein Gornangriff kann ihn aufhalten! Wir arbeiten auch eng mit CBS zusammen, deren Team uns Zugang zu ihrem riesigen Archiv an Soundeffekten von allen Serien und Filmen gestattet. Somit werden sich Phaser genau so anhören, wie es Phaser sollen.

Wenn ich nicht in der Stimmung bin um Raumkämpfe auszutragen, mehr Sternenflottengunst zu sammeln oder Credits zu verdienen, indem ich Aufträge für Quark erledige, welche Möglichkeiten werde ich haben, auf die Art und Weise meinen Charakter weiter zu entwickeln, auf die ich am meisten Lust habe: die Galaxie zu erforschen?

Craig „Zinc“ Zinkievich (executive producer): Erforschen wird niemals eine Nebenrolle in Star Trek Online spielen. Verdammt – in allen Serien ist die Sternenflotte bemüht Captains zum Kartografieren neuer Systeme auszuschicken oder um Nebel zu klassifizieren. Wir sehen das Erforschen nicht als „Pause“ vom üblichen Spiel an – es ist ein Bestandteil. Ihr könnt davon ausgehen dazu regelrecht angespornt zu werden, dorthin zu reisen, wo noch nie zuvor ein Mensch gewesen ist! Und als Anreiz das Weltall zu erforschen, wird das Entdecken neuer Zivilisationen ausschlaggebend dafür sein, neue Ressourcen oder Ausrüstung zu erschließen und um über neue außerirdische Rekruten verfügen zu können, die sich eurer Fraktion oder Flotte anschließen!

Meine Frage ist ob das Universum statisch ist. Zum Beispiel, wenn ich in World of Warcraft auslogge und eine Woche später wieder einlogge ist alles beim Alten. Nichts hat sich bedeutend geändert. Wird die Welt von STO dynamisch sein?

Zinc: Das Universum von Star Trek Online wird beeinflusst und verändert sich durch die Aktionen der Spieler. Die Föderation und das Klingonische Imperium werden um Einfluss und Ressourcen galaxieweit konkurrieren und die Spieler können darauf Einfluss nehmen durch PvP Schlachten und über ein System, dass wir Konkurrenz PvE nennen.

Die Aktionen, Siege und Niederlagen von dir und deiner Fraktion werden sich auf die Ökonomie und Geschichte von Star Trek Online unwiderruflich auswirken. Erforschung wird immer stattfinden – macht euch darauf gefasst neue Planeten zu entdecken und neue Rassen kennen zu lernen, die bei eurem letzen Login noch unbekannt waren. Eure Aktionen können der ausschlaggebende Faktor sein, ob jene neue Planeten der Föderation oder den Klingonen angehören werden.
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greetz

Xaranos

[VainEldritch]

Thank you for the Q&A... the following piqued my interest:

1. Star Ship Geometry Customization - you mean changing hull shape proportions, for example stretching the saucer-section of a Galaxy class, or lowering the nacels on a Miranda?

2. Star Ship Colour Customization - will the pallet be limited to "cannonical" colours and subtle variations thereof (thus avoiding the dreaded pink Soverigen class "intergalactic pimp mobile"...).

3. EXPLORATION - this is the best news I have heard thus far, that exploration wil be an integral and vital part of the game which is important for progression of character and for the inter-species war between the Federation and Klingon Empire... grand stuff!

4. Character Customization - glad to hear Cryptic still pushing the character customization buttons. I'd like to creat an ectoplasmic race, purely so I can quote Krauze and tell the Klingons: " You can suck my ectoplasmic schwanzstuker..!"

