Star Trek: Online

[Jax]

I like deep spce battles with loads of humans versus AI reminds me of DS9 war stuff. They need to work on balance too many early missions involve fighting flagships of Klingons like N'ver class or however you spell it. Also need to balance out numbers more and make missions less repetive...

So far I've fairly enjoyed game though I won't even consider it till June/July so they had time to work on game more.

Anyone for TREK BBS team ? Also what this instance stuff in map section?

 

[Jax]

I forgot all about the original concept by Perp Entertainment with interior of ships..

http://www.kill-more-people.de/images/games/star_trek/StarTrekOnline_scr1.jpg

Also they had multi options for convos like in Mass Effect without voice of course just text but still more choice.

 

[LenaMarie]

It really does ruin immersion for me having the Miranda fight Negh'vars and other Klingon Ships of the Line, I think its completely Stupid. Theres no way in hell a Miranda should be able to last even 5 seconds with a Negh'Var or a Vor'cha, let along fleets of Klingon Birds of Prey.

Even the Galaxy Class cant last against 3 Birds of Prey.

 

[Tombfyre]

my negative thoughts to far......

- to much customization for uniforms... Pink starfleet officers?!
- to much colour customization for starships... pink struts?!?
- stupid names - the USS KrispyChicken... piloted by crunchy
- death doesn't seem to matter... oh well i died...
- always epic fleet fights against my 1 ship... how can my miranda class fight 7 gorn ships...
- i was split up from my friend in instances.
- interiors are scaled wrong... 12ft tall turbolift doors....
- planets with NOTHING around them (vulcan... andoria)
- light side of planets with no star!

why can't i just drop out of warp into deep space if i want... why are there no encounters just for me.

They call this a beta.. and most MMOs start off rough.. but this is VERY rough. And only 2.5 weeks till launch?

 

[acappellasaurus]

If anyone is looking for an unused/unactivated beta key, I have one I don't need. First come first serve. PM me.

 

[donners22]

In generally I consider lifetime subs for any MMO to be a waste... generally I feel like moving on after 3 or 4 months anyway.

It's only of value if you're playing for 2+ years, and frankly it's optimistic to think the game will last that long, let alone that one person would regularly play it over that period.

 

[Manticore]

Why does every single space fight have to be against loads of enemies ? early level is game and your facing fleets of ships

how the fuck I am supposed to defeat all these ships, now and again I will have allies like 1 or 2 but we don't have the numbers. Mission variety FFS.

No kidding. I just did Una System Patrol, which involves defeating 5 enemy forces...with an average of at least one wipe per force. >.<

Was there anyone one else in the system? The game scales the number of enemies up so if you're in an open group (which is on by default) and some random person enters the system then more enemies will spawn. If not, it sounds like a bug... the only times I've had balance problems soloing is when someone else is in the instance as well and either doesn't know what they're doing or is just there to steal my xp

If open instance is the problem, you can turn it off somewhere in the options.

I figured that out after a while, and it appears as if there's some issues with scaling after around 3 or so, where it gets too difficulty. This is combined with an AI issue where the massive clumps of Klingons like to alpha strike one target. 2 Negh'vars+Raptors and BOPs firing all weapons = dead light cruiser. >.<

 

[Jono]

With the game in open beta does that mean the non-disclosure stuff no longer applies?

 

[Ayelbourne]

- to much customization for uniforms... Pink starfleet officers?!
- to much colour customization for starships... pink struts?!?

Afaik, they already got rid of the "unusual" colors back in closed beta.

- stupid names - the USS KrispyChicken... piloted by crunchy

Not Cryptics fault and (sadly) to be expected in an MMO. There's just no way around it. They did block established names though. I couldn't name my first BoP Azetbur.

- death doesn't seem to matter... oh well i died...

There will be a penalty once the game goes live.

- i was split up from my friend in instances.

Then change instances?

- interiors are scaled wrong... 12ft tall turbolift doors....

Smaller Interiors would cause trouble with the camera and pathing of NPCs. And on big player-hubs like Earth-spacedock, it would get quite crowded.
Again, there's no way around it.

- planets with NOTHING around them (vulcan... andoria)

They're not finished yet. It's a beta, remember?

- light side of planets with no star!

Dramatic license, I guess. Heck, 99% of the time, ships in the TV-shows were lightened by some unseen lightsource while being at warp!!

why can't i just drop out of warp into deep space if i want

To do what, exactly? You can drop out of warp by disengaging your engines in sector space, already. But since there is nothing to do in deep space, there's really no point in adding yet another loading screen.

They call this a beta.. and most MMOs start off rough.. but this is VERY rough. And only 2.5 weeks till launch?

Happens all the time. You think WoW looked polished in beta? Or at release?

 

[Aeolusdallas]

Wow was basically unplayable for the first month after launch. STO is a lot more stable and it's still in Beta.

 

[JoeZhang]

With the game in open beta does that mean the non-disclosure stuff no longer applies?

Since nobody in the Open beta has signed an NDA I would guess so.

 

[Jetfire]

I was looking around at the site...looks pretty cool...I really wanna try this game out...I may have missed it, no Steamrunners? I love those ships.

 

[Jono]

^ I think there is meant to be a ship that is based on the Steamrunner, much like there is a ripoff of the Norway.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

Any idea yet what its going to cost a month to play this game online.

The usual:

http://startrekonline.com/subscribe

WTF!! £8.99 a month, i was hoping for at least in the region of £4.99 a month, but £107.88 for a years play......oh well that's that, Christ add another £34 to that and my TV licence is paid for another year.

 

[Ronald Held]

I thought the NDAs are still in force.

 

[JoeZhang]

I thought the NDAs are still in force.

I have signed nothing, I have been presented with nothing in the Terms and conditions - there is absolutely nothing stopping me and anyone else on the open beta discussing anything we like.

 

[Jax]

Can anyone get in the game I like many on the STO forums keep getting Server Busy message...Cryptic try not giving out too many keys next time

Its like there trying there hardest just to annoy me.

 

[Aeolusdallas]

I thought the NDAs are still in force.

I have signed nothing, I have been presented with nothing in the Terms and conditions - there is absolutely nothing stopping me and anyone else on the open beta discussing anything we like.

yeah NDA was lifted the day open beta started.

 

[Neumann]

Guys lets make a Trekbbs Fleet! C'mon PM me or say it openly here!!! :-) please!

 

[firehawk12]

I would, but I'm probably going to stop doing the beta (already put in 8 hours, so it's time to stop. ). But if people are sticking around for the full game, we should all meet up.