General Discussion

When Perpetual Entertainment (or P2 as they were apparently called at the time) went under, it was reported that their highly sought-afttr IP Star Trek Online had been picked up by another "bay area developer".

Speculation has been fueled by a new addition to the Cryptic Studios website, a timer, counting down from 45 days with a space backgroud that suggests that it may indeed be true.

you can check out the timer at the Cryptic site here.

Leaping the gun again, eh Jon?

Shame on you posting another 'news' feature on little more than a rumour thread. lol

Originally posted by darwa

Leaping the gun again, eh Jon?

Shame on you posting another 'news' feature on little more than a rumour thread. lol

Its not a rumor! lol

I mean what are the chances that cryptic "Just happens" to use old Star Trek online concept art for a countdown on their page?

Although that would be funny

-Jive

Originally posted by darwa

Leaping the gun again, eh Jon?

Shame on you posting another 'news' feature on little more than a rumour thread. lol

As you may have noticed, it's very clear in the news post that it is fuel for SPECULATION. It's not reported as fact.

That being said, it does make things a bit more intriguing.

It would be great if this were true.  However, I notice that this countdown is featured prominently on the Champions Online Official Site.  Anyone think that it might just relate to that MMO and not a speculative Star Trek venture?

Originally posted by ishiaki

It would be great if this were true.  However, I notice that this countdown is featured prominently on the Champions Online Official Site.  Anyone think that it might just relate to that MMO and not a speculative Star Trek venture?

I thought about that, but it wouldn't be unusual for a company to do a small amount of hype on their current site for something in production.

Originally posted by ishiaki

It would be great if this were true.  However, I notice that this countdown is featured prominently on the Champions Online Official Site.  Anyone think that it might just relate to that MMO and not a speculative Star Trek venture?

We have another chat going on here I started, where I show undisputable evidence that the game is indeed being made by Cryptic.

Go ahead and join the discussion,

-Jive

Originally posted by Stradden

Originally posted by ishiaki

It would be great if this were true.  However, I notice that this countdown is featured prominently on the Champions Online Official Site.  Anyone think that it might just relate to that MMO and not a speculative Star Trek venture?

I thought about that, but it wouldn't be unusual for a company to do a small amount of hype on their current site for something in production.

I, for one, am extremely interested in how this all shakes out

I still dont see Star Trek being MMO friendly.  The format and expected experiance just doesnt lend itself to solo/group gaming very easily.  What I am waiting to know is how starship operations work in a group MMO setting.  I figure its one ship - one owner type play.  Away Teams will be fine, but what of the space experiance?  I just hope it favors its ready made audiance, the Star Trek fan, and not try to break records in subs to players that dont care about its lore.

Stargate Worlds, however, has a show formula that begs to be a MMO.  You can solo or group to run adventures instanced in the gate.

Originally posted by JYCowboy

I still dont see Star Trek being MMO friendly.  The format and expected experiance just doesnt lend itself to solo/group gaming very easily.  What I am waiting to know is how starship operations work in a group MMO setting.  I figure its one ship - one owner type play.  Away Teams will be fine, but what of the space experiance?  I just hope it favors its ready made audiance, the Star Trek fan, and not try to break records in subs to players that dont care about its lore.

Stargate Worlds, however, has a show formula that begs to be a MMO.  You can solo or group to run adventures instanced in the gate.

I dunno, I can see it. Raids all have raid leaders and everyone has their own roles, so why couldn't this just translate to different roles on a ship? Or it could be that the ship is your "home" and the NPCs on the ship follow your command. There are two possibilities there..