:)

[Thorgar]

to those who didnt like the Q&A do to its lack of serious detail:

welcome to a Cryptic studios game, they got burned when they announced all that they wanted to do in City of Heroes by the fans, now they only post whats concretely set in the game. if its not in stone yet theyll be answer as they can but wont commit to anything. since STO has a bit under 3 years to go dont expect a look at the specifics of anything just yet. Thats not to say dont list concerns you have, this is one group of Devs that -actualy- listen to its community and not just the loudest whiners, but to the community as a whole.

on topic of Q&A:

I hope we do get some color choices for our ships, id love to have a black bird of prey with red or silver "decals" of a bird of prey (hawk) on the ship. As to those going "no barbie decals!" come on think about it they wont do that asside from the licensing nightmare, these guys love trek too. Besides they are not stupid and hacking off the majority of the player base by allowing the USS Barbie Love Pony would definatly do that. Considering whats been said id say that they are still working this system and cant say anything because its not near finished yet. It will be that way with a lot of the features currenty is my guess.

I honestly wouldnt expect hard intell on many features till at least summer of 09 and probably wont see alpha /beta testing till early 2010. i can hope for sooner but just being pragmatic, i doubt it.

I like whats being said about Exploration and im glad they are pushing for this, especially with how much time they have to complete it, we should get a good polished game when it launches.

[ddgrfn11]

[QUOTE=RandomRedshirt;169234
Also, with the ship customization, why is it necessary to give people THAT much ability to change their ships? Color? Decals? Does this mean we should expect pink Bird of Prey ships flying around with Barbie decals and blue flames?[/QUOTE]

I do not think Barbie would approve of the blue flames on her pink BoP....they would clash....and you know Barbie is the fashion queen.

[Paxeh]

I do not think Barbie would approve of the blue flames on her pink BoP....they would clash....and you know Barbie is the fashion queen.
Clashing colours is totally hip, rad and cool in the world of tomorrow. I'm sure Barbie is the one who actually came up with this lucid use of colour while using various narcotic substances made of dried rhubarb.

[Cystil]

Will I be able to trick out my Bird of Prey with green flame decals to show off when I decloak to "pwn Federation nubs"?

Captain Geko: One of Cryptic Studios' hallmark features in all of its games is giving players ultimate customizability when it comes to their characters. We are fully utilizing our character creation technology in Star Trek Online to include customizing both characters and starships. You will be able to customize your ship's geometry, as well as its color, decals and fleet insignia.

That settles it.

I'm going to colour my ship pink and call it the U.S.S Vibrator.

[scroll33]

Clad my ship in leather decal with a big red ball gag on the front, say hello to the USS Space Spanker.

[Stormcrow]

Couldn't agree more, especially the custamization stuff. I don't want to see an orange Galaxy class ship with flower prints on it.

Consider such vehicles as "Targets of Opportunity". heh :D

[LdCinaed]

So from what i read in the Q&A is that this may not be a game for the casual player? This is going to be for those that can spend their life in game?

[Captain_Intrepid]

I find it fasinating that people are worried about the colour pink.

In the Fifties, pink was hip for the teen set for both guys and gals, and guess where the pink Cadillac came from?

Who's to say how the future would treat certain colours? And then there's other cultures among the Federation, and among those under Klingon rule.

There was a short animated movie about a guy who ended up being a castaway and he came across natives of a small island. He reached out his hand in greeting, but for the people of the island, such a gesture is one of grave insult.

Personally, I don't like the colour pink. But just because I don't like it doesn't mean that others shouldn't either. It's a personal choice, and it's the player's ship.

[ClickBouyow]

No captain, of any ship or vessel, has ever been able to change the name. Color is a different matter. There is ample historical reference to painting ships different colors, including PINK. However, I would suspect that by Star Trek time, that choice would be dictated by the ruling government. I don't believe anyone should be able to change the "look" of any vessel. Definitely not canon (notice...one "n"), and definitely not military.

[Lt.Renak]

sounds very good especially the dynamic pve system sounds great. thx to cryptic for this information. i hope we get more soon. it would be great to get some answers especially for non english speaking players (what about localisation and more)...

