The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I think I'm going to start doing some microtransactions just because I want to keep this game afloat.
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Star Trek Online Free to Play |OT| Boldly freeloading where others have subbed before
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HarryDemeanor
Member
I know this might sound like a stupid question but is there any way to get rid of the Skill Up button that keeps glowing under my XP bar? For some reason it's still there even though I put my points in my skills and crew skills.
Facism
Member
Time to share ship and character piccies
Here's my ship, the U.S.S. Malevolent, a Hermes class advanced fleet escort ship outfitted with assimilated Borg technology docked at Deep Space Nine with the Wormhole showing in all its glory.
My character is a Jem'Hadar, Vice Admiral, he's wearing an Admiral garb.
I wanna be apart of whatever new GAFleet there is, add me Medalion@Medalion
Here's my ship, the U.S.S. Malevolent, a Hermes class advanced fleet escort ship outfitted with assimilated Borg technology docked at Deep Space Nine with the Wormhole showing in all its glory.
My character is a Jem'Hadar, Vice Admiral, he's wearing an Admiral garb.
I wanna be apart of whatever new GAFleet there is, add me Medalion@Medalion
RPGCrazied
Member
I want a new ship. ;( I guess the people with $$$$ get the cool ships. I hate the one you start out with, so small. Might as well be a shuttle craft.
Shuttles are pets. They gave codes for them at Del Taco at launch.
Mgoblue201
Won't stop picking the right nation
For someone who is completely new to MMOs, it does feel overwhelming upon reaching the space station orbiting Earth. The number of different options available from the start is kind of exhausting to decipher. And I've also noticed that if you made a mistake and want to change your character in any way, they make you pay for it. I've completed the mission involving the Azure, but I might wait to become a subscriber before continuing. I think that I enjoy the game enough to make a longer commitment to it. I especially like the tactical elements of ship combat. Even in the early stages of the game, I can see the potential of it.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
game is pretty fun, i started playing it a little bit.
my name is Zierkka@zierkka (i dont know if that's what it is, but thats what appears in chat logs)
Can someone add me as a friend or something so i dont feel like im playing a single player game?
my name is Zierkka@zierkka (i dont know if that's what it is, but thats what appears in chat logs)
Can someone add me as a friend or something so i dont feel like im playing a single player game?
The only way to properly get the "cool" new ships is to keep levelling up, cuz you need to be a certain level to even pilot those cool ships.
I may also wanna point out, that veterans of this game before the F2P are given a special percentage bonus in XP, so if you were to do a mission that gives a certain amount of XP, you get a certain % increase depending how long you were a veteran before this.
For example, I am considered a 200 day veteran, so I got a 3% increase of XP per time I got any XP's. Which may be why I was flying through the ranks at breakneck speed compared to my first time through.
For example, I am considered a 200 day veteran, so I got a 3% increase of XP per time I got any XP's. Which may be why I was flying through the ranks at breakneck speed compared to my first time through.
What are the veteran thresholds?
RPGCrazied
Member
How do you see if you got a fleet invite? I never got it.
KamenSenshi
Junior Member
Sudok@kamenridergold for gafleet.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Where do I look up the name you guys need? The thing@thing or whatever
Just wondering, does STO change everyone's monitor to a bluish color calibration? I have a default color calibration profile that I set myself with a Blu-Ray calibration disk, but every time I run STO, the screen goes black for a second and comes back on with a very bluish color. I know it's doing that because when I minimize the screen changes back to my default color scheme.
It does this no matter what mode I am in, be it widescreen, windowed, or that borderless windowed mode.
Please help!!!
It does this no matter what mode I am in, be it widescreen, windowed, or that borderless windowed mode.
Please help!!!
RPGCrazied
Member
I think its like "account name"@"character name" or so I think.
If you bought it on Steam in the past you can still redownload via your library. Otherwise, you have to wait until they do their official F2P launch on Steam.
They're delaying the F2P launch on Steam to give them a chance to work out the kinks from the general F2P launch. The Steam launch will probably add far more users than this silent launch did, since people will actually know about it.
Yes
I'm pretty sure it's
Character@Account
Since that makes more sense, but I could be wrong.
RPGCrazied
Member
Maybe thats why I didn't get the invite yet. Heh. I had it backwards.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
So how do I refine Dilithium?
Also I'm pretty sure my name is then Alix@The_Technomancer
Also I'm pretty sure my name is then Alix@The_Technomancer
Click on your inventory, click on the assets button near the top, click 'refine delithium'
Started playing today, did the tutorial, USS Azura and a few of the "go here" missions. Like it so far! Ship combat took me a while to get used to, but slowly getting there. I found it's a bit cumbersome to use to mouse steer function so usually use my left hand to move/fire and the mouse to select ships and use some functions.
Ground combat is pretty simple.
I still don't really "get" the leveling up system, and I've been assigning some skills kinda arbitrarily. Should be okay though. Graphics are nice enough.
Ground combat is pretty simple.
I still don't really "get" the leveling up system, and I've been assigning some skills kinda arbitrarily. Should be okay though. Graphics are nice enough.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
This game feels like a really good example of some great top-down design. I love how they took things like transferring power to forward shields or firing a Tachyon beam or taking "evasive action" and converted them into actual game mechanics. The entire game is like that, and its one reason why the jankier parts of it get a pass from me. I feel like I'm in Star Trek
The F2P relaunch on Steam is going to be delayed a bit, they did the silent F2P launch without much marketing to make for a smoother transition and so they can get a sense of how much server capacity they need. Once they put it on Steam and get a main page splash, it's going to boost player population a lot more.
cuevas. PhD.
Member
What happens to those with lifetime subscriptions?
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Lifetime premium status, which includes among other things 400 free microtransaction points per month.
stryker1138
Member
So I just hit Lt. Commander and I was able to buy the first rank of a second tier skill for my captain, but now I can't buy any more even though I have enough skill points. This goes for both space and ground skills. Can anyone tell me why I can't put more points in?
Are you maintaining a split between space and ground? You have to spend about 1/4 of your points on ground stuff. At the bottom it should tell you the max number of points you can spend on space skills and the max you can spend on ground skills. If you only have, say, 500 points that you're allowed to spend on space, it won't let you buy the next level even if you have more points.
STO definitely feels very Star Trek. It's great how they made diverting power to shields/engines/weapons a game mechanic.
You'll get a friend invite from me first. When I can make a team of five people on at the same time I can make the fleet and people can join in their own time.
Will try again this evening!
That's good to hear. My download is almost complete so hopefully i will be able to give it a try soon.
Trucking through gettin' things done. Completed the first few missions in the first ep, currently in the Paulson nebula or something. I like it so far. Definitely different to WoW.
Learning the ropes, slowly. If anyone wants to show me how it's done some time, my name is Mgurk@resnarf.
Learning the ropes, slowly. If anyone wants to show me how it's done some time, my name is Mgurk@resnarf.