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Boldly They Played | STOked 114

chris — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:12:23 +0000

It’s a double dev special. Al joins us to share details on the new Odyssey and Bortasqu’ C-store ships, and what they can do. Then Jeremy stops by the studio for a live Q&A with our jblive.tv chat room.

Plus Chris reviews the final mission in SERIES 4: THE 2800.

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Show Notes:

News:

Doff expansion…Gamma Quadrant Duty Officers added / New Mission chains
>Dev Blog< >Heretic’s Clarification<
CapnLogan leaving Cryptic to work for Bungie >link< >Send Off Video<
C-store flagships with bridges by Captain Geko
Rehpic explains some details about the recent STO server instability >link<
Starbase UGC recruiting Foundry authors to create their own FE series >link<

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The Next Generation | STOked 101

chris — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:21:28 +0000

Big changes for Star Trek Online fans, and STOked is rolling out one of the latest! We introduce the beginning of a new show format, chat about the Doff System, big economy changes.

And of course, a few of the difficulties players are having with STO’s transition to free to play.

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> Doff System

– Operant conditioning / skinner box …Farmville
– Bartle test…Doff system fits into the “Achiever” aspect of gamer psychology
– Bajoran Doffs removed until the DS9 Feature Series debuts
– Reduced XP for longer term missions
– Increased XP for shorter term missions encouraging more frequent “Doff sessions” for players

> Economy

Dilithium/Emblem exchange rate unchanged. F2P players get +30% more Dilithium for their time as previous subscribers. 336 converted, 480 earned.
754 dilithium per converted emblem for a MK XI Beam Array (formerly 30 emblems)
Options taken away from the T-5 Excelsior after people paid money for this item.
VA token still taken from us despite being told that nothing would be taken from subscribers.
Increases Decreases Common Items Unchanged
58.62% 9.20% 100.00% 32.18%
Salami Inferno says C-Store prices are final https://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?p=3808268
James T. Picard points out that Cryptic’s C-Store prices aren’t higher than LOTRO’s in-game store prices.

https://forums.startrekonline.com/sho…d.php?t=238302

- MVAM 1200 c-store points 2000 c-store points
- Using 336 exchange rate: 500 emblems would be 168K dilithium
- Using 754 exchange rate: 500 emblems would be 377K dilithium
- 2000 C-Store points = MVAM = 168K or 377K dilithium
- 1 c-store point = 84 or 188.5 dilithium

> Crafting Changes
– all tiers craftable again
– dilithium inserted into the higher tier (even levels)
– Mk XI Beam Array has old schematic costs + 16K refined dilithium (2 days to convert)
– MK XI Beam Array at ESD (was 30 emblems) 22,620 dilithium = 754 exchange rate

– Mission Chain Problem: https://img85.imageshack.us/img85/4515/brokenmission.jpg

– The Foundry: component complete still broken & anti-exploit nerf stops XP & drops after the 30th NPC kill in a single mission.

– Female Animations have been adjusted:

Now, if you choose the 3 feminine stances (Feminine, Sexy, Cute), you will get the existing new female walks & runs in unarmed modes.

If you choose the other gender neutral stances (Standard, Brawler, Stern …) you will get the default standard walks/ & runs.

– Zeronious Rex promoted to Producer and Farktoid5000 promoted to QA Lead
https://twitter.com/CrypticEQAH

– So Stephen D’Angelo said, during his interview on STOked 100, that he was going to have Stephen Ricossa do the Engineering Reports.

But then StormShade says no more Engineering Reports.
https://forums.startrekonline.com/sho….php?p=3815496
Now Stormshade says no more Dev Blogs.
https://forums.startrekonline.com/sho….php?p=3835627

– 700 Day Veteran Reward will come due December 11th, just 2 days after STO F2P launch.

– JBJeremy’s New Cryptic account https://twitter.com/BorticusCryptic & he is BorticusCryptic

Skills Revamp is coming!
Early details in CaptianGeko’s forum post.

Foundry Files:

Overall, this mission is perfect for someone who wants to play a diplomatic mission with no combat (and hey, its another way to get some DXP, and it stacks up with some of Cryptics diplomatic missions like the ones that came out in Season 2) With a good story, and good puzzles, its very good for someone who wants to play a mission without combat.

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Executive Orders | STOked 98

chris — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:44:18 +0000

Daniel Stahl joins us to chat about free to play, up coming content, featured episodes, the Foundry, and much more!

And this episode is packed full of news, tweet leaks, our take on a few upcoming power revamps, plus a new Foundry Files!

