Star Trek Online is Bonkers
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- A bonkers visit into the MMO world of Star Trek Online. Check out my recent look into Dark Messiah here: • The Most Insane RPG Yo...
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I can't believe you managed to create the gremlin that attacks William Shatners plane in that Twilight Zone episode.
I was reminded of Kipp from _Futurama_ .
Revenge is a dish best served cold. It’s very cold at 30,000 ft
@@BNuts do you mean kif
The shape of the body and hair made me think of the alien from American Dad
@@Boooozle hehe Roger is making Chaos in Star Trek
I have played Star Trek Online for over 11 years now. Your review has to be the funniest I have ever seen or heard, I burst out laughing so many times...
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
I wished you spent more time on LOCKBOXES ... loved those things!
Same been playing since it went F2P. I'm a huge Trek nerd so I had to play it.
for me since beta and still like it :)
playing it right now^^
still have the original cds
As a trek fan one thing that’s apparent is the devs love the series. There’s lots of returning cast members voicing themselves, great attention to detail on things like uniforms and ship types, and a story that really feels like it was made with long time fans of the franchise in mind
Sure they love it. Thas why it had no graphics...physics or any other upgraded in 12 years. It's basically go here press f to interact. Like an interactive TV episode. Press 1234 for combat rinse repeat. A star trek game simulation like star citizen but in the trek universe would be awesome. No loading screens. Proper interior....possibilities would be endless. Only thing they've done is add ships. This game needs a serious developer and a new engine and a simulation mmo hybrid like star citizen. The inventory system is horrible. You can get hundreds of loot in a mission but you can only move or scrap one item at a time. Everything is a cash grab. Jesus you jave to pay real life money to get more cargo space in your inventory..... you have to pay for literally everything that is standard in even any f2p mmo....paying for extra inventory space? After one mission your inventory could be full. Then you can sell one at a time. What a pain.
@@thirdworldrider6991 I don't know. I've been playing for years and I've never spent a penny. Inventory management is just part of the game. And when you enter a system and have to have a space battle against 6 or 7 Vaaduar ships, it's a bit more complicated than 1234. I'm not saying some of the basic interactivity isn't a little simplistic at times, but that's hardly the only thing going on in the game.
Where else could you go to see Kate Mulgrew, Mary Wiseman, and Chase Masterson hamming it up playing evil Mirror Universe versions of Janeway, Tilly, and Leeta the Evil Dabo Girl! I love all the returning bit characters being played by the original actors, and callbacks to 1-off aliens from random episodes of Voyager or DS9.
@@thirdworldrider6991 There have been graphics updates. I remember at least one major update where dynamic light was introduced and it made the game look a LOT better. The only place the graphics are still utter shite are the character faces which do indeed need a major overhaul. But the ships and locations are gorgeous!
I'm glad they love the series, and that they garner attention from the actual cast. All of that is great, but something as simple as romulan alien tac being OP when compared to other factions in the game seems like the devs either don't care, or know what they did, and are good with an imbalance being present in their game.
This game's saving grace is its clear and obvious love for, and encyclopedic knowledge of the Star Trek franchise. It's an entire universe of planets that are almost all references to events that happened within the various shows and movies. From a gameplay perspective, the ship combat really is the highlight, and they did such a wonderful job with their ships that the TV show "Picard" turned to Star Trek Online to borrow their ship designs for seasons 2 and 3.
As a guy who has been playing STO on and off since 2014 you are pretty much correct.
Ship combat is definitely the highlight, although ground combat I don't really mind its flaws as I blame most of my grievances to me just being bad at playing as I don't use key shortcuts and point click every ability I use.
I keep coming back for largely the lore and flying the awesome ships, even recently trying to make characters from other franchises as my captains. This month I made Grand Admiral Thrawn, who is nearly a perfect replica except this damn game don't have options for brightly colored or glowing eyes (couldn't find a deep red that would stand out).
@@ReiseLukas haha yeah the muted colors on eye color and most fabrics is very annoying!
The lore is so fun. recently came back to play some of the latest episodes, and they were satisfyingly bonkers.
