Star Trek Online: The Continuing Languish Mission

[DisturbedPervert]

They've opened up a store to purchase things with microtransactions.  In addition to the $15 monthly fee.  WTF!?   

http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=62210

[Barrister]

They've opened up a store to purchase things with microtransactions.  In addition to the $15 monthly fee.  WTF!?   

http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=62210

Old news - it's even been discussed in this very thread.

They've promised that nothing that impacts game play will be added (or if it is, there will be an in-game way to acquire the item).

[Barrister]

Where do I enter said code?

http://www.startrekonline.com

No, really.  There's a box on the right hand side, mid way down the page, that says "enter code".

[Grey Fox]

Redeem your key? Same place I put my retail key? That's...peculiar

[Grey Fox]

They've opened up a store to purchase things with microtransactions.  In addition to the $15 monthly fee.  WTF!?   

http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=62210

There's one for Champion Online, it doesn't come as any surprise.

Also, even Blizzard does microtransaction nowadays.

[crazy canuck]

I am now almost level 9 so my impressions of the game are obviously from only the starting zones but on the whole I find the game very immersive and addicting.  I havent felt this way about an MMO since the start of WoW.

Pros:

- I really like the way they have structured their missions and travel around the playing areas.  Very little travel time and you can get to the fun of playing missions quickly and easily.

- I like the variety of components you can put on your ship.  I like that there is not a single must have uber set up.  I really like the fact that you have to make choices about how you are going to equip your ship.  Last night I had to make the painful decision of whether to abandon my much beloved mine layer in favour of a rear facing wide arc disruptor.  In the end I decided I would use the mine layer for PvE and the disruptor for PvP.

- I like the artwork and the dialogue.  Like I said, very immersive.

-I like the PvP design.  Easy to access battles in the nuetral zone fit really well with the Star Trek world.

Cons:

I dont like how they have handled the anomaly data we collect.  You need to turn in some amount (which I dont know yet) in order to unlock better items but in order to turn them in you must be in possession of something on a small list of things to upgrade - which I am not.  To fix this you must go out and purchase a large number of those things.  The system makes no sense.  We should just be able to turn in the data to get points toward upgrades.

I dont like the lack of interface abilities to communicate targets etc in PvP or even PvE battles when you have joined a fleet.  This might come with ugrades to equipment.   I hope so.

I really really dont like the fact that there is no explanation at all about what most of the stats in the game actually do.  I am developing my Captain as best I can based on the poor descriptions available but really I have no idea what giving an extra +5 on Warp Core theory actually does.

[katmai]

For CC

http://sto-intel.org/wiki/Player_Skills

[crazy canuck]

Just a chart with all the useless descriptions.

I still dont know what giving +5 to warp core theory does.   I just add skill points and hope for the best given the general description.

[katmai]

Just a chart with all the useless descriptions.

I still dont know what giving +5 to warp core theory does.   I just add skill points and hope for the best given the general description.

Sigh, if one clicks the skill it tells you what it does.

Starship power levels skill

This skill improves the power levels of your starship systems and any starship power management abilities.

[Barrister]

Just a chart with all the useless descriptions.

I still dont know what giving +5 to warp core theory does.   I just add skill points and hope for the best given the general description.

Sigh, if one clicks the skill it tells you what it does.

Starship power levels skill

This skill improves the power levels of your starship systems and any starship power management abilities.

Okay, so what does that mean?  In particular, what does +12 mean?  +12 what?

[katmai]

Okay, so what does that mean?  In particular, what does +12 mean?  +12 what?

Well in particular it gives bonus to these skills
    * Emergency Power to Auxiliary
    * Emergency Power to Engines
    * Emergency Power to Shields
    * Emergency Power to Weapons
In conjunction with other skills (for example add Warp Core Theory with Starship Auxiliary Systems Maintenance to get a bigger bonus to  Emergency Power to Auxiliary)

[Grey Fox]

But, his question remains, +12 what?

No points in is what? 1.00? and you add .12? or it becomes 13? 13 what?

[katmai]

No no points mean no points, ffs guys.

When ranked up, most skills come with a Stat bonus number. Typically, this number is the bonus applied to the items or abilities that use that stat. For instance...

    * Starship Energy Weapons Training: 17
    * Starship Beam Weapons: 22
    * Starship Cannon Weapons: 28
    * Starship Phaser Weapons: 36
    * Starship Disruptor: 40

That says there is a 17% damage bonus to all Energy Weapons, a 22% damage bonus to all Beam Weapons, a 28% bonus to all cannons weapons, and so on.
Use a Phaser Cannon and the total damage bonus would then be 17 + 28 + 36 = 81%.
Use a Disruptor Beam Array and the total damage bonus would be 17 + 22 + 40 = 79%.
Most items and abilities work with Skills in a similar manner, but sometimes the bonuses apply in a different way.
For instance, some stats don't increase the magnitude of an ability, but instead increase the duration.
In some more powerful abilities, it's not a one-to-one ratio and you only get half the bonus from Skill.

[katmai]

So for example say I have rank 3 of Warp Core Training and you haven't put any points in it.

We both can still use the 4 skills mentioned
    * Emergency Power to Auxiliary
    * Emergency Power to Engines
    * Emergency Power to Shields
    * Emergency Power to Weapons
But where you won't get any bonus I'll get a little bit more of a boost (in this case +12 more energy) when using that ability.

[Grey Fox]

They are percentage!!!! Gawd, that wasn't clear at all.