To be honest i think we shouldnt hedge our bets on ever seeing online. I can wait till Excalibur
it looks like a phaser..
star trek games became crap when activision gave back the license to produce them.Their Elder Scrolls games are quite good IMHO.
Armada and BC were great games, with a nice fan community (still)
but when you make crap games (like bethesda) this is negative advertise for TREK.
I seriously doubt there will be a great trek game ever again :(
what a pity
Their Elder Scrolls games are quite good IMHO.
I was talking about their trek releases only
what a pitiy you had to pay for them ;)^^Because they saw money.
possibly they are good, but their trek is terrible...why did they buy the license??
what a pitiy you had to pay for them ;)^^Because they saw money.
possibly they are good, but their trek is terrible...why did they buy the license??
And I think this will be a very good match. The epicness that Bethsoft can do combined with Star Trek? Oh yeah.
*dreams of a TES-stlyed Trek RPG*
I so hope it's dead. A trek-styled RPG a la TES:IV would be great, tho ;)
QFT, the whole rubbish about not having starship interiors and it being made so that "anyone" (Read, WoW players/kids) can play with ease is really stupid. It's not like anybody who isn't into Trek was going to play it anyway, so why not make it for Trek fans? Oh wait, Crytpic's last good thing was City of Heroes, and now they're making Pixar Online. Hooray! I always wanted to meet Shrek aboard one of the Galaxy Hubs! And that Tauren warrior who still thinks Leroy Jenkins is cool!
Seriously, how little effort do you want to put into an idea? 2d space travel? Even SWG had full range movement.
Hailing Freq also had news on a new game (see other topic)
But it's not cancled, they transferd to new Dev.
That has to be concept art.
I disagree. Cryptic Studios are an experienced and compatent developer studio, and have proven themselves in the past with City of Heroes/Villains. The new STO is being made with their own "Cryptic Engine" which is not the same as what is powering City of Heroes/Villains, and the upcoming game Champions Online.
I'd rather stay in "wait and see mode" until the gameplay video has been released.
The sad thing is that this is what they were going for at first. Why change it from that to this?
I disagree. Cryptic Studios are an experienced and compatent developer studio, and have proven themselves in the past with City of Heroes/Villains. The new STO is being made with their own "Cryptic Engine" which is not the same as what is powering City of Heroes/Villains, and the upcoming game Champions Online.From what I've seen from Cryptic, they only "mod" as it were. They change the resources (text/models/textures/quest titles) and sell it as a new game. That ought to keep the costs down for when it comes to servers.
I'd rather stay in "wait and see mode" until the gameplay video has been released.
To be fair, I say let 'em make it. It don't cost us anything if it sucks. On the other hand, if it turns out to be a true gem, we're all lucky. Maybe if it flops, they'll make us a new BC or Armada game...
Or if it flops, they decide Trek gaming isn't worth it anymore. :wink:
Yeah, well, it isn't the devs decision at all. ;)
I don't particulary think that "just" BCFiles is a good idea as a showcase of how awsome we would find it. Rather, I think that they ought to look at the features the original devs didn't even think of, and somehow made it into the game, and that we would just like a shell to work from. But an updated shell.
Everything seems to need a movie backing it.
Everything seems to need a movie backing it.
Well, Trek has one of those coming up next year... (queue a flood of cheap Trek movie tie-in games)
Everything seems to need a movie backing it.
Well, Trek has one of those coming up next year... (queue a flood of cheap Trek movie tie-in games)
And all of them on the horribly outdated Wii, or another console.
I'd love a BC style game to come to PS3. Using the six axis on that would be soooo cool.Huh? How are you going to mod a game on the console?
I'd love a BC style game to come to PS3. Using the six axis on that would be soooo cool.Huh? How are you going to mod a game on the console?
Oooohhhh, you don't mean the practically boundless modding potention that is BC at it's core..... :P
Why, oh why has everything to be dumbed down for consoles?Everything seems to need a movie backing it.
Well, Trek has one of those coming up next year... (queue a flood of cheap Trek movie tie-in games)
And all of them on the horribly outdated Wii, or another console.
I'd love a BC style game to come to PS3. Using the six axis on that would be soooo cool.
But I do fear we have to hunt Gorn for experience. :(
Yes, but all their games are basicly that, in some form or another (from what I've seen anyway).
Considering that, are they going to introduce such a different system, just for that? They make money because they can use the same software over and over again.
Why, oh why has everything to be dumbed down for consoles?Everything seems to need a movie backing it.
Well, Trek has one of those coming up next year... (queue a flood of cheap Trek movie tie-in games)
And all of them on the horribly outdated Wii, or another console.
I'd love a BC style game to come to PS3. Using the six axis on that would be soooo cool.
And from what I've seen on YouTube of the Cryptic games, they all look alike. So the software engineer in me came to the conclusion this was the case because all their games share the same infrastructure, they basicly redress the same game, which means they can use the same servers for their different games, which means they can keep the operating costs down.
And that also means that they won't just change their business model for just a game.
While I too haven't played any Cryptic MMOGs, I have played (the trials atleast) of WoW, Eve and Anarchy.
All three bored me fast.
And from what I've seen on YouTube of the Cryptic games, they all look alike. So the software engineer in me came to the conclusion this was the case because all their games share the same infrastructure, they basicly redress the same game, which means they can use the same servers for their different games, which means they can keep the operating costs down.
And that also means that they won't just change their business model for just a game.
Everything seems to need a movie backing it.
Well, Trek has one of those coming up next year... (queue a flood of cheap Trek movie tie-in games)
And all of them on the horribly outdated Wii, or another console.
Oh man.. after seeing that video i have a very bad feeling that the 'Trekness' is going to be minimal....
If im going to buy and play a Star Trek MMO, i want to be able to live and breath trek. The trek should be EVERYWHERE. My character should be stepping on blades of grass that have 'Formed in Mars Planitia' written down the side of them.
That video makes it look like its going to be a generic space themed MMO with a few trek references and some trekky looking ship designs.....
My hopes and expectations have now been crushed.... THANKS CRYPTIC.
Why, oh why has everything to be dumbed down for consoles?Everything seems to need a movie backing it.
Well, Trek has one of those coming up next year... (queue a flood of cheap Trek movie tie-in games)
And all of them on the horribly outdated Wii, or another console.
I'd love a BC style game to come to PS3. Using the six axis on that would be soooo cool.
Streamlining the controls for a console game is different than modifying the gameplay and engine to fit into the restraints of a console. With consoles becoming more advanced, it's becoming less and less frequent to see major gameplay and graphical differences between PC games and versions of it on consoles.
Why, oh why has everything to be dumbed down for consoles?Everything seems to need a movie backing it.
Well, Trek has one of those coming up next year... (queue a flood of cheap Trek movie tie-in games)
And all of them on the horribly outdated Wii, or another console.
I'd love a BC style game to come to PS3. Using the six axis on that would be soooo cool.
Streamlining the controls for a console game is different than modifying the gameplay and engine to fit into the restraints of a console. With consoles becoming more advanced, it's becoming less and less frequent to see major gameplay and graphical differences between PC games and versions of it on consoles.
Do you think about what you're typing before you type it? We have two "Current Generation" consoles and one "Previous Generation" console on the market, one is stupidly complex to code for (lolcell), one is constantly bashed for being made by a lolevilcorporationwhowantmoney (Gee, you think? Welcome to the corporate world!) and the other is made by a creepy Japanese guy who has an obsession with furries and italian plumbing. Now, don't get me wrong, I acknowledge that there's a market for technology you can't upgrade to keep up to standards every 6/9 months, but you cannot argue that consoles are on the same level as PC, ever.
Okay, so the common arguement here is "But when they are first released the graphics are more impressive than PC games", right? Maybe so, but you have to keep in mind that consoles are bred for gaming, whereas PC's are not, and being reliant on hardware upgrades means that once the technology inside a console is released, within weeks it will be bested. PC's also have this wonderful human interface device called a Keyboard, and a Mouse, which allows for precision aiming (Among other things). Compare any game released on PC that's been ported to console. There are -significant- differences. Not just controls wise, but graphically, functions are removed or simplified so that the demands on the consoles ram aren't obscene. CoD4 is a good example, if you have a 360 or PS3, rent it out from your local video store if you can.
I'll stop there... For now. ;D
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They just can't do it correctly, and if they do, I will be surprised. What we need, really, is a single-player Star Trek 'RPG', but one without experience points, credits, etc. In other words, there should be a single-player game where you can go through the "Academy" (tutorial), specialize your character in a specific field (Engineering, Medical, Tactical, Science, Intelligence), then be assigned a ship, where you can carry out missions and eventually be given the captain's chair, if not the rank.
Perhaps Excal could do this?
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I also can't wait to see what Cryptic comes up with. I know that they desperately want to get this right, but I don't know how they can pull it off, personally. We will see.
Why, oh why has everything to be dumbed down for consoles?Everything seems to need a movie backing it.
Well, Trek has one of those coming up next year... (queue a flood of cheap Trek movie tie-in games)
And all of them on the horribly outdated Wii, or another console.
I'd love a BC style game to come to PS3. Using the six axis on that would be soooo cool.
Streamlining the controls for a console game is different than modifying the gameplay and engine to fit into the restraints of a console.? With consoles becoming more advanced, it's becoming less and less frequent to see major gameplay and graphical differences between PC games and versions of it on consoles.
Do you think about what you're typing before you type it? We have two "Current Generation" consoles and one "Previous Generation" console on the market, one is stupidly complex to code for (lolcell), one is constantly bashed for being made by a lolevilcorporationwhowantmoney (Gee, you think? Welcome to the corporate world!) and the other is made by a creepy Japanese guy who has an obsession with furries and italian plumbing. Now, don't get me wrong, I acknowledge that there's a market for technology you can't upgrade to keep up to standards every 6/9 months, but you cannot argue that consoles are on the same level as PC, ever.
Okay, so the common arguement here is "But when they are first released the graphics are more impressive than PC games", right? Maybe so, but you have to keep in mind that consoles are bred for gaming, whereas PC's are not, and being reliant on hardware upgrades means that once the technology inside a console is released, within weeks it will be bested. PC's also have this wonderful human interface device called a Keyboard, and a Mouse, which allows for precision aiming (Among other things). Compare any game released on PC that's been ported to console. There are -significant- differences. Not just controls wise, but graphically, functions are removed or simplified so that the demands on the consoles ram aren't obscene. CoD4 is a good example, if you have a 360 or PS3, rent it out from your local video store if you can.
I'll stop there... For now. ;D
First of all the PS3 and the Xbox 360 are pretty much the same, power wise. Ok the PS3 does have a funky processor that does slightly more even though it clocks at the same speed. It aslo has Rambus main memory even though it only has half the memory of the X360. The Downside as you said is the inherent focus on parallelism which makes it a bitch to effeciently code for. The Xbox, with its PC cloned architeture, may be less powerfull, but it is also much easier to make full use of.
As you said the PC will become a much more powerfull platform, however due to the rediculous number of possible PC configurations and the CONSTANT upgrade to graphics hardware, many games developers give up and end up utilizing virtually none of the advanced features of the current video cards. In fact, platforms like the Xbox 360 in the majority of cases have better hardware in them than the VAST majoriy of personal computers. Considering the fact that platforms like the Xbox 360 are over 2 years old, and yet only now are we seeing ANY kind of difference in the game quality, its a testement to the solidity of the dedicated gaming machine.
Well, the PS2 is coming up to 9 years old and Sony are plannig to release a new version of it to the russian market so for a console to last 10 years is really good. I doubt people sell PC's from 2000 in PC world. This shows how more advanced consoles are than the PC.
Besides, the PS3 has bluray and although the PC can support it, i've never seen any games available that use blu ray. So i'm guessing that it'll be about 2011/2012 until PC's truly catch up to the PS3 and about 2009/2010 until they catch up to the 360. These consoles most probibly have a longer life than previous ones since they update themselves.
Based on the paperthin FAQ on the site, it does sound like a BC-style game, with you as the captain of a ship able to upgrade/trade-up your vessel, along with managing/recruiting/training your crew. Plus, you can go on away teams to planets. Now if only PvP could also encompass bar fights with Klingons who dissed your ship.
I don't like the main idea for this game, I always thought it will be something like KOTOR but set in ST world, instead of travelling on small ebone hawk, we would get something like in EF2 - a ship and access to some of the main areas of it to explore (possibly with some sub-quests to do) and of course the main plot (something like in Generations... dunno but I don't wish to see the borg in this one). Instead of team/party you would have your senior staff which would join you in away missions. Perfect idea for space combat would be SFCIII styled interface/controls as it would fit overal RPG style.
if they would follow these steps I would buy this game but for now I will download demo instead when it's out ;)
Gameplay trailer now available for download:
http://www.startrekonline.com/videos
Verdict: Space-based graphics look ok but could use some improvements... ground-based graphics looks a wie bit cartoony for my taste. Interesting thou, is that it appears that there won't be any actual "leveling system" in the game, and you don't necessarily start out with the rank of Captain... thou you are given the position as one on a small, probably shuttle-sized ship to begin with, which you work your way upward to get bigger and better ships, form your crew which are AI extensions of the player, and the ability to form fleets with other player controlled ships.
Trailer looked pretty good, but they have plenty to do in the art department before this game goes live, if it is to be of interest to most Trek fans.
#1: Graphics looked sub-par, especiailly on the planet-side graphics. Space-graphics looked okay, but nothing spectacular. Eve Online has superior space graphics, and it's run on a single server, much like Jack Emmert said he wishes STO to be. I for one hope the graphics gets an upgrade before it goes live.
#2: Some of the ships seen looked pretty good, but the NX01/Sovvy wannabe needs to go. It had a mixture of NX01 and Sovvy nacelles, and a weird "pod" thingy between it's two nacelles. Just the look of the nacelles indicates to me that the game has the potential to "go where so many other Trek games have gone before"... straight in the trash.
#3: Gameplay-wise from what little we actually saw, has its potentials. Much more would need to be revealed for me to be truly interested in this MMO.
#4: They said the game is set in the year 2409. We have at least 3 separate Trek episodes which clearly indicates what the look of Starfleet will be around this time, at least when it comes to uniform design. The TNG/VOY-style uniforms from the trailer, is NOT what is suppose to be in use according to canon. Designers should have a look at TNG's "All Good Things", DS9's "The Visitor" and VOY's "Endgame". All take place around the year of 2404, merely 5 years pre-STO.
In conclusion: The game certainly has potential... but it is far from being "LIVE-worthy" to live up to standards required by most gamers today. I will not buy this game simply because it has the label "Star Trek" on the title. Cryptic needs to prove alot more for this game before I make my decision.
Heh, I definitely see a few design elements in their ships from our own modders. Ships like CR Sov variants and the Selfridge class for starters.
I kinda like the Sovereign variant thing, except for the naccles :P
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.
MMO's normally don't have Acting.I mean rpgs in general. MMOs have a background story too, although it's up to the player to follow it or not
Well, the PS2 is coming up to 9 years old and Sony are plannig to release a new version of it to the russian market so for a console to last 10 years is really good. I doubt people sell PC's from 2000 in PC world. This shows how more advanced consoles are than the PC.
Not really. It means that the PS2 still sells more that the 3 and is cheaper to produce, so Sony still can extract some money out of it to cover PS3 loses. Selling more does NOT mean being more advanced (hell, PS2 hardware is ANCIENT).Besides, the PS3 has bluray and although the PC can support it, i've never seen any games available that use blu ray. So i'm guessing that it'll be about 2011/2012 until PC's truly catch up to the PS3 and about 2009/2010 until they catch up to the 360. These consoles most probibly have a longer life than previous ones since they update themselves.
What has Blu-Ray to do with being more powerful? BR is just a disc with bigger storage capacity, it doesn't make the PS3 better. Put a PS3 game in a PC using 2-3 DVDs and the results will be better: higher resolutions, refresh rates, antialiasing... (if it's a good port, of course).
PD: guys, wtf is with those walls of quotes :lol:?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
30k poly's is quite acceptable, actually, just.. Not for BC.
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
is there include all fed ships int the game?
galaxy
sovereign
ambassador
centaur
akira
intrepid
nova
prometheus
excalibur
excelsior
defiant
miranda
nebula
I thought it looks pretty good. I think i'll buy it when it comes out. i just hope it's not a subscription.
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.
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).
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.
I thought it looks pretty good. I think i'll buy it when it comes out.? i just hope it's not a subscription.
All MMOs are subscription-based, with the exception of Guild Wars and perhaps one or two others... generally MMOs have a monthly fee.
Why? It's the future isn't it Oo?
Why? It's the future isn't it Oo?
Canon Trek already has the estabilished uniforms from the time period that Cryptic has set their game. And the uniforms Cryptic has shown us, are not it. Plus the rank insignia looks extremely oversized on the uniforms.
Why? It's the future isn't it Oo?
Canon Trek already has the estabilished uniforms from the time period that Cryptic has set their game. And the uniforms Cryptic has shown us, are not it. Plus the rank insignia looks extremely oversized on the uniforms.
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.
id guess it would be the excalibur perpetual showed off before the project died
While that mesh looks well put together, I hate the design. I prefer our Excalibur.
everything but the nacelles are cool.
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.
I'm not a fan of it myself, what I find a little odd is that it appears in some shots while the ship is moving but is gone in others, like here:
http://ff.247xs.nl/startrekonline/trailer1.jpg (http://ff.247xs.nl/startrekonline/trailer1.jpg)
http://ff.247xs.nl/startrekonline/trailer13.jpg (http://ff.247xs.nl/startrekonline/trailer13.jpg)
Canon Trek already has the estabilished uniforms from the time period that Cryptic has set their game. And the uniforms Cryptic has shown us, are not it. Plus the rank insignia looks extremely oversized on the uniforms.
This is the excal....
everything but the nacelles are cool.
What they have done to that poor sovvy :shock: that is the worst model I have ever seen... even my brother would make it better... at least they could make something cleaner and smoother similiar to DJs Century.
First we saw the Excalibur (which looked like a dog pooping) and now we see this - the worst sovvy on steroids ever :(
This game will fail with such ugly ships...
See, this, I don't mind, the colours are butt-ugly but Perpetual had something with it, but that.. Ugh... Just looks half-assed. Reminds me of the designs of that future ship we saw on Enterprise...
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.
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.
id guess it would be the excalibur perpetual showed off before the project died
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.
id guess it would be the excalibur perpetual showed off before the project died
Not exactly. He was speaking about it while discussing cameos from ships from the novels, so likely he was referring to the Galaxy-class Excalibur-A from the New Frontier novels.
why arent they using the canon designs? its like BC2 back from the dead (anyone remember back that far? :P)
I'm more worried about the Create-a-Race feature. Just look at all the genitalia-shaped critters made in Spore Creature Creator.Can't imagine with what creatures some players come up :D this should be even more funny than ten necelled galaxy ;)
I'm more worried about the Create-a-Race feature. Just look at all the genitalia-shaped critters made in Spore Creature Creator.
I'm more worried about the Create-a-Race feature. Just look at all the genitalia-shaped critters made in Spore Creature Creator.
If this is a Pay to play thing ill be very annoyed, After i buy the game i dont wanna get home and have to keep paying for it if i wanna play it.
another thing came to mind if its all online im sure people would love to command a starship with a registry that shows on the hull instead of having a galaxy class star ship with no registry on the hull. so im wondering if they will have enough names or registry number for star ships in the game
If you can alter the ship so much...What hideous designs will some players come up with >.<
another thing came to mind if its all online im sure people would love to command a starship with a registry that shows on the hull instead of having a galaxy class star ship with no registry on the hull. so im wondering if they will have enough names or registry number for star ships in the game
It be neat if they were generated in the game sooo they start off with the highest canon reg then every new player/ship that is created the number increases by 1...
In any star fleet, somebody has to be the lowly Lt. JG handing astrometrics reports to Worf every day. How can this MMO reflect that?
Yeah I see now, but why they give you those ridiculous "import tuner" upgrades... would be much better if you could just add some additional torpedo launchers like they did with Sovereign in Nemesis... or some additional but fitting well impulse engines or rollbars for ships like Miranda, Nebula or Centaur... just look at the original Galaxy design and take a look on that "upgraded" Galaxy - original has smooth lines and the upgraded one has additional sections which just don't fit it cuz they're sharp more sabre/steamrunner like.What they have done to that poor sovvy :shock: that is the worst model I have ever seen... even my brother would make it better... at least they could make something cleaner and smoother similiar to DJs Century.
First we saw the Excalibur (which looked like a dog pooping) and now we see this - the worst sovvy on steroids ever :(
This game will fail with such ugly ships...
The person playing it decided to customize, rather badly, the look of the ship. The standard version would look like a normal Sovereign.
For example you can see a normal Galaxy-class and a Galaxy variant to its left in this image: http://ff.247xs.nl/startrekonline/trailer15.jpg (http://ff.247xs.nl/startrekonline/trailer15.jpg)
Roddenberry is turning in his grave.
Hmm, well I still dont like it, but I am going to get it..
Roddenberry is turning in his grave.
quite...Hmm, well I still dont like it, but I am going to get it..
why would you buy something and pay a subscription if you think its going to be crap?
I might give it a try if there is a free trial, but other than that i will just let the reviews talk for themselves
It still is star trek.
And yes, I shall get the trial.
It still is star trek.
And yes, I shall get the trial.
Yup, it is indeed. Also that trek feeling and theme can add a lot to the game. If BC was Star Wars instead, I wouldn't enjoy it half as much.
Think of it this way, they make a game that appeal to non trek fans and not us. They play the game and get to know about the different species and ships. They like it so they might decide to watch a movie or an episode on TV. They get hooked and there becomes more trekkies. Then they'll most probibly want a new series.
It'll be similar to ST 11.
It still is star trek.
And yes, I shall get the trial.
Yup, it is indeed. Also that trek feeling and theme can add a lot to the game. If BC was Star Wars instead, I wouldn't enjoy it half as much.
Think of it this way, they make a game that appeal to non trek fans and not us. They play the game and get to know about the different species and ships. They like it so they might decide to watch a movie or an episode on TV. They get hooked and there becomes more trekkies. Then they'll most probibly want a new series.
It'll be similar to ST 11.
Sorry Luke, that's a horrible theory. They see this hideous incarnation of something that is awesome, and will want THAT to be the new series. Then you lose most of the original fanbase and it just becomes another generic TV show (Like The O.C and so on) in space with ships "Done-up" by DMX.
And they're already in the making of another Halo game called Halo:Wars. Not sure when it's out but, it's coming.
What Neb said. And yes, they are making film but I don't think it's called Halo Wars.
the site is back up
1. How did the idea for the game come about and what can you tell us about what has changed since you obtained the game from Perpetual?
The Star Trek universe is an obvious choice for an MMO. It has a incredibly deep, rich history with forty years of fantastic stories to draw upon, and one of the most vocal and loyal fanbases of any intellectual property.
When we received the license for the game, we started from scratch. Perpetual had a lot of concept art, and we?re using some of that. But in terms of game design and in-game assets, we?re creating all of it. If you were given the chance to create a game in the Star Trek universe, could you resist the temptation to come up with your own vision? We couldn?t.
2. Which of the Star Trek televisions series have been your favorite and why?
I?d have to say Star Trek: The Next Generation. I?m a fan of all of the shows, and I?ve watched the original series since I was a kid, but TNG was the first show that really hooked me on Trek.
3. What is the mix between planet, ship, and station missions, and will players have to be a certain level before they can board a ship?
About fifty percent of your time will be spent in space, and the rest of the time you will be exploring planets, boarding other ships, visiting space stations or performing tasks aboard your own ship.
We get you on the ships right away ? you?ll fly your first ship during the tutorial, and from there the starships just get bigger and better.
4. What is the story for the game and is it opened ended or story-based gameplay?
Star Trek Online begins in 2409, which is about 30 years after the events in Star Trek Nemesis. In that time, technology has advanced, the Klingon Empire and the Federation are no longer allies and the universe is a much more volatile place.
We will be revealing the story of what has happened in the Star Trek universe leading up to 2409 in a series of updates on our web site. So check out www.startrekonline.com to learn more.
As far as the gameplay goes, there is both story-based episodic content within the universe and open-ended exploration content.
5. Will anyone from the series of films show up and provide voices?
In 2409, most of the major characters have retired or moved on. We?re exploring ways to involve some of the actors from the films and series in the game, but they might not be playing ?their? characters.
Q: What do you do on Star Trek Online?
A: I?m the writer for Star Trek Online, which means I handle the story, characters, plotlines, episodes, dialogue, item text ? anything that needs words is my area. I?m also one of the researchers, who can dig through piles of material to find the reference images for the artists or help answer questions like ?do we need beaks?? I work with the designers on the content ? the things we?re making are very cool and very Trek.
Q: How long have you worked in gaming, and what did you do before Star Trek Online?
A: I was a writer and editor in the newspaper industry for about 13 years before coming to Cryptic Studios. I wrote everything from movie reviews to crime stories, and as an editor I did a lot behind the scenes for the production of the daily paper ? laying out pages, coordinating coverage for events like the 2000 presidential election, fact-checking, editing and trimming stories and writing thousands of headlines.
I joined Cryptic in 2007 to write for the web sites and work with the community team. After we got the license for Star Trek, I volunteered to help with some of the writing of the storylines and then I joined the STO team full-time.
Q: What part of Star Trek Online are you the most excited about working on?
A: There is so much about this game that is awesome, but I?m really excited about our episodic mission structure. We?re creating content that?s not ?typical? MMO quests ? we want to reflect what you?ve seen in the shows, with a variety of locations and actions in each one. I want people to be excited during episodes and eager to find out what happens next, not just wanting to finish quickly so they can get some XP and move on.
The unstable situation of the Romulans continues to be a source of concern for the Alpha and Beta quadrants.
The loss of agricultural planets now claimed by the Imperial Romulan Empire threatens Romulus with severe food shortages. Romulus? power plants and factories cannot increase output without the heavy metals and dilithium that once flowed from Remus.
To avert the looming civil crisis, Praetor Tal?aura reluctantly accepts food shipments from the Federation. But she refuses the Federation?s offer to facilitate negotiations between her and Empress Donatra, saying that it is an internal Romulan matter.
Tal?aura charges her proconsul, Fleet Commander Tomalak, with retaking the planets held by Donatra. Tomalak appoints Admiral Taris as his second in command and orders her to re-organize and mobilize Romulus? remaining military forces.
Seeking to stabilize the homeworld, Tal?aura agrees to reform the Romulan Senate. A reorganization commission selected by Tal?aura votes to allow her to appoint senators directly rather than holding elections, and she packs the Senate with her supporters. Leaders of the Romulan-Vulcan Unification movement petition Tal?aura for representation in the Senate for themselves and the Remans, but Tal?aura declines to respond to their request.
The makeup of the Romulan Senate angers Romulan nobles, who dominated the Senate prior to Shinzon?s takeover but now hold only a handful of seats. Representatives of several of the noble lines argue that for centuries the Romulan Senate has been a partner with the praetor in governing the empire, something that a weakened body beholden to Tal?aura cannot be. The Line of Tellus goes so far as to denounce Tal?aura publically and withdraw its members from government service.
pix are out of the NX-91001, a 25th century ship, and wow, is it ugly. I can't believe such a thing can make into a game. Who the heck do these people have working for them? It's essentially a fanboyish Sovereign, but terribly butch. This has really soured my taste for this upcoming game. I haven't written it off yet, but I don't really want to pay 20 bucks a month to fly around in this garbage scow.
http://www.startrekonline.com/ (http://www.startrekonline.com/)
i wouldnt mind having one in BCOnly if there is enough views of it.
but thats what modders are for MWAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!
but thats what modders are for MWAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!
you can't mod MMOs :P Unless you make your own private server or something.
but thats what modders are for MWAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!
you can't mod MMOs :P Unless you make your own private server or something.
Possibly not the best thing to talk about on this forum. ;)
Having played EVE, which the devs of STO came from, I have seen instances (the actual english term, not game term) where thousands of ships have gathered in the same battle. From interviews with Cryptic, they are using EVE as a model of what the game engine should do.
I can see a cap in hubs, but not out in space.
I'm sick of your devil's advocacy. Go read some interviews with Cryptic about the game, this has all been addressed, straight from the horse's mouth.
Same could be applied to the Mirry warp pylons and the pylons holding up the weapons pod.
Its too bad that STO isn't set in the TOS era. Would've loved to have built a TOS version of the Sovereign class ships, lol :P
Just something to emphasise the whole customise your ship. With the Mirry as our example!
http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=17843
Most of this we already know, but its the picture that counts for me.
My brain just imploded due to the level of garbage that these ships represent.lol i was just about to post that... *cookied*
I'm happy waiting for Star Trek: Excalibur.
Infact, I think I'll just boycott Star Trek: Online altogther.
The red light district? :v:
Top Left = Not bad. Not the kinda texture I would've gone with but its very tru to the original Miranda's.
Bottom Middle = Kinda going overboard with it.
Top Right = What the &*%$ is that piece of ?"!^ ?
Top Left = Not bad. Not the kinda texture I would've gone with but its very tru to the original Miranda's.
Bottom Middle = Kinda going overboard with it.
Top Right = What the &*%$ is that piece of ?"!^ ?
I Have corrected your post Billz :mrgreen:
Top Left = Not bad. Not the kinda texture I would've gone with but its very true to the original Miranda's.
Top Right = Kinda going overboard with it.
Bottom Middle = What the &*%$ is that piece of ?"!^ ?
Top Left = Not bad. Not the kinda texture I would've gone with but its very tru to the original Miranda's.
Bottom Middle = Kinda going overboard with it.
Top Right = What the &*%$ is that piece of ?"!^ ?
I Have corrected your post Billz :mrgreen:
You, good sir, have just failed miserably.
Corrected, again:QuoteTop Left = Not bad. Not the kinda texture I would've gone with but its very true to the original Miranda's.
Top Right = Kinda going overboard with it.
Bottom Middle = What the &*%$ is that piece of ?"!^ ?
Guys, cut the spam please. It's just confusing now.
Other Klingon ship.
What the f? What's with these fan-made duds? Where are the Galaxy, Sovereign, Steamrunner, and Akira classes? Where's the Romulan Warbird? Where's the Miranda class? Where's the Star Trek?!
Seriously, this is the first I've seen of the ST:O ships. Are these seriously going to appear in-game like this?
Actually, since the front of the Raptor was hardly seen in Enterprise, the picture of the model that Dale linked to looks suspiciously like LC's Raptor model from bcfiles.com http://bridgecommander.filefront.com/file/Klingon_Raptor;40509
Plagiarism much, lol?
Check this ship out
(http://media3.startrekonline.com.s3.amazonaws.com/img/ship-art-01.jpg)
Actually, since the front of the Raptor was hardly seen in Enterprise, the picture of the model that Dale linked to looks suspiciously like LC's Raptor model from bcfiles.com http://bridgecommander.filefront.com/file/Klingon_Raptor;40509
Plagiarism much, lol?
These are the guys who made city of Heroes, in which appearance was massively customisable.
I really think we're going to be given a stock ship that we know and love and then be allowed to run wild with refits...
These are the guys who made city of Heroes, in which appearance was massively customisable.
I really think we're going to be given a stock ship that we know and love and then be allowed to run wild with refits...
And check this one out--suddenly, we're playing Oblivion:xD I dunno, that looks more like Morrowind with graphical upgrades.
http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/startrekonline/images/6209583/25/?full_size=1
umm Phaser that last link shows pics from PE's ST:O that no longer exists... and those were just test shots, not part of the game.:lol: Thanks for the good news, Neb!
Phaser, they are called alien Planets. Are you saying there is no planets out there with Giant mushroom like trees? Or societies that have wooden buildings? What did you expect the planets to look like.I'm glad you agree with the Coruscant thing. As for the planet surfaces, of course they have trees. But to me, giant mushrooms feel too much like a fairytale, rather than reality. There are plenty of other things the designers could have created that would be more interesting.
Though, I have to agree with the shot with the Planet with the Miranda, the way the lights are set up reminds me of Corosaunt.
God forbid Star Wars have the monopoly on mega-cities viewable from orbit.I've got nothing against mega-cities viewable from orbit. It's when the cities are made up of concentric rings and the entire planet has a gold hue that I start to think "Coruscant rip-off".
As for 14th-century-style wooden buildings, no I wouldn't expect the planets to look like that. The Federation wouldn't contact societies at that level of sophistication, since it goes against the tenets of the Federation--no making first contact with sub-light species.
As for 14th-century-style wooden buildings, no I wouldn't expect the planets to look like that. The Federation wouldn't contact societies at that level of sophistication, since it goes against the tenets of the Federation--no making first contact with sub-light species.[/quote]
QuoteAs for 14th-century-style wooden buildings, no I wouldn't expect the planets to look like that. The Federation wouldn't contact societies at that level of sophistication, since it goes against the tenets of the Federation--no making first contact with sub-light species.
So just because their architectural style includes trees they're primitive?
Name a race that has 14th Century buildings and warp drive capabilities. No warp drive, no contact.
Nicely played, good sir.Name a race that has 14th Century buildings and warp drive capabilities. No warp drive, no contact.
The Ba'ku.
Is there something wrong with Aliens with warp tech having old-fashioned homes? Look at Bajoran architecture. It looks like it comes from 100-300 years ago on Earth but they are a warp-capable civilization.
Architecture should not be a basis of comparison with technology.
Is there something wrong with Aliens with warp tech having old-fashioned homes? Look at Bajoran architecture. It looks like it comes from 100-300 years ago on Earth but they are a warp-capable civilization.
Architecture should not be a basis of comparison with technology.
I agree.
I wonder if there'll be gravity on planets...with different levels so you can become super bouncy.It's a TREK game, yes. But since TREK is cool now, there won't be any nerdish influences on it.
I have to admit, that 'Excalibur class' doesn't look half bad. Peronally, I wouldn't have used nacelles from a Nova class but then again, I have no say what goes into this game.
I have to admit, that 'Excalibur class' doesn't look half bad. Peronally, I wouldn't have used nacelles from a Nova class but then again, I have no say what goes into this game.
The beauty of it is that you can probably put the nacelles from a Nova class on there yourself.
I have to admit, that 'Excalibur class' doesn't look half bad. Peronally, I wouldn't have used nacelles from a Nova class but then again, I have no say what goes into this game.
The beauty of it is that you can probably put the nacelles from a Nova class on there yourself.
I said 'wouldn't', not 'would'.
Ah well, i stop posting here for a while again, since I keep screwing such a simple thing up...this is the second time in a row..dont worry about misplacing a thread if youre unsure about where it should go, thats why we're here to move threads if they are better off elsewhere :)
The sheer amount of ignorance towards the ship customization abilities of this game is starting to get annoying.
These are only default configurations. If you do not like them, you can do essentially anything to balance them out, switch out parts, etc. Unless someone is just hardcore nuts about canonocity, you are never going to see a normal looking ship ingame. Hopefully whoever you run into has some sense of style. At the very least, you can make your ship look exactly how you want it.
The sheer amount of ignorance towards the ship customization abilities of this game is starting to get annoying.
These are only default configurations. If you do not like them, you can do essentially anything to balance them out, switch out parts, etc. Unless someone is just hardcore nuts about canonocity, you are never going to see a normal looking ship ingame. Hopefully whoever you run into has some sense of style. At the very least, you can make your ship look exactly how you want it.
*sighs* We get it. But guess what? We're fans. We bash. It's what we do. We mean no harm (usually). It's for fun.
And quite frankly, I think the instant some of us get our mitts on it, I think we're going to be hot rodding our ships into what we think looks cool. But until then, we sit, and we invoke the Fan's Right to Riff. Don't take it too seriously.
Did I say something wrong?
guys please stay ontopic and please stop bickering at each other...
Unless someone is just hardcore nuts about canonocity, you are never going to see a normal looking ship ingame.*Waves enthusiastically* :P
Said it before and I'll say it again, if stats are related to parts (Which we still don't actually know) it will define how your ship looks. If they aren't related to your parts in any way expect to see some real creativity. ;)
Said it before and I'll say it again, if stats are related to parts (Which we still don't actually know) it will define how your ship looks. If they aren't related to your parts in any way expect to see some real creativity. ;)
In the interview about ship customization, the project manager said that stats are not related :D. All stat or gameplay altering upgrades are internal to the ship, and a different system from visual customization! Yay!
Oh now the gfx quality increases by 6000 miles? The Cardies are cool [and hopefully on our side for once :P]!
I just hope it doesn't take over my life
Picture of a spoon heads ship now!Hmmm, wonder if we could make Xtended look at bit more like that...
Picture of a spoon heads ship now!Hmmm, wonder if we could make Xtended look at bit more like that...
