Star Trek Online

[Michael Ubaldi]

Originally Posted by James Day

Sweet, maybe you guys, me and Ed can set up a little G&P fleet at some point.

I really like the sound of that. Take screenshots!

[Jes-ka]

Originally Posted by James Day

Sweet, maybe you guys, me and Ed can set up a little G&P fleet at some point.

Sounds great! Let's plan to meet up sometime soon.

[James Day]

Originally Posted by Jes-ka

Chris nabbed us some open beta keys. We are Spek and T'Poing.

I believe to find us you need Spek@crmie and T'Poing@MissJeska

I've been trying to add you guys for the last couple of days but it keeps saying it can't find you guys. Mine should be Swift@Swiftoid if you can try adding me.

Hitting print screen will take a snapshot to the game folder, so its really easy to get pics. Will post some of mine when I take some better ones!

[Michael Ubaldi]

Ed should have contacted you, James — as of yesterday, he hadn't received his beta code.

[Jes-ka]

Well, Chris and I will be on tonight and perhaps every night this week. We want to get as most out of this beta as possible. I will try to add you tonight, James.

[James Day]

Originally Posted by Michael Ubaldi

Ed should have contacted you, James — as of yesterday, he hadn't received his beta code.

No, he hasn't. I did hear rumblings that some people were not getting beta keys from retailers if they'd pre-ordered after a certain time. Whether this is because they were running out or there was a cut-off date, its been pretty unclear.

[Jes-ka]

My experience with the beta is mixed. Chris and I loved space battles (although relative speed plays an odd role), but away missions were weird and there is no comfortable way to just explore.

I wish it was less linear. Did either of you have a different experience?

[Ed Kirchgessner]

Dear EB Games: thanks for nothing. Like clockwork, I just received my early access code from Amazon today. I'm looking forward to finally being able to give ST:O a shot, though I share many of the concerns/misgivings that have been expressed in this thread. I question how well Cryptic's approach to multiplayer will pan out in the real world — certain aspects of the game's design seem to cater beautifully to the casual or pick-up player, but I fear the traditional "raiding" set won't have as much to keep them interested. Perhaps I'm mistaken, but it's this MMO's single-player components that have excited me most.

[James Day]

Originally Posted by Jes-ka

My experience with the beta is mixed. Chris and I loved space battles (although relative speed plays an odd role), but away missions were weird and there is no comfortable way to just explore.

I wish it was less linear. Did either of you have a different experience?

One of my main gripes with it is the whole instance thing, which results in a limited and rather unconvincing universe. Its safe to say I won't be starting up a subscription after the first free month.

[Michael Ubaldi]

Originally Posted by James Day

One of my main gripes with it is the whole instance thing, which results in a limited and rather unconvincing universe. Its safe to say I won't be starting up a subscription after the first free month.

Sorry to hear; I wasn't particularly excited about the title but hate to see the franchise represented less powerfully than it could be.