Star Trek Online

jaggeh · 10-02-2010 9:42am

Jim wrote: »

That male opera singer is just terrible. I can't believe its considered "professional" music.

Hes dead jim

i couldnt resist

Niska · 10-02-2010 12:07pm

Should really give this a go, but I think i'll wait 'til I activate my account. Too much WoW to play (and mass Effect 2 took all my time last 2 weeks). Hopefully when I get around to it it'll have Cryptic's usual first month of fixes out of the way...

Fallen Buckshot · 10-02-2010 1:12pm

Jim wrote: »

That male opera singer is just terrible. I can't believe its considered "professional" music.

one of the Irish tenors afaik :P but yeah it kinda gets annoying :cool:

Stokolan · 10-02-2010 7:03pm

Kiith wrote: »

My god the music in this game is awful.

Yeah its fairly crap. I turn it down and use the winamp music player contorl to listen to streaming music.

Agent J · 11-02-2010 12:17am

I tend to have episodes of star trek playing when i am online...

Drakar · 11-02-2010 12:27pm

I used work in a video store and have TNG on when I was working, some customer would always get interested though and ask for the episode so I kept missing the endings. Darn customers!

Dr Bob · 11-02-2010 1:39pm

if anyones interested , add moylan@thyrial to your friends list .

Fallen Buckshot · 11-02-2010 1:44pm

Sto Goldspam msg sent LOL

Dr Bob · 11-02-2010 2:45pm

Fallen Buckshot wrote: »

Sto Goldspam msg sent LOL

lol , hopefully I find it amongst all the others , man this game gets a lot of spam!

Drakar · 11-02-2010 3:50pm

What happened to the Federation moving beyond the need for currency?

fayer · 15-02-2010 10:59pm

Feelings so far, buggy as hell, but its keeping me interested....

Any Irish teams setup ?

gar1234 · 19-02-2010 3:54pm

any buddy codes interested in giving this a lash

Columc · 21-02-2010 7:44am

How is STO? thinking of picking this up and playing it. Is it all on the same server like on EVE? since Im living in USA at the moment.

Skerries · 21-02-2010 11:40am

Drakar wrote: »

What happened to the Federation moving beyond the need for currency?

yeah shouldn't the farmers be selling you gold pressed latinum?

Krieg · 21-02-2010 4:28pm

I really wanted to try this, but the number of threads/posts on the main STO forums about cancelling subs has put me off completely.

I can ignore the "Boo hoo this game is too bugged im quiting!", but there is plenty of level headed responses like, "Unfortunatly this game is quite 'meh' and I cant see any expansion/improvement to change this, cancelling my sub".

Venom · 21-02-2010 7:25pm

Krieg wrote: »

I really wanted to try this, but the number of threads/posts on the main STO forums about cancelling subs has put me off completely.

I can ignore the "Boo hoo this game is too bugged im quiting!", but there is plenty of level headed responses like, "Unfortunatly this game is quite 'meh' and I cant see any expansion/improvement to change this, cancelling my sub".

Atm its fun is a single player sort of way but dont expect anything more than the most basic online options most single player games option. You wont have to group for quests, there's a very easy learning curve but overall its pretty basic compared to proper MMO's. Apart from character creation every part of STO is flawed in a major way.

The graphic and options to customise your character are really cool but from the start you can tell its a rushed product with very limited mission types, lacklustre pvp, very dull and repetitive gameplay and very little content. Casual players will burn through to max level in about 2 weeks and at max level there is only 1 repeatable daily quest to do.

I honestly expect only the die hard fanbois to be left by the time the second subscription fee is due.

wayne040576 · 21-02-2010 7:59pm

I have a buddy key for a free 5 day trial of the game if anyone wants it.

