Originally posted by smokeybha

Don't get my wrong I like/liked City of Heroes (was a Cryptic game), But Cryptic has to be one of the slowest companies I've ever seen. It's been close to what 4/5 years since CoH was released and they just now launched update 14?

I'm not quite sure what your definition of slow is, but that is almost 3 Issues released per year. And most of them tend to be fairly big issues, not minor fixes or a couple new pieces of content. Not to mention the bug fixes, events and other things sprinkled in throughout the year. Add to that, the fact that in CoH/CoV you don't pay for the expansions like in WoW.

More on topic, with Cryptics new engine they look to be able to reduce development time significantly and seeing as how they've only really had the STO license for over a year, they look like they're moving along nicely. I'm also not sure how something can be "pushed back" when there has been no official release date stated by the company in the first place. Until the time that Cryptic officially announces a date, any dates stated by other sources are pure conjecture.

Haha, wow they're actually using Frankie Muniz as the logo for MMOGULS?! I hadn't seen that before.

I definitely agree that someone needs to help Frankie realize whats actually going on with this whole pyramid scheme and how Gary Whiting is basically stealing money from investors, for a product that may never get released.

For all of the investors in this little pyramid scam, I agree, no pity. They should have done some research first. I mean seriously, did people actually pay for this crap? Like I said originally, I feel sorry for the devs that put all that effort into the game just to have this happen, but now MGM needs to step in and take back the license before it is tarnished anymore.

Last but not least, for the peope that keep claiming, oh give them time they're still working on it! Well news flash, the first round of beta was over almost 5 months ago and they weren't anywhere near a finished product at that time.

Sigh. I was so excited when I first heard about this game. Followed the game progress on their forums and dev interaction steadily decreased until finally it stopped completely. Now all of these controversies, the MMOGULS scam, the lawsuits. I feel bad for the dev team that got caught up in all of this.

Honestly I wish that they would just have the license taken away from them. Give it to Cryptic Studios or some other game studio that will do the Stargate universe justice without all the bs and scamming customers going on.

Aside from Hagon being correct about it being fluff, someone please correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't "Jump to Lightspeed" an EXPANSION? As in, not in the game at Launch?

Personally I'm glad Cryptic is spending more time on the important parts of the game, and bringing ship interiors later.

Originally posted by John.A.Zoid

Why can't we walk around inside the ships with friends like in SWG? I mean freaking thats all I see whenever I see Star Trek is the inside of the ships and they can't be piloted by one person........

Doesn't sound very Star Trek to me, sounds like another failure of an mmorpg.

 

 

I'm sorry, have you actually ever seen an episode of Star Trek? Or even looked over the STO website and looked at the details we know already?

For your information, you will be able to walk around the inside of ships and stations at launch. Granted they will only be mission based at launch (instances) but from the sounds of it Cryptic plans on adding the full effect of walking around ships (not instances) after launch. Oh and btw, since when can ships in Star Trek not be piloted by one person? 

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 Originally posted by Fibsdk

I have been pretty adamant about gameplay > graphics in many many posts and countless arguments. However you have singlehanded proven me wrong. The graphics is terrible. I could never play a Commodore VIC 20 graphic based game no matter how stellar the gameplay may be. i take it back..gameplay does NOT own graphics

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Agreed. For the most part, gameplay should be the focus, and if its is good, graphics shouldn't be the end all DOOM if they aren't perfect. But this, this was just horrible. I wouldn't touch that game with a ten foot pole, no matter how "good" its gameplay is.

*Not sure how to double quote on this forum so this will have to do.

Originally posted by BlakeySGV

 

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Originally posted by Shannia
I read the entire thread... bottom line
"A fool and his money are soon parted."
 

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Yes, very good summation there Shannia.

 

I've just finished reading through this thread and I too can't think of a better way to put how I feel about how this whole thing is shaping up. Gary Whiting, mmoguls and all this other bs surrounding SGW is just ridiculous and disheartening. I was so looking forward to this game originally but now I think they just need to pull the plug and give it to a company that deserves the name of Stargate.

