[OrionChronicles]

its a good game, but feels to much like a low quality, poorly rendered Eve online imitator to me

[Daniellynet]

Horrible game, repetitive as fuck.
I regret buying it... :/

[Rasrap Smurf]

OrionChronicles posted:

its a good game, but feels to much like a low quality, poorly rendered Eve online imitator to me

The way I see it is, it's good for a Star Trek game (despite not feeling all that Star Trekky) but bad for an MMO.

Daniellynet posted:

Horrible game, repetitive as fuck.
I regret buying it... :/

When was the last time you played it?

[The_Marine]

Played the trial a few weeks ago and hated every second of it.
Felt like every single over MMO out there except with a space setting.

[Combineguy]

the weekly episodes are pretty sweet. i liked the breen series. the player created content tools coming out in a few months should be awesome too.

[Orange-Soda]

It's a shame.. I was looking forward to this for years in advance. Then it turns out to be crap. :saddowns:

[dvondrake]

Do people still play this game? If so, how much has changed since launch? It was pretty fun but it got repetitive after a while for me, and there was a distinct lack of diplomacy and in-ship missions (mainly because there was no ship interior). Have they fixed any of that? I'm thinking of subbing again.

[Jarmen123]

I still play

It has gotten better. Mission Replay (accessed from the console in bridge ready room) and User-Generated Content (Still in beta though) are in, Crafting was redone, Aegis Ship Upgrades Crafting set, Borg ship upgrades from the STFs, and new dailies for the KDF is all I can remember from the top of my head.

[Mingebox]

Is ground combat still like having teeth pulled?

[Jarmen123]

Mingebox posted:

Is ground combat still like having teeth pulled?

Sometimes, but It is going to be overhauled in the near future (Possibly in the Season 5 patch)

[GhostBuster]

Got any links to the info on said overhaul? I played the open beta and loved the space combat but hated every second of the very much forced ground combat... I'd be very interested in trying it again if the ground combat was fixed. Or has there been more improvements since beta?

[Jarmen123]

GhostBuster posted:

Got any links to the info on said overhaul? I played the open beta and loved the space combat but hated every second of the very much forced ground combat... I'd be very interested in trying it again if the ground combat was fixed. Or has there been more improvements since beta?

http://forums.startrekonline.com/sho...d.php?t=188886

In Development
These items are actively being worked on by the at this time

* Feature Episode Series 3
* New Ground Combat Mode (current plan is this will gain additional development resources and ship as a major feature of Season 4)
* Memory Alpha Crafting - Item Set (1 item at top of each tier), additional craftable consumables
* Adding the ability to ignore PVP invites
* New Gorn customization options
* New Running, Sprinting, and 8 direction of movement animations
* New Loading Screens
* New Earth Spacedock Exterior and Interior
* Andorian Playable Ship
* Adding a listing fee for the exchange
* More Skirt options
* UI: adding master looter icon to show in the team UI
* Ongoing support for new Foundry features and updates

[Tk1138]

Yes, they plan on replacing the current ugly ass space-dock with the Space-dock seen in the Movies/Series. Possibly in a PVP or PVE event.

I'm on the STO forums every day. I play a couple times a week, I have a Lifetime sub.

Edited:

This game is way better then it was at launch.

[dvondrake]

Sounds pretty good, but what I really want to see is in-ship missions, though. I mean, 90% of the show takes place on their ships, and I find it a bit odd that they haven't taken that into account in STO. Great to hear that they're actively improving it though, I'll have to give it another try.

[-Jansse-]

Does a short period of subscription come with the Steam version of the game? The Digital Deluxe Edition is only 8,75€ and I was thinking of buying it.

[Rasrap Smurf]

-Jansse- posted:

Does a short period of subscription come with the Steam version of the game? The Digital Deluxe Edition is only 8,75€ and I was thinking of buying it.

Yeah I think you get 30 days with the game.

[Ecarus]

I'll have to update mine, have a lifetime account, but the ground combat stopped me from continually playing it.

[Chicken wings]

Thought it worthy to bump this thread because of new updates. Really like season 3 and its overhaul of the crafting system (I CAN ACTUALLY MAKE SHIT NOW!!!) I tried the foundry on the tribble test shard and it has some great potential to be the best MMO content creator. New utra items (Aegis/Borg) have been added which is cool as well.