Kiith · 21-02-2010 8:09pm

I for one wont be resubbing after my free month runs out. Just not enough to keep me interested tbh, which is not a good sign considering how much i love Star Trek.

degrassinoel · 24-02-2010 12:37pm

i felt the same, found it really boring and cheap after a few levels.
probably spoiled by WoW, but meh

Fallen Buckshot · 24-02-2010 5:09pm

I for one am having fun in this game .. ive taken a different approach to it than i have many other mmo's ive played and limited my playing time to maybe 2-4 hrs a week and 8-10 hrs on a weekend(helps with friends always wanting to fight or play on xbox). since there is no pressure to raid or roaming pvp fleets. If i wanna carebear it up i can and if i wanna pvp (space or ground) the last few times ive queued its been almost instant. There are bugs and things id love changed so im waiting to see how they progress with updates and patches before i write the game off to the bunbox.

:pac:
Buck@sirloot
Bajoran Scientist
Commander 9

Anti · 02-03-2010 3:39pm

I've been playing this ****hole of a game sine closed beta... What a pile of crap it is. Buggy, unfinished and just not fun to play at all.

Venom · 02-03-2010 3:52pm

Anti wrote: »

I've been playing this ****hole of a game sine closed beta... What a pile of crap it is. Buggy, unfinished and just not fun to play at all.

+1

While fun for about a week or two, STO is just to unfinished to deserve paying a monthly subscription for.

Just over a month into its launch and the Devs lies about new content and raids coming every two weeks has been shown up not to mention there constant back-peddling.

Anti · 02-03-2010 3:56pm

Oh did i mention that the people connecting from the states have prefered connections. While you could be waiting upto one hour to log in, our retarded american cousins get straight in(proven by euro people able to instantly log in when connected to a american proxy Or the fact that almost every fast food vendor ((No supprise) gives away codes when you super size your drink or fries to get special in game items? And we get none of these in europe.

The game in its current state is still pretty much what i would consider a Alpha, let alone a beta. Dont waste yoru money on it. I would say come back in 6/8 months, but by that time no one will be playing this game.

Kiith · 02-03-2010 8:38pm

It's a damn shame too, as a Star Trek MMO had so much potential. There's just so much that they could have done with it, and now it seems like its gone to waste.

Then again, all i wanted was slightly more fast paced Eve Online with Star Trek ships :P

Fallen Buckshot · 02-03-2010 10:02pm

I think thats what alot of people were hoping for an EvE/WoW replacement and at launch no game is going to replace something thats been running debugged and updated 3-4 yrs.

Venom · 02-03-2010 11:09pm

Fallen Buckshot wrote: »

I think thats what alot of people were hoping for an EvE/WoW replacement and at launch no game is going to replace something thats been running debugged and updated 3-4 yrs.

LOTRO and WAR (to a point) prove you wrong there. STO offers so little content its more a single player game with some online chat options than a true MMO.

Even AoC at launch with all the problems it had, had way more going for it than STO does the same length of time after launch.

Anti · 03-03-2010 1:03pm

Thats exactally it! I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but you hit the nail on the head.

Fallen Buckshot · 03-03-2010 1:51pm

hah all AoC had at launch were boobs and only one size ;( :pac:

Anti · 03-03-2010 3:24pm

Thats still more then what StOL has

Venom · 03-03-2010 5:39pm

Fallen Buckshot wrote: »

hah all AoC had at launch were boobs and only one size ;( :pac:

Along with the best graphics and music in any current MMO unlike STO.
Varied quests that are not copy and paste's of each other unlike STO.
A proper crafting system unlike STO.
A proper pvp system unlike STO.
One of the better housing systems of any MMO.
A decent combat system unlike unlike STO.

Yeah STO is much better than AoC :rolleyes:

Rev Hellfire · 03-03-2010 5:50pm

Venom wrote: »

Along with the best graphics and music in any current MMO unlike STO.
Varied quests that are not copy and paste's of each other unlike STO.
A proper crafting system unlike STO.
A proper pvp system unlike STO.
One of the better housing systems of any MMO.
A decent combat system unlike unlike STO.

Careful now you're making me consider giving Conan another go.

Personally I must say I really wanted to give STO a go.
But having been bitten a few time to many at this stage regards the launch of recent MMORPG I'm seeing the wisdom in sitting these things out for a month or two after launch. All I can say is Jumpgate better not be another epic fail.

