Article by mmorpg.com on celebrating STO's 5th anniversary next year

Here is an article by mmorpg.com on STO's up coming 5th anniversary next year. The comments left raise some good arguments.

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/352/feature/8937/Boldly-Blazing-a-Trail-in-Space.html/page/1

I think that the game has done amazing things with what it had to work with and considering where it came from, something a lot of the commenters seem to forget. Sometimes it's easy to get frustrated with the game and some design decisions that are made, but all in all, indefinitely think that the Star Trek gaming world is better with STO than without :)

I agree totally Dave. Alot of the Doomers that choose to see the negatives rather than balance it out with the positives are the ones hurting STO not the development choices. Alot of people who look at comments relating to games prior to actually trying it first see the negative posts, so ultimately that puts them off.

I myself was originally put off from trying STO due to experiences from other MMO's I had tried, but I downloaded it thinking I would just see, expecting only to play for 30 mins or so before uninstalling .... well those 30 mins have now become 4 years, so there you have proof that negative comments and feedback should really be taken with a pinch of salt.

I am with you guys on this one, despite the programming ups and downs that go along with this (and all other) MMO's, I have never looked back from this game since I started. For as long as we have some kind of Star Trek, be it a game or onscreen show, I will always try to be a part of it when it happens. :)

That is so amazing reading this and looking at those pictures of one of the first missions you do as soon as you enter the game. I remember looking up things about the game and hearing things people spoiled about the game as well as watching the ship and faction videos in the original STO site which was so cool! This was deffinatly one of the few Star Trek games that actually connected with me so much that I find my self falling in love with the Galaxy, the factions that make up the whole story that captivated me and the memories of logging in for the first time, making Scott Tetrius and being bummed that there was no Romulans. Then jumping right into the story and creating a family...my crew. :)

The game has it's bugs, it's lagging and rubber banding, it's fair share of trolls and people you wanna punch in STFs but as a whole game it really does make you feel like it's your star trek story. Just seeing those things that changed brings me back. :)
(kinda off topic but it's how i felt when I read the Article :) )

Like with everything there will always be people who have issues with content.

I guess common ones are the perceived Pay to Win model and I have to agree, it is there.

I think any one of us would struggle to compete against someone who had the best offerings that the game has. Can all these offerings be earned... yes, however, look at the time it would take. By the time anyone got to matching someone who had paid to get there, new abilities and content would be out and the gear would be redundant.

My big bug with the game is Multiple Toon grind... I would happily grind my merry way on my main toon, but once I have achieved that grind, to then have to spend the same time on each other toon, is disappointing :(
That said, do I need all these toons, probably not, But it would be nice to have one of each career. That is a lot of grind! Then there is wanting one of each faction lol.

They have gone a long way to improving this, new craft-able gear is account bound and rep tokens.

For every player that complains there will be 9 that are happy, and thus nothing will change :P

n without STO (f2p), I would not know any of u :blush:


!!!!!! :woohoo:

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n without STO (f2p), I would not know any of u :blush:

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Plus I founded New Romulus

!!!!!! :woohoo:

Then this video would be appropriate then

I'm going to play devil's advocate a bit here. *ducks*

Week 3 into Delta Rising and I've hit 54, and will probably stay there indefinitely for the sole reason that I'm bored and frustrated.

I came into it with great excitement. More Story! New mechanics! New content! But, my enthusiasm has waned. I am sad and concerned.

To be fair, STO operates on a Free-to-play model with limited development resources, but still it is widely considered that the game is tremendously imbalanced. I've paid a lot of money to support the game. Many of us have. And here we are again with another bug-laden release and obsolete equipment that we paid real money for. OK, yes..gear becomes obsolete with a new major release to an MMO..but the cost to upgrade all this sh* is crazy, imho.

I was excited (and patient) getting over the first two leveling "humps" by repeating content to get to the next mission. But to get anywhere, it's a tough and tedious grind, and one that I've all but lost patience for. I try repeatedly to immerse myself in the story with those long patrol missions, but the dialogue and decision-making trees bear no consequence to the player, and the rewards are dismal.

Legacy of Romulus surpasses this "expansion" in quality and its era had infused a lot of great changes to the game. I don't know what happened this time around...but i can't help but notice that D/R seems to leave the players (especially those with numerous alts) with costs that are way too high, rewards that are way too low, and content that is far too non-existent.

I stay because of Stonewall and the friendships I've forged here, and the love for Star Trek that we all share and immerse ourselves in. But as for STO as a game, and while i do agree that the franchise is better with than without it, my concerns for the future of the game are higher than they've ever been.

But despite all I jump on the bitchwagon about, I'll remain hopeful under the circumstances. PWE has some tough choices ahead in the long run if they want to keep a satisfied majority.

My 2 EC's.