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Article: Interview with Stephen 'salamiinferno' Ricossa - Lead Producer of Star Trek Online

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  1. Torinth
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    #1
    Posted Fri 25 Jul, 2014 6:56 PM  –  Last edited by Torinth; Fri 25 Jul, 2014 6:59 PM.
    You can view the interview at https://ufplanets.com/content.php?40...ryptic-Studios
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    #2
    Posted Fri 25 Jul, 2014 7:01 PM
    Wow Intresting read, Thanks Torinth!
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    #3
    Posted Fri 25 Jul, 2014 7:12 PM
    Nice interview Torinth! Good information. Thank you!
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    #4
    Posted Fri 25 Jul, 2014 7:19 PM
    Glad to see my question made it in, even if it wasn't answered the way I'd have liked Tongue Out
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    #5
    Posted Fri 25 Jul, 2014 8:01 PM
    Nice interview Smile Hope that with diffucult mission will come true Big Grin
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    #6
    Posted Fri 25 Jul, 2014 8:13 PM
    Excellent read, thank you very much!
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    #7
    Posted Fri 25 Jul, 2014 8:28 PM
    Very informative, look forward to those harder STF's for sure. Thanks for the article Smile
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    #8
    Posted Fri 25 Jul, 2014 9:07 PM
    Thanks for hosting and posting this, a good read even if most of the answers were vague. ;-)
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    #9
    Posted Sat 26 Jul, 2014 3:16 AM
    Ooh, nice. Game getting harder, more of that please.

    Great job!
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    Posted Sat 26 Jul, 2014 7:21 AM
    Only if by harder it requires you to work better as a team and better utilize your abilites.

    Just requiring more DPS is no good and is the main problem with PVE right now.
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    #11
    Posted Sat 26 Jul, 2014 2:04 PM
    Interesting read, thank you Torinth. I agree with Daedalus, most of the answers were pretty vague but you still got some information out.
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    #12
    Posted Sat 26 Jul, 2014 3:10 PM
    Nice - Thanks for posting Torinth and the effort FNS went to on behalf of the community Smile
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    #13
    Posted Sun 27 Jul, 2014 9:36 PM
    great article really enjoyed reading it and i am excited to hear about the upcoming improvements to the game!

    Smile
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    #14
    Posted Tue 29 Jul, 2014 10:59 PM
    Shame that this wasn't cross promoted on Arc. I see a lot of other staff interviews posted there.
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    #15
    Posted Tue 29 Jul, 2014 11:02 PM
    It was planned to be, Arc are just a little delayed Smile
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