Originally posted by BlakeySGV

Sorry, but obviously you posted in haste without thinking. Maybe it would be best if you just do a little learning about what a board of directors is, and how management of any company are controlled by it's board of directors. The hint is in the name. Board of DIRECTORS. i.e. to direct the company.

Am I the only one staring at some of these responses that are desperately trying to find some little crumb of deniability in utter disbelief? This is kind of amazing.

No Blakey, you're not the only one who looks at some of these responses and is amazed at the desperateness. I've been following Stargate Worlds for quite a long time now and ever since this stuff has started to surface I have been utterly dumbfounded at the attitude of some of these posters.

I've actually come to the same conclusions as you and suspect that some of these people are actually involved in this mmoguls scam and don't want to believe they've been taken for a ride. Honestly MGM needs to pull the plug before this thing damages the Stargate name.

Those screenshots look awesome. Very happy to see a shot of a Klingon ship as well. Nice job Cryptic.

Everyone already know that the ship models will be able to be customized, so anyone complaining that they don't like a certain design on a ship needs to realize that these aren't the ONLY way your ship is going to look. Jeeze. And as for complaining about the NX registry being the same as on the other Starfleet ship release, give me a break. They've already stated that you'll be able to choose things like that yourself. I realize the ability to read is a tough one for some people on gaming boards but its amusing how blatantly ignorant some people are when it comes to POSTED facts.

Originally posted by AmazingAvery

What about this part? :

"As to the truth behind of CME's affiliation with MMOguls, my sole amateur Internet sleuthing tool WhoIs shows that the domain is registered to an address in the same building (though not the same suite) as the address we have on-file for CME. It's worth noting that the MMOguls site doesn't mention SGW but does cast itself as owned by Cheyenne Mountain Affiliates, LLC."

Same Building??

Thanks for posting an official response though.

Well the link in my previous post is the only official statement there is from CME at this point and I tend to believe it. Until someone else with a little more credibilty can corroborate the story, all TTH is doing is mud slinging.

Originally posted by X-Porter

Wow. I must be reading that wrong. That sounds terrible.

As if Stargate wasn't a crap IP to begin with, if I wanted to play "a Motor Racing Game" or "Super Lucky American Joe Dollar Football Game Go!" I'd stick with Xbox 360.

Nah, I'm reading it wrong obviously, nvm. 

Have you even read anything about the game? Because theres no way you could say that if you've even looked at it for two seconds.

Just to end this right here and now, here is a link to a post by the Community manager at stargateworlds.com

forums.stargateworlds.com/showthread.php

The article at Ten Ton Hammer was completely unresearched and no one at CME was asked to comment before TTH went to press with it. TTH lives up to my low expectations yet again.

Actually, just to clarify for you, the CLOSED beta was scheduled to start today. Not the OPEN beta. Open beta is slated for sometime early next year.

If you've signed up for beta you'll just have to wait like everyone else until CME sends you an email inviting you to the beta.

Originally posted by Zarinh

Gah! I knew I had forgot something.  I was refering to when you see Anubis as a partily Ascended being.  But yes, I stand corrected.

lol, its no biggie. I just wanted to make sure I was on the same page as you. 

Originally posted by Zarinh

Anubis didn't fully ascend in the show, he was stuck between being mortal, and an ascended being.  But yeah, I don't see them letting players ascend.

 

And on the topic of Symbiotes, people have mentioned the possibility of you being able to switch hosts.  If that happens, no one fully knows yet.

Actually just to clarify, Anubis did fully ascend when Oma Desala helps him. Once he ascended though, she realized what a terrible mistake she had made. The other ancients eventually tried to send him back but he only went halfway. Thats when he gets stuck in his energy form and has to use that sheild to contain it. 

As for player ascension, don't count on it. Way to many problems when trying to balance player ascension with everyone else gameplay. And I believe its been stated that switching hosts will come to the player, but with limited switches and only in certain circumstances. Haven't really heard if thats changed or not.