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Posted Mon 02 Feb, 2015 8:00 PM
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Star Trek Online has been privileged to have a great history of Executive Producers through its lifetime. Stephen D’Angelo has most recently occupied the big chair and during his second tour has lent the team his considerable experience, design expertise, and vision for the future of Star Trek Online through Delta Rising.
Stephen is stepping down as Executive Producer for Star Trek Online in order to focus on his role as Chief Technology Officer at Cryptic Studios to oversee several internal projects. I would like to thank him on behalf of the community and the Star Trek Online team for once again taking the reins and leading the team through a fantastic year of releases.
As of today I will officially be leading the team as Executive Producer, and I couldn’t be more proud to lead this incredible team and game, both which of which mean a great deal to me.
I have been a lifelong Star Trek fan and one of my favorite early memories of trek took place in late September of 1990. Earlier that summer, after experiencing one of the greatest cliffhangers in television history, I told my dad I couldn’t wait to find out if Captain Picard was going to be rescued from the Borg. It turns out his boss was planning a huge viewing party for the second part of “The Best of Both Worlds” and my dad brought me along. It was an amazing event and the first time I witnessed how Star Trek could bring people together from different walks of life simply to enjoy a great episode.
I’ve been a member of the Star Trek Online team since 2008 and was here during pre-production, active production, launch, and every update since. You’ve seen me posting on the threads as the person that creates builds and patch notes, and I’ve been active in feedback threads on features that I’ve produced with the team. I’ve seen how the game has grown and changed over the years from a team management perspective and how the community has responded to those changes.
We have some fantastic plans in store for the game in 2015 and the same veteran team that brought you Delta Rising is here to execute those plans. I’m truly excited to share what this year has to offer, and instead of leaving it at that I’m going to tease a feature of our Season 10 update coming late this spring. With the launch of Season 10 Sector Space will be comprised of only three maps, with each one representing a quadrant that exists in STO. Yes, the sector walls are coming down! I hope that minor reveal will get you excited for the changes in the year to come, and I look forward to working with the team to achieve everything we have planned.
Live Long and Prosper,
Stephen Ricossa
Executive Producer
Star Trek Online
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Posted Mon 02 Feb, 2015 8:02 PM
Wow... seems the STO EP chair gets vacated fairly frequently... It can't have already been a year D'Angelo was sitting in it... right?
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Posted Mon 02 Feb, 2015 8:14 PM
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Last edited by Code743; Mon 02 Feb, 2015 8:16 PM.
With the launch of Season 10 Sector Space will be comprised of only three maps, with each one representing a quadrant that exists in STO. Yes, the sector walls are coming down!
I remember this being talked about some three years back, before F2P. Nice to see one of Dan Stahl's pipe dreams actually come to fruition.
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Posted Mon 02 Feb, 2015 9:42 PM
the same veteran team that brought you Delta Rising is here to execute those plans.
I wonder if he understands thats what worries us.
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Posted Tue 03 Feb, 2015 2:03 AM
Shaka, when the walls fell..
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Posted Tue 03 Feb, 2015 8:50 AM
As i was say the other day to bill ash and kains i just had a funny feeling this was going to happen, thing is i can honestly say i can see this being a GOOD thing, Thoughts people??
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Posted Tue 03 Feb, 2015 9:36 AM
Will be interesting to see how sector space will be with the reduction of maps to just 3 quadrant maps. I just hope that they get more bugs killed before actually making it live.
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Posted Tue 03 Feb, 2015 12:35 PM
I believe there is another thread discussing this already... but it's first thing in the morning, so I'll leave it to the Fab guys to find it 
Honestly this doesn't surprise me a whole lot. What does surprise me is how few times we've had turnover in this role since the beginning, especially for a game that has grown rather significantly over the past few years. Despite the shiny title, Executive Producers actually have very little to do in the overall say and direction of the title and more often simply get to be the bad guy when the publisher tells them to publish.
However, dude does seem enthusiastic, and is actually telling us about things that are in the pipeline, so hopefully the forum monkies and trolls don't quash that too quickly. It would be good to see a guy in the role who is simply so excited about what he's doing that he spills the beans all the time.
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Posted Tue 03 Feb, 2015 12:51 PM
We can only hope for the best but always expect the worst.
“He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes;
he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever” ~ Chinese Proverb
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Posted Tue 03 Feb, 2015 1:19 PM
Meh, I always look for the best. It means I'm disappointed here and there, but honestly my disappointment about video game stuff is so very little, and look for the best in things that really matter.
It's so positive it's nauseating I'm sure, but its the way I work.
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Posted Tue 03 Feb, 2015 1:40 PM
I remember this being talked about some three years back, before F2P. Nice to see one of Dan Stahl's pipe dreams actually come to fruition.
I sincerely hope they don't remove sector borders. For me I don't really care about it really but the potential bugs that they might introduce scares me. Excessive rubber banding from server overload, 5 min wait time to get into sector space, etc.
Cryptic: please fix the bugs from your last unimportant update before doing another unimportant update.
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Posted Tue 03 Feb, 2015 3:26 PM
I'd like to see a big map, but I hope it doesn't screw DOffing over.
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Posted Tue 03 Feb, 2015 3:57 PM
Rule 62: The flimsier the product, the higher the price.
When I read through the announcement, I couldn't help but picture someone standing at a podium wearing earmuffs. Anyone else? Despite all the fluff, it does not bode well when the EP does not even acknowledge that there are issues that need to be resolved. Apparently the new EP has learned the ways the dark side in marketing. At least Stahl would acknowledge some of the problems, even if he didn't fix them.
I believe there is another thread discussing this already... but it's first thing in the morning, so I'll leave it to the Fab guys to find it
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Posted Tue 03 Feb, 2015 3:59 PM
Well, in my defense, even if I had found it there is jack I could do to fix it 
Mah bad.
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Posted Tue 03 Feb, 2015 4:14 PM
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Last edited by Daedalus; Tue 03 Feb, 2015 4:27 PM.
Well, in my defense, even if I had found it there is jack I could do to fix it
Mah bad.
Slacker! *notices rank* I mean.. uh... no problem sir! 
Edit: Use the report post thingy! It will not break! Oh wait, it broke. 
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