Ask Cryptic: Player Progression 2

Rekhan · 09-29-2009, 05:48 PM

It's time for another Ask Cryptic. In this edition, we'd like to hear any remaining questions you have about player progression, before we move on to other areas of discussion.

Be sure to check out the last Ask Cryptic primer on player progression, as well as the previous set of Ask Cryptic answers for background info. Then, just ask any remaining questions you have in this post's comment thread. We'll select a few to put to the devs.

Link to the news article.

Borysthenis · 09-29-2009, 05:56 PM

Two questions:

1) When spending skill points, do you have to choose between increasing your own skills or increasing your Bridge Officers' abilities, or do they get skill points of their own?

2) When you gain a rank, and therefore a ship of the next tier, do you earn a specific ship or can you pick any of the ships in the tier? In other words, if I want to go from a Miranda to an Excalibur, can I or can I only go to a Constitution, then spend merit points to move to an Excalibur.

mach789 · 09-29-2009, 05:57 PM

For RP and obvious reasons: Will our BO's and ourselves have first and last names, with the option to have a single name or nickname?

Corvak · 09-29-2009, 05:59 PM

Are our character or bridge officer skill choices set in stone if we choose unwisely, or will there be a mechanic in place to retcon/respec our past choices?

Trek17 · 09-29-2009, 06:00 PM

My question: will our rank affect the quests/missions or anything like that?

ramjam380 · 09-29-2009, 06:00 PM

Following the previous discussions, there were concerns that large numbers of higher level players would end up cruising around in the big top-tier ships, especially since they are given automatically upon obtaining a certain rank. Will there be enough advantages particular to the lower-tier ships to make them worth using even if a player can access higher tiers?

knightofhyrule730 · 09-29-2009, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Corvak

Are our character or bridge officer skill choices set in stone if we choose unwisely, or will there be a mechanic in place to retcon/respec our past choices?

theyve already said there will be some kind of respec system, they just dont know how it will work yet.

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anyway my question:

I dont know if anyone's tried yet, but how long (even an estimate) do you guys think it will take for an admiral to obtain every single skill (maxed out)?

Xanderbeck · 09-29-2009, 06:05 PM

1- Can you give insights or examples of how different character progression will be looking at it from a Klingon perspective? How does it constitute a different gaming experience?

2- Once you're close to max character development, what consist of endgame? Raiding Borgs/8472? PvP against enemy factions? Explore further into space randomly?

Peregrine_Falcon · 09-29-2009, 06:06 PM

Will Admiral level game play be in anyway different than lower level (ranks 1-4) game play?

singular1ty · 09-29-2009, 06:06 PM

How far can the player progress?

Is this gonna work on a level based system like WoW, or is it going to work through federation/ alien ranks?

How many levels do you have to go up to get a new ship?

When a player levels up, does he always get the same new kind of ship? Or is there like a tree where if someone is more interested in exploration they get a Discover class at level "X" and if they are a more aggressive player they will instead get a Vigilant class at level "X"?

09-29-2009, 05:48 PM	#1
Rekhan Marketing Dude Join Date: Apr 2009	Ask Cryptic: Player Progression 2 It's time for another Ask Cryptic. In this edition, we'd like to hear any remaining questions you have about player progression, before we move on to other areas of discussion. Be sure to check out the last Ask Cryptic primer on player progression, as well as the previous set of Ask Cryptic answers for background info. Then, just ask any remaining questions you have in this post's comment thread. We'll select a few to put to the devs. Link to the news article.

09-29-2009, 05:57 PM	#3
mach789 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Alpha Quadrant	For RP and obvious reasons: Will our BO's and ourselves have first and last names, with the option to have a single name or nickname? __________________ Where to pre-order Star Trek Online Last edited by mach789 : 09-29-2009 at 06:05 PM.

09-29-2009, 06:05 PM	#8
Xanderbeck Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Ottawa - Canada	1- Can you give insights or examples of how different character progression will be looking at it from a Klingon perspective? How does it constitute a different gaming experience? 2- Once you're close to max character development, what consist of endgame? Raiding Borgs/8472? PvP against enemy factions? Explore further into space randomly? __________________ Xander William Beck USS Ark Royal - Miranda Light Cruiser. USS Toronto - Excalibur Cruiser. USS Republic - Dakota Heavy Cruiser. Last edited by Xanderbeck : 09-29-2009 at 07:37 PM.

09-29-2009, 06:06 PM	#9
Peregrine_Falcon Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: U.S.S. Gunslinger	Will Admiral level game play be in anyway different than lower level (ranks 1-4) game play? __________________ "This is the commander of the USS Enterprise. All cities and installations on Eminiar Seven have been located, identified, and fed into our fire control system. In one hour and forty-five minutes the entire inhabited surface of your planet will be destroyed. You have that long to surrender your hostages." --- LCDR Scott, A Taste of Armageddon.

09-29-2009, 05:56 PM	#2
Borysthenis Senior Member Join Date: May 2009	Two questions: 1) When spending skill points, do you have to choose between increasing your own skills or increasing your Bridge Officers' abilities, or do they get skill points of their own? 2) When you gain a rank, and therefore a ship of the next tier, do you earn a specific ship or can you pick any of the ships in the tier? In other words, if I want to go from a Miranda to an Excalibur, can I or can I only go to a Constitution, then spend merit points to move to an Excalibur.

09-29-2009, 05:59 PM	#4
Corvak Member Join Date: Jun 2009	Are our character or bridge officer skill choices set in stone if we choose unwisely, or will there be a mechanic in place to retcon/respec our past choices?

09-29-2009, 06:00 PM	#5
Trek17 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009	My question: will our rank affect the quests/missions or anything like that?

09-29-2009, 06:00 PM	#6
ramjam380 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Washington, DC	Following the previous discussions, there were concerns that large numbers of higher level players would end up cruising around in the big top-tier ships, especially since they are given automatically upon obtaining a certain rank. Will there be enough advantages particular to the lower-tier ships to make them worth using even if a player can access higher tiers?

09-29-2009, 06:06 PM	#10
singular1ty Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009	How far can the player progress? Is this gonna work on a level based system like WoW, or is it going to work through federation/ alien ranks? How many levels do you have to go up to get a new ship? When a player levels up, does he always get the same new kind of ship? Or is there like a tree where if someone is more interested in exploration they get a Discover class at level "X" and if they are a more aggressive player they will instead get a Vigilant class at level "X"?