I wonder what those other two Fed ships are(third one by the planet)? And im guessing the Cardies are shooting a Klingon cargo ship and not one of there own lol.
...leading to ENT and Trek XI appearing much more advanced compared to TOS.
It looks like a snub-nosed Nova to me.
The Centaur is also customized heavily. So far I still like what I see. I just pray other people have good sense for design when they go nuts over ship customization :P.
Is there any news on how much it going to cost to play this game monthly on the main server?
the excal looks like a "modern" connie.... and i HATE IT... with a PASSION #loveFFX#
Hm, methinks I'l go Romulan or Cardassian... Purely to blast these... these abominations to ashes...
Although, some of them do look okay...
Hm, methinks I'l go Romulan or Cardassian... Purely to blast these... these abominations to ashes...
Although, some of them do look okay...
I've gotta put my two cents in on this. I think these ships look terrible. The federation designs are not balanced or aesthetically pleasing, they look primitive and cartoonish. The Klingon BOP is especially disappointing. They have clearly not concerned themselves with making it look accurate. They should see LC's work on ST:Excalibur. The ship they've built simply doesn't compare. And while we're talking about Excalibur, the STO version of the ship is just atrocious. There is an obvious design lineage/pattern that all star trek ships follow, and they don't go for a "retro" look. Starfleet is not about "retro".
I've gotta put my two cents in on this. I think these ships look terrible. The federation designs are not balanced or aesthetically pleasing, they look primitive and cartoonish. The Klingon BOP is especially disappointing. They have clearly not concerned themselves with making it look accurate. They should see LC's work on ST:Excalibur. The ship they've built simply doesn't compare. And while we're talking about Excalibur, the STO version of the ship is just atrocious. There is an obvious design lineage/pattern that all star trek ships follow, and they don't go for a "retro" look. Starfleet is not about "retro".
When I look at these screenshots I am struck by a single thought. These people are not Star Trek fans, and they don't understand it.
I mean seriously. Are some of you so jaded by your fanaticism for this franchise that you viciously attack people for not following "design lineages" and "Roddenberry's vision?" If you don't like their models or ships, don't dish out the money for their game. Simple as that. It's not necessary to trash on their designers because you don't agree with their vision. If you did that to someone on these boards, you'd have action taken upon you by the staff.
I mean seriously. Are some of you so jaded by your fanaticism for this franchise that you viciously attack people for not following "design lineages" and "Roddenberry's vision?" If you don't like their models or ships, don't dish out the money for their game. Simple as that. It's not necessary to trash on their designers because you don't agree with their vision. If you did that to someone on these boards, you'd have action taken upon you by the staff.
Well not really no. Humans are capable of being able to decide whether we like something or not. For example:
The Excal/Connie thing, I really don't like. Not as a 25th Century Connie, but as a ship itself.
The ship in the first attached image, I think it's quite cute and I'd love to fly that thing around.
The ship in the second attached image is a bit like the JJPrise. Looks good at some angles, could look better at others.
I thought the BoP, Valdore, Warbird and Cardie Galor looked fantastic and the Miranda looks suitably refitted for the 25th Century. Lets hope it lasts a lot longer than Mirandas seen in DS9 :P
round NX style nacelles on a Sovereign body with a Miranda's roll bar.
Whats with all of the 22nd century ships in a 25th century game? I just don't get it.
Since when can people not go retro? :P Just cos it looks ENT doesn't mean its as low powered. Also, its the only thing approaching a design "ethic" for the Klingons. Considering how different each Klingon TNG ship looks to each other...Guys, the reason those ships look like what was seen in 'ENTERPRISE' is because those ships, like virtually everything in what ended up being a non-canon show, didn't properly take into account the design aesthetics of TOS--the ships in 'ENTERPRISE' looked even more futuristic than the ships in TNG!
Looks to me like he's right on the money.Quoteround NX style nacelles on a Sovereign body with a Miranda's roll bar.
that's a bit extreme, and I haven't seen them goof and make one like that yet....
what was seen in 'ENTERPRISE' is because those ships, like virtually everything in what ended up being a non-canon show
We've had this discussion before, and whether or not you 'choose' to consider Enterprise as canon or not, it's still very much a part of canon. It was also referenced to in the new movie (Admiral Archer's prized beagle).Right, dude. Whatever you say. :roll:
Real-life reason for why ENTERPRISE looked more advanced than TOS and TNG: Money and production designs. Able to afford more detailed designs, that sort of thing.
In regards to "in-canon" explanations: The effects of Picard and the Enterprise being involved during First Contact MAY have influenced the timeline to take a technologial leap forward, mostly due to that Cochrane (who was a very influental man when he wasnt drunk), had knowledge about an "advanced society of cyborgs whose intent was to enslave the human race". It's quite possible that Earth (and Starfleet) decided to develop ships at a much more advanced rate. The same explanation goes for the new JJEnterprise since the USS Kelvin was destroyed to a then-unknown and powerful new enemy.
^Was posted back in June IIRC and yeah from what the article says its a Norexan with the same rommie modified borg tech that they covered the Narada with though obviously they just put a few things on it since most of what they had was on the Narada.Yea, that definitely looks like the Norexan to me.
.... considering it's a Defiantripoffevolution.
Vigilant class
(http://media3.startrekonline.com.s3.amazonaws.com/img/ships/vigilant/vigilant.jpg)
Right, who put the Defiant in the taffy puller?
I'm of the opinion that my Valiant Class (while still a knockoff of the Defiant, admittedly) is way nicer than that thing.
Jimmy you seem to hate everything lately... XD j/knah, just the movie and this game... tho the movie did kinda grow on me, and i will be buying it on DVD and seeing part 2...
btw have you read or participate in any of the threads at the STO main site... they have plenty of things to go overive never been to the site... i dont think i will... it's just not for me, this realm...
I understand Jimmy means, there aren't any "original" look Galaxys and Sovereigns and Connies and all. Because we've only seen futuristic ones, its not so appealing.
Going back to the vid on TrekCore: Did anyone notice that Galaxy called the USS Enteprise NCC 1701 - D?
i thought i heard they werent permitted to use any of the original trek ship designs, as seen in the shows and movies? so they had to "slightly" alter them for whatever reason?
i thought i heard they weren't permitted to use any of the original trek ship designs, as seen in the shows and movies? so they had to "slightly" alter them for whatever reason?
Hutet?? dude that Card ship is a Galor Class seen in many eps, TNG and DS9.thats a galor? hmmm ah well, i guess youre right... looks awfully big somehow to be a galor; those two single screenshots are tough to see the ships very well...
every ship i have seen thus far look ridiculous
There was one that looked like a pretty neat looking Prome refit.
here is a youtube link for better viewing:
Hutet?? dude that Card ship is a Galor Class seen in many eps, TNG and DS9.thats a galor? hmmm ah well, i guess youre right... looks awfully big somehow to be a galor;
actually, it was all the many little windows that make it seem very large...Hutet?? dude that Card ship is a Galor Class seen in many eps, TNG and DS9.thats a galor? hmmm ah well, i guess youre right... looks awfully big somehow to be a galor;
Might be because its a close-up pic, Jimbo :P
actually, it was all the many little windows that make it seem very large...Hutet?? dude that Card ship is a Galor Class seen in many eps, TNG and DS9.thats a galor? hmmm ah well, i guess youre right... looks awfully big somehow to be a galor;
Might be because its a close-up pic, Jimbo :P
but whatever...
We weren't really that interested in making that game where you go down to the transporter room and press the button for 20 hours, level up, go to the engine room and a crank a wrench for awhile, maybe you get to the bridge someday. We figured that most people that have seen the movies, seen the TV, everybody would dream of being a starship Captain and being in command of a starship and thats really the experience we wanted to focus on.
If Cryptic intended to have everyone "become captains", I would rather have seen that all players start out as a lowly Ensign (Red shirt) and be able to advance through the ranks upto the point of captain. Depending on your performance during your away missions, ship combat etc determines how quickly you advance.
That's what I would have preferred anyways. Feel free to disagree :P
Uh guys...it's exactly like EVE Online, which is like the third most played MMO in the world. Believe it or not, they don't have chunks, extensive battle damage, and everyone starts out as a captain. And they do fairly freaking well.
Stop comparing STO to Excalibur. They are completely different genres of games and as such have totally different directions in terms of art and technology. Not to mention this is WIP footage.
Uh guys...it's exactly like EVE Online, which is like the third most played MMO in the world. Believe it or not, they don't have chunks, extensive battle damage, and everyone starts out as a captain. And they do fairly freaking well.
Stop comparing STO to Excalibur. They are completely different genres of games and as such have totally different directions in terms of art and technology. Not to mention this is WIP footage.
O.o heh I got to agree
Uh guys...it's exactly like EVE Online, which is like the third most played MMO in the world. Believe it or not, they don't have chunks, extensive battle damage, and everyone starts out as a captain. And they do fairly freaking well.
Stop comparing STO to Excalibur. They are completely different genres of games and as such have totally different directions in terms of art and technology. Not to mention this is WIP footage.
let's please not let this thread turn into a debate/majority vs minority thread like the Star Trek XI did lol
all points are valid, no need to nitpick or out-debate/one-up each other :P
The think the Borg assimilated "The Cube"
The think the Borg assimilated "The Cube"
Huh?
browsing the wallpaper/screenshots sections on the STO site and found this, this, and this:What is that middle ship supposed to be?
http://common.allakhazam.com/images/8/a/8a44f0376254053d8f7fb1864b4f0e96.jpg
heh SFC heh
browsing the wallpaper/screenshots sections on the STO site and found this, this, and this:
Pic 1:
Defiant got ugly.
Pic 2:
Space truckers? :lol:
Pic 3:
I didn't know the Borg could assimilate a Goa'uld Ha'tak, lol. :lol: :lol: :lol:
Pic 1:
Defiant got ugly.
Pic 2:
Space truckers? :lol:
Pic 3:
I didn't know the Borg could assimilate a Goa'uld Ha'tak, lol. :lol: :lol: :lol:
Pic 1: Agreed
Pic 2: No comment
Pic 3: Borg tend to build ships/stations using geometric shapes. A pyramid is one such shape.
people seem to have glossed over the UI.... xD
did you guys have to quote the pictures so many times?
did you guys have to quote the pictures so many times?indeed...
character animations are rough atm because they haven't finished them yet...
They just started on ground combat.
They were focusing on space combat till now.
Not impressed.seconded
I still don't understand why you're not impressed with it but never mind.
I still don't understand why you're not impressed with it but never mind.
Because it doesn't look like a MMO. It looks more like a SFC knock-off.
Since SFC did it right, wouldn't it make sense to emulate that style?
Since SFC did it right, wouldn't it make sense to emulate that style?
Last I checked, SFC is not an MMO.
SFC/Tactical Assault makes a better MMO than Bridge Commander or Excalibur or whatever hardcore singleplayer game you guys seem to expect.
Flying around space pew pew fighing ships in Star Trek "kitbashes", does not make it a Star Trek game.
i would bet you that ship and station interiors come as an expansionthat very well may be true, we'll have to wait and see about that... who knows how modable this game will be, maybe there will be a community of modders for this game that could do such things...
Flying around space pew pew fighing ships in Star Trek "kitbashes", does not make it a Star Trek game.
True... and yet; I think i'll be sticking with EVE Online.
Alright, it has 'pewpew' but there is a lot of diplomacy, that doesn't come through in the official videos, perhaps it's just the same with ST:O?
From what I undertstand in the videos, there will be lots of opportunities for missions that have you explore, establish peace, negotiations, and whatnot. Combat is what the people who mostly watch the preview videos want to see. And let's face it...how many episodes of Star Trek (all five series and EVERY movie) did not involve the captain throwing off the holy mantle of peace and kicking ass?Plenty, in TNG. I'd rather do the verbal asskicking of Picard rather than the out-and-out brawl of Kirk. But that's me, and I'm notorious for the luck of being the designated cannon fodder in any given situation.
I'm a bit sad that the starter ship is going to be the Miranda... as I had intended to use one of those anyway, and I figured it might not be among the more popular classes. Oh well.
Who Perpetual?? kinda hard when the company doesn't really exist anymore.
I'd say that the Federation is about peaceful exploration... but, Star Trek isn't just about the Federation.
I love the explanation given by the STO peoples as to why Klingon ships look like ships from ENT:
"It doesn't look like it, but the Klingon Raptor class is actually a 22nd century design from Enterprise. We solve that problem by pretending it didnt happen..."
:funny
This is where it gets confusing...cos if Enterprise didn't happen, then what happened during First Contact? Well, thats for a different topic methinks.
Less fanwanking more STO ships. (I think we've been told more than once to stay on topic).
Hmm. I wonder what planet thats supposed to be, I thought it might have been part of Starfleet Academy until I noticed the rocks.
Hmm. I wonder what planet thats supposed to be, I thought it might have been part of Starfleet Academy until I noticed the rocks.
Remote training center, mayhaps?
Hmm. I wonder what planet thats supposed to be, I thought it might have been part of Starfleet Academy until I noticed the rocks.
Remote training center, mayhaps?
Looks more like something from a SW type planet. Coruscant perhaps?
Coruscant is a planet-wide city with lots and lots of levels one on top of the other. These are a few buildings near a mountain. There's no resemblance whatsoever..
Coruscant is a planet-wide city with lots and lots of levels one on top of the other. These are a few buildings near a mountain. There's no resemblance whatsoever..
Coruscant is a planet-wide city with lots and lots of levels one on top of the other. These are a few buildings near a mountain. There's no resemblance whatsoever..
A few prefab buildings, no less. It's obviously some sort of colony.
Wow, the cheyenne class has never looked better.
Despite being a Cheyenne, Cryptic made the mistake of calling it the Constellation. Although in a sense it makes sense. They didn't rename the Constitution when it got a TMP refit.
Other than having 4 nacelles, they have virtually nothing in common.
Well, if they have nothing in common, why did Cryptic call the Cheyenne the Constellation?
Calling this ship a Constellation Class is plan lazy.
Calling this ship a Constellation Class is plan lazy.
Exactly my point. Thanks for making it :)
It was stated in the PC gamer magazine.... IMO it was an error with the writer of the article....
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Just looks a lot like a Constellation; you don't see a lot of ships with quad nacelles in that particular assembly. Suppose it'd be easy to, say, mix the two classes up.
WE GET IT ALREADY! Lord almighty...
I love the explanation given by the STO peoples as to why Klingon ships look like ships from ENT:Awesome.
"It doesn't look like it, but the Klingon Raptor class is actually a 22nd century design from Enterprise. We solve that problem by pretending it didnt happen..."
:funny
Ooh, this is pretty.I was thinking 'Klingon' with those buildings until I saw the UFP logo.
(http://www.startrekonline.com/dyncontent/startrek/uploads/sto_screen_091109_01.jpg)
(http://images.mmorpg.com/features/3514/images/3514_4.jpg)Wow. Now that's a press shot! That makes the game look amazing!
Wow, the cheyenne class has never looked better.Agreed! They actually made a ship look better than usual with this game!
When you think of progressing in Star Trek Online, it?s best to picture an inverted triangle. You begin the game with broad skills available to you ? the wide part of the triangle ? and as you progress in rank, the skills you select become more specialized as the triangle narrows to a point.
They?re primarily rewarded by mission completion and kills, but there are other ways you can gain skills, too. There are ?missions? like ?Protect the Ambassador? or ?Explore this Sector? or ?Discover this many systems/special anomalies,? which don?t feel like a traditional MMO mission. So it?s missions, but the missions aren?t just ?go here and kill 10 guys? or ?go here and clean out this dungeon.? Star Trek missions are about exploration and doing things. You go out and look for things and go on Tours of Duty, which require you to go out and discover things, or explore sectors of space.
(http://img.trekmovie.com/images/sto/sto_screen_091809_11-t.jpg)
Don't think i've seen this one before.
Yet another botched ship class has been revealed: The Discovery Class (aka Custom Intrepid Class)oh dear goodness - ya, that is yet another one that looks laughable and absolutely ridiculous :funny
http://www.startrekonline.com/ships/discovery
Looks like crap tbh. Much like most of their custom designs that have been given "new" class names.
I'm more disappointed by this: "Voyager successfully completed a 70,000 light year journey with no access to Starfleet supplies or facilities. Its success made the Intrepid class the gold standard for deep space explorer ships."
I'm more disappointed by this: "Voyager successfully completed a 70,000 light year journey with no access to Starfleet supplies or facilities. Its success made the Intrepid class the gold standard for deep space explorer ships."
Well, if a light interceptor type starship can survive a 70k light year journey with a crew of 120 and 48 photon torpedoes, any ship can :P
Yet another botched ship class has been revealed: The Discovery Class (aka Custom Intrepid Class)
http://www.startrekonline.com/ships/discovery
Looks like crap tbh. Much like most of their custom designs that have been given "new" class names.
Yet another botched ship class has been revealed: The Discovery Class (aka Custom Intrepid Class)
http://www.startrekonline.com/ships/discovery
Looks like crap tbh. Much like most of their custom designs that have been given "new" class names.
This right here? Yeah, this is a double facepalm topped with a four-hour wallbanger solo as a follow-up. Darkthunder's attitude is partially responsible for one facepalm
people ARE entitled to disagree with "the majority" you know.absolutely correct!
#1: Decent Intrepid Class (LCs still looks better)
#2: Custom Nova Class (pylons look FUBAR)
#3: Decent Borg Cube
#1: Decent Intrepid Class (LCs still looks better)
#2: Custom Nova Class (pylons look FUBAR)
#3: Decent Borg Cube
1. Its an MMO so you cant have super highpoly and massive textures, take a look at wow, it looks like crap and is the worlds no1 MMO.
2. I kinda like the look honestly
3. I find it hard to belive a Sovergin could blow one up by itself
anyone else recognize this ship ;)
http://common.allakhazam.com/images/d/b/db129d9f81b3f9a049a88e2f11c10ea2.jpg
anyone else recognize this ship ;)
(http://common.allakhazam.com/images/d/b/db129d9f81b3f9a049a88e2f11c10ea2.jpg)
If your thinking of the so called "Excalibur Class", that ones nothing more than a bastardized Constitution Class. Afaik, the Excelsior has yet to make an appearance.
If your thinking of the so called "Excalibur Class", that ones nothing more than a bastardized Constitution Class. Afaik, the Excelsior has yet to make an appearance.
if the centaur is in then there will be an excelsior
so a Centaur in ST:O is no gurantee that a Excelsior will be in the game, which is a little sad.
I am not bitter about ST:O. On the contrary, i'd love for a new Star Trek game to succeed where others have failed. The problem is that I have yet to see any actual success in regards to this game. I'm willing to try it out and give it a chance, but annoys the hell out of me that companies like Cryptic, or Bethesda before them, throws in a bunch of non-canon ships and forgets several of the canon designs.
Furthermore, there is absolutely no realistic reason to include ships like the Constitution, Constellation or "Soyuz" Class ships by the time of 2409 since all of these would definitely be far beyond their prime. I do not accept that Starfleet would design new 25th century ships, and name them exactly the same as the ships that came before. And keep the ships "relatively" same style.
If I come off as being bitter or upset in any way, it is definitely not my intent. I will continue to strive to provide comments and input where necessary. I can't help if others don't share my opinions on certain matters :P
A refit can only go so far. There's such a thing as "hull integrity" to consider. Ships like the Constitution Class whose maximum speed was limited to Warp 7. It's hull could almost certainly not handle the stresses of traveling at velocities exceeding Warp 9. Certain subsystems can be refitted internally such as shield emitters, torpedo tubes, possibly the warpcore itself. But without rebuilding the entire ship from scratch, you will still be limited to whatever the hull is able to handle.
To quote Captain Scott: "When they can build ships like your Enterprise... who'd wanna pilot a bucket of bolts like this?"
Obviously the "fan bois" who don't care about the technical logistics, and just wanna fly the ship for the "coolness factor". There really isn't any logical or technological reason to include the Constitution Class in 2409 when it was "supposedly" decommissioned over 100 years prior. Last "officially" seen in Trek VI which was set in the 2290s. I tend to discount the "graveyard" scene in Wolf 359 since that was obviously just the visual effects department that cobbled together a bunch of wrecks and threw them into the scene.
I would argue that the Miranda doesn't belong in the 2409 setting either since it's essentially just as old as the Constitution Class. But in canon, there has been no official reason for decommissioning the Miranda Class as of yet. The Connie has been decommissioned according to official canon. Besides which, the Miranda Class still does a decent job in it's role as a "Light Cruiser" able to do quick attack runs, and move on.
The USS Bozeman in ST: Nemesis has never been confirmed to be the same USS Bozeman as seen in the TNG episode "Cause and Effect". Seeing as Starfleet decommissioned the Soyuz Class (Miranda Class variant) long before the TNG episode took place, I see no logical reason for Starfleet to have kept the original USS Bozeman around by the time of Nemesis. It's more than likely that the USS Bozeman in Nemesis was of a newer design...
... or just the visual effects guys that threw together a list of cool ship names.
Given the ship was lost in 2278, and the hull configuration the hull wouldn't be very old 10 years at most. So there would be no reason to retire a hull farily new even if the design itself is 100 years old.
(http://img.trekmovie.com/images/sto/sto_screen_091809_12.jpg)
The...Gallente invade the Alpha Quadrant? Most likely a Gorn vessel.
this is cooool
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/startrekonline/video/6232976
btw what the?? weren't there more posts after Dalek's?yes, alot offtopic, hence they went bye-bye...
this is cooool
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/startrekonline/video/6232976
btw what the?? weren't there more posts after Dalek's?
Also attached, is a treat for the more visually acute people in the crowd :)
that was just a normal constitution refitted
this is coooolSweet! Gives some good background on the story.
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/startrekonline/video/6232976
http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/14270158/star-trek-online/videos/startrekonline_trl_video_101409.htmlWell, that was confusing. So...Is this game supposed to take place in the JJ timeline, or the Prime timeline? :wtf
I concur with Phaser's confusion. If Star Trek Online is supposed to be in the prime timeline, why the hell is there JJ-ified TMP Enterprise flying around in the 25th century? The JJ Enterprise shouldn't even be in the prime timeline, and the Connie in general shouldn't be around in the 25th century (Fanboi ship not withstanding).
Configuration: Heavy Cruiser
* Constellation
* Stargazer
Pictures.
http://www.curse.com/articles/sto-en-news/593323.aspx
Not the best perspective they could have used.
If you order STO from Gamestop($50) you get the ability to play as the ORIGINAL constitution with blue phasers and an extra engineering section slot.
(http://img.trekmovie.com/images/sto/stogamestopship-t.jpg)
Also a ton more screenies have been released.
http://trekmovie.com/2009/10/28/sto-update-new-history-video-new-screenshots-exclusive-bonuses-more/
I agree they are rushing BUT..i started playing champions Online the other day and it is Outstanding. Cryptic knows what they are doing. It gives me faith in STO.
One of the many designs intended to be included (Defiant-esque style). Supposed to be around 20 different designs included at launch, and I hope they include the ability to change colors on various aspects of the bridge (such as the carpet, which Dr Bashir hated so much) :P
And now they have a box cover
(http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/6/924226_58206_front.jpg)
BTW yes Prometheus is a ship you can get at admiral level rank, but it does not MVAM.
My buddy got into beta, while he is doing his part and not breaking the NDA, he is a bigger Trek purist than even candle (no offense candle)Is that a pet name for me or something?
"We are the Borg, resistance is futi-" *BOOOOOM*
No it aint!
I actually like the look of this now... I... Don't know what to believe any more!
The Borg cube looked 'meh', as did the Galaxy-sort-of thing, but everything else looked good. The explosions seem to have gotten a lot better.
"We are the Borg, resistance is futi-" *BOOOOOM*
No it aint!
I actually like the look of this now... I... Don't know what to believe any more!
The Borg cube looked 'meh', as did the Galaxy-sort-of thing, but everything else looked good. The explosions seem to have gotten a lot better.
The phaser animations still look like some ol' bulls**t though.
shouldn't this be moved into one of the already existing sto threads?ya i agree, there are a number of STO threads already...
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! :P
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 :P
heh Does the episode "Who Mourns for Morn" ring a bell? ;) He died in the middle of the seventh season.
(http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/article/104/1047832/star-trek-online-20091119011847683.jpg)
I think this is an awesome img :D
btw if we are going to merge STO threads... make 2 of em... one for space combat and another for ground..
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 :)
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?!!
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.
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!
That galaxy class Bridge near the 1 minute mark looks a little big.Definitely.
Then why didn't they simply make it the 24th century, and save them the trouble of making "new" ships and the fans have something to relate to. Now we just have the 24t century in everything but name. Even the supposedly destroyed Borg are going to make yet another appearance.
(City of Heroes/Villains/Going Rogue, Champions Online)
Someone break NDA and post images they've saved.not on this forum - breaking the NDA is a no-no :P
What "supposedly destroyed Borg" ? The Borg were never destroyed (in canon). Makes perfect sense to me, for them to come back, more pissed off than ever before. Also, you'll note that Species 8472 will be making a reappearance in STO.
oh my.. I suddenly got worried.. what if the game allows transferring technologies between species? imagine Miranda with Borg shielding and Species 8472 "ImmafirighmahbigassphazorBLARRGH!"- beam?
(City of Heroes/Villains/Going Rogue, Champions Online)
Only one of the above titles is a Cryptic game. True, they did create City of Heroes/Villains, but they have since sold the property to NCSoft, and it's NCSoft that has been developing the CoH/CoV games for quite some time now (including the upcoming Going Rogue expansion).
http://startrek-gaming.com/wp/2009/08/24/sto-on-xbox-360/ (http://startrek-gaming.com/wp/2009/08/24/sto-on-xbox-360/)
and legacy, had to be tuned down to play on pc, the X360 has better capabilitys
yes it is a very good looking game, and consoles have been announced, X360 and possibly PS3
now from what I've seen, there will be no modding allowed for the game. Shame they won't have the century class ship, raptor class(fed), outrider, ambassador, Incom, the real Excalibur, excelsior, valiant(notice all of the dj ships), Eclipse, MVAM Galaxy, and a normal Norway.
yes it is a very good looking game, and consoles have been announced, X360 and possibly PS3
now from what I've seen, there will be no modding allowed for the game. Shame they won't have the century class ship, raptor class(fed), outrider, ambassador, Incom, the real Excalibur, excelsior, valiant(notice all of the dj ships), Eclipse, MVAM Galaxy, and a normal Norway.
Simples. Make one. :)
yes it is a very good looking game, and consoles have been announced, X360 and possibly PS3
now from what I've seen, there will be no modding allowed for the game. Shame they won't have the century class ship, raptor class(fed), outrider, ambassador, Incom, the real Excalibur, excelsior, valiant(notice all of the dj ships), Eclipse, MVAM Galaxy, and a normal Norway.
yes it is a very good looking game, and consoles have been announced, X360 and possibly PS3
now from what I've seen, there will be no modding allowed for the game. Shame they won't have the century class ship, raptor class(fed), outrider, ambassador, Incom, the real Excalibur, excelsior, valiant(notice all of the dj ships), Eclipse, MVAM Galaxy, and a normal Norway.
FYI, if you take time to customize you can indeed have an Ambassador, Norway, Excelsior, (and likely the Valiant). And the game DOES have MVAM Galaxy at least, although if the Prometheus can do it is yet to be seen in video footage.
Am i the only one left confused by the STO color uniform system? i've seen Gold shirt captains (i am guessing it is because the way a jr officer may have to take command doesnt mean they change shirt colors until they are officially Fleet field Promoted to captain).What i think would be cool, is if it turned out in 2409 starfleet has retroed back to Gold=command red=security engineering etc. Or maybe it is that ebcause its a game, and uniforms are very customisable, it's a moot point.
Will there be any pre-order exclusives for european customers?
Will there be any pre-order exclusives for european customers?
Is there an answer to this?
Will there be any pre-order exclusives for european customers?
Is there an answer to this?
Wanted to ask the same question.
edit: looked around on the STO forums, & I'm reading stuff like you cant pre-order outside the US.
(except UK)
Well i know that the Tutorial explains how you, an ensign, take command of a starship during the return of the Borg (that is leaked info from a ton of online sources) I will have the option to wear TOS uniforms if i pre order from D2D (which i did ). I know what your saying Thunder but when a Captain is offficially commisioned as the CO of a starship he changes his shirt (such as Worf as xo in alternate quantum realities in "parrelels", or Data in "future imperfect").
If what your saying is true (when a Captain is officially commissioned as the CO of a starship he changes his shirt)...
Why did the Admiral at Starfleet Intelligence have a gold uniform, and not a customary red uniform which is common for the Admiralty?
Some of the places we'll be able to visit:
http://img.trekmovie.com/images/sto/Andoria.jpg
http://img.trekmovie.com/images/sto/DeepSpaceNine.jpg
http://img.trekmovie.com/images/sto/Guardian.jpg
http://img.trekmovie.com/images/sto/Hatoria.jpg
http://img.trekmovie.com/images/sto/K-7.jpg
http://img.trekmovie.com/images/sto/MutaraSector.jpg
http://img.trekmovie.com/images/sto/QonoS.jpg
http://img.trekmovie.com/images/sto/Risa.jpg
http://img.trekmovie.com/images/sto/Vulcan.jpg
http://img.trekmovie.com/images/sto/Wolf359.jpg
I'm not entirely sure how the ships are flown, either. I would assume keyboard controls like most games, but there is EVE, which is popular, but uses the god-awful mouse movement.
Ooh, nice. K-7 is doing well for itself then. :P
http://img.trekmovie.com/images/sto/sto_120909_21.jpg
DJ Curtis has fans. A little more appealing nacelles and some minor tweaking to the hull and it would look fairly reminiscent of his designs. Perhaps an employee at Cryptic is a fan and modified their Intrepid or Nova to resemble the Century?
I think the sillouette reminds me very much of a DJ ship. I never said it was a spot on match.
Sorry, but that's a huge stretch. That looks more like a ship CA (Neb and GDLuque's old modding team) would have built, but that's based solely on the nacelle design, and even that's a stretch.
OKay this article ie HUGE. a writer at MMorpg.com details his experience in Beta and how good the game is so far.
http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/352/feature/3835/page/2
Klingon ships and maneuverability in same sentence? They've ruined it.. It's the fed ships that are supposed to be agile..
There are only a few Fed ships that can maneuver like a Bop and one of them being the Defiant.. and I dont think they added that to the game..
There are only a few Fed ships that can maneuver like a Bop and one of them being the Defiant.. and I dont think they added that to the game..
Then you think wrong, since the Defiant is listed as a Tactical Escort on the STO homepage.
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Red_Satyr: How will creature creation work for the Klingons? Would I be able to make a "human" captain (which doesn't seem likely canon-wise) or will we be able to make more unique type of aliens?
Alien creation for the Klingons will work much the same as for Federation Characters. However, they will have access to different pieces that Federation players won't have access too. It will be as robust as any of our other character creators though!
http://cyri.systemrequirementslab.com/srtest/
yes, the site said i didn't have 512 gb of ram, but i do, i have 1 gb
yes, the site said i didn't have 512 gb of ram, but i do, i have 1 gb
512 GIGAbytes of ram? o.O
Now it has been announced that the original Spock, Leonard Nimoy, will also be providing voiceovers for the MMORPG.
It may be that interiors are over-sized in expectation of having tons of players. Cramming thousands of people onto DS9's promenade would just look claustrophobic if they didn't.
SERIOULY guys...watch this podcast..watch this..please..VERY well worth listening to...
What im wondering ...
Im not sure if it was mentioned already.. but they talk about tier level ships ... if im comfortable with the ship im using and I enter a new tier ...
will I be forced to change to a new ship? ... or can I just keep using the same one until I decide I want to change?
Because with a lot of the Starfleet Command type games ...I wont switch to a new one until I can no longer keep up with the enemy ships when it comes to combat..
Like for example ...the Defiant in ST online probably isnt going to be as badass as the DS9 defiant... even with all the upgrades and customization, but if I wanted to keep using it and was able to still handle my own in a combat situation, I would like that option instead of being forced to use and re-customize another ship..
OK I WAS DRUNK WHEN I MADE THIS, BUT THIS IS A CONCEPT TRAILIER FOR IF I USE STO FOR MY MECHINIMA FOR STAR TREK DAYSTAR
a beta vid of rescuing kirk and enterprise in sto. I believe the NDA was lifted so this person probably is ok.
Why are the Klingons just letting the Fed people beam away? Thats what I want to know.
ever hear of an honorable battle?
Helpful
So I wanna try that..especially with the Defiant ...since supposedly there is one in the game..The original Defiant is in the game it looked pretty accurate. There are some ships from higher tier levels parked near the Earth Starbase as a kind of spoiler of what's to come.
The original Defiant is in the game it looked pretty accurate. There are some ships from higher tier levels parked near the Earth Starbase as a kind of spoiler of what's to come.
Now that we're not technically bound by such pesky things as NDAs now, a question to anyone who's been in-game already: Are you able to determine the registry numbers of your ships, or just the names?
damn i accidentily ordered non deluxe from dd2 only get the borg shield. ah well, im all patched and client ready just gotta wait till 2pm est, hey guys,
i will occasionally yell out ion zone chat its me daystar from BC if any of u wana friend add me :P
my captain's name will be GEORGE KANE you all know what my ship name will be :P
Ship Customization Tier 1
Nice.
joshmaul..i noticed you have uss new hampshire..if i told u i lived in york maine..how close are we?
Dear God! This will take me 2 days to download.
Now that we're not technically bound by such pesky things as NDAs now, a question to anyone who's been in-game already: Are you able to determine the registry numbers of your ships, or just the names?
Aww, only in the 90000 range? I wanted to make the USS Dauntless NCC-71879-A!
Fileplanet Download died, so... god knows how long now.
In response to the 'torrent' subject, do you mean the BitTorrent one? (The one with no seeds, 0.3% in 2 hours) or the STODownloader? (3% in 1 hour)
I'm sick of these "Map is not accepting anymore logins" BS, they should have been anticipating a lot of players.
game is back already from that patch...its running waaay better now.
i'm getting quite good at ship combat..i'm a centaur class until 11 then ill take either akira or defiant or vigilance
for those who are interested Hailing Frequency is giving away 1000 open beta keys
well, i have been playing it for a bit now,
Im afraid i am having trouble getting into it.
i thought that was depending on your ,,no..im right according to the guides,,.,.i picked escort series itll be akira defiant or vigilance your 3 u mention are battle cruiser choices
Bah, of course patching happens during prime game playing time. I may not have a chance to actually play the frigging game until the weekend.
One needs to remember, that this is a BETA we are currently playing. There's bound to be plenty of problems along the road, and it is up to us players to report any and all things that might be bugged so that Cryptic has a thorough list to go through. As I have been monitoring the official forums since this latest downtime, it is clear to me that there are FAR too many people who think of the STO "Open Beta" as some sort of extended demo. Which clearly, it is not.
As i stated in a previous post ,i have found myself in a love/hate with cryptic, like my 3 ex wives, i love em..at first..for offering me something new and exciting. But like my 3 ex wives, something eventually small becomes big and disturbing...okay thats a grim analogy. Champions online started so so for me but at nearly level 30 with my main, DAYSTAR PRIME, i find myself loving the damned game.
not again and i was about to come back on
My Father bought me the game (Steam Digital Deluxe) for my Birthday and my grandmother bought me the lifetime Subscription. woo.
My Father bought me the game (Steam Digital Deluxe) for my Birthday and my grandmother bought me the lifetime Subscription. woo.
Even though I am a tactical officer, I plan on taking cruiser for my next ship up grin
I think that "log" would be better off as a personal log. I don't think Starfleet would be at all pleased with their Captains swearing cheeky.
My Father bought me the game (Steam Digital Deluxe) for my Birthday and my grandmother bought me the lifetime Subscription. woo.
Holy #*$%!!!
U are one very lucky person.Which version did he get you?
And btw Darkthunder isnt being nice...not answering his in-game tells :-P
And btw Darkthunder isnt being nice...not answering his in-game tells :-P
QuoteAnd btw Darkthunder isnt being nice...not answering his in-game tells :-P
neither is 9thdawg :wtf
QuoteAnd btw Darkthunder isnt being nice...not answering his in-game tells :-P
neither is 9thdawg :wtf
Same reason as I mentioned before. Some people do have things to do you know.
TODAY, 10:07 AM #56
StormShade
Online Community Rep
Join Date: May 2009
Hi everyone!
This is really amazing! We have hit the limit of how many players we can fit on the server right now!
