Star Trek Online Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein, Jan 19, 2007 3:27pm PST

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"When we originally pondered this question, STO had a more hard-core focus on Star Fleet than it does today"

"our first thought was that the player would run down to the transporter room to request a beam-out - just as in the shows. But the more we thought about it, we realized that there is no reason"

"So we decided to streamline"

"we've taken a dramatic approach that breaks free of television and film constraints to create a look that while recognizably Star Trek" .. " STO will be a wholly new Star Trek experience"

translates to: this is gonna be yet another a mediocre MMO clone, based on standard MMORPG template, with trek tacked onto it.

I don't play MMO's, as a trek fan STO was, what I thought was going to be, the first I just had to break that princple, I'm glad they're making it so easy for me not to.

Jan 19, 2007 4:25pm PST

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"When we originally pondered this question, STO had a more hard-core focus on Star Fleet than it does tod : hornoxe
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  Yup. This game is already pretty much a failure. I also like the old renders. I bet minimal work has been... : johnny skidmarks
  - Yeah STO was suppose to be (atleast for all us trek fans) a roleplay orientated game; seems like its just... : thewindcriesmary
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    Only at shacknews can a game be dismissed so far from release because of something so minor. I'm sure the... : yourname00
    - "What happens if the ships are big enough that it'll take 10mins to from the sickbay to the transporters" : hornoxe
    - Whats minor about a sagging franchise, a crowded MMO market, and the poor showing of Sci Fi titles in tha... : johnny skidmarks

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Waaaaay too many mmo games. Watch the bubble burst soon.

Jan 19, 2007 3:43pm PST

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Waaaaay too many mmo games. Watch the bubble burst soon. : mobab
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- There is always room for Star Trek! As long as its good...i will most definately play this game. ... : pimpium
- That's not what I feel. In fact I find that 'proportionallly' there are less MMOs than say, five years ag... : pillzer

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