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Darkthunder · « **Reply #840 on:** November 19, 2009, 06:55:55 PM »

Cryptic have finally announced the dates for the upcoming open beta. The game is currently in closed beta (which started about a month ago). Lifetime/6 month subscribers of Champions Online will be given access to the beta sometime before the end of December. For the rest of us not fortunate to be a lifetime/6 month subscriber, the dates you should be looking forward to are January 12th 2010 until January 26th 2010. The game is set to go retail on February 2nd 2010 in the US, and February 5th 2010 in the EU.

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Nebula · « **Reply #841 on:** November 20, 2009, 11:21:43 AM »

I think this is an awesome img

btw if we are going to merge STO threads... make 2 of em... one for space combat and another for ground..

Dalek · « **Reply #842 on:** November 20, 2009, 11:23:35 AM »

That DS9 station looks unfinished in the centre section.

Darkthunder · « **Reply #843 on:** November 20, 2009, 11:24:24 AM »

Dude, they better make the interior of DS9 available for the players. That's among the few interior locations that MUST exist in the game imho. Forget the bridges, ready rooms, engine rooms etc.... We need the promenade!

NeoSilverThorn · « **Reply #844 on:** November 20, 2009, 11:45:55 AM »

Quote from: Darkthunder on November 20, 2009, 11:24:24 AM

Dude, they better make the interior of DS9 available for the players. That's among the few interior locations that MUST exist in the game imho. Forget the bridges, ready rooms, engine rooms etc.... We need the promenade!

And Quark's. Musn't forget Quark's.

Darkthunder · « **Reply #845 on:** November 20, 2009, 12:30:12 PM »

34 years after DS9 (the series) ... you think Quark still run's the bar? My bet would be that Morn would be running the bar at that point

086gf · « **Reply #846 on:** November 20, 2009, 01:15:12 PM »

Quote from: Darkthunder on November 20, 2009, 12:30:12 PM

34 years after DS9 (the series) ... you think Quark still run's the bar? My bet would be that Morn would be running the bar at that point

heh Does the episode "Who Mourns for Morn" ring a bell? ;) He died in the middle of the seventh season.

Darkthunder · « **Reply #847 on:** November 20, 2009, 05:01:42 PM »

Quote from: lmm086gf on November 20, 2009, 01:15:12 PM

heh Does the episode "Who Mourns for Morn" ring a bell? ;) He died in the middle of the seventh season.

Morn faked his own death, and was back on his bar chair in the same episode.

Now, back to topic

Billz · « **Reply #848 on:** November 20, 2009, 05:53:17 PM »

Quote from: Nebula on November 20, 2009, 11:21:43 AM

I think this is an awesome img

btw if we are going to merge STO threads... make 2 of em... one for space combat and another for ground..

Cyclops ship?

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #849 on:** November 20, 2009, 07:22:43 PM »

ok ive taken about a half-dozen threads going back quite a ways, and merged them all into this one...
obviously, if anyone tries to read it from page 1, it would be tough to follow with posts kinda shooting in all different directions about different aspects to the game lol
but the "re: ... " at the top of posts was left as is to show what post was where originally...
hopefully i didnt confuse anything and screw everyone up lol

Quote from: Nebula on November 20, 2009, 11:21:43 AM

btw if we are going to merge STO threads... make 2 of em... one for space combat and another for ground..

once it is out, there will be a few other threads devoted just for that most surely... but for now, everything can go in this thread

Barihawk · « **Reply #850 on:** November 22, 2009, 10:28:32 AM »

http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/14270158/star-trek-online/videos/startrekonline_trl_starshiptacticspt2_111909.html

3:02...this video. I do believe that's the Stardrive section of a Galaxy. Saucer separation?!!

Dalek · « **Reply #851 on:** November 22, 2009, 11:51:14 AM »

Quote from: Barihawk on November 22, 2009, 10:28:32 AM

http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/14270158/star-trek-online/videos/startrekonline_trl_starshiptacticspt2_111909.html

3:02...this video. I do believe that's the Stardrive section of a Galaxy. Saucer separation?!!

Yup, you can see the saucer just below it.

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #852 on:** November 22, 2009, 03:16:43 PM »

That galaxy class Bridge near the 1 minute mark looks a little big.

Phaser · « **Reply #853 on:** November 22, 2009, 04:00:14 PM »

Quote from: Daystar70 on November 19, 2009, 12:29:02 PM

and for the sake of argument, when people say Enterprise isnt canon, "these are the voyages" clearly settles that argument when u figure they use TNG and riker simulates the NX 01 on the holodeck, because well, it really happened.

That was just a last-minute shallow attempt to make 'ENTERPRISE' canon. It's as easily dismissible as any continuity error in the other series.

Anyway, I do hope that this is a good game, but I just can't quite get around how badly they messed up the vanilla ships. The details are all wrong! And as all modelers on this site know, it's the details that make or break a model.

That ship tactics video was very enlightening, and made the game sound a whole lot more fun. I'll probably end up being a Cruiser. Thanks for posting it, Lionus!

Quote from: Darkthunder on November 19, 2009, 06:55:55 PM

the dates you should be looking forward to are January 12th 2010 until January 26th 2010. The game is set to go retail on February 2nd 2010 in the US, and February 5th 2010 in the EU.

Sweet. Thanks, Darkthunder!

Quote from: Kori Barnes on November 22, 2009, 03:16:43 PM

That galaxy class Bridge near the 1 minute mark looks a little big.

Definitely.

That saucer-separated Galaxy Class doesn't look too bad, model-wise! Much better than what we'd seen up to now, anyway.

Ryles · « **Reply #854 on:** November 22, 2009, 11:23:06 PM »

Put in my preorder with Gamestop.

Daystar70 · « **Reply #855 on:** November 23, 2009, 11:13:56 AM »

I think we should start a talk soon about forming a Fleet. I don't care who the officers are, or who forms it, i just want to play with you guys.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #856 on:** November 23, 2009, 11:17:15 AM »

perhaps that might be best saved for when the game is actually released, at which time a new thread could be made or whatever

MR. Nevyn · « **Reply #857 on:** November 27, 2009, 08:53:08 AM »

Is it just me or do all new ships look like refits of old designs? I mean, some are simply slightly refitted Constitution, Minranda or Centaur class. And this NX is see everywhere is just a Sovereign with a few extras.

Nebula · « **Reply #858 on:** November 27, 2009, 10:17:34 AM »

uhh that's the point... most of the ships people are given are the classic designs... later on they are allowed to modify them in ship modification bays in almost any way they want.

MR. Nevyn · « **Reply #859 on:** November 27, 2009, 12:03:07 PM »

So in the 25th century Starfleet introduces the Excalibur class as a brand new ship which just happens to be a 23th century Constitution with a different name? Not to mention the fact that Miranda and Excelsior are almost 200 years old by then. Why bother to make new ships if the old ones can be refitted an infinite number of times.

If you ask me the designers just took the easy way and kept old designs so they won't have to make anything new.

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