In my last story, I criticized Cryptic for lack of tweets. Turns out, I just couldn’t find them. They were there! They just ported it straight over from Champions! Sorry Cryptic. I will try to be a keen observer of neatly hidden features in future. To access this, among other things such as your Fleet Roster, you have to go to the little down arrow near your mini-map. That will take you to the Sharing Settings: After which, you can Twitter and … [Read more...]
Star Trek Online has been hard at work trying to put as much detail as they can into the game to make players feel fully immersed into this famous science fiction genre. Additions such as vintage Star Trek uniforms are sure to make Trekkers around the world get excited. Uniform options do not include the pants, but there are a few styles to choose from to help complete your uniform choice. Also, there are plenty of additional more modern uniform options other than the classic vintage … [Read more...]
There is news of a suspicious (and random) quest NPC roaming the halls of Deep Space 9. What makes this NPC special is the rare, special episode (STO speak for quest) that becomes available to you if you meet certain requirements. The rumor is that this suspicious character is a member of the secret Federation organization called Section 31. Never heard of them? Allow me to regale you the tale of Section 31. Taken from collaborative work provided by fans like you, Wikipedia provides … [Read more...]
Namco Bandai Partners, the distributor of Star Trek Online, set a world record Valentine’s Day in London, for the most people dressed as Star Trek characters. The event took place February 14 on the Millennium Bridge in London where 99 Star Trek fans dressed as various Star Trek characters. Fans appeared as costumed Klingons, Cardassians, Mirror-Universe characters, Vulcans, Borg and Federation officers from various Star Trek eras - setting the world record for the most people gathered … [Read more...]
I have been seeing more and more posts on the Star Trek Online official forums where PVE (Player versus Environment) minded players are battling it out with PVP (Player versus Player) gamers over whether PVP content should even exist in STO. Recently I began reading a thread that as of right now has reached 197 posts. For some reason the discussion sparked something in me so I decided to begin contributing to the array of opinions expressed in this thread. This is something that rarely … [Read more...]
Star Trek Online warped into an awesome beginning! I love the game. Cryptic delivered an admirable job, but I want to point a few things out that will make a great game even greater: 1) Can the Spam!!!! Admittedly, I am not a popular fellow. However, the totality of my mail experience with STO remains energy (aka gold) spammers from various accounts with STOGOLD as the subject for the last few days. Also, the chat channels abound with broken English level up … [Read more...]
The first real science fiction that I can remember is Star Trek. This tasty 1966 era Sci-Fi morsel whetted my appetite for all things Sci-Fi and thrust me headlong into a life long love affair with the genre. According to the CBS official history: “it was in the after-school market during the early 1970's that the show found its audience.” Well guys.. that was me! This platform provided the launch point for my exploration of Neil Stephenson, William Gibson, George Lucas, Ray … [Read more...]
I bit the bullet -- a $239.00 phaser flavored bullet! “You have successfully purchased Star Trek Online Lifetime Subscription!” OK … so I’ve told you I was burnt with Champions On-Line in the past, as I bought 3 lifetime accounts for me and my boys. So why is this Cryptic product different from the last one? I love Star Trek. I love the stories. I love the movies. I love Next Generation, The Original Series, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager. I … [Read more...]
I purchased Champions Online with great hope that a new way of doing business and game design would liberate me from some of the same old boredom I experience from time to time in my MMORPG game play. Champions Online took my attention for about 30 days, and it lost it. On the surface one might attribute this to the typical attention span of a gamer, but that’s not my case. I am a devoted gamer who is really trying to find that special game that mixes a great narrative … [Read more...]