I am now convinced...

StarSonata is, simply put, the best game I have ever played in its genre.

I can not understand why there are so few paying players compared to other online games like Runescape or LOTR etc...

I know that the graphics are not perfect, but that is actually the only reason I can see... to do with the actual game.

I think it is catch 22.

There simply isn't the cash budget that can be put into an effective marketing campaign to let people know that this game is out there!!!

I am convinced that everyone who likes character development online space games will adore this game after only a few hours!

Are there any ways that you can think, that don't cost the earth to achieve, yet will broadcast this game to the playerbase out there???

So...

I can't see anything about the PvP or the endgame...those are both serious questions I have to get an answer before I even remotedly consider playing a game.

ATM, Dungeon Runner is the next game to try on my list.  But your welcome to try to convince me.

Well...

PvP is pretty immense when it happens...  We have already had one large war this universe...  battles rage across galaxies throughout the universe and can involve hundreds of players in different teams, some own the galaxies and can bring their permanent drones and bases into the fight...  Healers run around trying to heal their key fighters whilst avoiding becoming a target themselves! Drone Masters deploy their drones and watch closely as they send a barrage of fire across the galaxy to the oncoming enemy...

The endgame?  Every universe the endgame has to be the ultimate goal of becoming the universe emperor!!!  You have to claim a galaxy, build a palace and a special emperor ship, keep it alive for 2 full days from hoards of enemy team members, who all join forces to try and prevent this! Then your team has to Tractor (because the emp ship has no engine) the emperor, in his defenceless ship, to Sol at teh centre of the galaxy, and dock it on the Emperor Club base on Earth... where he can claim his rightful place (and Big individual and team rewards)... then the Emp can create an item to be built into the game with his name attached to it...  Thats a pretty damn cool endgame I'd say... being the single ONE player in the entire game, stood up at the top of the playerbase as Emperor...

Come play it... get out of the noob galaxies, level yourself up to lvl 100+ and you can join our team, Pantalones where I can help you egt up to speed.

The playerbase is really helpful too, just say you came from this site in ALL chat and people should step up to give you advice and help :)

See you there, I will be on Abbara or HellSpreader..

one of the main problems of star sonata is that it only works on windows. iv tried running it on different oparating systems but is doesn't work on mac or anything else

Strange, I put a version of Windows on my Mac and it worked fine, though I did have some issues getting the video card working and had to use an emulator (don't ask me, my techy friend did it all).

But yes, that is one of the only poor points of SS you are quite correct!

is star sonata a good game.most free mmorpg's  don't have enough content and ,after a while become repetitive.

on a side note any Linux users who have trouble installing star sonata try installing wine (www.winehq.org/)

Try is and see, I think it is fantastic and with Free play you have unlimited time and access to most of the game, although you can't level beyond lvl 20 until you pay.

But I think its only like $9 per month or cheaper if you buy 3 upfront, so its cheaper than most games out there.

Thanks for the advice. ill see you there

The staff on the game ban people from the game to much. I know i did and i will not play the game ever agian becouse it took to long to get to my lvl before they baned me perminetly. I got to say i like the game but the staff stink. REAL BAD!

I would coin it on the game's website; I was looking through the websites of other indie MMO's and the websites looked professional like a lot of money had been spent on the website alone which definitely warranted a closer look from me, looking at the Star Sonata website however it can't compare and doesn't really draw you into looking further.

I would also like to say that the staff of this game are great, people like the person that posted before me are either trolling or trying to cause trouble because they're in the minority. People aren't banned without good reason by the staff and they have an active player-support team for handling player problems.

The community for the most part consists of a few people with a bunch of accounts each that can manage to wipe out pretty much anyone on the game at will.

They represent so much of the revenue of the game that nothing can be done about them so they have pretty much dragged a fun little game into their own little feifdom/ They know it, and exploit it at every turn.

It is a fun game. but pretty much a dead end for more than a casual look over.