This is one of those times where we're both sad, and glad. On the one side, you all enjoy the game so much, we can't squeeze anyone else on to the server. (I can't log in right now either! )
On the other side, we really want to let you all on the server! So, here's what we're working on:
1) We're increasing server capacity. We have new machines coming in to add to the server, and we've put a rush order on them. We're going to bring them online as soon as we can.
2) We're working on software solutions as well. Our development team is working night and day to be able to get as much power as we can from each machine, and we're focusing on increasing capacity, and server stability.
For now, all we can say is, please keep trying. We know it's frustrating. Please keep trying though. You never know when you might be able to get in!
Thank you for your patience, thank you for your support, and thank you for your interest in Star Trek Online!
Stormshade
:-( i keep getting server too busy after my game crashed..
And btw Darkthunder isnt being nice...not answering his in-game tells :-P
Still a level and a half until I get my Tier 2 ship.
Barihawk, it may be a bug, try reporting it?
Otherwise it may just be an omission from the Open Beta.
I love this game so much!
i was trying to get on to give the game another try,
Cant though, like most people i get the server busy issue.
Could one of you guys post something about the ship customization? I'd like to see that.
Could one of you guys post something about the ship customization? I'd like to see that.
There was a vid posted about 2 pages back showing someone messing around with their Miranda.
Edit: Tell a lie, its not 2 pages back, its about 6. :P&feature=player_embedded
hit tab(to cycle through targets) then just hit the 1 though 0 keys to select what you want to fire...
Quotehit tab(to cycle through targets) then just hit the 1 though 0 keys to select what you want to fire...
but do not rely on tab in space combat. a common tactic being used now in pvp is mine deployment.,.it counter measures your tab targeting to select mines anbd get pew pewed while u cycle.
I am flying an interesting cruiser config. It's the Vesper nacelles and saucer and neck, constitution pylons and Excalibur secondary.
its standard mmo combat..Which is exactly why I think I had a hard time with it at first. I've been playing a lot of wRPGs and FPSs lately.
:-( i keep getting server too busy after my game crashed..
And btw Darkthunder isnt being nice...not answering his in-game tells :-P
I actually did get a tell from someone asking if I was the Darkthunder from BCC. Problem is, i've had periodic problems with game crashing, and "Server is busy" errors today. I crashed shortly after getting the tell, so I was unable to see who wrote.
Wiley, do any of the Excalibur class variants resemble the JJprise?
Servers offline for maintenance. Announced by devs that when they come up we will have no level caps, unlocked all content, new LCARS interface, and a multitude of other features as the actual client is updated to a modern form. Actual beta will begin.
Question for the higher ranking players. When you get to lt commander, do you automatically get the next tier ship?
Del Trek ? Get STO cups & early free access + special shuttle ?pet?
Today Atari announced a special promotion with the Mexican fast food chain Del Taco. Customers who purchase a Macho-sized drink at one of Del Taco?s 500 restaurants will receive a free limited edition Star Trek collector?s cup and a free trial of the Star Trek Online (while supplies last). Each collector?s cup will have an individual peel code that can be redeemed for a 48-hour free trial of Star Trek Online at startrekonline.com/deltaco.
Customers can redeem up to four codes and receive 48-hours of gameplay with each code. As an added bonus, customers that redeem the maximum four codes will receive an extra 48-hours of access to the game for a total of 10 full days. Additionally, if consumers choose to purchase the game after their free trial, they will receive a free Type-8 Shuttle "pet" add-on for their Starship, available exclusively from Del Taco. Atari have also provided us with a video of the shuttle, now uploaded to the TrekMovie YouTube channel.
Aw updating again!
Just got home from school&work.
Meh.
For those of you who have a Del Taco near you(like me) you can get(up to) a full 10 day free trial and a type 8 "pet" shuttle add-on for your ship.
I can now offically say i have placed my preorder for the collectors edition from gamestop (i get a tos connie) and the red matter capaciter and bought the lifetime script which means borg characters hehehe. So who here will be flying STO besides Barihawk
Just Hit Lt. Cmdr
Some screens
I have had no luck getting teamspeak to work. My friend who uses TS for a clan fps game, came over and he could'nt figure out why either, i downloaded the ts3 client,not the server, when i click the launcher it does this dos style checksum and then nothing. I use vista 64 bit sony vaio laptop. Ventrilo runs just fine.
no shields + photons = massive damage.That, or photon mines. Feels good man.
no shields + photons = massive damage.That, or photon mines. Feels good man.
(though I'm only Lt 7 because of school)
screw that quantum torps and quantum mines all the way = BIG BOOM
Well, i wanted to play today,and yesterday,and the day before. But the login server has hated me most of open beta, i understand that in beta you get bugs. But i kind of seriously regret doing a preorder. i really really really do, because i have barely been able to play the damned game quite frankly, looking back, i would have hit tier 2 a looong time ago, but i am still level frikkin 6 2 bars to 7, because of only ONE damned reason- "cannot connect to login server" or o nce i load in i see that red "disconnected from server", i tried over and over and over and after a point, i would ease frustrating myself and stop. I love what i have experienced but quite frankly if this continues past open beta i will delay even playing for several months i feel sympathy for all the haters on the basis of performance, i try aand be optimistic but i think about the massive surge of live players and even MORE likelihood the servers will hit stress overload, and i foresee more frustration than i want to deal with.
A real shame cryptic...you had me..it's just a question of retention and the game has yet to go live.
9th Fleet decided to go AWOL on Risa during the event. Got some nice screens, lounged, and had a dance party with a Naussicaan.Why was I not invited? :P This old 9th lt would love to hang with the gang.
@BES: That looks very much like my ship. I finally managed to get to Tier 3 before the beta went down. I went with a 100% stock appearance of the Olympic Class. Although it felt like the ship was made of glass in combat, compared to the Nova Class (Tier 2). Thou, by then I was going up against Romulan Warbirds, and Valdore Escorts, so that could have something to do with it.
Note: If you play as a Science Captain, in a Science ship, past level 20 (Commander rank) you should always have an Engineer in a Cruiser, doing the tanking :P
Yeah, the event failed....until they added a f**k ton of borg to the station.my machine was lagging so bad, I could hardly get out of the spawn, I'm sorry to admit, I logged off before the rest of the 9th fleet went AWOL, which is too bad, because I heard it was quite a party.
I'm not sure if i'll stick to the Science route in the live game, or if i'll give Tactical (and by extension, Escorts) a try. I personally loved the Prometheus which is the Tier 5 Escort. Thou i've heard that Escorts are basically paper thin by comparison, and die left and right like nothing. Nothing a few balance tweaks can't fix :P
Final thoughts are the game has a few areas they need to vastly improve, knowing what i needed to do to complete a few missions was not cle;ar, the bridge thing needs MAJOR work but has potential, i wish they would make the starting ships better choices than the stupid miranda and centaur and whatever that was and its varients, they need voice acting to compete w tor, because quite frankly i can agree w the people who mentioned the tedious reading gets annoying especially when u get attacked mid reading the stuff your officers telling you lol. BUT it is great for a beta and i have high hopes for the future.
In fact if i do go foreward in my series i may make, I plan NOT to ever feature those ships because i feel they're just old looking for star trek , the miranda was overused to death in the Dominion war and well..anything.
i hate the miranda class..i hate the shape..i hate its lack of a secondary hull, i hate the way the thing is like a saucer with nacelles,any of the ships like that. I just do not like it.it's a style preference. The Defiant is one of my favorites
First, you say you hate the ships that look like "saucer with nacelles". In the same post you say "The Defiant is one of my favorites". The two statements are not compatible. The Defiant IS is "saucer with nacelles", albeit in a smooth package. It has no stardrive to speak of.
In my opinion however, the Miranda rollbar should be the DS9 variant (No aft torpedo tubes)
Well this was expected..My day off and headstart, i had a feeling it may be to good to be true. Can't get a succesful Log in. Constant time outs after a while.
Strange. I saw someone with a TOS Connie running around not five minutes ago (and that was just before the server went pfft, lol).
There have been reports of employees of the pre-order stores getting theirs as soon as they come into stock, therefore using the codes. Which will explain the TOS uniforms and Constitutions people are seeing.
I've got my liberated Borg captain, Johnathan P Keats. In command of the U.S.S. Beagle. YAY! Going to carry on the Cruiser line, up to Sovereign refit.
ITT: Casual gamers have an orgasm over a generic MMO.
it does seem this game is doing better than i thought it would... ive been listening to all sides, good and bad, about it; if it werent so darn expensive, i might consider joining in myself...
both, really... i really dont think ill be forking over $120 to play for a year, let alone a whopping $240 for a lifetime... just doesnt seem worth that hefty price, IMO...it does seem this game is doing better than i thought it would... ive been listening to all sides, good and bad, about it; if it werent so darn expensive, i might consider joining in myself...
Which part are u talking about Jimmy the game cost itself or the subscription for the server access?
going back on topic just to let ya all know the warzone mission that u pick up from DeepSpace K7 can only be 50% completed due to bugs ya gotta win a warzone which cannot be completed at this time so avoid it for right now.
So what levels is everyone at im at Lt 7 almost 8
both, really... i really dont think ill be forking over $120 to play for a year, let alone a whopping $240 for a lifetime... just doesnt seem worth that hefty price, IMO...it does seem this game is doing better than i thought it would... ive been listening to all sides, good and bad, about it; if it werent so darn expensive, i might consider joining in myself...
Which part are u talking about Jimmy the game cost itself or the subscription for the server access?
What I'm finding a bit hard to understand though is how Cryptic quite literally combined every era of trek into this one. There are DY-100s flying around and the opening video shows a Sovereign with TOS bridge sounds as it flies by.
What I'm finding a bit hard to understand though is how Cryptic quite literally combined every era of trek into this one. There are DY-100s flying around and the opening video shows a Sovereign with TOS bridge sounds as it flies by.
I'm quite sure you don't...(besides the first month is free to those who pre-ordered) I just dumped my DDE code (that I just got today) into the site and I'm all set and done. Your pre-order stuff should be in the C-Store(in game) for you to pick up for free.Got my red matter capaciter
The skirt is actually bugged and Cryptic is working on that.
So you're saying there's only one code for TWOK uniforms?
So you're saying there's only one code for TWOK uniforms?
Made it to Captain. Acquired a Galaxy class... I'm highly disappointed with the quality of the model.
umm isnt P81 in fact Rick Knox? :P
umm isnt P81 in fact Rick Knox? :P
umm isnt P81 in fact Rick Knox? :P
No, knox1711 and P81 are sep people... they just get confused a lot because knox1711 worked on and ported many of P81's ships...
go on and ask them over at the 9th fleet forums :P
maybe i will...
and maybe ill say that a certain spammer named Nebula is going around and telling everyone that they are the same person :arms: :P
looks better when you don't modify its textures -.-
Those bridge textures on the previous page, would make baby Jesus cry. :'(lol cookied
Question: If I buy the game, is there some kind of limited play, if I don't pay the subscription? Or are they greedy turds? :funny
greedy turds:P :funny
how does the akira handle?
Cruisers should have higher turn rates!
Will there be a trial for STO? I'd like to know if I could run it in my computer :funny I know there was a beta a while back but at the time I didn't have the chance to try to get a beta key.
I am close to Lt.comm 8. Won't be long till commander! I bought an escort and ugh i do not like them at all. I am sticking to cruisers, being tactical relates most;y to ground action, your BO's are what effect ship stuff. Oh btw the new profile pic is the real me head on superman body with a "G" (super G my name is George and super G is a version of me like superman in a photomanip/3-d old comic i did last year with friends as characters and a current school project).
http://www.trekspace.org/photo/albums/jason-hauck-star-trek-online
Here's more, from another one of my STO Screencap Archives.
U.S.S. Saskatchewan
Constellation A-Class
"Acting Captain" Commander Reg Barclay (2407)
they had a good reason for it... *you needed your retail key*Sorry, but that's a bad reason. You shouldn't have needed a retail key. The whole point of the beta was to make the launch smoother, yes? Then why not test everything? Then, when the game goes public, revoke all of the items that your keys do not entitle you to. Then everything runs smoother from the get go, instead of scrambling to fix something you had months to test out.
Should get to commander in the morning. I really want an akira too. But i have been concentrating on ranking up cruiser skills and nothing else. Should i stick with them ?
heh though I think you're the only person to say BOff and not BO when referring to Bridge Officers lol.
ugh i hate those impulse and warp trails lol
surely theres gotta be a way in that game to turn that effect off?
they only show up when you go full impulse or do sharp maneuvers... it's really there to give you a better sense of motion... like the motion blur and space dust in BC does.
The trails remind me about the good old game Homeworld.
Okay i went through this mission that was the most ILLOGICAL storyline i have EVER seen!! End of the "saturday" chain missions vs Romulans, you go to a world where admiral james leanord whats his face the kid born on the TOS episode where the mom name him after kirk and mccoy, anyways, the chief will side with klingons or feds but the way the SUDDENLY mention" oh by the way, theres a giant asteroid about to crush our world, whoever destroyes it we will side with ". OKAY--so your telling me both the Klingons and feds are WASTING time with 2 diplomats on a world ABOUT to be crushed by an asteroid ANY second?? THat makes how much sense? and HOW do they know WHO shot it apart?? magic??
Okay i went through this mission that was the most ILLOGICAL storyline i have EVER seen!! End of the "saturday" chain missions vs Romulans, you go to a world where admiral james leanord whats his face the kid born on the TOS episode where the mom name him after kirk and mccoy, anyways, the chief will side with klingons or feds but the way the SUDDENLY mention" oh by the way, theres a giant asteroid about to crush our world, whoever destroyes it we will side with ". OKAY--so your telling me both the Klingons and feds are WASTING time with 2 diplomats on a world ABOUT to be crushed by an asteroid ANY second?? THat makes how much sense? and HOW do they know WHO shot it apart?? magic??
But there's a tennis court between the Captains chair and the conn. Surely it didn't have to be so large a gap? :P
Transporterpads and turboliftdoors are also ridiculously oversized.
But there's a tennis court between the Captains chair and the conn. Surely it didn't have to be so large a gap? :PQuoteTransporterpads and turboliftdoors are also ridiculously oversized.
yes yes they needed to be... if you want lots of characters to share a space....
You guys should see the size of my Tier 4 Klingon Bridge,
Ill take a pic later on.
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Pics added,
This is a Vorcha class.
You guys should see the size of my Tier 4 Klingon Bridge,
Ill take a pic later on.
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Pics added,
This is a Vorcha class.
Its the Carbonite Freezing chamber from Star Wars. :P
never heard of it :P but seriously, danube can't be that close, besides take a look at any DS9 episode where Defiant is docked with the station ring... it's nose hardly fits the cove while in STO almost whole shipe fits in which would mean STO Defiant is about the size of original Defiant's nose :eekCryptic is probably getting it right in this case. I believe there's an article floating around the internet which discusses DS9's defiant scaling issues.
I hope so, it just didn't look right IMHOnever heard of it :P but seriously, danube can't be that close, besides take a look at any DS9 episode where Defiant is docked with the station ring... it's nose hardly fits the cove while in STO almost whole shipe fits in which would mean STO Defiant is about the size of original Defiant's nose :eekCryptic is probably getting it right in this case. I believe there's an article floating around the internet which discusses DS9's defiant scaling issues.
In fact, there is. (http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/articles/defiant-problems.htm)
You really shouldn't mix weapons like that. Pick a specific type and stack them. I only use phasers and photons but chances are my ship could outdamage someone with your setup because of their lack of specialty.
I agree with the torpedo part, but I have a console that gives +25 to all beam arrays the best I can find for my rank on the exchange only gives +22 to phasers only.
And as I said, I get the same DPS on all beams, and my tetryon beams both have +acc and +crit chance (Phasers only have +accuracy).
Eh... I had no trouble maxing my ship skills, as well as disruptors, quantums, and tetryon weapons by RA5. I also put max points into cannons, as my sovereign doesnt use torpedos and has turrets instead.
However, I have almost no points in ground abilities.
Not to mention you completely lose out on engineering and operations as well, which can seriously hurt when those abilities are so useful.
There, just made commander an hour ago. :P
I really enjoy the game and I have to agree with what Daystar has said. Though one of the biggest flaws I see in STO is the level cap. For example in WoW they can keep expanding the level cap with each expansion they come out with. With the new expansion for WoW coming out the end of 2010 the level cap will increase to 90. With STO you can reach Rear Admiral Lower Half comparatively quickly and even with expansions that will come out they can only go so high as Fleet Admiral. One of the rewards for gaining experience is making it to the next level. Once they max out the Starfleet and Klingon ranks, that is it. No more rewards for gaining experience. IMO what they should have done is make it harder to get to the next rank but you will still level up. (ex you have Lt1, Lt2, Lt3, ect.) Another thing to do would be to add a lot more ships so say when you reach LT5 you can get a new ship and at Lt10 you can get another one, just make it harder to get to those ranks. This would extend the life of your Starfleet character, because once you reach lv cap, you really have no reason to use that character anymore other than to help a fellow fleet mate having trouble with a mission.
I really enjoy the game and I have to agree with what Daystar has said. Though one of the biggest flaws I see in STO is the level cap. For example in WoW they can keep expanding the level cap with each expansion they come out with. With the new expansion for WoW coming out the end of 2010 the level cap will increase to 90. With STO you can reach Rear Admiral Lower Half comparatively quickly and even with expansions that will come out they can only go so high as Fleet Admiral. One of the rewards for gaining experience is making it to the next level. Once they max out the Starfleet and Klingon ranks, that is it. No more rewards for gaining experience. IMO what they should have done is make it harder to get to the next rank but you will still level up. (ex you have Lt1, Lt2, Lt3, ect.) Another thing to do would be to add a lot more ships so say when you reach LT5 you can get a new ship and at Lt10 you can get another one, just make it harder to get to those ranks. This would extend the life of your Starfleet character, because once you reach lv cap, you really have no reason to use that character anymore other than to help a fellow fleet mate having trouble with a mission.
Hehe you won't have to deal with HALF of what the rest of us did !
Welcome to the game Lionus, do yourself a favor and read STOwiki carefully before going to far you may save yourself some learning curve time. look For George Kane @ chooch99 in game.
that's sneaky.. Eve wasn't like that. :P
I really enjoy the game and I have to agree with what Daystar has said. Though one of the biggest flaws I see in STO is the level cap. For example in WoW they can keep expanding the level cap with each expansion they come out with. With the new expansion for WoW coming out the end of 2010 the level cap will increase to 90. With STO you can reach Rear Admiral Lower Half comparatively quickly and even with expansions that will come out they can only go so high as Fleet Admiral. One of the rewards for gaining experience is making it to the next level. Once they max out the Starfleet and Klingon ranks, that is it. No more rewards for gaining experience. IMO what they should have done is make it harder to get to the next rank but you will still level up. (ex you have Lt1, Lt2, Lt3, ect.) Another thing to do would be to add a lot more ships so say when you reach LT5 you can get a new ship and at Lt10 you can get another one, just make it harder to get to those ranks. This would extend the life of your Starfleet character, because once you reach lv cap, you really have no reason to use that character anymore other than to help a fellow fleet mate having trouble with a mission.
There is plenty to do with a level capped character in almost every MMO. It's impossible that you've done ALL the content on your journey to that level, most mmo's let you go back and pick up old missions in some way (Cryptic introduced Ouroboros in CoH, which let you go back to missions you had outlevelled/didn't choose that story path), and was handled quite brilliantly (Still one of the most used systems in that game even still). Increasing the difficulty of gaining levels is a terrible idea, because the attention span of the average gamer is pathetically low. The only reason Everquest managed it was because the die-hard fanbase of the game sought a tough experience, whereas STO is more built for the casual gamer (As most MMO's are nowadays, unfortunately).
The casual gamer on average gains less entertainment with the fewer rewards and benefits they are awarded per session, if you extended the time it took to level by 2x, by level 10 you'd be requiring like, say, 10-15 missions to hit level 11 with the Cryptic XP formula, which is typically longer than one sitting, and for such a low level is totally not worth it.
Who said they can't get creative with their level cap? If they DID extend it they can always make up new names, Temporal Commander <Name here>. See? Already viable given the setting of STO.
What I would suggest would be making ships attainable by endgame achievements, to broaden the variety. Wouldn't it be cool to see more than the (HYPOTHETICAL) 3 top tier PVP crafts in groups of 5 just spamming the same broken endgame power? (/HYPOTHETICAL) Though that's a problem that several games suffer from (*COUGHRAGNAROK ONLINE*COUGH*)
Baril, The Head Programmer for cyptic was on zone chat a little while ago here at 6 am est, he told everyone that next thursday Respecs would be rolled out in the patch. He definetly was who he claimed, he had a unique cryptic name along with GM colored logo.
It's a portal to the Captain's Table, an area for lifetime suscribers only. At the moment it is broken on Tribble. They also plan to move it somewhere less obvious. And yes, it's based on the books. Just a social area.
C. New smilies ftw! :spam:cookies to Viper for expanding our emoticon choices :D
New smilies ftw! :spam:
Specifically the ones that'll never be used because spam never happens here anymore! :dontcare:sure it does ;) just not stupidly :P
:eek That's scary how much he looks like you, assuming that's you in your avatar pic.
If only I could figure out what causes the game to crash when I'm doing the ground battle missions. scan this rock/kill occasional enemies usually succeed when they're on the outside, but while in a starbase or building, game will crash within minutes. And it definitely shouldn't be overpowering my computer for pete's sake.. :bitch:Same issue prevented me from succesfull beta testing :argh:
If only I could figure out what causes the game to crash when I'm doing the ground battle missions. scan this rock/kill occasional enemies usually succeed when they're on the outside, but while in a starbase or building, game will crash within minutes. And it definitely shouldn't be overpowering my computer for pete's sake.. :bitch:Same issue prevented me from succesfull beta testing :argh:
If only I could figure out what causes the game to crash when I'm doing the ground battle missions. scan this rock/kill occasional enemies usually succeed when they're on the outside, but while in a starbase or building, game will crash within minutes. And it definitely shouldn't be overpowering my computer for pete's sake.. :bitch:Same issue prevented me from succesfull beta testing :argh:
So a bug that was in beta and no doubt reported wasn't fixed? That's hilarious.
If only I could figure out what causes the game to crash when I'm doing the ground battle missions. scan this rock/kill occasional enemies usually succeed when they're on the outside, but while in a starbase or building, game will crash within minutes. And it definitely shouldn't be overpowering my computer for pete's sake.. :bitch:
eh? I didn't have a prob with it...
but then I guess it changes with rank?
(playing an endgame doctor/healer is absolutely fun, but levelling one up is an absolute pain).
Wow what a drama fest! The SToked guys are debating publically pulling out there's so much hate on other forums such as mmorpg.com and sto forums. This whole PR mess is becoming quite explosive for cryptic. I am very upbeat about STO but as a company cryptic just seems to be really really strange if they cannot understand why people blow up at them.
Actually, Atari is the one who came up with the idea for the council and how to implement it. Cryptic wanted to have the public elect members like in EVE online, but instead so-called "elites" in the community were appointed, and ones with inflammatory repuations at that. Your buds happen to be the worst, no offense.
Confirmed ships that Cryptic is attemmpting to secure the IPs for is the Excelsior and Oberth classes.
Sadly, at this point of game, AP's are are a distant dream. :idk:
The best endgame is Antiproton. It eats Borg to pieces and most players concentrate on other resistances.
I don't see how you're having these issues.
Short answer. Yes.
How smoothly it runs, very smooth.
How high you'll be able to push the settings with it running smoothly?
Who knows...
Short answer. Yes.
How smoothly it runs, very smooth.
How high you'll be able to push the settings with it running smoothly?
Who knows...
Anything is better, than my ATI X1300.
and my 1GB ram haha,
Anyways, did the game get many updates since it was released?
Not playing due to my pc haha.
Anything is better, than my ATI X1300.
and my 1GB ram haha,
Anyways, did the game get many updates since it was released?
Not playing due to my pc haha.
every MMO does this... not really a surprise.
eh I had asked if anyone wanted to try STO for 5 days I still have a guest account I can give out.
Prime has a point... im not trying to trash the game, even if im not fond of it, however i do find it surprising theyre giving free-bees so soon... i have no doubts the game isnt selling as strongly as they anticipated...every MMO does this... not really a surprise.Never so early in its life.
i gotta agree there as well... i would absolutely be willing to give it a shot; so far all ive seen are what people post in forums and such... besides, if i play it then i have a stronger case saying that it sucks lol j/k :Pevery MMO does this... not really a surprise.I'm tempted to get on it so I have more evidence for my case
Prime has a point... im not trying to trash the game, even if im not fond of it, however i do find it surprising theyre giving free-bees so soon... i have no doubts the game isnt selling as strongly as they anticipated...every MMO does this... not really a surprise.Never so early in its life.i gotta agree there as well... i would absolutely be willing to give it a shot; so far all ive seen are what people post in forums and such... besides, if i play it then i have a stronger case saying that it sucks lol j/k :Pevery MMO does this... not really a surprise.I'm tempted to get on it so I have more evidence for my case
I still don't see how you're having all those issues :lostit
hmh.. i guess i should give that a shot.. but I hate the thought of turning down the graphics.
I plan to buy it on Thursday but pondering if any nice soul, could possibly drop me a 5day pass?just sent you one if you still need it.
Mucho appreciated by a returning Star Trek Geek ( KM 1.0 dude here)
BTW hai Nebula!!!! :dance
where did you get that Generations alert klaxon from?
aaah i see... reason i was curious is because it is alot more crisp and better sounding than any of the sort i have heard ever released for BC...Quotewhere did you get that Generations alert klaxon from?
i forget i have folders i save for all my sounds,i think its one of the game sounds BC or armada,or anotjher
unfortunately you can't access the bridge in the demo :( I loved the game otherwise though.
I'm kinda dissappointed with the new crafting system, basically they just took their existing system, and gave it a fancy GUI. Although it certainly is easier.
359 is just a cluttered graveyard..
I just had to get the Caitian.. so I did. no manes or hair or such was disappointing though.. but he shall be my prime cruiser captain, just like my original char flies around in escort vessels only.
There is a rumor the kzinti will be the klingon faction answer to the caitians as a player race in sto.
They're working on Tier 5 versions of Galaxy, Defiant and Intrepid classes. Unknown if they'll add new or existing variants.
Tier 5 Galaxy.. why do I get the hunch that it might be Galaxy X dreadnought..
Q: Obsidius: What sort of new ships can Federation and Klingon players expect for Episode 2? We've already seen the Galaxy-X class dreadnought, but what sort of escort and science-ship-related ships are in the pipe?
A: Federation Vice Admirals will have access to one of three new ships: Galaxy with Saucer Separation, Intrepid with Ablative Armor and Defiant with Cloak. Klingon Dahar Masters will have access to a Fek?ihri carrier.
Q: Obsidius: What sort of new ships can Federation and Klingon players expect for Episode 2? We've already seen the Galaxy-X class dreadnought, but what sort of escort and science-ship-related ships are in the pipe?
A: Federation Vice Admirals will have access to one of three new ships: Galaxy with Saucer Separation, Intrepid with Ablative Armor and Defiant with Cloak. Klingon Dahar Masters will have access to a Fek?ihri carrier.
BTW There's a bug in game spilling over from tribble, i'm silenced 12 hours more, i have no reason to be silenced by the game itself normally as i have not spoken in zone chat for 2 says.
Sweet JESUS! I assume the Defiant cloak is very straightforward. But how do the armour and sep work?
Wait, if all the Intrepid variants have Ablative Armor, do all the Galaxy variants have saucer separation?
Shots of the modelled intrepid armour from CapnLogan
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z105/williafx/screenshot_2010-07-16-17-50-36.jpg?t=1279569185
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z105/williafx/screenshot_2010-07-16-18-09-00.jpg?t=1279569184
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He expects the models to be on tribble by the end of the week.
Also, all of the work I do on these models are done on the clock and I do get paid while I work :) Sometimes I work longer days than others, but I am nonetheless compensated adequately :)
My highers ups are totally on my side, although I may illustrate it like it's a battle between us when essentially all it is is politics and scheduling. This morning DStahl gave me some very kind recognition at our meetings for the recent work.
so yeah, I work hard to get my bosses to let me go back and fix things, and polish stuff even when it's not official "polish time". One of the reasons I manage to get the perk of getting to do this kind of stuff is firstly because I talk to all of you on here so often, secondly I model really f*ckin fast and usually get several days ahead of my schedule, which is what I use as leverage when asking for impovements, overhauls, fixes etc.
Alright! Maybe a little TMI but it's a bit of perspective on how the politics of my department have been working lately, and most of it is thanks to you guys here on the forums.
Cheers to you all!
they were misplaced onto the rear torp tubes lol
Is it me, or can you only have ONE retrofit ship per character?
That video really does make the STO bridges look laughably huge.
Well, I mean... To be fair... That's because they are stupidly large. Without reason. "Camera space" is a crock, Cryptic just really like that style (Everything in CoH has the equivalent of a two-story roof or higher)Actually there is a reason: Star Trek Online is an MMO, meaning that with God knows how many people constantly running around there needs to be a lot of room to move. It's an unfortunate necessity.
Made a new Vid utilizing the new interiors and BC as the combat footage.whats up with the lack of lcars on the helm and ops station when showing the bc galaxy bridge?
Actually there is a reason: Star Trek Online is an MMO, meaning that with God knows how many people constantly running around there needs to be a lot of room to move. It's an unfortunate necessity.ya tis a shame... if it werent like that, and the bridges and interiors were designed to be "canon" size, then i might actually gain an interest in playing STO... being as they are, tho, cancels out that interest entirely for me... ah well...
The new season update i got a new galaxy bridge pack, and it even has the Galaxy x canon bridge, all scaled correct ill post pics wheen i can.
The new season update i got a new galaxy bridge pack, and it even has the Galaxy x canon bridge, all scaled correct ill post pics wheen i can.
So they dropped the price of the game to 20 bucks. Should I download it and give it a try?is that $20 per month? or per year?
whats up with the lack of lcars on the helm and ops station when showing the bc galaxy bridge?No offense but isn't that kind of a trivial reason for not trying it out? Seems kind of nit-picky to be honest *ducks*. I can personally hate the interior sizes too, but that's just MMO's, it's not exclusive to STO.
ya tis a shame... if it werent like that, and the bridges and interiors were designed to be "canon" size, then i might actually gain an interest in playing STO... being as they are, tho, cancels out that interest entirely for me... ah well...
No offense but isn't that kind of a trivial reason for not trying it out? Seems kind of nit-picky to be honest *ducks*. I can personally hate the interior sizes too, but that's just MMO's, it's not exclusive to STO.
No offense but isn't that kind of a trivial reason for not trying it out? Seems kind of nit-picky to be honest *ducks*. I can personally hate the interior sizes too, but that's just MMO's, it's not exclusive to STO.for me, i am moreso about interiors than anything else... i prefer bridges (and such) moreso than ships lol if the bridges and the rest of interiors were as close to canon as they could be, that would really shift my position on the whole game... sure it is nitpicky, but thats what i like most about trek... i could live with the weird ships and other "external" aspects of the game that arent all that great or all that trek-like if the interiors were more accurate... thats just my personal preference...
I'm avoiding it solely because the reviews I've seen make the price seem unreasonable. I've said it before and I'll say it again - if I'm gonna bust $200 for a game it needs to be great, not just OK. That doesn't mean that I'm saying STO sucks, it's just not worth the price in my view.
Dark summed it all up perfectly. As for interiors in EVE, do you mean Dust 514? :dance
Can't call it scifi if it doesn't agitate the hardcore feminists. :funny
We are discussing this particularly in relation to the Season 3 feature where we will allow players to convert their First Officers to Captains.
My schedule shows the "Search for Spock" Excelsior going live with the launch of Weekly series 1 on August 24 (Commander level ship - avialable for Energy Credits) and then the "Generations" Excelsior going up in the C-Store on August 26 (Rear-Admiral account wide unlock).
I believe the Rear-Admiral version also have customization options to look like the original design.
Some other dates -
August 12 - Tribble Weekend Reward (Undine Tribble) - Free to those who played during the Season 2 Tribble Weekend - and the "Formal Wear" off-duty costumes go into the C-Store.
August 24 at 7pm Pacific is the first weekly episode "Cold Call" .
August 31 at 7pm Pacific is the second weekly episode "Serve and Protect".
(then 3 more episodes every Tuesday after that for Series 1)
Sep 9 the Mercenary Off-Duty costume pack goes up in the C-Store
The nebula is sometime mid September.
Been playing the game for a few days now. I'm really enjoying myself, even if a lot of the missions are rather repetitive.
are the interiors as bad as they seem in screenshots? how is the rest of it overall?
They seem to push out a lot of free weekends and other such stuff... Cryptic/Atari marketing maybe not too happy with how the game is going? :s
cool ship - you should make it for bc lol :P
lemme ask you - before playing, how did you feel about it overall based and what you had seen and heard? why were you dubious? and since playing, what has swayed your opinion to a much more favorable view?
im starting to wonder if i should give it a shot now lol altho, im so damn broke to afford it currently at those rates...
I still wish I had a quad core to play this thing...*sighs*
I still wish I had a quad core to play this thing...*sighs*
It'd run worse on a quad-core than on a dual-core, as the game doesn't support higher than dual-core processors. Annoying!really? in this day and age? quad cores were around when the game was being developed, no? they didnt take that into consideration?
really? in this day and age? quad cores were around when the game was being developed, no? they didnt take that into consideration?I have a Quad Core and the game runs perfectly fine I don't understand Majormagna's reasoning at all....
sorry, but i think thats a little bit lame on their part...
Hi. I was part of the open beta, and now i've downloaded the demo. I have 2 questions. 1. Is it worth the subscription? 2. How does that work? Is it a month from that date, or do you get a month of play time that only decreases as you log in and play? Im of two minds as what to do. I could do without another major distraction/gaming addiction.lol.
No what I meant was, since the game can only support up to dual-core, a PC with a 2.5GHz Quad-Core will play STO less efficiently than a 2.5GHz Dual-Core PC, because for the Dual, the game can use (2 X 1.25GHz), but on a Quad it can only use (2 X 0.625GHz).
Or do I have the complete wrong idea with the core-issue? I Think I do, because I have a Quad-Core, and when I'm running STO it only uses cores 1 and 2.
you've seen the prices these geniuses are asking for the really rare stuff? that's why..
After making a hashcrap with my science officer (Bought a cruiser by mistake) I made a new one...
You like him? (I know it's not canon, definately in that uniform, but I like it!)
CARDIE REDSHIRT MADNESS!!!
Waitaminnit...
<Joshmaul glances at that again.>
Oh. It's the GOOD red outfit.
died and died.. he ended up into nexus and the died shirtless at viridian III if memory serves..
Oh look, STO is now just Second Life.
Oh look, STO is now just Second Life.
Now the push up and lay down emotes combined will be a lot more interesting. Orgy on Risa anyone? roll eyes
Now the push up and lay down emotes combined will be a lot more interesting. Orgy on Risa anyone? :roll
Oh look, STO is now just Second Life.
there is a emot menu in the message box just have to find it... *would give a pic but not on a pc with STO atm*
Please...don't get me started on that BS about second life..STO is not even close. Having social skills and off duty clothing is hardly a grounds for comparing it to that. It always amazes me how uptight people are in MMO's, if they have skimpy clothes or options like that the conservatives come out of the woodwork and compare it to Porn or something. GET A CLUE! STO is "NOT" second life, or anything even remotley close just because of a few options to relax and have an off duty party mode. Even starfleet officers need to unwind and relax and they DO do these things because they ARE people y'know! jesus F-ing christ!ok first of all, chill dude lol i think it was just a joke... in response to:
You could have made her look a LOT sexier than that Kori!
Please...don't get me started on that BS about second life..STO is not even close. Having social skills and off duty clothing is hardly a grounds for comparing it to that. It always amazes me how uptight people are in MMO's, if they have skimpy clothes or options like that the conservatives come out of the woodwork and compare it to Porn or something. GET A CLUE! STO is "NOT" second life, or anything even remotley close just because of a few options to relax and have an off duty party mode. Even starfleet officers need to unwind and relax and they DO do these things because they ARE people y'know! jesus F-ing christ!
It is not an insult to call someone conservative,
Ive got three ships now!!! ( i got so filthy stinking rich I bought one of each) This is a quicky preview of my science (and primary) vessel, thw U.S.S. Lockeed, NCC-973811
lol it is a reman, i forgot to mention, the server was acting up so it sort of glitched my character up, and jimmy it put it here purely as somewhere to show your screenshots, nothing else...for now we'll keep it in one thread and run a poll...