(SPOILERS BELOW )
Mirror-Universe Wesley Crusher murdered the Traveler, stole his powers, and merged with Mirror-V'ger to basically become a living god. I had to team up with Mirror-Universe Beverly and Mirror Universe *ME* (haha) to take him down. A wild ride. Also, apparently Mirror-Universe Janeway controls the Mirror-Borg? That's scary. (I'm still not totally caught up)
@@BrowncoatFairy I'm going to ignore the spoilers below because The furthest I've gone is the beginning of the Iconian War missions, but I am aware Wesley Crusher is present in future missions. looking forward to those
That bit at
2:00 : Under walk bridge
Just completely caught me off guard and I couldn't stop laughing for 5 minutes
When I saw that bridge I knew it was the only place for Streisberk
For me STO falls into the same category as early WOW: A nostalgic, comfortable experience that I love to return to from time to time. It's genuinely a good game and even as a casual Star Trek fan, I really enjoy the references, voice actors and ships I recognize.
Thanks for the funny, informative video. :)
i agree....espacially how they managed to get alot of the original actors to voice there characters is pretty awesome and hearing leonard explain stuff...... dam i miss Leonard Q_Q
i disagree 1000000% WOW makes a billion dollars a year and has 150 employees working daily on the game keeping it in working order whereas cryptic only has 30 full time employees which is why the game suffers from game breaking code rot and maybe makes 10 million a year. Any top tier elite sto player will tell you that the game is unplayable today but for free to play & casual players, well the constant rubberbanding doesn't effect their play.
10:10 : being chased by a pet you summoned
That part genuinely made me laugh out loud. The sound of panic killed me. Keep up the great content.
As someone who has played STO since 2011, thanks for the honest review! The game has improved over time, but it definitely still has its quirks. Like you said, it you don't take it too seriously and remind yourself that it's free, you can have some fun customizing your character, your bridge officers, and your ships. But I'm a little disappointed that we didn't get to see Streisberk on Nimbus III. The nightclub scene is pretty wild there! Just ignore all the slaves, of course.
I would kill to see h8m on Risa at the dance party. ;)
There's actually a subplot where you bring in your ship's contingent of basically military police to secure the planet and take out the slave ring.
I appreciate the fanfic-ish glee with which the writers approach the plot. It's got big "jamming all the toys in the toybox together" energy.
As an avid fan of Star Trek, I've played this game for the entirety of its life. I have seen it change over time. They have recently updated the new player experience. I also enjoy that they can add characters and content from the new Star Trek shows that are on Paramount +. I don't know that one can get this type of content anywhere else. Having the actors of the show's voiceover episodes means we get to play right alongside some of our favorite heroes, from Spock to Captain Janeway and Quark to Odo. It is also very touching that actors who have passed shared their reprisal of these roles and the in-game monuments to everyone who helped create this world or played a part in its creation showing a reference and respect for each person and the whole team. I love it and will continue to play the games until they press that power button on all of their servers.
When a story has elements than lead to Kira smacking Odo, I was like DAMN!
@@JnEricsonxhe deserved it!
Part of the struggle of the game is them trying to adapt the truly out of left field stuff shows like Picard have put out.
Of all the changes the only one I wish they hadn't done away with was player made content and world exploration.
I tried it as a new player and found it horrible. What did they update it from, was it even WORSE before?
I played this game super casually for like two years. It's pretty great for a star trek fan, its old and a bit janky, but I got a tier 6 ship for free through an event and made it to endgame without spending a dime. Ended up buying a Voyager interior just to throw some money at the game. Worth it imo. The space/ground combat can be kind of fun once you get used to it.
Nice, there is 100% fun to be had with both games
I freaking love STO and it is legit the only MMO that's I've played more than 1000 hours in (I'm at 1241.1 hours on just steam and that can probably be doubled since I used to run it in it's own launcher). Love the community and the steady in-flow of updates, fun events, and just seeing how butt ugly I can make a captain!
About 4.4k hours in WoW 2007-2011. :)
Same here I have 3K hours and probs a 1K on old loader. you can definitely not spend a penny. I do now and again just to give something back.
I’ve got rookie numbers with just over 100 hrs but I also started waaay late only recently became a pc gamer within the past 3 years. But this and the old republic where the entire reason I switched to pc.
I haven't actively played it in ages but it's still my most played game in my steam library.
A honest and accurate review. I've been playing STO since it launched in 2009 (pre-ordered lifetime membership). While they have updated some parts, what ive noticed over the years is most of their efforts go into new ships.
Also, troll under the bridge at 2:00 was a riot! Woke up my roommate laughing!
well, hello fellow pre-order lifetime sub!
How often do you play? I maybe get on once a year, just to buy stuff on the C-store with my free coins.
