Star Trek Online

**pevergreen** · 10-21-2009, 04:30

As I read through that, I see that I am still happy with staying on DDO.

1) Its free. Forever. If you want something extra, pay for it. You can aquire all features of paying subscribers in about 8 months, if you pay the same as the subscription per month.

2) Ok, so you have to pay to unlock anything after 12th level. But it takes a long time to get there, and without purchasing anything there is 79 quests to do, plus adventuring areas (3)

3) each quest, even the starting ones, is part of a good storyline. The tutorial has you come onto the island of Korthos, you wake up on a beach after your boat was destroyed by a dragon. You follow a small group of adventurers through the caverns onto the island village, defeating a sahaugin group along the way. You then have to do three starting quests; destroying a sahaugin cursed alter, protecting a magical crystal from the cultists and stealing a scroll with infomation on the dragon. Then you follow the collaborator who has betrayed everyone to the village and deal with him. Then you venture out into the island. 12 sites to visit (explorer) 3 rare monsters to find and kill (rares) and a task to kill x amount (caps out at 750. run around once you can kill 90 odd). You don't have to do these, but they are fun.

You then rescue the mayor's daughter from a sahaugin prison, kill an evil necromancer and find a giantish device, and protect a missing villager, before heading to misery's peak. When there you discover a Quisori mindsunder controlling the dragon, and you must break the crystal that gives him extra power. With that, the dragon eats the mindsunder and peace is restored to the island.

All of that, is the introduction area. 250MB download.

DDO does, however, lack housing and crafting. Crafting is sort of there, but is high level only, you do it while inside a quest chain.

**econ21** · 10-21-2009, 10:47

Originally Posted by pevergreen

1) Its free. Forever.

I heard something about the free to play DDO being for the US only, not for Euros. But you're in Australia, aren't you Pevergreen? I wonder if a Euro can access the free to play version?

On LOTRO, I am just entering Moria (the expansion). And it is suitably impressive - biggest dungeon ever!

**pevergreen** · 10-21-2009, 10:52

DDO US is run by Turbine, the creators of DDO and LOTRO.

DDO Europe is run by Codemasters. They are modules (expansions) behind.

Many players from those servers have come onto the US. Anyone from anywhere can join.

Some European players run into credit card issues, but going through paypal resolves them. I use my credit card without issue.

Yes, I'm an aussie. Australia rules.

**Mailman653** · 11-10-2009, 06:01

02-02-10 US, 02-05-10 EU

**Martok** · 11-10-2009, 10:13

Holy ****! That's a full month earlier than what a lot of people were expecting.

Dang, guess I'd better start saving up my pennies that much sooner....