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  Any good wikis available on this game yet? : amrbean
  • http://sto-intel.org/wiki/Main_Page is pretty good. People are slowly updating each of the sections. : Aragoat
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  My download was running for 16 hours, and still 39 left. I found another one and that one is at 77 pe... : The Future
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    I'm pretty sure it would be faster to just wait in the public File Planet queue. : skinlab133
    • i tried that but my little popup window timed out : RikiTiki2
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    my fileplanet download took almost 24 hours just to get me to the front of the line. thankfully the torre... : cptstern
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      fileshack got me there in under 3 hours, no line! :D : RikiTiki2
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        the question is, is your ZIP corrupted like the ones everyone else has been downloading from fileshack? : MisterPhoton
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          only one way to find out : RikiTiki2
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            unzipped and installing as we speak : RikiTiki2
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              launcher launched, patching now : RikiTiki2
              • I guess the third time's a charm. I downloaded two separate files from Fileshack yesterday and they were... : valael
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  I thought the rolling on ground combat was pretty ridiculous but rewatching the shows its pretty apt. : Klebold
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    What is the purpose of it in a game like this? "To dodge attacks?" How is this useful? I do like the... : amrbean
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      It is useful in dodging attacks? I'm not sure I understand what your question is. : JohnnyRey
      • Essentially yes. How do you dodge attacks from pew pew weapons? Assumable, they should hit me before I ... : amrbean
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  I'm very optimistic about its future. Needs polish, of course, but the ground combat is not bad - actuall... : Nitrium
  • Agreed. I just can't believe how awesomely complex the space combat is. I have been waiting for a game ... : amrbean
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  i downloaded the file all night only to have windows tell me the .zip is corrupted... FML : btown2
  • that's what happened to me when i downloaded it from fileshack. downloaded it from http://www.bigdownload... : waxthirteen
• I zotted stuff and and dinged some. EoS. : geedeck
• The torrent for the client, for some reason, stopped in the middle of a night with an error so I lost abo... : MercFox1
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  I got a key, where can I create the account? does the game have to be installed to create it? : The Future
  • www.startrekonline.com : Nitrium
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  So far I've enjoyed my time in it, went on a mission yesterday with Boyd and Solarus and I even had fun w... : Scotty22
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    Was that in secter 24 I was with those 2 and I think you. That place was crazy! : hashd
    • Yup that was station 24. I got blown up twice there. My only issue was a crash then framerate drop I had ... : SolrFlare
• damn windows decided to update and restart sometime during the night, so I am still torrenting today : stgulik
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  I like the fact that there's no WoW-ish "click this button to attack constantly" behavior. Each attack is... : Rehevkor
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    Is there a button to "Auto-attack target with all available weapons"? : amrbean
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      When commanding your ship you do have buttons to "Fire all phasers", "Fire all torpedoes" and I think th... : Rehevkor
      • spacebar is fire all phasers and ctrl-spacebar might be fire all weapons though I like to time when my to... : Scotty22
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        There was, but I was under the impression I had to keep clicking it in order to repeat the attack. Was t... : amrbean
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          I believe so. Like I said above, there doesn't appear to be any auto-attack, which is nice. I don't feel ... : Rehevkor
          • You can set two weapons in space to autofire by alt+rightclicking the weapon. : JohnnyRey
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        there's a FIRE EVERYTHING!!!! button? : megarust32
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          lol there should be! : JohnnyRey
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            There is.. It's the FIRE ALL WEAPONS! button in the middle of the UI : tboomer2
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              There you go! : JohnnyRey
              • There is also a fire at will power that is awesome : SolrFlare
        • http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2175873/54.jpg : historyinthemaking
    • alt+right click it just like city of heros : rmjackson
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    In ground combat you right click on an enemy and it will auto fire. In Space you hit ALT+Rightclick on a... : Crimsonbeak
    • This information is very valuable. Why didn't Zachary Quinto tell me this? : amrbean
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    Ctrl + Right Click on a skill will set it to auto-fire. This is useful for Beam weapons. : skinlab133
