So why aren't you sending redshirts to their deaths and punching out Gorn?
Is the update out?
>>344036654
Yeah.
Is there anything worthwhile left in the franchise since Abrams dumbed the movies down?
Poor bastard never stood a chance.
how come they didn't make it a TNG game
>>344036242
Because im still downloading it (despite having downloaded the prepatch).
>>344040105
Because it's set in the time after TNG.
You can get TNG ships and uniforms by default.
>>344038342
How is the first mission so far?
>>344042587
It's pretty fun. Difficulty is right down on the floor, though that's to be expected from a tutorial.
>>344043112
Please, post more pics, i wanna see what it's like because i have a feeling its going to take a while with me.
>>344043887
Not got much to show yet aside from slaughtering cavemen and pewpewing Klingons.
>>344044521
>>344044778
>>344044904
>>344045104
Bumping for interest.
>>344045104
Kinda spoilers.
And that's all I have from the tutorial mission.
>>344045490
Cheers anon.
Is there any sorta TOS era ESD there?
>>344046207
There is, but it's tiny. I'll snap some shots of it after this mission.
For now, it's time to do science.
>>344046685
Yeah, it's just a false alarm. Certainly not going to be a problem later or anything.
Voyager worth watching?
Original is a bit too camp and i came straight off DS9 to watch it. if you havent watched ds9 its better than TNG.Probably the best series i have ever watched
>>344046989
Of course not, what could possibly go wrong on a tiny research outpost?
>>344047270
Voyager is fucking awful. Don't bother.
>>344046685
Wait, i thought there wasn't any female captains in TOS era due to Gene Roddenberrys decisions.
I haven't played STO in a long while. Is it still as grindy and pay-to-win as I remember it being?
>>344047270
Don't bother with it anon.
Also the Enterprise has like only a handful of good episodes in it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIGxMENwq1k
>>344046989
Pigman seems like a cool guy.
>>344047327
Exactly. No reason to worry at all.
>>344047549
They retconned that kinda stuff back in Enterprise. The captain of the NX-02 was a woman.
>>344047594
There is currently 9 different reputations you can grind, 3 admiralty lines you can grind and multiple R&D lines you can grind to level 20 for maximum crafting skills.
Oh and any tier 5-U and tier 6 ships have ship mastery levels which you open by playing with that particular ship.
As for pay2win, id say its still one of the least pay2win games around, rather pay to do shit faster/skip 6-12 months of dilithium grinding.
>>344048028
Indeed it does seem like a good place, suspiciously detailed redshirt.
>>344047594
It's pay-to-not-grind, not pay-to-win.
>>344047594
It's not so much "pay-to-win" as it is "pay to not spend literal months grinding for dilithium." The exchange rate is awful right now, worse than it ever has been.
>>344048505
480 something dilithium per 1 zen.
Yup, if it gets any higher im gonna sell my 3K zen and wait for it to come down.
Then i can hopefully get 12K zen.
>>344037280
Its like a new faction or something?
>>344047594
Grindy as hell, but you don't really need the newest and shiniest stuff to "win", unless you're one of the half dozen autistic whales who still PvP.
NERDS
-kicks sand in face-
>>344036242
Downloading right now.
Can I play a science officer?
>>344048476
Oh no, the Gorn turned on us. Who could've seen such a turn of events?
>>344048714
Mini-faction. Couple of missions in the 23rd century, then you get whisked off to the future and become a temporal agent because you were supposed to die but the timecops think you can be useful to them. Then the story is pretty much normal Starfleet story with extra dialogue in certain missions (like the ones where you go back to the 23rd century to fight the Devidians.
>>344048714
Yeah wtf is it?
>>344048958
Go home ogre.
>>344048714
Pretty much, it's a Feddie sub-faction of some sorts.
>>344049017
You can only play as a captain.
But, you can choose from tactical, engineering or science paths for your captain.
>>344049058
It's time to go full Kirk on these bastards.
>>344049058
Are you sure they turned on you?
Looks like you are firing at a innocent Gorn onlooker and a Gorn scientist, performing his native rock science.
>>344049372
I can't play as a science officer on another players ship?
>>344049783
Nope.
Best you could do is RP with some other player on their bridge.
>>344049783
Perpetual tried that when they were originally developing Star Trek Online. The game ended up in development hell and they went bankrupt, resulting in the license being sold to Cryptic with a nine month deadline.
It just doesn't work.
>>344049931
Yup.
And thanks to all that the code is as wonky as the technology in the ruins of Mars in 40K.
Case and point, what happened after their latest "fix" and which they haven't fixed yet (or at least prior to the launch of agents of yesterday).
>>344049868
>>344049931
Fuck.
But I can still play with other people right? Have adventures?
>>344049440
Perfect. Jim Kirk would be proud.
>>344049474
They claim we attacked their ships first, but that's not what happened at all! Clearly it's just an excuse to fire on us while trying not to look like the aggressors.
I mean what else could it be? Those sensor ghosts from earlier? Ha.
