Star Trek Online

First look apparently.

Star Trek Online: First Look At The New Star Trek MMO World

looks ****ing awesome to me. especially the green planet screenshot. wow.

Greater potential than Star Wars in a mmo platform, imo.

definately, but i love both universes, and the thought of flying a ship with 10-20 of my friends each doing different jobs together to have space dogfights really does turn me on.

there was a preview of it on the star trek season 1 dvd set and thats been out for ages

Looks good.

Engineer Talent: Engibberisheering - Use long random strings of physics jargon to make it look like you have a solution. Then hit stuff with a hammer until it works.

****ing gold.

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definately, but i love both universes, and the thought of flying a ship with 10-20 of my friends each doing different jobs together to have space dogfights really does turn me on.

Too bad it's one pc per ship

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Too bad it's one pc per ship

yeah i didnt think it would be like that, but you know, one can dream.

lol sets course for the delta quadrant look for borg :)

haha yeah lol then die, well done.

sshhhh! dude! let him go! ****.. I mean MAN, you like, *ruin* it for the rest of us 'TiC :P

Release Date announced:

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Release Date: 02/02/2010
Posted by Rekhan

We're happy to share with you Star Trek Online's official release date: February 2, 2010, in North America, and February 5, 2010, in Europe. Mark your calendars, and we'll see you in 2010!

System specs also released:

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EARTHDATE 2009.11.11
System Requirements
Posted by Rekhan

We just updated the FAQ, but wanted to call it out here, as well. Star Trek Online's system requirements are as follows:

System Requirements

* OS: Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista / Windows 7 (32 or 64-bit)
* CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 Ghz or AMD Athlon X2 3800+
* Memory: 1GB RAM
* Video: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 / ATI Radeon X1800 / Intel HD Graphics
* Sound: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Soundcard
* DirectX: Version 9.0c or Higher
* HDD: 8GB Free Disk Space
* Network: Internet Broadband Connection Required
* Disc: 6X DVD-ROM

Recommended System Configuration

* OS: Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista / Windows 7 (32 or 64-bit)
* CPU: Intel E8400 Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X2 5600+
* Memory: 2GB RAM+
* Video: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 / ATI Radeon HD 3850+
* Sound: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Soundcard
* DirectX: Version 9.0c or Higher
* HDD: 8GB Free Disk Space
* Network: Internet Broadband Connection Required
* Disc: 6X DVD-ROM

Yummy!, I can't wait.

Woot!!!

They're accepting applications for the closed beta if that's your kind of thing.

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yeah good luck, they havent even given them out to the Champions players they owe them to yet :(

:DIm dieing to play it!!!! im waitng for Beta Also but still no go:(

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Ground combat isn't looking very tactical :/

Intel HD Graphics huh? People with shitty laptops everywhere can rejoice :p

Yeah I'm not sure that I like the engine it's being developed for/on; Cryptic games never really appealed to me visually.

Time will tell.

STO is available for pre-order now on Steam and other digital delivery places. Game goes live Feb 2nd but pre-ordering lets you play the open beta which starts on the 12th and lets you start playing the game proper after the open beta closes, 2 days earlier than it goes on sale.

Some dude is playing the closed beta now and streaming the gameplay. Looks cool: Star Trek Online Closed Beta! on Justin.tv

Anyone else getting this? The beta gameplay I'm watching does look pretty good. I just don't like it when he commentates. :P

I'll probably be bored by the end of beta, but may buy it just for that.

i preordered my copy on steam aswell as from gamestop :)

you get extras if you buy the box - limmited edition shit yadda yadda :)

So, you'll have two accounts? I'll have to reconsider my interest.

Not necessarily, rec. Different pre-orders from different outlets both online and bricks and mortar came with different pre-order bonuses. My understanding is you just enter the key provided with the copy of the game to unlock that particular piece of content. I believe the "bonus content key" is distinct from the "serial" for the game itself.