I say keep in current thread until we get a whole forum dedicated to STO.
have several threadson STO topics, like screenshots so that there are several threads spread outand thus several different conversations all about one thing - the game... because in the end, thats what theyd all be discussing...
nobody reads through hundreds of pages anyway...and thus several different conversations all about one thing - the game... because in the end, thats what theyd all be discussing...
whether it be ships in the game, or screenshots of things in the game, etc
it would all be the same thing in the end...
also, this hasnt been one long unbroken thread, it has actually kept a decent understandable flow, and this thread has been going on since before the game has been released with no need to break it up into several categories... that would get even more confusing...
i get it... what youre not understanding is that thats how this whole thread has been going, and it has been a nice flow with no major need for change or disruption of the routine thus far...
the majority will have the say, but so far it is vastly leaning to keeping it all in one thread, as it has been going since the beginning...
anyway, moving on...
back to the game...
And on that note... This is Bridge Commander Central, so it's focus is ultimately on Bridge Commander and everything surrounding it :P
For my Defiant I gave up on beams all together, 2 dual heavy cannons and 2 quantum torps fore; a turret and quantum torp aft.
and I thought the silly grey and blue Reman warbirds was bad enough. Just because they are a mirror universe faction doesn't mean they should have inverted colors :picardfacepalm:
hmm.. Excelsior should be out soon, shouldn't it? :lostit: :(
Thunder, the weekly episode arc with the Breen starts soon From Ra to Va1 i did non stop deep space encounters in Gamma orionis. yeah its a grind but that level range goes by fast.
"Star trek: Spellbound" It is a Trek version of aan Alfred Hitchcock film, This versions plot revolves around section 31 using transporter duplication technology experiments (ala thomas riker/will riker syndrome) and G Kane and his crew are picking up ckues that they have been duplicated and try and "track down" their doubles activities as section 31 is manipulating events towards a nefarious goal, as the plot unfolds the crew begin to wonder who in fact, are the duplicates and who are the original crew.
Stop complaining and learn to adjust! Leave those who want to spend points on these things alone.not for these prices... :dontcare:
UPDATE
We are not making a 2 mile long Enterprise J. In fact I think we should just stop saying the Enterprise J is coming, because Enterprise J refers to a very specific ship that I can confirm we are not making.
The idea is - we want to make a ship that moves ship designs closer towards the J, but based on internal discussions we are not going to be making the J as it appeared in Enterprise. It is going to be some other ship between now and then. J was just a way of saying a forward looking ship like the J.
It's expected that people go crazy on day 1 of a new ship so far in STO. As expected some are complaining about teh c store part of it, some are complaining it is better ship than many cruisers, etc. To be fair to cryptic, they did put out 2 versions one is better than the other. They still DO give ships for free at times like the Vice admiral retrofit token u get, they have not 100% made all new stuff c store, but i expect they will go 78% c store when sto goes Free to play (which IS happening Stahl has had several intervioew discusssions about how they are looking at models of f2p and he sees sto going F2p anytime between 1-3 years.)
I think Jimmy ONLY says this because it annoys Neb :Pnah - in all honesty i really do prefer that model... im surprised to hear others (not just neb) really dont like it...
The instance is full 20 ships, and thats ONE Instance, there is a lot more people on the surface as well
I've ever seen the game so busy in a while
*grumbles* is it just me, or do most of the borg space missions require a small army..?
*grumbles* is it just me, or do most of the borg space missions require a small army..?
Do Breen have energy Damper weapons? That would be quite good (basically it would be the old version of Viral Matrix, but with a new effect)
ofcourse I think any sort of weapon based on their original energy drainer tech would probably be useless against feds now, since they beat the original weapon 35 years earlier.
NEW VID the title of the film i was working on has changed and the ship class of Daystar to, to a excelsior i downloaded from BC ffiles with sovereign nacelles i forget name of the mod but its a great ship.i dont understand all the r-rated near sex scenes... really?
It means the T3 and the T5 version of the Nebula will be available for in-game currency (not announced yet) per character as well as an account wide unlock via the C-Store.
Ita for the next series of episodes that start mod October, one of them in time travel and involves a legendary character. It takes place in the neutral zone so it's either K7 or another ship. But it is Time Travel
It amuses me that you think it's the fault of Cryptic that you can't get your game to work. It's not. And other than your pedantic braying about how it must somehow be related to the game itself, it's not your fault, either. You've heard this a million times already, but it bears repeating, because you appear to be going into fingers-in-your-ears "LA LA LA NOT LISTENING" mode.
You run on dial-up. Dial-up is antiquated crap. There will be problems with it. It's not coding, it's not Cryptic trying to sabotage your gaming experience. You're running with antiquated crap. THAT IS YOUR PROBLEM.
Put bluntly, if you don't like how it runs, stop playing. If you don't want to stop playing, deal with the lag. Simple as that.
My money is on scotty actually.
They had Worf in the game no voice actor, same idea.
one thing i really respect that they did with the episode weekly things, is prep a "reason" to get a Breen bridge officer ahead of time and make sense story wise out of it prior to getting them.
I completely skimmed over the End mission text. But isn't the Breen you get the Breen that helped you help the Defari in one of the episodes?
The Nebula is on Tribble Test Sever for Free, you can get it Via console next to the Ship Requisition officer like they did for the tier 5 refits.
Also, Intrepid Nacelles.
The Wings also move on the Birds of Pray, but not the model I'm using so no screens.
Oh, and Ignore the Klingon symbols on the Nebula. It is a bug.
cool though I hate the deflector XD Someone needs to keep poking them about it on the tribble.
The deflector is only on Texture 3. Which sadly is the texture I like.
it's not the texture I don't like... it's the shape....
See a post i made earlier assimilated ships ARE coming in tier 6.
See a post i made earlier assimilated ships ARE coming in tier 6.
Tholians...I've been wondering when these guys would show up. Now I'm scared my ship will end up in the mirror universe two hundred years in the past or something. *chuckles*
and I'm bored.wow that was fast :P
wow that was fast :P
they were not shown on screen face wise because of makeup budget but ron moore said they were a cat race.Actually they were pictured more as "heavily-armored lizard things" from what I read on Memory Alpha. That concept should be a little more interesting, a cat-like race just seems too childish for my tastes...
nero: actually, races like that are for those of us who'd like something more than a Rubber Forehead Alien.I'd like more than a rubber forehead alien too :roll, I just think making them look like cats is a little childish. "Heavily armored lizard things" can go a lot of different ways...
Whaa? when did they decide to ditch the kzinti?! :bitch: :mad:
This has to be the most hideous ship I have ever seen. But I kinda like it, for one reason:
IT'S GOT FRIGGIN' FIRE COMING OUT OF ITS ENGINES!
That is an.........interesting design to say the least. What is that ships roll? Is that like a very high level ship that any Klingon player can buy once they reach that very high rank or is it like a mission specific ship like a super weapon ship thats all offence and no defence or what? It barely looks Klingon.
what a goddamn piece of bull droppings. :facepalm: god damn beancounters..
and they didn't model impulse enginesNo saucer impulse engines like the Ent-D? YAY!
..and they didn't model impulse engines and gave it similar handling as the Ent-D.. and in this case, D stands for Dreadful.
No saucer impulse engines like the Ent-D? YAY!
no impulse engines at all. :facepalm:
Or trails. Anywhow I found a certain type of Galaxy had good agility.
Bet'cha can guess which =P
oh it has em they just don't have any glows atm >.>
Who you gonna call?? :evil:
I am aabsolutely positive its one of them based on a personal hint given by a dev in SSR's ventrilo between me, an a couple others and him.
(all this talk about "legends" makes me think we're going to the Enterprise)
I was totally expecting them. also I like the episode reward.
BTW, if you haven't done the mission yet, I suggest you wear the TOS uniform if you've got it. it really enhances the effect. I think the mission was written as if you were wearing the TOS uniform. There's a quite few points where you pose as officers from that time period.
BTW, if you haven't done the mission yet, I suggest you wear the TOS uniform if you've got it. it really enhances the effect. I think the mission was written as if you were wearing the TOS uniform. There's a quite few points where you pose as officers from that time period.
(and he was Klingon, too - not even raised eyebrows to that fact, too)
I don't have a Klingon, but one of the text boxes apparently has a Starfleet officer saying "I've never seen someone like you before" according to a friend of mine that has a Klingon.
No actually, you lie by saying that your clothes were taken so you're wearing something else.
You can also override enemy NPC costumes (both ground and ship) to make Klingon ships that "wear" Federation ship costumes and attack you. I think we'll also have faction swap at some point in the future, so you can be attacked by ships from your own faction.
They are, but its on hold
Also hints around the forum from DStahl, that in a couple weeks they're going to start a "Design the Enterprise F" contest.
I'd totally try... if I had an artistic bone in my body.
That's not what I mean. If you give a design you created yourself and put a lot of work into, it becomes theirs, and you're swept under the rug. I've seen it far too often.
eh maybe maybe not... you recall the contest for the design of the Titan?
Bugs on the server include the dreaded 'ship falling through space' (only for a split second though). and the camera returning to the previous view after warp/beam out.
According to the numbers I've seen, saying it will be, "A bit cheaper," would be understating the facts, in my opinion.
Thanks,
Stormshade
The Vesta (http://"http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090621102242/startrek/images/7/75/Aventine_in_flight.jpg") class may be added to STO
Our immediate attention is on getting the Foundry available on TRIBBLE possibly as early as next Monday so that we could enter Open Beta with the tools. That is our next hurdle with the Foundry and one the software team is working feverishly to hit.
It is going to be the station as seen in Search for Spock - as it is iconic and while old, is very recognizable to fans. The logic is that the old station is still around and if the new station was destroyed, they'd start using the old station again... Expect the new station to get destroyed sometime between now and season 4
Woo! Old ESD
With a fully accessable interior, I sincerely hope!
Grand Prize: Custom, STO-painted Alienware M11x laptop; STO Collector's Edition; STO Lifetime Membership; and a 3-D model of the winning design.
Second Prize: Alienware laptop (no custom paint job), STO Collector's Edition and an STO Lifetime Membership.
Third Prize: STO Collector's Edition, STO Lifetime Membership and an Intel Core i7-875k processor.
Fourth Prize: STO Collector's Edition and an STO Lifetime Membership.
Twenty-one Honorable Mentions: Standard-edition copy of STO and a Star Trek Online poster.
WHO KNOWS!?!
After Starfleet starships were converted to a modular design, a group from the Starfleet Corps of Engineers working at Utopia Planitia wondered if vessels from the Federation's past could be constructed in this manner. Working with Federation historian Geoffrey Pacelli, the SCE officers chose the famed NX Class for reconstruction. The NX Class Starship Replica sports the classic look of Earth's starships from the 22nd century, but has been updated with modern technology to meet current Starfleet specifications for Lieutenant-rank missions..
It carries a crew of 85, and in a nod to the technology of the 22nd Century the SCE has added a Grappler, which is less efficient than a tractor beam but can hold an enemy for a short time.
Wait, is this going on NOW? Or is this intended for the patch?
So that's how they are going to replace the new/old station
Wait, is this going on NOW? Or is this intended for the patch?
I think its a photoshop :P
I can now state confidently that the image was created during the Foundry closed Beta. Not by me, but one of my fleet-mates.
Both design are equally scary.ya they are! eeks! lol
uh you don't need an account to see a DA img unless it's under an M rating >.>
EDIT: unless (as Kori Barnes just posted) a link through your message box... so HERE
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/343/2/2/star_trek_online_enterprise_f_by_stourangeau-d34jihf.jpg
Full colour version up
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/343/2/2/star_trek_online_enterprise_f_by_stourangeau-d34jihf.jpg
Fixed the Link, thanks Neb
His Luna Class eventually came to grow on me, despite the fact that it's partially based on Akira components. But his concept of the "Enterprise-F" is absolute hideous in my opinion.i totally agree... luna grew on me as well, but this ship just seems wrong in so many ways...
DJ are you aware someone uploaded the Century to the contest?DJ, please see this thread (http://bc-central.net/forums/index.php/topic,7988.msg161706.html#msg161706)...
I have more shots but every shot after them for some reason saved as a TGA.
Also, Nebula: Get your ass ingame!
I never understood the fascination with this uniform set. It makes me think of Steve Urkel with the pants practically up to your chest...
AGT, if my memory serves, was nearly twenty years earlier (2391).
And I think the general fan consensus is that most people don't like them, so I for one like the STO uniforms, especially this one, which I think is a good evolution of FC uniforms:
Can one of you guys that have them tell me what the color choice boxes control? I think I would go with colored belt and shoulders, gray trim, and black everywhere else.
Now that's more like it. You know if the actual starbase is enterable with your ship? Otherwise it seems a waste to me...
And how is it a waste, its a nice view. Everyone seems to like it.
I did it last night, there was pre-patching. they didn't officially announce it though.
and now STO is broken and down for maintenance..
I have it on good authority that the devs are treating the issue as top priority; it doesn't really affect me, I'm still patching!
So is anyone else annoyed that they're not able to do the new mission because the damn thing crashes (or sits at the loading screen for five minutes, THEN crashes)?
This happens every time a new feature episode is first released. Likely caused by not having enough computers hooked up to the shard, causing the server to reach maximum user capacity = game crashes/disconnects for everyone else.
Solution = Install additional computers
I don't remember it being QUITE this bad on the last two - oh, there were issues, but not to this degree. (That I remember, anyway).
Somebody on STO's forums joked that if Atari figured out that they had made their last computers some twenty years ago, they'd stop using them to power the STO servers.
Something is seriously wrong with STO.. helluva lot of lag everywhere, can't do missions without a crash..
Today's weekly episode was awesome, and it had a great piece of Music from TOS in it.
WHAAA?! there's MVAM Prommie now?! :eek
Wonder if the console sort of defeats the purpose, though, as the Prommie and its variants are the only thing it'd work on (I'd think, anyway)...
They were all set up with the powers rolled into the ship itself (minus 1 console slot).
If anyone has played the final episode of the "Cloaked Intentions" series; tell me what you think!
I wish the orbital strike skill was the same as what you call in during the mission! But overall, I'd say the last 2 episodes were the best missions in the whole of STO.
If you guys wanna play my Foundry mission, it's called: For Every Action, by me, DJCurtis.
So far the people who've played it have really enjoyed it.
I know that certain Cryptic missions allow players to warp from point A to point B without the need for loading screen, so it would be nice if something similar can be achieved on player maps.
There are many games where zooming the camera right out is necessary, in cases like that often times the ceiling disappears for the player as to not obstruct view. Really, I don't get why they didn't go with that method. :idk: There's also the team roster for selecting your immediate allies for whatever reason.
not really. You can make a char that is 7ft+..
try patching it again, it may have incompletely patched, also check you graphics drivers are up to date.
They Updated the Wormhole on STO a couple weeks back, these screens are not mine
http://www.trekbbs.com/showpost.php?p=5109157&postcount=805
Looks a lot more Canon now.
I wish it could be triggered by flying near it and could take you to the Gamma Quadrant...
Well the next featured episode series involves DS9 and the ENT-F, maybe the Gamma Quadrant will be involved. That is why they updated the wormhole, they are touching up the DS9 related stuff
From what little I've heard, I thought the next FE was supposed to involve the Borg? (As if we didn't have enough of them!)
Yeah, a lot happened in 2374, it's the middle of the Dominion War, lol...though I wonder, seeing as we've been in the Fire Caves already, I wonder if it'll have something to do with the Pah-Wraiths? That's when the whole closing-the-wormhole thing happened.
Looking for a little help guys, just started playing the game again and am getting back into it :)
The only thing is i suck at the ground missions :banghead:
I am a tactical officer Admiral lower half and really struggle in ground combat esp against the borg :idk:
Thanks
is everyone forgetting that one borg scout ship Voyager destroyed with that photon torp they beamed into it?
is everyone forgetting that one borg scout ship Voyager destroyed with that photon torp they beamed into it?
Reference to borg using shielding? Watch first contact, tng, voy etc
Watch it yourself... no shield in sight
To be honest when we see the Borg for the first time the Ent-D tore through the cubes hull quite easily before they adapted.
Well, a Constitution class was able to defeat the V'ger threat. So I'd guess an equivalent Sovereign/Avenger/Odyssey class would be able to defeat a Borg V'ger.
Well didn't Gene R joke that the 'machine planet' V'Ger crashed on was the (or A) Borg world?
But don't forget Trek does not only spacey-wacey stuff, but timey-wimey too. For all we know, post-TMP V'Ger could have gone back in time and created the Borg, therefore saving itself, therefore ensuring the Borg would be created and it's continued survival?
(http://www.godlikeproductions.com/sm/custom/fc8c2dd9c5.png)
idk.. looks WAY too much like Vger to me, like slap face close
If you played legacy it kinda explains the origins.
AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! its vger anyways STO is going F2P later this year and i paid 200 bucks for a lifetime subscription. heres the article
http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/08/31/perfect-world-entertainment-confirms-star-trek-online-going-f2p/
By the way, I want to see if I understand this correctly: Continuing to pay a subscription fee gives a monthly stipend of Cryptic Points? I admit I am unfamiliar with how their other F2P game, Champions Online, works; I've never played it.
there's also been hints that foundry use might be restricted to gold accounts. Apparently someone on the forum was able to exploit a bug in the subscription system to essentially play for free, and they got an error when trying to access the foundry. Although this could have been a code bleedthrough from CO or NWN
well if in fact it does wind up being free, i will surely try it out... ive not given a chance yet...I played the demo version, and it wasn't bad. I'd say it's worth playing.
I like the new Galaxy variant. It comes with a new 'material' too, but can only be used when all parts are of that variant are there. Gozer has stated that they're trying to get it to work with all Fed ships. Hopefully it will also be a skin for the Retrofit version. (However the Antimatter spread console won't fit on it at present)
Lookie here
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/540651622711326338/9B5ABC5FC16DA7A8562B33033C79B34DCC035A8B/
I liked this part: Monthly Stipend - 400 Promotional Points
Then I can buy a lot of stuff from c-store i haven't been willing to do before.
So does that mean that when STO becomes F2P none of those special things will be available to those of us that are only playing the game free?
so by "special ships" whats meant by that?
hopefully ill we will be able to build custom ships the same way you payin folk do.
so by "special ships" whats meant by that?
hopefully ill we will be able to build custom ships the same way you payin folk do.
You'll still be able to make customized ships. The special ships are ships like: Defiant with cloak, Intrepid with deployable armor, Galaxy with saucer sep, Galaxy dreadnought, Vulcan D'kyr class, Excelsior mk. 2, TOS Connie. Stuff like that.
There goes the promise of more feature episodes "shortly after season 4 launch". End of this year, will be nearly 5 months post-Season 4 launch.
I'm sure the transition to Free-to-play has slowed development somewhat, but they were actively considering a F2P-switch long before Perfect World bought them out from Atari.
There goes the promise of more feature episodes "shortly after season 4 launch". End of this year, will be nearly 5 months post-Season 4 launch.
I'm sure the transition to Free-to-play has slowed development somewhat, but they were actively considering a F2P-switch long before Perfect World bought them out from Atari.
so, when exactly is the game going to F2P?
so, when exactly is the game going to F2P?
Yeaaaah, this ship is sunk, quite frankly. It's whether or not we manage to swim to the surface before it goes to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, that's the question. CP stipend be damned, I don't see any reason to continue paying for this when it goes F2P.
don't be such a doom sayer. I don't think the most recent push-backs are that bad. They've been under pressure until recently because of the sale to PW. And the delay allows them to better integrate the DOFF system with the new FEs. They are Human beings, you can't expect them to push out amazing new content constantly. Besides, that stuff will all be going to tribble soon anyway, once the F2P beta launches next month.
In that same timeframe, an MMO like "RIFT" has managed to release FOUR major updates, with a FIFTH coming soon.
Cryptic has updated STO numerous times in the last 7 months, not with content, but bug fixes, tweaks and such. Why release new content when people get so annoyed with game-breaking bugs and features that they quit before they play the new content?
You can't get at Cryptic for this without knowing all the facts, I'm not saying I do; but for all we kow there could have been much more trouble recently than Cryptic, Atari or Perfect World have said.
well, now you're just Trolling. Cryptic's STO team is tiny, according to Stahl it's smaller than the crew at the local Starbucks. And a lot of the content they are working on has blurred the lines between the coding and content teams because of all the new features they've been trying to incorporate. These things take time, Rome wasn't built in a day.
Well excuse me for having been a participant in funding their F2P venture, and getting nothing in return in the process. 7 frickin months with no new content is shameful, for any game, regardless of the size of the team.
So why didn't you pause your subscription when Cryptic announced that the next featured episodes would be a few months away? Cause they DID tell us.
Also, this means the Helmet issue has been overcome; I sense EV suits coming in the future.
That's my point RIGHT THERE. Fluff! Not content! The only tips in its favor appear to be that they're STF rewards, or at least it sounds like they'd be STF rewards.
Also, with regards to the whole "I don't want to wait until F2P for new content", would you rather them released it last month, then release the F2P stuff and break it?
Looks like its going the same route of the Venture Variant, taking design hints from the Ent-F
but clones are fun! When you kill them!!!
That's my point RIGHT THERE. Fluff! Not content! The only tips in its favor appear to be that they're STF rewards, or at least it sounds like they'd be STF rewards.
I'd hardly call that fluff. Those sets are going to be amazing statswise, and come with weapons and set effects. AKA making STF's worth doing.
Hm, interesting; doesn't the Bajoran Wormhole emit high neutrino levels?
The ships are stated to be decades out of date, but time travel seems less likely, as there is no mention of chroniton particles...
That is what it is about exactly Darkthunder. STOked had a chance to visit Cryptic for their 100th episode and they got a sneak peak of the next series, a cut-scene from it of the player talking to the prophets (In the form of people you've met before, just like in DS9) that basically outlines the plot.
The Prophets couldn't remove the fleet from reality, they had to exist, so they transported them to the future.
STO has a new opening cutscene for new characters! I love it.
Some WIP shots of Saucer Separated Ent-F
https://twitter.com/#!/CapnLogan/status/147849933809123329/photo/1/large
https://twitter.com/#!/CapnLogan/status/147779266044637185/photo/1/large
And its Auxiliary craft
https://twitter.com/#!/CapnLogan/status/147850035332259841/photo/1/large
I wonder...with the new duty officer system, did they finally fix the cloned bridge crew bug?
And can someone simply explain the system to me so I can jump right into it when F2P starts?
According to a couple recent Dev posts they know how to fix the BOFF clones. Its just doing it without breaking another part of the game that is the hard part.
I'll try to find said posts.
Well, you can have BOffs set as "Department Heads"; First Officer, Engineering, Operations, Science, Medical, Tactical and Security. But as of yet they serve no functional purpose.
Well, you can have BOffs set as "Department Heads"; First Officer, Engineering, Operations, Science, Medical, Tactical and Security. But as of yet they serve no functional purpose.
I think Picard is dead in STO canon, notice how the dev said "he would of been a hologram"
Plus it was mentioned in "the Path to 2409" that the Enterprise went missing.
Uhh, they're free to everyone right now during this week. Don't have to do anything special just need to to talk to the vendor. (Who can be seen in my screenshots, the little green Ferangi)
I don't know what happens to them after the week.
Now its free and there is still nothing extra to play :funnyYeah, cryptic sure fucked up on that game content wise.
...some new kind of system where you can put people on duty to do away missions (don't see the point really in it). And you can't buy a ship now, you need to process dilithium...
The last mission that was added was from march 2011!!
Almost every new ship that they have added is in the c-store for a huge amount of money, i mean come on! THese guys are just ruining the game! Its already come to f2p, they better make these ships free, or else no one is gonna play the f2p too!
Foundry missions-> can't play it! (as a silver play, i should! but no!)
They better put all the ships on free and just make lots of missions (quality wise) and put perhaps some characters or weapons or dunno what in the c-store.
If you read the sto forum, not a lot of people are really happy, a lot old players are already gone actually. Too bad they fucked the game up by all of this :(
Lol five, that's like a day of gaming if not less. There should be a release of 10 missions every week if not more, people should not stop an mmo because there are no missions anymore.
I agree there needs to be more missions. If you read earlier in the thread, Joshmaul was complaining that the game releases fluff and not content.
I'm still waiting on the FE that introduces the Odyssey, and they had damn well better make that ship available to the silver crowd. Sure, it's kinda meh, but it's new, and it'd be free, dammit...
Anyhow, if you're after some missions, why not hop into a high rated Foundry mission?
Well Stephen D'Angelo (Exec Producer) said that the Odyssey class will be avaliable via "ingame means" and will not be in the C-Store; but what this means... We'll have to wait.
Because I'm one of those people who expects the company to do their jobs, rather than have the playerbase do their jobs for them. If it's so easy for one person to make high-quality missions in a relatively short space of time with these supposedly limited tools, then why can't one person at Cryptic do so with their superior tools? Are they that strapped for personnel?
Because I'm one of those people who expects the company to do their jobs, rather than have the playerbase do their jobs for them. If it's so easy for one person to make high-quality missions in a relatively short space of time with these supposedly limited tools, then why can't one person at Cryptic do so with their superior tools? Are they that strapped for personnel?
EDIT: Holy cow, they updated DS9's interior while I was gone, and gave Ops a facelift! You can go into Sisko's office, and his baseball is sitting there in a small glass case.
But i only hate that everything is so big (corridors) in the ships, stations, etc. I had a defiant class in the early days and i walked in the corridors and the messhall was just huge, i mean you could park a galaxy class in that messhall! Also the corridors where just hundreds of hundreds meters long and ten metres in height.
True but still, they even tried to make it almost an fps ! (with the x button you could manually target etc) but no one is almost using it.
Btw, it appeared that on the forums stahl said he would make 10 series in a year. It seems that the post is nowhere to be found these days :D
Stahl is gone, so there's no reason to continue that promise.
As has been said, this "extreme pricing fluff" is their main way of making money from the game now; unless you want it full of adverts?
And FarShot, although I felt the ceilings were a tad too low, they were very good considering the mechanics of the Foundry when it was published.
17 january, day of f2p AAAAAAAND we start with maintenanceThe current maintenance for ST:O is a patch getting F2P implemented. Be patient. I'm looking forward too.
"You don't deserve to wear that uniform!" :P
Cryptic Borg nanoprobes that infested your computer...Aww damn, dont suppoese a virus scan could deal with those, although what theyve started to do is a plus, my CPU is now cooled with super coolent and processing efficiency and speed is at 200% without taxing the hardware... wonder if cryptic are doing me a favour LOL.
If you new chaps want to join a fleet, a lot of us BC'ers are already on Ninth Fleet. We've been through a lull in activity the past year, and this is as good an opportunity as any for us to grow. :thumbsup:
http://9thfleet.com/forums/index.php (http://9thfleet.com/forums/index.php)
Just got a message two hours ago from a mate who signed up for the f2p.
"Hey sov, is this star trek offline or online? Again maintenaince!!"
I lolled. Damn they do maintenance everyday..
Is there visible damage in this game? What about collisions? I really don't want to be playing star trek legacy but online!
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Holy grizz! 439MB of patch? What is this? A complete OS?
Is there visible damage in this game? What about collisions? I really don't want to be playing star trek legacy but online!
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Holy grizz! 439MB of patch? What is this? A complete OS?
Considering most modern day OS:s take anywhere from 15-20 GB of harddrive space, i'm assuming your numbers are a bit off :)
Quote from: captain_obvious on Today at 12:01:49
Is there visible damage in this game? What about collisions? I really don't want to be playing star trek legacy but online!
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Holy grizz! 439MB of patch? What is this? A complete OS?
There is damage on your ships if your hull gets damaged (75 - 50 -25 -0 percent) but no collisions.. Only if you say 'collision course"
By the way, if you enable On-Demand Patching in the launcher's options menu, it will cut down on patch times because that lets the game download stuff as it's needed instead of all at once.
thank god for that, it may actually be to scale now, which should have been done ages ago...
No, its not going to be to scale, its going to closer, but not 1:1
also, new screenshot from the next Episode Series
http://www.startrekonline.com/dyncontent/startrek/uploads/fe4_screen1.jpg
I hope we get to keep the EVA suit costume.
Am now in a connie. USS Trafalgar.
See what I'm doing with those names?
Daring next? :D
argh, i wanna remove this game.. Did the fekhler campaigne of the klingons and i just noticed that the rest of the episodes are the same as the federation :(you knew going into it that they haven't done any KDF only missions in a while, and of course the rest of the episodes are the same as the feds, the FEs and STFs are cross faction.
D'ooh, time to put the game aside (again...)for another month or so until something is changed or added..
argh, i wanna remove this game.. Did the fekhler campaigne of the klingons and i just noticed that the rest of the episodes are the same as the federation :(
D'ooh, time to put the game aside (again...)for another month or so until something is changed or added..
Yeah, but then it's gonna get crowded...
What and have a junior crew man shoot me and half my bridge crew? No thanks :D
wait, no I'm thinking of astute. Doh!
I see your point. :funny
I've been naming my ships after submarines as spacecraft tend to owe much much more to submarines than they do to surface vessels or aircraft!
I'm naming them after British subs because I just think our have cooler names :D
umm you can fast travel... just only to particular places. About maintenance.... expect it a lot after each big patch, Should be smooth sailing after a week or so.
Well, I've figured out that it's more than likely traffic shaping by talktalk on my end.
My ping was never the issue according to the tests I've run (pingtest.net gives me an A grade and speedtest.net is giving me relatively normal bandwidth scores both up and down) and I'm still getting horrible horrible rubber banding and drop outs. Their nettest program is giving me sub 100Kbps throughput scores on all the ports STO will use!
No wonder I'm lagging like hell!
You can fast travel to mission start locations, for energy credits.
Regarding more 'permanent' Transwarp unlocks, as you progress through Diplomatic ranks (Now only visible in the DOff panel, dunno why), you get Transwarp powers to K7, Starbase 39, DS9 and possibly one more but I forget.
At least it doesn't take as long to travel in STO as it does in Skyrim. I've heard rumours that when we do finally get "One sector space to rule them all" the size will be increased, however the speed may be ramped up to match. I'm in support of either, because it would mean bumping into less people, and right now warp speeds feel... slow (But better than before sector space was revamped).
You have Talk Talk? Ive had so much trouble with them we eventully up sticks and went to BT for a cheaper Internet and calls package. :D Far faster but my ancient copper cables are knackerd and we dont get fibre optic till 2014.
I have to say that it seems like they raised the rank requirements for the Borg missions. Before F2P, I was on a mission, but when I came back, obviously it kicked me out of the mission for being gone so long, but I could no longer access the mission. :lostit:
Which mission?
Aol actually but they're talktalk nowadays! I've been having words with the parents and trying to make them see sense. Hell I've even told my dad I will PAY HIM to get us the hell away from AOL/TALKTALK! I've also put the idea forward that I be the one in charge of the tech side of things seeing how useless my dad* is and my mum doesn't really want to know about it**.
I've heard some good things about these guys though http://aaisp.net.uk/broadband.html (http://aaisp.net.uk/broadband.html)
This is the reviews site I've been looking at. Came highly recommended by some old friends of mine. http://www.ispreview.co.uk/ (http://www.ispreview.co.uk/)
*Worse, he thinks he knows tech best but to him colour TV is still a new fangled thing!
**It's really down to her not wanting the hassle. She's "had enough stress for 62 years" is what she says! :D
If you pick up the "Driver Coil" skill, the higher the rank, the faster your maximum speed will be in "Sector Space". Using the Borg Engine (Warp 14 bonus), and having the Driver Coil skill, I actually travel well above Warp 18 in Sector Space. The Driver Coil skill also increases the maximum speed achieved using the Quantum Slipstream drive (temp ability).
Why would you need to go faster than warp 20? Is there another galaxy you're trying to get to? :D
Quote from: Joshmaul on Today at 05:26:38It's always nice when you have a shedload of skill points saved up. I just maxed out my drive coil stat from zero, hell of a difference!
Why would you need to go faster than warp 20? Is there another galaxy you're trying to get to? grinNot at all :D
But the skill certainly helps for travel speed, cutting down the time to go from place to place. Especially during a "Tour of the Galaxy" event.
GAH I've had it on my computer for about a week and have yet to play. I've created my character, just haven't played...need to get on a roll here lol
Just found out a few days ago that it was Free to Play now and signed up too. Been hopping in and out when I have the spare time. Have to turn the graphics down low so I don't have to wait all day to load, but got it running pretty smooth.
Up to Lieutenant level 6 ATM. Probably get addicted to it now. :D
I wasn't big on the new design either, there are some crazy looking ones I have encountered.
I created the U.S.S. Kentucky, a whacked out Centaur looking variant. Be good to learn things on.
Was wondering if some of you guys might have started a "BC" fleet to join.
Have you thought ofPolaris? Idiot thats an American misslile system,
HMS Upholder doesn't seem right for a Galaxy, those diesel boats are rather small, aren't they, Why not Vanguard or something like that? Name it after one of the big bombers.
well im at VA but missing slipstream drive cause i cant spend the remaining 500 points anyone else having the same problem?
I name my ships after members of my family
Wait, so you have to use every single skill point to get the slipstream drive???
Re-asking this. I need to know. I currently have an uneven amount of skill points and if I need to spend every skill point in order to gain the slipsteam drive, then I have no idea what to do about that.
Also, the Explosive Party Popper that I got from Q, can it be used multiple times?
Yes you do, every single skill point.
Re-asking this. I need to know. I currently have an uneven amount of skill points and if I need to spend every skill point in order to gain the slipsteam drive, then I have no idea what to do about that.
Also, the Explosive Party Popper that I got from Q, can it be used multiple times?
But I'm currently sitting at 1350 and I'm at Rear Admiral, Upper Half(46). How do I get rid of the 50?
I had that as well, but luckily I had two respec tokens available. Check one of the guys at the center of ESD.
It makes no sense to make you have to use up all of your skill points. If you reach Vice Admiral, they should just give you the damn ability.
:funny When you gotta go, you gotta go..
At least they're fixing things...
I don't see why people are so annoyed with ALMOST daily downtime, games such as EVE have daily downtime, and they don't release bugfixes as regularly as STO (And there are just as many bugs).
Bugfixes are great no matter how annoying.
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But now I'm lagging like there's not going to be a tomorrow. Simply unplayable for now. Guess I'm back to skyrim or something :idk:
Damn you AOL! stop routing through shitty servers in east germany!
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Just played my first go on the Crystalline entity. It did not go well. 15 of us hitting it with beams but 5 mine, torp and general aoe spamming the place meant that even after an hour we didn't get it below 50% :banghead:
I just gave up and f*cked them off! Bloody idiots cocking it all up for the rest of us!
I have No Tribble At All. :D :funny :thumbsup:
Yes, Q is there in Club 47 with his own little daily quest
Also got mah ship
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/596961300021615996/06EF6A163C69AD4C56212928DA77D1CD5851356B/
Also correction for your sig flarespire, the Sao Paulo is an Escort not a Cruiser.
Episode 5: Boldly the Rode
I hope that's merely a typo? Should be "Boldly they Rode" ...
If I'm at 47, how long will it take me to get up to VA so I can use my Odyssey?
Yes, Q is there in Club 47 with his own little daily questI know, we don't use the STO designations in the 9thFleet sigs. When I started making 9th fleet sigs, I was told to use the SFC designations for ships. I've never played SFC3, but I was told that Defiants are "Light Cruisers" in it, so that's what I used.
Also got mah ship
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/596961300021615996/06EF6A163C69AD4C56212928DA77D1CD5851356B/
Also correction for your sig flarespire, the Sao Paulo is an Escort not a Cruiser.
That too. Then again, Klingon ship looks like someone smashed winnebago and powerboat together and called it a day.. :funny
I just think it's ugly.It is ugly :)
I think the Bortas looks too much like the Terran battle cruiser from Starcraft 2You're not the only one, now all we need is some way to make the character look like the portrait and say "Battlecruiser operational" whenever he joins a map. Bonus points if he doesn't equip shields.
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100717012438/starcraft/images/d/d9/Hyperion_SC2_DevRend1.jpg
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/596961300021619542/BC2A6BD093FD710162BA66546B9B1CAF78E9672F/
Not long. I guess you're a VA by now?
You're not the only one, now all we need is some way to make the character look like the portrait and say "Battlecruiser operational" whenever he joins a map. Bonus points if he doesn't equip shields.
The turning issues of both ships can be fixed with an RCS Accelerator.
well, their models are low poly to avoid lag on fleet action situations etc.. would you want it to lag like BC does when there's 50+ ships against each other?
It occurs to me that it seems like a very bad idea to have the transwarp gate to an area of space under heavy Borg and Undine attack right next door to Risa.
And is it just my imagination, or is Betazed nowhere to be found?
