Star Trek Armada II: Fleet Operations

How many people are going to get star trek online (if they don't cancel it) ?  It would be great if we created a fleetops "crew", on board some huge starship, then traverse the galaxy spreading word of fleetops!  Of course, at this point we have no idea how that will work, what positions will be available on the starship, what ships there are, etc.  But anyway, this will probably be the first pay-per-month game I get.  Thoughts?

I'll probably get it because of being active in st-galaxy staff. And as Legacy is such a flop I'm doing what we all can best...waiting for a new game and STO is the only ST game that is in development and it sounds very interesting. If I don't get the game through st-galaxy I'll probably buy it but first have a trial version. Each game could be the worst crap ever found it's way to humankind...you know todays publishers are not easy to trust ;) *coughBethesdacough*

i aint paying to play the game!

hey there, i still respect bathesda for their work on Oblivion :P

And like frodo said, why pay for a Game then pay again for the priviledge of actually playing it? :x  

it kind of puts a downer on the game and it would have to be the best game EVER to be considered worth paying to play. surely they can make money off advertising or something to fund the servers etc

Oblivion was amazing, hands down.

Bethesda just has no Star Trek veterancy and thus cannot be expected to make a legendary game in that genre, when they are used to the rpg genre.

Either way...

STO

p2p?

GTFO.

I know you just won't be able to resist! (http://www.igda.org/sf/images/events/0607/sto_1.jpg)

whats that mate? an in game pic ?

Yep.  Released by perpetual.  It was also mentioned that all 15 torpedo tubes will be included!

linky to this info???

Every piece of info can be found here. (http://www.startrek-online.net/messageboard/index.php)

Jes looks like they need to work on their registry numbers :lol: .If the Thunderchild in its 60's digits causes confusion then what will the Perpetual do?

But I thought ST:O was one of those games where you download it?Well if it's sold in shops then I doubt Perpetual will be as scaby as the makers of WoW.Look how more successful Guild Wars is simply because there isn't a monthly fee.People will be flocking to play this cause Legacy is so bad,so there isn't a need for a monthly fee.

And all 15 tubes you say?I know which Ship I'm looking to get stationed on :shifty:  

Me thinks they will charge it anyway -_-  

STO is made by a hole difrent groop of manufachers than STL it will be nuthink like lecrap

i hope for guys. I hope; i would even pray, but I'm atheistic, so no prays

Well from the start you can tell it isn't going to be anything like legacy.Legacy was an attempt to re-create SFC with better graphics and gameplay...Bethesda failed miserably.

ST:O is much more...well it's for the more cannon loving people,the role players you used to always see in Bridge Commander servers.It's WoW meets Star Trek.Replace the Warlocks & all that with the Borg or whatever they've brought in for this and make all the changes and you have ST:O.Well I know it's a lot deeper than that but thats the best way to describe it.And cause the whole game is online there is no way Perpetual can f**k up on the connections cause they can't afford to.

um... and there I see the problem: Because i think that Perpetual will come up with two things: a good MMORPG game or a good Star-Trek RPG (i.e.: i fear that a lot of Star Trek RPG Fans will not like St:O because it is not "canon" enough for them and if Perpetual makes a game for those "hardcore" Star Trek RPG fans then no one else will play it; the other question is: how are you gonna put the  life of a Starfleet officer into a RPG game, that makes fun. Well unless the first impressions/ reports of the beta phase, which is scheduled for Summer this year if i am correct, i doubt that they will come up with anything "good"
In the worst case scenario it's going to be a clon of WoW ->

bring me 10 Datapads from the Alpha-Ceti Station;
Scan 20 class IV comets and bring me the results;
Bring me 25 exotic plants from 25 uncharted planets in sector $somewhere
[...........]

http://www.startrekonline.com/news/ (http://www.startrekonline.com/news/)

There are several interviews here which you should find very enlightening.  I really do think they're going to do a great job, and they even say you can choose how strict you want your experience to be, so it looks like it might appeal to both trekkies and casual gamers.

A year and a half to go, assuming it won't be postponed.

Well, alot more info has come out; and while it looks very unlikely that it will be canceled now, i must say it seems less appealing.  Namely, captains are the pilots-which really pisses me off.  Also, there won't be any ship interiors for player ships, and only a few people can be on a ship, which means a large group of people would have to form an entire fleet!  This isn't neccessarily bad, but I'd miss the experience of being on a ship with alot of other people exploring the ditant reaches of the galaxy.  There's also the fact that many of the larger ships like sovy or galaxy will simply not be available for players.  Half of the game is personally walking around in an environment, though, and not much info has been released on that yet.

No.. player... ship... interiors...

