What Question about the game did you want to know that WRG Ben didn't get asked on Timelines Talks?

Commander Sinclair

It is amazing that we get such communication with the dev team, and the guys doing the live stream Timelines Talks are wonderful and entertaining. Thanks to all of you for giving us some insights into future game items.

Based on the forum talks and FAQs here, I wanted to pose at least one further question to the Dev team, but I thought I would ask everyone here on the forums what your #1 question would be to them. If an item is not listed, it may have been covered in the livestream interview, so I am listing the most obvious one I see most often on the forums. You are of course, free to add your own. This is an anonymous poll.

Dirk Gunderson

As interesting as it would be to know about expanded achievements for immortalized crew, the Galaxy Map is more interesting to me.

Will new locations from Discovery, Picard, and/or Lower Decks be added? Will existing Undiscovered or greyed-out locations be populated with places to visit? Any thoughts on some of the ideas that have floated around regarding resetting the Galaxy map (or could that be the veteran-friendly feature referred to in yesterday’s stream)? Perhaps a new set of distress calls or even another episode?

As mature as the game has become, there are still plenty of possibilities just from places not yet shown on the map.

AviTrek

These are all thinking very small and don't affect the fundamental gameplay.

What I'd like to ask is, are there plans to add new event types?

Agador Spartacus

thank you for this poll! I voted galaxy map.
I was going to say "other" and request more cow bells...but that would probably get me kicked from the forums permanently.

Uluru

All questions have a point, but I'm more interested in adding new gameplay. After 4 years all quests are fullfilled, most collections are done,... Whats new?

*Nomad* {PoF}

Are there plans for a shipyard to improve ship stats (such as antimatter, attack, defense, evasion, shields, & hull), perhaps to generate schems (similar to the current replicator rooms)?

Banjo1012

Nomad (FADM:Patterns of Force) wrote: »

Are there plans for a shipyard to improve ship stats (such as antimatter, attack, defense, evasion, shields, & hull), perhaps to generate schems (similar to the current replicator rooms)?

That is a great question. Boosts for ship stats like we get for crew from collections and starbase room upgrades. I love that idea

Emperor Borg Drone (SC)

Is there a chance that we might see different ending times for the gauntlet, so that players in certain timezones aren't disadvantaged by a reset at 2am?

(I forgot to send the question to Idol, so I'll never know if it would have picked or not )

Prime Lorca

Good options here. I picked the 1,000th crew thing, but I think one of their normal community polls (previously via Survey Monkey) would be preferable. I think it's something the whole community would enjoy.

That said, it would be nice for the forum folks to get some sort of privilege like this. Like maybe we get to pick the 1701st crew.

Commander Sinclair

AviTrek wrote: »

These are all thinking very small and don't affect the fundamental gameplay.

What I'd like to ask is, are there plans to add new event types?

Asked and answered – "yes" and "probably next year". That's why I didn't include it in the list.

Commander Sinclair

Uluru wrote: »

All questions have a point, but I'm more interested in adding new gameplay. After 4 years all quests are fullfilled, most collections are done,... Whats new?

Asked and answered on the live stream. (perhaps Auto or Idol should post a summary? )

Ben talked about "a new feature that's in the books for early next year that will give a more strategic value, a more in depth experience for longer existing players"

I am very excited about this!

Automaton_2000

There's a summary posted to Starfleet Communications. The vod on YT has all conversation topics timestamped as well.

Thanks for the thread, we'll check in on it if WRG drops by again.

Ishmael Marx

Just wanted to say that I appreciate the neutral tone with which each of these choices are presented. Very journalistic of you.

I voted for the immortal cap because it seems like such a simple fix and an easy carrot to offer the playerbase, but I agree with @Dirk Gunderson that the galaxy map offers many development opportunities. Those unvisited planets are simply un-Trek-like, after all. We need to go to them and "...explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations..." (you all know the rest).

Cranky (SC)

Commander Sinclair wrote: »

AviTrek wrote: »

These are all thinking very small and don't affect the fundamental gameplay.

What I'd like to ask is, are there plans to add new event types?

Asked and answered – "yes" and "probably next year". That's why I didn't include it in the list.

I watched the stream and this was raised a few times, but I was under the impression the answer was along the lines of 'No, but mini events are our direction'. But it was a little difficult to keep track.

EnderW

I'm a bit of a broken record on this topic but: when are the Five Ships (Dominion Flagship, Enterprise A, Enterprise E, Assimilated Voyager, and Fed Fighter) going to make it into the Admiral Division rewards? And, related, when will the Admiral Division rewards break with the 2019 schedule?

<TGE> Darxide

What is this about Forte? What the heck is that? Searching the forums comes up with a single result which is a copy of the in-game message.

Cranky (SC)

<TGE> Darxide wrote: »

What is this about Forte? What the heck is that? Searching the forums comes up with a single result which is a copy of the in-game message.

Here is the original news release.
https://www.disruptorbeam.com/about/press-releases/2020/3/3/more-power-to-the-players-disruptor-beam-and-forte-look-to-the-future

Keep in mind a few things have come up or repriortised since that was published, but this might help folks understand the background a little.

Gib - Admiral Mariners

all of the questions.

Capt_Locutus

We definitely need more interaction with the galaxy map

Commander Sinclair

Ishmael Marx wrote: »

Just wanted to say that I appreciate the neutral tone with which each of these choices are presented. Very journalistic of you.

(...snip...).

Yes, the decades of writing & editing for tech magazines shows through sometimes.