And is it just my imagination, or is Betazed nowhere to be found?
I like how you pick up on a missing Betazed, yet not Telar, a founding member of the UFP :P
It's in the 'missing sector' between the Sirius block and the Beta Ursae block.
Bah, forgot about the Tellarites homeworld. You see more Betazoids than Tellarites.
time to work on getting my Borg set.. :D
I think it's pretty damn lame that they changed most of the Borg set from mission rewards to you having to get data chips from STF missions to buy them.
you get EDCs from STFs, you automatically get one per normal run or two per elite run, plus there is a chance to get them as loot drops too, and every Wednesday they give out double EDCs for one of the STFs on a rotating schedule.
Which means if you want this awesome stuff, you'd better have friends that play the game at the same time you do.they've made the STFs a lot more PUG friendly, so it's not too hard, unless you get someone who doesn't pay attention.
http://www.startrekonline.com/node/2864 (http://www.startrekonline.com/node/2864)
And another new dev diary.
Also Joshmaul, is that your name in STO too? I noticed a joshmaul during the Odyssey 'launch' event.
Why does everyone miss my posts?
Ooops. Hadn't noticed the FULL PAGE of posts :lostit:
I think I shall make an engineering toon and see what I can truly get out of Cruisers. :evil:
i'm a tac and have flown nothing but cruisers!
I think I shall make an engineering toon and see what I can truly get out of Cruisers. :evil:How's your skill at 3 point turns?
Look at this
https://twitter.com/#!/CaptainGeko/status/167452705453916160/photo/1
Don't worry they're not releasing a new version of Gal-X in the C-Store, they're just letting you able to move over your SS console from the Gal-R
Yeah, but Tacs get more out of escorts than cruisers.
On another note, when BC first came out did anyone here manage to finish the alioth mission (where you have to leave data behind) after having beaten the "overwhelming" cardie forces and gotten the secret quantums? Now how many of you managed it without mods or god mode? :P
Sonofa...was trying to do the Khitomer Accord ground STF, and pretty much EVERYONE left. Heck, with just one guy gone we couldn't take down one of those generator things before the shields went back up.
What the heck. The space STF Cure is supposed to give you a Rare Borg component for trading in, but I've done it twice, and no Borg drops.
the STFs don't automatically give the rare or prototype borg tech, those are rare loot, I've been playing the new STFs since they came out, I've only ever seen one Rare Borg Tech, and no Prototype Borg Tech.
You can get the tech loot from normal drops, or even from the regular reward bag, but from what I understand the best chance is in the optional objective bag.
If I recall correctly, Infected space and ground drops Shield tech and PSG tech respectively, Cure Space drops the engine tech, cure ground drops weapon tech, KA space drops deflector tech and ground drops the Armor tech.
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In fact I just got a prototype borg shield tech from the regular reward bag, without completing the Infected Space optional.
It's not completely random, the chances are just higher if you complete the Optional Objective.
And Lionus, I honestly prefer Photons and Quantums to all other torpedos.
Have you guys tried the new featured mission?
I gave it a go and found it annoying, buggy and filled with annoying whiny voice overs (Kurland being the worst of them).
Will give it a miss for a week or two.
Captain Kurland had ONE line.And it was the very worst one. I'd rather listen to the sound of a hard drive head crash on repeat all day.
I had no bugs, the Gorn voiceover was epic (Though I'm convinced they drafted in Cobra Commander). Don't forget, these people are not proffessional voice artists, they're devs and a few 'special guests'.The gorn I think was the only decent one. I noticed the dual layered part too :)
I'm glad we finally got a featured episode that wasn't COMPLETELY combat. (Though the [Diplomatic] options make it hella easy :P)I didn't get the Diplomatic options. They weren't greyed out they simply were not there during the conference. It was a nice change of pace though.
She reminded me far far too much of an old boss of mine. We erm, had history(?)
I didn't get the Diplomatic options. They weren't greyed out they simply were not there during the conference. It was a nice change of pace though.
You have a female dwarf from World of Warcraft as a boss?
Actually you only need a higherank for the final Diplomacy Option, the other ones require you to do all the side missions successfully before the Conference.
I loved the DS9 space map in the FE series, proper nebula in the background, DS9 slightly smaller. Those changes are coming to the Social zone and any missions that used that area this week.
I find it funny that after you just saw the station get beat to hell and then taken over by the Dominion, you can still go there and hang out.I thought that was strange too.
Where the hell did wow come from? :idk:
Biggest letdown of the new episode: The continued access to DS9 despite what happened in the episode.
well the Episodes I assume are to be considered to be 'out of continuity' with the rest of the missions until after they initially air, then they'll be placed somewhere in the mission progression is my theory, either during the Cardassian Arc, or sometime before the Borg Arc (considering they're doing negotiations about the Borg in episode 1.)
Also the next episode is on Bajor so I assume they'll open the Social zone next weekend with the episode.
Likely to avoid pissing off the STFers, seeing as DS9 is (AFAIK) the only place to get the MACO/Honor Guard/Omega gear.Maybe, though since STO is an MMO I would bet that closing off DS9 for a week or however long this new Dominion occupation is going to last would inconvenience players who haven't hit the level cap yet or done the Cardassian front missions. Not everyone has maxed out their characters ya know ;)
Does the badly-acted Scottish accent come readily to mind? Hmm? :DHaving never played WOW that went straight over my head..
Having never played WOW that went straight over my head..
That's one thing that disappointed me was the inability to visit Bajor.
Ah...still, the accent on Commander Andrews was pretty bad, weren't it? :DVery.
It would seem, the Dominion are prepping for a "2nd Dominion War"
Except these Dominion ships aren't technically affiliated with the real Dominion anymore, as they were considered lost, meaning most likely, the real Dominion won't do anything about it... It would be interesting to fight the 2,800 alongside the Dominion though...
Speaking of the actual Dominion...has there been any mention of Odo at all? From what I've gathered, the only DS9 crewmember that's accounted for, and I could be wrong on this, is Kira.
Kira..Kai? She didn't strike me as THAT religious person. :lostit:
If the rumor is true and Bajor is the site of the next chapter, perhaps that will be rectified? Though I wonder if it'll be a one-time deal for these missions only, as opposed to Defera, which became a social hub (of sorts).
Dan Stahl is back as Executive Producer of STO
http://www.startrekonline.com/node/2874
That took all of.... 5 months, to happen. I guess his cushy position as Zynga Studios (Cityville/Farmville etc) wasn't as cushy after all.
Here's to hoping it marks the return of Ask Cryptic's and Engineering Reports.
I wonder if there will be a Klingon version of Risa.. *thinks of it bit further.. then stops a sudden nosebleed* :doh:
I wish it would be only exploration missions that tend to be buggy. :bitch:
That took all of.... 5 months, to happen. I guess his cushy position as Zynga Studios (Cityville/Farmville etc) wasn't as cushy after all.
Also is it wrong that I named my Cardassian Galor the "U.S.S. Bajor"?
I want that bridge set for my Sao Paolo
ARGH!!! I was almost done with the last Undine mission!!! When you set off the overload, you're supposed to beam back to your ship, but when sector space loaded up, it told me I still had to do the mission!!!!That happened to me too.
Yup, fully leveled up 9ft+ gorn with attitude to match. How so?
Good lord, does anyone have a Gorn below 6.5ft?Only when they are dead.
Real men fight in tiny shuttlecraft
Real men fight in tiny shuttlecraft
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/468610160541215796/7FF041FA2C425430D6285DD8D212984656DDB98D/
Real men fight in tiny shuttlecraftThat really makes me want to buy the pack just for lols (and the defiant interior)
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/468610160541215796/7FF041FA2C425430D6285DD8D212984656DDB98D/
Bajor is now a pretty blue planet. And oh lord was it crowded when I showed up in my Type 10 shuttle. And the poor thing is tiny next to the Odyssey-class.
I'd like some of the stuff they have but I'd really rather not give them the money. I've blown enough on those goddamned master keys!
That's at least 300,000 dilithium. Have fun with that.
They got my money. :P And why even bother with the damn Cardie lock boxes? I sold some once, but the last batch I got, I just jettisoned out the airlock.
I'm not even picking them up anymore. I'm not having anything more to do with PWEs thinly veiled lottery scam!
It's almost as bad as the Galor spam itself!
Also I think Jon St. John did a voice... Seriously there is a Klingon character that sounds just like him.
So the new FE episode was fun, I liked it. Lots of back story and hints as to where the Fleet Came from (I mean most players already knew, but its exposition for your captain)
Also I think Jon St. John did a voice... Seriously there is a Klingon character that sounds just like him.
Would it have been that hard to create a new model for the Jem Hadar armor? It looks just like my Polyweave Alloy Armor.
Hell, My M.A.C.O Armor looks the same as the new "Jem Hadar Armor", and the Polyweave Alloy Armor.we'll have to wait and see, they might be giving us another set costume like the MACO and Omega, if that's the case the armor model doesn't matter, I always hide it anyways.
Wouldn't mind some additional armor designs, eventhough "Armored personnel" is technically not very Trek-like.
we'll have to wait and see, they might be giving us another set costume like the MACO and Omega, if that's the case the armor model doesn't matter, I always hide it anyways.
The STFs are the worst though, I haven't seen any of the teamwork you get on the fed side!
Klingons not showing teamwork? No way!
And the Klingon ones don't give you the option to show it at all...not even with the Honor Guard outfits, AFAIK - considering aren't the Honor Guard outfits with helms and cloaks actually uniform pieces from completing the set, not the actual visuals of the set?
Yeah, once you get all 3 MKXI Honor Guard Peices you unlock the armour costume, same with the MACO set.
Because last night I saw one guy take on a transwarp gate single handed and win. He didn't need to take out the nanite generators to do it!
Sorry, but that has been 'fixed' now, from todays patchnotes:
Updated the nano healing beams for Borg STFs so they will no longer be disabled by powers that knock Auxiliary systems offline.
we are on usually during late evenings EST anywhere from 9 on up to 2 in the morning and im stf addicted
i decided to get the new yellowstone class ship. pretty sweet though i decided to get the polaron array cause i know im going to be running the mission a few more times
i decided to get the new yellowstone class ship. pretty sweet though i decided to get the polaron array cause i know im going to be running the mission a few more times
I wish that stuff wasn't so hard to get.
Anyhow, I think this may interest some people; the future site of Starfleet Command, and later Starfleet Academy.right get me an industrial replicator and the means of space travel and ill kick start the UFP early :P
http://g.co/maps/q8ndr (http://g.co/maps/q8ndr)
At least now you can hide the "So and So has unboxed a Galor class Cruiser!" stuff.
The boxes have nothing to do with it, Cryptic just happened to reduce the rate at which Rare Borg Tech drops around the same time (a week before the Lock Boxes started dropping IIRC).
I think it's the matter of the lock boxes' drop frequency in STFs. Especially the space ones. You can average maybe 10-15 of the damn things in about twenty minutes.
disproportional
Ok i heard last night from a reliable source that there was a huge shakeup in the 9th fleet in sto. Any one know wth is goin on with them
I thought it was a MUCH better mission than the others so far as it is. Fun? Hell yes! Reminded me of the prison mission in ME 2.
I think this new one is easily in the top 10% of best missions in STO. I just hope they don't break it with updates!
Also, I have a jem hadar tac officer :D
Tholian in the jail? Didn't see him.
So how many of you jumped off the holo bridges and into the abyss then? I would have thought invisible walls would have been put up to stop an occurrence seeing how the re-spawn point is back at the start!
Must have missed the cell.
The devs are claiming the loot is working correctly.
I ran three on monday and got a rare deflector tech.
It's random chance.
The Shard of Possibilities does scale with your level.
Bit pissed that the Odyssey "Bridge" (as shown here (http://aw3d.weebly.com/environment---star-trek-online---odyssey-bridge.html), is apparently only gonna be included with the "Odyssey +1" on the C-Store, and not retrofitted onto the "Free" Odyssey that was given out during the anniversary event.
Odyssey Mothership/Aquarius Addon?
I see what you did there Cryptic.
For anyone who doesn't know, Apollo 13's command module was christened Odyssey, and her lunar module Aquarius.
:facepalm: i can't believe I didn't catch that!
Do you get to keep it as an armor or would it need an empty uniform slot?
It replaces the "Personal Shield" of your choice. Only useful in this specific episode, and for running around looking like "space alien" :P
It replaces your body armor, not your shield - which will be problematic once you get past the spacewalk part and you forget to put your armor back on. (Though not nearly as much as if you'd replaced your shield generator. :D)
I didn't have any problems with the puzzles. I did bug myself though. Did a dumb thing by trying to go through the forcefield into the Promenade, but had to wait for the Jem'Hadar to kill me.
I liked that the Enterprise showed up, and they did show the new Odyssey bridge.
Also, I noticed today, the camera for my Odyssey-class was too far away at maximum magnification.
Did anyone else have problems with that mission? I absolutely hated that whole thing. Slow paced, bug ridden and badly thought out. If they think I'm going to replay it to get the other rewards they are sorely mistaken!
I kept running into invisible walls, I was thrown up into the air seemingly at random and not to mention that stupid, aggravating pointless (and bugged) excuse for a puzzle!
That one puzzle (the first one to do with the sensors) had problems with the clues not matching the puzzle and when it reset because I'd gotten it wrong (again) it didn't just reset it also changed the layout everygoddamntime. Did it update and change the clues? Nope not once. It took me 30 mins to get luck and guess the puzzle.
I am *not* playing that one again that's for sure! This game was great when I first played it when it went F2P but it's gone downhill *very* quickly.
Don't even mention "STF" and "loot" to me in the same paragraph. I've had no tech or salvage of any kind in almost 2 weeks now it's *very* annoying when someone goes "oh no not *another* rare salvage/tech that I have no use for.".
Also, I noticed today, the camera for my Odyssey-class was too far away at maximum magnification.
It was put in to address complaints about zooming in so far as to have your camera clip through parts of your ship.
The responsible party is exploring ways to make everyone happy.
Any time we change something, we do not know what players will complain about. This was done, by a dev, to address complaints he has seen. In his eyes (and anyone else involved's eyes), he was fixing a problem. He obviously didn't know (nor did any of us) that there would be a backlash over this. We do our best to guess at what you guys would like/not like, but the dissatisfied parties are always the ones we hear. We heard people dissatisfied with the zoom levels the way they were, so we changed them. No we hear from parties dissatisfied with the change. Neither party is going to comment to the positive when the change goes to their favor. (by and large)
http://www.startrekonline.com/node/2922 (http://www.startrekonline.com/node/2922)
Dev blog #31.
Now they've piqued my interest in that ugly arse ship! I wonder how much it will be to buy all 3...
Says so, right in the dev blog.
with the changes Umberto made yesterday, you can now zoom back into giant ships as far as you could before. PLUS you can zoom in even FARTHER on smaller ships than ever before. PLUS, we can make even bigger ships (bigger than the Brotas or Odyssey) if we want, without breaking the camera.
Sweeeeet. Now, they need to share the camera secrets with the BC community so we can try and fix BC's awful camera.
It's really not that big of a game. Especially not when compared to TOR. Curse you TOR for requiring Windows 7 and 20+GB of HD space!! :argh:
APRIL 2012*
29. Defera Event Update + More Timeslots
29-2. Q XP Weekend
29-2. IDIC Tribble Promotion
1-7. Klingon Awareness Week (Community)
5. New Klingon Mission
5. First Contact Day
5-9. First Contact Event
12: New Lock Box
13: New Horror-Themed Episode
18: Foundry Challenge #2 Voting (Forums)
26: C-Store Update
COMING SOON*
New Event in The Vault
Foundry Challenge #3
*Subject to change
Hope it becomes a revisitable locale, and not just tied to the "First Contact event".
About time they add Utopia Planitia shipyards. I'd love to see them add a "Ship Crafting" system at some point in the future. Allow players to build the ships that THEY want.
I'm bored with STO now, I reached level 50 a few weeks ago so am struggling to find things to so in it to keep me interested
Devblogs #37 (http://www.startrekonline.com/node/3041) and #38 (http://www.startrekonline.com/node/3045) are up.
I wish we could fly that phoenix but I'd bet that the mesh is going to be just as horrible as the rest of them!
I wonder what else is in store :D
EDIT
:bitch:
but I may start a theme soon with Warships particuly those of type 45 destroyers. :evil:
Hehe, I've just realised that my ships registration number is a bit borked. it's displaying USS AUDACIOUS 98709870987098. And that's it. Akira class.
Dev blog #43 is up (http://www.startrekonline.com/node/3122)!
Caitian carrier anyone? I like the look of it but it seems rather pricey at 2000c. I'd also like to see one of the science console slots swapped out for an engineering slot especially seeing how the science side is pretty broken atm.
EDIT
Eeeep! Look at that turn rate :eek
You know, thinking about it in the first shot of her (which I presume is us looking at the front of her) she looks rather like a hatak/odyssey mashup. The back end being the hatak inspired part.
There's definitely some SG inspiration there!
Looks pretty slick. Won't be getting it though. I think they're starting to go a bit overboard on these C-Store ship prices...That's what happens when you go free to play. Gotta make up the losses in profit somehow.
That's what happens when you go free to play. Gotta make up the losses in profit somehow.
If I'm remembering correctly, 2000 c-points = $25. That's too damn much.
That's what happens when you go free to play. Gotta make up the losses in profit somehow.
That's what happens when you go free to play. Gotta make up the losses in profit somehow.
Surely having more sales of items that cost less is better than having very few sales of items that cost a lot? Or is that just me being stupidly sensible again?
Meh.
Surely having more sales of items that cost less is better than having very few sales of items that cost a lot? Or is that just me being stupidly sensible again?
Meh.
Well. I guess I can pick up an Ophidian Cane now.
Just got hold of that lightning whip thing. I LOVE IT ^^please tell me how to get it. I really have no idea.
And only 15 lobi an absolute bargain compared to everything else in there!
please tell me how to get it. I really have no idea.
Are they f'ing kidding me?!
http://www.startrekonline.com/node/3161 (http://www.startrekonline.com/node/3161) :bitch:
Kinda like in Doctor Who, the original K9 can't be used a whole lot because hes owned by the writer it costs a bunch of money to use him.
Well, the blog post says they're closely related. But I think that's the general point.
I have a question about the different Odyssey variations. It's my intention to eventually purchase one when I can afford to do so and I'm currently debating on whether or not I should get the Tactical Cruiser or the Operations Cruiser. I'm interested in knowing how the Aquarius Escort stacks up against the Separated Saucer when it comes to supporting you in combat. I'm thinking the Aquarius Escort would be a better fighter overall because she's part of the Tactical Cruiser, but the Operations Cruiser would probably benefit from better maneuverability while separated. I'm just wondering if anyone who has one or the other, (or both), can offer an opinion of what they personally think is the best way to go. Right now I'm leaning towards Operations for Saucer Separation. In a perfect world I would just get the bundle and have both abilities but I can't do that right now so it's one or the other.
I dunno, I like my Oddy. But then, I very rarely picked my ships based on "Well, I"m a tactical officer, so I should only fly escorts all the time".
The last fleet I was in pretty much disbanded after I left. I got annoyed with the constant name changes their leader was whacking up and all the immature bitching and oneupmanship that was going on. Did I mention it was also the first fleet I was ever involved in?
I found sto to be far more fun without fleets. Most of them are massively over rated anyway. Far more fun to be with a bunch of clued up, talkative guys who are fleet-less too.
avoid the big huge fleets, all they care about is numbers. Find yourself a small tight knit fleet like Ninth Fleet, you'll have a lot more fun.
When I first saw that my initial thought was "target practice" :evil:My thoughts exactly :evil:
It went to f2p back in feb....
i wasnt keeping tabs back in feb :P
Tabs? What're those? :DThe invoice, bill, or account for a dinner or round of drinks. :P
Tabs? What're those? :D
Tabs? What're those? :D
The invoice, bill, or account for a dinner or round of drinks. :P
ROFLMAO (http://startrekonline.com/lifetime)
No, just no.
More fleet stuff
http://www.startrekonline.com/node/3218
Bank is a bust. It's for gold subbers only.
Dang you beat me to it Lionus :fist:
I like the look of this boat I really do, but that ensign tac slot really does look pointless imo. An ensign uni or combining that slot with the lt tac would make it far more useful imo.
But that point defence torp OH MYYYY! I always imagined the akira as a torpedo boat. But does this mean she'll be stuck with photons if you want to get the maximum torp damage out of her like the dreadnaught and her phaser lance?
It's a "point defense" CONSOLE, and from the sound of it (being a point defense weapon), it's automated. I don't think it matters which torpedo type you equip on the ship, the console will still fire photons.
It's a "point defense" CONSOLE, and from the sound of it (being a point defense weapon), it's automated. I don't think it matters which torpedo type you equip on the ship, the console will still fire photons.
You misunderstand me. I know it's a console and I know it will still fire photons much like how the dreads phaser lance will still be a phaser even if you stick a load of polaron beams on her. I'd like to know whether or not the photon console will affect it because if that is the case then you might as well stick with photons on this thing much how one ought to stick with phasers on a dread.
oh god, imagine how much burst you'd get if it A: stacks with dmg consoles, and B: doesn't share the torpedo's global cooldown. That said, there is only one true way to outfit an akira: mass torpedoes :)
Actually, I'm wondering if you can customize the look of it so that it can be a true akira or if you're stuck with the one model as they seem to be doing as of late.
I'm pretty sure it only fires Photons.
Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson, SG-1) ?
Nope.
Well the only other thing I've got is that they're some sort of band or something.
http://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=4261668&postcount=16
Dan has Confirmed Morn is being added to DS9 sometime during Season 6.
Some images I found on the official forums
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3760/screenshot2012061423174.jpg
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/8223/screenshot2012061423170.jpg
They even added the little hairs on his head
http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/7919/ascreenshot201206142335.jpg
State of the Game June 2012 (these are replacing Engineering reports)I like this part: "We are going to be trying something different that will be story focused, but also allow us to add more missions to the game than you?ve previously seen in a Feature Episode series."
http://www.startrekonline.com/node/3259
Dan has answered some questions regarding it here
http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=274064
I like this part: "We are going to be trying something different that will be story focused, but also allow us to add more missions to the game than you?ve previously seen in a Feature Episode series."
Like always thou, it remains to be seen if Cryptic can live up to their promises.
btw guys, the STO site is back up and has had a revamp.
Well, that's lovely. Now I have to buy Zen, which does not equal the amount of Cryptic Points I want.
So much for buying my Odyssey pack on Friday.
I had no idea that you could buy c points directly. I've always bought zen and transferred over. :facepalm:
Btw, I didn't even know about this change over. How long has it been on the cards?
Cryptic "offers" players to merge their Cryptic Account, with a PWE Account. Players who merge, get a 1-time special reward ingame, and upon merging, your old Cryptic Account will become essentially worthless.
The result of this "offer", is a loss of access to all your old forum posts, all your subscribed threads, as well as a change of "display name" on the forums. A name which CAN'T be changed. Add to this, a reset of both avatars and signatures, and the available avatars is pre-defined. Players can't choose "their own" avatar.
Lastly, this "offer" will eventually become non-optional, so players will be forced to merge their accounts sooner or later.
Correct. Forgot that bit. Also, as stated after you merge the accounts, your Cryptic account becomes virtually useless. If you try to log in to the game or website using your old Cryptic login credentials, it will tell you to use your Perfect World login.which is silly because they haven't removed the cryptic login from the launcher. Worse yet, appearently no one can use their old cryptic @names in the forum, if you try to register it as a PW screenname it won't work, even though Branflakes promised that the old names would be reserved for us.
And what does this mean if I don't care about the forums and just play the game?
Ah goddamnit, they didn't just change over the accounts they deleted the bloody things without touching the posts.
Way to handle a forum change over cryptic!
Well, I just tried to do this link bullshit, and it says my user name is taken. Wtf am I supposed to do now?
They didn't delete them as much as forgot to transfer over the metadata(account info) along with the actual posts but yeah basically they're gone.
No i got the game on Disk, and have found the manual with the product key i used to start the game...Is this what they need???
yes. that would be itBrill, Thanks will sort iy when i get back from work
pugs are so stupid it's funny. In one ISN all four pugs started by going to the gate and blasting away.
Completely ignoring the cube in front of them and that the shield and health wasn't diminishing.
"Now is the time to purchase the ship you've always dreamt of commanding" SWEET!
"The Heavy Escort Carrier: Armitage Class is excluded" DAMMIT!
Haven't fought them on "Tribble" yet (test server), but from what I hear, they DO have the tholian web ability, and it can be absolutely devastating, if not countered properly.Let me guess......full power to weapons, and MASH spacebar?
What happened? Or are you just refusing to merge your accounts.
Or are you just refusing to merge your accounts.
Might not be their fault.
It took forever to update the stupid zen thing so I could transfer it to cryptic points. Why did they make it so ass-backwards?
well, that made the Ent Tholian's appearance canon-er
Any word on whether or not she'll be classified as a small ship? I mean without a science station, it does seem pretty gimped for STF's (granted that's what universal slots are for), but it does seem a tad more powerful than a shuttle is.
You realise that two of the boff slots are universal right?
Tholian Dreadnought, coming in Season 6 (on Tribble testserver now)
All Cryptic Points will be converted to an equivalent value in ZEN. For example, if you have 80 Cryptic Points ($1.00 in value) before the conversion, you will have 100 ZEN ($1.00 in value) after the conversion. We will multiply your Cryptic Point balance by 1.25 to get your new ZEN balance.
So I just did a starbase Defence fleet action...
You know how you get 5 Fleet Marks for doing a minigame? I spent almost 20 minutes in this, died countless times and killed a ton of ships... How many Fleet Marks? Four.
Never. Again.
Oh good, no more spam about who got a Ferengi Marauder.
You've been able to disable that for months.
Hit the down arrow under the map and hit "Notification Settings"
Got my energy whip, so don't need anything else.Got my D'kora off the Exchange. It's an ok ship, better than others, but doesn't beat my Prometheus.
Good, maybe we won't see a million of 'em drop every friggin' STF I go into...
Stipend? You mean for paying real money to play a free game? ;)
Stipend? You mean for paying real money to play a free game? ;)
At first I thought that the bridge looked pretty dull, then I saw that the walls were designed to look like more flooring. I take it that you can't walk on the walls though.
EDIT: I did a random IGE, and when we finally killed manus, I discovered what I've been coveting for months, the prototype PSG :yay: . Now with my completed maco set, I just need to get lucky and collect the 3 prototypes again for omega force :banghead: then do it again on my alts :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Also, when you get to the bottom of the second downward tunnel, skip the elite in the next room by jumping over the railings.
And yeah, engies make that run so much easier with mortars and bombs.Nope. The mortars tend to cause problems with mob aggro (as in aggroing absolutely everything in play at once and causing them to come *running* at you.)
That said, good luck, this game likes to tease you by dropping 2 pieces of gear, then never giving you that third piece.
The mortars tend to cause problems with mob aggro (as in aggroing absolutely everything in play at once and causing them to come *running* at you.)
Far better to have a borg heavy hitter that simply doesn't shoot for a little while. The only time I ever use quantum mortars nowadays is just outside the boss room in infected ground. Otherwise my eng toon only ever uses enemy neutralization for the fuse armor and weapon malfunction powers.
Ugh, too goddamn true pal, too goddamn true!
only thing I'd change on that ship is the deflector
I'm probably going to stick to my standard sovereign variant on my ship, this is of course assuming that the stats on this refit are significantly better than the assault cruiser to warrant paying $25 (more turn, maybe an extra tac slot, definitely the corbomite deflector from Armada.)
(more turn, maybe an extra tac slot, definitely the corbomite deflector from Armada.)
this one sounds more promising, he didn't say anything about working it out with CBS, so that part must be done.
Something's telling me Capt. Obvious is trolling.
Season 7 will revolve around the Azure Nebula (the new sector, not the KDF explore nebula) and that an upcoming Fleet Holding will be an Embassy on a certain colony
Don't count on it. Cryptic seems to treat the KDF faction as the "ugly stepchild" in the game.
i see what you mean :L are cryptic secretly looking to us for ideas for ship parts and then just using them?
That accusation is quite a stretch. The only real similarity is that they're both swept forward and up. If that's grounds for plagiarism accusations, you'd better write up DJ and John Eaves for plagiarizing Probert's Protoambassador.
One could argue however, that the nacelles look shaped rather similarly. Right down to the narrowed end with a "glow" from behind.your right, there's a very uncanny similarity between the Regents nacells and that of the Excelsior - A...
also the new ass cruiser is out.
Should I read that as "new-ass cruiser" or "new ass-cruiser"?
The latter. I always called the assault cruisers "ass cruisers".
.... soo many comments to that... soooooooo little time. :funny
Many ass cruisers are flown by people who's skills could be described as "ass" :P
Some people actually said that they should have expanded this upcoming set - to include the much-asked-for skant (seriously, what is it about these people wanting their men to have skirts?), the dress uniform overcoat thing (which was used right up until late in DS9/Insurrection)...Looks deadly on women though. :P
Speaking of Scotty's outfit, when are they going to release his classic vest look, Kirk's vest from WoK, the away team jacket from WoK, or the TMP era engineering suit?
Or proper rank insignia (complete with braid for admirals and the like) for the one we have now, for that matter...which, IMHO, we should get for FREE, considering...
The Wells Class showing up in random missions, is not a bug. It's fault of the QA team at Cryptic. Somebody "accidently" let the ship slip into the regular rotation of random Federation ships.
Like the D7s in the Kuvah'magh and Devidian arcs, or the Jem'Hadar ships in the DS9 arc.
I still think they need to make the KDF it's own, stand alone faction. This needing a federation toon first is kinda crap. Not to mention, the KDF has no zones of its own beyond Omega Leonis. And you don't even start at the same rank as you do in Fed. And there's no content from them.
Unique weapon set? Where did you hear this?
Remember, I've been without an internet connection for the last week :)
Not happening, they won't get any, they never have (they started at level 6 at first, which was what you had to get to as a Fed to unlock them), and there won't be.
Speaking of things we've been promised and teased with but haven't happened yet for the last two-and-a-half years: A preview of Into the Hive, coming in season....4? 5? 6? 7? 8?
http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=648461
I hate these stupid lockboxes. I have from the very start with the Dominion bugship in lockboxes. I hate it even more now. These are limited time things, and completely random. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I would pay for a Wells class or a Tholian ship or a Dominion bugship, but not for a chance to get one.
And really guys. Calling the game a failure because they want to add a Wells-class? That's a bit much. Star Trek's timeline has never been a straight line anyways, and considering that temporal disruptions are happening far more often, I don't think it's out of the question for the Wells class to be developed at...whatever point in time STO is in now.
So it's because of CBS that people can't cruise around in a Ferengi Marauder? WTF.
So the Wells class in Relativity is a four hundred year old ship class? That's a bit of a stretch. And by a bit, I mean huge.
When ever the next update is, you can now use ISS on the Mirror Ships.
ROFL I now have a KDF boff candidate callled...:lostit: Kill it with fire.
Borat.
:lostit: Kill it with fire.
I sold it for 5 mil xDVery nice!
Very nice!
I wouldn't mind seeing the 29th century ships as the odd NPC in game but good god why did they think they belonged in game as player ships?!Cryptic nerfed the future.
Did technology pretty much fail to advance in the 400-500 years between 2409 and the 29th century?
Cryptic nerfed the future.
http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=695181
Blog about the ships.
"those lightsaber bat'leths and lirpas", was nothing more than an attempt to attract players away from the then, "new hotness" that was SWTOR.
Using the Galaxy Quest "Omega 13 device" shows a lack of creativity on Cryptic's part. Not to mention an abundance of lazyness, especially in regards to their new time ship "bridges". The KDF bridge is clearly identical to the Wells Class bridge, but with a new coat of paint.
but by the time I have the money for these stupid keys to get one, as well as a new ship slot, they'll be gone.
You may be comfortable with "contaminating the timeline further" with these ships. After all, it's just a game...Don't be a jerk DT. I've always respected you on these forums. By YOUR logic, BC shouldn't have Constitution classes in it, even from mods. STO is a game, and despite being officially licensed, it doesn't affect the canon because it itself is not canon. It's not like anyone's putting a gun to your head and forcing you to play the game.
Might as well apply the same logic to the next Trek movie, but bring in Galaxy and Sovereign Classes to fly alongside the "new Kirk" Enterprise. It's just a movie, isn't it? I'm generally not "too much" of a canon whore, I regard Trek in much the same way as I regard most tv-shows, movies and games... Entertainment. But when someone starts to mess around with established canon, in ways that are unimaginably inappropriate, that's when I begin to froth at the mouth.
Oh, and by your logic, we might as well bring in Picard in the next movie, to be a tutor for "new Kirk" on how to Captain the Enterprise. To hell with canon, to hell with established historical "facts". There's a limit to how far you can push canon, in the name of "entertainment".
These timeships are just a stretch too far in my eyes. They have mirandas, centaurs, k'tingas, D7's, oberths even NX's but we can't have a retrofitted connie because it would "break immersion" yet we could have a time ship from 500 years further on from the game? Surely some future guys would want their ships back? So what, are these ships more of a "lease agreement" rather than outright ownership? Will these "future guys" take back their timeships?
They have stretched believability/canon too far and have tried to cover it up with some half assed lame duck story. Time fuckery works at small scales but to have entire fleets doing it?
"Approximately 13 seconds" is a reference to the Omega-13 from Galaxy Quest. We started out with a 13-second duration, but it felt far too long and it eventually landed at 7 seconds.
Wow...looks like a Batman spaceship even more than the original Wells class.
I have to say it looks like they put a lot of work into this, the ship textures look nice but.... I still think "No, no and again, no".
Those displays on the bridge look like a trekified apple UI too.
:/
That is how they looked in Voyager.
I haven't seen that episode tbh. Perhaps I should.
With Voyager, it's let the buyer beware. (I didn't much care for it, I'll admit.)
Also some close-ups here: http://www.h-10-k.com/lcars/download/tcars__primary_panel.png
The lockboxes went live on thursday
Btw, the ship drop announcements are bogus. According to one I had received a temporal sci vessel!
Pity I didn't take a screenie :/
Could have fooled me...I've done I don't know how many random encounters and haven't seen a single drop box, where usually they're all over the place...
Maybe you just read it wrong.
You're the first person I've seen mention a fake one.
You can buy them in the dilithium Store for 200
Maybe they've decreased the drop rate.
Thanks for the info Kori. What are the odds on getting either a standard Wells or mirror Wells?
So, probably gonna need plenty of keys since I haven't noticed any other way to get Lobi crystals, so one way or another, it'd take money and a lot of luck.Or grind ECs.
Either he was a troll or an idiot.There's a difference? (http://kattforum.se/images/smilies/eusa_think.gif)
There's a difference? (http://kattforum.se/images/smilies/eusa_think.gif)
How negative am I? I don't think I've said anything positive about this game in a long time. :(
And perhaps the picture bluriness is intentional. Can't show off too much.
I'm at ~600 days, so the 1k day ships won't be anything i'll be getting anytime soon. Plus i'm not actively subscribing any longer.
On the other hand, if they would -offer- players who have been longtime subscribers -without- being a Lifetimer, a Lifetime Subscription, i'd jump at it.
At my current 600 day mark, i've spent around 300 dollars in subscription fees (not counting C-Store purchases over the past 2.5 years). A Lifetime Subscription costs 299.99 dollars (on sale atm for 199.99 dollars). So i've already spent my share for what would otherwise have been a Lifetime subscription.
I honestly must say, I pity those who spent the 300 dollars up-front, 2.5 years ago. Granted, the game has improved tremendously since then, but it still has a long ways to go. And the conspiracy theorist in me, can't help but consider this latest "Lifetime Subscription sale + veteran rewards instantly", as yet another form of cash grab by Cryptic/PWE.
Nimbus system, eh? Hm. Can we send a Suliban planet destroying weapon to that place?
That was the Xindi.
Alien of the week, whatever. :funny
for once.
I direct a butt-ton of emphasis towards this quote...
His first 3 ground elites and he gets a complete set. All. F*cking. 3. Pieces. In. His. First. 3. STFS. :wtf :argh: :bluescreen: :smack:
#RAGE
omfg...wow the game really gave you the middle finger there didn't it?
Just took a newbie through his first 3 elite ground stfs. I've been doing them since February and haven't received a single ground proto tech. His first 3 ground elites and he gets a complete set. All. F*cking. 3. Pieces. In. His. First. 3. STFS. :wtf :argh: :bluescreen: :smack:
#RAGE
Couldn't decide on which smiley was more appropriate so I just used them all.
....what.