I'll get into a game for a few weeks, then get bored and go to something else, eventually rotating back around every few months. That's why i did the lifetime, so i don't have to worry about re-subscribing every time.
I'm a Star Trek fan and have been playing this off and on since release in 2010. Your review is spot on and humorous in all the right ways.
It had its warts on release, and many of them still exist. The ground combat in particular is dated, the engine is held together with chewing gum and hope, and even if you've spent your way to the DPS charts, you quickly realize there wasn't much reason to dump that much money anyway.
Still, it has some nostalgia bait for the rabid Trek fan, and space combat is pretty fun. It's always worthwhile to hop on line and blow some shit up, but this isn't a title that has a lot to offer the serious MMO player looking for a heavy endgame or PvP combat. It's a game that heavily (extremely heavily) monetizes FOMO and the zeal of Trek fans, giving them a sandbox to fly their favorite canon ship around in. At least for a little while.
This game has an extremely strong and loyal player base and Cryptic has been improving the game all along, including pulling in actors from the actual series to do mission voice overs. Also, you didn't really experience the end game. Leveling and doing an event TFO is an extremely small part of the game. I encourage you to continue playing and I am betting you'll see that the game is a lot more than what you portrayed here. The video was funny, though. Could use more STO content creators with this kind of humor.
Speak for yourself. I played this game way to much and it just gets repetitive at the high levels and the never ending premium ships. This game sucks
You tell them Augy!!!😁
@@ashlevrier That your opinion... I can respect that.
I had a look at a bunch of forums and spoke to a few ppl about the endgame and got various takes on it. Something called Space Barbie? (I feel Streisberk would be disqualified before he even started). If I was to do a follow up what would you recommend I focus on mate?
STO had no innate endgame.
It sells you reputations as one, but that's just extended midgame grind feeding into endgame builds that are magnitudes too overpowered for any content.
So people choose their own meta endgames like DPS chasing (subform of speedrunning), your mentioned space barbie aka collecting visuals and skins, outfits etc just to look at it. PvP doesn't qualify as innate endgame either as it has no rewards.
STO is handled like a star trek theme park, with MMO aspects and balance being entirely neglected. That works because the target group is, in their own words, "not gamers", but casual players that happen to be trek fans.
What keeps the players around is there is a deep (poorly documented and not overly intuitive) element to setting up your ships for various purposes or build types. With a great deal of complex synergy's between different options leading to a deeply complex and rewarding system.
In other words, pay to win. You have to buy store ships for the consoles to make new builds.
@@markrude9489 not really. There is a perfectly enjoyable f2p game where quite a few players work out how to do the most without ever spending a dime. You do get between 3 and 4 free T6 ships/year with traits and consoles. Many others can be bought off the exchange for in game earnable currency. You may not be chasing the very tops of the insanely overinflated DPS ladder, but you can easily perform respectably in any content up through elite. As far as spending money? If you buy 2 new ships/year you are paying out half what you would be paying Blizzard or Square Enix for a World of Warcraft or FF XIV subscription. (Not counting if an expansion pack came out that year. ) it doesn’t hurt to pay something in order to keep the lights on for a game you like. Just set a careful budget and don’t go nuts.
@@markrude9489 f2p myself.. havent spend a dime.... and still got a few more then decent builds for various ships ;) (far above average ;) )
It's not pay to win at all. It more like do I want to focus on just one damage type or be a photon torpedo boat or maybe you don't focus on weapons at all and launch badass fighter ships the swarm your targets. Then it's like I want to have GOD LIKE shields and hull regeneration or be a glass cannon that has radiation beams.
My point is as it is now with the shear number of ships and optional modules it CANT be pay to win. You can pay all you want but the guy who spent 10 years grinding 10 full ships and crews up to their max level and peak performance will walk over you. Nothing in the real money store comes anything close to the max potential you can achieve through hard work in the game. Even the super rare random drops in the loot chest are simply not good enough to make it pay to win.
This video has earned you a subscription. Thank you for bringing laughter into my day!
Just as an FYI for all, about a month or so after this video Cryptic redid the Federation Starter Experience so it's quite improved. It's now straight up Borg, no Klingons. And has added Janeway. The new starter ship interiors are gorgeous.
Any way too still play the old start up? I played STO back in 2012 and really enjoyed it.
@@sturmbok No that was like 3 Fed starter redo’s ago. It’s closer now to the original pure Borg story. But with better production values. They completely redid the Klingon Start last year.
