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It's hard to believe but Star Trek Online is poised on the edge of its third anniversary. We managed to catch up with Executive Producer Dan Stahl to talk about STO. See what he had to say and then leave your thoughts in the comments.
Read more of Bill Murphy's Star Trek Online: Things Are Great in Roddenberry's World.
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1/31/13 2:09:41 PM#2
It's definitely come a long way since release. Still not the most multidimensional game in the world but definitely fun for some casual free giggles on a quiet evening. Not for the hardcore for sure.
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1/31/13 2:13:38 PM#3
The space combat part is pretty well done. The ground combat is not as good but better than it was when first released. But it has nothing to do with Star Trek....unless your vision of Star Trek is mass murdering every ship you come across.
I dont have a problem with this type of a game, but I DO have a problem if it blocks other Star Trek MMOs that want to focus on the true essence of the series. Kind of the same thing with Cryptic getting the rights to the Forgotten Realms for their little action orientated game.
They make decent games, but the Forgotten Realms/Star Trek iP demand a better, more fully devleoped game not based just on rinky-dink combat. |
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1/31/13 2:27:37 PM#4
Ah there is a bit more content of the 'diplomacy' mission variety, if you can really call them that, which have come in since release but I agree it's not quite captured the essence of the Trek universe. I do think they have managed to expand it as best they could within the limitations of the truly crappy engine they started off with. I do cringe in anticipation of what shallow as p*** treatment they've given the treasured D&D IP. So far it too looks far too action button kill kill stylee and not enough 'tinderbox and 50' rope'-y for my liking. I don't hold out a lot of hope. |
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Yamota
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1/31/13 2:43:49 PM#5
Roddenberry's world? LOL I am sure he would be turning in his grave if he knew what travesty of space-shooter game was representing his IP in the MMO world. This MMO is a disgrace to the Star Trek franchise.  |
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1/31/13 3:16:00 PM#6
tried to login today and the usual happened..servers not responding bug ..AGAIN.thought they would have sorted that shit out by now..oh well nvm..i quite like the game in general..but i wish they would not fuck up each update they do.
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1/31/13 3:19:58 PM#7
People who want a "true" Star Trek MMO seem to think that every Starfleet officer lives the life of Kirk, Picard, Sisko, or Janeway. 99% of them spend most of their time surveying gaseous nebulas and transporting VIPs and science teams. Oh, and the other 1% of the time they are getting blown to hell by Borg/Klingons/Romulans/Dominion etc. for the 4 "hero" captains to come investigate/save/avenge.
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1/31/13 3:35:30 PM#8
Space shooter, kill-kill, mass-murdering ships? Lol. I barely fire off my phasers 2-3 times a week :) Nice interview, I just have some problems the Foundry part:
MMORPG: The Foundry in STO is one of the game’s most under-appreciated features (at least by those on the outside). Daniel Stahl: We feel that we have just started to scratch the surface because from what we’ve seen thus far, the Foundry has huge potential.
Ok, maybe I'm not the average player type, but in the last year cca. 50% of my playtime was in the Foundry... under-appreciated, bollocks :) Foundry, DOff assignments, colonization, diplomacy and other assingment chains marks the true science captain way... Happy 3rd one STO, let's dock in ESD and drink all the Nog's Nog what's left from Q's wonderland ;)
Edit: I missed from the science duty list the tribble gene-splicing, luckily this chart made me remember http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=809441 4billion, that's a huge pile of tribbles... |
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1/31/13 3:51:25 PM#9
I only played this during open beta, but it was the most horrendous piece of garbage that I had ever seen at the time. Is it really that different today?
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1/31/13 4:13:40 PM#10
Still enjoying this game, quick short missions and the diplomacy grinding isn't so bad if taken lightly..
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1/31/13 4:36:11 PM#11
Cryptic is not a name I associate with quality gaming and I highly doubt that will ever change.
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1/31/13 4:36:40 PM#12
I think if they had around 20 million more dollars and a year of development the game could have been amazing, the ground missions are very generic, the space combat missions however are rather good, not very good, but damn close...and it has improved over the years, it just needs a lot more work on the ground missions.
“I hope we shall crush...in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country." ~Thomes Jefferson |
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1/31/13 4:49:57 PM#13
Originally posted by Yamota Pretty much this. Like many, I wait for the day this game closes so the IP can be used by a different company that does not put out shallow, low end, lock-box gambling crap. Such a great Sci-Fi IP deserves much better than this. |
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1/31/13 4:56:25 PM#14
You've read Red Shirts once too often.
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Karahandras
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1/31/13 5:00:30 PM#15
I think these 2 combined |
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1/31/13 5:22:07 PM#16
Originally posted by BadSpock To be fair, the 99% aren't why the franchise is popular. |
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1/31/13 5:56:22 PM#17
Originally posted by KaiUno And Cryptic needs to read it a few more times.... |
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1/31/13 6:51:19 PM#18
Still enjoying it. I jump in for a few months at a time and run around catching up. Currently putting in a few hours a day and looking forward to the upcoming stuff.
I want a mmorpg where people have gone through misery, have gone through school stuff and actually have had sex even. -sagil |
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1/31/13 10:59:20 PM#19
Yep this game has changed quite a bit from its start. Almost more stuff to do then to keep up with....and they keep adding more things... I cant tell you how much time i spent getting my own ferengi cruiser and ferengi crew.... And no you dont have to spend real cash to play....just have to play the game...and use the ingame markets...you can literaly trade ingame cash for the cash shop cash. Like most perfect world games yes they have the gambling boxes.... By the way there is one mission in this game they have no where else in any other game...not even close to it......its called "Quell the Mutiny" you select one officer of yours and you execute them...and then are given a random new officer to replace it.....sorry this mission alone makes me laugh everytime.
One thing that has not changed or it has but is still bad....the crafting...if you have done it on star trek you know how lame it is. Also they still are using level banding with the QUEs for pvp and the special encounters....thus still is lame when you want to tackle the crystaline entity as you can only play with others of your level... They used to jump your level up...or lower it on the stuff...so you could do everything even at the lowest levels or highest levels....but the level banding really made the QUE system totaly lame.
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2/01/13 4:09:30 AM#20
Tried to play last night and found myself in a queue of 1800... did they remove servers or is it really that popular now?
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