:serious:
wow the game really gave you the middle finger there didn't it?
Each day you will be gifted with forty (40) Autographed 8?10 Glossy Pictures of Q upon completing the ?Fastest Game on Ice? (the same race seen during last year?s Winter Event). This means that player captains that can participate in the event 25 times during the 35+ days that the Winter Event will be active, will have earned their way to a FREE Starship!
If, by some stroke of bad luck, you find yourself incapable of participating in the event the required number of times, this does not mean you?ll have missed your chance to earn the Breen Warship! The Lobi Crystal Consortium is selling ?Q?s Appreciation Package? for just 5 Lobi Crystal, which will contain 2-6 of his sought-after Autographs. Although this is a large investment in Lobi Crystals for players seeking to purchase the ship outright, remember that the price can be significantly reduced by simply running the ?Fastest Game on Ice? on a daily basis.
A Romulan Dreadnought (Scimitar), with standard Romulan colors? (as opposed to the original "Reman" look) Intriguing.
Ehhh...am I still crazy if I would rather have the JJ-verse Constitution? :hide
Season 8 is coming out in May, Dan has said its the biggest season yet.
And if there is a lockbox it won't have the D'Deridex, that was already confirmed as not going to appear in one. (source: http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=273756)
Story missions will also continue in Season 8.
http://www.stowiki.org/Upcoming_content#Season_8_.28May.29
Damn good mission though. Loads of characters from STO lore turned up, although I wished they were all voiced rather than the 50/50 split they had of voiced/non-voiced. It's fun watching someone shout "HEY YOU OVERGROWN SALTSHAKER! GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE NOW!" at a tholian :D
The only ones who weren't voiced were you and your bridge officers.
Nope, I'm pretty sure that a lot of the characters didn't have voices. I've run it twice since yesterday on other toons and many of the characters aren't voiced. Thing is, it seems to be changing every time. First time out, Farek, Shon, B'vat and a couple others were mute. 2nd time around it was a different bunch and this last time it changed again.
Demons of Air and Darkness... Iconians???
Q & A with Daniel Stahl, February 1st 2013;
Q: Darkthunder: REAL updates to the KDF faction. Any answer to this???
A: KDF updates are coming this year - not going to share details yet
Q: lanceandragon: Andorian starship? coming with the big update or sooner?
A: Andorian Ship in Feb
Andorian ship might be ship(s)
Q: Feklars_Hammer: Will there be a continuation to the Fekl'hri story arc on kdf side?
A: There is discussion of Fekhiri story extension, but focus will be on war
Q: MaxxinA: Dan - You were talking in december about reward system to foundry spotlight. Any more info about that ?
A: Foundry Spotlight rewards are going to be like normal foundry rewards (aka every mission gives rewards no cooldown) but better than normal foundry - coming in Feb
Q: Delion: Will we ever see conformal shield mode ingame? Or maybe choose between projected bubble shield mode and it?
A: RE: Shield modes - interesting idea - I'll pass it to systems guys
Q: dakcudA: any word on Jem attack ships comming back, would love to get the hanger for my Dread
A: Jem Attack Ship may be back soon - working on details
Q: gorasnayA: will there be a C store Ambassador class?
A: Ambassador is headed to Fleet Store - not C-Store from what I heard
Q: TrekkieLPC: hey Dstahl, how about the Ambassador and Odyessy in the foundry?
A: Amb. and Odyssey will be coming to Foundry this year
Q: gorasnayA: will there be any tiers for the starbase in season 8?
A: We are discussing more tiers to starbases - no details to share yet
A: We may have multiple ships under you command in space when we hit Fleet Admiral ranks
A: Inventory space/ship slots is something we are working on for next update
Q: Kpt.Krell: What is with May 2013?
A: Our next major update is in May - i cannot discuss any details yet
Q: NCODB: Is there any chance to keep the Temporal Ambassador mission post-anniversary? You guys have made an awesome story-based mission, shame to see it dissapear.
A: Temporal Ambassador mission will be permanent addition to game - T5 Ambassador is limited time tho
Q: Cerritouru: In the last Ask Cryptic you mention the posibility of a Spanish translation, any news on that?
A: We are looking into additional localizations for STO in 2013 - we haven't confirmed which languages yet, but I've heard possibly Portugeuse as a top contender
Q: lanceandragon: Customizable kits? are they on the table for the big update?
A: Customizeable Kits are on the docket for 2013
Kits for KDF could be next season - it is potentially part of kit revamp
A: We will most likely go to Delta Before Gamma
A: We have more Reps on the way - PVP, Tholians are two at top of list
A: T3 Ambassador will be available indefinitely - T5 limited time
A: It is a personal goal to get factions to where they need to be - I've said this for years and you'll just have to wait and see
A: We are considering a kickstarter model for ship designs - just discussions at this point
A: Re-Trait is in the works - Re-Species is a possibility but we haven't finalized that part yet
A: Fleet Marks for PvP is a distinct possiblity
Q: Will Re-Trait include the option to change your specialisation?
A: Re-Trait will allow you to reset traits and or add more than before
Q: When can we do upgrade missions with Crafting, like make Aegis XII , rebalance the dilithium cost of crafting
A: Crafting is most likely end of 2013 or early 2014
Q: Darkthunder: Any details you can share on the "NEW UI" slated for Season 8? Or is it just minor touch-ups to existing UI?
A: New UI that Thomas the Cat is working on is a reskinning and reLCARsing of existing UI - improving - not replcaing
Q: Darkthunder: Color Customization to new UI?
A: We are going to support your choice UI coloring
Q: enna2v: is the dev team REALLY WORKING 6 days a week?????
A: Yes we are going to 6 day work weeks at least for next two months - we have a lot to do
Q: VengefulDjinn: will the fed/klingon war end ?
A: Will there be peace? Maybe - but something has to present an opportunity for peace - we are a ways from that right now
A: More Fleet Ships are coming - I don't have the list
Q: TrekkieLPC: will there be bridges for Chel Gret, Ambassador, and when will we see the TNG interiors?
A: Bridges - Maybe - but they are low priority
Q: Darkthunder: Bridges are nice. But what I want, is REAL interior customization/building. Possible???
A: Real customizeable interiors is a goal but about a year off from reality
Q: voporak: Kerrat and crystalline entity - will they get some love?
A: We do plan to retrofit older events like CE and Kerrate - we may not revamp them, but may take concept and remake them
Q: captainoblivous: When will we see a "bugfix and housekeeping" season release?
A: Bugkeeping is constant - we release bug fixes every week
Q: burstdragon323: 10 to 20 Man STF's???
A: STFs in the latter part of the year if all goes according to plan
A: Foundry on your ship is a ways off
Q: k4t3: will fluidic space and crystalline entity be back soon
A: Older Fleet Actions will return at some point once they get remastering
A: We are going to be adding more costume options for the next big update - more than normal
A: We are considering Risa for a future summer event
A: Character Creation Options are getting an overhaul for next update
We are redoing our Character Creator for May - almost completely remade
Q: TrekkieLPC: when you redo the character creator will it mess up our current character models?
A: Existing character models will remain valid for next may
A: We will continue to make missions around Trek - sometimes that will be story - sometimes that will be big ships duking it out
But we want to stay focused on "TREK"
Q: Are there plans on reducing the cost of fleet ships to 1-2 fleet ship modules for ships already purchased?
A: No current plans to reduce fleet ship prices
A: we have on our mid-term goals the revamp of BOFF abilities and training along with ship loadouts and ease of training
A: Cryptic Designed Ships are coming - some in May
A: Refuses to be baited by KDF trolls - I said my peace earlier
Q: Shippo4533: Are there plans to increase the lvl cap?
A: Level cap increases are in design right now - will happen over next 12 months or so
A: Fleet Admiral will be max skillpoint cap - but there will be alternate advancement and future reps
A: Fleet Maps for Foundry -= great idea - ZeroniusRex is the person to hit up for that
A: Season 8 is dead to me - the May Update is bigger than a Season and will be called something else
Q: Shippo4533: Mr Stahl, Just an addistion, What are the plans for Silver Members once they attain Vice admiral?
A: Silver members will get access to ships at FAdmiral
Q: rtk142: Wille we ever meet the crew of the KDF flagship Bortas?
A: Crew of Bortasq is part of a potential KDF storyline - no details to share yet
A: There will be Seasons in the future - next update is not a season
May = Big Update, then we go back to season for a while
A: Lifetime accounts will be on sale a couple times a year - don't have dates on me
A: Scimitar ship is reserved for any future Romulan Faction
Q: Kpt.Krell: there are coming new emotes for Roleplay?
A: more emotes - I've heard this is coming but I can't remember which emotes
Q: overlapo: OK, T5 Miranda?
A: Classic Retrofits are possibly an idea for future Crafting
Q: Adarandrel: Are vet rewards finished at this point? or goign beyond hte 1000 day rewards
A: Vet Rewards are at max for now, but we may reconsider that in the future
Q: kekvin85: Any more Vulcan ships?
A: Vulcan ships - hmm... nothing in the works - if you have an idea, share
A: New Subscriber Benefits are coming in May update
Q: Capitain Wilhelm: Is there any plans to revamping the Captain's Table?
A: Captains Table definitely needs love - no eta yet though - other subscriber and lt benefits being dicussed tho
Q: z00t: cutscenes for foundry?
A: Cutscene editor for Foundry is something we've discussed but it is a ways off
Q: bruckner: Any chance the Foundry could gain 'Optional' objectives?
A: Optional Objectives for Foundry is something we've always wanted, but it is tricky - we are asking Neverwinter if they can look into it since they have all the Foundry code going on at the moment
A: Ent J is not going to happen according to CBS
A: Foundry Combat/Non-combat - we are looking into it, but for now rewards are based on other metrics - more filtering may be possible in future tho
A: I'm not at liberty to discuss May update in detail
----- END OF Q & A Session -----
A: Must head out to work - enjoy the anniversary and we'll chat again soon
A: Again - if you didn't get your question answered or you missed the answer I gave previously - email me and
I'll do what I can to respond
A: dstahl@crypticstudios.com - email me issues or suggestions
So hyped for May.
Quick, someone invent reliable Cryo freezing.
Suggestion #1:
Unified travel-system for leaving maps.
Currently the game have the following methods for leaving maps;
- Abort Mission: Button next to minimap
- Low Level Interaction: Bottom right corner by default
- Transporter Room: Depending on map, either forced or optional
The "Abort Mission" button should be re-built to be a one-stop shop for leaving the map you are currently on. When you hit the button, a popup should appear with various options for which map to "leave to". From Sol System, this would be Earth Spacedock, Starfleet Academy, and Sirius Sector Block.
Immediately upon entering a map with a social map attached (such as Sol System and Deep Space Nine System), player should be able to travel to the hub withou having to first fly there with the ship. Flying to a specific location, or walking into a transporter room, should only be for immersion purposes, and not forced on the players.
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Suggestion #2:
Travelling the galaxy.
In lieu of developing a "one sector map to rule them all", i'd suggest the ability to travel to various star systems directly from the "Galaxy Map". The map window already has options for "Area" which is akin to a Zone Map, a System List which displays all the systems and points of interest within the current Sector Block, and a Galaxy Map to view a 2D representation of the entire galaxy in STO.
As soon as I leave Earth Spacedock, i'd like to be given the option to travel to Deep Space Nine. Setting a course via Galaxy Map to DS9, immediately sends the player ship warping off towards it's destination. There should be no popups for the player to confirm travel between maps. After setting a course, and traveling to said destination (uninterupted), should essentially drop the player ship at the door step of your destination. If a player deviates from the course for any reason, the auto-travel will be disabled. To re-enable, set a new course via the Galaxy Map.
This would ofcourse require the player to be able to interact with various locations on the Galaxy Map. Currently the Galaxy Map is merely a pretty map. There is so much more that can be done with this map. One could even suggest something bigger, and turning it into a "Google Maps" type system, and thus eliminating the need for the "System List" tab entirely.
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Suggestion #3:
Computer Cores for ships.
Eliminate the pre-built "Bridge Officer" console layouts, and instead adding an entirely new item to the ship, in the form of Computer Cores. These cores would follow the same Mark, and Quality setup as the rest of the gear in the game.
Higher quality cores may elicit additional bonuses, currently found only via Traits, such as "Efficient". A Cruiser-type Computer Core may have additional effiency for any officer slotted at an Engineering console, which in turn provides additional benefits to ships hull/defenses/resistances. On the other hand, an Escort-type Computer Core may provide additional effiency to it's Tactical consoles, giving obvious benefits to ships weapons.
These Computer Cores would not be specific to a given ship, but may or may not be more suited for certain types of ships. Cruisers are inherently better at "Tanking" role, and thus an Engineering Computer Core may be best. If a Cruiser Captain instead chooses to follow the "DPS" role, a Tactical Computer Core may be better suited.
De-coupling the currently locked Bridge Officer station layouts from the ships, allows effectively ALL ships to be competitive at max level, both in PVE and PVP content.
You're such a pessimist. Don't see why they would suddenly charge higher fleet modals.
3 years of experiencing STO, having hopes and optimism for every new Season update, has made me extremely cynical. I'd like to think ahead of time, that i'll be disappointed. That way, -if- they improve, I can be happily surprised.
Meh, doesn't effect me
I have to admit, the timing of that release is...curious. Might have been a coincidence, but then again it might not.
How so? You don't play it anymore?
Fleet Marks:
No-Win Scenario:
Increased the rewards for rounds 4, 5 and 6 from 5/8/13 to 10/18/28 respectively.
This increases Fleet Mark rewards by 30.
The following events now grant an additional 30 Fleet Marks.
Colony Invasion
Starbase Blockade
Starbase Fleet Defense
Starbase Incursion
Starbase Alert now grants an extra 10 Fleet Marks each time an enemy wave is defeated for the first 3 waves.
Azure Nebula rescue now grants twice as many Fleet Marks.
Defera invasion missions:
Easy missions now grant 13 Fleet Marks.
Medium missions now grant 25 Fleet Marks.
Hard missions now grant 60 Fleet Marks.
Nukara missions:
Easy missions now grant 13 Fleet Marks.
Medium missions now grant 25 Fleet Marks.
Hard missions now grant 60 Fleet Marks.
Mine Trap now grants an extra 30 Fleet Marks upon completion.
Added 50 Fleet Marks to each of the PVP daily wrappers:
Raze Enemy Headquarters (Daily)
Raze Enemy Secret Headquarters (Lt. General - Daily)
Dominate the Heroes of the Enemy (Daily)
Dominate the Leaders of the Enemy (Lt. General - Daily)
Claiming Enemy Reserves (Daily)
Claiming Enemy Emergency Reserves (Lt. General - Daily)
Reclaim the Neutral Zone (Daily)
Restore the Neutral Zone (Vice Admiral - Daily)
Into the Fray (Daily); To the Front Lines (Vice Admiral - Daily)
Pacify Enemy Heroes (Daily)
Pacify Enemy Leaders (Vice Admiral - Daily)
Maybe they wanted good statistics on fleet mark intake during the interim, since from what they post it sounds like they like watching numbers as a form of optimization, not just people complaining about closed loopholes.
Plus, I'd hate to have the job of having to sort through two thousand pages of bullshit to find the five or six reasonable protests - and I'm sure the people running Cryptic's forums would hate it too, heh.Yeah, I tend to feel sorry for GM's in just about any game. I mean it's not their fault that some code got corrupted making your xbox lag for no reason, or that frost mages are countering your pally, or in this game that they got rid of a way to grind one aspect of the game while doing new content. They really don't have any say in those matters, yet have to take the brunt of player hatred when a coder uses a forward slash instead of a backslash or a dev comes up with "a brilliant idea" that screws up someone's routine. Granted at least the cryptic devs do emerge from the curtain to take their share of flak, but GM's in general just have a poor job.
If they're not doing wide maintenance, then yes, tribble is up during the time holodeck is down.
Noticed that yesterday. Something is coming and I hope it's not the STO equivalent of NGE.
New Game Enhancement/New Gaming Experience -- Effectively "killed" the game, or atleast put it on life support for a good long while, until they finally pulled the plug (in order to launch Star Wars: The Old Republic).
At the risk of increasingly showing my ignorance: How?
Yes they're redoing Character creation, but he also said your current characters will not be effected so it must not be changing the core of the characters.
All I'd heard was that they were making big big changes to the creator.
Well, if the icons Kori showed us are any indication, I'd say those are pretty damned big changes.
I wasn't referring to that. I was referring to the character creator and only the CC. When I heard that big changes were coming to the cc I had visions of everyone having to re-roll due to all classes being made tacs :P
Wait, you mean we're not?! :eek
Longest Trek series max out at seven seasons. Makes sense for this not to be a Season 8.
Can't believe some of you guys are still extremely pessimistic.
This is the biggest thing Cryptic has done in a long time.
Fen Domar as the Romulan enemy? That Romulan ship at the beginning of the video looks like a hybrid of Romulan design and that of these alien vessels. (http://images-cdn.perfectworld.com/en/sto/redesign2012/legacyofromulus/large/s5.jpg)
And I would say a faction is their biggest thing yet. Its a faction, with unique missions for the Romulans and everything.
7 months work. They have content developers. So if you're telling me the only thing that content developers did during the last seven months was make "Temporal Ambassador" I'll be laughing my ass off.
The alternate color palettes are available right now, but due to a bug in the current build, the option for selecting the color palette isn't available. However, it is possible to edit GamePrefs.pref and manually select one of the alternate color palette by adding a new PrefEntry for ColorPalette.
e.g.
PrefEntry ColorPalette Federation
The available color palettes are Federation, TNG, Voyager, Klingon, Gorn, Orion, Romulan, and Reman. The color palettes with the greatest differences are Federation, Klingon, and Romulan. The remaining color palettes are based off of one of the faction generic color scheme so there'll be some similarities.
If you mean the UI on the live server? Its gone, completely replaced with this. Blue is still the default colour.
the full patch without the patching on demand is around 6GB.
Romulans still continue their own independent mission journal and storyline after this choice, remaining neutral within the Romulan faction, but the choice has an impact on their progression towards end-game.
There will need to be enough content to get from 1 to 50. And since Romulans can't do KDF or FED missions other then the Featured series, they would need missions there.
I can't even read the PM from Mr BranFlakes.
You have been banned for the following reason:
Circumventing a Suspension or Ban - as we can tell when this is done, continuing to make accounts could be reason to take action against your actual game account. Do not create more accounts for uses of posting on the forums.
Date the ban will be lifted: Never
Well, congratulations to Mr Brandon Felzcer (aka BranFlakes). It started out with him banning my account (indefinitely) on the forums for what he considered to be "Flaming/Trolling", leading up to him banning a 2nd account of mine, for what he considered "Circumventing a ban". Thing is thou, my situation is hardly unique. Plenty of people have multiple accounts, for any number of reasons. This is usually referred to as MultiBoxing.
As I am no longer able to access the STO forums, I have no reason to provide any feedback whatsoever about the game (positive or otherwise). I spent hundreds of dollars on the game over the past 3 years, and I feel I deserve some respect. Banning me from the forums, and thereby limiting my access to participate in discussions regarding the game I play, is hardly respectful.
As a result, I will no longer provide funding to the capatalistic/communistic personnel who work at Perfect World. My money pays your salary, not vice versa. Why should I fund people who are so utterly disrespectful, and in all honesty, afraid of honest feedback? As long as people are willing to kiss your asses and say the game is all sunshine and roses, no problem. But as soon as someone becomes too negative about the game, you ban them. Might there be a reason for negative feedback? Maybe something wrong with the game? But noo, you guys figure "Silence the critics". I should expect censorship from a communistic country like China, but from a Western company like Cryptic? Thanks but no thanks.
No more funds from me, and i'll encourage all my friends to boycott your games with further funding. I may be blocked from providing any feedback on your forums, but I have other avenues to express my discontent with your game, and your staff.
While that may be true, it's equally "hard" to enforce punishment upon someone for "Flaming/Trolling" when the comment in question was about the lack of recent "fixes" actually fixing anything. A temp-ban for trolling of any kind, -might- be justified. But perma-ban? That's rather harsh...
People still fly NX's? :P
People also seem to forget you can adjust the size of the Diff UI elements under options xD
Ugh, bought some Zen today to get some Master Keys to open up some Temporal Lockboxes, hoping to get a Wells-class...didn't get one at all. :(
I was arguing about it over on the STO forums, I didn't feel like bringing it over here. So I edited out
One complaint I've seen is 'wasted space' so scaling wouldn't help that.
I pretty much gave up as well. It's like hitting your head against a brick wall whilst playing whack a mole. Prove one person wrong, 3 more pop up!
And more clearly, the Bridge Officer tray.
I was one of the people you were arguing with BTW.You argumentative git :D
The UI feels a lot more responsive then before. Sometimes On live and Redshirt sometimes I have to hit the power 2-3 times before it will register that I clicked it, have yet to have that issue with the new UI
Only thing I'm not liking about the Romulan faction, is the ability to use KDF or FED ships. Ships should stick to THEIR faction.
Aw, I was good at surviving those pesky invisitorps. I guess I should see about reinstalling it if they're finally getting around to fixing the game.
Torpedo boats would annihilate the Borg if they didn't have shields. And the Borg shields were namedropped on rare occasion, I don't remember an exact episode though. It looks canon enough for me since they removed shield FX from Borg ships.
EDIT: Cubes and tractor probes do in fact hit you with shield-drain torpedoes.
The glass background has been removed from the bridge officer tray.
Some of you might like this
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=9141411&postcount=1
I think the big issue with the "new UI" (which is essentially just a new paint job), is that they use alot of black, in places where we currently have transparent areas. If they could find a middle ground between fully transparent, and solid black, that might be okay.
Really wish the new UI dealt with solving the overall lag issues of the UI. The new UI does absolutely NOTHING to fix this.
I don't get how people can stand looking at that new UI for more than a few minutes :lostit:
I don't get how people can't stand looking at the new UI.
New tribble patch
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=9197281&postcount=1
UI Changes
Slightly increased the size of the icons on the power tray.
Significantly darkened the border around icons on the power tray.
Reduced the space between power icons.
As a result, the overall size of the power trays for both ground and space has been decreased.
Updated the UI for smaller screens to eliminate some deadspace between elements.
Significantly reduced aliasing on several button types.
Character Selection Screen now shows your current away team selections
(http://i.minus.com/j68MmmmNhOmpk.png) (http://minus.com/l68MmmmNhOmpk)
I think I'd prefer a return to the transporter pad. The beam out effect would make sense and you could still have your away team. Slick uniforms by the way Kori. Mine are grey but I may have to steal some of your ideas.
(I should have said borrow...)
Supposedly, the Character Select screen on Tribble should look something like this, when they get around to finishing the updates:
(http://images-cdn.perfectworld.com/www/34/8f/348f4560df25220be4a0322ca65881e91366138655.jpg)
My biggest issue at the Character Select screen atm, is the glaring red beam of light that blocks out most of my captain/away team faces, as well as it showing my shuttlecraft in the background, instead of my active starship. Fix those two problems, and it would be a major step in the right direction.
I'm not feeling that character select screen. That concept image is better than what's there on tribble atm. But regardless, I wouldn't pick either of them.
Having the station interior set from character creation as the setting for the select screen would be much more fitting imo. Have your ship in view out the big window, your captain standing by the window.
At least they're working on the ui though. Reducing memory usage is no bad thing, but I do hope they managed to bring down cpu usage as well!
The reticle colors have been updated.
Consistently across all factions, allies are now blue, enemies are red.
Player allies/enemies are different shades of these colors.
Player allies are green-blue, player enemies are yellow-orange.
Worst offender was when I read a guy comment; "I admit, it's a bit pricy. But i'll buy it anyways..."
We will be bringing the Tribble server down for maintenance to apply a new update.Character Select, Light beam is faction specific now. And there is a Klingon Tricorder model for KDF Science BOFFs on the character screen, not sure if its in the actual game
ST.30.20130416a.5
General:Systems:
- Completing the full Tour the Galaxy challenge now rewards the "Well Travelled" trait as a free bonus trait.
- This trait grants your captain a permanent reduction in Transwarp cooldown.
- Updated Bringing Down the House:
- Added interact FX to the door to the Ketha Lowlands.
- Added an interact in the Qo'noS System to take you to Ketha Lowlands if you have this mission.
- Updated the second part of this mission to replace the single large waypoint in which to find the assassin with four smaller waypoints.
- The character selection screen has been updated.
- Your ship's name features more prominently.
- Your bridge officers are striking poses.
- Updated Emission-Seeking Torpedoes:
- All Emission-Seeking Torpedoes now explode with the appropriate FX, instead of all using a Plasma Torpedo explosion.
- Damage dealt by all versions of Emission-Seeking Torpedoes are now approximately equivalent to a High-Yield torpedo or Salvo of the same type.
- As a result of this change, Emission-Seeking Plasma Torpedoes are now targetable for balance reasons.
- The Combat Log will no longer report "an unknown officer deals damage to Emission-Seeking Torpedo..." when it detonates.
- All applicable descriptions have been updated to reflect this functionality.
- To'Duj Fighter Devices no longer incorrectly grant their owners Battle Cloak.
"These are the exploits of..." haha.
<Dev> d'Stahl@dstahl: The scimitar is not in a lock box - it is coming after launch
I flew past a level 42 Romulan earlier, he must have a lot of time on his hands.
The Mirror Invasions could potentially earn you a ton of XP (skill points).
I thought the incursions were only for 50s?
Not necessarily...
1. Buy XP boosters on Holodeck, transfer character to Tribble
2. Mail XP boosters from Tribble character, to Tribble Romulan
3. Run episodic content or...
4. Run Mirror Invasion during Event Hour
The Mirror Invasions could potentially earn you a ton of XP (skill points).
I thought the incursions were only for 50s?
Nope. I forget the minimum level, but I know I leveled up (on Holodeck) mostly via Incursions on my latest alt.
No no, god no lol. The reason you don't get lowbies in incursion, is because there are actually different incursion instances for different levels. 10-19 has it's own, 20-29 has it's own and so on.
Added "Federation Classic", "Klingon Classic", and "Romulan Classic" color schemes.
These schemes feature lower contrast with bright button text and icons, and do not have a red alert mode.
New patch 'notes' (http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?p=9439161#post9439161).
Guess they're pooped from all the bug-fixing :P
Last time I commented on such a "patch note", I was perma-banned from the forums on my main account :P
Wonder how long until they have to release an "Emergency server patch to undo the server fixes"
130mb downloaded for this patch. lulz
New tribble update changed the text on the character screen.
KDF is now "These are the battle records" and Romulans are "This is the legacy"
KDF one is slightly better, since then it is a broad term that can include failures.
You mean BOFF's on the character section screen? I get it with Special BOFFs, like Jem'hadar or Breen, I need to select a different character and go back for them to load.
Updated every texture in the game, everywhere.
Ok i was wrong, the size isn't because of Audio, its because of textures
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=9532121&postcount=1
Hop onto Tribble NOW, play for atleast an hour (idling counts), and you'll be awarded a Tribble testing reward at a later "unannounced date". My bet?
Nukara Tribble: Awards 1 Nukara Mark (60 min cooldown)
Did you buy the 3 pack of vestas or just the one?The three pack, for all the consoles. They help fill any holes in your build.
I just wish they'd re-enable character transfer to tribble, being a rommie's ok, but i wanna take a look at the updtes to the fed endgame content...
I just wish they'd re-enable character transfer to tribble, being a rommie's ok, but i wanna take a look at the updtes to the fed endgame content...
yeah but tribble to holodeck transfers would break everything XD
But that doesn't necessarily mean that it would break anything.
This issue has also been raised by long-standing beta testers of WoW and its expansions (I myself have tested all of the expansions except for Cataclysm), people grumbling about "having to do this shit all over again when it goes live". I forget what reason Blizzard gave for not allowing test server/beta server transfers when I first saw this concept mentioned in Burning Crusade. Something about incompatible versions.
Well than I guess it's a good thing I didn't get that far into the story, I'll look forward to fighting those guys with dread.
No really, they're just that annoying to fight.Hence why I ended my last post with "with dread" meaning I'm not looking forward to it, but unlike you I have no idea what is to come, although I do have some guesses, my imagination is my first encounter with those viral matrix>tractor beam>4 high yeild torp spamming romulan warbirds only 10 times worse.
Also, be prepared for respawn limbo in a few of the missions.
Hence why I ended my last post with "with dread" meaning I'm not looking forward to it, but unlike you I have no idea what is to come, although I do have some guesses, my imagination is my first encounter with those viral matrix>tractor beam>4 high yeild torp spamming romulan warbirds only 10 times worse.
I can also imagine him looking like Raul Julia.
Big spikes coming out of his D'Deridex, and apparently fires off missiles similar to the Narada.
So now they are actually using JJverse content for lockboxes?
Next thing you'll know, they'll be adding the JJverse Enterprise, Kelvin and uniforms... despite the game supposedly being set in the "prime" universe.
So now they are actually using JJverse content for lockboxes?I want the JJ-verse Enterprise. Big time. And the Kelvin would fit in the game anyways since it's pretimeline split. I see what you're saying though. CBS is actually pretty much the reason we don't have a tv show right now.
Next thing you'll know, they'll be adding the JJverse Enterprise, Kelvin and uniforms... despite the game supposedly being set in the "prime" universe. New lockbox looked kinda meh. Not particularly waiting for tomorrow, since the server will be unplayable for most of the day (due to "Unexpected downtime" and "Emergency maintenance"). Wait and see...
I want the JJ-verse Enterprise. Big time. And the Kelvin would fit in the game anyways since it's pretimeline split. I see what you're saying though. CBS is actually pretty much the reason we don't have a tv show right now.
Some things are nice. The Kelvin I like, the other older ships we see around JJprise too are very interesting. The uniforms etc...Oh yes, the other ships in the JJverse are actually rather nice. It's just the JJprise itself that I hate. The 2230s uniforms are rather nice too imo.
The server overload does give me a chance to catch up on my plans on Kerbal Space Program though.
Oh come one, how come some people can login and not others? My dad can login fine :|
Oh come one, how come some people can login and not others? My dad can login fine :|
That seems to be popular, I notice; I've been testing the demo, and it's been a barrel of laughs, heh. To quote a WoW boss: "EXPLOSIONS! MORE EXPLOSIONS! I GOTTA HAVE MORE EXPLOSIONS!"
I recently stopped playing that game. Maybe for good, maybe for just a few weeks. I just can't get over the fact that I was bored by the game, it just doesn't excite me anymore...
So they did another one of their wonderful giveaways...TROLOLOLOLOLOh? Was it the old "buy three ship modules and we'll throw in the fourth"?
The guy was called Towelliee, and I have to say, he is probably the most idiotic person I have ever seen at the helm of a starship in STO. He didn't even read or listen to the tutorials, and then spent two hours blundering through the starter levels for the Roms and asking "well, how do I do this, how do I do that". And on top of it, he's apparently known as a bigoted piece of crap. Double bonus.
TROLOLOLOLOL
No, they were giving away Legacy/Starter Packs.
And this "Towelliee" is apparently a live-stream celebrity, though known for using quite a bit of gay-bashing language. (Which got people all in a tizzy on STO's forums, but Cryptic's CMs said - and I quote - "he has not used that language in a while". Which means bigotry can be cured! Woo!)Never heard of him. But it sounds to me that someone wants a bit of attention to be drawn to the game.
Never heard of him. But it sounds to me that someone wants a bit of attention to be drawn to the game.
4 new screenshots, all summer event related
http://sto.perfectworld.com/media/screenshots
That Risian ship is pretty neat looking actually.
I was under the impression the game was to have fun, not to make politicised statements that just creates discord and results in some people getting down.
Okay, you know what, I'm at wit's end as of RIGHT FRIGGING NOW with this topic. I have gay friends, and I support them without hesitation - but I do so because they are not constantly trying to bash my skull in with politics. Oh, I have opinions, certainly; I hope Prop 8 in California gets overturned, for example (I attended a wedding of two friends just before it passed). But I don't see the necessity of taking them into my video games.
It's why, in all honesty, I have never understood the apparent necessity of "gay guilds". Your sexual orientation should not have a bearing on your gameplay - and plus, given that the Internet is a cesspool of hate and idiocy, publicizing it just paints crosshairs on your forehead. I look at the homophobes and similar bigots the same way - you got an opinion, fine. Express it somewhere else, and play the fucking game. Period.
Don't blow this out of proportion guys. It's a guest blog, written by a guest of a topic of their own choosing, in this case Star Trek's revolutionary steps towards depicting equality. Opinions are fine. It's when people have opinions on opinions on opinions that flame wars, hate mail, and the like all get started.
Let's move on and discuss the game.
So... how 'bout that Risa, eh?
When does it go live?Thursday
It's all tied together and similar to epohh breeding. An extra way to generate the required funds.
Thursday
Devblog for the ship
http://sto.perfectworld.com/blog/?p=925601
(http://images-cdn.perfectworld.com/www/15/dc/15dcc4c6102d3d9236874dd84841c2331372186706.jpg)
might as well slap a FoMoCo badge on that first one. it's GT Gulf livery, after all.HUH?! How does grey with white trim scream Reman? And what do you mean, copyright infringement from Disney? :lostit:
#4 screams Reman
and #5 would possibly generate copyright infringement lawsuits from disney.
what direction are you reading them in, Shadownknight? counterclockwise/anticlockwise?Ahh. I dunno I thought you meant #7 looking too much like Lightning McQueen's color scheme from Cars.
I was reading
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
and I was one off, myself. shoulda said #5 was reman and number six was a potential lawsuit.
#6 looks too much like the designs used for Anakin's ships in the star wars prequal trilogy for comfort
There's a workaround for that on the sto forums iirc..
EDIT
Here (http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=10865461&postcount=11) it is!
At least the bridge is SUPPOSED to be big....
Seriously? They're making the canon Romulan science vessel, a veteran shuttle? Ugh...
One wonders if Cryptic has been taking PR lessons from the North Korean government lately.
"Exploits" such as granting players too many marks, are apparently fixed within a matter of minutes.
But bugs go unfixed for months :P
Seriously? They're making the canon Romulan science vessel, a veteran shuttle? Ugh...
What am I missing guys, why are some of the horgahns impossible to get to?
How soon does the Risa stuff end?
Branflakes explained it on the forums, they just set the price to 0 for that day in the store. You 'buy' it like a regular C-Store purchase. So they're all account wide and what not.
None of the Romulan stuff will be given away because how new they are.
By FE they mean one Episode, not a series just to clarify.
And all items will be MKXII from the start.
Uh oh, that may mean that xii is soon to become obsolete.
That may be....rather unpopular at first lol
Cap, name me one thing that's ever been released in this game that's been popular from the get-go. :P
Today's free item is the DS9 uniform.
We thought that there would be a kdf item given away each day as well as the fed item but no, that is not the case.
That was said only to be done with ships. Evidenced by today's Give Away
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=825161
Finally an item that I hadn't previously purchased.
wasn't said until a day or two AFTER it was first announced ;)
Finally an item that I hadn't previously purchased.
(Pity, shuttle combat is completely f--king boring)
Actually it was said the day it was announced :P
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=11826371&postcount=28
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?p=11954901
Nebula Class Retrofit and Marauder Flight Deck Cruiser
Nothing. The "End of summer event giveaway" was only for Monday through Friday.I guess that means I can't get a Risa bird now...that's what I get for getting fed up with the dumb horgahn hunt.
Can anyone else feel the Mass Effect influence in that concept art? I should probably watch VOY: "Distant Origins"...
I wonder if the Dyson Sphere map will be on a flat plane like most of STO or be more three-dimensional. In terms of where you can fly I mean.
Planets in STO, being like.... 100 km in diameter... makes an AU much smaller.
I was more referring to having objectives and events stationed in all three dimensions, rather than a flat plane inside a spherical area. Though there is that game design rule about how impossible it is to get a player to look up.
I was more referring to having objectives and events stationed in all three dimensions, rather than a flat plane inside a spherical area. Though there is that game design rule about how impossible it is to get a player to look up.
Could put up a big sign saying "LOOK UP, YOU RETARD!" :DValve game design in a nutshell. ;)
Valve game design in a nutshell. ;)
If both Portals are anything to go by...yeah.
Actually, I've been playing portal 2 lately and I've been having a blast!
and usually the best place to look for some stuff is up, lol.
Players will learn about the upcoming Romulan Tactical Warbirds in Dev Blogs next week.
New Romulan C-Store ship coming, possibly a 3-Pack. Hope it comes with Quad Plasma Cannons.
(http://images-cdn.perfectworld.com/www/pictures/1378490354140.jpg)
agreed thats the first st:o ship design i have really liked (like to see it in bc lol) now all they need to do is have a temporal even and have all the other starfleet ships suddenly redesigned with cool instead of poo lol
The roms got temporals ships a few weeks back...