[CaptainQuirk]

Not to bag too much, but there were like 50 pages of questions, and you only answered a couple? ?????

Also, with the ship customization, why is it necessary to give people THAT much ability to change their ships? Color? Decals? Does this mean we should expect pink Bird of Prey ships flying around with Barbie decals and blue flames?

I know, my opinion doesn't mean squat, but I have to say it anyways that I have a major lack of faith here. Are we making Star Trek, Online or are we making an MMO that is simply called Star Trek?

I believe that Jack addressed this in one of his interviews. If I understood him correctly, each faction will have a "kit" with a wide range of customization options, but will be limited to the theme of the kit.

But you will still see silly stuff anyway. People who want to be silly will find ways within the limitations to be silly. Always.

[Abreu]

So from what i read in the Q&A is that this may not be a game for the casual player? This is going to be for those that can spend their life in game?


Now that is a vallid point, not babling around about the colors of the ships.
First and foremost thank you for giving us more information.
I am afraid that this is not going to be casual-friendly.
I never played online, I never played MMO, and I really would like to begin with Star Trek Online.
I dont have the possibility of spendig hours playing online. That is why I was excited about Star Trek, I tought it was ideal, because of the background, for playing once and a while whenever I had the chance.
I am afraid that the development of the game may not consider a simple player like me.

However for all I have seen here, and even disliking some of the aspects already known, I am still interested.
Please dont disapoint me.

Thank you

BA

[Lopine]

Honestly i love that you can customize your character in every detail. And even customize every detail of your ship. Thats awsome. I wanna costomize everything on my character. As mutch as posible And that everything in the game "keeps rolling" on. That nothin is static. I love that. Its so boring when everything is the same day after day, mounth after mounth. It takes abit of the fun out of the game. I mean what are you fighting for in the game if nothing changes? But if everything is decided by your factions actions then everything matters. Oh man i cant wate to sign up with Starfleet and get my own ship and crew. There are two ships i realy like of the Starfleet ships its the
Intrepid-class starship and the Defiant Class. You can se ship classes of Federation or Klingon here (http://startrek.bethsoft.com/games/legacy-ships.html) :D

[GungaGeek]

Glad to hear about the relative importance of exploration and glad it has a substantive place in game play. Please, Cryptic, stay true to the cannon.

[KL0k]

bah... first they say they will stay true to the lore, taking the series and movies as a base, and talking with cbs to keep everything canon and all.. and then that sentence:

You will be able to customize your ship's geometry, as well as its color, decals and fleet insignia

hellooooo? tell me, how canon is this now? :rolleyes:

the second downer...

[Athyr]

Great read!

Thanks for more information. Can't wait to see more !!!

[Arcturus]

This Q+A was bittersweet. We're looking at terrific gameplay. The competitive PVE of getting strange new worlds to join the Federation, or the Klingon Empire sounds really terrific.

One question really bugged me pertaining to flame decals and Federation nubs... It's really close to an insult to Star Trek itself and it's attempt to say mankind will reach maturity and wisdom, but I suppose some kid just wrote that. Too bad it was in the Q+A.

customization of ship systems can be great but it's really been mostly an interior feature in most of the canon. Matt Jefferies designed the Enterprise to have all the systems internal so that there was never a need to risk spacewalks to repair the ship.

I think fleet decals would add an acceptable touch, as long as they were small and functional, like the ship's name and registration. (I would also hate to see anything but the usual ship colors, from the gameplay footage we look safe.)

All in all I am happy with the facts we've gotten, it looks like Cryptic will make customization tasteful and canon, sound and music true to Trek as can be. I'm sure I'll be playing and immerse with relative ease, which I take very seriously.

Hats off to Cryptic for making STO a reality.

