[sigtau]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/9900/

Should I download it?

[SpardaSon21]

It is free and a good time-waster with fairly standard ground combat and fun space battles.  You really don't have much to lose except time, bandwidth, and drive space.  Hades, Ravenholme, and I are already playing it and Ravenholme and I have talked about starting an HLP Fleet for the Federation.

[Retsof]

*watches trailer*  Oh I have got to try this.  Too bad my pathetic internet will probably complicate things.

[Scourge of Ages]

Which server are you all on, if there are multiple servers? I've been considering giving this a spin, but haven't had any motivation to, yet.

[SpardaSon21]

As far as I can tell there's only one server.

[SypheDMar]

Lots of people that are sick of BSGO moved to STO from what I've heard. Must be better than the latter.

[Liberator]

I've started playing and it's good clean fun.

[NGTM-1R]

Alessia accidentally much of the EVE crew I played with into this game when it went F2P. (Or was it somebody else from that? I don't know.)

It's actually quite fun, and actually very good as a Star Trek game. If you're transitioning from EVE, though, be aware this game isn't ready for EVE market tactics. (So use them quick.)

[Liberator]

Speaking of EVE, this has all the parts of EVE that I liked and almost none of that I didn't.  Also, looking forward to "The 2800".

[Commander Zane]

Anyone that plays set-savvy? I know what the visual effects of the Aegis set and Borg technology are, but I have little clue as to what M.A.C.O., Omega Force, and Honor Guard do.
Again, visual differences; I've read the stats on the Wiki, and only the Aegis and Borg sets have any screenshots, which matter little as they're the only two sets I ever see with the exception of someone with what I think is the Omega Force deflector.

[Mefustae]

Been playing since it became F2P. Goddamn, maybe it's just because I'm a massive Trek geek, but this game is way too fun for what's really on offer. In all honesty, the ground combat is still rather dull, but the space combat is awesome. It's like they took everything that was good about Star Trek Fleet Commander III, and added a third dimension.

Plus, the questing is bloody brilliant. Each mission is parceled into a tight little 30-40 minute adventure that generally feels like you're playing through an actual Star Trek episode. Some are far grander than others, but I'm actually really damn impressed at the quality of what they're producing. I, too, can't wait for the 2800 to further expand on what's there. I had literally just watched "Sacrifice of Angels" a few hours before first seeing the trailer for 2800, so I got it pretty much immediately. Not only does it look like fun, but from a Trek lore point of view, it's ****ing brilliant.

[Mikes]

Another MMO... now free to play... always sounds to me like "another disease, now free to contract"

lol.

Is this really any different?

[Liberator]

Compared to the average F2P offering or conversion, cryptic/PWI are basically giving the ENTIRE game for free with only a few caveats and cryptic points are ludicrously easy to get in really small amounts if you want some particular item but dont' want to spend 20 bucks on a game card or something.

[NGTM-1R]

Anyone that plays set-savvy? I know what the visual effects of the Aegis set and Borg technology are, but I have little clue as to what M.A.C.O., Omega Force, and Honor Guard do.
Again, visual differences; I've read the stats on the Wiki, and only the Aegis and Borg sets have any screenshots, which matter little as they're the only two sets I ever see with the exception of someone with what I think is the Omega Force deflector.

I've never seen somebody with a complete M.A.C.O. set, but I've seen Honor Guard ones; they're essentially optimized for carrier ships like the Orion flight-deck cruiser payships or Vo'Quvs. The M.A.C.O. shield is apparently to die for if you drive an Escort, so I'll ask a friend who has a Prommie and let you know.

Is this really any different?

This is a stupid statement and you should be flogged for it. You have a crapload of single-player content here if you just grind out the episodes, easily about a week's worth of playtime. Tack on another two weeks of running the patrol missions, and endless more if you want to do the explorations and diplomatics. As Mefustae says, the episodes and to some extent the patrols are really the best approximation of playing through an actual Star Trek series you'll ever experience.

Even then, only a small number of the pay options offer tangible gameplay benefits. A vast majority are vanity items; one of the variety of uniforms from the five and half million variations Trek has gone through, different bridges to stand around and be social in, different ship bits to dress your ship up with (did we mention you can customize the look of character, ship, away team/bridge crew?). The pay alternate ships are essentially like premium stuff from World of Tanks, nice, but not actually that much better and outclassed by regular stuff of higher tier. You don't see them much.

In fact I dare say the only ultra-useful paystuff available is the Multivector version of the Prommie, and you don't see those much. (One incredibly powerful gunship into three slightly less incredibly powerful gunships.) Klink types do seem to like their pay Kar'Fi carriers but I don't see them in action to tell if they're better than a Vo'Quv.

[Commander Zane]

Anyone that plays set-savvy? I know what the visual effects of the Aegis set and Borg technology are, but I have little clue as to what M.A.C.O., Omega Force, and Honor Guard do.
Again, visual differences; I've read the stats on the Wiki, and only the Aegis and Borg sets have any screenshots, which matter little as they're the only two sets I ever see with the exception of someone with what I think is the Omega Force deflector.

I've never seen somebody with a complete M.A.C.O. set, but I've seen Honor Guard ones; they're essentially optimized for carrier ships like the Orion flight-deck cruiser payships or Vo'Quvs. The M.A.C.O. shield is apparently to die for if you drive an Escort, so I'll ask a friend who has a Prommie and let you know.

If they're meant for Escorts I might be out of luck flying a Nomad Starcruiser.

[Retsof]

Just finished the Tut, pretty fun, but annoying that you can't just hold the "shoot" button.

[NGTM-1R]

If they're meant for Escorts I might be out of luck flying a Nomad Starcruiser.

Pretty much everyone (except my friend apparently) recommends going for the maximum shield cap over everything else, and the MACO shield is apparently like Covariant Cap[x3] and some other stuff, putting it one better in capacity than the Aegis set's shield and that's one better than the Paratrinic which is one better than the Reman prototype.

Or this is what they tell me. I just started building myself an Aegis set since good MACO gear seems to be hard to come by and I'm trying to get together enough Antiproton beams to outfit my Soverign already.

Just finished the Tut, pretty fun, but annoying that you can't just hold the "shoot" button.

Right click on a weapons bank and it will autofire once given the first shoot command for a target.

[Retsof]

Right click on a weapons bank and it will autofire once given the first shoot command for a target.

Thanks, that'll come in handy.

I'm a little disappointed that you can't walk around your ship and talk to people.  Though I admit part of the reason for this is that, upon meeting my Tactical Officer, my mind did something like this " "
Of course, being the Tactical Officer, it probably would have ended like this:  .  Or this:  .  Or possibly even this: 

 

[Scourge of Ages]

Well, I just started yesterday, and I'm still sort of in the tutorial. The servers went down half-an-hour in.

Name's Scourge (Scourge@scourgeofages), ship is the Kelpie.

[NGTM-1R]

I'm a little disappointed that you can't walk around your ship and talk to people.  Though I admit part of the reason for this is that, upon meeting my Tactical Officer, my mind did something like this " "

You can walk around your ship. But not talk to people. (It doesn't change much aside from the bridge and general layout, which is sad, but I suspect it's onthelist^TM.)

Anybody looking for me it's James S@ngtm1r. Can't promise to hook you up with cool gear, though, because all my gear-crafting goes through somebody from the EVE crew.