# 51
11-16-2012, 04:58 AM
# 52
11-16-2012, 05:46 AM
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Originally Posted by lillithiae
*BUZZ* Wrong!
And since your wrong, no need to read any further. If the foundry had really good rewards, people would play it regardless of any "hesitation" regarding quality. Star clusters arent quality missions(Borg searching for relics from their 3rd dynasty) but people play them for the daily. Nuff said. |
# 53
11-16-2012, 05:48 AM
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Originally Posted by nagorak
Well, don't feel obligated or anything. I know my missions are long, especially Dereliction Duty. I didn't realize how long it was when making it, and also made the mistake of front loading most of the optional conversations at the start of the mission.
I guess the trick I would say with DD is if you start playing it but don't have a lot of time, you can spend time on U.S.S. Atlas Deck 13 until you finish everything or get bored, and then you can quit and come back the mission another time and just rush through Deck 13 (shouldn't take more than 5 minutes) and just do the actual mission. I've tried to keep the others a little shorter, but I run into the issue where it's not really realistic to break up the mission after every single map. So, they still end up being a little bit long.  Really though, we have the advantage with the Foundry of not having to cater to absolutely everyone. It would be nice though if there was some way to select the mission length you want, etc. As has been mentioned we've been asking about that for a long time. |
# 54
11-16-2012, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by broadnax
Some Foundry authors, however, seem to focus too much on the textual side and really drag the flow to a screeching halt. Most MMO players -- including those of us who play primarily for story content -- are not looking to read a novel in game. If the author stops us dead with multiple screens of long, scrolling text to fit in all the backstory you would find *over time* in a good novel, they're going to lose the player.
What constitutes good novel writing does not necessarily translate into good MMO writing. For the game, text and player activity should be well-balanced. Immersion is not just about reading the story, it's about *participating* in it. The characters should be an active part of the story. |
Any time you have something that involves a large text dump, IMO it's best to take a step back and think about how you could communicate much of the same info through direct player experience. Even if it means substantially lengthening the mission by adding maps and/or objectives, or even splitting the mission into parts, it's generally going to be more engaging for the player to learn that stuff in the course of doing stuff than by reading a big block of text.
Have the player discover things themselves instead of be briefed on them by NPCs whenever at all possible. If an NPC has a backstory that's too large, consider separating that story out and developing it into a mission in its own right. If the big backstory is too relevant to the original mission, then set the original mission aside so you can focus and publish the backstory mission first.
Last edited by connectamabob; 11-16-2012 at 06:08 PM.
# 55
11-19-2012, 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by bareel
Irony, had you actually read the rest of the post you would have saw where the other half of the trust issue prevents that from ever happening.
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On 21 may 2013, the lag in Star Trek online transcended EPIC! to become near complete Temporal Stasis.
Do not panic. The time distortion effect should end soon.
Show Archon and Borticus how much you would like to see new Doff races!
# 56
11-19-2012, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by markhawkman
IMO the "trust issue" is more about pessimism on the part of players than anything else.
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For clarity almost all teh missions I've played have been great. The vast majority that I've played have been given 4 or 5 stars
Check out my Foundry missions - click here
Last edited by zorbane; 11-19-2012 at 09:14 AM.
# 57
11-19-2012, 09:50 AM
Last edited by bluegeek; 11-19-2012 at 09:52 AM.
# 58
11-19-2012, 10:34 AM
# 59
11-19-2012, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by zorbane
Agreed. Currently the time:reward ratio is not balanced compared to the other ways to get rewrds
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I'm quite sure these missions were not an intended consequence from the introduction of the wrapper, but if Cryptic did not approve of this use of the Foundry, they should have moved to end it far sooner.
# 60
11-19-2012, 12:36 PM
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