Why can't we land our ships on a planet?

[Ricco]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1103863909
Just think how much cooler the game would be.

[Smokerbait]

Here's what landing our ships on planets would be like in STO:

- "Land on Planet" button. Press.
- Loading screen.
- You and your away team on the planet. (if you swivel your camera you can see your ship in the distance behind you)


And then once the mission is over, are you going to run back to the ship? That'll go over well with players. They're going to beam back, in which case what was the point of even landing in the first place?

[Ricco]

Visuals, my friend, it's all about visualizations. Sure the players who are in a hurry will beam back, but then there could be a cut scene showing their ship on the planet, lifting off into space, then cut back to the bridge. For those who like more visuals in their lives, they can mosey up to the ship just like they have to run all over a place called Kobali, looking for some stupid crater so in order to find a stupid cave and finish an insane mission, helping out dead people, brought back to life to fight in war and to die again... what a universe!

[Ricco]

...oh. ...ok.

[Ricco]

well, could you please come to Kobali, and jump in front of me and roll around until you have my attention, and lead me to the cave? please.

[Jaq]

I think that'd be great, but people in this game legitmately complain about having to watch beam out and warp out animations for 4 seconds. They don't care about anything but damage numbers floating over their heads. That said, the TV show Star Trek infamously wrote transporter technology in just to avoid the cost and hassle of filming shuttle landing scenes, so in a way you could say the map transitions in STO honor the show's legacy.

[Ricco]

Man, i just want this stupid Romulan and Kobali sheeeeeet to be over and done with so I can have fun again. Plus, I have all the ec I nered, but no more zen or dilithium raw or refined. What a stupid world.

[Ricco]

Regarding the legacy, it's time the mold be broken, and the chains be offed for the major benjamingrabbing potential this game would have if they (the creators), would listen to the fans that approached the Las Vegas dev team with my suggewtions.

[Ricco]

...and has anyone ever found the stupid caves on Kobali yet?

[Trent]

Enterprise D Specs:
Class and type: Galaxy Class Starship
Displacement: 4,500,000 metric tons (4,400,000 LT)
Length: 642.5 metres (2,108 ft)
Beam: 463.73 metres (1,521.4 ft)
Height: 195.26 metres (640.6 ft)
Propulsion:

Galaxy Class matter/antimatter warp drive

2 x warp nacelles
3 x fusion impulse engines
Speed: Warp 9.2, emergency up to 9.6 for 12 hours
Range: Unlimited
Complement: 1,012 Officers, enlisted, scientists & civilian family members
Sensors and
processing systems: Galaxy class computer core
Armament:

12 Phaser arrays

3 Torpedo launchers

250 Photon, Gravimetric, or Tricobalt torpedoes carried
Antimatter mines
Armor: Deflector shields

Taken from wikipedia... if it weighed that much: 4,500,000 metric tons -well would you really want to try to land it ? The crater it leaves would be very impressive as an afterthought.

[Ricco]

lmao... well, if you put it that way, I'd still like to see it.

[Jspringy]

LMAO Ricco, they tell you that they are hidden along the valley. You must walk close to the wall for them to be revealed. You will see nothing if you just run along the middle of the path.

[Ricco]

oh, ok. I'll try running into the walls.

[Ricco]

I was on the wrong planet. I was looking for caves that didn't exist on Kobali, I was supposed to be on New Romulus. I did find the crater now:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1104703998

[Apollo Muvila]

Originally posted by Trent:

Enterprise D Specs:
Class and type: Galaxy Class Starship
Displacement: 4,500,000 metric tons (4,400,000 LT)
Length: 642.5 metres (2,108 ft)
Beam: 463.73 metres (1,521.4 ft)
Height: 195.26 metres (640.6 ft)
Propulsion:

Galaxy Class matter/antimatter warp drive

2 x warp nacelles
3 x fusion impulse engines
Speed: Warp 9.2, emergency up to 9.6 for 12 hours
Range: Unlimited
Complement: 1,012 Officers, enlisted, scientists & civilian family members
Sensors and
processing systems: Galaxy class computer core
Armament:

12 Phaser arrays

3 Torpedo launchers

250 Photon, Gravimetric, or Tricobalt torpedoes carried
Antimatter mines
Armor: Deflector shields

Taken from wikipedia... if it weighed that much: 4,500,000 metric tons -well would you really want to try to land it ? The crater it leaves would be very impressive as an afterthought.

Maybe this everytime?

[Ricco]

Originally posted by Apollo Muvila:

Originally posted by Trent:

Enterprise D Specs:
Class and type: Galaxy Class Starship
Displacement: 4,500,000 metric tons (4,400,000 LT)
Length: 642.5 metres (2,108 ft)
Beam: 463.73 metres (1,521.4 ft)
Height: 195.26 metres (640.6 ft)
Propulsion:

Galaxy Class matter/antimatter warp drive

2 x warp nacelles
3 x fusion impulse engines
Speed: Warp 9.2, emergency up to 9.6 for 12 hours
Range: Unlimited
Complement: 1,012 Officers, enlisted, scientists & civilian family members
Sensors and
processing systems: Galaxy class computer core
Armament:

12 Phaser arrays

3 Torpedo launchers

250 Photon, Gravimetric, or Tricobalt torpedoes carried
Antimatter mines
Armor: Deflector shields

Taken from wikipedia... if it weighed that much: 4,500,000 metric tons -well would you really want to try to land it ? The crater it leaves would be very impressive as an afterthought.

Maybe this everytime?

What about that friggate? How much does it weigh?