Star Trek Online preorder TRIBBLE!

[General Zod]

Watch the South Park episode on WoW

But ya I'm definitely seeing the direction the game is going, I got yelled at by several dozen people in chat when I said "damnit".

"No swoering!"

That is quite odd considering the profanity filter. I've never had anyone complain and I swear quite a bit. You would too if some Gorn douchebag uses metal-eating clouds of green death.

The profanity filter is amusing. It blocked my character name of "bonehead" for swearing.

[Bounty]

I like the filter. It keeps the thrust of your argument. "Fucking Klingon pigfucker" and "$!( Klingon pig#@%" work just the same

[Vanas]

Also, Yay, Defiant bridge.
Though I hate how the captain's chair flickers and you can't actually sit in it without emotes, it being used to transport you out of the bridge. Yeah. You beam out of your own bridge.
I'm assuming it's all a placeholder and later they'll make it more immersive.

They've changed it back? A few nights ago, I was on a friend's bridge and the turbolift door was the exit. Or perhaps they've not adapted all the bridges?

[Gramzamber]

Of all the bridges I've seen (default, Galaxy and Defiant) they've all had the chair as the exit.

[OmegaChief]

It was the Turbolift doors until recently, I think it was yesterday I logged in and found the chair was now the glowie, that sucks it was better with the door, I've no idea why they changed it.

[Bounty]

It was the Turbolift doors until recently, I think it was yesterday I logged in and found the chair was now the glowie, that sucks it was better with the door, I've no idea why they changed it.

I suppose it makes more sense for your character on sit down to fly the ship than it does for him/her/it to wander off the bridge.

[Gramzamber]

Maybe they had to roll it back due to bugs, wouldn't be the first time.

Anyway I haven't seen any away team pics yet, let's see some!
That's my crew.

Yeah I'm not big on making wacky unknowns, they always turn out crappy for me.

[SylasGaunt]

I've been toying around, trying to decide which ship I like most, right now it's still tough, though I'm leaning Science Vessel/Cruiser since I've snagged one each to try out.

The USS Nikola Tesla on patrol in the Briar Patch

On a side note for this mission: FUCK YOU METRYON GAS!

The Tesla targets the shield systems of a Klingon carrier during a fleet action in the Laurentian system

Tesla in spacedock after a recent refit which got her a pair of brand new nacelles and quantum torps.

Lieutenant Command Aldric, the Tesla's Captain

The Tesla's away team storming a Klingon base

[Gramzamber]

I hear you on the gas. Being careful on that mission rewarded me with gas pockets spawning right behind me and blowing me to hell when the Klingon turrets fired.
I found that the best way to get past that section was to set max power to the engines and charge around like a maniac, shooting the gas pockets ahea of me as I went.

[SylasGaunt]

Yeah, and you can't full impulse so you have to drive slooooowly through. But yeah the manuevering like a maniac strategy worked.. really no sense in worrying about the shields since power redirection can handle the damage from the turrets and they won't save you from the damn clouds anyway. Though I did find that if I crept right up to the 10k mark only the heavy disruptor turrets would engage so I happily sat outside the firing range of the lighter ones and blew the shit out of them.

[Oskuro]

Here's hoping that, eventually, the ships not only get a bridge interior, but the rest of the ship as well.

*resisting urge to preorder*

[montypython]

As my system isn't up to the minimum requirements for this game atm, it'll take a while to get a better system for me to be able to dive in.

[Bounty]

Myself and Charlemagne when he was shopping for a new ship. Also, where are all you SDN bastards in-game? If we get five people together we have a fleet!

[Brother-Captain Gaius]

If I can get a billing issue resolved with Cryptic's cryptic customer service I'd be happy to jump in with you guys. I'm becoming somewhat displeased with some of Cryptic's policies.

[Oskuro]

care to elaborate?

[GuppyShark]

@GuppyShark

[Brother-Captain Gaius]

care to elaborate?

Eh. I'm just getting useless responses from their customer service. I'm waiting to see what my latest ticket gets.

[charlemagne]

Eh. I'm just getting useless responses from their customer service. I'm waiting to see what my latest ticket gets.

I have yet to play an MMORPG where 95% of all tickets don't get useless mass responses. Both AoC and LotRO take more than one to get a proper response/help. Of course there's the occasional helpful GM who just takes care of your problem without making a fuss, but you gotta be lucky.

Anyways, some new screenshots!

Me and my away team on Standard Morrowind Planet #345, yay for second engineering bridge officer thanks to T2 cruiser. This was before I learnt that you can hide the fugly body armor by right-clicking on it in the outfit screen. Then there's me on my bridge. Bridges need a lot, reaaaally a lot of work - just bland placeholders right now, and beaming out by selecting your chair is really dumb.



And here's the newest pride of Starfleet, U.S.S. Wallenstein I just changed neck and pylons from the standard constitution parts, and I "updated" the hull material and windows to the "modern" ones to give it a more, well, modern look. I think it works well. Oh, and it's fun to fly, rear torpedo launcher ftw!

[Bounty]

Man, screw you and your fancy ship

[Brother-Captain Gaius]

I'm not feeling the love with cruisers. The rear torps are nice, but even with the additional 2 engineering powers they're not much more survivable than my escort - the latter has the speed and firepower to put engagements on its own terms. I want to like cruisers ('cause I want a Galaxy and a Sovereign) but as it is right now it seems hard to justify.

[Bluewolf]

I'd love to try the Beta Key but they are either all gone or the competitions for them have all finished. If there is another way to get one (besides a pre order, I don't want to buy the game yet as I just want to see how it is) then I'd be happy.

[GuppyShark]

This contest is current

http://games.on.net/article/7890/Star_T ... _Beta_keys

[Gramzamber]

This might be considered a spoiler so don't look if you really care about such things but...

Coolest. Mission. Ever.

[Vanas]

Myself and Charlemagne when he was shopping for a new ship. Also, where are all you SDN bastards in-game? If we get five people together we have a fleet!

Call it Starbase Delta Zero. I think it has a nice ring to it

I'm not feeling the love with cruisers. The rear torps are nice, but even with the additional 2 engineering powers they're not much more survivable than my escort - the latter has the speed and firepower to put engagements on its own terms. I want to like cruisers ('cause I want a Galaxy and a Sovereign) but as it is right now it seems hard to justify.

If you swap out the rear torps for another phaser array, things start to get more interesting as you get a three beam broadside. So head towards them, drain their sheild, front phasers + torpedos, then break out the broadsides, lumbering around for the odd torpedo hit.

[SylasGaunt]

This might be considered a spoiler so don't look if you really care about such things but...

Coolest. Mission. Ever.

Yeah. I played that one last night and had a little geekgasm at all the goodness.