The sad part Is our dear captain survives. The make me proud motivated me on my original save.
Been playing since day 1, not consistently but enough to see it change into the thing it is today. And I agree, its not the best space game out there, but if its Star Trek, its here. And with the new shows coming out constantly, suddenly there's so much new content to look forward to.
Its a light jaunt for a trekkie that's grown older, started a family and still watches tv then wants to play with the new toy starships. And that is frankly enough.
I'm gonna be honest - I don't like that they just randomly throw everything Trek into the game. It shows that the game has no actual direction story-wise.
That's totally inaccurate. From the start of the game all the way to the end of the story there's a few long term overarching storylines that integrate tons of Trek plot lines, the expand on TV shows, fill plot holes etc
This is my favorite video of yours. Running from your own non combat pet had me rolling.
Haha that bloody thing scared the life outa me. Glad u enjoyed the vid mate.
STO is as bonkers as you make it to be.
But in all honesty, the story writing is better than anything Kurtzman has ever put out. At least all the individual mission episodes tie together conclusively into the campaign and mostly make a sensible overarching story, despite of all the different timelines it has to bring together and the freedoms considering canon it needs to take. And unless NuTrek, it actually has some genuinely and intentionally funny moments.
Discovery would have been 100% better if they stuck to phasers from the TOS era instead of Star Wars lasers. And they should've stuck with TOS style uniforms and ship designs
@@captainbroady Agreed. STD would have been better without anything Discovery. Especially Kurtzman.
@@axelhopfinger533 tbh the red angel thingy is a bunch of baloney
@@captainbroady It's ALL baloney - a fuzzy one well past expiration date.
@Quake Yeah, that's the weakest part of all of STO. But you know, it's content i guess. Licenced content.
I always come back to STO when they do a major update, add new content, or during the annual summer and winter events. It's not something I play regularly, but it's a game I always come back to and enjoy
I’ve been playing with it for over 10 years and I really like it, I’ve been playing with it for over 13,000 hours.
Just found your review at random, and having played STO for many years, it was nice to see a refreshing take on this admittedly creaky game I love/hate at times. Excellent review and points all made well. Also, Streisberk is stunning, and don't ever let anyone tell you any different. ;-p
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it
Wish they finally would come out with a sequel with updated graphics, mechanics and larger worlds. They did so much with this dated version I think they could re-imagine this aspect in gaming.
Yeah, I fully agree. Especially combat, and "guild" activities are in serious need of upgrades. But instead they changed Windows OS (well they forced it), and they are happy that they upgraded the game:(.
I am a huge Star Trek fan and this game is the best MMORPG I've ever played. BTW, your videos are awesome. I laughed at the character you've created so much that I have tears in my eyes from laughing so much. Keep making these kinds of videos. You rock!
It makes me so happy to see when people get a good laugh it really does, thanks mate. New video drops later today baby!
Well its not the best, but its consistent, and doesn't force you to pay.
This game introduced me to star trek at 16 and when I saw the borg and tholians I watched the series starting at next generation. This game continues to fuel my love for this franchise even if the newer series don't always click for me
When I played STO, my avatar was made to look like Shrek. Thank you for keeping the time honored tradition of goofy characters alive.
I play STO most days and even though your video was delightfully funny and entertaining it was ALSO an accurate analysis of the game's pros and cons. Kudos to you for nailing the whole thing !
Been playing star trek online since it came out and I gotta tell ya, this video had me rolling. From the character created to the pet horta chasing you around. Good times
This video is amazing, very informative about the game's state and at the same time extremely funny! Very well done, love it! :D
Thanks mate :)
Can't help imagining how epic a modern Star Trek MMO with real cash put into it could be.
Holy hell I am in tears. I LOVE Star Trek and while it sucks we do not have better modern offerings in the game department. I still am glad we have this game for the few times i want to go back to some comfort gaming and check out what they added in the story and stuff. Great video glad I found this channel!
For the PvP side it is still there. There are to open PvP maps, one for space and one for ground. I would not recommend it until you get a good build together. There are still several PvP groups that have matches and can help you with that side of the game. Loved you take on the game and the new insight. I have been with STO from the launch in 2010 and login daily.
legit was looking for info on this and i am NOT let down. friggin had me laughing the whole journey was amazing! Subbing for sure
I know this is probably counter to the impression that people who have never played STO, but this game is the best MMORPG I’ve ever played. It’s one of those games that reward you if you give it your all. What reallt hooked me was “collecting” rare species of bridge crew. I’ve customized them and even built background stories for each of them. This game will turn you into a super nerd if you go for maximum immersion. I’ve also 3D printed my ship sealing the deal as a STO player for life LoL 😂
Yeh, its very good, and very casual, but the blow below the belt was in February, when they forced players to switch Windows OS, for no gain in return (no better mechanic, graphic, well, anything).
