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What is your main reason for playing STO?

thegrandnagus1thegrandnagus1 Member Posts: 5,166 Arc User
edited October 2015 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Whatever your choice, please feel free to elaborate or clarify.
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What is your main reason for playing STO? 132 votes

The story/episodes
22%
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Fun mechanics(like space combat)
20%
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Character advancement(better gear/etc)
4%
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Socializing(RP, fleets, etc)
7%
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Other(please explain)
44%
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  • welcome2earfwelcome2earf Member Posts: 1,746 Arc User
    Other(please explain)
    Addiction. lol
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  • berginsbergins Member Posts: 3,453 Arc User
    Other(please explain)
    Escapism.
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  • kitsunesnoutkitsunesnout Member Posts: 1,210 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    Fun mechanics(like space combat)
    It's pretty much become a mix between the toys (Fun Mechanics) and Story for me. As for character advancement, that's just getting more toys :P. Socializing? I used to, but I have almost completely stopped socializing in STO and do that elsewhere these days.

    Edit: Well maybe I'm still socializing on the forums instead, I seem to have become a forumite!
  • nyx219nyx219 Member Posts: 207 Arc User
    The story/episodes
    The episodes, hands down. That also includes the Foundry missions. The draw for me was never that it's an MMO because I didn't care about that aspect, I wanted to see how they did for the episodes & how integrated overall in the main storyline my toon was. Digging through the Foundry ended up being like a bonus on top of that, we have some very talented players creating great missions with that.

    I still look forward to the new episodes, and still like seeing what comes out of the Foundry. Those are inherently more Trek (and what I'm after) than anything else the game offers.
  • happyhappyj0yj0yhappyhappyj0yj0y Member Posts: 699 Arc User
    Other(please explain)
    Sunk cost fallacy?
  • scarlingscarling Member Posts: 708 Arc User
    Fun mechanics(like space combat)
    less QQ more Pew Pew. I'm here for the fun of combat and to play with ships. I used to love using mmo's for socializing, a very long time ago. That changed the more I had to deal with drama. Have had enough of that with family and friends. Now I dont care so much, just want a game that updates and releases more content. I get bored with games that only add dlc for a year after its released. .... Sometimes I meet a genuinely decent person ingame that is worth spending time with, just doesn't happen that often.
  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
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    Need something to fill my screen while I do other things... An elaborate screensaver.
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  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,882 Arc User
    Other(please explain)
    I love Star Trek...I was sorta raised on it in my youth, I was born around the time TNG started...watched everything show after with my Mom...saw every TMP and TNG movie with her...

    Plus sorta have a love/hate relationship with the game...I hate the condition of the game and what the devs are doing to it...but I love Trek...so I play, though not as much as I used to.
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  • thenoname711thenoname711 Member Posts: 204 Arc User
    Other(please explain)
    No other comparable MMO game with similar mechanics(in space, ground is not very interesting, ton of other MMO games offer ground battles done much better than STO) is available. And although I am deeply dissapointed with how things are going since DR I spent too much time in it to just throw it away entirely.
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  • sovereign010sovereign010 Member Posts: 641 Arc User
    Character advancement(better gear/etc)
    welcome2earf wrote: »
    Addiction. lol

    This :D

    That, and the need to constantly grind dilithium.
  • storulesstorules Member Posts: 3,278 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    Other(please explain)
    thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
    Whatever your choice, please feel free to elaborate or clarify.

