Comments on: Star Trek Online ‘Head Start’ Begins + New Tutorial Videos

By: Ugh

Ugh — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:43:05 +0000

Saturday and Sunday were messy for STO users. I tried playing in the Head Start. Yes, I own the game, bought it in advance, including access to the four day Head Start. Their servers were SLAMMED! And if that was the limited Head Start access, just think what the full access will mean for us players!

There’s a LOT of poor planning by Atari/Cryptic, from marketing to their engineering staff. The game is somewhat fun, but there are plenty of bugs and issues. Typos! Who proofreads the copy? And some of the game play is so-so. Code glitches! I HATE the fact the enemy can shoot at you THROUGH asteroids, but you can’t do the same.

Btw, I DON’T think Trekmovie.com should be reporting on their progress. That’s what StarTrekOnline.com is for. If Trekmovie devoted itself to that endeavor, it would be a full time job for Anthony! Not to mention a major liability. The official web site is just fine for that.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:45:44 +0000

The game would be pretty awsome… If the server could stay up, and now they’ve introduced the ingenious queue system, because they don’t have enough capacity. In the headstart, we’re at a queue of over 1,500 people, and it’s going down about 1 every 2 minutes. Wait till it goes live for the public.

Right now it’s a good game poorly implemented on the logistics side. They really need to get this right, and TrekMovie should be reporting on their progress, or lack thereof.

By: Neorith

Neorith — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:06:27 +0000

#13

Are you serious? The launcher to start the game has important messages right at the front, and in the game itself the developers constantly had messages that flashed on the screen that said when the beta was ending and when head start was to begin. And I did get an email about pre-ordering and how to access head start. I don’t know what game you were playing but we were told numerous times about this.

By: OLLEY OLLEY OLLEY

OLLEY OLLEY OLLEY — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:28:12 +0000

great tutorial on crafting, i was wondering about that for a while

By: tiki god

tiki god — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:07:19 +0000

I can’t tell you how disappointed I am that the STO guys never told me that the game that I played through beta is ready to play now. How come they haven’t emailed any of their users about this? why didn’t tell email me to tell me when the beta was going to close?

By: Spike

Spike — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:07:48 +0000

So I just ordered from amazon..All i have to do is log into my account now?

By: somethoughts

somethoughts — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:49:48 +0000

You should have known this would happen, all online games always have issues, especially opening day, just look to past mmos/online games, d2/wow. Even with the monthly fee, wow was horrible the first few months/years with emergency downtime/fixes, patches etc.

Don’t trust them, don’t believe them, let them die.
-Kirk TUC

By: Dunsel Report

Dunsel Report — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:04:46 +0000

Remember when Trek games used to be cool?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYLTCZlDaV8

By: wowseruk

wowseruk — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:03:40 +0000

I’m waiting to get in too.. but a little more patiently. :)

By: yosh

yosh — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:42:40 +0000

Start playing? Well, that would be really nice, but obviously developers have been surprised by the amount of players, so server is not working properly. I mean who could have known, that some trekkies want to play from the very first day. I’m waiting for one and a half hour now and can’t join… that’s a friday evening I’m dreaming of… that’s frustrating… But hey, I pre-ordered and already payed the “premium” price, so why satisfy me?
That’s business…