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Omg, what?

I'm so gonna go check on that right now.

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I walked around the electronics section for 40 minutes, and couldn't find one. T.T And, naturally, there was no one working in that department when I went. I found where the 1$ pre-orders were, but they didn't even have STO as an option.

I is a sad panda.

Edited, Jan 15th 2010 6:43pm by idiggory

So that's what it is? I was trying to start the last patrol

I still don't get my away team correctly. I think I'm doing it wrong. I beamed down and it was just me, no one else.

Edited, Jan 15th 2010 9:35pm by TirithRR

Yes, I added them to the default away team. Then I went to beam down and it asked me to choose an away team, but it only had one slot, I chose one of my guys, and when I beamed down it was just me (similar to the first time on the borg attack).

I was going to try it again, but disconnected.

Too laggy and congested tonight. I have a feeling it's going to be crowded all weekend.

Maybe I'll start playing Sands of Destruction for the DS while I wait for it to clear up.

Got a key at Target, downloaded the game.. XD the server is too busy for me to connect t.t
Sigh, now to waste time trying to connect..to waste time.

Do it matter what side I pick to join d esu (once I get it)?


edit: lulz @ that being filtered...

Edited, Jan 16th 2010 3:33pm by Sandinmygum

i see, and i didn't know D esu was in the filter lol..

yea..good times, I just didn't know it's filter was "rate me down" XD

Now if it would just let me connect to the server :x people need to log off like..now:p

because I don't know (as I downloaded the game over night):

Is there just 1 server they are testing on?

If so then I'm guessing I'm not getting into the game until Monday/Tuesday when everyone goes back to Work/School (I know some people have Monday off).

Thoughts:

While this game is certainly in Beta & incomplete, it does some things well & others not so much.

Pros:

Character Creation- Even though I've unlocked Klingon, I haven't made a Klingon Character yet. Regardless, just the federation side has lots of different option. There's the mainstay "races" (Human, Vulcan, etc.) + many races I'm unfamiliar with (not a Trek Fanboy) & even an "other" option. The abilities of the named races are psuedo-unique (plus you get to pick a couple more) or the "other" race can choose all 4 of their abilities. The physical look of your character as well as it's uniform is extremely customizable. Also, once you start the game & make it to base, you have the option to customize some more (it may cost game $ after beta, but right now it's mostly free).

Ship Customization- Once you make it to base, you can fully customize your ship. It's mostly free during the beta, but may cost in game $ once the game launches officially.

Space's Graphics- Flying around zones with different colored suns, nebulas, planets, rings, etc. looks plain old cool.

Ship Battles- Once you get the hang of it & upgrade your ship a bit, they're fun. Well, they're a lot more fun with my new "uncommon" shield MK II that allows me to fight multiple enemies while still prioritizing weapons & not getting owned. Before that, I would have to prioritize shields while slowly wearing down the enemies' shields before switching to prioritizing weapons & shooting a high yield volley of torpedos at them.

Cons:

Ground Missions- Mass Effect & Dragon Age are much better 3rd person "action" rpgs, look many times better, & are a lot more fun. You can't control your team members & their AI isn't fantastic. They get stuck if you sprint too much. The enemies' AI is ok, but they don't really use teamwork. The background, armors, & character models are not what a new 2010 MMORPG should look like, considering FFXI looks better & came out 6 years ago.

The Exchange (Auction House)- This is mostly due to the fact that since the game is so new, prices are all over the place. Up until this point, I've NPC'd everything I didn't need for $. While you can search for individual items, there seems to be no rhyme or reason to how they're displayed when you search all (It's not Alphabetical, by price, or even grouped by like items).

Crafting- Collect various items that are worth $0 to NPCs & when you have enough of them of various types, you can combine them with a common item to make that item "uncommon" (better & worth more $). It's, well, not great.

Currently pushing from level 9 so I can get a new ship at 11...Thinking of going Cruiser as I like big guns.

You know Tirith, I blame you for us not being able to login.

Lightning fast download, definitely worth it!


So far, not that enjoyable for me, but it's early yet. The character creation is great though, definitely a plus!

Edited, Jan 18th 2010 12:49am by Zieveraar

It's not that good. It's only MK I, and while the damage is higher, the DPS is lower, it fires slower than the Photon torpedo. And I have an engineering console that gives plus to Photonics, which I assume increases photon weaponry.

I suppose coupled with a Tactical Officer's heavy fire torpedo skill, you could use it to do some higher burst damage once shields are dropped. But I prefer to spam torpedos as fast as possible after their shields drop.

Edited, Jan 17th 2010 7:03pm by TirithRR