Star Trek Online - QtTHREEEEE IIIINNN SPAAAAAACE! (launch/roll call/gameplay thread)

Foxstab · 2012-01-20T09:16:19.000Z

Going to start downloading this and putting up a TS3 for fun and profit.

Mysterio · 2012-01-20T09:44:34.000Z

Please shoot me a Qt3 fleet invite: Mysterio@GrimmReaper

Shellfishguy · 2012-01-20T09:58:35.000Z

I think I’ll give this a try over the weekend. I’ve always been half interested in seeing the game, and I guess now is the perfect time!

Jag · 2012-01-20T10:32:05.000Z

Invite please: Jagg@jagged1

divedivedive · 2012-01-20T18:40:37.000Z

Balasarius:

I can invite to the Fleet. Duncan@balasarius. I’m not sure if I can invite while you’re offline, but your captain name alone doesn’t help. I need captainname@accountname. Remember it’s one shard.

OK then - it’s Aubrey@divedivedive.

charmtrap · 2012-01-20T20:07:11.000Z

Tresor@charmtrap needs an invite. At least, I think that’s how the naming works…

lordkosc · 2012-01-20T22:51:43.000Z

charmtrap:

Tresor@charmtrap needs an invite. At least, I think that’s how the naming works…

gotcha tonight :)

Foxstab · 2012-01-21T04:11:18.000Z

Wow, this game turns out a lot more fun than I thought it would.

Playing SW:TOR’s beta close to release I lasted a whole of about 20 minutes before I yawned in proclamation that this is same-old, boring and tiresome, subsequently quitting.

However, in STO I was sucked in for a good five hours and I actually started reading the dialogue boxes and taking initiative to run around and explore areas needlessly…mainly because they were simply open to me for me to go and roll around in.

Shellfishguy · 2012-01-21T06:13:06.000Z

I have to admit, this is the first time in ages where I’ve felt a little lost when jumping into an mmo. I played for a couple hours last night and I really like what I’m seeing, but there are so many game systems that you need to figure out its a bit overwhelming.

Gundabar@shellfishguy72 I think is correct, if not its Gundabar@shellfishguy

Major_Malphunktion · 2012-01-21T08:28:49.000Z

Foxstab:

Wow, this game turns out a lot more fun than I thought it would.

Playing SW:TOR’s beta close to release I lasted a whole of about 20 minutes before I yawned in proclamation that this is same-old, boring and tiresome, subsequently quitting.

However, in STO I was sucked in for a good five hours and I actually started reading the dialogue boxes and taking initiative to run around and explore areas needlessly…mainly because they were simply open to me for me to go and roll around in.

That whole main quest thread ‘the klingon war’ or whatever they call it, is a ton of fun.

charmtrap · 2012-01-21T08:37:25.000Z

Shellfishguy:

I have to admit, this is the first time in ages where I’ve felt a little lost when jumping into an mmo. I played for a couple hours last night and I really like what I’m seeing, but there are so many game systems that you need to figure out its a bit overwhelming.

This is a big problem that I have with the game. There are dozens of stats (especially having to do with your ship’s systems) that are completely unexplained. I got an engineering console last night from a PVE encounter that had as it’s stats “+10 Particle Emitters”, which is great. Except there is no Particle Emitter stat, and nothing I can find on the wiki or the documentation refers to Particle Emitters at all!

Also, there are apparently skills to waste skill points on that have literally no in-game effect at all (Starship Subsystem Repair, for instance). It’s a real problem in a game with so many stats.

Balasarius · 2012-01-21T08:51:00.000Z

Pogue and Shellfishguy invited.

WarrenD · 2012-01-21T08:53:07.000Z

Foxstab:

Wow, this game turns out a lot more fun than I thought it would.

Playing SW:TOR’s beta close to release I lasted a whole of about 20 minutes before I yawned in proclamation that this is same-old, boring and tiresome, subsequently quitting.

However, in STO I was sucked in for a good five hours and I actually started reading the dialogue boxes and taking initiative to run around and explore areas needlessly…mainly because they were simply open to me for me to go and roll around in.

Explore areas needlessly, now that just sounds like pure fun to me.

All I need is to get into an MMO right now after shaking the WoW habit a few years ago, but I love Star Trek in general and you guy’s are making it so tempting…ahh too weak, downloading now.

Union_Carbide · 2012-01-21T12:00:45.000Z

charmtrap:

This is a big problem that I have with the game. There are dozens of stats (especially having to do with your ship’s systems) that are completely unexplained. I got an engineering console last night from a PVE encounter that had as it’s stats “+10 Particle Emitters”, which is great. Except there is no Particle Emitter stat, and nothing I can find on the wiki or the documentation refers to Particle Emitters at all!

Also, there are apparently skills to waste skill points on that have literally no in-game effect at all (Starship Subsystem Repair, for instance). It’s a real problem in a game with so many stats.

Particle Emitters is a skill.

Go to your skills pane. You have a big matrix of skills that can be quite confusing. However, if you select one of your crew skills from the dropdown at the top, it will highlight what skills affect that skill.

There shouldn’t be any skills that don’t affect crew skills at all anymore, however there might be skills that affect crew skills that you don’t have because you’re science vs engineer or whatever and you don’t have any crew members with those skills.

charmtrap · 2012-01-21T12:26:30.000Z

Union Carbide:

Go to your skills pane. You have a big matrix of skills that can be quite confusing. However, if you select one of your crew skills from the dropdown at the top, it will highlight what skills affect that skill.

Ahhh, that is a helpful UI hint, thanks.

rei · 2012-01-21T12:33:17.000Z

http://www.crewskillz.com/

MrCoffee · 2012-01-21T13:11:29.000Z

rei:

http://www.crewskillz.com/

Wrong game.

rei · 2012-01-21T13:13:37.000Z

Sorry. Brainfart.

…aren’t Trekkies and Star Wars fans the same anyway?

Razgon · 2012-01-21T15:41:26.000Z

rei:

Sorry. Brainfart.

…aren’t Trekkies and Star Wars fans the same anyway?

Indeed, they are all from Edmonton.

Foxstab · 2012-01-21T16:29:03.000Z

rei:

Sorry. Brainfart.

…aren’t Trekkies and Star Wars fans the same anyway?

You filthy little petaQ, what did you dare say? I’ll gut you and feed you to my targs!