The next Star Trek MMORPG: Another Epic Fail?

[katmai]

Gotcha.

mainly been answering questions like seedy has about where/how to purchase as i spent too many hours pouring over it all myself

[Barrister]

 

I've posted a handful of times as BarristerBoy.

[katmai]

Oh and to let folks know if they do stick around the game

Apparently the game has somewhat of a "sidekick" system like the CoH and Champions games. So friends of different ranks can help each other out on their missions as the respective parties are scaled to their friends lvl,  not power leveling like other games

[katmai]

Game installed, now just have to wait till 11am PST tomorrow to get to play around with it.

[CountDeMoney]

Altough there was one long post which did raise some good points:

My personal predictions for how I see this game unfolding; Its going to be Pirates of the Burning Sea in space. That game had similar ideas. People in highest tear ships flying around for top spot. Fun for a month, boring for anything longer than that. Outside of PvP you'll have the Trekkies who will be writing down their own personal star logs in a diary, pretending something interesting is happening and that they are living the dream...

This is starting to remind me of an intergalactic Pirates of The Burning Seas.

[Barrister]

The one problem with PotBS is it really didn't feel polished, and the quests seemed pretty lame from what I recall.

We'll see.  I'm hardly promising anyone this'll be the greatest game of all time.

[crazy canuck]

The one problem with PotBS is it really didn't feel polished, and the quests seemed pretty lame from what I recall.

We'll see.  I'm hardly promising anyone this'll be the greatest game of all time.

You are the lead spokesman so far.  Dont drop the flag now.

[Barrister]

The one problem with PotBS is it really didn't feel polished, and the quests seemed pretty lame from what I recall.

We'll see.  I'm hardly promising anyone this'll be the greatest game of all time.

You are the lead spokesman so far.  Dont drop the flag now.

Oh I'm pumped for this, no doubt about it.

But I'm not a stockholder, and I'm not going to advocate for a game I've never played.  I don't want to be caught out like Tamas was on Vanguard.   

[katmai]

I'll try out as much of game as i can tomorrow and let you guys know how it's feeling, but it also seems to me most MMO's at start are unpolished, I have to just recall all the complaints when WoW came out, and i didn't even start playing it till 3 months after it was released.

[Grey Fox]

The Problem with PotBS was the lack of the jumping ability. That was just stupid.

[katmai]

been reading up on the beta forums...

Open beta is set to start next tues at 10PST/2pm EST/ ??whatever time in tamas land

[katmai]

Skills in STO are attributes that provide enhancement to powers and make players better at using their powers. As players advance, skills get more specific, and they can stack. There are currently 100 skills in the game, and each skill has nine ranks. Some skills are common across all careers, and some will be career-specific.

Powers are similar to skills and abilities in fantasy-based MMOs, such as the ability to fire a barrage of quantum torpedoes or the martial arts ability of close-combat melee. For players, powers also come from kits, which are career-specific, though there are many abilities that are common across all careers.

There are five Starship Captain Ranks: Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain and Admiral. Each rank has 10 levels, yielding a total of 50 levels. Rank is dependent on skills attained, so if you gain a great number of Skill Points but never use them, you can remain a lowly Lieutenant and never be able to promote your crew.

Bridge Officer Points are used to level Bridge Officer Powers. Starfleet Merit is used for promoting bridge officers and acquiring new ships when a player is at the rank to unlock them. Energy is used to equip ships, characters and crews — in customizing looks as well as purchasing and upgrading equipment. Kits are a separate feature and used by captains only on away or ground missions. Each career has access to three different types of kits, and everyone has access to hypo-syringes, which are used for healing and can be obtained through drops and from vendors.

Tactical has access to Soldier, Security and Special Ops kits, which provide abilities such as team buffs and martial arts, threat management and escort (the ability to beam down other team members), and stealth, respectively.

Engineering has access to Fabrication, Technician and Combat kits, which provide turrets and shields, buff/debuff of equipment, and mines and grenades.

Sciences has access to Medical, Research and Scientist kits, which provide better personal and group heals, direct personal debuffs (such as decreasing speed and health), and crowd control (such as stasis fields).

[DontSayBanana]

There are five Starship Captain Ranks: Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain and Admiral.

I'm sure most of the Navy types around here will get why that rank system annoys me.

Hint: Frigates can be commanded by lieutenant commanders.

Holding out.  I've been thinking this may be the MMO to get me into the online pay-to-play scene, but I'm 1) broke and 2) incredibly skittish about 99% of the crap that's been happening with the franchise since the finale of Voyager.

[katmai]

If any of you want to download the installer (8gigs) before next tuesday sign up for free fileplanet account and you can pick it up there.

[CountDeMoney]

Gotcha.

mainly been answering questions like seedy has about where/how to purchase as i spent too many hours pouring over it all myself

And don't think I haven't appreciated it.