I definitely like this game the best. I switch back and forth between it and SWTOR. I can imagine a lot of things that I would do if I magically had millions of dollars and was in charge of production--like expanding what I can do with my unused ships, like making personal fleets and armadas to be used as a group in combat and making the ground combat a little more fluid and modern--maybe something like Mass Effect. But it definitely has the most relaxing/non-grindy and full-of-potential basic structure of any games I have played.
I've been playing STO off and on since the beta test and I have to say that you perfectly nailed the experience.
I have invested several thousand hours into this game and I have to admit that i would love to play it regularly again after those 4 years of inactivity...its just not the same anymore since you cant properly get Zen through Dilithium anymore and growing up having less time also takes a great part on this.
Nontheless i enjoyed playing it a lot, it really is a game you can enjoy a lot if you like to see how your stuff develops
You can still get zen that way
@@eduardomenendez2692 last time i checked there was no one offering to sell any in exchange for dilithium
Oh, there are people offering to sell zen, but way, way more people eating up the offers than people creating them.
If you put up an offer now, about 3 million zen iirc have to be traded before your offer is being processed, which can one or two weeks.
@@aliyilmaz5237 You must create your own offer and wait, wait, wait... for RNG to bless you.
@@deadbird3144 No. It do not need to be processed. Its random sir.
Dude not only did this make me want to try the game, you were hilarious along the way! Kudos dude!
I can’t believe this game is still out. I remember playing for years and never seeing the end game change. It was always the same borg raids. PVP was also totally unbalanced. The combat was kind of fun and interesting.
*Git gud.*
Still has no endgame, and ISA (or rather now ISE) is still the thing to do.
Though we have successfully pushed the DPS records from 200-300k to 2-3m lol
@@agentxx3022 Yeah I gave up on it a loooong time ago. There’s only so many times you can do the borg encounters and get paired up with bad PVP teams before it gets old.
Great review, informative AND entertaining! This is the kinda TH-cam content I crave.
I got so geeked out playing this game I wrote a several page bio for my character. Put a lot of thought and time into it. Even had a few compliments from random players saying the enjoyed my story. That's what it's all about. Role-playing my ultimate fantasy. Flying through the stars in my TNG starfleet uniform commanding my own starship. Far as Trek goes I don't think we'll ever get another game near this close to actually being in starfleet.
Good stuff, got yourself a new subber. I have played this game on and off since 2013. I grew up watching TNG, but was not hardcore into ST. This game actually got me to go back and stream every show over a couple of years. I think the biggest draw for me is how well they do with the narrative and weaving into storylines from the show. The game closes up open storylines, continues closed one, and overall has a great storyline. Pretty much every single actor except Sir Pat reprises their role in the game during strong story events. Overall I have a great time with it and have currently jumped back in after a 2 year hiatus.
I still play it off and on. My fleet admiral is going to be pretty happy whenever he logs back on to see that I have almost single handedly built a space station from level one to max in 4 years. Oh and if you spend money on any ships I HIGHLY recommend any of the Miracle worker class ships... they are freaking amazing.
Hahahaha I did the same with our dilithium mine
I don't know how you made it on my feed but I am glad I found your channel cause I loved every minute of it .
Cheers. Really glad u enjoy the content. Lots more to come
Randomly thought about this game today and wondered how it was doing. Watched your video and I definitely want to play it. Love that your ship at one point is called the “UFOHYEAH”
I just started to play the game. I had mad an account when it launched but never got into it. I"m getting into it now and yes it seems very VERY dated, graphics are rough sometimes but the starship play is really fun.Being a trekie helps ALOT with this, the stories and places you get to visit are fun. There is still oddly a huge community that plays this game and so far, i'm really enjoying it.
underrated video! Really well done!!! I laughed so much!
I’m not even a gamer - just occasionally the game here and there - and I want to keep watching your channel as this was HILARIOUS.
