Admittedly I'm a newbie. My digital download hasn't finished so I've never been able to launch the game. Reading some of the forum posts, I have some general questions.
Bridge Officers
I read about player progression on the website. It talks about your bridge officers having to be one rank below you, blah blah blah.
Clarification needed: Are the other "bridge officers" additional crew that each player has (like Navy Field, if you're familiar with that game) or is this referring to other independent real players that are part of your "clan/guild/corporation/fleet", what have you? I'd assume they are part of that player's account, since it would be idiotic to force others to be below you in rank. I also understood that everyone has a ship under their command, so this would seem difficult at best.
I know a lot of this will probably be cleared up when I actually start the game, but I'm trying to get some understanding of the path I'd like to go before my download completes.
Character Naming
Can you create names when starting the game or are you stuck with the account name (ie: TE5LA) that you created here?
If you can make a name, what are the limitations? Can you have spaces? Upper/Lower case? Numbers?
Do you have only one playable character/class or is it like most MMOs where you can have four or five?
Mortal Enemies
Do the races have mortal enemies, meaning, do you attack certain races on sight or does everyone float around in a lovey-dovey vacuum?
Final Thoughts
If you have any other good suggestions, please list them, such as:
- What are good classes to play
- What roles are fun or better at combat, etc.
- The synonym to what is usually a clan, guild, corporation, etc.
- What rank or other requirements are needed to form the above
Thank you in advance. I hope to meet some nice people in this game. I am very good with making websites/forums and run a private server, so I often have nice guild sites.
Comments
Character naming is Name@Username... when you create your character, you can pick a first, middle and last name, along with a nickname and a ship name... in game, people are refered to as Nickname@Username... so my main is Roman@PsychoPuppy in chat channels and I am xxxxx@PsychoPuppy on people's friends or ignore lists. This allows people to have the same name as other people, since their username makes it unique.. so there is no excuse for D3athd3alar2657 or other monstrosities.
There are two factions so yes we attack and fight each other.. no open world PvP that I've seen yet.
So where is the first, middle, and last name referenced if you are Roman@PsychoPuppy? Is it just in your game profile if someone looks at it?
What happened to all the other races? Romulans, Borg, Ferengi, Vulcans, Bajorans, etc.? Can you play as these?
On the website there are listed in the SHIPS section 36 different ships but only four are active. Why?
Why are Federation ships all that are listed?
I'm not sure if other players see my full name, but I do on my character screen.
I don't think Romunlans are in the game, but there are a whole variety of non human races you can play... if you play Federation, there are Humans, Vulcans, Bajorans, Andorians and some others... Klingon faction gets Klingons, Orion, Gorn and others.. you can also create your own "Alien" race, and Lifetime Subscribers get Liberated Borg as a playable race. Ferengi and Federation Klingons are available for extra costs from the CStore.
I don't really understand your ship question.. there are a variety of different ship models, and classes, that anyone can pilot.. it depends on level... you get to name your own ship as well.