So if you wanted the TOS uniform set that comes when you pre-order from Amazon.com AND the Trill character class you get from Best Buy AND the customised NX- prefix instead of the standard NCC- prefix you get if you buy from D2D then you'd buy it from 3 different places then enter the bonus content keys that came with each to unlock it all on the one account.

At least that's how I think it works, and I've mashed up the outlets and the bonuses a bit. I guess the idea was to make people buy the same game several times, and it seems to have worked. There's nothing stopping you on-selling the game itself after you've used the bonus content key though.

Marketing cynicism aside for a moment though, I am properly excited about the game. At first I was skeptical about their ability to pull off a decent Star Trek MMO since there hasn't been a decent Star Trek game (nevermind MMO) in 18 years, but as I've watched more clips and read more news I've managed to begin looking at STO as a game on it's own merit rather than trying to shoehorn what I see into what my expectations of the game should be.

I've pre-ordered the digital deluxe version from Steam and am waiting for the open beta to unlock sometime in the next few days.

Just pre-purchased :)

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*sigh, ok, I'm in.

Can't pre-load once pre-purchased? And the beta is meant to be released today, or something? Bah! :)

I guess you have to wait until it's the 12th in the US as well, mate. And no, doesn't look like there's a pre-load for it.

Bloody yanks, always holding us up. Them and their damned fried chicken.

You take that back! I'm vicariously offended by that racist slur!

I had a game last night, only got to play about 30 minutes so far what I have seen is looking to be a good game. I made a character Sabuk (random name) of the USS Devron ;P
the controls are very simple and easy to work out in the end. The graphics are awesome so smooth on my system. I'll give it another whirl tonight but chances are i'll be pre ordering it by the end of the week :D :D :D

*waits impatiently for Steam beta to unlock

Just finished my first play session. After completing the tutorial I hooked up with rec and we did a couple of missions together.

Have to say overall the game is really cool. Graphics are superb and the game runs very smoothly. A little disorienting at first with all the things to learn, but any MMO is like that the first time you play.

Keep an eye out for me - my beta char is a Trill named Shitma Dax of the USS Essessyoo.

Yeah the learning curve isn't the gentlest - but I expected that, having never invested any time in a mmorpg before. Enjoying it so far, though.

eb games retail preorder in australia get both amazon and gamestops preorder bonuses
as well as the usual collectors edition stuff

http://www.ebgames.com.au/images/packshots/Star_Trek_Online_bonus_item_149456_l.jpg

Star Trek Online: Collector's Edition - PC - EB Games Australia

Cryptic have just announced their subscription fees, and it's pretty much what one would expect:

1 month USD"4.99
3 month USD$41.97
6 month USD$77.94

Also though, for a "limited time" (until the game proper launches maybe?) you can get:- A 12 month subscription for USD"19.99 (which is USD$60 cheaper than month-by-month), recurs at the same discounted price and comes with two additional character slots, or

- A Lifetime one-off subscription for USD$239.99 with two additional character slots AND you can create a "liberated" Borg character.
http://www.startrekonline.com/exclusive_specials

It's obviously hard to calculate the value of the lifetime subscription since there's no telling how long it'll keep my interest but I did some quick sums and I've been playing Eve Online on and off since 2004 (mostly off, admittedly) but I'd have subscribed for at least 24 months - which comes to USD$358.80 based on their pricing.

So I'm actually tempted to go for the lifetime sub on STO, moreso from an economy standpoint rather than bonuses. It is a pretty fun game and MMO-wise I tend to play intensely for several months and then put it on the shelf for a few months to a year and then come back to it so it'll be nice knowing I can jump straight back in without have to reorganise my sub.

Of course the thing could tank after 18 months, but even then I'd still have paid $20 less than on the 1-month recurring sub.

Decisions, decisions!

I'll just do whatever you do. Don't let me down, Bam.