I didn't actually laughed with full joy because of a TH-cam video for a long time! This is worth a subscription without knowing your other content! 🎉
played it for 12+ years .Great Game
I just subbed cause of the funny edits you made in this video lmao.
Best review of a game I've ever seen, laughed my ass off through most of it, lol.
Thanks! I needed these laughs. Well done dude.
Cheers mate, glad u enjoyed it
It's my first video from this channel and it's hilarious. You surely deserve more subs, so now you got +1.
The character you created is just ... words don't yet exist to describe it.
Cheers :) Appreciate that mate
I’ve been playing this game close to 5 years and I can honestly say this is the best intro video for this game I’ve ever seen, and by far the funniest video I’ve seen on the game
Thanks mate, glad u enjoyed it. More very soon.
@@MitchManix woooo, can’t wait to see Streissberg again soon
Goodness imagine what it would be like with graphics overhaul. Man it would be gorgeous.
Dude, lol! When that chick saw you creeping in the bushes I laughed so hard. Loved it!!
I haven't laughed as much in a long time! Definitely subbed!
I've played this game since it launched and felt in love, I get some stuff is buggy and that, but its the closest open-world ST series game we got.
Yep!
This is the funniest video I’ve seen on TH-cam for a long time. Well done.
Thank you mate, glad you enjoyed it
I was fooled at the beginning that this was going to be a very serious investigation of the current state of this game....I can't stop laughing 😂😂 "Introducing Streisberg!!!"
You my friend, nearly killed me... I laughed so hard @ 2:31 I nearly lost consciousness due to lack of oxygen intake!
I have now subbed.
You about killed me with the shananigans on your bridge near the end XD. Hilarious. 🤣
Haha, bloody thing scared the crap outa me
You made me giggle the whole time over your ingame character! Too funny 😆😆😆
Really enjoyed this. Super entertaining AND informative. Cheers
Glad you enjoyed it mate. More to come.
Thank you for this! I'm not much of a gamer, but I'm a serious Star Trek fan, so I've been playing STO for about 8 years. I was curious how it measured up to other games, now I know.
Glad it helped mate
2:01 I laughed so hard! I love the scary sound bits you do lmao.
4:48 that dsp ree caught me off guard 🤣. That shits hilarious. Awesome video btw. I've been thinking about trying the game out just for shits n gigs.
it's somewhat unfortunately timed, the 2409 fed tutorial was revamped not long after this vid was released. that tutorial prior to the revamp, as played here, was the oldest still in the game too. if you played the klingon tutorial for example, a lot of work has gone into revamping it all, and it looks stunning at present. well, stunning for a 12 year old game at least.
The revamped fed tutorial is actually worse than the old one though. It’s pretty much the same but with nonsense riddled plot.
@@ryancooper4770 When did they throw the Borg tutorial out the airlock?
absolute gold. im going to try this game now just from ths video lmao best character and voice over ever
【Shades Finnish Pirates】So here is where you got that beautiful character for the Galactichad trilogy, i was always wondering where it came and happy to uncover the truth behind the character now. Nicely done!
I played star trek online 10 years ago in college (dang now I feel old). The entirety of my star trek lore knowledge was Klingons, Romulans, and Borg. I had a blast (mostly with starship combat, I didn't really enjoy the away team stuff). I got to max level, reached the point that I was grinding for rare parts and components to build the super rare parts necessary to compete in the high ranking Borg conflicts at the time. Then was done with it. Came back 3 years later and the game was unplayable because I couldn't remember what anything did and my characters were so high level that the game expected me to know how to do everything.
Of course that's a common experience coming back to a game you played a lot. Also my character was no longer considered max level because the level cap had gone up.
That's my experience.
As a long time STO player (back when I had to buy Champions Online in order to get into the Beta for STO back in '09), it sounds like you had fun in the game playing it casually, as opposed to those of us who are on The Warp Drive Eternal to grind out endgame stuff to play Space Barbie with our 80 different starships (which we can only fly one-at-a-time).
Happy to sub to hear your thoughts on other games!
Hahaha I loved this. Would have really enjoyed watching you do livestreams of this
You have inspired me to download this and play it again. :)
As someone who has played off and on since it went free to play back in 2012, this video is pretty accurate. For better or worse, the Federation tutorial was just revamped again within the last month or so, but while that experience may have been fleshed out some (I haven't tried it), everything else here is accurate.
For new players, it's just about learning how to use the game systems to your advantage. Easiest things to figure out:
1: make new characters during Delta/Klingon/Temporal/Gamma events. They get good gear and plenty of resources and cash just for playing the game.
