Star Trek Online Trailers Detail Space Combat

Am I the only one cringing when they talk about Tank, DPS, and Support classes applied to starships?

This expose is a little unsettling. It basically lays down the same tried and true level progression and quest for stuff mechanics that plague so many MMO's. I still reserve judgment until I have a better idea of how combat, away missions, diplomacy, and pvp will come together; but I'm worried at this point.

So you got your tank class star ship, then you got your high DPS rogue starpship, and then you got your colored gear. Our game has it all, all the same old shit you've played 10 times before, but this time we switched the model for a starship! WOHOO.

am i the only one who wants star trek game where you dont own your ship but are an officer on it. Be it engineering,science,medical etc.

You then have different "quests" on your ship too do. Example: ship is invaded by borg and as a security officer you have to fight them, medical officer you have to save/heal, science officer find borg technology to help bypass their shielding, egineering I dont know.

It is just from what i have seen so far has me worried for the game

An MMO...based in the Star Trek universe. I don't even need to bring the other factors that guarantee this game is going to fail into the discussion.

This game is f*ckin lame! My dad got chosen for the Beta and I was watching him play, and I notice in this video they say they want to give players an idea of what it likes in real combat, but in the game its just the same repetitive task over and over again. All you do is shoot, and float in space. Thats all.

I think before they make a successful MMO based on Star Trek, they should try for a successful GAME based on Star Trek. Right now, all I can think of is Bridge Commander. Can't they suss out the mechanics of a great single player experience and then try to take whatever elements are translatable and put it to work in an MMO?

There were single-player fantasy MMO's before there were online ones, and I think quite a bit of the "starting point" for MMOs were informed by things like the Elder Scrolls, and Ultima Underworld. There is a paucity of space combat/exploration games by comparison.

I am getting nervous. Cryptic dropped in my eyes after I bought Champions Online, and the worst part is I can't even put my finger on what I don't like about Champions after hitting level 25. I guess for one thing it's basically Canada, the City, or the Desert, and that's it. It's just soulless.

I want this to succeed, but I am already turning my eyes toward The Old Republic.

They used "tanking" and "DPS" describing a space combat simulation.
I can't help it, this will not turn out good.

its no EVE.

hey look the developer "beamed" into the trailer.. that's so original! :/

I bet the star trek geeks are s@$!ing their pants right about now..

Looks awesome, if I where into MMOs I would get it for sure.

I would love it if they had the same exact format but made this game into a single player RPG just as is (or have the ability for a 4 - 8 player multi player lan style or by IP - co op).

Good times for Star Trek fans and MMO fans.

Once again, I find that the graphics look terrible, and the animations are not even professional grade.

This game is shaping up to be just another MMO, with the catchphrase "Look we have Star Trek Ships and lasers!"

I was really hoping they would have taken the space combat up a notch and done something similar to Bridge Commander... really kind of disappointed that it's not more DS9 combat-ish. Hell, even the Star Trek mod for Nexus looks more inspiring than this.. judging by the comments though, I am clearly reading the book by the cover!

Question: wouldn't these mentions of dps and tanking just mean that some ships are good for this and some ships are good for that, but not in the sense of "have to, dammit!"
As in Eve Online. Some hips have high Armor, fantastic shields, one shoddy railgun. Ah, so this one works for soaking up fire... Another ship is bristling weapons but crumbles when someone pokes it?
So you'd outfit your ships for this or that?
Anyway. Healing ship skill: "Technobabble - Sprout random nonsense at target ship to provide the idea that the crumbling spacewreck is still fine"

Can I get the kinds of consoles that don't explode?

Those would be really useful.

Currently in beta, loving it. Came in here, saw the hate. Remembered I'm on the internet, and realized that means this will be good and popular.

damn that looks really damn good... I WANT BETA...

Don't get your hopes up with this game people. It's an epic fail.

looks good but i wish there were some feedback on you taking damage. ships getting hit by all kinds of phasers and torpedoes. no static flicker of the shields taking the blow or any kind of scarring of the hull.

My take on things:
The Good
-it looks a lot like Starfleet Command++
-configurable ships like in Starfleet Command
-crew like in Starfleet Command

The Bad
-they're talking about tanks, DPS, and questionable science ship abilities

At least they didn't have to pop their cooldowns...

"Tanking?" "DPS?" God, the science ships can shoot "repair beams" can't they?