[The_Padre]

Now that is a vallid point, not babling around about the colors of the ships.
First and foremost thank you for giving us more information.
I am afraid that this is not going to be casual-friendly.
I never played online, I never played MMO, and I really would like to begin with Star Trek Online.
I dont have the possibility of spendig hours playing online. That is why I was excited about Star Trek, I tought it was ideal, because of the background, for playing once and a while whenever I had the chance.
I am afraid that the development of the game may not consider a simple player like me.

However for all I have seen here, and even disliking some of the aspects already known, I am still interested.
Please dont disapoint me.

Thank you

BA

Not at all, Cryptic are all about casual play. I would assume that STO will cater to a wide variety of play styles and like City of Heroes and Champions Online will enable you just to log in for very short periods of time and allow you to complete something worthwhile.

[Creoleman]

/Sigh.

People really get a touch bit obsessed with one thing to worry about and take it to its most illogical extreme. This obsession with customization and the worry over seeing aberrations of classic Trek designs flying around (pink starships? Really people, Pink?) and each of the next posters trying to sound concerned but using the same verbiage, saying nothing new just regurgitating the same argument against or worries about people abusing the ability.

Don't you folks think that Cryptic has taken all of that into consideration when they decided to give us the ability to customize our ships. Decals and slight customization of some ship details is possible, and will be done within reason, there will be no flying pink ships or oddball decals put out there. I do hope that they don't allow decals and paint schemes that are wild and outrageous until they allow for non-Starfleet factions and then you can go wild with those ships.

I think that we need to show a bit of patience when wanting questions to be answered by the devs. They have a lot of development ahead of them and they will answer questions as they feel comfortable with answering then and have enough information to give us something worth while. Yes, this Q&A may have been simply answering questions we pretty much know the answers to, but this is their first Ask Cryptic post and there will be plenty of time for them to do more of them and answer other questions that we have.

I am a very patient person and will not press or demand answers of the devs. I will ask my questions and wait for my answers. I have all of the time in the world to get my questions answered and many questions to ask, so there is no rush. We will get all of the answers we want and more, so don't rush it and all will come to us in time.

[KL0k]

well.. did we ever saw some painting on the ships at all in any material? i cant remember any to be honest, no matter how hard i try to think about all the shows n movies. so thats the reason why i am "concerned"..
that makes me shudder, like the blue glowing on the nacelles in the gameplaytrailer...

dont get it wrong, i love what their doing so far, but there are details like that, that really make me wanna go cry..

[Minty]

I got a question about the combat. Sorry if this has been answered before, but, will you be able to target individual sub systems in a fire fight? such as target only the weapons, or target only the engines. that was one of my favourite aspects of FreeSpace 2 and the sort of tactics that feature very heavily in Star Trek, it may seem like a no brainer question but I'd like to make sure.

[Tulvol]

Enjoyed the Q&A

I must say that i am really looking forward to the game and cant wait to see what happens with it. While i have never been so excited about a game as with STO, I understand that it will take time before more info with get out. We are facing the announcement of the game and so a lot of the same questions will be asked. I don't mind. We just have to wait until Cryptic is ready to announce more specifics.

Of course, while playing the game and I see a pink Federation starship it just means target practice for my Klingon character!









Klingon: buy' ngop (Thats great news)

[Minty]

Of course, while playing the game and I see a pink Federation starship it just means target practice for my Klingon character!



If I see a pink Federation ship I'll take it out myself in my Defiant.

[lumpking69]

Whos the schmuck who asked about the music lol So many other questions...better questions that could have been answered lol

[Minty]

We know the music will be amazing.

[ArkonPhoenix]

I like what was said about customization, where other MMOs with popular IPs have a hard time getting around the way things HAVE to look. Hopefully this game will deliver on this hope that we the players get the control of the look we desire.

[Minty]

I like what was said about customization, where other MMOs with popular IPs have a hard time getting around the way things HAVE to look. Hopefully this game will deliver on this hope that we the players get the control of the look we desire.

Within the realms of reason.

