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Cipher Jones
The Thomas Edwards Taco Tuesday All Stars
#1 - 2013-09-06 04:59:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Cipher Jones
So years ago, there was a debate to if the ships had a crew or not...

Some time after the debate some Devs came in and answered that there was definitely a crew on the ships and they would put that into the game.

So what gives? It's been years. The crew dynamic on STO is one of the best parts of the game. It adds a lot of depth.

In before **** STO or similar. I know not many people leave here for there. Vice versa would be excellent.

Are we ever going to see them? Or is it going to happen soon™?

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Eran Mintor
Metropolis Commercial Consortium
#2 - 2013-09-06 05:09:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Eran Mintor
I would like to see this as well. Would be cool to see on killmails too...

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Teinyhr
Ourumur
#3 - 2013-09-06 06:46:28 UTC
Cipher Jones wrote:
So what gives? It's been years. The crew dynamic on STO is one of the best parts of the game. It adds a lot of depth.


Except your crew means nothing in STO. It's supposed to affect your ships performance but basically your ship works just as well with 100 or 2000 crewmen alive out of 4000. Unless you mean the duty officer thing, but technically that has nothing to do with your ship other than they supposedly work there.
Posting From Underbridge
Doomheim
#4 - 2013-09-06 06:55:59 UTC
They stink up the place and slow my Vaga down with all the extra weight.
I make it a habit to open the air lock after undocking just to flush the vermin (and the smell) out.
Cipher Jones
The Thomas Edwards Taco Tuesday All Stars
#5 - 2013-09-06 06:57:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Cipher Jones
Teinyhr wrote:
Cipher Jones wrote:
So what gives? It's been years. The crew dynamic on STO is one of the best parts of the game. It adds a lot of depth.


Except your crew means nothing in STO. It's supposed to affect your ships performance but basically your ship works just as well with 100 or 2000 crewmen alive out of 4000. Unless you mean the duty officer thing, but technically that has nothing to do with your ship other than they supposedly work there.


They give active and passive buffs, and your crew completes missions. The missions are a much more fun way of "passively" playing a game than PI IMHO.

Above poster wins @ RP. I LOL'd.

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Lugalbandak
Doomheim
#6 - 2013-09-06 07:17:42 UTC
r2d2 is the only crew memeber you need. and maybe the damsell for fun , wich you can carry in cargo bay , sometiems she survives.

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Peter Raptor
Galactic Hawks
#7 - 2013-09-06 07:29:43 UTC
Watching 10,000 crew, through the windows of my Mackinaw, as they feverishly chisel Ice into perfect blocks would be so awesome!

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Tara Read
Blackwater USA Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#8 - 2013-09-06 07:49:25 UTC
Peter Raptor wrote:
Watching 10,000 crew, through the windows of my Mackinaw, as they feverishly chisel Ice into perfect blocks would be so awesome!


A thousand different scenarios of hundreds of men and women frantically jostling in the heat of combat and the only thing you can think of is mining... Roll
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#9 - 2013-09-06 07:49:33 UTC
Eran Mintor
Metropolis Commercial Consortium
#10 - 2013-09-06 08:10:14 UTC
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Conrad Makbure
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2013-09-06 09:26:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Conrad Makbure
Eh, I think they should have a Clear Skys type setup. Example, with the battleship, you got 1 gunnery crewman, an engineer and then the captain, everything else is fully automated. If they had stats that affected the ship that'd be way cool except for the months of rebalance required to make it work, that is.
Dariusz Betonowy
Doomheim
#12 - 2013-09-06 09:30:44 UTC
Conrad Makbure wrote:
Eh, I think they should have a Clear Skys type setup. Example, with the battleship, you got 1 gunnery crewman, an engineer and then the captain, everything else is fully automated. If they had stats that affected the ship that'd be way cool except for the months of rebalance required to make it work, that is.

I don't know. It's having the entiretyof the ship controls jacked into your brain more efficient?
Damn Jovians, they've ruined such a nice opportunity ;)
KuroVolt
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2013-09-06 11:43:09 UTC
Lugalbandak wrote:
r2d2 is the only crew memeber you need. and maybe the damsell for fun , wich you can carry in cargo bay , sometiems she survives.


Arent you a little short for a pod pilot?

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TheBlueMonkey
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2013-09-06 11:53:50 UTC
Cipher Jones wrote:
So years ago, there was a debate to if the ships had a crew or not...

Some time after the debate some Devs came in and answered that there was definitely a crew on the ships and they would put that into the game.

So what gives? It's been years. The crew dynamic on STO is one of the best parts of the game. It adds a lot of depth.

In before **** STO or similar. I know not many people leave here for there. Vice versa would be excellent.

Are we ever going to see them? Or is it going to happen soon™?


Everything in eve takes ages.
Just look at Ambulation and salvage drones for an indication of time scales.
CCP Falcon
#15 - 2013-09-06 11:55:44 UTC
Tippia wrote:
Here.


These are a good starting guideline.

And yes, despite having a capsuleer at the helm, all ships barring a couple of frigate classes that can be handled solo need a crew on board.

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Shalua Rui
Rui Freelance Mining
#16 - 2013-09-06 12:02:34 UTC  |  Edited by: Shalua Rui
TheBlueMonkey wrote:
Everything in eve takes ages.
Just look at Ambulation and salvage drones for an indication of time scales.


True, still: I endorse all posts that bring up that topic... crews should be represented in game and maybe even have some sort of gameplay impact.

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Ravasta Helugo
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#17 - 2013-09-06 12:16:22 UTC  |  Edited by: Ravasta Helugo
Crew represented by an additional "rig" slot always made more sense to me.

They should have small, indirect bonuses though. Like 10% faster reload time, or a 5% increase to hull resistances. Just a slight buff to one or two irregular stats.
Shalua Rui
Rui Freelance Mining
#18 - 2013-09-06 12:20:33 UTC
Ravasta Helugo wrote:
Crew represented by an additional "rig" slot always made more sense to me.

They should have small, indirect bonuses though. Like 10% faster reload time, or a 5% increase to hill resistances. Just a slight buff to one or two irregular stats.


Like that, yea... but the bonus should start of at 1% (on more then one thing) and increase over time on its own to a max stat. So it would be more meaningful if you loose or switch out the crew... maybe you should actually have to pay upkeep for them too? There are many options thinkable...

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Debora Tsung
Perkone
Caldari State
#19 - 2013-09-06 12:25:34 UTC  |  Edited by: Debora Tsung
Cipher Jones wrote:
They give active and passive buffs, and your crew completes missions. The missions are a much more fun way of "passively" playing a game than PI IMHO.


I really really despise the STO away missions. They're boring, tedious and not in the least entertaining.

"Captain, we have go to that planet and save the derps!"

"Very well then, beam me and some random dudes to the survace of the planet, nevermind the 1000 soldiers awaiting my orders..."

Stupidity should be a bannable offense.

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Thorn Galen
Bene Gesserit ChapterHouse
The Curatores Veritatis Auxiliary
#20 - 2013-09-06 12:27:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Thorn Galen
Would be great if frozen corpses could be biomassed and converted into something like a Quafe Energy bar, or protein soup, or something useful to trade/consume.

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