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Upcoming Episodes
| Date | Episode | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 11-21 | LD 5x06 | "Of Gods and Angles" |
| 11-28 | LD 5x07 | "Fully Dilated" |
| 12-05 | LD 5x08 | "Upper Decks" |
| 12-12 | LD 5x09 | "Fissue Quest" |
| 12-19 | LD 5x10 | "The New Next Generation" |
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Does anyone play this? The space battles look great.
I sunk some time in the game during the pandemic.
Pro:
Con:
Ultimately it’s fun to play through all the storylines and explore the world a bit, but unless you are willing to spend big you can’t get the good stuff. Also there is no end game except racing the dps meter against other whales.
I agree that it's dated (the 14-year anniversary event started today), but I wouldn't say it's on life support - the content release schedule is pretty much the same as it ever was.
I mean, the game of course gets its fomo content updates to keep milking the userbase, but there is no real substance.
When I played it I found myself frequently without anything to do, challenging PvE content doesn’t exist, and any progress you make past hitting max level serves no purpose either; except doing what you are already able to do but faster. I found it extremely difficult to reconcile this with my expectations of a game.
Sure, if it's not what you want out of a game, I'm not going to argue with that.
But it's really the same game that it's always been.
From what I could tell during playing, a ton of content has been made obsolete, hidden away or replaced.
For example the three specializations, which initially suggest a classic tank / dps / support split, are essentially all dps now because with the good real money stuff any build also has absurd sustain, ways to escape death, and damage to (literally) kill dozens of Borg cubes at once, taking 5 seconds tops.
I mean it’s fine if you enjoy the game, but it really isn’t a good game at all. It’s fun in that it is a way to immerse yourself in Trek content.
I didn't realize the Good Decider had logged on. How nice to have you.
You’re quite welcome, citizen.
This sums it up really well. I also find it to be a fun place to meet up with geographically distant friends who also like Trek. Hanging out in Quark's while chatting over voicechat is pretty great.
@Indy @ptz @aniki @GregorGizeh @ValueSubtracted I'm reading this whole thread trying to figure out where you grabbed the quote that says "it really isn't a good game at all" and I can't find it lol
I would have to hard-disagree. Sure the micro transactions suck but if you just play for the story it is absolutely fantastic
The monetised fomo events are why I pretty much stopped logging in. If a game offers me to pay to not play it, I'm just gonna not play it and keep my money.
Sure - one of our community members even put together a guide for new players.
I think most people would agree that the space combat is the games biggest strength.
Is rubberbanding still a significant issue? I used to play but took a break after the Iconian season. Then I tried going back around the time the new Terran season came out, and combat was very frustrating for to lag.
I rarely have server connection issues like those any more - if anything, stuttering from the graphical effects are the bigger bottleneck.
I tried, but I can't even pick up the phaser in the introductory level. Not sure if I'm just an idiot who can't figure out the controls or if it's some glitch since I'm running it under Wine in Linux.
Huh...yeah, if a basic "press 'F'" doesn't work, something ain't right.
The only thing I manged to accomplish was walk awkwardly around the armory and roll xD
Going to have to see if there's some Wine tricks to work around whatever that issue is.
Pvp is completely dead, which I think was the game's greatest longevity strength. Mechanically it's quite dated but the writing is very fan service