[Arachnidus]

Will ships from the show and movies such as the Defiant, Voyager and Enterprise E play a part in the game(like, leading a fleet in a PvE mission and such)?

[Lost]

IMpressive as always Kestrel. Its kinda .. weird seeing Geko here , but this game going to be good with him at the helm.

I m not too worried about the decal / ship thing , we ve seen from Champions and CoX , Cryptic has a iron grasp on customization , art and art style. I m rather impressed you got so much help and cooperation from CBS in regards to the sound effects. It would have dampen the game if you fired a phaser and didnt sound like a phaser.

To me the only thing which would break the game , is if the canon issue was hardcoded , for example if you had a major conflict , and knew it had to end a certain way. But from what I read , youre set far enough into the future to avoid that mistake.

I can honestly say , I m not a big Star Trek fan , but I ll be watching this game with alot of interest and hope. Not many good sci fi titles out there.

[Agramor]

I do remember Jack saying that the customizations would remain within a certain "kit", which makes great sense especially for game interiors, or you'd have a geometry nightmare trying to move around them. Imagine you teleporting to a ship bridge where the crew snipes you with impunity while remaining behind the cover of convenient furniture- that blocks you from approaching.

I'm certain such things as color and geometry are limited per faction, perhaps even per class of ship, or ship upgrade potentials.

However, that being said, there is a LOT of time and space in Trek. A game that entered that great potential wouldn't be non-canon because of some limited geometry/decal/color changes. It can simply signify ships remaining in service past a certain campaign, or retrofits done in a rush in order to accomodate great need in a war, or alien spaceport necessity repairs... prototypes and prototypical testing on a specific model.. etc. There's a lot of room for restricted variety within canon.

[mirkrim]

As a gesture the new FAQ is nice, but it really doesn't tell us anything new. In fact it gives less detail than Jack Emmert has been giving in his various interviews, and feels very dodgy. I remember seeing this sort of thing from Perpetual right before they changed the whole game and turned it into World of Stylized Trek.... not very encouraging.

[SACKeen]

I have a question about the leveling system of STO? Will there be separate levels for ground and space or will it be all one type of experience as far as combat is concerned? Will there be sub levels such as professions or skills that can me improved by doing training/quests and what specifically will be the professions a player can learn?

[Devast]

Prototype ships from the equivalent of the Skunk Works. Hmm, I want something like the Defiant, give me that cloak or the one they used in one episode of TNG. Not every ship has to be the same but should have enough similarity that you know its still Star Fleet, but would the Klingons be more or less flexible?

[boothby]

There are still many other important questions, I hope they will in time also answered

[Admiral_Patrick]

Very uninformative.

[ArkonPhoenix]

Within the realms of reason.

Of course, but in another game that I won’t mention here, is a space ship that must remain the color yellow. And why is that, because the IP license holder is super strict.

[Angelphoenix12]

I have a question. When we gain rank and bigger ships, do we have to upgrade. or can we keep the ship we want?

[Supermongie]

Oh boy, am I'm concerned.

Craig "Zinc" Zinkievich (executive producer) commented that "..Exploration is always happening – expect to see new planets and races discovered that were unknown the last time you logged in..."

Does this mean anyone with a full time job will not get to discover (as many) new planets as our unemployed-PC junky counterparts? (not to mention get blown apart by their superior tricked out vessels, whilst I'm still attempting to find my first decent crew member!?!!?)

Great - can't wait.

...

Forgive me, sour grapes from most MMRPG experiences.

:o)

Peace.

[starwolf77]

We have all heard that there will be PvP in this game but my question is this: will players have a choice as to whether or not they want to join in PvP or will such be an unavoidable option. If Star Trek Online does decide to be on one large server will players be able to flag PvP on and off like in World of Warcraft or will such be that at any moment in time another player can just simply run up and ambush someone else cause nothing is more annoying than being punked by another player when your tying to enjoy a game.:confused:

[Cuddles]

Whoever asked that custom decals question needs to be shot. So many more questions that are more important!!!!!