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NEWS

Redshirt has landed!
New test server, for changes coming to Holodeck prior to F2P
Tribble will be taken over for F2P Beta
B’rel Retrofit gets fixed!
Made it onto Tribble already, on Sept 14

Another power revamp coming…

Tweet Leaks:

DANIEL STAHL SAID STUFF

FREE TO PLAY

C-Store price changes?
Will STO F2P have any major restrictions like CO has (archetypes)? Ship restrictions, etc?
Let’s talk dilithium…
Is the F2P Beta going to be open to non-paying players, or subscribers only? Separate server?

CONTENT

How’d the KDF costume sales do?
More cross-faction costume packs?
Ent F = “series of Fleet actions”?
Tell us about the DS9 series!
Is your content team on track to release the NEXT Featured Episode series, directly after the DS9 series, or will we face another lull in new story missions?

FEATURES

Foundry assets? Where is the Foundry team’s priority?
“One sector map to rule them all” = exploration revamp?
Any details available on Fleet Progression, as teased in this month’s Ask Cryptic?

FILES

“True Profit” by DJCurtis

Story: 7.67
Technical: 6.91
Gameplay: 7.16

OVERALL: 7.23

Download the FULL PDF review!

COMM FEED

One more week to answer: “What changes would you make to the F2P matrix?”

New question: What would you like us to ask in person?

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Stahl’s Brain | STOked 95

chris — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:00:17 +0000

The August Engineering Report is only the tip of the iceberg as STO looks forward to a future of management under Perfect World Entertainment – a prospect that keeps looking better with each dev post on the subject.

Join us for a look at all the latest info straight from the mouth of Executive Producer, Daniel Stahl and the rest of the STO development team.

Then, we’ve got a brand new Community Feedback to throw at your face, all about Fleets!

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NEWS:

Massively: Dev Q&A from STLV Convention

Over-the-shoulder icon to more clearly indicate Borg Adaptation in shooter mode
New ground set coming with STF revamps unlocks a new cosmetic look
They’ll also be split into Ground and Space sections to facilitate shorter timetables
When asked about more functionality in Social Zones, the topic of a new ground combat area was brought up in response (another hint at a Defera revamp?)
New borg loot drop tables will include all existing Valor and Emblem loots
When asked about Terradome, Gozer indicated it may not remain an STF in the future.
Also hinted that ALL missions (including STFs) would at some point become playable at all levels, and auto-scale to players’ levels.
Clarification posted by DStahl
There will still be a minimum, but you will not outlevel them.
Also does NOT refer to ALL missions.

August Engineering Report

Sounds like the cross-faction STF finder only works with Friends Lists (not open invites)
Combining Sector and Galaxy maps into a single, scalable map interface

Other than that, not much new in here, but Stahl makes up for that with a heaping helping of…

DANIEL STAHL STAYS STUFF … UPDATE

First, in a thread about the Rhode Island and future variants, he lays details on us about ships to come, and balance philosophies moving forward…

16 new ships/variants coming, each with a new mechanic that adds tactical options.
The new “time-based” currency (Dilithium) will be earnable by all players, at all levels.
Existing badges/emblems will be translated into Dilithium.
It will soon be possible to trade Dilithium to other players, for C-Store points.
Worried other players won’t trade? There is an “enormous vault” of unspent points out there.
These economy changes are scheduled for Sept 22nd.

Then, he talks about the C-Store and budget concerns of the past…

Subscriptions are a steady and predictable budget to plan by, but if MTs become steady and predictable enough they can also be planned with.
Kind of similar to this show in a way… advertisers (when we have them) allow us to plan our expenses out far in advance, while DONATIONS allow us to expand and take risks or cover unexpected costs, when the funds are available.

And then tells us a bit about the future…

Despite the current forum grumbling, subscriptions are UP.
“So love it or hate it, we are where we are and I will continue to be frank and open about what is going on to ensure you are informed of where STO is headed.”

What is making STO’s future rosey? Perfect World of course!

“They (PW) are playing STO themselves and sending me lists of requests and I’m sending back “here’s how many people I needs”… so to answer you question…. STO is about to get more support than it has had in recent months.”
“Yes they care about Neverwinter and Champions Online as well, but there is no “everyone focus on Neverwinter”. It is more like everyone focus on your existing games and here’s more resources!”

TWEET LEAKS

REMINDER:
We’re takin’ next week off!
It’s PAX Prime 2011, and we’re gonna be there in a BIG WAY.
Meet-up thread at Jupiter Colony

COMMUNITY FEEDBACK

It’s time to put the focus back onto Fleets…

During the existing content lull, it has fallen to us players to make the game enjoyable on a regular recurring basis when there’s no new shiny toys to keep our attention on a regular basis. This responsibility frequently falls to community leaders, which in this game, are Fleets.

