Star Trek Online

[Caradir]

I'm in!

Downloading now.

no idea when next beta session is with it being thanksgiving in the States, but id say avoid the boards, they are full of people who think they are playing a finished game it makes me wanna cry.

beta boards filled with more tears than open board? shocker  

you have no idea the nerd rage going on, everyone has a degree in Star Trek lore it seems

it doesnt help that ground based combat is dull as hell, whilst the space stuff is fun but not very challenging

[Gunnarr]

Odd that ground combat is dull, I remember having played a good star trek shooter a few years back.
On the other hand, if they went turn-based with (mostly) just phasers, that sounds dull as hell

[Caradir]

Odd that ground combat is dull, I remember having played a good star trek shooter a few years back.
On the other hand, if they went turn-based with (mostly) just phasers, that sounds dull as hell

its not turn based, its 3rd person, but no way to use cover, stupid AI on away team members and no tactics to use.

[Gunnarr]

Yea, but is it FPS-shooter like (or 3rd person shooter as it may be) or do attacks go in "turns", like in wow/war? (depending on attack speeds of weapons etc)
The latter seems less suitable for mostly ranged combat to me.

[Mangala]

Odd that ground combat is dull, I remember having played a good star trek shooter a few years back.
On the other hand, if they went turn-based with (mostly) just phasers, that sounds dull as hell

its not turn based, its 3rd person, but no way to use cover, stupid AI on away team members and no tactics to use.

Kinda like tabula Rasa did?

[Mangala]

Agggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh

Craig Zinkievich: Star Trek Online will be in one big universe where everyone is on the same shard. We’ll have limits to how many players can be at the same location before it instances off into a copy, but you’ll be able to quickly find your friends no matter where they are.

WHY!  Single server is good, in fact its a MASSIVE selling point for me, then they do this (again)...

If a company like CCP manage a non-instanced "single server" and manage to keep  it running well enough and upgraded every so often, then a large company with no doubt some good backing like these have should be able to match it...

[Kurtt]

Thoughts so far:

It looks pretty.

It sounds good.

Erm, thats about it right now.

[Caradir]

Thoughts so far:

It looks pretty.

It sounds good.

Erm, thats about it right now.

is that because its not working tonight? seriously crashing on load screens anytime i try to enter any missions

[Gunnarr]

So it's a pretty loading screen then?

[Caradir]

So it's a pretty loading screen then?

if klingons are your thing i guess it is

[Kurtt]

Thoughts so far:

It looks pretty.

It sounds good.

Erm, thats about it right now.

is that because its not working tonight? seriously crashing on load screens anytime i try to enter any missions

Got through the Tut with no major incidents.

[Caradir]

patch up for tomorrows playtest and its a biggy.

[Macrune]

Got my closed beta email invite today. currently patching 6551mb patch 

[Mangala]

So without breaking NDA - if there is one - how is space combat?  (I could care less about any none spaceship side of this game so dont care about all that).

[Caradir]

There is an NDA broke it by telling you guys im in the beta

Space combat is fun very similar to a Star Trek game whos name eludes me (starfleet command 3 perhaps)

Phasers have 270 arc whilst torp launchers have 90, different ships have different load outs forward and aft.

Each ship has a number of Bridge Officer positions that allow you to use the officers training in combat , things like Torpedo barrage, or quick shield recharge, tachyon beam etc.

Power can be toggled on the fly between shields, engines, weapons and auxiliary systems, there are presets for attack/defend/speed etc with you also able to save your own power configs.

other ship "equipment" is things like better engines, shields, weapons (ofc) , these available as drops or from mission and purchasing from a Starfleet base, now we all know Star Trek has no currency so the way they handle it is by using "Energy Credits" any time you melt down something in the replicator you gain "Energy Credits" and completing mission etc give Starfleet merits so basically 2 currency types.