Kudos and a bag of potatoes (to use as a forum weapon) to whomever asked the question about the universe being dynamic. I am really looking forward to having an IMPACT on the game, rather than just being a pawn of it. This was the one thing I wanted, and if it did not have it, I was going to lose interest on the spot. Thankyou Cryptic for being so awesome!

[Cuddles]

We have all heard that there will be PvP in this game but my question is this: will players have a choice as to whether or not they want to join in PvP or will such be an unavoidable option. If Star Trek Online does decide to be on one large server will players be able to flag PvP on and off like in World of Warcraft or will such be that at any moment in time another player can just simply run up and ambush someone else cause nothing is more annoying than being punked by another player when your tying to enjoy a game.:confused:

PVP is voluntary.

Its been answered by Jack i think both in the unveiling of the gameplay video and at mmorpg.

[Jayven]

Aye, in an interview it was said there are dedicated areas for the PvP aspect and those who want to have an effect on the galaxy yet not the PvP portion can take part in what they have said to be 'Competitive PvE' content.

[Mook]

This is awesome! Thanks Cryptic!



AGEED :)

[Davies82]

I have a question for Cryptic, well two infact.

1: Will the game be released on XBOX 360, around the same time as the PC release?
2: Also in the game will you be able to adjust your starships warp speed?

Thanks.

[Ora]

There is a precedent to captains painting their own ships. Who can forget the famous Nelson chequer of black hull and white gunports (Try Goggling HMS Victory) ... I think it may come down to being self policed I cant see many Klingons tolerating a pink bird of prey.

I do have a few other questions, like will we have to crawl along Jefferies tubes sonic screwdriver in hand and do our own repairs... I mean tricorder of course

And the real big question... the one everyone wants to ask but no one has the courage...


WILL THERE BE TRIBBLES ?

[pyriel32]

That's funny i just finished wathing the ds9 episode Trials and Tribble-ations. I would like to know if the differnt races will have Racial stats?

[Malsonic]

With the recent Lifetime Membership contest over. Me and my friends here were wondering, for those of us who didn't win, will Cryptic be offering a Paid Lifetime Membership before or after game launch? And if so, is there a price set for it yet or a roundabout figure?

[pyriel32]

There is a q&a with cryptic a dragon con today so i will try to get some quesions answered

[worfie]

what will happen if ur character and crew get assimilated or if ur whole ship gets destroyed

[Themaddoctor]

what will happen if ur character and crew get assimilated or if ur whole ship gets destroyed

I would think you would (If kept realistic) you would start a new character. However if anything like that does happen and to avoid people being angry at losing say.. a Galaxy class, you may start a new character with a slightly lower ship? Or some form of Jem'Hadar cloning facility.

[Bsweet]

I was just wondering how much the online charge would be for the game, and if the suspected xbox360 version would still run off Live Gold.

[Stu1701]

Man, every time more information is released about STO the more excited I get about this game. Can't wait to hear more.

[starwolf77]

How does one become a beta tester?

[conllo]

Discuss this thought for a minute, lets say that in fact they did intend to allow you to make your ship pink.

I understand this may be in the direction of an all ready decided direction, but I don't like the Idea to start with the player is born into the game with a ship to start. with.

The idea that each player has a ship leads me to think that this is very much instant jump in and start playing with very little need for planing or developing.

It would also be, stealing a line " It would be a far gone conclusion that in ST lore hard canon would dictate that only those organised entities were capable of flying ships of any kind, shuttle in ST where only ever adapted for relatively slow flight and could not maintain the needed and constant speed that a much larger vessel was able to produce.

What I am getting at here is that hard core canon would dictate that if you have a shuttle size ship then that ship is limited to distance or it docks at another ship and star ship types regardless of the race were controlled by organized beings such as the federation, Klingon, romulan their ships were operated by its organised members.

