Fleet Starbases.. There coming...

[Christian M. Hanson]

http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=264695&page=9

Heretic;

We are in the process of finalizing the basic framework for starbases and fleet advancement. Once this is done and settled internally, we will be able to speak about it much more freely.

The goals for the system include:
Provides for long-term endgame advancement
Fair for both small and large fleets
Fair for both casual and hardcore fleets
Creates a foundation upon which can be potentially built things like territorial control
Create significant opportunities for additional endgame play
Provide additional use for many existing resources including Energy Credits, Dilithium, Commodities, Duty Officers, etc.
Integrates with the duty officer system
Allows for differentiation between fleets
Directly rewards personal contributions to the fleet
Provides a low barrier to entry
Provides functional gameplay both for fleet leaders and also for every member of a fleet

The above list is not complete; this is a very complicated piece of functional design with a lot of moving pieces that touches literally every part of the development team and a significant majority of existing gameplay in one way or the other.

While we are not at a place right now where we can talk about any specifics of the system, the system is big enough that it will roll out over multiple seasons with each season building on the one before it. In other words, we have a longterm path that has a lot of dependencies, each of which we have to develop, refine, test and tune before we move on to the next part.

[Bert6583]

so still no poker........... It sounds great I always like more reasons to work as a team and bring people to work together to accomplish goals

[Lang S]

Yeah I hear there are going to be shipyards as well I hope I can get the Trial in for a refit

[Bert6583]

It would be nice to upgrade some of my lower tier ships. Maybe even crafting at the starbase would be nice touch too

[Admiral Van Wormer]

I'm sure the TRAIL needs some quality yard time, before she can deploy again.

[CAPT Huckabee]

Lang S wrote:

Yeah I hear there are going to be shipyards as well I hope I can get the Trial in for a refit

Hopefully we get out wish......I miss my Akira

[Landshark535]

I had heard some speculation that the operations cost will be charged in EC, aesthetic changes will be charged in GPL, and functional upgrades will be charged in Dilithium.

[Edward Hau]

Landshark535 wrote:

I had heard some speculation that the operations cost will be charged in EC, aesthetic changes will be charged in GPL, and functional upgrades will be charged in Dilithium.

that works for me, just need to make dilithium trade able then...

[CAPT Huckabee]

Landshark535 wrote:

aesthetic changes will be charged in GPL

good thing the Fleet Admiral and Deputy Commander are addicted gamblers in-game

[Edward Hau]

prophets bless the dabo wheel!

[Ryo Himura]

/me Dabo!

[Lang S]

I was just reading a thread and I think we need a poll on which base design we should pick.

Tumerboy From Cryptic

[Christian M. Hanson]

I'm excited to see what the options are going to be. I wish they'd release some info on how it's going to work already.

[Lang S]

Here's a start

[Captain Talbot]

Lang S wrote:

I was just reading a thread and I think we need a poll on which base design we should pick. Tumerboy From Cryptic Quote: They are not. The KDF Bases are only in early design stages, but are being developed on their own, not based off of that uh. . . base. Similarly, the Fed side will be reminiscent of other starbases you've seen on the shows and in the game, but are not directly modeled after any of them. Some elements may persist. Traditionally, "Starbase" would be followed by a number. i.e. Starbase 79, Starbase 24, etc. However, there are plenty of "Stations" which are for all intents and purposes, equal to Starbases, so there's no reason it couldn't be Chickenhead Station. So I'm guessing we need to dig up some starbase picture which have been in the show and vote on it

In respont to your suggestion Mr. Lang, I offer this.
http://bfinfobase.org/index.php?title=Category:Starbase_classes