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[Ctuchik]

Going to stop with sto, just too boring. Pvp is like shooting fish in a barrel.

Are you actually still getting pvp matches popping? i'm permanentally queued everytime i log on and rarely even get one game in 2+ hours..

 

[MYstIC G]

10 Reasons Why You Should Play Star Trek Online «furiousfanboys.com

Also I thought Part 2 of the current featured was epic. The in game cut scenes were brilliant and totally gave it the vibe of being a trek episode.

 

[Ctuchik]

You could turn most of those 10 reason around and use them as a reason not to as well.

that post is written by someone that probably isn't playing the game and have only been reading the patch notes.

Like the klingon content he mentions. He actually thinks that we have enough and that they should start to work on other playable factions now....

And he mentioned the remade sector space as a reason to keep playing, i mean WTF?!?

 

[MYstIC G]

I think 10 changes would have been a better title. The new weekly was solid again I thought. Not sure about the validity of the "choice" at the end though.

 

[Ctuchik]

Not played the last episode, sub ran out last thursday and i refuse to pay a full month sub any more just for 40 minutes a week worth of play time.

 

[MYstIC G]

Don't blame you mate. I'm lifetime so not bothered.

 

[MYstIC G]

Foundry has gone live. Some very very good stuff in there. Been bringing back a lot of people who are now doing the Episodic content and as much Foundry stuff as they can.

Did a ground PvE one with a mate the other day where we basically had circa 75-100 Romulans on a map coming right for us, it was insane but epic!

 

[Ctuchik]

Is there any rewards tied to those foundry missions so it's possible to level up on them?

 

[MYstIC G]

As I'm maxed out I don't generally pay that much attention but from what I've seen so far you get drops at your level (so I get XI gear) and I think you get the usual XP for you and your bridge officers.

 

[Ctuchik]

yeah but are there any XP rewarded when the mission is done?

I know you won't get any but you'd still see a chunk of BO skillpoints being handed out similar to what you'd get from the normal missions when you hand those in.

 

[Ctuchik]

Borrowed a mates account and it's LT levels of XP rewards no matter what rank you play them on, if any at all...

Only thing worth playing if you wanna level up is the grind missions that only consists of spawning, getting blown up and taking everything with you in the explosion, rinse and repeat...


Fucking want...

 

[Ctuchik]

Doesn't look good this...

Atari Divests Itself of Cryptic StudiosCO Champions Online News - MMORPG.com

Gamasutra - News - Atari To Divest Champions Online Developer Cryptic Studios

So if it's not getting sold it's most likely bye bye Cryptic...

It probably will be anyway in one way or another. :/

 

[Ctuchik]

Sorry for double post, edit timer ran out.

Couldn't agree more..

This Week In MMO 48: Divesting

 

[MYstIC G]

Most of the analysis actually points out that Cryptic is probably doing better than most of the rest of Atari and that when you're in the shit you sell the thing that's going to get you the most money.

 

[Ctuchik]

Thats whats so scary.

If Cryptic is the company thats doing the best, what disaster is Atari in then?

I mean, Cryptic lost $7.5 million last quarter alone.

Atari must be bleeding money like the Niagara falls fgs...

 

[Ctuchik]

Hmmmmmm...


Season Four: Crossfire | Star Trek Online Official Site

Release Notes - SEASON FOUR - Star Trek Online Forums


They even fixed Orbital Strike to actually do acceptable damage!

If i didn't know better i'd say they were actually starting to get it right....

 

[MYstIC G]

The game makes big improvements with each between season patch. Season 4 is another leap forward and I'm looking forward to taking on borg that actually adapt (i.e. your shots stop working against them) and also to trying ground combat that's more like an FPS.

 

[Ctuchik]

I might actually have to resub for a month and check it out when i have some time over.

Right now the steam summer sale is eating up both my time and all my money...

 

[MYstIC G]

I'd give it a bit Ctuchik tbh. Post big patch always = some bugs. I'd give it 2/3 weeks before playing another month.

 

[Ctuchik]

Anyone that didn't see this coming?

STO Free-to Play | Star Trek Online Official Site

 

[MYstIC G]

I don't think so. It was always going to happen after champions. It's good that Perfect World have that much faith in the game tbh.

 

[Ctuchik]

Well, i don't think faith has anything to do with it. Most F2P games do well no matter what.

PW might be a good choice tho as they aren't as anal with their item shop and rarely restricts actual gameplay content like Turbine does with DDO and LOTRO.

Ah well, i won't play it any way so they can do whatever they want.

 

[MYstIC G]

It's a shame it's not F2P now then, the borg stuff they've just released is actually quite fun.

 

[Ctuchik]

Be that as it may, i won't touch the damned game until they have acceptable Klingon content to level up on.

And that's just not going to happen, they just put that promise on the engineering reports to fill it up now.

 

[MYstIC G]

The Klingon have come on an age mate. I finally started playing one properly. Admittedly it still lags behind but it's much better.

 

[Ctuchik]

Last i played Klingon's had 5 (i think) story missions, one at each rank starting at LT, they actually have more now?

 

[Litmus]

Anyone that didn't see this coming?

STO Free-to Play | Star Trek Online Official Site

Is it free to play live now? Dont see a release date on there for it

 

[Ctuchik]

No, they just dropped the news yesterday i think. Probably be a while longer.

 

[MYstIC G]

They recon that it'll be F2P before the end of the year but we'll see.

The feature episodes plus the extra content specifically for the Klingons have bolstered them a fair bit imho. There's still nowhere near as much content as for a Fed player but it's enough now where I'm levelling a character without feeling the "grind" burn my face.

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

Played the demo a while back, was unimpressed. Depending on how they control F2P might give it a second look but if its going to be like the LotRO model, I'll probably give it a wide berth.