Cryptic Studios has released an Advisory Council FAQ in response to the hubbub over at the Star Trek Online forums over the recently announced initiative. The FAQ is mostly a collection of answers from the informal Q&A that was posted on the forums several days ago.

Q: What is the STO Advisory Council?
A: It’s a group of individuals from various positions within the Star Trek and Star Trek Online community designed to provide feedback we wouldn’t otherwise receive. The Committee is designed to complement the other feedback collection tools we use, which include the forums, our users polls, in-game data mining and so on.

Q: If you really want to get in touch with your player base, put something in the game that they can't miss, but won't be a pest. Something like a single yes/no/unsure/don't care question every once in a while.
A: Oh, of course! We've done polls for our entire user base in the past and we'll do many, many more in the future. We also have regular community reporting designed to provide us with an accurate gauge of our forums and an early assessment of what our players want.

This Advisory Council is just another way of getting valuable opinions and data from people who may not be inclined to post on the forums or submit feedback to us directly.

The full FAQ can be read here.

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