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      Alt + rightclick you mean : JohnnyRey
      • mmm I thought it was control, are you positive? I think alt right click sets all weapons of the type to a... : skinlab133
• Definitely a well thought out, well put together game. The space combat is great nod to the Starfleet Co... : Wolfanoz
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  I give you guys the 30 day free trial. After that 85% of everyone here will have dropped the game. : whistletits
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    It depends on the content. If it stays good, I think quite a large percentage of pre-orders will stay. If... : JohnnyRey
    • Yeah, it depends upon how quickly they provide new toys and and allow leveling. : LoioshDwaggie
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      What was the last MMO at launch that had enough content to satisfy? : whistletits
      • I never had any content problems with WoW. EvE if I remember correctly was fine too. Warhammer, SWG, ... : Scotty22
      • WoW, EvE...etc. I'm thinking of AoC where the first 20 levels were amazing and then it just went to t... : JohnnyRey
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        My Vulcan has enough content in her tits alone to last through the year. : amrbean
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          Does seem to be a requirement for all cryptic games. : Jonathan
          • Does seem to be a requirement for all cryptic games. : amrbean
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    Who cares, 30 days to spend on a game is plenty : jbury
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      I dont think thats an acceptable standard for an mmo : whistletits
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        but it's an acceptable standard for regular games? I mean, if you play an mmo for a month, you only ha... : JohnnyRey
        • That's kind of the way I've started to look at MMOs. The initial cost is the same as a regular game and ... : mrwolf710
      • I don't think of games in terms of mmo or non mmo, I think of them in terms of enjoyment I can buy an ... : jbury
      • in what respect? price? concept? : Nitrium
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        YOU MUST BE A 6 MONTH SLAVE
        
        Well okay great for you but we don't feel that way

        Jan 13, 2010 6:04am PST
        YOU MUST BE A 6 MONTH SLAVE Well okay great for you but we don't feel that way : geedeck
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        I understand where you guys are coming from. I guess when I don't sub an mmo after the 30 days i feel kin... : whistletits
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          I'm just antisocial, so even playing an MMO I pretty much play it as a single player game anyway :) : jbury
          • I'm going to have this problem if I do decide to buy ST:O. I play single player almost exclusively, and w... : thetangent
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          what mmo has hooked you? : JohnnyRey
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            it was a MUD called Dragonrealms, lol. : whistletits
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              Wow. So actually the problem is not with ST:O, but with modern MMO's in general. Gotcha. I'm not sure you... : JohnnyRey
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                thinking about it I think you're right. The MUD had no graphics which gave to more details in the story/w... : whistletits
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                  I don't think I have ever played a good MUD (I've only tried like one or two) do you play any now? : JohnnyRey
                  • No, not in years, but DR was the best MUD I've ever seen. Full on PVP with huge penalties if you died and... : whistletits
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          but you're feeling disappointment that you can't recreate a past experience. You aren't who you were then... : geedeck
          • You mean I can't go home again? HOW CRUEL IS LIFE! : Jonathan
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            lol what?? It has nothing to do with trying to be a person in the past...that's not even on topic. : whistletits
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              No, I think it is. As gamers, we want to recreate the great experiences we've had in the past. You had a ... : geedeck
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                I don't think you can directly translate a virginal experience in one MMO directly to another. The feelin : MercFox1
                • I'm willing to give you that MMO experience can be different. To me some of the tropes are so universal t... : geedeck
      • Who cares what genre people are calling it? If it's a fun game, and you play it for 4 weeks and then put ... : OverloadUT
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    gonna be less than 30 days for me. I'm glad I didn't pre-order. I'll play till the end of the beta to s... : retardhumper
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      Really? I thought it was a blast...I mean....it's star trek. It's an MMO. It's not perfect, but hot damn ... : JohnnyRey
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        I am a pretty big star trek fan, but this game is just meh. The ground combat is stupid. Shooting guys ... : retardhumper
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          Well what would you want? One shot and they fucking die? That's retarded. I mean it IS a game.... : JohnnyRey
          • That reminds me of my problem with Star Wars from BioWare :) Lightsabres kill IN ONE HIT! : LoioshDwaggie
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            I understand they need some game balance, but it doesn't follow the Star Trek 'mythos'. They shouldn't g... : retardhumper
