Some very cool stuff upcoming in Star Trek Online, beyond just “We’re doing a lot in customer support and stabilizing bugs”:
Now that the game is out and in your loving hands, we’re taking long, hard looks at everything each and every one of you is interested in seeing changed. Cruiser turn rates? Death penalties? More open auto-fire? All those topics and more are being scrutinized by the all-seeing eye of… um, us!Some of the few things on the way:
- Respec
- Death Penalty
- Difficulty Slider
- More open auto-fire
- Replayable missions
- Improving Memory Alpha
Some good stuff there, though, honestly, not enthused about the whole Death Penalty thing …
We’re in the final stages of testing the first STF (the five-man raids we internally referred to as “Raidisodes”). STF: Infected is just about ready to release.You know, I might actually record one of our internal play sessions. The excited cries for more shielding and healing get the blood pumping. Although, once our testers reach the end room and the action really heats up… Well, it’s not exactly “family friendly” in there. Definitely going to be an exciting, thrilling mission for our players, though.
After Infected, we’ll roll out more STFs. “The Cure”, “The Khitomer Accord” and “Into the Hive” are all coming along nicely. We look forward to regularly releasing these and seeing what everyone thinks.
Given that I’m pretty much content in my duo-ness, this part isn’t nearly as exciting … though, y’know, y’never know …
We haven’t set the future of STO’s content into stone because so much of it will be determined by you, but we’re laying out what we’d like to focus on for the next 6 to 12 months.
- Who are the Undine and what drives them?
- How can we better exploit the Genesis System to create even more compelling content?
- Where can we boldly go next? Where shall we take exploratory missions, as there’s so much potential there?
- Which faction should be playable next? Romulan? Cardassian? Pakled? Dominion? Horta? Okay, not so much the Pakleds.
And that’s not even the start of it! Ship interiors, more bridges, crew quarters, First Officers, Fleet advancement… You have subscribed to a service that delivers a universe unending, and we shall see that universe populated with compelling content or, by the Prophets, we will die trying.
Some people get that. Some people don’t. We’re here for those that do.
Interesting idea, that future development might be (at least partially) focused on more playable factions. That might provide some frontiers in playability over time.
RTWT.
What, no Tholians? What about all the people who want to spend a few hours weaving a web around an enemy ship? Are we just going to ignore them?
“Commander: the Federation is encroaching on the space of the Tholian Assembly. Please web up the 12 communication satellites in orbit around this planet. Due to our famed punctuality, you have only 12 hours in which to do so …”