I rather like this design. I can't stand the windows (too damn big imo..) and I'd change the hull material, but it's still rather nice looking.
I wonder what the stats will be like.
hah the Romulan gas masks protect from the gas in Hearts and Minds
semantics.
The masks also work in that mission on Empok Nor with the psychotropic gas.
The only real reward for it, is a Blue Duty Officer. The mission itself is rather short, and kinda boring. Imho, you didn't miss much.
Aye, the mission takes all of 3 mins to do. The doff does have decent traits though, he isn't useless at all.
Good thing that mission is so short. It's just so poor I wouldn't touch it if it didn't take the 3 mins that it does xD
I found the traipsing about in the bowels of Drozana Station during the Devidian FE series a lot scarier (and appropriately, that part was released on or around Halloween, if my memory serves!).
"Big changes". The cynic in me is just roaring with laughter right now at the prospect of the bugs that the aforementioned "big changes" will likely introduce.
Cryptic really should bring in a "M'aiq the liar" style character, if only for a bit of a laugh.
They have an NPC at Memory-Alpha that pokes fun at players who wanted LCARS that were not blue.
Oh? News to me.He's been there since the scanning mini-game I think. He's a reference to Thomas the Cryptic Cat they put in there way before he ended up joining the studio.
I'm glad I changed moons for my ship(Aegaeon) otherwise that would have immediately broke my immersion. Wait... does this game have immersion?
Looks like a clunkier version of my Polaris.
That stardrive needs a serious re-work. From the top it doesn't look too bad, but sideways, or seen from below, it looks like junk. A garbage scow, as the Klingons would say.
Looks like a clunkier version of my Polaris.
I just linked to that 2 posts up :P
Also I don't see how it looks anything like the JJ Prise. Looks closer to the Vengeance then anything. Especially with that VATA thing.
We conducted focus testing this past weekend with a group on Redshirt and have made a few changes to the ship based on the feedback we've been mulling over. While there will not be open testing for the ship on our test severs, the stats for the Avenger will punished in tomorrow's Dev Blog.
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=
At least they're punishing the stats. Bet they won't remodel, though. :(
Looks like a clunkier version of my Polaris.
Don't forget it's scaled for an MMO. Pretty cool, but those front consoles do need seats.
(There's a new tutorial?)
Hang on, another new tutorial? Didn't they redo them all recently already?
EDIT
I love those development patches. Really reminiscent of the old nasa mission patches back in the mercury/gemini/apollo days.
The armour thing sounds cool and all but surely it'd be standard practice on all ships? Or am I being too sensible here?
Oh f88k no. No no no no no.
That's it. No more sto for me.
Why? Seriously just over an Awesome Enemy?
I was completely surprised and then totally okay with it. I just want them to cement themselves to one ideal. Either make it super-canon Star Trek, or making it super-gaming-fun-time Star Trek.
At one point our Lead Designer, CaptainGeko, said, ?all I want is dinosaurs with frickin? laser beams on their heads!? We all chuckled
Some might look at all your previous posts in this thread and just conclude you're a pessimist. :P
Thing is, the Voth are an evolution of the Hadrosaur (source (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrosaur)) from 65 million+ years ago. So if the Voth evolved, why would they still have the very familiar T-Rex & Velociraptor sub-species still? The only justification is by Mr Geko; "all I want is dinosaurs with frickin? laser beams on their heads!"
I wouldn't know, I run it through steam, any time I've deleted it, it worked fine.
I never used it on steam. I for one do not need a launcher to launch my launcher! :P
I hear ya. On the other hand, it makes it a whole lot easier to purchase Zen (if one were to be inclined to do so). Purchasing Zen in STO (via Steam) opens your Steam Wallet rather than going via their website. Transfer into STO is seamless, don't have to manually transfer the Zen you bought into a specific game.
I hear ya. On the other hand, it makes it a whole lot easier to purchase Zen (if one were to be inclined to do so). Purchasing Zen in STO (via Steam) opens your Steam Wallet rather than going via their website. Transfer into STO is seamless, don't have to manually transfer the Zen you bought into a specific game.
I'm finding less and less reasons to log into STO every day. I've been playing Marvel Heroes more than STO lately. But these games are mostly to pass the time, while waiting for Wildstar (new MMO launching in 2014). Not a huge fan of the STO Dinosaurs for Season 8.
Oh. I didn't realise that it made zen purchases easier. I always just went through the site.
I love those voth boats. They look wonderful! :D
Double post.
New dev blog up (http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=884031)
Shots of those dinos in action. More like space indiana jones or something now.
How do you always miss my posts?
This time it was the first one on the page.
well, too bad you uninstalled then. :P
looks like this to me:
(so they say) :P
Why Darkie, you're such a cynic :P
Eww SWTOR isn't pretty at all compared to STO IMO.
Also I've had more performance issues in TOR then STO.
After almost 4 years of putting up with Cryptics behavior, I suppose i've become a cynic for good reason :P:P
For me, it's a toss-up when it comes to performance issues. Had problems with both STO and SWTOR. STO doesn't have very graphically intense models/textures, but it's horribly optimized. It doesn't use the full hardware capabilities of both CPU and GPU, instead choosing to put all the strain on one or the other.It's all cpu bound on my end. Gpu running at about 40% usage (vram ranging from about 50% usage in space up to maxed on the ground) and cpu bouncing between 95% and 100%. Granted, it's an old core 2 quad q9550, but it shouldn't be that massively loaded. Even my old 2 duo e8400 did better at sto than the quad, which tells me sto wants more powerful individual cores over number of cores.
I'll most likely engage in the "space adventure zone" portion of the new content. But I have no interest in fighting dinosaurs (on the ground, anyways). I guess it all depends on, where do you get the most rewards, in the shortest amount of time.
200 is pretty bad for an hour of gameplay.
You can complete 3 Elite Space STFs in less time, for more marks (75-100 marks per STF).
Can't very well have both equipped on your ship, now can you? :)
New tribble patch, adds the space zone
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=13089811&postcount=1
New Dev Blog Designing the Voth
http://sto.perfectworld.com/blog/?p=1001931
(http://images-cdn.perfectworld.com/www/c4/ef/c4ef4e81bf3d918aac4ddb6f11c711a71381520890.jpg)
...If the Feds can get a freaking cyber-Tyrannosaurus rex, I will officially go back to playing STO. If not...oh well.
...If the Feds can get a freaking cyber-Tyrannosaurus rex, I will officially go back to playing STO. If not...oh well.*rises from the dead*
Sadly, AFAIK no....
Good grief, he has an incredible amount of lag.
Well Tribble is hosted at Cryptic on the west coast, while the live server I think is on the east coast.
Jesus M christ Mr Dorn looks like a black Walter White!
If that was the "epic" thing that Bran was talking about last week, then more than a few people saw it coming.
If branflakes is their Facebook guy, then yes it was the Epic thing, because who ever controllers their facebook responded with someone saying it is epic.
Then again that word is over used.QuoteAlso who saw this coming? I diffidently didn't.
Well he got an updated face made for the TNG Anniversary Event, his Older appearance was updated for LOR or shortly after.
Also, I'm guessing this VO is the reason why the Featured Episode was delayed.
But we have Metal baldrics in game already.
In either case, I see it as someone at Cryptic got sloppy, or lazy. Or both. And i'll stick to that belief, until proven otherwise.
"If somethings important, you make the time." - Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott
Evidently, not important :P
Could be cogentco playing up again. combine that with the amount of people trying to patch as well....
Bit soon, isn't it? Or is all the new story and event content playable on Tribble?
(haven't bothered with Tribble this time around since they removed Silver access)
Maybe there is missions in Season 8.
Don't hold your breath. Cryptic seem more inclined to add more repeatable events, rather than progressing the storyline. It's been almost 4 years now, and we're -still- in 2409. Hell, move into 2410, and you could make a Feature Episode or two about the return of the Nexus.
Don't hold your breath. Cryptic seem more inclined to add more repeatable events, rather than progressing the storyline. It's been almost 4 years now, and we're -still- in 2409. Hell, move into 2410, and you could make a Feature Episode or two about the return of the Nexus.
Unlike the shows, many episodes in STO happen in quick succession, rather than being separated by roughly a week as on TV.
Boff AI on nimbus is absolutely fucked now lol xD
There are many who wish that. Myself included. But will never happen, since Cryptic are busy pushing out lockbox after lockbox hoping to scam their players into buying bunch of keys in the hope of getting a new ship.
I've thus far only run Sphere of Influence on my Klingon character. When I found out that the episode somehow bugs the Player Costumes if you are KDF, I found myself unwilling to risk potentially bugging my other characters as well.
I've thus far only run Sphere of Influence on my Klingon character. When I found out that the episode somehow bugs the Player Costumes if you are KDF, I found myself unwilling to risk potentially bugging my other characters as well.
Damn that ship is HUGE.
How does it bug them?
I'm actually rather amazed you haven't heard. It basically renders your costume slots useless. Whichever you switch to, it will show the outfit of the first slot regardless of what you do in the tailor. Oh, and if you change what's in the first slot after the bug takes hold, the change does not apply to the bugged copies which are now filling your other costume slots despite what it shows in the tailor.
I've had that problem for months with my Romulan-KE engineer. I don't think it's specific to this...and it didn't do it (that I noticed) to my other KDFs, though I'll check to be sure...
The real trouble is that you can't delete outfits. That would make this problem a lot easier to deal with!
On a sidenote, they finally fixed the TWOK uniforms so that you can use any rank
On a sidenote, they finally fixed the TWOK uniforms so that you can use any rank
Also they don't have every rank.
I think the ranks were added with Season 8
captain_obvious, I'm going to ask a dumb question, but have your tried completely re-installing the game? As in, unintsalling it from Control Panel and deleting the folder?
My God those fools over at Craptic might as well be a bunch of Ferengi pronouncing humans as hu-mahns. lol
I seriously haven't seen so much incompetence from so-called professionals in my life. Its borderline offensive. My condolences to anyone who has spent more than $100 on this absolute cluster!@#$.
Your condolences are appreciated. Had I known back in 2010 what I know now, I certainly wouldn't have spent even a fraction of what I have. While I haven't kept score, i'm more than likely well over 500 dollars in the hole to these clowns. That's including subscribing for around 2 years prior to Free-to-play, as well as a few Zen purchases (back before Zen was Zen, and there was no Dilithium Exchange). I do occasionally spend on 1 month of subscribing, but I only do that to unlock the additional bank/inventory space on my alts (inventory space remains after reverting to Silver status).
Not enough people defend this game in this thread. You guys are the only ones I know who have this issue. My friends on TeamSpeak play it fine and are having fun, my fleet is doing well, and Season 8 is the best ground combat yet.
Both of you are on time-out. Stand with your noses in the corner, both of you! :P
This may be a stupid question, but have you ever tried 'Compatibility Mode' ? I know it shouldn't be necessary, but perhaps it will work, in order to circumvent shoddy craftsmanship (aka Cryptic coding)
Would rather have the Jem Hadar ship. Or maybe a different Breen ship? The previous one was a Breen Battlecruiser. How about a Sci/Tac ship for a change?The Breen ship was more of an Escort actually, as it didn't get Cruiser commands and it could use cannons. It had more turn rate than the average cruiser as well.
OOh. Looks like fun. At least some things I would have liked to see in game are coming in (at last)! :D
I'd like to see the tmp costumes used. stuff like the Engineers hazard suits, the EV suits and the Excursion jackets they had (the sand coloured ones at the end of tmp)
I wonder if they're not making more away jackets because the rest are kindof plain and/or generic? I mean, I know we have dinosaurs with phaser-beams on their heads in a Star Trek game but Cryptic and/or CBS could be having an internal logic conflict going on.
Mm, I could go for some TMP/TWoK phasers, those suckers look cool. I wish they'd polish the TNG uniforms. I wonder when that pack is coming...
it's a Raider, minus a cloaking device, plus a substantial playstyle upgrade that will be coming to the Raider class as a whole at a future date.
Well that's good to hear atleast. Now I know which character to run the "race grind" on, since I only have the Cruiser on 1 of my characters :P
With no mention of the WoK uniforms that must mean they're coming as a pack later on. With a Constitution-class movie interior perhaps? They've been hinted at the TNG interiors, and half those sets were repurposed from the TMP-era.
Kori did some digging earlier and the wok uniforms were done as part of the winter event, judging by the label that says "winter" :P
Looks like Raiders are going to get the ability to 'Flank' in space.
So according to someone on Reddit, those WoK uniforms have been in the files for about 2 years.You mean the jackets and the like? 0.o
You mean the jackets and the like? 0.o
No one likes to do that. Point towards one developer who has apologized at the end of the year for a game that has not failed.
they didn't outright say everything was perfect either, but Farshot's point is still valid.
Sounds decent. I wonder what the boat will be this time around..
Yeah, you're right about the darker colour, looks a lot better.
it's a two tone hair, I think it's using the mythical "new hair tech" they promised us years ago.
What a load of bull---- from Cryptic. Thou I have no problems with the JJ-verse TOS uniforms, they have NO PLACE in the so called "Prime" timeline of STO. While ships like the Narada or Jellyfish were developed in the prime timeline, and thus fair game to be included in STO, the JJ-verse uniforms originated in the "JJ-verse". I thought that movies post-Nemesis were handled by Paramount, while CBS handles tv-shows and other merchandise such as games? And as far as I know, Cryptic only holds the license to anything Trek-related which is owned by CBS, not Paramount.
Children of Khan? I hadn't heard of that. I like that back drop though I'd shrink it down quite a bit lol.
Special Task Force: Children of Khan
Amar Singh escapes from Federation custody, and he and an underground group of Augments steal the U.S.S. Asgard and race toward the remains of the Mutara Nebula. Can you stop them before they start a new Eugenics War?
Fight a fleet assembled by Princep Khan and his followers.
Beam onto the Asgard, and battle through its corridors to save civilians and crew.
Confront the Princep. Can you deal with his transporter tricks?
Save the divided Asgard and give the saucer section a chance to escape!
So SFC and I have been leveling Engineers.
I didn't realize Cruisers could be fun, back when I first played I found them slow and unweildly, but after playing nothing but Tactical for the last 4 years, its a nice change of pace.
I don't use FAW so I'm good.
Apparently according to Jesse heinig FAW is a pain to work on, might be why it keeps breaking. Maybe they should re-code it. Maybe it should be recoded or something.
To be honest, it would probably be a good idea for cryptic to go ahead and refactor the entire codebase of sto. At least, in terms of stability and *not breaking things quite so much when trying to fix something* lol
do you realize how complicated that would be? Sure they could do it, but only if they didn't want to work on anything else for the next year or two.
Fun fact - that demo was taken in ESD orbit. I just replaced the demo map so it points to the unused Mutara Nebula map.
It is quite nifty. I wish they kept it ingame! In the corner of the map there are remains of a planet.
All I want for 2014 from Cryptic are Enterprise jackets
It is in sector space. Gamma Orionis to be precise.No that Mutara nebula image is the actual map, the unused Mutara Nebula map that lays dormant in the game files. You can't access the system or the map.
All I want for 2014 from Cryptic are Enterprise jackets, updated TNG uniforms, the Nexus, and a new Fed transporter effect. After that they can do whatever they like. :D
No that Mutara nebula image is the actual map, the unused Mutara Nebula map that lays dormant in the game files. You can't access the system or the map.
I'm gonna put forth a little theory.And you're probably correct - the devs said the next time that we see Children of Khan, it would be a FE rather than an STF.
We didn't see those TWOK uniform variants because they're coming with the anniversary event. Children of Khan's assets are being used for this rather than an STF.
Known Issues:
The hourly event system is not working.
Fire at Will does not Crit.
Wow, TBH the 3 times I went through the Tut I never had any of the problems you mentioned.
The trigger one I did encounter on Tribble, but not on holodeck I assumed they fixed it.Ooohhhh no. Noooo no no no lol. I think there was, maybe one trigger that worked without a hitch and that was the very first one. All of the others failed. The captains interview at SFA was an annoying one, taking 3 relogs in itself to coax it into working. The biggest one though, was the "secure the hall" objective right after you unlock the armoury for the two guys (These are also the two mugs who got stuck in a loop of "YAY" > Run in > Grab weapon > "YAY" > Get stuck > Despawn > Repeat)
You can grab Elisa for other characters from a NPC sitting down in SFA near where Lt. Ferra is.Yeah, I found that out myself a few days ago. She's replaced one of my human tacs on every toon!
The SFA one you refer to you did not need to relog, just walk out the door and back in. The trigger was off centre. That was the one I got, which I thought was fixed.
Which ones?(http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20061221071807/memoryalpha/en/images/0/04/22nd_century_Starfleet_excursion_jacket.jpg)
The Anniversary featured episode is suppose to advance Dyson Sphere story instead of just being a one off thing like Temporal Ambassador was.
I heard from someone in UFP that sulibans is confirmed as a playable faction for the romulans.Nope they aren't confirmed yet officially. All that UFP member probably found were files named "Avatars". I dig some searching and I found the same files - all this means is that they found the assets used for the NPC/DOFF sulibans that could be used for players as well, but for now are just for NPC's.
Why is this so wierd?Those tentacles aren't blue or glowing, and they've wrapped themselves around a starbase.
Do none of you remember "Encounter at Farpoint"?
Why is this so wierd?
Do none of you remember "Encounter at Farpoint"?
Space tentacles.... I don't know what to think. Is it just another step down the same path of "Dinosaurs with lasers on their heads"?I also forgot - Elachi have tentacles on their drones as well
I shall remain cautiously optimistic for the moment.
Also, servers have gone "boom".
I also forgot - Elachi have tentacles on their drones as well
So what came first? The tentacle or the dinosaur? :DI don't see why everyone complains about the Voth, but the first race added was the Elachi, then the Voth.
I don't see why everyone complains about the Voth, but the first race added was the Elachi, then the Voth.
I think the assumption is that since the Voth evolved on Earth as the first intelligent species, when they relocated to the Delta Quadrant, they brought some of their unintelligent cousins with them.
Which doesn't make a whole lot of sense: The Voth evolved from the Hadrosaurs of Earth, but their "unintelligent cousins" didn't evolve at all over 65 million years? Pretty weak assumption if you ask me.
Wookie feet? (https://twitter.com/trekonlinegame/status/421733424794042369/photo/1/large)
One thing you guys can really help test is that there are slight modifications to dialog when you go back in time and first meet the Enterprise based on what ship you are flying. NX, TOS Connie, Temporal Ships, Romulans ships, and if you are cloaked should have some mention of how your ship is/will be perceived by the crew of the TOS Enterprise. It's just a tiny modification to the dialog, but I had fun with it.
Daniel has decided to step down from the captain?s chair to pursue an exciting new project at Cryptic Studios, and I hope you will join the whole Star Trek Online team in thanking him for his contributions to, love for, and dedication to Star Trek Online.
Well, it appears that Dan Stahl is out, and Stephen D'Angelo is in as new Executive Producer for STO:http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=843461
http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=1078321
As people might recall, Mr D'Angelo was temporary Executive Producer during Dan's absence (when Dan decided it was a good plan to go work for Zynga, developing Facebook games).
What caught my eye however was;
An exciting new project, you say? Well, I guess that means that development on their existing projects will continue to suffer during 2014, while they work on this new game, in an attempt to make more money. Remember when Neverwinter was announced as being in development? That's right, dev resources were funneled into Neverwinter development for the duration, and STO and CO suffered as a result. I'm not convinced that those resources have "returned" to STO and CO. CO btw is more or less in maintenance mode, without any meaningful content updates whatsoever. I guess STO won't be far behind, if history is any indication.
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=843461
This sums your post up nicely
I fail to see the relevance. I did not say "The game is DOOMED!!! The sky is falling!!!". But it could very well head in that direction. Only time will tell I suppose.
Quit being a paid up member of the CDF, get your head out of your arse and take a look around.I was joking in that post. In all seriousness, I realize STO has alot of bugs and Cryptic isn't perfect, but I'm certain that STO isn't going to be abandoned when it (presumably) makes a lot of revenue each year, especially after the launch of LoR.
Also, this sums up my reaction to reading this
"Holy fuck, that was unexpected!!!"
I was joking in that post. In all seriousness, I realize STO has alot of bugs and Cryptic isn't perfect, but I'm certain that STO isn't going to be abandoned when it (presumably) makes a lot of revenue each year, especially after the launch of LoR.
So far, STO has gone in the right direction, and hopefully it continues to do so in 2014.
So far, STO has gone in the right direction, and hopefully it continues to do so in 2014.
We also will be releasing a new featured episode alongside the update ? it stars a Star Trek actor who will bring their character to STO for the first time.
Not me. I don't even know what a puush link is!
Vulcans, for instance, will sometimes react differently than humans, much like we did in the new Federation tutorial. (In fact, for an upcoming later release I just wrote a short but noticeable special dialog for Bajorans!)
The Dyson Sphere from TNG has a name, Jenolan. Which was the name of the ship that crashed into it in 'Relics'
It was probably scaled down, none of the images they post in devblogs are their original resolution, you can really tell.
I run everything as high as it can do (except bloom, I hate bloom), so my game routinely looks almost that good.
Second, this position isn't a temporary one for me. I'm not sure how long my tenure will be, but I expect to be here for at least three or four updates.My bold.
Third, there are lots of requests for more communication. I'll do me best to communicate regularly both directly and through the team. I can say that I'm not a forum person, and that I will probably communicate more via Dev Blogs than in the forums, but I'll post every now and then.
3) To work to stretch the game in new ways. I'll be working with the team to do new things and to change up the game to keep it fresh. A static and unchanging game gets stale. Change is part of growth, and I want to see STO grow. Change is scary for some people, however, and I'll work to keep you informed about scary changes well before they get live. I highly value the input of the community and want to make sure that we do what is best for the game as a whole.Ah. Now this is a part that I'm rather bothered by. Not annoyed mind you, just perplexed.
To work to stretch the game in new ways. I'll be working with the team to do new things and to change up the game to keep it fresh. A static and unchanging game gets stale. Change is part of growth, and I want to see STO grow.I can't blame him there. The game could use some changes in some areas (Exploration zones? Ground combat? Bridges and interiors? Diplomatic missions? Marauding?).
Change is scary for some people, however, and I'll work to keep you informed about scary changes well before they get live.
I highly value the input of the community and want to make sure that we do what is best for the game as a whole.Didn't the stahl say something along those lines when he took over last time? We know how that worked out, so given our previous experience I'll have to say "BS" on this one. But you never know. Cautious optimism is no bad thing.
At the moment, we're 100% focused on delivering an excellent 8.5 update and 4th anniversary celebration two weeks from todayNo BFAW fix? :P
and I'm off to work.Get to work ye slave! :D
Also, no it has nothing to do with a Lock box according to Branflakes.
All I'll say to that is "give it time".
I just did Second Wave in my Scimitar and wiped out the entire dominion fleet attacking DS9 with one Thalaron Pulse
"Sir, there is a hole in their lines!" "What lines?"
Mind you they were all bug ships, so it really isn't that impressive.
I also irradiated half of DS9 in the process.
I just did Second Wave in my Scimitar and wiped out the entire dominion fleet attacking DS9 with one Thalaron Pulse
"Sir, there is a hole in their lines!" "What lines?"
Mind you they were all bug ships, so it really isn't that impressive.
That said, a well done scimitar can be utterly devastating. Like, soloing a "tac cube or two" devastating.
I believe any ship, if equipped properly, can devastate in most STFs.If you're using a warbird, grab the Romulan XII set at Tier 5. It gives you bonus plasma damage. I would personally use Honor Guard gear from the T5 Omega rep on your KDF, and Nukara on your FED. Nukara seems like good gear if you're using a cruiser atleast.
Now a quick question: The Rep Gear for both my ROM and KDF characters are decided(ROM is going for Omega/MACO and KDF for New Romulus Gear), now i can?t decide between Nukara or Dyson Gear for my FED character. Any advices?
I believe any ship, if equipped properly, can devastate in most STFs.Oh no no no. Not on the scale of a properly built scimitar. You simply cannot expect any kind of boat to wreak that kind of havoc. When you see 4 of those things take down a cube in CSE without touching the probes beneath, or one doing ISE solo (with opt intact) you will see what I mean.
Now a quick question: The Rep Gear for both my ROM and KDF characters are decided(ROM is going for Omega/MACO and KDF for New Romulus Gear), now i can?t decide between Nukara or Dyson Gear for my FED character. Any advices?
If you're using a warbird, grab the Romulan XII set at Tier 5. It gives you bonus plasma damage.
I would personally use Honor Guard gear from the T5 Omega rep on your KDF, and Nukara on your FED. Nukara seems like good gear if you're using a cruiser atleast.Borg engine and deflector paired up with a maco shield or an elite fleet resilient shield. Seriously, that borg 2piece heal is pretty crazy.
If you're using a warbird, grab the Romulan XII set at Tier 5. It gives you bonus plasma damage. I would personally use Honor Guard gear from the T5 Omega rep on your KDF, and Nukara on your FED. Nukara seems like good gear if you're using a cruiser atleast.
Another thing, apparently one will be able to swap ships in any space map so long as you're not in combat.
I was hoping we'd be able to use whatever ship skin we wanted and when I saw the 3rd shot in that devblog, I thought "YES!!!". But no, apparently it's not. Damn.
Also, from what I hear they don't yet have the ability to save trays (Bran wrote in a forum post in that thread that they didn't have it yet). Another thing, apparently one will be able to swap ships in any space map so long as you're not in combat.
Could make for a loooooong pvp match!
The blog says you can only change ships in public, non-instanced maps. PVP maps are instanced. Changing loadouts is fine as long as you're not in combat. Changing ships won't be possible in PVP.
Not surprised about Bran tbh. It's a case of the "left foot, not knowing what the right foot is doing". Then again, i'm absolutely certain that Cryptic will find some way to completely screw it up when it goes live. Like most new features to the game, it's released "half-baked". Not quite ready, and never completed.
They're currently testing a FAW fix internally and it will be either in the next Tribble update or the one after.
it has been fixed on tribble
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?p=14621011#post14621011
at least the patch notes say so.
Also nice tags
Also you don't even need to put the tags, it automatically does it for links :P
Tour the Galaxy has been turned into a daily. Mostly the same, they added Tau Dewa and now you get rewards for every Sector block you visit (Sirius, etc): http://puu.sh/6uLlV.jpg http://puu.sh/6uKVk http://puu.sh/6uKVb
The Hirogen got an un-mentioned art asset upgrade on tribble, in preperation for the next lock box. Pictures stolen from reddit(http://puu.sh/6vVUs.jpg)
http://www.reddit.com/r/sto/comments/1vzc3w/oh_gee_i_wonder_if_this_is_something_well_be/
(http://i.imgur.com/3zKT8ha.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Y1709dz.jpg)
In regards to the uniform, we definitely wanted to use the original costume for promotional purposes. That said, the team is still considering an appropriate uniform for the game.
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=
Aces that uniform is the 200-day veteran reward.
Also there's that stupid belt from the season 7 poster. I want it.
EDIT: Kori, the bridge from the early screenshots is from an intrepid bridge pack released nearer the release of the game. Very loose and large early-STO styled bridge, nasty. A long time ago there were hints of a proper intrepid interior, though I'm not expecting anything.
EDIT: Kori, the bridge from the early screenshots is from an intrepid bridge pack released nearer the release of the game. Very loose and large early-STO styled bridge, nasty. A long time ago there were hints of a proper intrepid interior, though I'm not expecting anything.
As soon as you sign up for a subscription, any character that didn't have the "extra slots per rank" will automatically have them. If you are currently logged in, you'll need to relog completely.
I signed up one month after my Romulan got to 50 (as a Silver player). As soon as I went Gold, my Romulan suddenly had alot more bank and inventory space. When I eventually cancelled the sub, I still had the slots (and still do) :)
VERY revealing on females xD:drool:
I for one installed on my Main NPC and unchecked anything that said anything about data collection outside of the program itself.I wouldn't even do that on my main rig. As I posted earlier, I put it on my wrecked old laptop to get the costume. It was going to be scrapped anyway, so why not?
It isn't Spyware.So they say. I don't know either way, though I'm not installing it on my main rig as I simply have no need for it.
Though I have no plans on using it unless they do more giveaways.
If you launch STO through Arc you don't need to log in via the launcher, it goes straight to the patcher. It also Auto detected my Steam folder.The patcher is part of the launcher, so in effect it really is a "Yo dawg" situation". It skips a step in that you don't need to enter your password twice, but arc is simply a launcher that launches a launcher.
Great. Now if only they could do something about upgrading Science ABILITIES as well.
Pipe dream I suppose.
You will have your shield drain on plasmonic leech, and you will LIKE IT! :P
You know, I really liked this game, but when I found out that they would no longer develop interiors I left the game. I understand the choice they made, but I still feel it was not a wise one. I heard there were some interior refinements, but overall interiors are still devoid of any interesting use.
Oh man, those stats on the hirogen boats look good. You know something else? I think I'd buy a fleet cheyenne if it was based off of the mirror cheyenne! xDOr just get the mirror cheyenne as it's the same thing, with a LT Cmdr SCI station!
Or just get the mirror cheyenne as it's the same thing, with a LT Cmdr SCI station!
Tomorrow (Thursday) after maintenance (probably 10:00 AM PST)9AM EST to 1pm EST
9AM EST to 10AM EST
(click here to view in your timezone, just add 4 hours and done: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20140130T06&p1=224)
Don't you mean 9AM To 1 PM EST?Yep :hithead:
New obscure IP ship, that's ready to go, no abilities as of yet. Not the Yager, and an upgrade Negh'var refit on the horizon.
Our mid-season update, Season 8.5, is now live on Holodeck!
We're working on bringing STO back up. Our current ETA is 70 minutes. I'll either post again once we're back up, or if ETA changes. Thanks!
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=
I don't know what tactics you used, but I didn't die once. I barely even scraped my shields.
Well, this happens every major update so we really shouldn't be surprised.
Cryptic performance at it's finest. At precisely 10AM PST, Mr BranFlakes posts on the forum
Less than 10 minutes later, the server crashed... Guess i'll go make dinner rather than play STO (9:15PM here in Sweden)
You're exaggerating about the 10 minutes. It was a little after an hour before it crashed.
while it's possible that "not all players" were kicked out at the same time
I've heard rumors of the new Cheyenne class having a Constellation class saucer, I cannot confirm.
This is probably ship Captain Geko mentioned in a recent interview that they had the model made but no unique powers made for it yet.
And the server's down again.
I'm going for a cookie. I need a cookie.
I admit to being a tad confused - I saw somebody with the Dyson ship already. How is that possible?
Yeah, you get 10 to 20 Qmendations per pack, it is random, So you would need to spend anywhere between 150 to 300 Lobi to get it.
anyone else notice something familiar about Dr. Cooper's outfit in the new FE?
I really liked flying the science destroyer. Can't wait to unlock it and play something other than my torp-Luna.
20 lobi is kinda rubbish. I can't get shit for that.I used all of it on my Character that fell behind on Qmmendations.
New ship materials coming, for free
http://sto.perfectworld.com/blog/?p=1094401
Some time during the launch year of STO they said they planned on adding Talaxians as a playable race but it never happened.
Wouldn't make sense to give those non-standard designed ships Starfleet materials.
They would probably look horrible in them as well.
Also in the blog it says
"and added to all Starfleet ships"
1. Why would it not make sense? An Andorian-designed ship is still a Starfleet ship, unless it's a rogue/privateer, and not part of Starfleet.Use a photoshop to turn a Vulcan D'kyr, a Caitian Atrox, and a Kumari grey and tell me how it looks to you.
2. How do you know it what it would look like, without actually seeing them with the materials applied? Guess-work?
Canon supports the notion that an individual armed force (such as the Andorian Imperial Guard) becomes rolled into the larger Starfleet upon acceptance into the Federation. As the Andorians and Vulcans were part of the formation of the Federation, it's -possible- they were allowed to keep their individual military fleets, while simultaneously dedicating resources into the new Federation Starfleet. In this regard, we'll never know, as there is no canon to suggest otherwise.
What we do know however, is that there have been multiple ships in Starfleet manned by all-Vulcan crews. Standard Earth-based designs, or Vulcan-designs? We don't know, since we never saw them. And even if it's a Vulcan-design, why would it not be possible to apply similar hull materials to a non-Earth design?
3. "All Starfleet ships" sounds all fine and dandy. But then you realize how horribly messed up the system is in-game, where some ships have certain materials, some don't. Some ships can be discharged and reclaimed ad nauseum. Some can't. Fleet ships can't be reclaimed. Neither can lockbox ships. Does the blog go into detail on if these Fleet ships get the new materials as well? And if they don't, doesn't that kinda go contradictory to "all Starfleet ships" ?
Use a photoshop to turn a Vulcan D'kyr, a Caitian Atrox, and a Kumari grey and tell me how it looks to you.
Use a photoshop to turn a Vulcan D'kyr, a Caitian Atrox, and a Kumari grey and tell me how it looks to you.
Because of their design, they're not the standard Nacelles hull configuration, it wouldn't look right.
Just because they're starfleet, that doesn't mean they need to have the standard hull materials.
What the hell kind of logic is that? Strawman much?They're working on the expansion, new features, and Season 9 in April. Not to mention Mirror Event in March.
I think they should give it a go. It's not like they'd have to spend all that much money or server time to do it. If it works, then people will use it, if not then they will end up just like a dozen (or more) other things in STO that have simply been abandoned.
They're working on the expansion, new features, and Season 9 in April. Not to mention Mirror Event in March.
This was probably a "free time" thing the ship artists were kind enough to do. Geez. cut them some slack.
It's a set of textures that was already in game. If they lay the textures out in a standard way (and I suspect they do), then all the UV maps etc will line up just fine and the textures should work. All they'd need to do is flag ships so that they can use the texture sets (or the textures sets so that they can be applied to ships)It is hard work if you have to make sure the textures line up properly/make sense for the different ship configurations, and not to mention they modified the type 5 hull material for FEDs. It wasn't already ingame.
That's hardly difficult work if the stuff is already in game and fits within conventions.
It is hard work if you have to make sure the textures line up properly/make sense for the different ship configurations
Applying the TOS skin to an NX for example has a really odd side effect - the entire saucer rim plus a deck becomes copper colored like the Connie deflector.
the entire saucer rim plus a deck becomes copper colored like the Connie deflector.
And what about the "need to reclaim" to use texture? For example on Fleet or Lockbox ships (since it's hard to "reclaim" those)
Someone on the STO forum just posted on how to cheat in the Party Patrol Daily mission.
You can bet cryptic will close that exploit now.
I know of 2 different ways to cheat at that game tbh.
So does Q, at the very least. The little bastard's a sneak.
I don't cheat at it. I don't even know how.
I'm not exaggerating the two methods are very simple. So simple in fact, you might be kicking yourself for not thinking of them :P
Is one of them angling your camera so it clips into the box?
Devblog #51 (http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=1099411) is up!
I beat you to the gun anyway a few posts back :U
EDIT: Here's dev blog 52: http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=1100221
He's the "Game Design Lead", which explains why STO is so backwards in oh so many ways. Not to mention, his overall hatred of the canon ships. For a very long time, he refused to add the Ambassador Class on the grounds of it being "too similar to the Galaxy Class", making it difficult (in pvp) to tell the difference between ships.Without Geko we probably wouldn't have Tim Russ or Denise Crosby in STO. He was responsible for getting both ingame.
Yet here we are, 4 years in, with an entire "faction" of Romulans being able to ally with either side. You literally could end up with Romulans populating both teams in PVP, and not knowing which ones are allies, and which ones are hostiles.
Without Geko we probably wouldn't have Tim Russ or Denise Crosby in STO. He was responsible for getting both ingame.
Without Geko, we probably wouldn't have things like the;Didn't you try to defend those same ships a few pages left, saying they should have gotten the type 5 skin just because those ships are Starfleet aligned?
Atrox Kitty Carrier
NX-01 replica
Kumari ships
Voth ships
Dyson ships
oh and let's not forget: Dino's with freaking lazers shooting from their heads.
What is wrong with Geko? And don't say 'Dinosaurs" we already know that part.
Didn't you try to defend those same ships a few pages left, saying they should have gotten the type 5 skin just because those ships are Starfleet aligned?
Didn't you try to defend those same ships a few pages left, saying they should have gotten the type 5 skin just because those ships are Starfleet aligned?
I did nothing of the sort.Works on my Fleet Excelsior without having to rebuy it so I'm happy.