Our question for you: How do you keep your Fleet going strong?

As examples, we’d like to share with you some of the activities that Jupiter Force engages in on a regular basis. And I’d like to preface that we do not run or propose these activities, we’re only figureheads in the fleet, not leaders. So don’t think we’re just bragging here. If anything, we’re giving credit where it’s due to the folks that run this fleet so well.

1) Regularly scheduled events
The in-game calendar can take a little getting used-to, and getting your fleetmates to check it regularly can be a task unto itself. But enough encouragement and involvement can be a self-perpetuating cycle.
* Special themed PvP matches (pistols/melee only, shuttles/runabouts only, etc)
* STF timeslots for newbies, with pre-made teams of 3–4 experts.
* etc, etc.

2) Recognition of involvement
Whether you use a complex system of rank promotions, or handing out in-game loots, all fleet members will strive that much more to be a part of the community, if you give them a reason to try for it.
* JF has just implemented a system of Ribbons that can be added to forum posts, and are earned primarily via participation in Fleet Events.

So, what does YOUR fleet do? Or what would you LIKE to see your fleet do?

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Infected Perfected | STOked 85

chris — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 04:00:22 +0000

In the first of a 3-week long series of events, the STOked boys are taking you on an in-depth tour of the Borg Special Task Force missions. Up this week is a guide to “The Infected” which includes tips and tricks for painlessly eliminating the Borg drones, and their leaders.

Before we dig into that however, BIG NEWS landed this week regarding the impending purchase of Cryptic Studios by Perfect World International. Despite the community’s uproar over this news, we’re taking a more level-headed approach to the corporate nature of this acquisition, and intend to share our thoughts on why this could be one of the best business moves STO could potentially see.

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PERFECT WORLD BUYING CRYPTIC
It was announced this morning that “Perfect World” has penned a deal to purchase Cryptic Studios for 35million Euro.

Other links/Cryptic responses:
Compilation of pre-responses
Official announcement from PR Newswire

Thoughts:
J-RANT: Chinese Racism on Forums (for shame!)

F2P, Pay-to-Win
Star Trek IP in China?
“Angelica” 3D Engine — aging? Perhaps this acquisition is for the Cryptic engine?
PWE obtained Runic (makers of Torchlight) in 2009 and haven’t meddled at all.
R&D / Tech angle
“More importantly, Cryptic Studios’ highly reputable development team and its technology platform will further strengthen our well-established R&D capabilities.”
Jupiter Uniforms are here! C-Store: 280 pts
– Not a bad price for 5 new tops and pants.
– Pooooor Klingons…

TWEET LEAKS
– Earth Badge: https://twitpic.com/559m31
– Gatling Turrets: https://a.yfrog.com/img610/8388/62484048.jpg
– Qo’nos Courtyard: https://a.yfrog.com/img611/4751/dq60.jpg
– Exocomps to replace Drones: https://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg612/scaled.php?tn=0&server=612&filename=7xvjt.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640
— REALLY, DAN? A picture of an EMAIL?! Now you’re just taunting us.

Enterprise-F Dev Diary (How The Winner Was Chosen)
– Includes a “clay model” with more angles to view (still a WIP)

Infected Tips

Watch the uncut full stream here & Part 2 here:

General Tips:
– If you’re new, get experienced players to lead you through. There’s plenty out there now.
– Voice chat is highly recommended. (Vivox coming soon!)
– Follow directions. Or if you’re leading, give clear directions that are easy to follow!
– Do not progress any dialog pop-ups until the Team Leader gives the OK, or does it him/herself.
– Do not go in unprepared! Make sure you have a solid spec that plays to the specific strengths of both your Space AND Ground abilities.

SPACE:
Zip around BEHIND the gate, and do not activate the two popups until the team is in position.
With high DPS, you may be able to destroy the gate in a single activation sequence.
If you destroy the gate without killing transmitters, you get better loot.
If you do not destroy the gate in a single activation, you will be faced with 3-4 waves of borg ships that get progressively more and more powerful with each wave.

Good Space Boff Abilities:
Hazard Emitters (practically a must-have)
Tactical Team
A lot of DPS/buffs/debuffs
Gravity Well — good for chain reactions on warp cores!

Tactical Cubes have a ~5km explosion radius. If you are trying to keep the Transmitters alive, and have a Tac Cube spawned, be sure to lure it away from them before destroying the cube.