    Waiting around for expansion for SWTOR...STO is inferior to SWTOR IMO fox-1.gif​​
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  • jodarkriderjodarkrider Member Posts: 2,097 Arc User
    Other(please explain)
    Other. as I enjoy a bit of everything. Trek, stories, roleplaying, ground/space, improving my character's gearing & build.
    The game surely has its' issues, no denial about it, but it has been a source of fun for me in past 2-years, got me into Star Trek... so gonna be around and hope for the game to grow better and nicer for everyone. :3
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  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,657 Arc User
    Other(please explain)
    Other. I enjoy the episodes, a bit of the queues, spaceship barbie to set up new ships.
  • wintermutevreswintermutevres Member Posts: 100 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    Other(please explain)
    It may sound strange but i like this game cuz i don't have to interract with other players too much and i can just pug or solo whatever i want. I can completely ignore fleets with that require you to play certain content with certain ppl at certain time and sit in TS as long as you stay online (if there are any such fleets in STO lol). I just open up pve menu, press a button and start smashing enemy heads. Thats all i want. Yes pugging took a serious hit after DR and i miss the days when queues were full of ppl but its still possible to pug. Only other MMO i tried to play was ESO and while i really really liked the game the fact that i couldn't pug most of endgame content and had to deal guilds and their rules if i wanted do anything after story quests were completed was a deal breaker for me.
  • dlmc85dlmc85 Member Posts: 145 Arc User
    Other(please explain)
    Simply beacuse i'm a HUGE trekker. The game has its fun but it's the majorselling point to me.
  • dlmc85dlmc85 Member Posts: 145 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    Other(please explain)
    -Double post, sorry-
  • kamiyama317kamiyama317 Member Posts: 1,295 Arc User
    The story/episodes
    It's hard to choose. I like the episodes and the space combat, and building my starbase.
  • shpoksshpoks Member Posts: 6,967 Arc User
    Other(please explain)
    Star Trek.
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  • tinkerstormtinkerstorm Member Posts: 853 Arc User
    Other(please explain)
    Play? What do you mean, play? This is a job, man. You'd better work.
  • hunteralpha84hunteralpha84 Member Posts: 524 Arc User
    Other(please explain)
    Addiction. I feel like if I don't refine the 8k dilithium cap daily then I'm wasting it.

    I do have fun when there's content updates though.
  • alexraptorralexraptorr Member Posts: 1,192 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    Socializing(RP, fleets, etc)
    Definitely the social aspect hands down.
    There are plenty of older singleplayer Star Trek games out there that are far superior gameplay and content wise to STO.
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  • drkfrontiersdrkfrontiers Member Posts: 2,477 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    Other(please explain)
    Because I find clicking a mouse button... a million times in the space of an hour, thrilling beyond measure. After 5 year I have set myself the goal of making it into the Great Hall... just once ... with the sliding door that opens when I reach it. To find the doff mission where prisoners actually have the required traits.. oh the joy! I particularly cherish those epic moments in the game when rubberband myself into the Stone Age.
  • mayito2009mayito2009 Member Posts: 643 Arc User
    Fun mechanics(like space combat)
    I love space exploration, combats etc.
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  • admiralkogaradmiralkogar Member Posts: 875 Arc User
    Other(please explain)
    thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
    Whatever your choice, please feel free to elaborate or clarify.

    I come from a Pen and Paper or Game Console background as far as games go.

    I spent a few years tending a sick parent, couldn't get out except to my paycheck job, and this became my game, social outlet, and craft project. I played it with family and friends. I brought them over from Torchlight because HEY! this is Star Trek!I like all of it, except glitches, but hey, I play 'Fallout' so I have seen some doozies. ;)

    All aspects are important, and need to be in some kind of harmony. Sometimes that seems like it will never quite happen. I am hopeful :)

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  • captz1ppcaptz1pp Member Posts: 931 Arc User
    Other(please explain)
    Im mostly just waiting for Everquest Next to go live, i don't dislike this game, but its just a place to hang out.
  • angrytargangrytarg Member Posts: 11,005 Arc User
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    Star Trek 'n stuff​​
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  • thetaninethetanine Member Posts: 1,367 Arc User
    Fun mechanics(like space combat)
    thegrandnagus1 wrote: »
    Whatever your choice, please feel free to elaborate or clarify.

    I have to agree with what our friend Scarling posted already:
    less QQ more Pew Pew. I'm here for the fun of combat and to play with ships. I used to love using mmo's for socializing, a very long time ago. That changed the more I had to deal with drama. Have had enough of that with family and friends. Now I dont care so much, just want a game that updates and releases more content. I get bored with games that only add dlc for a year after its released. .... Sometimes I meet a genuinely decent person ingame that is worth spending time with, just doesn't happen that often.

    Yep. I do NOT use the game to make friends, socialize, etc. I don't want to talk to anyone. I want to fly my ship. I want to make my ship more powerful. I want bigger, faster, explosions. I'm a ROM TAC and I Shoot the Big Guns. Step.​​
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  • irm1963irm1963 Member Posts: 682 Arc User
    Other(please explain)
    All of the above to some degree, I like that i can just drop in and do whatever I feel like that day. It's so far the only MMO I keep coming back to.
  • coldspike1coldspike1 Member Posts: 101 Arc User
    Other(please explain)
    I watched Star Trek when it first aired in 65 and have watched every series and film and played most every game too. I was glad when STO came along I've played since the beta. It's not perfect, but it's better than nothing and besides I enjoy it.
  • hyplhypl Member Posts: 3,719 Arc User
    Other(please explain)
    Other: A mix of all of the above options.
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