[Intoxicated Spy]

Tell me if this gets better, I was hoping for a shooter and a space combat game mixed into one

[nono345]

yeah I remember enjoying the beta a bit, wouldn't hesitate playing this if they implemented the procedural missions or some other cool features

[Jarmen123]

New Engineering Report http://forums.startrekonline.com/sho...d.php?t=196936

In Testing
These items are currently being tested on either an internal test shard or on TRIBBLE/REDSHIRT

* Foundry: Mission Creation Tools
* New Playable Vulcan Ship
* TNG: All Good Things Uniform
* Open Jacket Uniform ("PC Gamer Cover")
* Feature Episode Series 3, This will be live on January 29
* New playable shuttles including the Delta Flyer


Under Investigation
These issues are hot topics in the QA and CS world. It by no means represents all the bugs we're looking into, but instead new issues that I want you to know we are on top of.

* Reports of expired exchange items not being returned to the user
* Daily PVP Reward Balance
* Fine tuning warp in and out animations
* PVP wrap up screens closing too quickly
* A way to edit prior captain's log entries
* Error Messaging related to "Unable to take down your sale. Please try again later."
* Increasing number of players allowed in social zones
* Adding a way to obtain the the Guramba Siege Destroyer using in game currencies
* Upgrading the amount of content Demo accounts are allowed access to
* Ridiculously difficult Borg in STFs
* Additional reports of the infamous 1 shotting dual pistol exploration creatures
* Better "Aid the Planet" rewards
* Distribution of Anomalies in various Star Clusters
* Interaction problems in STFs
* The Captain's Table
* Future Veteran Rewards past 400 days


In Development
These items are actively being worked on by the at this time by the development team.

* Feature Episode Series 3 missions
* 400 Day Veteran Rewards
* Ways to boost XP gain while leveling up (new type of consumables)
* PVE Mission Queue System (to allow Fleets to run private fleet actions, initiate episode replay etc)
* New Ground Combat v 2.0 - major update to weapons and a new over shoulder aim and shoot (optional) reticle system
* New Running, Sprinting, and 8 direction of movement animations
* New craftable consumable items
* New Gorn customization options
* New Loading Screens
* Imroved Sector Space Map
* New Earth Spacedock Exterior and Interior
* Andorian Playable Ship
* Better ways to promote and inform players about Feature Episodes in game
* Ability to spend Atari Tokens as well as Cryptic Points in STO
* Reviewing designs of the STFs to determine areas that need improvement and ways to make these episodes better
* More voice over and cutscenes in missions
* Ongoing support for new Foundry features and updates


In Design Discussions
The lead designers are currently discussing these features for implementation in an upcoming update

* Feature Episode Series 4
* Duty Officer System (formerly known as the crew system)
* New Bonuses, items, craftables, and game mechanics related to Duty Officers
* Redesign for Exploration Sectors (and Exploration in general)
* Off-Duty Costumes and ways to improve the feature so that costume rules are clearer and better defined
* Adding BOFF abilities to power list on the ground (so you can slot them)
* New Prometheus, Oberth, Vesta, Ambassador, and Future Enterprise ships
* Exchange Updates
* STF: The Hive


Long Term
Designs and features being considered for updates further in the future

* Converting First Officer to Playable Captain
* Fleet Starbases
* Fleet Action Updates
* More Fleet Actions
* More PVP Maps
* Updated Game Tutorial and ability to skip it
* More iconic locations such as Starfleet Academy, Rura Penthe etc...
* Explorable Sol System
* Improved Social Planets with social gameplay
* More Minigames
* More Borg parts for AlienGen
* Ability to construct new ships at Starbases
* Territory Control War
* Deepspace Exploration Concept
* Additional Playable Factions (Romulan, Cardassian...)
* Android species
* Aenar species
* Talaxian species
* Hologram species
* Improved Hair Tech

[ejonkou]

Oh god... Might have to get back into the game, if they really make all the update the game is going to be a lot better since when I last played it (Release)

[nono345]

nonplayers have no idea what half that stuff will do- anyone willing to translate?

[Tuskin]

http://forums.startrekonline.com/sho...00&postcount=1

Now i'm really excited for the first 3 months of the year.

[Tuskin]

-snip double post-

[Pinut]

Found 2 old codes for a pet shuttle, Got these at release no idea if they still work.

Going to post all 4 because I personally used 2 but no idea which ones..