>>344050229
You can team up with other players and do missions together, aside from a very small number of solo only missions. And of course there's the obligatory PvE content at endgame like every other MMO has.
>>344050229
You can invite people into a team both into story missions and on any ground activities.
So playing as a science officer, im support right?
Can i solo?
>>344050559
You can solo quite easily.
What you do as science officer is administer health and shields to others.
You can also use hypos to slow or damage enemies.
>>344050559
Anyone can solo. Science has support skills but also focuses on debuffing and controlling enemies, as well as doing exotic damage. Bouncing graviton particle beams off the main deflector dish and such.
>>344050458
They attacked the scientists too! I knew they were just looking for an excuse to seize the planet for themselves.
>>344051420
Kill them Johnny.
Kill them all.
>>344051420
And now they're attacking us when we're trying to assist the science vessel with repairs.
>>344051963
That seems to be the only way out of this, unfortunately.
>>344052251
Why don't you run with max weapon power on your ship?
>>344052251
More strange sensor readings... It's probably nothing. I guess I'll check it out just in case.
>>344052870
>>344052870
That thing and a tier 6 exelsior side by side for reference.
>>344052789
It was an inside job! Gorn did 9/11! Uh... Gorn did Edren IV!
>>344052961
That's fucking insanity.
>>344053117
Oh... I was way off. Thanks for the correction, Pigdude.
Max lvl, Nearly all the ships that you can get.
Gave up a long time ago and moved to eve. But sto still can fill the void in my life that is Star trek.
If you want any tips just ask.
>>344053554
When was the last time you played?
>>344053620
Just after Christmas.
>>344036242
How much lore is there in the game, can I access a computer or a PADD and read all about the federations history? What stardate does it take place anyway
I still miss /stog/
And I still can't fucking believe they're porting STO to consoles, it seems like such a blunder
>>344053793
30 years after Nemesis. You can get lore missions at Starfleet Academy/Klingon Academy, but they've all been compiled on the STO wiki.
>>344053734
K, too bad you weren't there to get the new escort ship.
>>344053793
I think there might be something at Starfleet academy on Earth and at Klingon capitol.
>>344053793
Quite a lot of lore that will satisfy your needs. But driving ships or firing space disco lazers is the best
>>344053793
There is a metric fuckton of lore in the game. It takes place in 2409 (later parts in 2410) and there's lore on everything that happens between the end of Nemesis and the beginning of the game.
You can get one datachip covering small parts of the lore once per day at Starfleet HQ or the Klingon Academy, but they're all listed here anyway:
http://sto.gamepedia.com/Path_to_2409
are there any cardassians to blow up?
>>344054261>>344054078
FUCK ME. That looks so good, and the consoles are decent. can you buy them on the market?
>>344054261
A few. Spoonheads don't get that much content, but they've been teasing a Cardassian themed expansion for years, so I'm sure next time will be their time.inb4 ENT-themed "Agents of the Day Before Yesterday"
Can you check out anything in the character creator without grinding/paying for anything? I think I just want to play dress up for an hour or so then delete it.
>>344054661
course they don't get much content when their ships looks like dreamcast controllers
>>344053318
The Gorn came back. Maybe we can end this peacefully.
>>344055457
Oh... Well, things are peaceful on the Gorn side at least.
>>344055772
Wasn't sure about it when it was revealed, but the Pioneer-class has grown on me. It's a nice little ship.
It's gonna be a shame to leave it behind at lv10.
Oh and Romulans are bitches. Fuck you and your plasma fires.
>>344056084
And our work here is done.
Does anyone know if there's any stats on what is currently the least popular class right now?
And here's Earth Space Dock for anyone wanting to see it.
Yes, that's a shuttle. It's really that small.Though a little out of scale.
Howlewdis this game? Is there anerpcommunity? Howsexymy character can be?
>>344058731
Go back to ff14 and kill yourself you fucking faggot people like you ruin games
>>344054661
inb4Agents of the day after tomorrow :^)
>>344058731
By itself, not very. Lots of potential though.
There was at one point, but I don't know how active it is these days. Drozana Station was infamous for that kind of thing when I started playing a couple years ago.
The character creator is pretty solid, especially for the generic "alien" option. They get access to a shitload of features and have much more variety in how far their sliders can go compared to canon races. It's free to play, so it's worth downloading even just to try character creation for yourself.
Yesh! now i finally get to play... FUCK!
>>344059594
Captain Kellog of the Enterprise-Special K?
The trailer looks like they just repurposed the TOS style missions from then original release of the game.
Tell me that isn't what they did.
>>344060030
There's a new tutorial mission for TOS characters and apparently at least the first 6 missions are different.
>>344060030
>Tell me that isn't what they did.
they didn't
>>344059749
rip
Back in the days everything was better...
Well, fuck. I'm stuck inside a star in sector space.
>>344064615
Can you Transwarp?
>>344064615
A familiar ailment.
Try transwarping to ESD or some other location.
>>344064764
No, 23c Starfleet chars don't seem to start with any.
>>344064572
And of course i forgot the pick.
>>344064915
Never mind. Changing instance popped me right back at Earth. That was lucky.
