As Star Trek Online concludes its shakedown cruise of the recent Season 2.0 update, players have turned their eyes to the future and pondered, "What's next?" Coming to their aid is STO's executive producer Dan Stahl, who fields a large number of questions about upcoming features and works in progress in the latest Ask Cryptic article.
One of the inquiries covered was user-generated content, which Stahl confirmed would be coming -- at least in beta form -- with Season 3. "We aren't discussing our specific plans just yet, but we do want the tools to be easy to use so that players can begin to create their own missions and episodes," he said. "This may or may not be the big secret project we are working on."
Other questions into the future development of Star Trek Online included customizable ship interiors, the PvP system, bridge officer promotions, expanding the Sol System, the ability to play as a holographic character, and bridge officer voices. And for those standing at the edge of their captain's chairs, eager to sit down, don't fret: Cryptic is hard at work on the long-awaited "sit in chairs" feature. You can read the full Ask Cryptic over at STO's website.
Reader Comments (4)
Posted: Aug 10th 2010 1:33PM archer75 said
Looking forward to it!
Posted: Aug 10th 2010 2:21PM (Unverified) said
If Cryptic implements player made content on all their games, I think it will draw a lot more players. They just need to do it right by managing it properly and preventing exploits while keeping the toolset robust and flexible. Not an easy task but it really could skyrocket Cryptic if they do it right especially considering the IPs they have.
Posted: Aug 10th 2010 3:49PM (Unverified) said
Here is cryptic's last meeting mintues about the future of STO...
DSTHAL: So fellas, our game is losing subs left and right, season 2 has been out 2 days and everyone is bored already, what can we do to save the USS FAILBOAT
LONEDEVLEFTONSTO: Well, I honestly don't know D, I'm swamped working on this pesky /sitinchair emote, ya know i was suppposed to have it out for release 6 months ago.
ATARIMORON: I got a great idea, lets let the actual people who PAY FOR THE GAME FIX THE GAME. They can add all kinds of new content, all we have to develop is a toolset a monkey could use.
DSTHAL: GENUIS!! And it even makes us look like we are giving the players what they want! Love it!! Now we can spend more time developing fluff for the CSTORE instead of making new content!!!!
Posted: Aug 10th 2010 11:46PM ChromeBallz said
This guy gets it.
Cryptic has now officially dead to me. Not to mention that they're going to completely ruin Forgotten Realms aswell.
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Cryptic has now officially dead to me. Not to mention that they're going to completely ruin Forgotten Realms aswell.








