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This is usually when most people I argue with about this sort of stuff revolt and insist that thinking is overrated when it comes to gaming (seriously). The average gamer wants nothing to do with thinking. They work hard, they just want a way to unwind. Apparently this is cheaper than vodka coolers.
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I'm just going to say, go look at Bioware. Early on they made a couple of clunky misses but basically since the late 90s they've received almost unanimous praise for everything... until recently. Recently meaning when EA finally got its mucky fingers into the business. From the Wiki page for Bioware, a single paragraph can…
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To all you guys talking about the corrupting process of the capital venture angle of game development, I offer you one simple title: Star Citizen. Star Citizen is the future. The mastermind of Wing Commander asks the internet and receives $6+ million to develop what may become THE modern masterpiece of space sci fi and he…
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Welcome to the new paradigm. Everyone gets to be a hero, and you don't need to accomplish anything, just put time in. Time is important. Time means subscription, but it also means time buys you anything you want. The old ways only rewarded good players. The new way lets you get the biggest cruiser in the universe and have…
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Considering you can practically level all the way to cap without ever doing anything except cycle Duty Officer missions I figure its more than sensible to be able to level doing nothing but non combat nerdy missions. The one thing at launch that I just mercilessly complained about was the utterly lack of actual Star Trek…
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You know whats really funny? The high watermark of Danube combat is DS9 - Mingling with a wing of Jem'Hadar Attack Ships and actually managing to not get blown up, and in some cases do real damage. Now think of what the Bug represents in STO. :rolleyes: This is part and parcel of people needing to realize that this game…
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Thats a bit of self serving argument don't you think? An MMO of dubious canon gives everybody god level gear, because in MMOs you become gods fighting atop Olympus by end game, and that should quell all commentary that our ships aren't balanced to reflect how Trek represented ship to ship combat? Also, its idiotic since…
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The problem with STO is that all the combat is based on regenerating health based on ability, rather than properly tanking based on a long game of managing your health. This is the difference between playing Counterstrike and Halo. One has finite health which when lost is basically gone, the other rewards you with a regen…
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I don't understand it though. What exactly does it cost your nerves to ignore a thread you don't want to read? Afraid that your righteous complaints/suggestions will be lost in the mire of useless TRIBBLE you consider inane and derivative? Its the internet. This is how it works. The only place I've ever seen where the…
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Don't be so shallow. Its a consumer's right to complain. You know marketing companies pay millions/make millions generating the kind of information you can mine from a forum like this. Die hard fans might find people annoying, but I guarantee you there are company men who find it invaluable, and then there are marketing…
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I think if more people of my generation had ever played Dungeons and Dragons they'd realize that there's a lot of story to made in between the notes that come in a standard adventure. There's also a reason that most people in MMOs are divided into two end game player types: RP and PVP/PVE Gear Grinders. RPers seek to enjoy…
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I ask you how balancing anti matter levels to maintain a core efficiency level is any different than a skill/ability rotation that maintains ship power and DPS/Buffs/Heals at an optimal rate. The difference is illusionary. One involves staring at a console screen and seeing the warp core colour show speed up or slow down…
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I think ground should be where you do your intellectual Star Trek nerding out. In all of the history of Trek there was never more than a handful of episodes or movies that showed this intense militant streak in Starfleet. We're explorers right? Amp up the puzzle and exploration quotient to the max. I just replayed Night of…
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I just want some interiors that are scaled correctly. The thing that put me off during the beta and which I never really got over was how ridiculously out of proportion the vast majority of the interiors are with respect to the shows. I mean if you spent multiple seasons coming to know a ship interior you can tell right…
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Reading this thread just reminds me of the folk tale of a few well known guitar players hearing about a new guy called Hendrix, going to see his show, then considering quitting after seeing how good he was.