Star Trek Online

Razz 28 Jul 2008 09:40:49 58,183 posts
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Looking rather delicious

I've never played an MMO before. The Star Trek fan in me might give me the final push I need to give one a try.

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Pinewood_Groves 28 Jul 2008 09:41:29 1,347 posts
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Careful. You may never come back.

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Razz 28 Jul 2008 10:14:13 58,183 posts
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Oh? I've heard of WoW addiction... I hope I don't get "the Ick" too.

I'm really looking forward it to though. If only to shout Klingon insults at people that understand them.

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jambolio 14 Aug 2008 00:30:12 13 posts
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Hahaha I hadn't thought of that. So will we see the Klingon faction with the most players purely as the entire trek population will be there typing away in Klingon? Imagine the uproar if Cryptic get some of the translation wrong (or will the universal translator work all the time?)

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Orange 14 Aug 2008 00:47:37 4,190 posts
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Can I be your red-shirted cabin boy Razz?

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Razz 14 Aug 2008 02:41:58 58,183 posts
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only if you're as cute as this

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Razz 14 Aug 2008 02:45:27 58,183 posts
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It's set 30 years after the events in Nemesis

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Razz 14 Aug 2008 02:50:43 58,183 posts
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Of course not. People live to well over 150 in the Federation. If anything Picard would be about 80-odd and Riker 70-odd. Probably admirals or retired.

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Razz 14 Aug 2008 02:55:23 58,183 posts
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Razz 14 Aug 2008 02:55:32 58,183 posts
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Check this out

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kickerconspiracy 14 Aug 2008 08:00:08 495 posts
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It's Star Trek. It's completely impossible for it to sound cool.

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iokthemonkey 2 Sep 2008 12:29:49 4,664 posts
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I'm not sure how Star Trek will translate into an MMO - it's all about groups of people being nice and stuff, which I can't see working in the free-for-all environment of an MMO. How would ranks work for example? Suppose I'm a Captain and I tell one of my subordinates to do something. In the show, they'd give an "aye-aye" and do it. But another player is surely just going to tell me to shove my orders up my arse...

http://that-figures.blogspot.com/

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Whizzo 2 Sep 2008 12:33:53 41,271 posts
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All players are ship captains with their own AI crew members, players refusing to follow orders won't be an issue.

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iokthemonkey 2 Sep 2008 12:45:45 4,664 posts
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Whizzo wrote:
All players are ship captains with their own AI crew members, players refusing to follow orders won't be an issue.

Ah, right.

Sounds... I dunno. I'll reserve judgement but it sounds too much like a management/strategy game.

http://that-figures.blogspot.com/

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DFawkes 2 Sep 2008 12:56:15 19,601 posts
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Sounds a bit like a real time MMO of Starfleet Command. Whcih now I've written it sounds bloddy awesome, I love Starfleet Command! Upgradable ships, customisable crews that gain experience, exploring space... it certainly has potential. Time will tell. As would the Ferengi for the right cash, but I spent my last bar o' latinum on some creamy Cheddar.

Kirby is the man! Even if he wasn't, he'd just ingest and become one.

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FWB 2 Sep 2008 12:59:08 39,238 posts
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Eve shows that space combat is perfectly doable, if highly complicated.

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kcorb 24 Sep 2008 01:10:51 2,147 posts
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DFawkes wrote:
Sounds a bit like a real time MMO of Starfleet Command. Whcih now I've written it sounds bloddy awesome, I love Starfleet Command!

Yeah, that'd be awesome, or MMO Bridge Commander.
Both my favorite Star Trek games.

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DFawkes 18 Mar 2009 09:58:13 19,601 posts
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Just curious, what would people like to see in STO, now there's a few details here and there (plenty on the official site) to suggest what it'll be like?

Especially the Eve players, is there anything that'd steal you away, assuming you're not a Trekkie like me that'd have bought and forced enjoyment out of Turning Point if it'd been Trek)? It probably won't have the hardcore depth, but is that necesarily a good thing?