Tweet Update:
Cryptic_Gozer Dan Griffis
Weekly STF Update… Infected space 85% complete. Battle to destroy the Transwarp Gateway is much more interesting now

GROUND:
Ground Weapons:
Tactical — Sniper(x2)
Engineer+Science — CRM200 + Melee

Ground Kits:
Engineer: Fabrication or Bunker Kit
Tactical: Fire Team or Squad Leader
Science: Medic (at least one on the team)… if you want to DPS, I recommend Geophysicist

Order of Ground Targets:
Interlink Node
Infected
Drone
Medical
(Protos? Can be cleaned up at any time after Medical. May despawn on their own.)
AFTER ONLY TACTICALS ARE LEFT, SWITCH TO MELEE WEAPON
Tactical
Heavy
Elite

FIRST BOSS: Ogen
Pull him OUT of his room, into the hallway.
He will stop and summon friends halfway through the fight. If you are in the hallway, they will not join the battle.

END BOSS: Manus
Get into the alcoves on the wall opposite from the entry doorway.
This blocks line of sight between group members (meaning, no heals!), which prevents her “chain lightning” attack from hitting more than one target at a time.

NEXT WEEK: “The Cure”
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StormShade Interview | STOked 69

chris — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 07:20:21 +0000

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This week in the world of STO, the developers have gotten around to righting a few wrongs that have persisted since launch. Tune in to hear the tweaks that will make everyone a little happier!

And then, in the interest of making you even happier, we’ll have a heart-to-heart interview with Cryptic’s Online Community Rep, Shaun “Stormshade” Brodie.

And last but certainly not least, Cryptic launched the highly-anticipated first mission in a new series of Featured Episodes, and the boys from STOked were there to give you their hands-on impressions of “The Vault” from top to bottom.

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NEWS:

C-Store ships now available for (many, many, many) in-game currency.

Level 41/RA/BG Rank Excelsior is now available, for 200 marks.
Garumba is now available
Exclusive shuttle skin comes with purchase of a D’kyr science vessel (Support Craft)

Cryo Bombs getting revamped!
They will do “something different and a lot less griefy.” — Chaddington

Hints at a possible scale revision for The Defiant?
Old vs. New @ DS9 — (Pic 1, Pic 2)
Old vs. New with Shuttles – (Pic 1, Pic 2)

These pictures were taken using The Foundry
There is a certain Defiant skin that is better scaled than the current version, when compared to shuttles and DS9.

Anonymous Tipster reveals unused icons in STO files

Bamboo Cannon
Undine World-destroyer … or Tholian Web??
Nausicaan Lance Ground Weapon
Borg arm weapons … possible additions for Borg Boffs/Captains?

1-Year Anniversary Tribute Video by RachelGarrett

One-Year Anniversary Celebration Recap

Overhaul of ESD
Q’s Trivia
Q’s Beastiamorphs
Fountain Loots (including C-Store exclusives!)
Devs = Caitians in Speedos
Their VIDEO thanks the community specifically for their contributions

Featured Episode Review: “The Vault”
First of all, the TRAILER
This story includes descriptions of upcoming episodes not available on STO.com yet!

Stormshade Interview – Transcript

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Winning Foundry Submission | STOked 64

chris — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 06:41:26 +0000

Welcome to 2011! Looks like STOked aren’t the only ones that took the holidays off… with barely any new content or ground-breaking news, we’ve decided to feature a bit of the community’s outlook on some recent features: Aegis/Borg Sets, the Garumba C-Store ship, and more responses to the continued development of the Foundry.

Then we’ll go over some highlights from Dan Stahl’s recent interview on Trek Radio, and share the winner of our community-submitted UGC mission contest — complete with EPIC TRAILER! You can’t miss this!

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Show Notes:

NEWS

TenTonHammer = “Foundry: Savior of STO?”
https://tentonhammer.com/editorials/sto-foundry-preview/

Test Reward = Danube Shuttle Pet (aka Runabout)
https://jupiterforce.org/showthread.php?3860-Season-3-Test-reward

Aegis Set and Borg Set hit Holodeck
Chris would like to say thanks to Barile@Powerhelm for crafting his awesome TRON-suit
Many have complained about the balance issues

Garumba Seige Destroyer DRAMA
Obtainable ONLY via CStore at this time
Could be considered equivalent to Galaxy-X which is CStore and REFERRAL only

TrekRadio interviews Dan Stahl
Direct download link (right click, save-as)
– Updates on Foundry Tech
– Ground combat upgrades/revamps becoming top priority
** More weapon effects, more unique weapon mechanics
– Crew System
** Duty Roster (crew beyond Boffs) — 20-100 “crew” slots that follow you from ship to ship
** First Officer
** Core goal = additional fine-tuning and customization to distinguish one Capt from another
– Iconians
** Will NOT be the “big bad” of the next featured series
– More ships! “There are only so many ships in Star Trek, so given time I’m sure that STO will eventually have all of them.” Oberth, Vesta specifically mentioned as “coming”
– Also more ALIEN ships coming soon! CapnLogan’s name was dropped.

