Star Trek Online Discussion Thread (now free to play!)

[BennieGamali]

I have found one big, big thing wrong with the Romulan content:

You only realistically have one ship to choose from when you rank up. It's really grating having to go from a Mogai (basically an escort) to a D'deridex (a whale). That sort of play-style shift is just too much, especially for a new player. They throw you a bone with the T3 ship from the anniversary mission, but otherwise you are stuck. Sure, you could pay the still-freaking-ridiculous dil prices for the allied faction, but there is basically no chance of having that much dil before lvl 50; and at any rate, that much dil could get you A LOT of zen/rep/whatever.

So I should not start playing as a Rommie?

If you are new to the game play a Rommie. Their tutorial and quest line are very good and teach you how to play the game

Ok. Thanks. I shall do so. I do like the game so far. Is there an ok site that explains gearing and and skill builds?

 

[Amaris]

7 GIGAbytes ! It better be worth it !

The Romulan Faction alone is worth it. Right now I'm on Nimbus III. Yes, THE Nimbus III.

 

[Chatty]

Can someone do me a favor? Since I'm not sure how to invite someone to the fleet, could someone invite Miko's Romulan?

Maiell@Tio8472

Thanks bunches

 

[intrinsical]

7 GIGAbytes ! It better be worth it !

The Romulan Faction alone is worth it. Right now I'm on Nimbus III. Yes, THE Nimbus III.

Yup, the two Stargate franchise inspired missions were interesting. Being able to visit Stargate Command and protecting Atlantis from invaders in a puddle jumper were amusing.

 

[Amaris]

7 GIGAbytes ! It better be worth it !

The Romulan Faction alone is worth it. Right now I'm on Nimbus III. Yes, THE Nimbus III.

Yup, the two Stargate franchise inspired missions were interesting. Being able to visit Stargate Command and protecting Atlantis from invaders in a puddle jumper were amusing.

I don't think I'm that far along, yet. I just finished chasing Hassan through the most awesome bar room brawl ever. That's when the server went down (fortunately after I completed it!).

By the way, every time I see "Hassan," all I can think of is "Hassan... CHOP!" from the Bugs Bunny cartoons.

 

[Belz...]

Well so far I can't say I'm impressed. The game runs rather slowly on my computer and the graphics are... dissapointing... though that may be because the game has lowered its graphics for my card (I _am_ using a 3 year-old office computer, although I played more graphic-intense games with my previous PC.)

And... did they just pit me against the Borg in the tutorial ? Poor Borg, ever weaker.

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

Not sure why you are disappointed in the graphics, might indeed be your settings and computer specs.

You might wanne check the Screenshot thread to see what some people squeeze out of their machine.

 

[BennieGamali]

Not sure why the graphs would even matter that much in an online game. But that's a preference thing. I'm more hung up on the game play and what it's like to play with others. If I want beautiful graphs I play solo. Besides, the design matters more than the graphs in ST. And the design is great.

 

[Belz...]

Not sure why you are disappointed in the graphics, might indeed be your settings and computer specs.

I'm dissapointed because, although graphics are the least important aspect of a game, I have the impression of playing a game made 10-12 years ago. Again, it might be my system, but it doesn't help me endure the lag.

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

Well, I think it's normal for MMOs not to have top notch graphics.
They deliberately keep polygon counts down so even people with low end machines can still play the game with decent performance.

 

[Belz...]

Sucks to be me, then. I bought this computer because I didn't do any gaming anymore, so it didn't matter. But given that MMOs indeed are usually low on graphics, I figured I could play it easily.

 

[BennieGamali]

Well, I think it's normal for MMOs not to have top notch graphics.
They deliberately keep polygon counts down so even people with low end machines can still play the game with decent performance.

This. It was funny though. When Age of Conan came out, my sisters bought new computers to play it haha

 

[TheRoyalFamily]

I heard the RCS Accelerator console got redone with the update, and that it's now effective for non-escorts. Was it borked before? What changed, specifically? Because if this is true, I might have to try out my all-rcs-console Oddy again...

Also, all them folks driving up the prices of low-end stuff on the Exchange. Why can't they do that to the high-end stuff too?

 

[Amaris]

Well so far I can't say I'm impressed. The game runs rather slowly on my computer and the graphics are... dissapointing... though that may be because the game has lowered its graphics for my card (I _am_ using a 3 year-old office computer, although I played more graphic-intense games with my previous PC.)

And... did they just pit me against the Borg in the tutorial ? Poor Borg, ever weaker.

Tutorial Borg are definitely not in-game Borg.

I heard the RCS Accelerator console got redone with the update, and that it's now effective for non-escorts. Was it borked before? What changed, specifically? Because if this is true, I might have to try out my all-rcs-console Oddy again...

Yep. It was borked. The RCS Accelerator was virtually useless for a long time.

Also, all them folks driving up the prices of low-end stuff on the Exchange. Why can't they do that to the high-end stuff too?

Yep. I see most rare Mk IV - Mk VI stuff running absurd prices.

 

[Lt. LaForge]

Guys, I'm quite new to Star Trek Online so I'm way behind in just about every way. Anyway, the last time I played was last year because it was impossible for me to get past the Dresdens Comet challenge. It seemed like a glitch and I became frustrated. Anyway, I've come back to the game but after 5 minutes of waiting, it reads exactly 1% patched. What gives?

 

[T J]

What gives is that you've been gone for a year and missed several major updates, just face it it's gonna take ya quite a while. Set it to go and be ready to play the next day.

 

[Amaris]

Yeah, you've got about 7 GB of data that needs updated.

 

[Amaris]

By the way, disregard the D'Deridex comment from earlier in this thread. I have decided to keep my Mogai escort. It's much more nimble, and can lay down more firepower faster. I miss some of the extra Boff slots, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make in order to move the ship. I'll save up for some beam arrays for the D'Deridex class and use it as the cruiser it is, maybe further down the line.

Sweet mercy, that ship moves like a tub, even with a green Mk VIII RCS Accelerator.

 

[Lt. LaForge]

Thanks T.J. and Allen. I'll leave it loading all night.

 

[T J]

No prob, I've been there, in the end you'll have fun. Feel to reach out to us if you encounter a frustrating point. In the end it should be about the fun!