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SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
...all the super instancing all the time has got to go. Totally takes away the "massively multi-player" concept. I popped into the Crystalline Entity Instance and got set on a shard with two other people in it.

I went to change instances and there were a dozen other shards also with 1 to 3 people and two with 25+.

All I can say is WTF?

If I wanted a single player game I'd go buy Mass Effect 2. What I'm looking for is MMO gameplay. That is part of why I pay a monthly subscription.

And the whole "its supposed to feel like an episode where your Captain and Crew are the stars of the show" line just doesn't cut it.

This game needs to have a more persistent universe. The planetary systems need to be much more defined, sort of zones unto themselves with Deep Space being represented by the Sector Space map.

Also, an open PvP Sector where Feds and Klingons can go at it would be nice. I'm not a huge PvPer but seriously, all you would have to do is design maybe four Star Systems for real PvP, not these maps that feel like a Red vs Blue fight.

Last I heard STO had a million accounts active. That's a lot of money. Cryptic, please hire more devs to work on this game and actually go full MMO with it. There is a lot of potential here, I hope that you guys expand this game and not leave it as is. The way its set up now doesn't really lend itself towards long term play. I get the "less than a year" feel from this game right now.

Personally, I'd like to be able to keep playing this game for a few years. Heck, I've been on LOTRO for three years now and it is still a lot of fun.

That being said, I am enjoying the game for now so I'm off to save another planet...or maybe the whole galaxy.

:cool:
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    The game is what it is and hoping for any radical changes is just setting yourself up for a major letdown. The game is live and they will add content and nerf or boost thing but major overhauls are pretty much out of the question.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    ...all the super instancing all the time has got to go.

    Unfortunately, it isnt. At least, not all the "super-instancing" already in game. Those missions are made, and Cryptic isnt going to throw them and and just make a bunch of new ones. That said, maybe the content they make in the future wont be as instanced.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Can anyone post the source to the 1 million subscribers, because when i looked it up. I've heard that it isn't true, that there is just 1 mil people who signed up for forums and such, not 1 million people who bought the game and playing...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    cryptic makes one kinda/style of game....and this is it.
    :-S
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Yep you are playing the wrong game... don't worry, so am I.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Zengrath wrote: »
    Can anyone post the source to the 1 million subscribers, because when i looked it up. I've heard that it isn't true, that there is just 1 mil people who signed up for forums and such, not 1 million people who bought the game and playing...

    There is no source that says there are 1 mil subs, because that is a lie. However, there is a source that says 1 mil accounts:

    http://trekmovie.com/2010/02/02/star-trek-online-launches-with-over-1-million-accounts-new-ground-video/
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    There is no source that says there are 1 mil subs, because that is a lie. However, there is a source that says 1 mil accounts:

    http://trekmovie.com/2010/02/02/star-trek-online-launches-with-over-1-million-accounts-new-ground-video/

    That makes sense, thanks :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Zengrath wrote: »
    That makes sense, thanks :)

    Np. Now please copy/paste that link whenever you see people claiming the 1 mil players/accounts :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Np. Now please copy/paste that link whenever you see people claiming the 1 mil players/accounts :p

    Nice find Nagus and that should help clear things up a bit.

    Nice to see Star Trek response in this world.

    Hope Cryptic is getting ready for 1 million STO game subscribers. :cool:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Slackjaw wrote:
    The game is what it is and hoping for any radical changes is just setting yourself up for a major letdown. The game is live and they will add content and nerf or boost thing but major overhauls are pretty much out of the question.

    This person speaks the truth. Instance Trek Online is the name of the game.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Well, I know that the content that exists already is as is - and I'm fine with it. I would just hope that the game will grow and expand to meet the desires of all the various types of gamers that are drawn to a Star Trek title.

    I played CoH back during it's initial release and it was also heavily instanced but I know that the game evolved tremendously over the course of time. I would hope STO does the same.
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