I never liked the idea " that creating the program or writing the code was simply to difficult to accomplish and so lets put it aside and go an easier way, I also do understand that the level of programing needed would be like having the same control amount programing resource to control content in one planet, don't care that is what was developed and promised.

Witch is exactly what it appears here, I have been very positive up to now, but from the context of suggestions given as to what player may actually be able to do, hard canon says there were no random colors in any of the races, if the federation was white, or off white, grey, or what ever color ships that fine, but then all those ships regardless of glass were the same color because they belong to the federation not the player.

Same for the Klingon, for all the races no one privately owned a star ship that's not considered soft canon, that's not canon at all.

I have waited a very long time as a previous forum member and public support of the game as my presence like thousands of other people who participated gave rise to the interest that kept the developers creating the game and enough interest that you decided to take over creating the game when the opportunity was made available.3.5 years after it started, I don't mind as many have already said waiting 2, 3, even 4 years.

I did my part I want what was promised, I want to be able to have my team, my guild, my members, (you fill in the blanks) to be real players to play with me in the ship I am in.

I don't want to leap into a ship, I was not born because I was a burning star, I want to be able to mold and develop my character, THAT IS CHARACTOR CONTROL AND CHARACTORIZATION" not make up!

I want my progress to go through the academy, or in the royal rombulan chambers.
If I just wanted to play and get in the their and fly in space craft, I would simply play what was all ready a working model and that would be EVE.

I don't want to play EVE I want to play STO, I spent three years contributing ideas and conversations, submitting to Dev polls, when this damn thing first started and like several thousand other people, we WANT WHAT WAS PROMICED.

I don't want to be content with what we get, I want what we talked about for the last 3.5 damn years.
I am more than willing to wait for that to be created, but I am not willing to wait for an easier dumbed down version of the same concept.

You guys say you are original, and you will stay really to hard cannon well lets start by being original and not go on a pilfering mode of other game mechanics or clones.

If the game is all about me the player ( each one that plays will create their own destination, their own adventure) then don't give me a paint by the numbers painting, I want to develop my character, develop my adversaries, friends, mates developing, character customizing them is not about what color my hate is or what sticky note shall I piut on my ship.

Now by my count I have contributed more in my post rant here then what you have responding to, the literal hundreds of questions that were given, and you say your considering another Q/A why so that you can answer even less than what has all ready been asked.

We would like those Q/A all answered you asked for them right, don't waste my time you have a game to develop so develop what has been asked for, agreed to, and promised.

You want my support now and you also want it when it comes time to pay to play, then I want what I was all ready promised. and I don't care who promised it you took this project on with the aspect of having this community support all ready established and having a ready made pool of paying future customer before even spending a dime in any advertising even before buying the rights to STO you knew this support ready made customer base all ready existed.

[Omega1]

Calm...........the game will be awesome:)

[pyriel32]

dude mellow out it's not even in beta and looks good

[hoggj]

Im wandering about charicter personal weponary, will we be able to build our own and modify them, perhaps even sell them to other players

[pyriel32]

last vid i saw said you they could be Customized

[CaptainBaumer]

that will be really cool!! cant wait!

[Westman]

There have been klingon ships, I cant think of the name of the organization atm and im at work so i can't get the book.. but they helped the federation during the watraii stuff, but one of the birds of prey were painted stark white... they were sort of separate from the KDF tho..

I agree you would never see a Starfleet (i say Starfleet cause there are non SF Federation vessels) painted in any strange color, except maybe a black section 31 ship here and there.

Perhaps they mean accent pain jobs, and not a full body custom paint job. There have been ships with different accent colors in cannon. I don't think it mentioned exactly how much could be painted.. but all the ships in the vid were standard Starfleet for the most part.

[pyriel32]

True i hope there are little tings to make the ship your own i'm tired of everything looking the friggen same.

[Stu1701]

Will we be able to create more than one character with one account?