MATH

None this week!

Tune in next week for everything you ever wanted to know about Starship Engines

COMMUNITY FEEDBACK

Circle of Deceit by Fewzz = 16.2%
The Longing by Rachel Garrett = 31%
Defend Deep Space 11 = 52.7%

We will now present his TRAILER

In addition to the trailer, Murphy has received full rights to any and all Jupiter Force personnel for the purposes of testing and feedback on his mission, as well as collaborative efforts. He’s taken me up on that in one form – I am now his mission dialogue editor. The version currently live on Tribble features dialogues written and edited by Jeremy (aka @borticus).

In the future, I will offer this editing service to ANYONE that would like to take me up on it. Unless I get overwhelmed. For now, the door’s wide open so email me your scripts (jeremy@jupiterbroadcasting.com) and I will review them and send them back once I’ve restructured them.

Murphy also has “A Helping Hand” and “Withdrawal” on Tribble if you’d like to see more of the Jem’hadar Alliance series.

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Dabo Math | STOked 52

chris — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 06:44:19 +0000

You asked for it, so we delivered. With the gracious assistance of a STOked fan, we are now prepared to offer you an in-depth analysis of your favorite bar game and ours – DABO!

Before we get into all that mess though, we want to share with you some recent news and rumors – new ship models, new costumes, state of the game, engineering report and MORE!

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This Week’s Show Notes:

NEWS:
RUMOR: Nebula faces indefinite delays
(CBS approval?)
Quoted during an interview on Subspace Radio

Thoughts on “Cold Case” — this week’s Featured Episode

Liked the ‘chase’ aspect of the mission
Neat that the Preservers stored their data in ruins/etc.
Jeremy was hating on the puzzle. Might’ve just been morning-crankyness.
Chris thinks the puzzle issue isn’t the puzzle itself, but the interface used. A separate interface (like the waveform dealie)

State of the Game

Seeing an increase in Lifetime memberships
More than half of their subscribers have played the new weekly content
Re-evaluating their C-Store attitude. More items available in-game + purchaseable.
A lot of KDF-specific talk, but how much will be implemented in a timely manner?
“We have a new ground combat mode in testing that allows you to switch to a target reticule and shoot your weapons where you are aiming instead of needing to click target.”

Engineering Report
“Our recent meetings with CBS also turned up some interesting discussions and several of the features we had hoped to deliver are being rescoped and evaluated due to some concerns. This primarily impacts the Enterprise J and the Kzinti.”

New KDF ship pictures!

New costume pictures!

Shout out to Red Shirt Army
The footage used to display the STO-Advanced hacks was put together by them. Thanks!

Massively raises the question: “What mechanics from other MMOs should STO steal?”

Cryptic’s Champions Online on sale for $6.00! (Until Sept 22)

Comes with 30 days of free play, so it’s a great deal if you’re curious!

MATH:

DABO!

There’s necessarily a bunch of number crunching, and there’s no way that you can ‘cheat’ the system. But thanks entirely to a very dedicated fan of Dabo (@RachelGarrett!), I do have some details and mechanics I can share with you.

The first thing you should know, is how to read the board. Each symbol on the wheels is a combination of a suit (color), shape, and a number. There are 3 possible version of each of these 3 variables. This means that there are a total of 27 different combinations (3x3x3), each of which are represented only once on the board.

The innermost ring on the wheel is a wildcard where color is concerned.

In addition to the 27 symbols, there are also a number of miscellaneous symbols that increase the payout of any line they land on.

The so called Swirl is a joker, that can act as any color, shape or count
Two or more Quarks give a high payout. (looks kinda like a golden scarab)
DS9 icons work like Quarks, but have a lower multiplier
A black hole will match with nothing

Of note: There is only ONE Black Hole per line on the board. That means that the worst possible spin, is to get all 3 of those lined up, and win nothing. But, if you bet on 3 lines at a time, your odds of winning something actually increase, because you can never hit this combo on two lines at the same time. Which is another way of saying, always bet on 3 lines! Your odds of winning increase!

ODDS!

There are SO many different ways to win, and SO many different payouts, that it’s actually completely possible to calculate an average payout for playing.

