The new content that's been put out, with the Devidians, the Breen, and the Fek'lhri, I actually find myself ENJOYING the game. I actually enjoy logging in. I mean, I'd initially logged in this mornth to see how bad the train wreck had gotten. Instead of seeing a train wreck, I found some very awesome missions that actually made me think. I found myself actually being forced to make captain like decisions.
Months ago, on my Klingon character, I found myself actually imagining the behavior of my crew. When stealing the runabout in the one mission, my imagination had my crew initially fumbling with and then getting the hang of the Federation style controls. Then they all had their faces practically pressed against the windows watching the fun as their lone runabout annihilated starship after starship.
Now it's something entirely different. Every new mission, not just the last one, was a real joy.
On my Federation character I actually found myself placed in situations where I actually had to THINK about the next course of action.
On my Klingon, doing the Devidian missions, sneaking around the one space station while cloaked (tactical character with an operative kit), locking the federation security teams in their rooms, trying to lay low, watching peoples responses of bewilderment as they don't recognize that they actually have a bunch of trio of Klingons running around. And one particular bit of icing on the cake was the one female science officer who's so proud of the computer's ability to render an entire duplicate of the station... in a WIREFRAME MODEL... I cracked up and had to stop doing the mission for five minutes until I finished laughing. It wasn't so much that it was funny on it's own, it was the fact that the joke was so unexpected that it hit me extra hard.
Also done the Fek'lhri missions. Ironically, I've had my Klingon character almost since the game came out and every single Bird of Prey she's had has been called the I.K.S. Fek'lhr. Then facing off against Fek'lhr himself, I found myself thinking "KNEEL BEFORE YOUR CAPTAIN!" in a kind of female General Zod manner.
Thank you Cryptic, you've almost managed to make the game worth the extra price on lifetime. Fix Sector Space so it's not the illegitimate love child of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory and Tron. The digital lollipops are very... well they just don't work... I understand why you did it that way, right down to the lollypop sticks and grid floor being a means of helping to visually determine distance, but still, it doesn't feel very trekish.
Keep up the good work because while I still don't feel like the game is really ready for prime time, I think you're getting there quickly with the new direction everything is going.
Welcome back to the fold. I'm glad you're enjoying the new content. I know that a lot of us who have become disillusioned in the past think that the weeklies have helped to turn around the game to some extent. I'm thoroughly enjoying myself at least once a week. I really love the puzzles and certain dialogue options (particularly the new character-specific ones like diplomacy or engineering).
STO still has a long ways to go, but it's starting to go in the right direction...something that I'm glad about.
Fix Sector Space so it's not the illegitimate love child of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory and Tron. The digital lollipops are very... well they just don't work... I understand why you did it that way, right down to the lollypop sticks and grid floor being a means of helping to visually determine distance, but still, it doesn't feel very trekish.
And one particular bit of icing on the cake was the one female science officer who's so proud of the computer's ability to render an entire duplicate of the station... in a WIREFRAME MODEL... I cracked up and had to stop doing the mission for five minutes until I finished laughing. It wasn't so much that it was funny on it's own, it was the fact that the joke was so unexpected that it hit me extra hard.
...And one particular bit of icing on the cake was the one female science officer who's so proud of the computer's ability to render an entire duplicate of the station... in a WIREFRAME MODEL... I cracked up and had to stop doing the mission for five minutes until I finished laughing. It wasn't so much that it was funny on it's own, it was the fact that the joke was so unexpected that it hit me extra hard.
So did I, especially on my Klingon. I tried to talk her away, then I just said "TRIBBLE it" and knocked her out.
I think even a KDF character can persuade her to step away from the console without knocking her, however Cryptic seems to think KDF characters are all about chaos and carnage so that won't get you an accolade
I cracked up and had to stop doing the mission for five minutes until I finished laughing. It wasn't so much that it was funny on it's own, it was the fact that the joke was so unexpected that it hit me extra hard.
I had the same reaction to the inside joke on "Tricorders" when playing through the second Devidian mission.
I think even a KDF character can persuade her to step away from the console without knocking her, however Cryptic seems to think KDF characters are all about chaos and carnage so that won't get you an accolade
Yeah, you basically ask her what happens if she ties the console into the station's main memory and the console locks up because you've already used an insoluable 4 dimensional math problem that causes the old computers to crash. Assuming that's what you did anyway...
I managed to get through the entire mission without taking any aggressive action at all toward the federation or firing a single shot except at the Devidians toward the end. But then, my character is a Borg klingon, so she has an RP excuse for being methodical and not very Klingon like.
Yeah, you basically ask her what happens if she ties the console into the station's main memory and the console locks up because you've already used an insoluable 4 dimensional math problem that causes the old computers to crash. Assuming that's what you did anyway...
I managed to get through the entire mission without taking any aggressive action at all toward the federation or firing a single shot except at the Devidians toward the end. But then, my character is a Borg klingon, so she has an RP excuse for being methodical and not very Klingon like.
Another one of the touches I liked about the new mission were the accolades.
If your a federation character you get a special accolade for not firing a single shot at any of the crew members working on the station. If your playing KDF then you get the same accolade for killing every member on the station.
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kidding....glad you are enjoying the game. i always have regardless.
nice to see a positive post in between the multitude of negative ones... :P
Check my history, I don't make positive posts lightly. I truely was impressed with my STO adventures over the past few days.
STO still has a long ways to go, but it's starting to go in the right direction...something that I'm glad about.
Well, since you asked so nicely...
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Now say thank you...
This was a wonderful touch.
So did I, especially on my Klingon. I tried to talk her away, then I just said "TRIBBLE it" and knocked her out.
I had the same reaction to the inside joke on "Tricorders" when playing through the second Devidian mission.
Yeah, you basically ask her what happens if she ties the console into the station's main memory and the console locks up because you've already used an insoluable 4 dimensional math problem that causes the old computers to crash. Assuming that's what you did anyway...
I managed to get through the entire mission without taking any aggressive action at all toward the federation or firing a single shot except at the Devidians toward the end. But then, my character is a Borg klingon, so she has an RP excuse for being methodical and not very Klingon like.
Another one of the touches I liked about the new mission were the accolades.
If your a federation character you get a special accolade for not firing a single shot at any of the crew members working on the station. If your playing KDF then you get the same accolade for killing every member on the station.