Star Trek Online

[Martok]

If anyone else is gonna get the game, we should all try to get on the same server so we at least know people, even if we arent gonna be allies or guildies. Because once I get on a server and start playing, I'm not changing. I hate starting new characters. The last MMO I played i did 4 server transfers with the same character because paying $75 each time was far more prudent than creating another character.

I'm currently a provisional member of Lotus Fleet. They seem to have a pretty decent organization.

[Mailman653]

Klingons part two

[Major Robert Dump]

I'm currently a provisional member of Lotus Fleet. They seem to have a pretty decent organization.

Dude...went to that forum

Whats up with the roleplay "academy" you have to spend X number of smemsters at before you become an officer? They say it is to not only make youa better player, but a better person and a better leader IRL. LMAO, sorry, I'm an officer in the US Army, I get enough of that crap in RL the last thing I need is a make believe world hashing it to me too

Gotta admit, though, people tha heavy into RP make me want to join their guld just for the sake of giggles and good times. I'm sure they have their stuff together and will make a good springboard for later usage.

But really, that guild is intense, bro.

I think, just like every MMO I've ever played, I will make 2 accounts, so llooks like i will buy two preorders, whch means my goodies will stack. Stillhavent decided what 2 I will get but I think I am going to go ground combat since that seems to be the neglected aspect of the game.

[Mailman653]

Hands on with STO

[Martok]

Hands on with STO

Thanks for the heads-up, Mailman. An interesting read....and one that only further tempts me to the dark side.



I found this passage especially promising:

I also ran into some straight up diplomatic missions. One mission in particular had me resolving disputes on a Federation mining colony. These missions hold a lot of potential and if Cryptic continues to evolve and expand upon what can be done here, they'll have something that very few other MMOs possess: a way to regularly feel heroic without shooting or hitting something or someone.

I have to admit I really like the sound of this. Not that I don't also anticipate the space battles as well, but I don't want that to be the be-all, end-all of the game.

[Mailman653]

@Martok

Who will you play as once the game is released, Federation or Klingon's?

I'm thinking when I get my hands on the game one day (definitely not release) I'll play with the Klingon's with a custom made Romulan character. I'm in the mood to experience something other than the Federation, albeit they are the most familiar. I'd love to have a science orientated character in command of an Olympic class starship just like the one Crusher had in All Good Things.

Once the Romulan's are made into a faction, I'm jumping ship!

[Martok]

I was planning on going with the Federation, probably as either a Vulcan or Bajoran officer, or possibly a Betazoid. That, or I'll do a mish-mash of at least two of those; I kinda like the idea of my character being the product of an inter-species coupling.

I love the Klingons, but they hold little appeal for me in an MMO setting, particularly if they're primarily going to be a PvP experience. Playing a Romulan could be interesting, but I'll need to see what they're like and how they'll be set up first (and of course, we need to wait for them to be added as a faction, which I have a feeling will be a while yet).

Of course, this is all assuming I do in fact get the game. I'm still not totally sold on it yet, especially since I have a feeling that in order to play STO, I'm going to have to replace my video card -- a prospect which terrifies me, if only because at least my current one runs STW and MTW, and I fear being unable to find a new card that can do the same.

[Mailman653]

Yeah thats the crappy part about the Klingon's, the Federation got the proper treatment and the Klingon's just seem to be there cause the Feds need an antagonist.

As for the Romulan's, it will definitely be a while before they appear. Their current state of affairs pretty much have them gearing up for a civil war between two or three factions, one of which appears to include Sela and some unknown ally which is speculated to be the Hirogen.

[Beskar]

I wouldn't recommend going a female starfleet captain. You know what happens to those.


Though, one is amusing me. Remember Next Generation Season 1 when they tried to be politically correct by when they were assigning males with trousers and females with skirts, to avoid futuristic stigma, they had that blonde guy in every episode in a skirt. Could you custom character him in the game?

@ 1 minute 1 second
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb526V6227w

[tibilicus]

Yeah thats the crappy part about the Klingon's, the Federation got the proper treatment and the Klingon's just seem to be there cause the Feds need an antagonist.

As for the Romulan's, it will definitely be a while before they appear. Their current state of affairs pretty much have them gearing up for a civil war between two or three factions, one of which appears to include Sela and some unknown ally which is speculated to be the Hirogen.

Hirogen?

Aren't they meant to be in the delta quadrant acting as nomads essentially?

[Mailman653]

Well, based on the description that was given of this mysterious species I didn't think they were but the concensus on the forums was that they were. I forgot which Road to 2409 story it was that they were mentioned.

[Major Robert Dump]

I got the Atari Deluxe and the Direct2Drive standard preorders. Been gigging in the forums a lot lately,as I know nothing about Star Trek really and what the hardcore fans are expecting to happen.

Thanks for the review links, looking forward to Jan 12

[Mailman653]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdEN1rrpTy4
Leaked Beta footage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIRGoVMARTc
Beta footage of character creation (Fed)

[tibilicus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx8HEH7Tmvc

Have some unedited game footage of a deep space encounter with some Klingons.

I like it, the music adds an "epic" feel.

[CBR]

Hmm it is looking good and very tempting...


CBR

[Major Robert Dump]

People on the forums are complaining that the Atari Deluxe preorder is a ripoff because there are no extras that you dont get from the others, and advising to preorder from somewhere else if you plan on a deluxe or collectors. I guess I narrowly averted disaster because I had tried the Atari one and had problems in the online store so I picked another site to order from.

those were some nice videos. It's going to take me a friggin hour or two just to make my initial guy, there are a lot of stats, mistakes will be made, corny templates will abound....