Funky · 03-03-2010 5:55pm

Venom wrote: »

Along with the best graphics and music in any current MMO unlike STO.
Varied quests that are not copy and paste's of each other unlike STO.
A proper crafting system unlike STO.
A proper pvp system unlike STO.
One of the better housing systems of any MMO.
A decent combat system unlike unlike STO.

Yeah STO is much better than AoC :rolleyes:

not defending STO but AoC didn't have a pvp system at launch and the crafting system was so horrible :P

Venom · 03-03-2010 7:23pm

Rev Hellfire wrote: »

Careful now you're making me consider giving Conan another go.

Personally I must say I really wanted to give STO a go.
But having been bitten a few time to many at this stage regards the launch of recent MMORPG I'm seeing the wisdom in sitting these things out for a month or two after launch. All I can say is Jumpgate better not be another epic fail.

I better not tell you AoC has a free 10 day trial so

What I would suggest tho is to avoid STO like the plague. Its the most shallow excuse of a MMO and apart from ok character creation the rest of the game is pretty meh.

Venom · 03-03-2010 7:26pm

Funky wrote: »

not defending STO but AoC didn't have a pvp system at launch and the crafting system was so horrible :P

Dont get me wrong the pvp system AoC had at launch was lame but STO's is just the same form of ganking only instanced like everything else in STO.

Crafting I though was grand in AoC, you could build cities after all.

Bastun · 05-03-2010 8:50pm

Anti wrote: »

Oh did i mention that the people connecting from the states have prefered connections. While you could be waiting upto one hour to log in, our retarded american cousins get straight in(proven by euro people able to instantly log in when connected to a american proxy

Um, what? There aren't any queues. Haven't been since they saw the number of people who'd d/loaded the open beta and they got new hardware in.

Or the fact that almost every fast food vendor ((No supprise) gives away codes when you super size your drink or fries to get special in game items? And we get none of these in europe.

By "almost every", you mean, er, one? Del Taco. No others that I'm aware of. And you got an in-game "pet shuttle". If you want one, I think you can still get them for a couple of dollars on ebay.

The game in its current state is still pretty much what i would consider a Alpha, let alone a beta. Dont waste yoru money on it. I would say come back in 6/8 months, but by that time no one will be playing this game.

Alpha, you'd be expecting daily crashes. There's been a few crashes since launch, sure, but not at that rate since the first week of launch. Down to a weekly scheduled 2-hour downtime now, which handily happens at 11am to 1pm Irish time midweek, when most of us can't play anyway. Which is more stable than WoW or AoC were at launch.

Maj Malfunction · 11-03-2010 3:22pm

More to the point, as an avid EVE online player, how does it compare?

Your thoughts?

Kiith · 11-03-2010 9:05pm

Maj Malfunction wrote: »

as an avid EVE online player, how does it compare?

I doesn't.

Fallen Buckshot · 12-03-2010 3:07am

If you feel the payment is worth eh .. a month of gameplay than yes its quite worth it.

Maj Malfunction · 12-03-2010 10:39am

Kiith wrote: »

I doesn't.

Rgr that!! Nothing to see here so.

/Jedi hand wave

"These are not the internet spaceships you are looking for"

Venom · 12-03-2010 5:03pm

Fallen Buckshot wrote: »

If you feel the payment is worth eh .. a month of gameplay than yes its quite worth it.

STO has 2ish weeks of very dull gameplay gameplay at best.

Maj Malfunction it really is a total waste of money in its current form and to be perfectly honest has no business being called an MMO.

Fallen Buckshot · 12-03-2010 9:21pm

I would say its dull if you arent into startrek at all... and just click thru the dialog to get to the shootin. Some of the missions are rinse and repeat but there are ground and space missions which alternate and take out the monotony. Little to no gear grind as completing most missions give mods/equipment. maybe its my current playing style thats kept me interested (maybe an hr or 2 a night) inbetween xbox360 rounds. Cant really compare it to EvE as its totaly difft gameplay other than futuristic/space mmo and is much easier for a novice mmo/gamer to pick up and learn than eve.