What I did say, was that ships like the Kumari line-up, or the Atrox or Vulcan should have access to the same "Starfleet Materials", because like it or not, they're still part of Starfleet. As are you and anyone else playing a FED character. Does that mean I want the Kumari or Atrox in the game? No. But like it or not, they ARE in the game, and they should have access to the same hull materials as every other FED ship.
Besides which, the Type 5 (FED) and Type 3 (KDF) have been reported not to be working properly, or not working on all the ships they previously listed. Note that the blog said "ALL Federation ships", which is simply not true. So as expected, Cryptic releases something "new", broken and half-baked. Modus operandi.
Everyone is getting free inventory and bank slots
http://community.arcgames.com/en/news/star-trek-online/detail/3035023-storage-slots-increase
Also news involving the Galaxy-X is coming tomorrow.
The entire Galaxy line-up should be fixed up. Especially in lieu of the addition of Fleet ships. Fleet Galaxy for instance, should've had a Lt Cmdr Universal, and possibly a Lt or Ensign Universal as well, due to the "multi-role" nature of the class.
Thou, I admit I am a bit curious as to what the Galaxy-X news might be.
Everyone is getting free inventory and Character bank slots
http://community.arcgames.com/en/news/star-trek-online/detail/3035023-storage-slots-increase
Also news involving the Galaxy-X is coming tomorrow.
At the very least, it MUST get a Lt Commander Universal.
EDIT: Nvm, apparently Cryptic is going ahead with this "revamp" as is (despite player feedback)
http://community.arcgames.com/en/news/star-trek-online/detail/3036133-season-8-dev-blog-_55
They have not even fixed the off centre art pieces on it.
What do they use currently? Isn't it the beam overload sound for phrasers?It's a deeper pitched version it I think.
Yeah the Galaxy-class "revamp" is probably one of the weakest things ever put out by Cryptic. Basically the fiddled with one console and made it a bundle. It's still an ugly slow rock.I do feel sad for the guys who pushed for Galaxy changes, they do deserve better.
Goodness just the neck. If they'd just make a better neck...
WHERES THE FRACKING BATTLE BRIDGE!!!!!!!!
The Arboretum windows on the back end of the saucer are STILL suspiciously absent. Ofcourse, the excuse is "this is a Galaxy Class, ca 2409, bound to have some visual differences from 2375).I can't agree with this however, because I've never seen a post that stated anything like this.
I can't agree with this however, because I've never seen a post that stated anything like this.
I'd be willing to find a post or two, but it was so long ago, that it's probably burried under one of the thousands of "Archived Post" comments in the forums. You know, the result of Cryptic's botched "upgrade" of the forums a few years back.
But yes, it was stated (repeatedly) by both players and Cryptic devs alike, that any inaccuracies in the canon models, can be explained by it being built in 2409 (30 years post-Nemesis). I think CapnLogan was one of said commentators, and he was the ONLY Cryptic dev who actually worked on trying to fix some of the inaccuracies. Sadly, he left Cryptic to go work for Bungie. Since then, there has been little in the way of progress, of fixing said inaccuracies in the ships.
I've not played with cruisers much but what exactly would increased mobility do for(I'm guessing) a beam boat?
Oh, huh the Titan novels called the Valdore a 'Mogai' first, I thought STO did.
It does.
Ah so that was you on Facepunch, Kori. What are those eye things that your Reman BO has?
Resolved an issue which would occasionally warp players into completed maps for:HOLY F***KINGF*** THEY ACTUALLY GOT AROUND TO FIXING THIS!!!! :O
Deep space encounters, Borg red alerts, and the Tholian red alert in Tau Dewa.
So... the planet killers are 8472 constructs?Plausible, if unoriginal.
So... the planet killers are 8472 constructs?
and oh look, character transfers are now done through arc :rolleyes:
So... the planet killers are 8472 constructs?
The dev blog said that Planet Killers were being used by 8472 to attack the four mentioned planets. Oddly specific terminology.
Is this planet killer dialogue from the revamped missions?
This planet-killer thing looks like something out of Homeworld.
I like how it actually requires teamwork and is a bit of a challenge on Elite.
If anything, this new Mirror Invasion is a preview for the brand new Season 9 content like Undine Assault and whatever they throw at us.
I hope they keep the new Mirror Invasion after the "event" is over, just as they did with the reintroduction of the Crystalline Entity. Rumor has it, that the Mirror Invasion event will be going away entirely after the event.Sadly, I do remember a dev posting that the map will be gone after the event is over and will be recycled for use as a later Mirror Event, like Crystalline Entity.
Sadly, I do remember a dev posting that the map will be gone after the event is over and will be recycled for use as a later Mirror Event, like Crystalline Entity.
I really DO hope they consider keeping it in.
More like Babylon 5
I hope so too. I hope that they *at least* keep it around as a periodic event. Double XP buff with this map would be pretty epic for xp!I really did think they were going to do Double XP and Mirror Event during the same week, but they didn't.
I don't have the Tribble build downloaded. Any chance for some images from various locales in the new ESD?
you posted Quinn's office twice.
I have to say thou, whoever these new environment artists are that they've hired, certainly outdid themselves (judging by the pics).According to Tacofangs they took a lot of inspiration from existing ST designs and:
I do have one question: In some of the posted screenshots, there seems to be a few chairs. Are they "equipped" with the "sit-in-chairs" tech?
Also I believe hes stated that the interior is scaled to TOS movie era levels, so you won't see a Galaxy class inside or anything that wouldn't fit.
Maybe I was wrong because the Vesta is in there. But it does look huge compared to the interior.They need updated LoDs is what he said as well
Taco did say the models were placeholder.
STO isn't a Star Trek simulator. It's a game-y game with a Star Trek flavor. And what started out as a very bland and artificial flavor has turned into a much richer and "real" flavor.
I understand that with Cryptic's kind of MMO primary social zones are going to be large open spaces. I also understand that a lot of STO's original art design was terribly generic at the beginning and things like this new ESD are such an amazing change. It'll help new players/passive fans relate what movies or TV they've seen in the past to what they're playing now.
It does look and feel a lot better than it did at launch, I'll agree. And it did seem to me that it's "just another MMO" with Star Trek slapped on it. A lot of people have said that about TOR, too.Some would say that it's gone that way in recent years, that it's become "just another MMO".
Also agreed; I kept scrolling up and down when Kori posted those pics. I neither confirm nor deny that drool was involved. :D
Canon is sketchy on it's size, but I scaled our ESD model to match the size of the dome on Ex Astris, and built from there.https://twitter.com/Tumerboy/status/445254296427188224
Also estimated the wall thickness on the dome @ 500' (horizontally) and built the interior within that space.https://twitter.com/Tumerboy/status/445254810179104768
FYI: The Odyssey and the Ambassador are too big to fit through the doors.https://twitter.com/Tumerboy/status/445255111434989569
Yup, the Ship team will take care of that eventually. For now, I just placed what I had access to at ground scale.https://twitter.com/Tumerboy/status/445255040287002624
FYI: The Odyssey and the Ambassador are too big to fit through the doors.
Despite the fact they got a galaxy in that new one, not to mention the fact they got them all in the current map xD
The current models on tribble are placeholder. He said that hes trying to get properly scaled models for the interior.
Though I wouldn't be surprised if the higher ups will override the scale issue of the ship that is front and centre when it comes to showing off their newest C-Store toy. But all the background ships will be hopefully to scale.
Heh I spy the Geronimo.
It looks awesome, but it's a bit small, compared to the old one.
Wasn't there an episode of Next Gen where Picard moves to go into a turbolift or something and nearly falls into space?
Reputation System "Redesign"
http://community.arcgames.com/en/news/star-trek-online/detail/3038363
Basically all the other reps are adopting the Dyson Sphere rep system.
True I guess and I'm actually glad that they're finally doing it. Just wished that they had added it in sooner.
I wouldn't call it a nerf, less powers but they're more powerful.
It is like going from 8 dimes to 4 nickles.
I wouldn't call it a nerf, less powers but they're more powerful.
It is like going from 8 dimes to 4 nickles.
I'm liking BC more and more each day. Planets in BC may be low quality but atleast you can still orbit them
Unfortunately I can't do a full 3D earth model on the interior to match, because lighting it would break the lighting for the rest of the map. I'm stuck with what we have. I will try to update the texture a little, but no promises, we are rapidly running out of time to work on this.
So basically, "their tech is crap, and they haven't got the manpower, or technical know-how, or time allotted to fix it". Gotcha :D
I forgot something. New screens, they change randomly to different ships. it is purely random so sometimes the same ship will show twice.
(http://puu.sh/7KlZ6.jpg)
new devblog
http://community.arcgames.com/en/news/star-trek-online/detail/3039113
New ESD? When did they start work on this?
As I recall, another "expansion" is in the works? I remember hearing this somewhere...Yep, most likely the Delta Quadrant or something Voyager related. No new factions for the next expansion, that's what the devs have said.
One thing almost certain thou (based on leaks), is that it will involve Level 60 cap, and Mk XIII / Mk XIV gear.
One thing almost certain thou (based on leaks), is that it will involve Level 60 cap, and Mk XIII / Mk XIV gear.The Mark XIII and XIV items are always in the files in case they do a level increase. Don't ask me when but the expansion is very likely to include this if they add the delta quadrant.
Kori, I believe that I posted that already...
back on page 249. In fact, you commented on it right after I posted it xD
Read my post again, they updated the borg section since it was first posted.
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=16072621&postcount=2108
The 'new' Risa map was stealth updated on tribble. They updated the map, but I didn't pay attention much to know they changed so I'll let SFC tell you what is different.
They've added Hover Surfboards to the vendor. They're like the Jetpacks as in there are rental ones and purchasable ones, and there are new starts and finish lines on the water so I'm going to assume there will be a race with them.
http://puu.sh/7SuHH
And a bunch of new swimwear, which is restricted to Risa. So you don't need to worry about people in Bikini's running around ESD
http://puu.sh/7SvgL
Awesome! Shame about not being able to use them off Risa though.
It seems that they've locked out risa for the time being.
Shame? Do you want people running around in String Bikinis on ESD or in STFs? Unless that was sarcasm.
Yeah they deleted the map off the server for some reason. Any character that was on the map when it was deleted is stuck until they put it back in.
Probably to stop any more spoilers :(
Nope. I was serious. I mean, it's not going to harm us is it? OH wait, people want to RP and find bikinis more immersion breaking than invisible walls. *rolleyes*
We have mirror universe outfits, cropped tops, ferengi female "jackets" already fed side. Don't even get me started on what orions can get!
Does Cryptic actually bother to make full story arcs instead of STFs, PVEs and Featured Episodes?
Season 8 is full of them, but no compelling story.
+dmg trait would be changing into something else offensive that will be better in some circumstances but less of a general "you must take this" ability.
Pressing the spacebar no longer skips cutscenes.
This change was made in order to stop accidently skipping cutscenes which play in the middle of space combat.
Fuck. Crap. Honestly, I hate this change. Though it might be tolerable if there were a toggle option to enable/disable skipping of cut-scenes. Obviously on "disable" by default.
Best of both worlds that way.
As dark thunder said the escape key also skips cutscenes
I didn't even know the space bar skipped cutscenes until this patch it, I always used ESC
Indeed it was. And it was 1250 Zen, not 1000 as Smirk originally said. 1250 is the post, C-Points -> Zen converted value.
:D
its kinda weird I cant get anything but the basics on my tribble character... (and he had the fleet stuff when I transferred him) guessing I have to get to a fleet on tribble
todays dev blog
None of those leaks surprise me, at all. There was a Xindi Primate, at the conference seen in "Surface Tension". And the existence of audio-files referencing Delta Quadrant species, proves all the more that Expansion 2 WILL involve the Delta Quadrant.
http://sto.gamepedia.com/Mission:_Surface_Tension
Haha, what, the bottom of that page "'Data Mining' is an I.Q. trademark."
Yeah, I came to the conclusion that we'd be seeing more Xindi related content after seeing him in that mission. I'm just not sure how introducing a Xindi lockbox relates to the Delta quadrant though.
Systems:
Resolved an issue which was allowing players to run multiple Research Training projects from the same school simultaneously.
Only 1 Research Training project can be run at a time per school.
How does one obtain the Xindi Boff? Lockbox?
In other words, not worth it.
My dad had about 700 Lobi laying around for some reason and he bought it for me.
Curious if anyone has heard of people glitching Risian floaters outside of Risa.
Doff UI Compact Mode coming Soon?
https://twitter.com/CrypticEQAH/status/494238461793034240
I'm back and I'm still not wearing that damned godawful oddy outfit. Or that frankenstein of an oddy dress outfit which somehow takes a nasty looking one and makes it worse.
How can you not like these beautiful uniforms?
I'm not sure how they look anything like the TMP uniform, but ok.
It's the overall form of it that screams "TMP" to me.
That said, there is one part of it I do like. The collar. If only I could take that off any use it on some other outfit!
You're the first person I've heard of who doesn't like it, though I suppose there's always a first. I for one am damn glad the best outfit in the game is now the default one.
Now I don't know if I should grind up to get Elite Fleet ship weapons or not... and this also means maybe the Intrepid is getting a buff. It will be interesting if they make it better than the Vesta or Luna-class ships.
Also, Cap'n Obvious, is it the kinda shirt nature of the new uniforms that bother you? Its bagginess and the waist area?
Oh what I would give for Enterprise excursion jackets and a handheld communicator animation...
I admit to being surprised about what some people were saying about what Cryptic's devs have said in the past (Geko in particular)...did he really call the playerbase "morons"?
Ah, so someone on Reddit informed me the Benthan ship is not new, it appeared in one episode of voyager
Just search for Benthan
http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/scans/delta1.htm
It appeared in this episode.
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Vis_%C3%A0_Vis
I keep hearing conflicting reports that you can upgrade T5 ships to T6.
I think its you can upgrade their stats to T6, but you won't get the new features like the unique type of BOFF slot.
While new ships is definitely nice, there are some of us who prefer a certain look, and some (like me) who prefer to fly the canon ships whenever possible. From a lore standpoint, it doesn't make sense why all our T5 ships (which existed in 2409), suddenly became obsolete by 2410.
I was thinking the same thing, when people on the forums - before I got sick of reading typical MMO forum bullshit - were talking about "retro-retrofits", and I'm sitting here like "Uhhh, what?" Because that means like you said, the "modernization program" after the Odyssey, plus the Bortasqu', the Mogh, and so on for the Klingons, is obsolete (we already knew most of the Romulan fleet is at least 30+ years out of date; hell, their flagship's not exactly "young" either, I think the only "modern" designs were stuff like the Dhelan and Ha'apax). Technology advances fast in this era, but really...
In the very least, an "upgrade program" to make existing T5 ships, fully T6 enabled (complete with whatever extra bells and whistles the "regular" T6 ships will have), needs to include the following ships:
- All Fleet ships
- All Lockbox ships
- Iconic canon ships (Galaxy, Defiant, Intrepid, Sovereign, D'deridex, Vor'cha)
Other potential (hopeful) ships to be included for T6 would be the Excelsior, Bird of Prey and Mog'ai.
Additionally, the upgrade from T5 to T6 needs to be extremely low, to the point of non-existent. Haven't we already invested enough money, and time in obtaining the ships in the first place?
Well he covered his face, though I think I know who it was.
I don't know if I want to name shame
True, and I'm not using my STO name on here...
Judging by the hair I think it was Taco, plus seems like the only dev who would actually do it.
Haven't we already invested enough money, and time in obtaining the ships in the first place?
Short answer? No.
What do you mean "the only dev who would actually do it"?
I meant it in a good way, he is a laid back dev some times. He would do it for a laugh.
Holy crap on a cracker the intrepid internals looks HOWT!!they do at that.... so when will you emulate those and build some for bc Phoenix :evil:
And Dental only trolls the ERPers on Drozana, supposed Paedophiles and the like. The dark corners of the STO universe.Bull. I have seen dentals trolling ordinary players in all kinds of places in sto. Hardly the "erpers" in the "dark corners". The argument you make is like defending the nazis by saying "but they only killed the retards" which is both incorrect and nasty at the same time.
I'm part of Dental.
So either.. WIP, or we're getting a launch-able Aeroshuttle.
The Nova-class has one of these too, IIRC.
The Waverider and Aerowing are nothing more than glorified shuttles, much like the Captain's Yacht aboard the Galaxy and Sovereign classes. Certainly not something you would take into battle (if they even have weapons, which I find doubtful)
The most important part that most players want to know NOW, is how they intend to handle the upgrading of ships from Tier 5 to Tier 6, as well as which ships will be upgrade-able, and at what cost. NONE OF WHICH was revealed in this so-called blog.
Since when has rank mattered in this game anyway? :p
It matters to those who take the "RP" in MMORPG serious. We should never have been made Admirals. Simple as that.
Then RP it with your title and rank pips. Imagine you're Picard who's been offered the admiralty several times. For all intents and purposes you have the experience and knowledge of Picard in his Enterprise E prime and with the pips of a captain, but your expertise is called on for the Federation as an admiral.
It matters to those who take the "RP" in MMORPG serious. We should never have been made Admirals. Simple as that.
I meant in terms of gameplay. Even cadets seem able to boss you about and all decisions seem to be made by the bridge crew. It's rather the wrong way around.
Overall I think they've done this very well, however, their UV mapping for some of the LCARS needs a lot of work....
I'm not much for the material on the ship itself.
If you're referring to the upper level of Engineering, I'm thinking its either still WIP, or you won't be going up there in that specific mission, its missing a lot of details.
On a positive note, if those designs are what they intend to go for for Tier 6, I'll stick with my Tier 5s for certain. Cryptic designs (especially FED, which is what I play as primarily) have NEVER, EVER been particularly good. In fact, I'd go so far as to say they have been SHIT.
A new feature of Tier 6 ships is that their hit points increase as the captain levels up.
And in typical Cryptic "thumping their chests" fashion, they add this as a Feature for Tier 6 ships, as thou it's something "New":
Now, they could've streamlined it by having ANY Tier ship "level up" alongside the Captain. But currently, you gain bonus hitpoints via the Skill system, as well as by purchasing a higher tiered ship.
They're giving it in the C-Store, so presumably it's MEANT to be account wide. Wonder why the Klingons aren't getting the Kamarag? (Didn't we get the Varanus in the last giveaway? Or was it one of the Orion barges? Can't remember.)
I'm aware that it's a c-store account wide unlock. Just wondering if a console will be included with it.
Last year the KDF got the Gorn Phalanx and the Orion Marauder Flight-Deck Cruiser along with the To'Duj fighter.
The ambo has never had a unique console associated with it.
And it was never in the c-store either until now (tomorrow). One can hope though, right?
Thing is, if it WERE to get a special console of some sort...what would it get? The Ambassador didn't exactly have a particularly notable service history, compared to the other "older ships" in service - other than the fact that the fourth out of seven (or fifth out of eight, if you count the NX-01) ships named Enterprise was one of them. Not much screen-time compared to, say, the Miranda or Excelsior, which were "cookie cutter" ships during the Dominion War.
Harry in the "Past Picture", DOES have a single rank pip.
With all the talent on a variety of forums, it amazes me how they never utilize their fans. Smh
They did once, and it's been disparaged by people as the "flying whale" ever since.
In that same contest, there were literally DOZENS of entries for DJ Curtis's Century Class, submitted by various people. And yet, look which design Cryptic chose to go with? They could've built a ship from scratch, "inspired by" DJ Curtis ship. Or hell, they could've hired him.
Totally dig the saucer out of the windows. Need more of that.
Not that the Guardian Cruiser is that good looking, but it would make sense. Otherwise it would've been listed in the blog alongside the Intel ships.
Well the Blog was only about the Intel Ships, so thats why the Guardian cruiser wasn't in there.
Code for Holo-Leeta given out during the livestream, probably expires tomorrow
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goes into the Arc Client, after that open the C-Store ingame and go to "Items" and claim her.
I see a lot of Dawnstar and Probert's Ambassador in it's design.
What the hell is with those micro-nacelles?Some sort of redundant low warp backup system? Honestly I have no clue I'm taking as much a stab in the dark as you are...
Now this looks like the bridge we remember, I think cryptic have finally got the message that re-using LCARS assets on things shown on TV is a bad thing to do :P
Seems more like a waste to me. I'm personally saving everything to DR for chance of Gold Mk XIV instead.
If you get Epic now, it stays Epic when you go up in Rank. So it really isn't a waste.
Let me spell it out for you then:Removing the armor choices because you don't like them seems like a personal choice and one I do not agree with. You don't have to use them, so don't ruin it for others who do use armor and kit choices on their characters. The DOFF assignment bug was fixed ages ago, it only takes a second or two for them to cycle and finish. There are also a plethora of ways to get Dilithium and they aren't just STF's. Why would you ever do STF's with PUGs? Can't you use a premade via a channel or something similar? We've also known about beams being unique per ship since before 9.5 launch. The upgrade system is a much better compromise. Do you really want to grind your gear out again, for much higher prices? It's the price to pay for keeping your current gear. It's way better than what other games would do, by wiping away all of your gear, making it obsolete, and having to grind it all back up again. If you have good gear right now it will work with DR.
Remove the Armor visuals from the game, period. No visuals attached to the armor item itself (already done), and no possibility of using those armor bits in the Costume Tailor either. While were at it, remove those soon 5-year old "kit" pieces that they recently added to the Tailor.
The fact is, these devs may claim to "love Trek", but it's becoming exceedingly hard to understand how that might be, when they purposefully add these sort of things which directly go against both the look and feel of what makes Star Trek, Star Trek. JJ Abrams did the same mistake with the new movies, with adding lens flare effects everywhere, "pulse" type phasers, which were more reminiscent of Star Wars blasters/turbolasers, and the overall "Apple" aesthetics of the ships interior. This is just a short list of my "issues" with the JJ movies.
STO will remain on my harddrive until Delta Rising is out, and I've had a chance to run through the new story missions (once). At current, I see no reason to keep the folder after I'm done with the episodes. I'll list reasons why I've played STO within the past 6 months:
- Duty Officer Assignments
- STFs (space)
- Occasional episode replay
For the past month or so, Duty Officers have been bugged to the point of requiring several minutes to "complete" despite already being DONE after logging in (24+ hours after assignment start). As a result, "Doffing" has become a hell of a lot more tedious to the point of me simply not doing it anymore. I still run an occasional STF for some extra Dilithium, and Marks. Dilithium is being slashed in half in Delta Rising (the new Advanced is the old/current "Elite", and awards 480 Dilithium, down from current 960 Dilithium). Add to that, forcing the old "optional" objectives onto the mission, as well as adding new optionals. I may be in a fleet, but for the most part I end up running these STFs in a pug (due to lack of players). And you just know, pugs will fail even harder, when STFs become harder. Thus, two of my current activities are effectively no longer interesting for me. Which leaves mission replays (which I've done oh so many times before...)
R&D, done "Beams" upto Level 15, found out the [Arc] weapons was limited to 1 per ship, and quit caring about their "crafting" system. But the worst of all, is the new "Upgrade gear" system, which takes a lot of upgrade tokens, and a lot of Dilithium. Rather just buy new Mk XIV weapons from some future store, rather than put myself through having to upgrade each individual item several times over. So I guess you could say, these upgrades are what finally broke the camels back...
Too angular, "low poly appearance". As a rather ameteurish modeller, I feel I could easily do better.
An improvement for certain, but the underlying model issues are still there. Too angular, "low poly appearance". As a rather ameteurish modeller, I feel I could easily do better.
But thats the whole point of the design, its meant to look "Stealthy". Thats why it is squished and angular. Lower sensor profile or some shit.
As Kori said, it's intended to look angular and "low poly". When your ship is essentially papercraft origami, poly count means squat. I think they're very well executed for what they are. But they very much fill a niche role. I could only see a couple of my characters with those ships in their rosters.
...except you can't fire weapons when cloaked. What do you do when you want a ship that's still stealthy in combat? Give it a thin profile and few reflective angles. It's simple stealth science. They've simply taken original arguments for why the Defiant was already a radical departure and carried them further.
In other words: You bought into Cryptic's BS excuse for the designs, hook, line and sinker.
It galls me that people who like a certain element of a game or try to explain it rationally are dismissed as apologists and their opinions considered "bullshit".The Unmitigated Gaul
The Unmitigated Gaul
I'll confess the design looked a little wonky to me, but you make 'em look good.
*wishes he had a computer that could take screenshots like that*
... Give it a thin profile and few reflective angles. It's simple stealth science.
Flarespire and I have been wondering for a while now if there was a client-side way to replace visuals.
Also, "fire while cloaked" was first seen in the 2290s by a Klingon Bird of Prey, and later "perfected" in 2378 via Shinzon's Scimitar. STO takes place 30 years later. Firing while cloaked would seem to me, to be a non-issue by then.
No, it isn't. If it were, then things like the B-2 bomber would be far more angular, like the F-117. Those 117's were only so angular because the designers didn't have access to the kind of computational power to design an airframe that could deflect scans with radar etc but also be curved. Said computational power issues became non-issues as time went by and computers became more and more powerful.
Also, "fire while cloaked" was first seen in the 2290s by a Klingon Bird of Prey, and later "perfected" in 2378 via Shinzon's Scimitar. STO takes place 30 years later. Firing while cloaked would seem to me, to be a non-issue by then.
Question? So if I wanted my entire crew, the ones I have no control over, to be in the same uniform as the bridge crew; would that be possible by replacing the visuals and putting it in that folder.
You mean textures for ships? Or all textures.
Adam
Except in both of those cases they're in the hands of powers who don't take too kindly to sharing their technology with the Federation.
Which again, goes contrary to canon, in that Federation ships are designed as multi-role ships, capable of operating in a wide variety of capacities. The exception might be the Defiant, and even that ship had it's moments of exploration and scientific missions.
I think it's safe to say that Federation characters outnumber both of the other factions. I really don't mind them working for the majority first, plus, I just love that ship design.
Mess hall: All replicators in 2371 version; includes kitchen in 2410 version
Cargo bay: All cargo pallets in 2371 version; includes Borg alcoves in 2410 version
Astrometrics: Only accessible in 2410 version, as the Intrepid class did not launch with an astrometrics lab
Earth, Vulcan, Andoria and Tellar Prime are all ALPHA Quadrant planets. At least according to every possible incarnation of the tv-shows. I don't know where you get off thinking they are supposed to be in the BETA Quadrant.
Well, they all look shit.
What's so ridiculous about it? You have other alien species out there with ships far larger than the J and besides, it's not like anyone didn't see this coming. I pretty much called it months ago on here but was told it would never happen. Of course I can't prove any of that since the forum lost around 2 years worth of posts so meh.
First off, the ship itself is scaled to be 4-5 times that of a Galaxy Class (640 * 4 = 2560 meters, 640 * 5 = 3200 meters). At that scale, it's either half the size of the largest Borg Cubes (5000 meters) or larger then the smaller Borg Cubes (at 1500-2000 meters). Get the ridiculous yet?
How about the fact that every single Federation ship is scaled below 1000 meters (canon or otherwise), which means that this ship literally dwarfs everything else?
As long as they do away with the ridiculous "deflector attachment" to the weapons pod, it's 1000% improvement.
Personally, I think the entire animation used for the deflector needs to be redone (when scanning). A scanning beam doesn't necessarily emanate from the deflector as far as I'm aware.
The deflector is gone from the Rollbar on the Miranda, it is still there on the ShiKahr and Centaur as those models were not touched.
The deflector abilities on the Miranda now come from the dome on the bottom of the saucer.
I thought about it, but having no strut at all can't work with our weapon node system - there needs to be some place for the torpedoes and cannons to fire out of, and it has to be on the same section of the ship for all variants of that ship. Since the Lantree just doesn't have that section, it simply won't work.
Thomas said he is going to remove the purple lines from the Miranda nacelles, since they only should technically show up at warp (plus people were complaining about them)
They can only do animations for going at warp, not model swaps so you won't be seeing them at all, even at warp.
Its pretty amazing what the STO artists can do with a single texture sheet that is the same layout as every other ship texture.
Kobayashi Maru event (http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10548964-the-kobayashi-maru-event%21)
So they've finally pushed the game ahead another year. It's been 7 years since the game launched, and only 2 years have passed ingame.
Sorry to burst your bubble. Whoever told Kael it was 2411 was wrong and it is still 2410.
https://www.reddit.com/r/sto/comments/6k1abj/jg_hertzler_joins_the_cast_of_star_trek_online/djilxrx/
Could've done without your sarcastic remark.
Huh?
What ever I did it wasn't on purpose.
"Sorry to burst your bubble" comes off as being rather sarcastic.
That Admiral's badge is new, I don't think we've seen it in any material from the show yet.
It was shown in episode 2 I think.
Anyway, skants for everyone it seems: http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10645594-celebrate-tng%27s-30th-with-a-skant-and-a-shuttle%21
you guys will hate me then :PWhere's my pitchfork and torch? :P
So according to Cryptic, the reason no other ships spin when using the Spore Drive console, is because CBS told cryptic spinning should be unique to the Crossfield.Yeah that's been going around on reddit.com/r/sto for bit. I don't know if a dev chimed in and confirmed that, however.
Yeah that's been going around on reddit.com/r/sto for bit. I don't know if a dev chimed in and confirmed that, however.
I don't have any reason to doubt it, however. There was a video of an Enterprise-J type ship doing the Spore Drive spin some weeks ago. For a long time CBS didn't want the Excelsior or Constitution available as endgame ships, so they do have some influence over the decisions Cryptic makes.
More screenshots for ViL plus a new Cardassian ship towards the bottom.
https://trekmovie.com/2018/03/21/star-trek-online-victory-is-life-expansion-to-feature-voices-of-10-deep-space-nine-actors/
Why would Garak be wearing a military uniform?
Either way the rest of the characters are wearing their outfits from the series. So if Garak was there he'd be wearing one of his fancy shirts.
Better question: Why would Kira and Quark look virtually unchanged since last we saw them some 35 years ago? (ingame timeline). With Bashir, they at least made the effort to make him look older, Garak looks largely the same too but in a military-style uniform (maybe he's undercover, posing as a military officer? or maybe he just re-formed the military after the fall of the civilian government and the end of the Dominion War).This question was addressed in the live stream. It's promotional art. The artists thought that when it came to promotional stuff, it's better to advertise the characters in there most recognizable form (which is from the show) and not aged 30 years. The devs confirmed that ingame they will look 30 years older.
Only one that should look large the same, is Odo since he's a shapeshifter. But why would he back at his old job as Chief of Security? (in his Constable/Security Officer uniform). And if Quark's back, did he buy back his bar from the current owner whose name I couldn't care less to remember?
This question was addressed in the live stream. It's promotional art. The artists thought that when it came to promotional stuff, it's better to advertise the characters in there most recognizable form (which is from the show) and not aged 30 years. The devs confirmed that ingame they will look 30 years older.
This question was addressed in the live stream. It's promotional art. The artists thought that when it came to promotional stuff, it's better to advertise the characters in there most recognizable form (which is from the show) and not aged 30 years. The devs confirmed that ingame they will look 30 years older.
Got an email from STO and this was probably a given but the next lockbox is DS9 based.
Chase Masterson is returning for ViL so that leaves one more person. Max Grodenchik perhaps?I'm holding out hope that we'll see Ezri Dax.
No mention of Ops in the blog. Hopefully that gets updated as well, and that the updated maps get carried over into missions involving DS9 (the Cardassian Feature Episode arc for example)
So, here's a question or two that I don't know if they've been answered or not. Why is the game broken? Ever since the update for this 3D printed bull(I'll get to that in a minute), the ship customization has been broken for me. I can't access the advanced settings. Also, auto-travel doesn't seem to always work. Like I tried to set course for Risa from K7, my ship just started heading for Klingon space. Yet when I went to Gamma Eridon, the ship responded like she should.
Also...why are there system requirements for the 3D printing service? Can't they just pull the information on the ship from the servers?
Superfans of the Excelsior will know that when it initially appeared in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, it looked a little different than how it appeared in later films and shows. This version, as the transwarp experiment “NX-2000,” is now also available when you purchase either the T5 or T6 Fleet Advanced Heavy Cruiser.
It will also be available to 2409 and TOS-era Captains as a historical simulation, in the mission journal after Victory is Life.
Why... the... hell... would anyone wanna contribute something to Cryptic after the shit-show that was the "Design the next Enterprise" contest?
People make things, Cryptic takes credit for it. In the modding community, we call that mod theft. Otherwise, it's just what it is... theft.
The Discovery era versions of the Enterprise and D7 are coming June 20th, and filmmaker extraordinaire ZEFilms was kind enough to make us this amazing video showing off the new ships and what they can do. Not only are these screen accurate versions of the ships, based on the 3D models used on Discovery and lovingly created by ship artist Donny Versiga, but they are the first ships to use Fighter Squadron pets
It boggles my mind that anyone is surprised at this. Where have they been the last 5 years of the game?
Doesn't mean putting stuff in lockboxes is a good thing.I never said it was a good thing, all I said is that it was surprising that people found it surprising.
We really want to do something special here [for the 10th anniversary], it's tough to talk about without spoilers, but I can say that there are things that have been asked for over the years that we're certainly going to deliver against. 'Ships you've been waiting for' and the ability to get them in ways that you haven't been able to before. We're going to try to make them directly accessible rather than indirectly accessible.
i wonder if i should buy this game and start playing it... i havent been following anything about it, barely know anything about it, havent paid attention to anything about it, havent read any of the pages in this thread tbh... the bridges are huge and that sucks... but i am itching for a new game to play... i have even replayed EF2 and want something ready for when i finish going thru that lolThe bridges aren't even essential to gameplay. The only real point of them is for pictures or role play.
This ship, the U.S.S. Kelvin as seen in Star Trek (2009), was modeled by famed Trek artist Tobias Richter. It has been a pleasure to collaborate with Tobias on several STO ships over the course of the past year. Given the unique nature of our ship materials, I will create a material for Tobias, he will model and unwrap the ship, and send it back to me. I will then finalize the model and the material and intake the model into Star Trek Online.
New galaxy class variant: https://twitter.com/ChaiKovsky/status/1219499042666795008
https://twitter.com/Cryptic_TtC/status/1219513637812834304
Sweet :D
EDIT: Lacking with customization options. Undershirt is tied with the main color and you only have two badge options: the original STO combadge and the 2399 one.
I've been seeing people say that the All Good Things pants are the closest you can get color wise.
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11355993-10th-anniversary-legendary-starship-bundles
The prices for these bundles are pretty damn steep though.
Then do that. No one is forcing you to buy them.
Just don't insult other people over their purchasing choices (unless it's loot boxes, because fuck loot boxes)
I'll be buying the cheapest pack on day one.
Will you two please stop squabbling like a married couple.
Both of you are entitled to an opinion....
However no one should be questioning peoples purchasing habits. They can determine the value and the amount they want to waste on anything.
Patch notes for tomorrow's 10th anniversary: https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11357853-pc-patch-notes-for-1%2F28%2F20
EDIT: Should note that they mentioned two new missions in the patch notes yet we have yet to receive any actual blog post about them so hopefully we'll get that tomorrow during maintenance.
Jimmy’s wrath shouldn’t be the one they fear!sorry, i am late to the party, i was over at the bar... was there drama? did i miss drama?? dammit, i always miss out on the fun...
Romulans really don't need a revamp, their content still holds up.
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11456853
What a gross price. The 50% off discount is fine, but the full price? No thank you.
That M'Chla refit looks way better than the DSC era one to be quite honest.
Yeah that was probably a mistake, considering the blog image is hiding them.
Also, why Janeway Class? It was called an Intrepid Class on a computer screen in the show (and CBS also told TrekCore it was). Is that to avoid confusion?
Book's ship but not Book's ship since it was scaled up: https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11487283-command-book%27s-frigate%21
Guess I must have misread a post on twitter from one of the devs then lol.
The 12 inventory slots is going on my KDF Recruit
I assume there isn't a way to obtain the "free" inventory and bank slots that used to come with being a Subscriber? (since Subscriptions is no longer possible, unless you shell out 300 bucks)
DT there's a giveaway here that comes with a klingon ship and a elite services bundle
https://na.alienwarearena.com/ucf/show/2153318/boards/contest-and-giveaways-global/Giveaway/star-trek-online-alliance-reborn-matha-bundle
Hopefully there are some keys left by the time you see this post
I tried looking for it myself and came up with nothing.
Anyway, this is a thing:
Would have been much better if they split the pack in half and made them $60 each like the mirror dreadnought but I guess we won't see a pack like that again. Oh well. I'll just wait for a sale later this year lol
And they're already buffing the D'deridex slightly due to player feedback: https://twitter.com/BorticusCryptic/status/1423381829197783042