Too many question marks there. Sorry. I'm hoping for a robust crafting system, something that's usually secondary to me. I'd love to be able to research and construct super phaser arrays and trade them with other Starfleet captains, and make that trading my main focus.

I would've done that for Eve, but I think learning all the terminology again kept me from doing that. At least with Trek, I know what most of the things mean already, so I can get started quicker.

Kirby is the man! Even if he wasn't, he'd just ingest and become one.

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Slabbathepave 19 Mar 2009 01:46:56 488 posts
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I hope they stay well clear of the Dungeon running formula.

I want more EVE and less WoW. I dont want to get ' Deflector dish of the tiger ' as a reward for beaming up 15 marooned ferengi to replace my slightly dated ' Tarnished Deflector Dish'.

I would like a more free-form player driven environment. The ability to not only improve the technology and efficiency of my ship but also the competence of my ships crew.

I would like to be a Ferengi.

I would like to see Deanna Troy's tits.

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FWB 19 Mar 2009 05:10:42 39,238 posts
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Phallic ships, obviously.

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DFawkes 19 Mar 2009 07:52:58 19,601 posts
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Slabbathepave wrote:
I hope they stay well clear of the Dungeon running formula.

I want more EVE and less WoW. I dont want to get ' Deflector dish of the tiger ' as a reward for beaming up 15 marooned ferengi to replace my slightly dated ' Tarnished Deflector Dish'.

I would like a more free-form player driven environment. The ability to not only improve the technology and efficiency of my ship but also the competence of my ships crew.

I would like to be a Ferengi.

I would like to see Deanna Troy's tits.

I think it's possible ther will be slight dungeon running, but I can't see it being a mandatory thing thanks to transporters and the focus on ships. At least I hope not. I also agree getting stuff like 'Deflector dish of the tiger' would suck. I'm sure it'll be upgradable, but you can just quantify that.

The ships themselves are fairly freeform and customisable. From interviews, it's claer it'll be a WAR-ish situation - a Chaos Chosen always looks like a Chaos Chosen, even if he does have a special armour. The ships are always claerly of a specific class, but you could still customise the look.

Ferengi wil be in it. Deanna Troi's tits will most likely not, or at least be a Collectors Edition unlockable.

I know the crew rank up and get upgraded, which I'm looking forward to. I like a little grninding in an MMO. Not a lot though, just a bit that I can do to drive my crew ahead of other players, for the sake of PvP, should I play it. I hope there isn't too much focus on it though, isn't very Trekish.

Kirby is the man! Even if he wasn't, he'd just ingest and become one.

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Bleh 19 Mar 2009 12:47:01 195 posts
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Would be nice to have some space combat. If I remember correctly there will be a special area were you can pvp.

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Whizzo 19 Mar 2009 14:56:54 41,271 posts
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The naming policy will almost certainly ban such things, probably numbers won't be allowed for a start, Cryptic do have some experience of having to control player names after people tried to use copyrighted ones in CoH.

I'm looking forward to this, if it's done right. Having my own ship and crew and hopefully doing things other than "collect 10 Tribble pelts" or "delivery this box of something someone could have replicated themselves to the other side of the Alpha Quadrant".

A space combat element similar to Starfleet Command, as DFawkes suggested earlier, would be excellent.

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Razz 19 Mar 2009 15:17:41 58,183 posts
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Hmmm... I appear to have been szhioprenic in the past.

UI wonder who was GI'd.

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thefilthandthefury 19 Mar 2009 15:20:50 24,509 posts
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So will the crew be people you control, or do you hire regular players, like yourself, as your crew?

EDIT: Sorry! My answer was at the top of the page.

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Razz 19 Mar 2009 15:24:52 58,183 posts
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I think my Character name will be:

Captain E.G Hot of the USS Robin Reliant or somesuch.

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Razz 19 Mar 2009 15:27:26 58,183 posts
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that or Capt Minge of the USS Fanny. ^_^

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