            • so if the rifle said "newb rifle" you would be happy? Cmon man, now your just being silly. : JohnnyRey
            • Ugh, if it followed the Star Trek lore/canon letter by letter, it wouldn't be fun. : Nitrium
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          And here it is, the first Trek nerd knocking the game for not being "realistic". PRE-ORDER CANCELED! : Rehevkor
          • Sorry, didn't mean to say "nerd". Wouldn't want to OFFEND ANYONE! Apologies! : Rehevkor
        • You need to go back and read the text explaining whats going on and why the borg are like that. : thewindcriesmary
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        Micro-review which isn't very positive I had fun but it certainly felt unpolished/unready. I'm aw... : tboomer2
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          I'm sorry but...did you just complain about the borg moving like sticks? HAVE ANY OF YOU FUCKING PEOPL... : JohnnyRey
          • I've seen StarTrek, all of them, ALL OF THEM! I wasn't referring to the fucking BORG not acting the way ... : tboomer2
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          Besides the various long load times and stutters and ship appearing as person and vise versa, which I am ... : amrbean
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            Like I said in the review. I love Space combat but I hope they flesh it out more. I'm upset with the gr... : tboomer2
            • I am told that is 20% of the game. You'll always find a few parts of an MMO you don't like. I am glad y... : amrbean
        • Lmao, "USS Ironforge" : zombie man
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    hopefully most of us will have it downloaded by then. : DonkeyPopsicle
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      I'm seeding at 400 kBps : LoioshDwaggie
      • Same, seeding 300-400 kbs, download 10 kbs : The Future
      • I was seeding the torrent at 600 kbps when I left my house this morning, which is pretty much saturation ... : MisterPhoton
  • lol : WhatIsThisFor
  • If I play any game for 30 days I think that's pretty damn good : OverloadUT
  • it's what shackers do. so I'm going to play else where. : valael
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  for people having problems downloading or its too slow, try here: http://games.on.net/filelist.php?app=3... : retardhumper
  • Why is the newer file smaller than the older one? : The Grolar Bear
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  I think it's retarded that you have to spend money to show your current rank on your uniform. The rank p... : IndigoAK
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    You mean the combadge from the the future that is always prevented from happening? : Jonathan
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      You just blew my mind : JohnnyRey
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        Well it is. Every TNG/DS9/VOY episode in the future is eventually prevented from happening or not real in... : Jonathan
        • lol I know, thats why my mind = blown =) : JohnnyRey
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          Star Trek allows for multiple Universes/timelines as was shown in many episodes. So there are now 2 diff... : Crimsonbeak
          • I'm not actually talking about that. I'm talking about that each episode that jumps to the future is base... : Jonathan
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      This one: http://www.yourprops.com/norm-4596e726be29f-Star+Trek:+Voyager+%28TV%29+%281995%29.jpeg T... : IndigoAK
      • Maybe it's part of one of the pre-orders (which admittedly isn't better for you)? : Jonathan
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        The combadge changes every few years in the shows anyway (TNG different than DS9, etc). This is 30 years... : amrbean
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          Didn't the last season of TNG use the Voyager/DS9 combadge? : IndigoAK
          • Nope. : thetangent
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    in the real military, after you're pinned at your little ceremony with your new rank, you are responsible... : xxiv
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      In the Boy Scouts we sowed our own badges on. : amrbean
      • in the boy scouts you probably wern't expected to have in ranks inspection where if it's fucked up at all... : xxiv
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        In Boy Scouts there was a badge for sowing your own badge on. : jbury
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          is it sowing or sewing? isn't sowing like sowing seeds or something. : xxiv
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            Yes, "sowing" is for seeds. "Sewing" is for ranks badges. : Arcanum
            • Well duh, I was being sarcastic only joking! I'm a moron : jbury
        • Achievement Unlocked! Unlocked Achievement - You have unlocked an achievement. : cap n KRUNCH
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      One of the major themes of the show was that the economy is completely moneyless though. The idea is tha... : IndigoAK
      • oohhhh yeah : xxiv
      • Eeee, this is kind of true. It is certainly how Gene Roddenberry envisioned his Universe, but in various... : amrbean
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        True, the Federation is moneyless. But other factions do use money, and the federation has been known to... : Lucien Irenicus
        • You craft with stuff you find in space by exploring anomalies and picking stuff up from them. : Sailor of Fortune
      • I thought they threw that out more or less in DS9. : Sailor of Fortune