Posting a Gorn ship.
is my tac oddy fit with 2x tac team and +80% damage resistance at any given time still a thing?
>>344066495
And here's another one!
>>344066637
Could be a decent turtle.
>>344066778
it was the best turtle. no escort could burst me down, no sci vessel could drain my shields because I had like 50 buttons to re-up them instantly, nobody could out tank me. literally invincible in a 1v1. took 5 guys focusing me 4 minutes to kill me and I killed two of them in the process.
>>344047270
>>344047270
Voyager is okay at best. I've seen a few anon's describe it as "comfy"(it manages to use a lot of fancy new sets almost every episode, for example), and while it sometimes does feel that way, it also feels like the episodes drag on quite a bit.
I liked Janeway and a few other characters but I think the biggest problem with Voyager is that it's a retread of many established concepts(for the first three seasons at least), leaving a lot of the episodes to be pretty predictable.
>Original is a bit too camp and i came straight off DS9 to watch it.
Funny, I did the same thing with TOS after finishing TNG. It can be quite the slog after being so used to TNG/DS9 visuals, but halfway through TOS I started watching it with a friend and it became so much better. I don't know if it was our commentary that enhanced it for us or what, but it became something we looked forward to doing and I would consider doing the same with another friend if possible. Imo some of the episodes are pretty good but I can understand your aversion.
>>344068682
Damn, was about to boot up TOS but i forgot i lost the first season. downloading now
Also you should check up this game Pulsar lost colony with your friend. if you've played FTL it's like that but 3d in space with coop
>>344067304
These days best turtling experience can be gotten with command battlecruisers or the Kobali cruiser (which unfortunately was a even reward which i don't know if it will ever be available again).
>State of the art constitution class cruiser
>max speed is warp factor 5
WAKE ME UP FROM THIS NIGHTMARE!
>>344066662
Is this the front or the back of the ship?
>>344073570
not as snug as being inbetween an SUV and a brick wall
>>344069196
>Also you should check up this game Pulsar lost colony with your friend. if you've played FTL it's like that but 3d in space with coop
Sounds pretty cool actually. Unfortunately the Early Access part of the game is a bit of a turn-off for me, so I'll follow the game a bit and see where that goes. But we've been looking for something like a coop FTL so I'll strongly consider it at some point.
Thanks for the suggestion
>>344074046
I think pirating the game works, doesnt use steamplay or any of that shit.
Version 9.4 atm. May work for earlier versions i think
star trek is gay lol
>star trek game
>no borg
>no fighting a tactical fusion cube as a massive boss battle
Trashed.
>>344075074
>no borg
that is incorrect
>want to play the game again
>apparently there's some obscure problem with my internet connection that can't be fixed that's stopped me from doing so for the past two years
>>344075074
>no borg
If only.
>>344072150
Front.
I think...
>>344037280
>>344036242
>>344063593
> TOS ships
> Classic uniforms
> Blue phasers
I'm getting the cognitive equivalent of a raging boner.
>>344075074
>Not fighting tactical cubes
I have trashed those in the dozens, what the hell are you on mate?
>>344075980
And the phasers make the same old sounds and TOS ships seem to so far make same sounds while getting hit like they did in the series.
PS4 player (whenever it releases)
What should a newcomer expect?
>>344076240
Expect Federation diplomacy to be gunboat diplomacy. Make room in your trophy room for heads of your slain enemies.
>>344076240
widespread death and destruction by your hands as a starfleet captain in the 25th century
>>344073665
(you)
>>344076113
>And the phasers make the same old sounds and TOS ships seem to so far make same sounds while getting hit like they did in the series.
I'm probably going to regret this because I don't like MMOs or F2P but I'm downloading it anyway.
SET PHASERS FOR COMFY!
>>344077117
Remember, by having a tactical captain, get some purple quality security officers, place them as active on your ground segment in duty officer roster, then use the red shirt summoning button and after that a skill called "tactical readiness" if i remember it right, then a little trinket you get from one of the missions that zeroes your cooldowns, then summon a second wave of officers.
This way you can get up to 16 redshirts on the ground instead of just 2.
I played the game on release and got bored within the first few days. Ground combat was terrible and the graphics where pretty poor at the time. Has enough changed to make it worth giving it another go?
This game is killing me.
>>344077767
The game has changed a hell of a lot since release.
That said, ground combat is still ass. It's just well-washed and perfumed ass as opposed to the ass of a bloated corpse it was at launch.
>>344077767
Still has shit combat, animations, and art in general. Game is being maintained by a skeleton crew so there's never any substantial updates.
>>344077767
Space combat is pretty neat.
>tfw opened five lockboxes and got jjprise
do I keep it or sell it
>>344080731
Well, it's a tier 6 connie that should be able to use other connie skins.
But im sure it can be sold for helluva lotta dough and the Battlecruiser seems to be the objectively best feddie ship right now so...
The choice is yours.
>>344080960
>that should be able to use other connie skins
No.
>>344081048
Ok, thanks for correcting me then.
