Sorry I missed the event guys. Something came up and I wasn't available until about half an hour into it, and I didn't want to interrupt anything. I really do enjoy these things though and am looking forward to the next event!

I do know. one is fascist, the other is just capitalist

Episode 211 - The Next Generation - "Disaster" - 10/21/1991

The Enterprise is without power, trapping Picard in a turbolift with three children and trapping others in various locations. Command of the bridge falls to Counselor Troi, who feels ill-prepared.

Enjoy!

Anyone besides me notice the close similarity between the Ferengi and the Cardassians.

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We would all love to see cannon in everything that relates to our beloved movies.. However with game mechanics it just does not work.. Can you imagine having to have your healer in the middle of ground combat in STO run up to you and hit you with a hypo?

You're taking the standard healthbar/healing/death model that we see in almost every MMORPG now as a given. This model isn't 'the game mechanics', it's just one way of doing combat that designers now seem terrified of changing or incapable of imagining differently, despite the difficulty it creates with the IP and, frankly, the sheer repetitiveness of it.

LotRO made a bit of an effort in this regard by switching 'health' to 'morale', which helps make the healing abilities of Minstrels, Captains etc make a little more sense. Rather than dying, you fall back or retreat from battle. IP intact, gameplay intact.

GW2 looks to be doing away with healing classes entirely, which despite being a healer in almost every game I play I thoroughly approve of. Also, their idea for replacing 'dead' with 'downed' (a state in which you can still do stuff) suggests to me that it's possible to reimagine this health/heals/death model that has become so dominant.

I would prefer to see healthbars done away with entirely in some MMORPGs, especially ones with a strong IP base in which regular death and resurrection makes no sense.

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@SaintPlazma, I must admit... I was a Federation fanboy while playing BotF. LOL Although, I enjoyed playing all five major races you just had to tweak your play style depending on which of them you were playing at the time.

@Jasonmillard, The game you tried must have been MOO3 by Quicksilver I belive. Both BotF and MOO2 were by Microprose.

Here are the intro's for each of the 5 main powers in the game. Bring back any memories? hehehe

Federation:
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Klingons:
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Romulan:
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Ferrengi:
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Cardassian:
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Be sure to back those up outside of the STO directory, otherwise if you have to uninstall for any reason, even to reinstall the game fresh, they will be deleted.

I've never had a game delete user created files within its main directory, just the ones necessary for gameplay; but STO wipes out absolutely everything on an uninstall. Like Cryptic offering the middle finger for us uninstalling their game.

I loved the romulans, the best thing ever was brakeing the enamys back and taking over ther homeworld

Oh geez the hours I spent on BotF could fill the Tardis. Loved Loved Loved that game, I was reading about it in gamer magazines for months before it came out. I was particularly good at playing as the Romulans and the Ferengi. I played Masters of Orion but I don't remember if it was 2 or 3 but it sucked so it must've been 3.

@Snownova, I agree with you... I waited patiently for them to release MOO3 for years... and when I finally got a copy... I couldn't believe what garbage it was.

BotF was so much fun... I used to play it online with friends all the time. I never got into Galactic Civilizations but I've heard great things about it.


@Halish, BotF is kinda like a Star Trek version of Master Of Orion 2. I still play MOO2 sometimes myself. It's a classic game and should they ever make a MOO4... Here's hoping they actually do it justice!

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It comes up when you do the search, it's just really low for some reason, #37.

The link is http://www.stonewallfleet.com/diplomacy-guide.

In other words it's not easily accessible...can you please add it to the Welcome Center or somewhere more prominent? Seems appropriate since it's such a useful resource.

We would all love to see cannon in everything that relates to our beloved movies.. However with game mechanics it just does not work.. Can you imagine having to have your healer in the middle of ground combat in STO run up to you and hit you with a hypo? Just the run time to get to you would insure you die..And than if you speaking of cannon let us look at the kits.. I never once seen a Star Trek episode where McCoy or Spock stuck someone in place by increasing the gravity in one location only.. Nor do I recall Scotty or Geordi sending out drones that attacked non the less little machines that healed..

We can only have so much Cannon and keep the game fun for all.. :)

I use the http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-2AA-00001-LifeChat-LX-2000-Headset/dp/B0015BUHLA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1299879321&sr=8-1-spell which is similar to the already suggested headset..

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I would like to apologize for my delay in responses on occasion during the RP session. Every time that happened I was checking my facts using a variety of sources. I'll try to have a "cheat sheet" of terms and such prior to the next session and break out my ST Encyclopedia...

Never a problem with slow responses.. and thank you for taking the time to make the event feel more "real" by using correct terminology.. I look forward to our next event

It's always a hard call between following "lore" type elements and what makes a good game (by good I refer to a game should be easy to access and enjoyable for the majority of players, not a select few puritanicals).

My usual argument for having a healing type class/role in a game where the IP doesn't really have it in place: I don't see characters in the "lore" coming back from the dead repeatedly. Maybe they should just use perma-death! Hope you don't want to get attached to your character!

As long as they don't go to a potion-spam system like some Asian MMO's I'm happy!

Hey Chem. Great suggestion! That is certainly something we can take a look at doing if this really takes off. :) I would love to see a monthly contest that evolves thematically in scope over time and potentially assist writers with finding new outlets for their skills. I won this contest a year ago and it compelled me to strike out writing professionally; its been an amazing (and scary, lol) adventure so far and it would be great to see others similarly inspired. :) Hopefully we can get a lot of interest and entries as we get things going!

@JBrenden: Thank you for taking the time to submit your work. Good luck in the contest! :)

I would like to apologize for my delay in responses on occasion during the RP session. Every time that happened I was checking my facts using a variety of sources. I'll try to have a "cheat sheet" of terms and such prior to the next session and break out my ST Encyclopedia...

1 for today after a lack of bdays.

I think I still have some of those tapes laying around... So you're not alone, I seem to be reminded daily of just how "old" I am too...