Greets,
Just wanted to express a few things.
To preface (I've not been around STO as long as many of you so I'm still learning the game, and the Forum community.)....
I've been playing MMO's a long time, since Ever Quest closed Beta. I know this is subjective, I've played good MMO's, and bad MMO's from fantasy to Sci-Fi, they all have their launch issues, that's a given, however some have more than others. That being said....
I could go on with a long list of things that are not right with this game, to me it serves no point, I'm not a 'fan boi' of this game nor am I a detractor. I am a objective gamer, that's all.
The preface is longer than my complaint, so I'll move right to it:
When I started playing in the open beta, being an exploration type gamer, I started visiting systems in sector space. I quickly found out that, by a vast majority, you can only visit systems you have 'episodes/missions/quests/whatever' in. I thought, okay, it's still beta... then I was in the Head-start, the same was true, I thought okay, it's head-start, surely in the release, I'll be able to visit systems....
Not so....
Why have all the systems if you can't explore them? (Rhetorical question, need not be answered).
In not keeping with the key spirit of, and, mission of, "....
to boldly go...", which is what Star Trek is all about, really, whats the point of the game?
I think this is where it fails. If they had gotten this, fundamental, and, very important aspect right I doubt there would be as many complaints, but that's just my opinion.
But, what the hey? I bought the life-time sub, so I'll be around. To late to cry about it now. I just hope that it grows into a game that is worthy of the Star Trek franchise, if not then it will run the course that 'Earth and Beyond", and Tabula Rasa went.....I really hope this is not the case.
Again, just my $.02US cents worth.
Have a nice day.
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You wanted content? You got content lol!
and you can play that wonderful game again now for FREE at http://www.enb-emulator.com
Wait the emulator is ready?
Hmmmm.....
I did enjoy E&B. I quit a few months before shutdown because support was lacking.
They are in stress beta 4 now.. Some features are missing, and the characters will be wiped, but it is up, stable, and about 90% of the original content is in the game (along with some new stuff), and you can play the game for sure.. there are usually anywhere betwen 100-300 players online.
I was playing it for a good 2 months before STO started up.. shelved it for now, but i'll revisit it once they go production..
Allow planets to be visited/revisited before and after missions there.
Instancing should make the basic implementation easy, and it would be nice to see Vulcan characters socializing on P'Jem :P
I personally would love to spend time on the Federation colony seen in the Kuvah'Magh mission.
I guess, what I see as the current state of the game is 'proof of concept', in other words it's a starting point, IMHO.
Whether the game should have been launched at this time is open to debate, and I'll not debate it here as I don't have a crystal ball or insider knowledge, and most important in my mind is not today, but the future of the game, and that all remains to be seen.
The gaming industry like any industry is fiscally driven, meaning, there is a point where development has to release a product, period. It's the 'bean counters' that run the show, that's the reality of it. They have to look at the risk/reward factor. Who knows what that threshold was for Cryptic/Atari/CBS, apparently it was reached, and here's the result, STO v0.20100208b.10. They have to live with the decision and so do we.
Been there, done that.... we'll see if 'this dog hunts'....
Have a nice day!
Thanks. Still the direction changed, and it was out of my control. Regardless it was a 'bean counter' decision, as are most....
Have a nice day!:D
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I really enjoyed E&B...a lot.
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Me too, and thanks for the compliment.
Have a nice day!:D