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Hi everyone, I have decided to finally follow my heart and try Star Trek online, being an old fashion trekky, I just couldnt resist the call any longer. Although I still have my reservation"been hearing a lot of negative about this game" I believe there is potential for me to love this game very much.
I finished installing yesterday and managed to look a bit into character creation, seemed like a lot of fun, but I intend to make my very first captain today.
I was thinking of trying the Science career. I saw you can have an interpid class starship"Voyager" in the science career and I thought it would be awesome to have.
I do have a few questions, any help would be greatly appreciated. Is it wise for me to start my first character in the Science career? Should I choose Tactical instead? What does the Engineer Career give you in ships, are they cruisers or escorts? Any tips and advice can anyone give me for game start?
Thanks all, I really appreciate any help given. I hope I will love the experience of Star Trek onine.
I finished installing yesterday and managed to look a bit into character creation, seemed like a lot of fun, but I intend to make my very first captain today.
I was thinking of trying the Science career. I saw you can have an interpid class starship"Voyager" in the science career and I thought it would be awesome to have.
I do have a few questions, any help would be greatly appreciated. Is it wise for me to start my first character in the Science career? Should I choose Tactical instead? What does the Engineer Career give you in ships, are they cruisers or escorts? Any tips and advice can anyone give me for game start?
Thanks all, I really appreciate any help given. I hope I will love the experience of Star Trek onine.
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2nd I would pick your main career with the style of play you like. As you know there are 3 choices, Science, Engineering and Tactical. Each has it's pros and cons as you will find out, but all are fun to play.
Ship choice is what it is, you can get any ship in the game, if you pool your points under it's tree, but I stayed within my professions selection when doing mine. The ships assigned to each profession, gives you a few more BOs slots under that tree. I don't have the break down in front of me now, be you find once you get into higher level ships, you will see you have more slots to use, depending on the ship you picked. So if you pick science, and you want more science slots, then it's not a good idea to get a Galaxy class ship.
Anyway you are coming into the game at a good time, most of the bugs are gone, and it has more content for new guys. So I hope you stick with it, and don't listen to the haters. You have to see if you like it for your own playing style. I know I like it. lol
I am happy to hear they fixed a lot of bugs and added more content, I usually dont listen much to the haters but I dont ignore them neither, usually, before joining a game, I look at both side fo the coin before taking a decision. Although I admit, some haters did have strong point, as you can see, it didnt stop me from coming here as I want to see this for myself. Beside, I also think that bridge officers is the coolest idea I have heard of in years, didnt see any mmo's which offers this.
Although I feel pretty confident to start in a science career, is it a decent career to start with as a rookie? And what specie would fit best with the science career?
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May I recommend a trip to the STO wiki, which has a large section for beginners.
For Science, it recommends the following (Cut & Paste from this page):
Healing
Optimal race selection: Betazoid
Empathic: Increased team regeneration, reduced threat (required).
Telepathic: Increased perception (required).
Creative: Improve healing and damage of your kit.
Astrophysicist: Improved starship operations training.
If you do choose science, the Intrepid class ship (as seen in Star Trek: Voyager) has had an overhaul, and this upgrade will be gracing the game soon - it now features moving warp pylons/engines!
Second, just because your a science officer doesnt mean you should fly a science ship. For example, my main is an engineer but flys an escort. This allows me to put out damage like a tac officer but with better survivablilty.
Third, If you have any questions send me a PM. I'll be glad to help. If you would like someone to tag along for your first mission, I can do that too. There is a lot to grasp at first, but thats what your first mission is for.
Tell ya what. I'll mirror your char, if you want (I have spare space), so that we can level up/play together. Depending on what time you play, of course...
Welcome to Star Trek! I hope you enjoy your time here.
One misconception you may have is that your ship is determined by your career. Like if you choose to be a science officer, you have to get a science ship. This is not the case. You could choose, shall we say, Engineer and get a science ship.Each career gets a few space skills, but they are rather generic and all ships would benefit from them.
What your career choice mostly impacts is your ground abilities and what kits you can use on the ground. For example, only an Engineer can use Engineering kits, or only a Tactical can use Tactical Kits.
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oh yes, to answer your question, and class can fly any ship, the classes are more what skills you as a captain can use, and what skills you can train your bridge officers
you're not limited at all by what ship you can fly,
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