The longer you play, the closer to get to a basic exchange rate where, for every 100EC you spend playing dabo, you’ll win (on average) 88 GPL.

Now, this also means that you can easily calculate the actual EC value of all of Woody’s goods by multiplying the cost by 114%. This ALSO means that it’s relatively easy to calculate an estimate of how much EC it will cost to get the top dabo-related accolade, which is winning 1million GPL. By multiplying that by 1.14, you can estimate that you’ll need about 1,140,000 EC in order to achieve all of the available accolades.

In summary, dabo is entirely chance and luck, and here are some links to the payouts and odds of hitting them:

Payouts and Walkthru: https://stowiki.org/Dabo
Dabo-related Accolades: https://stowiki.org/Accolade/Exploration_Accolade#Dabo
Odds and Calcuations: https://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=176160

COMMUNITY FEEDBACK:

You have a few more days to send in your submissions! We’ll be sharing your answers on next week’s episode. Send your feedback to: stoked@jupiterbroadcasting.com

Last week’s question:
“What can Cryptic do to create incentive to joining/creating Fleets/communities?”

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STOked Birthday Party! | STOked 49

chris — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:58:50 +0000

This week features a ship-heavy news segment, wherein we discuss the merits and limitations of the Excelsior and Nebula, as well as give you an update on the state of the infamous Enterprise J. After that, we’ll give you our impressions and brief opinions regarding the first of the new weekly Deferi missions: “Cold Call.”

Then it’s time to celebrate! This episode is being released exactly one year after publishing our debut episode of STOked. To commemorate the occasion, we’ve compiled a collection of some of our favorite moments and milestones from every episode crafted in our studio over the past year. Including some embarrassing moments, and the birth of a few of the show’s catchphrases. Cryptic employees also stop by for a quick cameo to share their well wishes for our future!

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The Excelsior Class is OUT:

Transwarp Drive that can be activated in system space for rapid travel to the Alpha Centauri, Sirius, Regulus, Pi Canis, Psi Velorum, Iota Pavonis, Eta Eridani, Beta Ursae and Alpha Trianguli Sector Blocks.
This ship may only be purchased by Federation captains that have attained Rear Admiral or higher rank.

Early information on the Nebula Class:
Nebula

A StarCruiser variant (Its not a Retrofit. It utilizes the StarCruiser Skill).
- Interesting that a Sovereign alternative has a special ability.
Unique Ability: Tachyon Detection Grid: PBAoE buff that increases your, and allies w/in 10k, Starship Sensor Stat and Cloak Detection. Each buffed ally in turn will buff more allies within 10k of them – thus extending the grid.
Has a UNIVERSAL boff slot
- Same boff arrangement as DSSV, only second science became universal
Ugliest Ship EVVVVAAAARRR.

Enterprise J Grounded:
Daniel Stahl (STO’s EP) writes in the STO forum:

We are not making a 2 mile long Enterprise J. In fact I think we should just stop saying the Enterprise J is coming, because Enterprise J refers to a very specific ship that I can confirm we are not making.
The idea is – we want to make a ship that moves ship designs closer towards the J, but based on internal discussions we are not going to be making the J as it appeared in Enterprise. It is going to be some other ship between now and then. J was just a way of saying a forward looking ship like the J.

Weekly Episode Release Schedule:
Episode 1: Cold Call
Starfleet and the Klingon Empire both respond to call for aid after the Breen attack the planet Defera.
Debuts: August 28, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. PDT.
Episode 2: Out in the Cold
While searching for a lost ship, the crew uncovers a plot to enslave the Deferi people.
Debuts: September 4, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. PDT.
Episode 3: Cold Comfort
Breen slavers leave a ship and its crew crippled while they hunt for buried memories among the Deferi.
Debuts: September 11, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. PDT.

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Live STO Respec Q&A | STOked 043

chris — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:44:17 +0000

After updating you on the latest STO news, Chris & Jeremy do a character re-spec of Chris’ Rear Admiral and take questions from the chat room of our LIVE stream!

Plus we’ve got a new question for you – but with an all new spin!

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INTRO:

You know those episodes of TOS, and even sometimes in TNG, when they’d do the entire episode ON THE SHIP, to save money on sets, costumes & budgets, so that they could really splurge on the following episode? Well, that’s what we’re doing with this episode of STOked.

Next week, we’re going to be doing a live gameplay event, and a special MATH segment that’s going to require some extra prep time, and a special feature that we will tell you about at the end of today’s episode. But because that episode is going to take a lot more time than the typical STOked, we have to take it easy on this one.

