Star Trek Online Trailer Probes Ship Combat Tactics

Star Trek Online developer Cryptic Studios has released the second part of its space combat trailer series, this time touching on the MMORPG's Star Wars: X-Wing-style energy management, as well as

Alice O'Connor

November 25, 2009 11:50 AM

Star Trek Online developer Cryptic Studios has released the second part of its space combat trailer series, this time touching on the MMORPG's Star Wars: X-Wing-style energy management, as well as boarding enemy ships to disrupt their systems.

Currently in closed beta, Star Trek Online will receive a two-week open beta in January before launching for PC in North America on February 2 then Febuary 5 in Europe.

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Durajim

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November 25, 2009 12:55 PM

There is something rather strange about seeing huge crit numbers pop up above a bird of prey
- molaughlen
  
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  November 25, 2009 1:01 PM
  
  Maybe it should be the volume of the ejecta?
- [deleted] 2096320942
  
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  November 25, 2009 1:06 PM
  
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  - yAak
    
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    November 25, 2009 1:16 PM
    
    Agreed, it doesn't fit the context at all. I don't care if its becoming an MMO standard, it just looks crappy in a space battle.
    - Jiven
      
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      November 25, 2009 1:46 PM
      
      Agreed.
- sinclair4217
  
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  November 25, 2009 1:46 PM
  
  If by strange, you mean "really shitty", I would agree
- SeraphielX
  
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  November 25, 2009 1:54 PM
  
  I suspect there will be an option to turn it off.
  - Loofus
    
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    November 25, 2009 2:15 PM
    
    Indeed, like any MMO. A non issue, from my perspective. MMOs attract people who WANT to see how much damage they're doing, and this is a convenient way of seeing it without going back over the logfile later.
- CDL-Hamma
  
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  November 25, 2009 4:01 PM
  
  Yea I was looking forward to this but it is looking really dissapointing :[
  - Loofus
    
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    November 25, 2009 7:01 PM
    
    What... the damage numbers?
    - CDL-Hamma
      
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      November 26, 2009 5:22 PM
      
      Just in general, that certainly doesn't help things. It looks like they are just going cookie cutter wow in space.
      
      Back when Perpetual Entertainment had the game it looked good it look like what a Star Trek fan would want to play. Now it just looks.. meh.
- dhvyse
  
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  November 26, 2009 11:07 AM
  
  This is the least of the games problems. Most likely you can even shut it off. I'm worried about the boring ass looking game play.