[Isan]

about the argument of the game being dynamic... compared with the static world of "World of Warcraft" that is "paused" when you leave:

It is a good idea. The game tends then to be like a "second life"...
Ok, when you come to the world, or say as a new employee to an enterprise, it already works without you.
Another thing, members who register later than "oldies" will come into a world that is already running, and if logged off for longer time, would be completely "out of story"...

Were are the time limits? Are there levels to achieve? Do all new-comers begin at a same virtual stardate?

The reverse of the medal is that the game could be addicting.

Ha, but as a trakkie, I wanna be part of that universe! I might fix a maximum of say 2h per day of playing... I hope I won't be addicted to wanna do more, or be outplayed if left the game durin a holiday!

Go on, type, test, emprove, thumbs up!
_\\//

[SenshiBat]

Fluid play and persistence could be served as a member of a Fleet in a faction?
The "Guild House" would keep a presence or maybe a assigned zone of control in a Empires realm of influence?
this could promote development of more structures assigned to the guild for service to the empire and personal gain to benefit the faction and Fleet?
If every member of the guild is inactive for a span of time.. or unable to maintain the area it could be srunk then put into a AI trust?
This could give new members a start point without allowing Gold Mining and account selling?
Also area management could be validated via log in time log or activities requiring messages to Fleet Higher Regional Command Star Base..so some Bot macro is Going off with a unlicensed holo emitter.. sorry Doctor.
I see a starter area for trials as a new casual visitor would not have all the grief or responcability util they wanted to adventure more? Tutorial Zone? A Testing grounds near a secure Ship yard?
Then progress out of Academy with a AI advisor until familar with the more hazzardious boarder areas.

[jhderojas]

MMmmm it will be a Mac version or I must play it in a virtualiced mode?

Thanks.

[Fire-914]

on youre home page i couldnt find any thing to ask this question are you thinking on bringing out a robotech mmo game and if so how soon can we see news about it

[Swea]

WOW is all i can muster right now.

[myfeetrcold]

i whant to know if i can make my charecter a nohumanoid race

[arabin]

yes you can you can be klingon

[JacobFlowers]

Tell us more about Competitive PVE and FvF!!!

I want to know how player actions affect the game universe, and how dynamic STO will be!

If this is legit... STO genuinely could be pioneering a new wave of MMos.

[spaddle111]

Hey i was wondering about the payment. i was thinking we should pay maybe 50$ to download it (or buy it at a store) and pay like 8$ a month. :D but idk. 8$ sounds too little. just dont make it like world of warcraft 15$ a month. its too much... im not willing to pay more than 10$ a month.

[JacobFlowers]

In our first round of developer Q&As, we tackle community submitted questions about canon, customization, music, exploration and more. Thanks very much to Al "Captain Geko" Rivera and Craig "Zinc" Zinkievich for their answers!

We know that fans want to play Star Trek Online because they want to explore the Star Trek universe, and we are striving to deliver as authentic an experience as possible. Our team has seen all the shows and movies and we're watching them again every single day. We are also studying other soft canon resources such as novels and comics.

Read more here! (http://www.startrekonline.com/dev_blog/ask_cryptic_8-25-08)

I want to know more about this Ask Cryptic, and more specifically, about the end:

My question is whether the universe will be static. For example, if I log off World of Warcraft and then login a week later everything is pretty much still the same. Nothing has really changed. Will the world be dynamic in STO?

Zinc: The universe of Star Trek Online is shaped and changed by the actions of the players. The Federation and the Klingon Empire will be competing for influence and resources throughout the galaxy and players can influence the results through PvP battles and a system we're calling Competitive PvE.

The actions, victories and defeats of you and your faction will affect how the economy and history of Star Trek Online unfolds. Exploration is always happening – expect to see new planets and races discovered that were unknown the last time you logged in. Your actions could be the deciding factor on whether these new planets side with the Federation or the Klingons.