Yeah I'll be looking all over looking for my holocron easter eggs. lol Plus I gotta say I love the ambient sound it has, really immerses you in the game while you explore. Plus like doogie said, it's very purdy.
In WoW I was alliance and in STO I was Fed, but - I found myself playing the Sith Warrior the most during my beta time. Plus the storyline was pretty awesome in how frakked up you can be. Veeery tempted to be Sith.
I use a standard keyboard, but I use a Razer Naga mouse. The mouse is not for everyone, but I like the 12-button thumb pad.
wow 12" ... err.. buttons... I think I could handle six at the most. buttons I mean. doesn't that many get confusing?
They're laid out as a number pad, and you learn the feel of it. It takes a while, but you get there.
Yes it does take some getting used to, but Aldente mentions the numberpad layout aids in getting used to it. There are rubber stickies you can put on some rows to help you get accustomed as well, it may sound confusing but in practice it really wasn't too bad. For abilities linked to it I'd recommend a 3x4 grid to mimic the way the 1-12 are layed out so you can get a visual feel for it. I believe addons for the mouse are now available for WoW but really a 3x4 grid should get you into it. As always though A) Your mileage may vary and B) what kind of keyboard/mouse you want often depends on what kinds of games you play. MMO's generally benefit from a lot of buttons, FPS's less so. RTS's I've found linking control-groups to the mouse buttons is pretty sweet.
Ok, Big hug it is Solari ;) I won't let anyone slap you. The whole Jedi vs Sith thing is gonna be such fun for anyone who loves to role play. I'm looking forward to playing the bad guy, lol.
I'm kinda a good guy. I tried a sith as my first toon during beta and thought I didn't like the game. I switched to the republic and all of a sudden I loved the game.
I will eventually have a empire toon or two that I play casually, but that's about it. When I do go empire I'll likely play a BH cause they are more neutral (but really cause I want the jawa companion lol)
This mission is awesome. Such a grand scale, with so much Star Trek stuff, a bit of Stonewall mixed in, a great plot, some twists and turns, and, yes, an awful lot of running. And even some punch-the-air scenes. Everything you want from STO and from Trek in general.
Try it!
Major spoilers below, so no peeking if you haven't already played it.
OK, the starship names are fab, although I have to confess I thought of That 70's Show's Kelso before remembering Lt Kelso from TOS.
The forest in the ship is my favorite place ever, in real life or STO. Love the lamp post. Found Alimac and co. I never knew Hawk was Hawk's son. And a troll! So many Easter eggs, so little time. I'm hoping the volcanic flowers come into play later.
One unfortunate crewmember on the Kelso was doing a sit_chair instead of a sit on the observation deck. Looks uncomfortable to have her legs cut off like that.
Intriguing plot. Are the Klingons up to something? Or is Cmdr Jorja really an Undine trying to get us into a war?
Beautiful space map of the city. Very cool!
A Ferengi named Boson.
I'm getting vertigo, walking around this city. Extremely cool map.
I like Lizz. And the fish guy. 2309. Must remember 2309. All those races! No wonder it took 4 months to make.
"Blow the bloody doors off" is my favorite mission objective EVER! With the possible exception of "Energiiiiiiiize!" That actually made me laugh out loud.
Aargh! It was HIM all along. Well done. Sad ending, though. (Although I really hope we haven't seen the last of the Polmar Ree. I'm thinking we need "Revenge of the Polmar Ree," or "Return of the Polmar Ree," or "Curse of the Polmar Ree" next. Make it a mystery, where it seems like they're back, but maybe they aren't.)
The story raises some excellent Star-Trekky questions. Absolutely phenomenal! Really captures what STO and Star Trek are about. Great job!
In most games I play I always go good before I go bad. The one exception being WoW in which I started Horde then went Alliance later. Although, it can be argued that good and bad is all a matter of which side you're on. ;)
Alimac, I remember having the same problem after playing Ramok Nor, I just don't know what to say. I loved it.
Loved the story, loved the environments and I'd recommend it to anybody.
I'm going to put the rest of it in spoiler tags just so I don't ruin anything. Don't read them if you haven't played it yet.
You wanted constructive feedback so I'll say what I've got:
I'm not the best or the quickest reader and have always despised reading lots of texts and yours is one of the few missions that has had me wanting to read it all, which is why I think I had certain problems with the Polmar Ree city section.
I had to talk to the Vulcan (sorry I'm bad with names) but I ignored her and talked to everyone else worried that I would then end up missing the text If speaking to her trigged the next section. As such when I finally got to her and was told to run around and talk to people it feel a little bit like wasted time (but this was probably my fault).
Also when I was speaking with the dancer who tells me the Klingon dude loves Bloodwine because I had already spoke to the Ferengi I went straight for him. He told me to see his associate, but I couldn't. I had to run to the other contact to finish that section (the opposite side of the city map) before then getting the instruction to find bloodwine. It would have been a little slicker for me If I could have got the bloodwine off my own back rather than waiting for the mission text to instruct me so.
I loved the entire mission (are the Klingons doing Yoga or something in the explosive room? lol) but the ending almost made me feel that I had failed. Which isn't something I experience much in Star Trek Online so while that is good it does leave me wanting more.
So I just wanted to say how much I hope you return to the Polmar Ree story in the future if you have any desire to do so :) I'd love to hear they survived somehow.