• Couple of pointers: * Don't buy bridge officers until you've done a bunch of missions - the early missio... : Jonathan
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  I've enjoyed what I've played of the beta so far, but I really feel a bit lost with it - it wasn't really... : jbury
  • yeah, I can agree with this...I don't really know WTF is going on. But I'm having fun! : JohnnyRey
  • Agreed. The tutorial was pretty good but lacked info about this. : Nitrium
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    At the first Starbase there are a couple of people who sell and buy stuff - by the tailor there is someon... : Jonathan
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      Yeah but where do you get money from, I looked on there and then realised I had 0 credits or whatever the... : jbury
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        There's 2 sorts of currency - Starfleet Merits which is for Bridge officers and ships and Energy credits ... : Jonathan
        • 3 actually. The third is exploration badges. But that's more akin to how faction worked in eve and is spe... : SolrFlare
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      I love that the tailor was a Cardassian. : thetangent
      • named Kim? : x4nth3
  • I have trouble figuring out where my next objective is. In almost every other MMO I played there is some... : amrbean
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  Can I get an invite to the shack fleet? Khadence@IndigoAK And an invite to the Steam group too! Indi... : IndigoAK
  • Invited. : Nitrium
  • Gonna pre-order this from Steam later today as well. : IndigoAK
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  The game seems to run just as choppy at high settings/resolution as Champions Online does. Probably my b... : atom519
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    Your video card is really holding you back and so is the 2GB of RAM, in this game anyways. i7 920, 6GB... : IndigoAK
    • Yeah, I'm praying for a day when MMO's support SLI :( : atom519
  • Either the choppines is server lag or you need to get in touch with their support because a system like t... : Jonathan
  • I spend half my time in aim mode - feels more stealthy when on ships/starbases. : Jonathan
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    Someone was saying in chat that the way to solve this was to go back to the 190.62 drivers. I had the sam... : dfay
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      It's an official developer response - either downgrade to 190.62 drivers (Nvidia) or 9.11 (ATI) and/or tu... : Nitrium
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        Interesting, I'll check what I'm running at home. I noticed it's typically the shadows that hit FPS the ... : atom519
        • I turned shadows off and it helped my hitching last night. : hashd
    • I did this and it cured my problems with hitching on my 275gtx. It went from nearly unplayable to nearly ... : jdmSlix
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    I have an E6600, 2GB ram and an 8800 GT, and the game runs like poop on the default setting it gave me, I... : jbury
    • sucks huh? :( : atom519
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      I have an E6600 4GB ram and an 8800GTS and it runs alright on high settings at 1920x1080. The only thing... : retardhumper
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        Mmmm interesting, I'll check when I get home I have 4gb of ram arriving any day now so that should hop... : jbury
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          would be interested to see how much this helps, I check mem usage from time to time and don't remember it... : atom519
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            Just running vista64 seems to take 1gb of ram, and I have a lot of problems in games because of it Fir... : jbury
            • ah, I'm on windows 7, that might be the big difference. : retardhumper
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    I was running at 1440x900 last night with no real problems with a similar build except I have an ATI card... : Rauol Duke
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      what did you think of the game? : Nitrium
      • I didn't get too deep into it before it shut down for the patch. I liked it though. I'll have to play a l... : Rauol Duke
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  So what's the official Shack guild name or are we waiting for the full release to start it? : Wolfanoz
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    Shack Fleet I think. Our ship is the USS COCKBOAT. No really. : Lucien Irenicus
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      My ship is the USS Cboat! : hashd
      • Is USS Cock Cock Cock taken? : tboomer2
      • U.S.S. Thundercock here : atom519
  • I thought we were going to go with "Shacker when the walls fell". :D : thetangent
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  What do you gain your sense of progression from in this game? I only had a chance to boot it up for a bit... : byorn
  • The biggest thing is just how well you perform in space combat. All of a sudden that big ass battleship i... : thewindcriesmary
  • Well, you get new ground weapons and space weapons which have different effects based upon their classes.... : LoioshDwaggie
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    You get a new ship at each 10 levels. That is pretty awesome if you ask me. : amrbean
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      Do the ships look that different? I like that in EVE that you get a big visual change in terms of size a... : byorn
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        in scale, I think they are sort of the same. They are larger, but not by the differences eve does. Howe... : JuffoWup