Dear... GOD...   :pinch:

*beats head against wall it he leaks brain fluid* :dead: :dead:

S...S...S...S..STAR TREK ONLINE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHE HE HE HE OH OH OH MY HART SKIPET A BEAT OW THAT HERT I CANT WATE I MIGHT GET IT ON MY BIRTH DAY IF ITS RELEACED BOFOR JULY BUT I WILL SEE YOU ON STARBASE 001 IF ANY OF YOU ARE THERE SO MABY WHEN IST RELECED WE PUT OUR ONLINE NAMES ON A TOPIC MESEG
AND SEE EACH OTHER ON A SHIP OR STARBASE OUTPOST OR PLANET DEPENDING ON RACE AND FACTION
MY ONE WILL BE.................................................HUMAN FOR STARFLEET AND WORK ON AN SCIENCE VESSLE YAY YAY YAY BUT BORG!!!! WHAT IF THERE COMPUTER CONTROLED AND CAN ASSIMILATE YOU :borg: :blink: :borg: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IM TOO YUNG TO BE ALL PALE AND ASIMILATEDY WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA OR IF ANY OF YOU ARE IN TROBLE FROM THE  :borg:BORG :borg: I WILL HELP YOU :assimilate: OR IF THERE ARE ANY UGLY S.O.B RACES OUT THERE LIKE GORN OR SONA I WILL HELP TO :guns: :badgrin:

...
WTF was that?
Did anyone undestand him?

think he signed up to the new ewmglish classes, ewm would be proud.

that must mean hes a democrat...
SHIT! >:( >:( >:(

do you have a problem with democrats? :badgrin:

yes >:( >:(
borg:democrcats
 :assimilate:

that in game shot just looks like a menu background not the actual models

its the pay per month that gets me
and the fact it could be WOW star trek :pinch:

Can be?  Will be.

oh gods
WHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY????????????
can't the ymake ARMADA 3?
I SIGNED THE PETITION!

FO is the closest to A3 that we'll ever get.

its probably better than any a3 anyways.  they would just screw it up again

Indeed.  Activision has a bad record with these things.

bad? no its worse than that.  they have the game making skills of a turd

You have a problem with borg??

Anyway, let's look at the positive side of things.  Daron said he didn't like legacy, so we can at least assume the combat's going to be better than that.  Also, hubs will be huge completely mapped-out interiors, so it's not like we'll never experience turbolifts and mess halls and all that good stuff!

i just can't wait to blow up someones ship.  also-how will you said captains will fly the ships.  will there be higher ranks than captain.  and can you play as romulans , borg etc.

So is STL was SFC and STO is SW Galaxy than when is STAs replacement coming  :woot:  :rofl: :yawn: ???  :lol:

Feds will be only faction, and only PvP will take place on possible holo adventures.  Captains will direct the others as well as plot navigation and perform maneuvers themselves.  There will be admirals, but there supposed to be extremely hard to get to.  Also, ranks will progress seperately than levels, but I'm not sure what that'l mean as i'm not sure what types of abilkities are gained with levels.  The game takes place mainly in the beta quadrant, which includes both romulan and klingon territories, but for the most prominent enemy they will be introducing a new race-forgot what they're called.  Also, Daron said there might be possible dynamic sections of the game universe, where events will actually have a long term effect on the area and its inhabitants, not most places though. 
Ewm, I'm not sure SFC or STA stand for.

Starfleet command, and star trek armada

So, even if they screw everything up, it still may be enjoyable...

On the other hand... all others so called "StarTrek manufacturers" (e.g. Mad Doc) wasn't able to make it right. So I think we have nothing to loose and I just want to point out that you should give them a chance. We will see backwards and on that one I'm yet optimistic.

it takes a delicate balnce between neing way to complicated and arcade like

I'll give them a chance, but no mercy if they screw it up.

I bet it turns out alright

Maybe.  Maybe...

There's always the free trial...at least, I HOPE there is!?!

I sure hope.

I hope that there's no n00bing, either.

Heh.  Like that's gonna happen.

doesn't WOW have free trial?

Y'know what, I'm not sure.

It seems like they have to have one, but I haven't heard anything on it...

one of my friends at school told me you are confined to certain areas.  but he may have been talking about a different game

Wouldn't surprise me.  Not as much as there being a WoW player at Reagan...

Has anyone of you tried EVE online? There's a free trial available but I haven't checked it out by now. But judging by the trailers it seems to be amazing!
As there's something like EVE out there for a longer time one could really expect STO to become a high-quality online game - with free trial - presuming that the developers want to create something which will be price-winning and not only money-making.

Regan? lol
churchill is better! :P

Either you hate your school, or you go to Churchill.

Meh.  O'Connor is still better than either.

Even if it's full of jerks.

the latter
i would have to say regan is nicest and newest

Personally I am telling my self its going to be a bad game that way if its good it will be that much beater and if it sucks nothing lost

[sarcasm]i have to admit thats a good idea.  just stay away from ads and forums and don't watch tv!  better yet lock yourself in a vault with a timer set on release date and 40$ in your pocket![/sarcasm]

You never did [/sarcasm]...

oh ill edit it then.

Hey? Why do you know what i'm doing/have done ? this is frightening

because i have god's phone #