I call guy in red suit who always dies!

Pezdispenser

Can I get in the holodeck and do a program of me playing Star Trek MMO on a computer, and repeat into infinity? I think this might be the key to the great mysteries of the universe.

sharnaff

To many Really good MMos coming out, ill take a pass.

deathtastic

@SnakeCL:
I agree, the toon route is the wrong way to go. Looked more like something Disney would throw together for one of their shows. A Star Trek mmo needs to have the "realism" (so to speak) that made the show so great.

Raziel66

@Raziel66:

Originally, it was going to be a mix of the two. You had the option of being on-board a computer-controlled ship, and working your way up to captain of your own ship, or being on-board a player-run ship with others, transferring between them, etc.

How its going to work now, since the project was effectively canned, restarted, put on hold, and switched companies, is anybody's guess. I sincerely hope tho, that they don't go the "stylized toon" route they were aiming to go before the project switched hands.

SnakeCL

Meh, star trek is OK, but as an MMO? Hopefully they pull it off, but i doubt it.

Now Stargate would make for a good MMO. Something similiar to Hellgate's style of first person and third person.

While i don't know anythign about the series, the entire stargate mechanic works perfect for new areas, the ability to change servers, instances, etc.

Qix213

klingons FTW

Hulkamaniac

I've never been a trekkie, but I have enjoyed the shows over the years (Enterprise was excellent!). I'm definitely intrigued by an MMO, but I wonder how they would make it work. Would everyone serve onboard a computer controlled ship? Go on missions by taking a shuttle to the surface of a planet? Or would everyone have their own ship?

I think the former would be great with SWG-style professions. Some people would focus on being part of away-teams while others work in the medical bay. Some can be entertainers in the holodeck while others work in engineering and build things. Maybe people can build their own towns on explored planets.

Could be cool.

Raziel66

i actually recently got into Star Trek, pretty interesting stuff. don't really care for the multiple alien races that look like humans with bad acne, but the story lines and characters are cool.

but i'm not sure how a ST mmo would work...

ruba-dub-dub

Not too surprising news. Any Kotakuites applying for the job?

dArk_stAr

Trekies in uniform playing an MMO of themselves in uniform.

Interesting.

kickingtotalass

Ah, Star Trek Online. I want you to be great, but I just don't see how you can be!

Erignamatic

I actually looked into this some a while back and I think it looks like it could be really interesting. However, if done incorrectly, it could also be quite terrible.

Platypus Man

Ugh, a Star Trek MMO? No thanks. Choose your race! Human, Human with extra forehead Bones, Human with tail, Human with gill, Human with long ears.

And the missions? Collect 10 Space Rats.

Every skill used in the game will reverse the dampening conduits in some way.

Q shall be overpowered, but nerfed in every patch to no avail.

Lexi00

If they are hiring all those people for STO, that means the game is years away... /sadface

Quatre707

@Lexi00:

Q is the GMs, why nerf a GM?

I've been drooling over this game for a loooong time and was very sad when the problems began

@Hulkamaniac:
Kapla!

Hitokiri151

EFF YOU GUYS
im almost literally blowing a hole through my pants in anticipation for STO

Naif

@Quatre707:
Yeah that's true. We don't really know what Cryptic would have gotten from Perpetual, if anything, so it could be anywhere in it's development. I'm betting all we will get is a website for the game and some official forums maybe...nothing more than that. I will be extremely surprised if they are beyond the concept art stage.

I, along with my guild, are eagerly awaiting the announcement, whatever it is.

thor79

Thank God STO IS in the hands of a far more capable developer than it was.What Crytic has to remember is to start out with a limited field with STO and add to the "online Trek universe" as time goes by.Ttrying to incluse everyone's pet race as a starting faction isonly going to cause delays and prblems.I'd be happy starting with Humans,Vulcans,Klingnons, and possibly Romulans if time an resources allowed for them.Coming up with a great core game that they can add to would be ideal.Also remembering that they don't need to be nitpicking over Trek canon.As long as they respect the big and important stuff, all should be fine.Those that cry about a dicrepency in the game about what time Spock was born, should best be IGNORED.

Sugaray

If it was based on the original series it would be pretty cool, but everything from Next Gen on has just been PC crap.

Tibeerius

@Sugaray: Swap your priorities on Vulcans and Romulans and we've got a deal. "Vulcans" fall under "Federation" whereas Romulans complete the TOS trifecta of UFP, Klingon Empire, and RSE. My first thought was to roll a Romulan until I realized they would probably be nerfed thanks to the unfortunate plot line of Star Trek X.

If they set it in the 24th century, it's going to have some major balance issues unless they choose to segregate the alpha+beta (TNG), alpha+gamma (DS9), and delta (VOY) quadrants by servers. I'd be okay with just having the TNG-verse but as a DS9 fanboy I won't object to seeing the Dominion enter in. TOS-era would probably be the easiest one to pull off. And it would go nicely with J.J. Abrams Trek movie coming out soon.

ryohazuki

Unless I can command my own starship, count me out. Star Trek ain't Star Trek without powerful, big-ass starships that let you do things like command "All power to the engines!"

If they gave the combat engine from Star Trek: Legacy a bit more depth and built an MMO around it, that would get my attention...

freakout

ENGAGE!

I hope the storyline is during POST TNG mid DS9.

Para

"Launch Time!"

...and the website crashes...LOL.

What a surprise...

thor79

"Launch time!"

...and the website crashes...LOL.

thor79