        • Right but Federation ships are generally fairly close in size to each other, with the exception of the De... : riptyde
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        Have you never seen Star Trek ships? A Defiant class is very distinct from a Galaxy class for example: D... : thetangent
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          Sure, but there is not really a clear way of telling which ships are better than others. Most are just di... : byorn
          • Look for the one with Pulse Phasers and Quantum Torpedoes. DEFIANTFTMFW : Merconium
  • There are multiple levels of progression. Your character, your ship, your crew, etc. : WhatIsThisFor
• Can't wait to try this out later now that I'm actually able to get a working download. : MurrayTheSkull
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  When I fire up this tonight, should i venture alone to get used to it or find some of you others ST basta... : pimpium
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    /join_channel Shacknews gets you into the Shack Channel. : tboomer2
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      /channel_join shacknews : Nitrium
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        Sweetness. Thanks guys. : pimpium
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          it's the second command, not the one tboomer2's posted - he's trying to make you hate the game : Nitrium
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            :( I'm trying to like it. I really am. I'll give it a good few months. I'm a realist, I know it won't b... : tboomer2
            • Just kidding - it's my first MMO and to be honest I didn't think it was unpolished. Or maybe I didn't set... : Nitrium
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  Does anyone know how you visit the bridge aboard your own ship? : WhatIsThisFor
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    Nevermind, figured it out. : WhatIsThisFor
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      How do you do it? : Nitrium
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        In space, click the down arrow next to your map and choose "view bridge". : WhatIsThisFor
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          thanks! : Nitrium
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            Looks like the sleek bridge style is bugged. I can't get it to load. : WhatIsThisFor
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              Okay, here's the problem, you can switch bridges even if you don't have enough currency and if you do so ... : WhatIsThisFor
              • Hmm don't forget to submit a bug report about that. : Nitrium
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  Loiosh's Early Opinions are an asshole followed by NUBBIE HINTS I am in general enjoying my time testi : LoioshDwaggie
  • Great write-up! : JohnnyRey
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    Newb Hints UI: 1. You can move/change the position of UI elements using the F12 key. 2. You can set a : LoioshDwaggie
    • Combat #4 should be: You can focus your shields upon any side by clicking on the arrow next to that shiel... : LoioshDwaggie
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      I learned the hard way about turning and your speed. That seemed kind of unintuitive when comparing it to... : Sailor of Fortune
      • Agree.... : JohnnyRey
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        Not if you've played any of the Starfleet Command games. You'll generally get the best turning speed at a... : thetangent
        • I thought that was a change that they made as well with the Xwing/TIE Fighter games was to drastically re... : AhmNee
    • awesome, thanks! : atom519
    • new tip: shift-r enables and disables full impulse. You don't need to click the arrow for that either. ... : JuffoWup
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    re: "as a Federation ship it works much better to face broad-side" If you're a cruiser, yes. As an ... : Clay
    • right, and it also depends on your firing arcs compared to the newb layout. I'm running a 60 dps disrupt... : JuffoWup
  • Has Goonswarm figured out how to have their fun yet? : Jiven
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  wheres the best place to D/L the client? 800k/sec at fileshack is killing me :( : maulla
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    Hmmm there's a list on http://www.startrekonline.com/download : Nitrium
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      looks like fileshack is still my best option : maulla
      • the fileshack file Star_Trek_OB_SFX_ST.0.20100108a.zip seems to be healthy, not corrupt like the original... : mwasher
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    that's a hella lot faster than torrent is doing for me. think i'll switch : RikiTiki2
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      Its sad that I'm not happy about 800k/sec lol. I just see the 2 hour estimated time to complete and it ma... : maulla
      • went from 22 kBps to over 600. that's fine by me : RikiTiki2
• I'll let you know how it is in 2 or 3 days : jonin
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  You know what would be useful? A keyboard shortcut diagram. I bet there is one out there somewhere ... : Lucien Irenicus
  • You don't need to hold alt, just right clicking sets the weapons to autofire :) : jbury
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    I do wish I had a manual or a book for with game with controls, shortcuts and ship/weapon/ability stats, ... : amrbean
    • The have this: http://www.startrekonline.com/manual not super helpful, but it's something : JohnnyRey
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  So whats this I hear about the fileshack version being corrupted? Do I need to cancel it and redownload?... : Omning
