Droc
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is it free to play, or free to play but pay for items or faster exp?
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is it free to play, or free to play but pay for items or faster exp?
Experienced the same and said fuck it, not worth bothering when they didn't figure out that people want to spend more than a couple of minutes creating their character after having the game online for 2 years. Total fail.This thread convinced me to try it out.
Spent 2 hours making my PC, hit "Play!" and then I get "Character Creation Failed".
This thread convinced me to try it out.
Spent 2 hours making my PC, hit "Play!" and then I get "Character Creation Failed".
Turns out there's a 15 minute idle autokick and it ignores character creation.
Then in my rush to do it all again in under 5 minutes, I forgot to set her uniform.
Someone tell me you can fine tune the uniform after the tutorial! Just got to the away-mission part of it.
So far I like the soundtrack at least and the space-combat seems above-average for sure.
But man, the interface is ROUGH.
I am a lifer on STO...here are a few small updates that are coming:
DX11 is a base install: None of the advanced features have been turned on. They tend to test stuff out on tribble (STO test server for paying base/lifers) before transferring it over to the holodeck. SLI has been known to crash STO. This has been going on since day one. I usually turn off SLI on my machine. The games plays fine with one card though.
PvP has had the same maps since the invite only beta. It was one of the most tested features of the game before it was released. Cryptic has since forgotten about PvP completely. It was announced on their website last month in the run-up to F2P, that in this summers update (June/July sometime) that PvP will be getting a complete revamp (Supposedly) with new maps, an open PvP area and new purple PvP gear for purchase.
The game in general has gotten better since its release with more room for improvement though...
The Dilithium market seems to go up and down a fair bit, but I'm glad it's been trending down overall! The other night I bought points at 175per at like almost 4am EST. They seem to be highest during the day at like peak times and then lower really really late at night. They must have dropped 20-25 dilithium just in the span of 2-3 hours that I watched it, waiting to buy lol
I'd really love it if they fixed the Klingon "Empire Defense" missions though :/ The Borg one worked for me yesterday but none of the other ones did. It would be a really fast/easy way to get Dilithium capped out when I don't feel like doing STF's
the warzone ones the easiest for dilithium on federation side, not sure what its called for klingon, 3 minutes of work for 1440 dilithium, then once it finishes just go through the instances til you find one thats about to start so you don't have to wait the useless 3 minutes til the next round starts.
Brent, is there any explanation in game about why TOS era Constitution Class ships are still around?
i concur.. just started playing the game a couple days ago after finding out it went F2P.. good game, still has its issues but still fun when in a group.. i just wish they allowed more people per team because out of all my friends that play there's always 1 or 2 people left out of the team.
Ive never really played an MMO before besides Guild Wars back in the day but I decided to download it last night and check it out. Any suggestions on how to set up my character for someone who knows little about STO or MMOs?
I tried this game way back when it came out and couldn't get into it, I just tried it again last week when former captains were invited back for free. Its just so hard to get into. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to quit out of the game so I ended up using task manager to kill it.
I'm going to give it a try also.
Those are very informative videos, by the way. They look terrific to boot.
It's Free 2 Play, but is it Fun 2 Play? I tried the pre-release beta as well and wasn't really impressed at all.
I was hooked on this game until I found out the PvP in it was almost non-existent. Killed it for me. It's a shame because it really is a nice game.
Okay I am very tempted to start playing again. Disliked the game in beta but I am thinking of spending a few $ to get over the grind.
The starter pack seems to be a good idea for 240 C points as Brent mentioned. Any ships worth buying? I really only like the Sao Paulo class and the Exeter class designs in the ships for sale.
Also, what are the promotional points that gold players get?
The 2 year anniversary event is going on right now. I popped back into Earth Spacedock to re-arm my fleet escort, and this dude is there saying he needs folks to test-drive Starfleet's new hotness... You get to take an Odyssey cruiser out for a spin and blow some stuff up. It's definitely no escort, but it was really fun to try out... Then something ridiculous happened; dude gave me the ship. No lie. Free ship. Free ship. Party on. Excellent.
Okay I am downloading STO now. Where do I meet this guy?
