Some interesting news today from Cryptic, Daniel Stahl is back as the Executive Producer of Star Trek Online.

I was wondering if he was going to take up his old position. He returned to Cryptic from Zynga in December after only two months away, but not to his original position. I assumed either Dan wanted to do something different or Cryptic had some candidates in mind for EP and they didn’t want to cancel interviews in mid-stream.

Whatever the reason, Dan is back, and now I’m wondering what will change. Are we going to see the Engineering Reports and Ask Cryptics return? I really hope so, although maybe the Engineering Reports probably need to have a blinking neon disclaimer added that its contents are not promises. I always understood that, but I work in the software industry and understand that plans change.

I’m also curious to see if and how much of D’Angelo’s style of producing rubs off on Dan.

One thing I don’t see changing is Cryptic’s approach to F2P. I read quite a few forum comments from people who seem to be expecting the direction of the game to revert to what it was months ago, and I don’t think that’s likely to happen. I really doubt it’s even an option for Dan to pursue. Regardless of the change in Captains, I expect to see more lotteries and special but rare ships in the coming months.

Meet the new EP, same as the old EP.
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4 thoughts on “Meet the new EP, same as the old EP.

    • February 16, 2012 at 10:34 am
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      Definitely good news. In part just because STO has a dedicated Executive Producer again, and the interim EP can go back to focusing on Cryptic’s technology infrastructure (which includes the Foundry).

      • February 16, 2012 at 6:48 pm
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        I guess that Zygna’s star isn’t as high as it once was. That is where Stahl went off to, right?

        Anyways, I’ve always felt that so long as Stahl was in charge, the game was safe.

        • February 16, 2012 at 7:23 pm
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          Yes, he went to Zynga briefly.

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