SRUK5-EAXPC-HDLT4-KFUKC-QYC3V
SRUK5-C7QBD-T7L4D-AGHE9-GMTHA
SRUK5-AUM8V-JDUBW-EUQPN-7ANEY
SRUK5-49J64-BXTU8-X7XNN-DFKY6

They were from pre-ordering from gamestation. No idea if they're obtainable ingame or only via these (not played since first month).

[Tuskin]

If you guys are on the tribble test server they released a new version of the First post-Tutorial mission "Stranded in Space" they added some cutscenes, new dialogue and changed the maps.

You can access it from the Mission replay terminal from your ready room on your ships bridge, or make a new character... but thats the long way. It also scales with your characters level.

Also



Edited:

Pinut posted:

(not played since first month).

You've missed a whole shit ton of content man.

[benbalooky]

[Tuskin]

benbalooky posted:

.....

What are you trying to get at? All you can customize that is "crazy" is the decals on your ship. And thats not that crazy.

[benbalooky]

Tuskin posted:

.....

What are you trying to get at? All you can customize that is "crazy" is the decals on your ship. And thats not that crazy.

I'm trying to say it's like some sort of long road trip, trucking from place to place takes a long time. I guess it doesn't illustrate that as well as I hoped

[Pavarotti]

benbalooky posted:

Don't be so silly...


It has to be in the format NCC - 9XXXX

[Tuskin]

benbalooky posted:

I'm trying to say it's like some sort of long road trip, trucking from place to place takes a long time. I guess it doesn't illustrate that as well as I hoped

Oh.... I get it now.

Edited:

Cryptic goof'd again, the new Klingon shuttle on tribble Transwarps to ESD. You can't beam down to ESD, but you can go to any other starbase, beam down and change ships. Also apparently all the civilians on DS9 pack phasers.

[Pinut]

Tuskin posted:

You've missed a whole shit ton of content man.

How much exactly? Last I read was that they were adding daily borg missions that had better equipment rewards

[Tuskin]

Pinut posted:

How much exactly? Last I read was that they were adding daily borg missions that had better equipment rewards

Well a lot... Daily Borg missions? Don't remember anything like that. They have added 2 new missions series 5 missions each, a third one starting February 5th.
Klingon PvE missions. new ships, higher level Cap. I dunno, IMO its improved a whole hell of a lot since last year. I would have cancelled my sub the second month in if I was paying monthly, but I had a lifetime so I just kept playing once and a while. I play a lot more now then I did then.

Crafting has improved a a lot.

There is a mission maker on Tribble test server right now, should be on the Live server by sometime in March.

You should check out the official forums or STO wiki

Borg/Aegis Parts + Holoskins

[Tuskin]

They updated Spacedock more. I'm assuming they're releasing the new exterior model next week at the one year anniversary.





We had a random dev event about 20 minutes ago.

[Lordgeorge16]

I'd buy this game if they ever released the Borg as a playable class. I'd love to be in command of a Cube, destroying and assimilating every Federation and Klingon vessel that flies by! :devil:

[-AJ-]

Is it even worth going back into this game? I played it through beta and mildly enjoyed it even though it was a massive grindfest with quests where you go to point A and kill, kill and kill. Not exactly in the Star trek spirit to be honest to boldly go and kill. On release STO was just a huge dissapointment. Heard it's changed a lot now in that year, groundcombat hugely improved, autofire is back, weekly episodes etc and just wondered if it was worth checking out again?

[TDocter]

I see it's a lot cheaper now, just wanted to know.. Is it possible to buy subs through steam's payment methods just like the game itself?

[Pavarotti]

Lordgeorge16 posted:

I'd buy this game if they ever released the Borg as a playable class. I'd love to be in command of a Cube, destroying and assimilating every Federation and Klingon vessel that flies by! :devil:

That'd be a good idea if borg had free will at all. Being able to play as them would feel kinda contradictory to their entire point.

Edited:

TDocter posted:

I see it's a lot cheaper now, just wanted to know.. Is it possible to buy subs through steam's payment methods just like the game itself?

Not that I know of, I doubt it though. But you do get a month free with the game anyway.

[Lordgeorge16]

Pavarotti posted:

That'd be a good idea if borg had free will at all. Being able to play as them would feel kinda contradictory to their entire point.

Well, I mean they'd still be under the control of the Collective, but they can say most players' actions can be simply "orders" from the hive mind.