Got my Bortas and Odyssey classes today I won't be able to fly the Odyssey for a while, but my klingon is 44 right now so it won't be much longer for him.
Why is the server down?
Picked it up officially last night. Played up to Lt. rank 5 and grabbed the cube for my class ship which I cant even use until Admiral I believe. So, oh well, at least I got it.
Its fun.
I need companions, but my account is "too new" to say anything in zone chat or direct message anyone according to the game. Lt. Commander means nothing lol
Anyone know if you can still get retrofit token when you get to lvl 50?
is it free to play, or free to play but pay for items or faster exp?
Anyone have a quick guide/tips link?
Im thinking of downloading it tonight, but havent done a MMO in half a decade so Im sure Ill get everything wrong.
I put in 12 or 15 hours. And that's probably enough.
The ship combat was serviceable. A faster paced than the old Starfleet Command games (you're basically constantly firing something), but not much more involved. Hit the weakest shield arc while keeping your facing shield strong. The big fleet actions are cool, but very chaotic. The engineering/science/tactical paths open up a few unique abilities for each rank that help you settle into a role in the fleet, and those add some relevance to what path you take, but they're focused on pretty basic tank/damage/wizard classes.
The ground combat is pretty bland. The non-combat ground stuff is especially bad. I get they were trying to evoke some of the exploration aspect of Star Trek, but they failed miserably. Instead of a puzzle or mystery, they went with the simple run around and click the 'use' button.
I'll probably keep it installed for the big PvE and the space PvP environment because they are good enough to waste some time on. But I don't expect to be unpacking my Odyssey class ship pack.
I put in 12 or 15 hours. And that's probably enough.
The ship combat was serviceable. A faster paced than the old Starfleet Command games (you're basically constantly firing something), but not much more involved. Hit the weakest shield arc while keeping your facing shield strong. The big fleet actions are cool, but very chaotic. The engineering/science/tactical paths open up a few unique abilities for each rank that help you settle into a role in the fleet, and those add some relevance to what path you take, but they're focused on pretty basic tank/damage/wizard classes.
The ground combat is pretty bland. The non-combat ground stuff is especially bad. I get they were trying to evoke some of the exploration aspect of Star Trek, but they failed miserably. Instead of a puzzle or mystery, they went with the simple run around and click the 'use' button.
I'll probably keep it installed for the big PvE and the space PvP environment because they are good enough to waste some time on. But I don't expect to be unpacking my Odyssey class ship pack.
Leveling is too fast in this game now, it is one of my major complaints about this game at this time. Leveling use to be a lot slower, and you could actually enjoy the gamplay experience. Now, they've made leveling so much faster, mainly to keep the F2P'ers interested in the game and stay, but I think they've dumbed down the gameplay a bit, some people like a nice long gameplay experience. And like you said, once you hit 50, there is no incentive to finish the other story missions. Even though they are really great, and worth doing for the story.
At what storyline mission are you into the game? I find the Romulan section the most interesting, Klingon stuff at first is a bit repetitive.
Have you played any of the Breen, Dividian or Remen FE's?
The FE stories are the best, with the Remen one being the most recent, and they have puzzles.
How the heck do you get 15,000 dilithium in about an hour?
Leveling is too fast in this game now, it is one of my major complaints about this game at this time. Leveling use to be a lot slower, and you could actually enjoy the gamplay experience. Now, they've made leveling so much faster, mainly to keep the F2P'ers interested in the game and stay, but I think they've dumbed down the gameplay a bit, some people like a nice long gameplay experience. And like you said, once you hit 50, there is no incentive to finish the other story missions. Even though they are really great, and worth doing for the story.
What's the point of the Cardy ships anyway? When you fly them and you visit the bridge, is it just a Starfleet bridge?
This is pretty sad. These guys have no idea how to operate an F2P mmo. They make it way too easy and offer crappy purchasables.
well my hopes of tonights quick fix patch removing that stupid message were wasted, oh well. glad to see the developers don't bother listening to their paying customers let alone the people they are attempting to cash cow off of.
You just figured this out now?
Look at the track record on this game since it was released.