Except for the ocassional Peter David novel, I am so over Star Trek.

If someone announces Doctor Who Online though, I am so farked...

The only way I will get this is if the Cardassians are playable. All you Bajoran assholes can go to hell.

Will there by Wookiees?

Anyone here play EVE online? Some friends have been bugging me to join up but I wonder if it's worth the time/effort. I don't play WoW (or any other MMORPG) but I'm always a sucker for space exploration and open ended gameplay.

\also have an addictive personality
\\and would like to stay happily married

Old enough to know better: Except for the ocassional Peter David novel, I am so over Star Trek.

If someone announces Doctor Who Online though, I am so farked...


Especially since the Doctor would likely be a non-playable character. Be neat if you could get all ten of 'em together, especially since 2 doesn't like 3, 6 is really mean to his companions, and God only knows what 4 would be up to...

wasn't there a rings game?

Weaver95: Look, just because YOU can't raid Black Temple or understand the MP5/spirit calculation chart doesn't mean that the rest of us are nerds!

MP5 calcs are for pussies. Real men just lifetap and pot until they pull threat, then tank through that shiat.

Puke: I don't know, those WoW freaks are pretty nerder-rific.

Hey now. I and the rest of my sunwell guild are highly offended!

Why hasn't this thread been Picarderized?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6oUz1v17Uo

Moving from topic to topic. Quite hypnotic

The big question (given that most Trek games are utter fanboy crap) is - will it be as good as this?

brantgoose - Wouldn't playing all those games detract from the time you spend with your girlfriend or ambitious physical regimen?

Minotaur11: Anyone here play EVE online? Some friends have been bugging me to join up but I wonder if it's worth the time/effort. I don't play WoW (or any other MMORPG) but I'm always a sucker for space exploration and open ended gameplay.

Eve is a good MMO to play from the perspective that you don't need to play to improve your skills. This is because the skilling is time based. It is possible to be a serious and casual gamer simultaneously.

Having said that, doing more gets you more money, so you can buy better stuff, so it can be addictive in that sense.

Still, it is a fun game, and not even the greatest sci fi writer could dream up the kinda things that happen in eve.

darth_shatner: The big question (given that most Trek games are utter fanboy crap) is - will it be as good as this?

I'd forgotten about that game! The version i had was a lot more detailed than that though, but in answer to your question, I don't see how it could be.

darth_shatner: The big question (given that most Trek games are utter fanboy crap) is - will it be as good as this?

Ferengi kicked ass at that game.

/watched the Klingon's fall to the Ferengi at a very young age
//yes, I was raised in a time before BCOfH

So in "Star Trek Online" is most of the crew going to spend most of their time in the holodeck?

XxDavidZullenxX: ptelg: You mean taking a six-foot flaming scimitar to your seven year olds head?

/Bitter WoW player
//Get ganked every time I turn around

It was your choice to play on a PvP server, probably with the intent of ganking other players when you got high enough.
There was always PvE to level up. You still have battlegrounds and you can still attack enemy towns.
Don't be bitter for the choice you made and could have easily rectified.


Anyway I'd be a Klingon just.. cause.. yeah.. (We'll see what's available when the beta is out)

Not really, a friend of mine is on that server, so that's the server I picked. Granted, I'd like to get into a legitimate fight with another player, but come on ganking someone 40 levels lower than you and camping their body is a little ridiculous.

What would you MMORPG guys accomplish in real life if you didn't fag off to video games in all of your spare time?

/Will Wil play?

ninjakirby: MP5 calcs are for pussies. Real men just lifetap and pot until they pull threat, then tank through that shiat.

That's it, buddy, you get Salv from here on out.

/won't someone think of the poor pally's mana pool?
//and heart rate?
///goddamn locks

socodog: What would you MMORPG guys accomplish in real life if you didn't fag off to video games in all of your spare time?

Dunno, what would you accomplish if you didn't troll Fark?

