Posts Tagged ‘Star Trek Online’

While the last Special Task Force, STF: Infected, was a blast, Crypic Online is already releasing another new Special Task Force called, STF: The Cure, which takes place after the assault on Starbase 82 in the last Special Task Force.

Some of the key points of STF: The Cure:

• Klingon and Federation players both have access to this Special Task Force.
• Members of different factions will not be able to group with each other.
• It is a daily repeatable mission.
• Purple Mark X gear drops in the mission.
• Mission success provides Marks of Valor, which will be used in a special gear store coming in Season 1: Common Ground (formerly known as “Update 1″).

After a rocky start, it’s great to see Star Trek Online getting regular (and really fast) content updates.

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Star Trek Online: The Good, The Bad, The Ferengi

ST:O is a fresh ‘n shiny brand new MMO for the nerd in all of us from Cryptic.

I didn’t have very high hopes for this game starting off. I pretty much figured it was going to be just like Champions Online but in space.

So far it has had mixed reviews from the MMO fanatic crowd. Personally I am a big ole fashioned Star Trek nerd so, no matter what, I had to play and enjoy this game. Perhaps it is because I did not expect much from this game that I actually ended up having a blast playing, it is pretty fast paced and fun to play.

There has been a bit of controversy surrounding whether or not this game is in fact even an MMO. In this author’s opinion it is not a true MMO as you can only have 5 people in any area at any time, be it random space battles or quests.

This makes for a more single player experience. I played the game mostly 2-person grouping with someone which worked out great.

If you are solo though it is not hard to gain 5 people to play with you at any given time… as there is an auto invite system so anyone doing the same quest as you will automatically join your group (you can turn this off if you prefer).

What really hung me up on this game was the ship system, always having to get to the next tier of ship, and deck it out with better gear. I enjoyed the fact that there are many skills to pick from as well. We’ve mocked up an overview guide to Star Trek Online so have a look below…

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