I think you've got too much love to devote to one game, rec. I'd be surprised if you kept on long after the beta finished anyway. :)

I'm in :)

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I've done it... I'm a lifer.

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I think I'm going to do the the same thing... It'll keep me entertained when I'm not in the mood for a shooter.

Although I'm concerned the game could flop and be a ghost town in 6-12 months. Unpredictable mmorpgs.

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Just hit Lt. Cmdr and the wait/grind was so worth it.
Escort class ships are win.

Damn you, I'm still grinding :p

Haha - it's worth the wait man.
I'm kinda tempted to jump into a Cruiser though :)

AusGamers preview: Star Trek Online Hands-On - AusGamers.com

it now has leonard nimoy voiceovers. awesome.

Im Tactical with a cruiser and it sweet as Good defense and weapons (Kitty@xolares)

Run in window mode for multiscreening the game its worth it

Oh so there is a STO thread here, nice.

I got to Lt. 10 last night, but the servers crashed before I could figure out how to get promoted to Lt. Cmdr. 1

I have 47,000 space dollars saved up, in the hopes of being able to try out the various types of ships before the wipe.

I am really enjoying the game, it is very fun.

Have also enjoyed grouping with some of you guys.

Bring on live!

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It's lt11 you need to get lc. You also have to spend your skillpoints to gain rank.

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Ah, that explains it. Hopefully the servers will be up tonight, and I can have a late night session, what with Aussie day tomorrow and all.

you can play it tomorrow too - the wipe time is the 26th US time - and they wont trigger it til sometime into their work day. also, given the amount of server downtime that's happened the last few days, they may extend the beta a day or so to collect the last chunks of data they missed with the downtime (they did this with Champions - extending the beta right to the headstart, mind you one of those downtimes was caused by an intern http://gamers-underground.com/role-playing/31606-champions-newbie-epic-fail.html >< ).

Sweet.

I have actually been very impressed with how Cryptic are handling themselves. Yeah there is a fair amount of downtime, but they are prompt with status updates and ETAs.

So many MMOs have had more downtime after they have gone live, and not even bothered with updates.

In Oz the beta wrap up time works out to being around 12pm on Wednesday afternoon. The headstart for people who have pre-rdered is due to begin that on the weekend and the game officially launches on Feb 3rd according to Steam.

w00t! Finally made it to Lt. Cmdr. last night and got to fly a cruiser for all of 15 mins before I went to bed. I probably won't get another chance to play with it before the wipe but I'm glad I did because it's made me more confident about a decision I have to make soon anyway - what career for my "proper" character. I think tactical + escort is the way to go for me. The cruisers just lack agility. They have more special powers and such, but I think I enjoyed combat more in my smaller beginner ship than I did in the cruiser; banking around, working on certain shields and maneuvering to open the window for that perfect torpedo opportunity. Very satisfying when it call comes together.

yeah +1 on the tac escort. flitting between enemy ships is too much fun

Protip: Go here and enter the key JIH MUSHA SOH to unlock "Wrath of Khan Admiral's Uniform". It's tied to your account so should survive the beta wipe. Don't know how long it will be valid for. Get cracking!

And in case you were wondering, the head-start begins at 4.30am CST on Saturday.

hah awesome, thanks Dan :)

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w00t! Finally made it to Lt. Cmdr. last night and got to fly a cruiser for all of 15 mins before I went to bed. I probably won't get another chance to play with it before the wipe but I'm glad I did because it's made me more confident about a decision I have to make soon anyway - what career for my "proper" character. I think tactical + escort is the way to go for me. The cruisers just lack agility. They have more special powers and such, but I think I enjoyed combat more in my smaller beginner ship than I did in the cruiser; banking around, working on certain shields and maneuvering to open the window for that perfect torpedo opportunity. Very satisfying when it call comes together.