Bastun · 13-03-2010 1:08am

If anyone's looking for a (mainly) Irish fleet, check out www.startrekonline dot me (yes, .me, not .com). I'm not typing the URL cos when I did that on the official forums, it got crawled by a bot and we ended up with loads of spam applications.

Bigdeadlydave · 21-03-2010 5:00pm

Guys does anyone have a buddy key? Id love to get this game but I am not sure if it will work on my lappy so a 5 day trial would rock!

If anyone could pm me a buddy key Id be really grateful!

Stompy · 23-03-2010 2:41pm

Played the game for a month till my sub ran out , and i have to say im highly disappointed , im staying away from this game , unless they drastically get their act together and rebuild the whole thing

degrassinoel · 25-03-2010 1:48am

Funky wrote: »

not defending STO but AoC didn't have a pvp system at launch and the crafting system was so horrible :P

actually AoC did have a pvp system from launch, it even had its own battlegrounds, there may have been a level restriction, but it was there.
the crafting was crap though. the first 20 levels were fantastic, after that it was like aion, a horrible grindfest with no quests after level 50.. shame, it was a beautiful game. barbs ftw

Ivan · 25-03-2010 3:38pm

degrassinoel wrote: »

actually AoC did have a pvp system from launch, it even had its own battlegrounds, there may have been a level restriction, but it was there.
the crafting was crap though. the first 20 levels were fantastic, after that it was like aion, a horrible grindfest with no quests after level 50.. shame, it was a beautiful game. barbs ftw

Yes, Age of Conan did have a PvP system from launch, it just wasn't the PvP system it promised prior to launch. The Guild V Guild system wasn't actually implemented at all and while the Battlegrounds/Scenarios were there from launch, there were 4 maps 2 of which were carbon copies of each other but with different art.

Skills were buggy, some classes were massively overpowered at launch, the crafting system had huge gaping holes in the progression curve (whereby you couldn't actually reach higher crafting levels in jewelcrafting until several months after launch).

Other than that, I agree with the comment that it was fantastic till level 20 and then got ****ty. Mostly though, that was because of the full voice acting until level 20 and then back to reading meaningless lines of text to gather some generic item that you didn't care about. The voice acting brought you into the game and kept even monotonous quests still interesting.

From what I've seen and heard of Star Trek Online it is a lesser version of Pirates of the Burning Sea with a Star Trek veneer thrown on. Not something I would be interested in, although I did love Pirates of the Burning Sea; but a Star Trek veneer isn't enough for me to go play it.

Bigdeadlydave · 25-03-2010 10:39pm

Guys, I know nothing about graphics cards or anything and was trying to get my hands on a buddy key to see if it worked but I am having no luck...... anyone know if this game will work on a ATI Raedon xpress 1150? It plays EVE and WoW just fine......

Anyway thanks in advance

wayne040576 · 26-03-2010 9:51am

There was a major update yesterday (2GB):

http://www.startrekonline.com/node/1386

They've added a few things for lifetime subscribers including a special outfit. Now I'll be honest and say that I actually bought a lifetime sub. But there's no way I'd use that oufit at the moment. Be like wearing a dunse hat.

Venom · 27-03-2010 4:02pm

wayne040576 wrote: »

There was a major update yesterday (2GB):

http://www.startrekonline.com/node/1386

They've added a few things for lifetime subscribers including a special outfit. Now I'll be honest and say that I actually bought a lifetime sub. But there's no way I'd use that oufit at the moment. Be like wearing a dunse hat.

Roflol.

Also rolling a Borg character which most lifers have done is just as much a giveaway.

Krieg · 17-05-2010 2:34pm

Free trial on steam atm.
10gb download though

Make that 10gb + 2gb patch

it took 2hrs to dl the 10gb which was great
But it looks like the patch is gonna take longer to download
Christ I better get at least a couple of hours out of this

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