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    answer me! I want this shit downloaded by the time I get home :( : Omning
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      It was for me this morning. I had to start the DL again. :( : sheepraper
      • fuuuuuu : Omning
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    Someone said you had to activate your key first. I have no idea how this works but I did that too before ... : Sailor of Fortune
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      that makes zero sense : JohnnyRey
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        Gah! hit post before I was done.... the download should install, and let you get to the launcher. Then... : JohnnyRey
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          Nope, I downloaded the Fileshack file last night and it was corrupted, wouldn't even unzip. : MisterPhoton
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            Anyone know when the fileshack zip was fixed? I started my download around 11pm est :( : Omning
            • I downloaded 2 versions from FileShack that were corrupt. One was 6.4 GB (Star_Trek_OB_ST.0.20100108a.zi... : x4nth3
          • thats what im saying. Whether or not you have a key has no bearing on the install. : JohnnyRey
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  Can I play this with a 360 gamepad like Champions Online? I'm really trying to stick with the gamepad fo... : mrwolf710
  • Get out of my thread. Seriously though, no idea ,but since it's the same engine 'possibly' : LoioshDwaggie
  • Uh... what? Damn, I can't imagine somebody playing this with a gamepad. : Nitrium
  • No, too many buttons to map to a pad. : WhatIsThisFor
  • It was very doable in Champions. I was just watching the GiantBomb quicklook and I saw a rumble enable o... : mrwolf710
  • Should be, there's a rumble option in the settings. : Sailor of Fortune
• I was hoping to grab one of the 1k keys. When I went to download the pic, there were already over 3.9k... : DeejayKnight
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  Stats / Loadouts on all Ships (might have to drag and drop) Newbie / Lt. Commander: http://lh3.ggph... : Clay
  • Fucking awesome, thanks Clay. : Nitrium
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    very very cool, what can fill device slots? console upgrades? : MaverickOrig
    • Officers. You level up and upgrade your officers that gain new abilities that you "equip" into your ship'... : Klebold
    • that I've used so far, they've been consumable. Weapon battery, shield battery, auxillery battery, and e... : JuffoWup
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    The star cruisers have very Un-Federation names: Avenger, Vanguard, Emissary. : Klebold
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      Vanguard and Emissary sounds about right. : Clay
      • Federation is secular though! : Klebold
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    hooly shit the turn radius on the bigger cruisers sucks. D: : xsoulbrothax
    • they are supposed to. If you look at the stats, you'll see the science ships are sort of the middle grou... : JuffoWup
  • You rock! Thanks for this! : Aragoat
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  So, I'm assuming the race selection is limited to races that have joined the Federation? I just want... : atom519
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    You can make any race you want. I fucked around made my dude last night. : Rauol Duke
    • Ballchinians rejoice! : Rehevkor
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      Creating your own race is really the way to go - I didn't like any of the prepackaged race options. : MisterPhoton
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        Can you create damn near anything you want? Can I make a Ferengi look alike? I didn't even see this opt... : atom519
        • Choose Unknown as the race. I think there were even preset Ferengi attributes, but I could be wrong there... : Rauol Duke
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          You needed to pick the "Unknown Race" option : OverloadUT
          • They to use their own water fountains! : Sailor of Fortune
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  Weird fps issue. i7 920 / 6gb / ati 4890 and with everything on low, dynamic lights and shadows off, at ... : mwasher
  • Is it lag because you are in the starting area? : mrwolf710
  • are you using the 9.11 catalyst drivers? : Nitrium
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    oh, an update on this. i restarted my computer and went back in, maxed everything out at 1680x1050 and i... : mwasher
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      do you have dual monitors? I run into this problem with my ATI and L4D2. I started leaving CCC on in the ... : edgewise
      • ya I do. haven't experienced this before tho, but it makes sense. i will check the ati applet if it hap... : mwasher
• http://www.warcry.com/news/view/97435-WarCry-Giving-Out-2000-Star-Trek-Online-Beta-Keys more keys here... : xenophobe
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  Made my Vulcan last night. His name is Prozium and he's on the USS Visceral. : Prozium
  • I made an Unknown race this morning before work and generated a random name...but my ship is the USS Guad... : MisterPhoton
  • WOOT!!!!! : Visceral Monkey
• It's fun, especially the space combat. Performance is fine for me, I have everything maxed and AAx2 (on t... : Visceral Monkey
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  I hope better ships are more responsive in maneuvering which from the looks of it they are. Space combat... : cetra00
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    Oh and for some reason my ship model didn't load once when in space and my main character was flying arou... : cetra00
