UGH! i am only a few xp bars from making 11 and finally getting My new ship...and i keep getting kicked from the server all day long. Talk about frustrating!
Since i cannot get in yet, i will use this time to Post a few things that i have picked up on Good and bad.
I was doing a mission to ceres system? i think..starbase 114. I was asked by the andorian commander to investigate a mystery saboteur situation on the station.
The Mission seemed like "Finally" a break from the non stop combat, with some investigation and such. As the mission progressed it soon became clear that cryptic thinks that their audience is made up of dumb asses. It not only was boring as hell, but there was NO real investigation going on here, it was just a cleverly diguised excuse to run around and scan BIG GLOWING OBVIOUS objects which pretty much say "Here i am you don't need to look around any further !!" By the end of the mission it was a mildly boring and Meh little story i basically "read" and did not actually do anything in.
This sort of mission repeated itself in the next starbase 114 mission to scan around YET AGAIN for NOTHING. I remember playing Pirates of the Burning sea and having to actually use my brain to figure out what npcs diolouge meant in a puzzle, they did not "hold your hand" and guide you through the quests over there. They allowed you to use your noggin to solve a problem. Cryptic gets some credit for "trying" to pretend that there was more going on, but it was so sadly obvious.
Anyways other than that stuff, i enjoy the ground combat a lot. I experimented between Tactical Kits of smoke grenades and martial arts, finding smoke grenades rock. When i finally Got a drop of a quantum torpedo launcher, the Daystar started to kick some serious ass in space battles compared to before.
The Game really is Fun, and the word i would use to best describe it at this stage is "Ambitious." It still has a lot of polishing up to do, but it more than satisfies as a fun time killer. Now i HATE my starter bridge and hope to god i get a better one with my Tier 2 ship (excalibur).