/I had to
//Most Americans spend more time in front of the TV every week than the average WoW player spends online

I bet most of the game will consist of farming/mining for hours on end so you can reach to proverbial "carrot".

thirdful: As long as I can beam aboard another "guilds" ship with my team and kill its crew, I am all good. Nothing like a bunch of Vulcans just after killing humans saying out loud "I feel... happy".

/yes I am a geek, why do you ask?

I request that if this happens, you e-mail me and I'll go get this game. strictly for that experience.

I started playing WOW last week while waiting for my xbox360 to be repaired.

I've just created a new guild called The Moist Clam. We are WOW's 1st horde strip club based in Orgimmar's Grommash Hall.

in the words of Picard
"Let me tell you a secret No.1," puts a "shushing" finger to his lips, "nothing compares to holding the reins."

i think I will have to sign up and become addicted to this one just so I can warp all over the damn galaxy.

It'll be a short-term distraction to all of the geeks who already play WoW, who will return to WoW in a week to two months time.

/MMORPGs - glorified chat rooms with monthly fees

Boritom: Aarontology: DarthBrooks: I'd be a Horta, and have a starship made out of solid rock.

It would actually be *named* the USS Rock and wouldn't even need shields. Any time the ship got attacked, it would just ram the opposing ship. And then the crew would just melt through the hull and eat the other ship.

You know what's going to suck?

When you see me in the USS Paper coming at your ass with my Tholian inspired Paper Cage. And my mighty College Ruled Paper Fighters.

I'm Captain Slicer of the U.S.S. Scissors, and... need I make a cutting remark? You know what's coming.

I'll be the USS Pussy, cause Pussy always beats paper rock and scissors.

Is the pope catholic?

strahdd: What about Stargate online?



Indeed.

As long as there aren't any damn Blood Elves in the game, it's all good.

Weaver95: I'd play the borg.

In order to become borg you will have to seek out and unlock 8 holocrons Collective Cubes and follow the instructions it gives you.

queenb4biatch: I wanna play Wil...

/going to my bunk

With the change in developers and direction, it really feels like they're taking Pirates of the Burning Sea, slapping Star Trek models/textures into it, and letting it fly!

queenb4biatch: I wanna play Wil...

/I'll be in my bunk

If this is supposed to be about exploration (in lieu of ship-to-ship combat), why not have "guilds"? Just call them "Away Teams".

At the beginning, all of the starship captains would be AI. The AI captain chooses the exploration missions. After getting a lot of career experience on away teams, a player could become captain. Captains get to decide where and what to explore and would also engage in ship-to-ship combat. Get captain experience by exploring new planets and winning (or avoiding) battles, then use those credits to buy upgrades to your ship (and more away teams).

Add in a few ST star-faring species for role-playing purposes (each with its own advantages and disadvantages) and the game could be pretty open-ended. If everyone starts out as a starship captain, what's the point of playing?

Ergh, it'll probably just be another point and click game,

I'm much more interested in Jumpgate Evolution, I prefer to actually fly my ship with wonderful twitch-combat MMO-ey goodness. Besides Movie/TV tie in games tend to suck.

MonkeyRodeo: strahdd: What about Stargate online?

Indeed.

I believe you mean Stargate Worlds:

Link (new window)

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN

"You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike"

The answer, subby, is no. I am therefore going anyway.

xbattlewax 2008-08-11 10:26:51 PM
Meh, I'm waiting for the Warhammer 40k MMO. I don't care for this sissy federation bs, to boldly go where know man has gone before... Nah, I'll take, In the grim future there is only war.

I came here to say this.

Among Sci-Fi settings, there is an inverse correlation between the answers to "Would this be a good Universe to actually live in?" and "Is it a good setting for gaming?"

I want to live in a Holodeck Suite, but I want to GAME with The Emperor and the Grey Knights at my back.

/Though watching Kirk try to hit on Ephrael Stern would be AWESOME - and not necessarily for the reasons you think.