2: Use the exchange mercilessly. You can get great gear for anywhere from 10k to 500k, and with a million credits (not hard to get) it's easy to spec out a great build. Don't settle for anything less than very rare (purple) quality, it's a baseline for this game.
3: Do the yearly event and monthly events. You get great rewards (usually), the year-end prize is incredibly good, and it gives you plenty of reputation progress as a daily op.
4: Spend money wisely. If you wanna spend real cash, which you absolutely don't have to because pvp is basically dead in this game, don't spend it foolishly. Ship bundles, starter packs, and free promotions are your friends. Mudd's market, level boosters, and impulse buys of single starships at full price are your enemy. Wait for a sale, sometimes it's only 20% but every blue moon you get 50%. You can wait.
5: Finish the storyline for its rewards. Plenty of powerful space and ground gear can be acquired from basic story missions. You can do it all on the lowest difficulty too without consequence, as higher difficulties aren't worth the extra time spent, except on TFO's.
I love this game, acknowledge its many flaws, and encourage fans to give it a go. Just my advice.
I randomly stumbled upon this and im so happy i did lol. Love the information about the game but the comedy is what hooked me. Great video lol Can you do a Star wars kotor
Edit(A min later) Never mind its in the next video. Thanks again
So I’m pretty sure I’ve seen that alien out there in STO.. I do love the story line missions. It is way way better than anything that’s been on TV or in theaters since 2009.
There’s plenty of story on tv and in theater since 2009 that’s easily better than STO.
You're a goddamn genius xD Very fun videos to watch
Just started playing this and have no idea what I'm doing but I'm hooked.
You gave me a good chuckle with this video. never seen your channel before, but you got a sub from me, and a download for STO.
A good review, well done. I especially liked you including you not listening to the instructions in the Task Force Operations (5 man dungeons), as that is the only way you didn't know what to do, and 100% the PUG experience !!
I remember beta testing this game. Always find myself checking back on it to see how it has evolved.
I remember playing this game, flying around the galaxy in the USS Deathtrap.
Been playing sto since 2010 and still enjoy it to this day greetings from risa
omg dude you had me laughing my ass off with that creeper in the bushes and under the bridge xD
This made me laugh. Good video. Thank you. You have a new sub.
Fantastic review! I played Star Trek Online since its release and up until a couple of years ago, and I stopped after the game was showing too much of its age, and none of my friends wanted to play it with me.
However, I think I would come back if Cryptic gave it a major graphical overhaul and fix bugs, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.
They have been redoing the models and textures on a lot of stuff in the last year and they did add a new lighting engine. They also overhauled the appearance of damage on ships and the various explosions. None of the individual bits are as drastic as switching over to a new engine but at this point the cost of doing that would be ludicrous with everything they would have to made sure worked.
Also on the visual side I don't know if you played since they added the options for various vanity shields and the options for slotting in engines, deflectors, and shields into visuals only slots while using whatever other gear you want for the stats and set bonuses.
Needsa new engine. The tech its built on is like 17 years old with no tech debt over the years. Need a new renderer... physics...needs new ui etc...
I feel that you have to be a massive Trek fan to really enjoy this. I've given it a shot a few times and it just never holds me, especially ground combat. I did enjoy the TOS content they added.
The later missions are far better written and consistent than the ones you have featured here but yeah…..this covered most of the things new players will experience xD
The troll under the bridge made me laugh 😂
One of the best games I ever played
Me too.
Except for the sometimes excessive grind, gambling and monetization. And all the many glaring bugs that never get fixed. And the unnecessarily long waiting times between new content that is not C-store or promo ships.
you deserve more subs and views this was hilarious
The IP is it's strongest point, and it's use of it.
The games very star trek, and the voice acting of familiar voices really helps.
While it's by no means perfect, and shows its age a bit, it's been maintained well, and has not lost its way. The free to play model is good too, there are some must have purchases but are rather inexpensive and often are account wide.
There are some eye wateringly expensive packs but they are completely optional what the game gives you is perfectly usable, but dropping say 20-30$ on a t6 ship with account wide access is not bad, especially when there is no sub.
I've played this on-and-off.
It's ALWAYS been bonkers!
I just found your videos and I really like your comedy
Fantastic video
Very well done
I play STO while I continue to wait for SC.
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I haven't played this in years, I remember downloading it when it came out. Took forever.