Star Trek Online thread

[Amasov]

I think my fav shots from the trailer are these:

http://ff.247xs.nl/startrekonline/trailer1.jpg

http://ff.247xs.nl/startrekonline/trailer4.jpg

http://ff.247xs.nl/startrekonline/trailer13.jpg

http://ff.247xs.nl/startrekonline/trailer14.jpg

http://ff.247xs.nl/startrekonline/trailer15.jpg

http://ff.247xs.nl/startrekonline/trailer16.jpg

http://ff.247xs.nl/startrekonline/trailer18.jpg

[Amasov]

whoever designed those ships, deserve a shot directly at where it hurted most... I leave it at your discretion to find a word-
Seriously... what's the matter with that ENT era hull plating and color? that Sovvy with NX01-ish nacelles? WTF? uniforms of the Voyager era TNGrised? isn't this supposed to be set some 10 years or more after Nemesis? why does everyone forget that shinier graphics doesn't mean better?
gameplay might be immersive and fun, granted, but gameplay alone doesn't do the game itself. the game needs a storyline, the storyline is backed by the acting and the graphics. how you follow and build the storyline depends on the easiness of playing.

The ships are customizable, you can change most aspects of your vessel "within reason", if you want a standard looking Galaxy-class starship then you can have one, if however you want a "variant" you can start altering things like the warp nacelles, stanchions or saucer section. You can even add decals and alter the color on sections of the ships hull if you wish.

[UPD Equinox]

And that has gotta be one of the worst aspects of the game... Customisable ships... They are completely destroying Starfleets image....

[Amasov]

Funnily enough most of the comments I've seen from Trek fans seem to be positive about this aspect of it. To be fair DS9 and the Next Gen films started this off. First the Enterprise-B then the kitbashed ships from the Dominion War, let's not even talk about Section 31 and what that says about the Federation as a whole either.

With the Khitomer Accords disbanded completely in the 25th century it would seem that a new power struggle is emerging between the Klingons and the Federation. It would seem there has been a shift in how Starfleet is proceeding with its fleets.

My guess would be that the Federation has breached the Jankata Accord by using the transwarp hub technology that Voyager brought with them back from the Borg.

[gclark03]

Very poorly done with the massive budget they should have.

Red LCARS?!

[Kirk]

The LCARS on the Gen galaxy bridge were red at red alert. Makes sense if your ship has intruders aboard that are killing everyone.

[gclark03]

Yes, but it is ugly in the MMO screenshots, canon or otherwise.

Also, I would expect a boarding action to be quite rare in the Star Trek universe, and these screenshots suggest that they will happen whenever the player's shields drop in battle. Not the way it should be done, but there is potential for good gameplay there.

[Darkthunder]

Yes, but it is ugly in the MMO screenshots, canon or otherwise.

Also, I would expect a boarding action to be quite rare in the Star Trek universe, and these screenshots suggest that they will happen whenever the player's shields drop in battle. Not the way it should be done, but there is potential for good gameplay there.

Apparently you didn't listen to what Jack Emmert said about the game in his presentation. He specifically said that "Boarding" will NOT be a part of the actual ship-to-ship combat.

[Nebula]

Yes, but it is ugly in the MMO screenshots, canon or otherwise.

Also, I would expect a boarding action to be quite rare in the Star Trek universe, and these screenshots suggest that they will happen whenever the player's shields drop in battle. Not the way it should be done, but there is potential for good gameplay there.

Never watched Nem have you?? or some eps of DS9?? as soon as the enemy got the chance and the Defiant's or Enterprise's shields were dropped or weakened they WERE boarded.....

Yes, but it is ugly in the MMO screenshots, canon or otherwise.

Also, I would expect a boarding action to be quite rare in the Star Trek universe, and these screenshots suggest that they will happen whenever the player's shields drop in battle. Not the way it should be done, but there is potential for good gameplay there.

Apparently you didn't listen to what Jack Emmert said about the game in his presentation. He specifically said that "Boarding" will NOT be a part of the actual ship-to-ship combat.

That too... LOL

[shadow06]

is there include all fed ships in the game?
galaxy
sovereign
ambassador
centaur
akira
intrepid
nova
prometheus
excalibur
excelsior
defiant
miranda
nebula

[AdmiralKathryn]

 I just had a look at the video for the game, and I have changed my opinion slightly, the canon ships that are in the game do look good, I still think they have a slight injection of the supposed new Enterprise to them.

The Borg ships look good, the Galaxy Class Bridge looks accurate along with the Uniforms and Character Models.

There were somethings I noticed that looked blatantly wrong, but from what it looks like, they could be fixed with retextures.

I'm not sure how customizable the Game will be due to it being an online experience, I'm thinking it could prove difficult to modify it extensively, then again I have not really got any experience with Online Multiplayer games of this type.

[Mark]

It looks just the same as before, im not impressed.

Personally, i don't put too much into graphics. i think the game looks fun, and that's exactly what i look for in a game.

Coming from the man whos idea of an "in game model" is 30,000 polies.

[Villain]

30k poly's is quite acceptable, actually, just.. Not for BC.  :lol: Graphics are a core element to immersion though, and you can't get immersion from terrible graphics. :/

[Mark]

30k poly's is quite acceptable, actually, just.. Not for BC. 

Depends what you want to do with it, but my point was that graphics obviously do count for something

[martyr]

30k poly's is quite acceptable, actually, just.. Not for BC.  :lol: Graphics are a core element to immersion though, and you can't get immersion from terrible graphics. :/

bull.....crap

[MLeo]

I don't think I really like the out of place homeworld engine trails.

They appear (on that Sovereign kitbash) out of the hull (of the nacelle), not the actual nacelle grid.

[Mark]

Just watched the trailer again, its shockingly bad. Is there anyone still hopeful about this?

bull.....crap

Please do feel free to explain your feelings whenever you are ready.

[086gf]

is there include all fed ships int the game?
galaxy
sovereign
ambassador
centaur
akira
intrepid
nova
prometheus
excalibur
excelsior
defiant
miranda
nebula

It is WAY too early to be asking this question...try again a year from now. Dude, it takes place in the 25th century, no TMP era ships! The Excaliber obviously can't be in this game either. All we know is that yes they will have some TNG era ships with many new ones(the trailer gives you clues to the ships we will see).

[Tuskin38]

They guy on stage at the conference on the 10th (There is a video of it on the official site) mentioned something about the Excalibur, but ti might not be that Excalibur.

[ChronowerX_GT]

I thought it looks pretty good. I think i'll buy it when it comes out.  i just hope it's not a subscription.