NEWS:

New Engineering Report, July 16th: https://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?p=2854546#post2854546

* Complete list of what’s confirmed for Season 2.0

* Listed under “Season 3+”: Secret Project

— Many expect this to be User Generated Content

DStahl says he’s fighting for C-Store equality:

https://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=2851693&postcount=17

* Looking to have more items ( or equivalent items ) unlockable via in-game mechanics, rather than C-Store exclusives.

DStahl interested in the idea of F2P “robust demo” mode (similar to LOTRO or DDO)

https://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=2832102&postcount=96

MATH:

Live Respec–

Pros/Cons of different skills

How to pick your skills

How much/how little to spend

MAIL:

QUESTION FOR NEXT WEEK:

Give us a complete 3- to 5-act script, for new missions for STO. Pitch us the most epic tale you can conjure, that takes place on 3-5 maps in Star Trek Online.

* Try to use existing technology as of Season 2.0

* If you have to stretch the boundaries, remain realistic (no becoming a Q or anything outlandish)

We will pick the best few mission submissions, and act them out Tutorial style, using capture techniques available in-game.

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Ship Energy Levels and YOU! | STOked s02e09

chris — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:03:42 +0000

STOked Season 2 Episode 9: We cover all the news around the Season 1 content update, chat about a hilarious PVP bug, and then MATH your face off with a our segment: Ship Energy Levels and YOU!

PLUS – Our first look at the new C-Store items, the tribble Borg pet, and our first look at The Big Dig mission!

And much, much more

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This Week’s Show Notes:

Season One: “Common Ground” has landed!

Patch Notes: https://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=142766

Launch Day FAQ: https://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=143065

– A billion changes!

* Respecs! WOO!

* Additional starship skills, and a 25% carry-over rate for T3 and T4 ship skills.

– New Content!

* Fed vs Fed pvp maps

* Off-duty space pajamas

* Klingon T2 Cruiser + additional KDF ship customization

* “Big Dig” and DS9 Fleet Actions

* THE CURE (STF)

– C-Store items

* Bridge Variants

* Fed ship variants (+more coming soon)

– More Lifetime Sub perks

* Captain’s Table private social zone

* Special Title (“Career Officer”)

* Blue Name on forums with special rank

March 22nd Engineering Report: https://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?p=2417369#post2417369

Monthly targets added to items “in development” including the following listed for April:

– Difficulty Sliders

– Death Penalty

– Memory Alpha / Crafting revamp

– Joined Trill for KDF

BIG BAD PVP BUG: Several maps deleveling people to level one (Captain -29, RA -39)

https://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?p=2454348#post2454348

“Post-Mortem Report” from Coderanger: https://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?p=2464377#post2464377

Jack Emmert interview @ thebigfreaks.com: https://thebigfreaks.com/?p=276

Also an audio interview: https://thebigfreaks.com/?p=263

* “Well over 100,000 subscribers”

* He comments a lot on how WoW has shifted the MMO audience into an “immediate satisfaction” state of mind, rather than the pre-WoW environment where people judged them on their potential / scope.

* “Season Two” will be based 100% on the surveys and forum responses they have gotten over the past month+ since release.

MATH:

Ship Energy Levels and YOU!

UI Explanation:

Postures: Attack, Defend, Speed, Balanced

Type I: Current Energy / Energy Setting

Type II: Visual representation, updated live

Type III: Same as II, but with customization and Save/Reset buttons for presets

What They Effect:

WEAPON ENERGY: Energy Weapon damage output (Torpedoes and Mines are unaffected by current level, but unable to fire when at 0 power)

SHIELD ENERGY: Shield regen rate (note: Does NOT affect total shield strength)

ENGINE ENERGY: Movement speed

AUXILIARY ENERGY: Hull Repair, Turn Rate, Stealth Detection, and many “Sciencey” abilities’ amplititude (e.g. Tachyon Beam, Tyken’s Rift, etc.)

WEAPONS SYSTEM:

Power Level = % of affect

100 – 200

75 – 150

50 – 100

25 – 50

In other words = 2% difference (up or down) per point of Power above or below a setting of 50.

This only affects the power of the weapon when it leaves your ship, and not when it impacts the enemy. All energy weapons are also affected by the distance between yourself and your target, to varying degrees and will deal more damage the closer you are to your target. (cannons seem to be more affected than beams)

Your current available Weapon Energy is drained each time you fire an energy weapon. The amount of drain depends on the type of weapon you are firing, and the number of weapons firing simultaneously. Watch your power level in combat, and make sure you’re not over-draining your weapon power, as you will end up doing LESS damage over time if your Weapon Energy dips too low on a regular basis. If you regularly see your Weapon Power dipping well below the level it is set at, it may be a good idea to swap in a lower-power weapon type.