    • WTF, hahaha : Visceral Monkey
    • Please tell me you got screenshots! :D : thetangent
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    this depends on your class of ships. Escorts have higher maneuverability than your current ship. Your c... : JuffoWup
    • This is true. Even then though, my escort turns slow...until I use the evasive maneuvers skill and then ... : Visceral Monkey
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    I got a skill last night called evasive maneuvers that for 8 seconds let's me do extremely fast 180s, fly... : SolrFlare
    • That's my most favorite ship ability : Sailor of Fortune
  • If maneuvability is king for you, don't go cruiser. Unless they have evasive maneuvers up, they turn like... : Klebold
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  Fileshack version works fine. download from there if you haven't downloaded already : RikiTiki2
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    USS Washer of M will have it's maiden voyage tonight! : mwasher
    • this reply was for below :* : mwasher
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    has it changed? I downloaded it last night and it was broken. : DonkeyPopsicle
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      I downloaded it as well and it's weird. Windows won't open it. 7zip will, but the files don't appear to... : Arcanum
      • Correction: Definitely fucked. The file sizes are all wrong. : Arcanum
    • probably has changed since yesterday. today's worked for me : RikiTiki2
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  Are ship names unique? I got USS Siren and I couldn't believe it wasn't taken. What a fucking perfect shi... : OverloadUT
  • NO clue but I am in the USS Kitteh : EricZBA
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    Ship names and character names are not unique. : WhatIsThisFor
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      Really? : thetangent
      • Yep : JohnnyRey
  • Ship names only have to be unique on a per-account basis, I think. : Arcanum
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    The funniest one i've seen is Captain Luke Skywalker of the U.S.S. Superior Fiction : Thud
    • Hahaha : OverloadUT
    • lol smartass : Edges
    • Haha that's great. : KxRook
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      I thought about inserting some Babylon 5 humor into the game but I think no one would get it. : Sailor of Fortune
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        I saw someone who recreated the season 4 b5 uniforms perfectly. : WhatIsThisFor
        • Oh Shiiii : Sailor of Fortune
        • Oh shit, that'd be AWESOME. I want to change my ship name to the Agamemnon now. : Aragoat
      • Please do! I'd get it at least. :-( : Aragoat
  • Mine is the USS Decade Pigeon : Sailor of Fortune
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  As someone that hasn't followed any of this, I did try to get a key last night from the shack but somethi... : trove
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    Is there crafting? Resource gathering? : trove
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      Um, yes to just about all of your questions, I think. Not sure about crafting. : skinlab133
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        Is the game world three dimensional? : trove
        • It's 10th dimensional. : BlackCat9
    • You scan anomalies present in the game world and it earns you stuff to craft with other existing things. : Sailor of Fortune
• Tried it during lunch. Only did the tutorial "ground" mission so far (in the ship being attacked by Borg)... : pukerat
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  what the fuck? I download and install this, which takes nearly 36 hours total, and now I have to downloa... : valael
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    is this once you actually launch the game? i installed over RDP and the launcher updated some stuff but i... : gokart.
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      No, this is at the launcher/patcher. : valael
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        Trying to reinstall, the installer says it only requires {b}1.4gb} of space : valael
        • shit my first tag fuck up : valael
  • Uh... The patch was 148MB and downloaded pretty fast for me. : Nitrium
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    The full thing is 7.8 gig. You did something wrong. : WhatIsThisFor
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      I did this: 1) I downloaded it 2) Extracted it 3) Double clicked "Setup" 4) Hit next a few times : valael
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        Did you get the corrupted file that was originally on the shack? I got the one that is currently there a... : mwasher
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          When did it change? I downloaded it last night and my archive is fucked. : Arcanum
          • not sure exactly as they left the fucking time the same on the site. the file with the "SFX" in the na... : mwasher
        • I did twice, then grabbed the Big Download link someone posted. Buuut. I just reinstalled it to a diffe... : valael
  • You downloaded the wrong client - if you hopped on one of those really early torrents a lot of them had t... : Crw22
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  What kind of ship names have you guys been doing? I'm helming the USS Overcompensation. : xsoulbrothax
  • USS Pants : pukerat
  • lol USS Hybrid (transport ship) : whistletits
  • mine is the USS Guadalcanal : MisterPhoton
  • USS RETARDSTRENGTH : shortbuscaptain
  • USS Rotgut : CoRDS
  • USS Siren. I don't like silly names in RPGs, so I tried to find a name that would actually be appropriate... : OverloadUT