[Major Robert Dump]

Still haven't decided on a guild. I'm leaning more towards joker-like guilds with less RP and more shennanigans, since I really don't know that much about ST anyway. I see a lot of guilds demand trekkish names and telling applicant that they will have to comply. Heh.

It appears from all the stats you pick on creation you can get a preset race + 2 traits, or you can customize and and pick 4. Most all of the skills I see with exception of maybe 4 seem to be ground combat specific, which is exactly the opposite of what I thought it was going to be. It looks like what ground combat will lack in equipment it will make up for with skill variations, and what ship warfare lacks in skills it will make up for with bridge officers and huge ship load out variations.

Still havent announced monthly fee....

[Gregoshi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx8HEH7Tmvc

Have some unedited game footage of a deep space encounter with some Klingons.

Cool but I'm trying to think of a serious Star Trek ship battle that lasted that long. ST battles should be over quickly like RTW battles, while RTW battles should last more like this ST battle...though quick battles in ST would suck as much as they do in RTW.

I should be looking at this game more closely than I am - which has been "not at all" up until now.

[Mailman653]

Most on the STO forums tend to agree that the fee will most likely be about $14.99 a month.

[tibilicus]

Cool but I'm trying to think of a serious Star Trek ship battle that lasted that long. ST battles should be over quickly like RTW battles, while RTW battles should last more like this ST battle...though quick battles in ST would suck as much as they do in RTW.

I should be looking at this game more closely than I am - which has been "not at all" up until now.

True, but then again I think the purpose of making them slow is to add a tactical dynamic to the game. Apparently space combat will require a lot of manoeuvring and tactics to target weak shielding ect. I appreciate it, it's a break from the usual MMO formula of click UI buttons x times till enemy dies.

[Gregoshi]

I absolutely agree tibilicus. The game has to be fun and 5 second battles would not be fun, especially if on the receiving end.

[pevergreen]

Hands on by IGN

http://au.pc.ign.com/articles/105/1058319p1.html

[Major Robert Dump]

Wow, nice Pevergreen. That article has a closed beta link at the end of it, and I clicked on it, got a key, and am downloading the 9 gig client right now. I hope this isn't just a cruel tease!

This will be my first MMO in years, and I am highly excited about sandbox MMO PVP again, especially as the underdog Klingons. I know nothing about Star Trek, I just want a game with some space/ground mix where I can fly and fight and play whenever I want since my shedule is F'd.

1%. Only 7 hrs to go, heh.

[Beskar]

Have to wait tomorrow for the chance for closed beta.

But beginning of Feb? This game has really stealthed itself to everyone.

[Major Robert Dump]

Yeah, Beskar, beta test today from 11 am 8 pm EST and Friday 10 am to Monday 10 am EST. I work both these times, heh.

Oh well, maybe having the client DL will save me some time in the future.

[tibilicus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvREprjhPZA

More ground combat in this video.

[Major Robert Dump]

Hmmm, well played in the beta tonight but I got a late start because of the patch downloads.

Oddly enough, I only got into Beta because of my FilePlanet subscription, which I forgot I had to begin with and just thought they added more slots to closed beta. Had I remembered my FP membership, I could have gotten the patches there in 1/4 of the time and got in more play.

Never got out of ground combat tutorial, was a bit opverwhelming but fun nonetheless.

Character customization is going to be vast. It looks like for just about every type of skill there is an individual skill and a boost party skill. It also looks like there are a lot of skill based stats that your character will never advance because he will never have access to those skills to advance those stats. So, if you pick a science guy with no ground combat/toughness traits and all ship/buff stuff sorts of attributes then pretty much forget about being uber with a rifle or axe.

I leveled up once and got to spend some points. I chose a science guy with all ground toughness stats (but no soldiering or offense). My skkill options to put points in were personal medic/party medic....personal ship science/party ship science...personal debuffs/party debuffs and personal buffs/partybuffs. when I say party I dont mean buff your party, I mean boost your parties abilities to give buffs.

The combinations seem endless. A group of well trained medics may be a viable option because they all stay healed. Or maybe spread the love around and have one of each class in your party. I don't know....I just don't know.

But I think, equipment notwithstanidng, each character is going to be really good at one or two things, and mediocre or bad at thew rest, which I think is kind of cool. I don't mind really, I just really hope there arent too many limits on wearable equipment. That was what I always liked about old SWG, you could not tell another players class by their appearance or specials, and even the squishiest crafter could still put on armor and grab a rifle and join the fight and no one would be the wiser that he was a crafter.

Sorry, no space action this time around. I will try to get some ober the weekend beta run

[Mailman653]

http://loyalkng.com/wp-content/uploa...3/gremlins.jpg
I don't suppose you can make a character to look like that then take a screen shot?

[Major Robert Dump]

I think u can come close, i made a really ugly guy that looked like a hunchback toad with cerebral palsy.

BEHOLD! My contribution to the forum community. After a few days o trolling and making fun of petty whiners, I make a post accusing the devs of being racist for not allowing us to make fat characters like in SWG:

http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=51004


Haha got about 30 responses in the first 5 mins it was up.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Very nice.

Though considering the energy it takes to get out of a gravity well, I can totally see a military organization banning fat people from space. And large, muscular linebacker types too.

CR