Star Trek Online

[billybob476]

Yeah it's a tough call. I mean if I knew I'd be paying WoW for 4 years and they offered a lifetime sub it would have been a no brainer. However every other MMO I end up burning out on.

[Darkmolerman]

yeah in my last year of wow I would log on for Christmas, the expansion, talking to people, and other holidays. I would play for months and never even logged on. As soon as I can play the beta and think I can play for at least a year then the lifetime sub is fine.

[Blackride]

Are there multiple Beta servers?  Where are you all playing?  List your characters too.

It just loads me right into a server. I never got a choice, nor do I know which one I am on. Not sure how that's going to work past BETA.

[Blackride]

Well it looks like the initial flood of new users has slowed down OR they fixed something. The load times from zone to zone have dropped.

I spend most of my time in space for some reason. I have yet to get a quest on the ground except for one for negations. It was kinda cool that it was not a kill task.

[Darkmolerman]

I give up, I never got in the game yet, im switching my preorder to mass effect 2

[KingIsaacLinksr]

So - anyone have thoughts on the Beta yet?

The graphics are not that great to be honest when compared to today's games. You can tell that this game was in development for a bit as the engine they use must be older. The space areas look much better than the ground missions. The space battles are very clunky at this point, kinda feels like you are moving in slow mo. It's hard to explain until you try it your self. I would say the good stuff is the character creation, sound, and music.

There are bugs but it BETA so I totally expect that. For example sometimes when I run around as my human self, it's actually my ship! lol.

Overall it's your typical MMO with a Trek theme, not that I was expecting something different :). I also do not want to be to hard on a BETA as I did the same for SWG.

Judging the trailers from before, that's what I was thinking myself.  The engine looked pretty out of date.  Like almost around pre-Vista era of graphic power.  

It's a bit scary to me that the game is less than a month away and can't even handle 64 bit Win 7.  I mean - really?

Sheesh, Eve was compatible to Windows 7 before Windows 7 was even officially available.  And they aren't?!  What kind of joke is that?  

I'll keep watching and hoping.  I'd rather like to play it, but can't afford it (stupid holidays).

I want to get a borg but I don't have 240 dollars laying around :P that and I rather not start paying for a new MMO... it sucks when you stop playing and forget to stop paying. Although I did the math. The unlimited borg subscription means you need to play for 14 months if I like it as much as WOW then that would be no problem playing more then that

That right there ticks me off.  I have to spend $240 and basically hand myself over for life?  In order to get the Borg deal.  Yeah...I think Cryptic can take that and shove it...although yes, its not that big of deal, but we're banking on this lasting for more than a year.  Which I guess most MMOs do, but not all are "lively"

This is foreboding.  I'm trying to be positive (and yes, I edited the crap out of myself again) but this isn't boosting my confidence.  They've been working on this game for years...while I agree that BETA rarely goes well, I was hoping for better comments than this.  Maybe it has a chance, maybe not.  I guess we'll just wait and see (or play)

King

[billybob476]

Well, to be fair, Cryptic has been working on this game for about a year or two. So far aside from some client crashes I haven't had any issues. Being that it's in beta, crashes like that are to be expected. People forget what WoW was like when it launched.

[X]

King, I think you should try the game before being that critical of if. Also, the Borg character is not a necessity. It's a perk given to those that want to make a huge initial investment in the product. Anyone buying the lifetime subscription for the borg has issues.

This is a nice move on cryptic's part. By setting up lifetime subscription, they put people in the seats. They have people that will be dedicated to some form of playing.

Bottom line is that I'v enjoyed what I've seen. I trust cryptic because I like their other products.

Betas have issues.

Betas are not there for you to have fun, they are there for you to help test a system so it can be improved. If you want to play a polished product, the beta is the wrong place for you. I don't know how but somehow there are a bunch of people out there that suddenly forgot that beta means bugs. Download any beta software and they will quickly let you know that it might have issues.

The engine is a fine engine. The game is a fun game. Not everything is kill kill kill. The ship stuff is nice.

I just bought my bridge and I love it.

[billybob476]

Yeah, I'm not sure I can justify the lifetime sub investment but I will definitely be playing this game in Feb.

By the way, anyone in beta can friend @billybob476

[Rico]

I'm anxious to try it out.  And I agree that it's impossible to really judge something without trying it yourself.  I would expect this game will improve the technical aspects a lot as the first few weeks happen.  Pretty much every MMO has some growing pains early on.

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Well, if I might ask, you say there is something to do besides PVP.  What have you seen on the test server so far for Player VS Environment stuff?

King

[billybob476]

Underneath it all it's a pretty standard MMO. I actually haven't done any PvP at all as of yet. Quest wise I've done escort quests, quests on other ships (shutting down plasma leaks and escorting survivors to a beam out point) PvE ship combat on 'patrol' missions, etc. Mobs drop loot both in space and on the ground.
The ship combat controls take some getting used to (movement controls are WASD plus you have throttle and the camera moves independently) but overall it's fun. You can also adjust power allocation, shift power to specific shields, etc. A big part of combat is maneuvering to protect damaged shields and bring in fresh ones. Also your weapons have specific firing arcs.

[VaeVictis1701]

Well, if I might ask, you say there is something to do besides PVP.  What have you seen on the test server so far for Player VS Environment stuff?

When you play as a Federation character you have the option to do just PVE type of content.  Cryptic has what they call their Genesis creator which produces their PVE content in excess.  They say there shouldn't be a lack of PVE content because of it.  They have actually been stressed to get all of the content in the game that the creator has put out.  However when you decide to play on the Klingon side... for the most part they are PVP centric.

[X]

Yeah what he said!

I just finishing upgrading my power supply to handle a new vid card and it's even better than it was

[billybob476]

Oe of my WoW guildies put up a nice shot of his ship:

http://forum.myextralife.com/showpost.php?p=426766&postcount=75