  • USS Eagle V : DarkWolf5
  • USS Davesnot Hareman : thekidd
  • USS Han Solo : cerealSAM2
  • USS Ardent Fang : Visceral Monkey
  • USS Sovereign : ArtilleryMarker
  • USS Shitbird. Well I don't have this game but if I did that's what it'd be. : NastyJack
  • I am capt ChronicMan flying around in my USS GanjaSmokah , saving the galaxy 1 bowl at a time. : shackwack
  • USS Penetration : bundy
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    Capt. Ahab of the USS Pequod, of course. : tashtego
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      How many times have you read that book tashtego? Also, I might bow out of the first shacker who kills a ... : bashildy@speakeasy.net
      • Last weekend was the Moby Dick Marathon in New Bedford! : tashtego
  • USS Decade Pigeon : Sailor of Fortune
  • USS Thundercock : atom519
  • USS Footpenis : royalally
  • USS CLAYSUX : Downforce
  • USS Cat Druid : Entity
  • USS Walrus : MuteMode
  • USS Swine Romance : jet-poop
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    USS: Titanic, what could possiblie go wrong? : cptstern
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      Your spelling of "possibly" for one. : RomSteady
      • Not a big Simpsons fan, eh? : riptyde
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      Weird. That's the first thing that's ever gone wrong. : tashtego
      • Hahaha, yes! : ZTac
      • Everything will be ok. He can just ditch the escape pods for a fancy spell check machine. : limpossible
    • lol, is that the full name? : edgewise
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    USS R. I'd keep it simple. : KxRook
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      It'll be awesome when ground missions go wrong. "Back in the USS R!" : Clasifyd
      • you don't know how lucky you are, boys : Postal
    • Hahaha, that's brilliant. "USSR, one to beam up!" : Aragoat
  • USS GhackBhoot : MeenMunky
  • USS Stugots : freakynipples69
  • USS Boners : stoned wallaby crop circle
  • USS Samophlange : Thud
  • Capt. ILTC of the USS Cboat : hashd
  • USS FearAndLoathing : Rauol Duke
  • USS Cheesebus and the USS Guineasaurus Rex : jbury
  • USS Gorsky : Nitrium
  • USS Ron Jeremy. That at least is what i would call it. : ihya
  • USS Tiki Hut : RikiTiki2
  • USS Stomplobo : lordlobo
  • USS Meat Boat : thejay247
  • USS Europa : thetangent
  • USS Taurus : WhatIsThisFor
  • USS Macross : geedeck
  • Can you use punctuation? USS Mrh? : Arcanum
  • USS Botany Bay i am not in the beta :( : orgcaptainnemo
  • Captain Allahu Akbur of the USS Jihad : cetra00
  • USS Red Shirt. Im not in beta. : limpossible
  • Wrecktal of the USS Abcess : valael
  • USS Trap, headed by Admiral Ahkbar would have been slightly humorous : thekidd
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    Are there no restrictions? Some of these names wouldn't fly in other mmos : Edges
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      You can't use the famous proper names from the various series apparently. I haven't tried though. O... : cetra00
      • I am Captain Wang and this is my good ship the USS Yung Ho! : Arcanum
  • USS Shackhype Was funny to see a npc that I rescued say "Shackhype, one to beam up" last night... : Reptile
  • USS Gunt. I saw it in sector space. : Lucien Irenicus
  • Jessica of the USS Slumberparty : Draco
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    USS More Powerful Than Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, and the Incredible Hulk Put Together. : Robotic Puppy Eater
    • * F A M I L Y G U Y ' D * : thetangent
  • USS Maximillian : critch
  • USS MAD USS MAD : speon
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    In what has to be the only case of a Shacker giving their ship a name that isn't penis related, I named m... : IndigoAK
    • lol, fag! : MagicWishMonkey
  • USS Jay Leno's Chin : drucifer
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    I think I'm going to name my cruiser USS SSSSSSSSS : DianeOfTheMoon
    • USS ESS ESS : CoRDS
  • USS Walk Softly : Aragoat
  • USS Khak Boat : jonin
  • USS Pylon's Playmobile : Orange Pylon
  • USS Minnow Johnson : AlexXdude
  • I'm going to use USS Aluminum Falcon : prime8
  • USS Hull Breach : DrWaffles
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  Wait, wait... is this a shack game where we: Dog pile Rabidly froth about the mouth when talking abou... : devi| dog
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    it's an open beta. everyone is talking about it because for the next 2 weeks everyone can play it for f... : mwasher
    • Bingo. There won't be a single bit of talk on STO in two months. If that. : Link.
• jesus, overloaded servers and stepping down to the lowest dose nicotine patch are not a good mix. : stgulik
• Played a little - seems okay but too laggy to really enjoy it. : bolneze
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  Group combat is pretty fun on the ground and in space, ran some fleet missions last night with various sh... : shortbuscaptain
  • Also they need to fix the Starbase 24 rewards, I wanna see what kind of phat loot there is. : shortbuscaptain
  • I've only played with open groups so far but it's really awesome seeing everyone work together to take do... : Aragoat
• 30 more minutes until the fileshack file lets me down :( then another 20 hours or so to get it from anot... : Omning
• It was very laggy today so I only had the patients to do one mission, find and rescue the USS Azura or wh... : freakynipples69
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  Any word on whether this will ever be an open beta and have unlimited keys? : menar003
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    You need a key? I got an extra. : Prozium
    • I'd love one : lokdown
    • Got another one? : menar003