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Zeba
Minmatar
Honourable East India Trading Company
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Posted - 2009.12.14 09:00:00 -
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http://www.massively.com/2009/12/01/hands-on-with-star-trek-onlines-space-combat/
Looks like STO combat both pve and pvp is wasd based with how you maneuver your ship and assign power along with your ships special abilities being the key to victory or defeat. Sounds like they copied the combat style of the starfleet command games and adapted it for mmo use. Sweet.
Looks like I will be subbing up as soon as it goes open beta.
Also: In before the haters because its not eve. 
 Originally by: Akita T
We don't hate people like you, we look at you with mostly pity and a hint of disgust balled up in a big wad of "notto disu shi'tto agen".
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Asuka Smith
Gallente
Noir.
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Posted - 2009.12.14 09:39:00 -
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You know what other game looked good pre-release? Age of Conan. Never get excited for an MMORPG until you play it.
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Zeba
Minmatar
Honourable East India Trading Company
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Posted - 2009.12.14 09:46:00 -
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Of course. But massively isn't known to have kiss arse reviewers who try to spin a games playability for marketing reasons. I loved playing SFC:OP online and would jump at the chance to play an mmo based around the combat model it used. Especially as STO will have away teams and other such options that were just a wishful dream of the SFC community way back then.
Originally by: Akita T
We don't hate people like you, we look at you with mostly pity and a hint of disgust balled up in a big wad of "notto disu shi'tto agen".
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Stratharn
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Posted - 2009.12.14 10:33:00 -
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Honestly, if you're into Star Trek, go give it a bash. I wish you all the best... but honestly, I suspect that once the shine wears off, plenty of people who jumped ship to go play Star Trek will be coming back.
Stratharn
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Zeba
Minmatar
Honourable East India Trading Company
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Posted - 2009.12.14 10:53:00 -
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Originally by: Stratharn
but honestly, I suspect that once the shine wears off, plenty of people who jumped ship to go play Star Trek will be coming back.
Why do you have to 'jump ship' to play another game that interests you? I don't unsub my eve accounts or even quit actively playing when I want to do some SAW wall whooring in cod4 or leading my mechanical minions to pew pew glory in supreme commander multiplayer or exploring the world of mass effect and dragon age. STO will simply be another nice thing to do when I get burned out on eve and need a short break to recharge. Trust, I will be here playing eve right up till they turn off the server for good many many decades from now.
Originally by: Akita T
We don't hate people like you, we look at you with mostly pity and a hint of disgust balled up in a big wad of "notto disu shi'tto agen".
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Destination SkillQueue
Are We There Yet
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Posted - 2009.12.14 12:42:00 -
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Copying the combat could actually be a problem too. I liked the games, but they were never really popular. They propably have dumbed it down somewhat to have a wider appeal and ease of use. Not to mention romulans will ass****/gank everyone, if they allow ship customization and the use of overcharged plasma torps+cloaking with a mechanic similar to SFC in a multiplayer game. 
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MaxxOmega
Caldari
Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2009.12.14 17:14:00 -
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Originally by: Zeba
Originally by: Stratharn
but honestly, I suspect that once the shine wears off, plenty of people who jumped ship to go play Star Trek will be coming back.
Why do you have to 'jump ship' to play another game that interests you? I don't unsub my eve accounts or even quit actively playing when I want to do some SAW wall whooring in cod4 or leading my mechanical minions to pew pew glory in supreme commander multiplayer or exploring the world of mass effect and dragon age. STO will simply be another nice thing to do when I get burned out on eve and need a short break to recharge. Trust, I will be here playing eve right up till they turn off the server for good many many decades from now.
I pretty much only play one game at a time simply because I only have so much time to play. I'll bet I am missing lots of good games too...
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Graelyn
Amarr
Deus Imperiosus Acies
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Posted - 2009.12.14 17:38:00 -
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Originally by: Destination SkillQueue
...if they allow ship customization and the use of overcharged plasma torps+cloaking with a mechanic similar to SFC in a multiplayer game.
Apparently you can 'ping out' cloakers now.
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baltec1
Antares Shipyards
Phalanx Alliance
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Posted - 2009.12.14 17:57:00 -
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Been watching STO for a while now and I think its going to burn up within months.
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Destination SkillQueue
Are We There Yet
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Posted - 2009.12.14 18:35:00 -
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Originally by: Graelyn
Originally by: Destination SkillQueue
...if they allow ship customization and the use of overcharged plasma torps+cloaking with a mechanic similar to SFC in a multiplayer game.
Apparently you can 'ping out' cloakers now.
It was in SFC 3, but it was less than impressive and required highly upgraded systems to get access. Laying mines and triggering them yourself was a much better way to force ships out of cloak and you could also target the cloak as a subsystem for weapons or transport raiding parties to destroy it.There were other ways too, but those aren't going to matter in a MMO and I doubt mine spam will be allowed either. Wonder how they are going to prevent the incoming automated ping spam?
The whole combat system isn't going to work well in a EVE sized fleet fight. Firing arcs and dogfights were only relevant with a very low ship count. Even a few heavy combat ships with good amounts of forward weapon arcs could alpha almost everything in the game and small ships were largely irrelevant.
The point is, that either you have a terribly heavy combat system, that can't handle good numbers and they put in hard limits and instance everything or they have to simplify everything to the point is just isn't that different from any other game. I'm not that fond of either option, but I need to see it in action before I judge it.
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armas
Gallente
Black Thorne Corporation
Black Thorne Alliance
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Posted - 2009.12.14 18:39:00 -
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Looking forward to this and swtor. I'll still keep an eve sub though. Star Trek, Star Wars and Eve. Excellent. Thanks for the link.
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Danton Marcellus
Nebula Rasa Holdings
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Posted - 2009.12.14 19:56:00 -
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Live long in pyjamas!
Should/would/could have, HAVE you chav!
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Sir Fourhead
Minmatar
Republic Military School
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Posted - 2009.12.14 20:47:00 -
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wow those graphics are awful
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