Escorts are good but frustrating at the same time.
Cannons interrupt each other (intended game mechanic) and the only ones worth using have a 45deg firing arc. In the Federation its more of an issue because they generally have lower auxiliary power / agility than Klingon BoP's.
I think you will see a tonne of Engineers too, and very few Tactical Captains. Main reason is that Tactical bonuses are primarily for ground engagement or augmenting ground combat skills :/

Personally I'm going Engineer with Cruisers. I love broadsiding and firing 3 - 4 phaser banks at my enemy :D
Also if you are going to go the Escort route; make sure you get a nice Turret for your aft section, preferably a disruptor.

oh, i thought the thing with the escorts was that they had more weapons and speed than the cruisers but had less hull hitpoints - but looks like the cruisers get more weapons in the end too?

I think Cruisers technically have more weapon slots; however Escorts have more forward facing slots than any other class; as they arent really designed for broad-siding targets.

They definitely have more maneuverability (holy shit i spelled that word right on my first go) than any other class of ship though.
Im actually pretty torn. I want to fly an Intrepid (science) a Defiant (escort); but also want a massive, hulking hull full of phaser banks (Cruisers) :(

Refer to my amazing comparison image.

http://suricatasblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/stoshiptierchart11.png

Your chart is out of date, Milenko:

http://suricatasblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/stoshiptierchart1.png

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I think you will see a tonne of Engineers too, and very few Tactical Captains. Main reason is that Tactical bonuses are primarily for ground engagement or augmenting ground combat skills :/

Personally I'm going Engineer with Cruisers. I love broadsiding and firing 3 - 4 phaser banks at my enemy :D
Also if you are going to go the Escort route; make sure you get a nice Turret for your aft section, preferably a disruptor.

Damn it! Now I'm equivocating again!

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Escorts are good but frustrating at the same time.
Cannons interrupt each other (intended game mechanic) and the only ones worth using have a 45deg firing arc. In the Federation its more of an issue because they generally have lower auxiliary power / agility than Klingon BoP's.
I think you will see a tonne of Engineers too, and very few Tactical Captains. Main reason is that Tactical bonuses are primarily for ground engagement or augmenting ground combat skills :/

Personally I'm going Engineer with Cruisers. I love broadsiding and firing 3 - 4 phaser banks at my enemy :D
Also if you are going to go the Escort route; make sure you get a nice Turret for your aft section, preferably a disruptor.

I'm probably going same with the Eng+Cruiser route. The other thing is also what looks like to be that only escorts can get some weapons.

is there a trick to using the Torpedo Spread ability? i've only ever managed to get it to work a couple of times.

d'deridex.

whut?

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Looking at staying as a science officer here.

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Today, my brother in law (who works for cryptic) had to help set up a new account for some guy... oh wait, not some guy.... Leonard Fricking Nemoy was so impressed with the game he is going to play it :P

Nimoy.

Heathen.

I will blow your brother in law if he can somehow get Leonard to record a voicemail greeting for me

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Your chart is out of date, Milenko:

http://suricatasblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/stoshiptierchart1.png

Well, it's not mine, but *click click - SAVED*. Thanks :)

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is there a trick to using the Torpedo Spread ability? i've only ever managed to get it to work a couple of times.

Fire it into groups of cruisers (or above) as they are generally slow moving.
I've used it and had some luck firing it into squadrons of fighters, but because they move so fast it's literally hit and miss.

I was playing around with Rapid Fire on my Escort after the latest patch that fixed the ability. My god. 2x Disruptor Cannons and 1x Phaser Cannons with rapid fire and Attack Pattern Alpha = dead enemy in seconds.

by "get it to work" i mean literally cause a cluster of torpedos to fire at once.

and brain, your bro-in-law sucks :P tell him as a dual Cryptic lifer, i demand leonard's mobile number and email address!

Not that I was there, but apparently the end of beta event was a massive invasion of Federation space by the Borg. People were getting creamed by Borg spheres all over the Sol sector, and there was pitched fighting against boarding parties on spacedock. Shame I missed it!

[Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs2oGAQSzr8]

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by "get it to work" i mean literally cause a cluster of torpedos to fire at once.

and brain, your bro-in-law sucks :P tell him as a dual Cryptic lifer, i demand leonard's mobile number and email address!

Hit the ability, make sure your targets in your torpedo firing arc, FIRE!

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Hit the ability, make sure your targets in your torpedo firing arc, FIRE!

[Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPaoM_J5RV8]

My favourite is the one from Star Trek 6 at 2:50 into that clip. I find myself always using the same delivery when I'm launching a torpedo volley to finish a damaged ship off. Oh, and when I'm boosting my shields I always use Sulu's delivery from the beginning of the same movie "Shields... SHIELDS!"

Yes, talking to myself is one of the things I love to do while I play STO. Jesus Christ, I'm such a geek.

Also DVC - i think they did the same thing but with Klingons invading earlier in the day :D

Worth waiting for launch to play the joined trill? I have nfi how those stats compare whether they're the equiv of 1/1000th fuckall or actually useful.

If you want a joined trill you can just start a throwaway character now to unlock Klingons.

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found this The Engines Cannae' Take It!
Has some guides to what all those stats and abilities actualy mean.

i have to say, his rule of not level-9ing your abilities needs some exemptions - eg: if you're using cannons on an escort you're mad not to level 9 all the cannon related skills - with rapid fire engaged even if the bonus from 8-9 works out to a negligible amount, if you don't 9/9/9 the related skills you're looking at a fairly substantial loss of DPS

It depends if the 8 - 9 increase is more or less than investing it in a higher tier ability.

It also depends on if its more value than dumping it somewhere else just to make the SP requirement for the next rank.

lenko, no it doesnt - the 9/9/9 refers to all three tiers that affect them eg: [energy weapons][cannons][disruptors] - yes you can squeeze more dmg out by cranking the heavy escort skill (boost to .. alpha maneuvers (i think it is)) - but i dont think anything else will give anywhere near the almost consistent sheer dps boost for your cannons than 9/9/9ing them + rapid fire

(lols that i'm making these comments and haven't even hit commander yet)

LF Someone who can make sense of the efficiency skills. :p

Cryptic Wants Star Trek Online Players To Explore Their Ships | Kotaku Australia

I'm looking forward to the missions on your ship that get triggered after a random planet mission - return to space only to have your crew falling sick so have to find a cure. missions of that ilk should be cool, providing reasons for you to wander your own corridors (no, Lenko, I don't mean like THAT), and lack of resolution should leave your ship operating under capacity until you've addressed it.

Fuck yeah!
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(need to click it to see t3h awesome [that's what she said...])

State of the Game post on the STO site has mentioned a few things they're working on right now for the game: Star Trek Online

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Some of the few things on the way:

* Respec
* Death Penalty
* Difficulty Slider
* More open auto-fire
* Replayable missions
* Improving Memory Alpha
* Fixing those Commodity missions

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New Klingon ships? Oh, my yes. And they look...awesome. Re-specs are also coming, of course. All of Cryptic can't wait to see that particular feature out the door. New PvP maps and Fleet Actions are rather nice, too.

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* Who are the Undine and what drives them?
* How can we better exploit the Genesis System to create even more compelling content?
* Where can we boldly go next? Where shall we take exploratory missions, as there's so much potential there?
* Which faction should be playable next? Romulan? Cardassian? Pakled? Dominion? Horta? Okay, not so much the Pakleds.

Some nice stuff mentioned there and a lot more in the actual article.

Can someone tell my why the fuck this appears on my screen every time I log into STO?

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rofl

hahahaha,

wtf!

i gotta play more :( still not past level 7 LT commander :(

Nevermind... I just figured out someone set it to the fleet motd.

/me looks at pala