Star Trek Online thread

[Darkthunder]

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.

[Amasov]

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/trailer13.jpg

[faro0485]

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).

And the ships look like they've been attack by the borg, or well the designers of them ships have been. They are terribly borgish, black and grey.

[Mark]

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

[Nebula]

you know this vid could be a combination of vids... all throughout the testing process in house so somethings might have changed...

[ChronowerX_GT]

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

All MMOs are subscription-based, with the exception of Guild Wars and perhaps one or two others... generally MMOs have a monthly fee.

Hmm, pity. I'll still most probibly try it though. It is Trek after all

EDIT: I've just found out it's subscription.

Another Edit: They've got the uniforms wrong.

[Voyager16]

Why? It's the future isn't it Oo?

[Darkthunder]

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.

[Nebula]

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.

didn't PE a while back before Cryptic got their hands on it say the Rank was going to be over sized so people could tell what you were...

[Amasov]

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.

The game would be considered like the books and other "non-canon" materials though, they can add or make up whatever they want. Even Rick Sternbach in a recent podcast interview said they should go with what they feel and shouldn't be that burdened by the canon as it is a game, adding that it is always more interesting to see new things in the Star Trek universe. Now I don't agree with everything they have done, personally, but it is up to them how far they want to go in this direction.

EDIT: I should add that we also don't know the extent of the avatar customization yet either, I would feel that uniforms could be made available from TNG onwards if you wished.

[Tuskin38]

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

id guess it would be the excalibur perpetual showed off before the project died

What ship was that? I don't remember.

[Nebula]

This is the excal....

everything but the nacelles are cool.

[Kirk]

While that mesh looks well put together, I hate the design. I prefer our Excalibur.

[NanoByte]

While that mesh looks well put together, I hate the design. I prefer our Excalibur.

Agreed especially the new one

[Tuskin38]

everything but the nacelles are cool.

I'd have to agree with you on that one.

[gclark03]

It almost looks like a hand phaser, not a capital ship.

[lint]

i think its kinda ugly

[UPD Equinox]

Well going back to the customisable point. I guess being able to customise things like internal systems and MAYBE a few details on the outside would be ok. however something i DONT want to see is a bridge with yellow wallpaper and hello kitty cushions everywhere.

Their version of the Excalibur isnt bad IMO but the underside looks a bit retarded.

[UPD Equinox]

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/trailer13.jpg

Im guessing the trails are there cause its going through a patch of gas?

Well yeah its set in the future and the game shouldnt be treated as canon... but at the same time, if the game deviates to far from established trek, what the hell's the point in releasing it as a trek game? Hardcore trekkies arnt gonna wanna play it cause it wont be trek and the rest of the casual gamers are just gonna play it cause they think its a good game. But if their objective is just to get casual space sim gamers then why bother calling in star trek?

[Bones]

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...