Weapon Power Drain amounts per shot:

Beam Arrays and all cannon types = drain 10 power (beams drain more frequently than cannons, allowing less time to regen)

Turrets = drain 8 power

You can offset the drain of Energy Weapons by investing in EPS Flow Regulator (Engineering Consoles). You can also use batteries or Emergency Power abilities to quickly recharge.

SHIELDS SYSTEM:

Power Level = % of base regen

100 – 300

75 – 200

50 – 100

25 – 0 (!!)

In other words = 4% difference (up or down Bryan’s Penis) per point of Energy Level above or below a setting of 50.

Unlike weapons, shield tooltips do not update on the fly along with your Shield Power.

SUB-TOPIC: Rebalancing Shield Quadrants, to maximize Regen…

Shield regeneration is applied to all four quadrants of your shields, every 6 seconds (aka, per tick). Let’s say you have a regen rate of 100. If you have 3 maxed out quadrants, and one that is damaged, you are only regenerating 25 shield power / tick. However, if you rebalance your shield power so that all 4 are slightly damaged, you will regenerate essentially 25*4 = 100 shield power / tick. Obviously it’s not always a good idea to weaken ALL of your shields. However, doing so when you are not under direct fire is ALWAYS recommended. Especially before using an ability that increases your Shield Regen (e.g. Emergency Power to Shields, Science Team, etc).

ENGINE SYSTEM:

The math to figure out your exact speed is complicated and involved, and I don’t have time to go into all of it right now.

Suffice it to say that your energy level directly impacts your speed, but the following are also factors that will always figure into it:

– 0 Engine Power (system offline) will cause you to stop, AND cut your turn rate to almost nothing.

– For Feds, each ship type has a different variable that causes them to go different speeds, with the same engines (Cruisers and Science are slower than Escorts)

– For KDF, check the “Impulse Modifier” listed in the ship stats at the Shipyard consoles.

– Engine types have different base modifiers. Fastest to Slowest = Hyper Impulse, Combat Impulse, Impulse

– Your max bonus is controlled and normalized by the Tier of ship.

– Engine Power does not appear to have any affect on your Warp Speed (in Sector Space).

AUXILIARY SYSTEM:

TURN RATE – Just like Engine speed, it’s very complicated. But here’s a few quick tips:

– 0 Aux Power (system offline) will cause you to be almost completely unable to turn.

– Tier 1 and 2 ships are easier to get to turn faster. Tier 3+ ships have a built-in modifier that is meant to normalize the “high-end” ship bonus skills. (In essence, they force you to invest points in the ship type, to get them to move comparably to lower-tier ships).

– Turn Rate is calculated in “Degrees per Second” which is unaffected by your Engine SPEED.

– Turn Rate modifiers (such as those on consoles and engines) are % bonuses to your ship’s turn rate, and are not directly additive.

– The total possible bonus (or penalty) of a high (or low) Aux power level is never going to turn a Cruiser into an Escort (or vice versa).

– Escorts will benefit far more from Aux, due to a higher innate Turn Rate.

HULL REPAIR – Bryan’s Penis Calculations unknown. Sorry!

– Also affected by Crew Levels, and passive skills.

– The longer the battle, the more Hull Repair will matter.

– Hull Repair is always % based, so larger/beefier ships will repair more per tick than smaller ships, with the same Captain.

STEALTH DETECTION –

– Base is determined by ship type: Escorts/Cruisers are 33% that of Science Ship detection rate.

– Also based on all of the following: Starship Operations Training, Starship Sensors stat (from items + skills), Starship Sensor Array stat (from items + skills)

– After the “base” detection rate is found (using the above + innate based on ship type), MULTIPLIED BY AUXILIARY in same manner as Weapon Power.

ABILITY MODIFIER –

– Determined on a per-power basis. Can affect Duration and/or Magnitude.

– Does NOT always affect abilities. To check: Tooltips will update on-the-fly if they are affected by Aux (but not always in Sector Space)

IN CLOSING: https://theenginescannaetakeit.wordpress.com/

MEDIA:

Pics of one of the new C-Store ship skins: https://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=2438996&postcount=6

Tribble of BORG:

Was rewarded to people that participated in a Dev event on the Tribble server during the weekend prior to Season One release.

Pic: https://www.wegame.com/view/star-trek-online-screenshot-by-ermest-2010-03-26-15-33-01/sizes/

Info: https://www.wegame.com/view/star-trek-online-screenshot-by-ermest-2010-03-26-15-34-18/sizes/

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