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No idea why I do that to myself, really... #startrekonline
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I'm confused by this - you seem to be saying two contradictory things here. "Snappy movement" and "huge starship" don't mix.
One of the big reasons almost no Star Trek game has ever been successful in the slightest is that ship-to-ship combat is always terribly unrealistic, and therefore unsatisfying. Not that the shows or movies were always very realistic either, but at least most of them understood the idea of mass.
These are large capital ships that do take time to move around. Combat is less about maneuvering and speed and more about strategy and bringing firepower to bear - more like the way battles were fought between capital ships on the high seas in the 1700's and 1800's. Game developers never treat Star Trek starships that way, thinking it's no fun to fight with capital ships.
Well, all you've gotta do is watch Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan to see that that's not true - the whole movie was just a long, drawn-out battle between capital ships (that for once, was actually fought in real 3D). But it's the best Star Trek movie there is. (Yes, I've seen the latest one.)
Just once, I would like to see ship to ship combat handled *at least* as realistically in a video game as it was in the various series' and movies. No Trek game that I've played has done it, and it doesn't sound like this one will either.
And before you say "it just wouldn't sell" - none of the other Trek games have sold very well either. So I'm not sure that argument's very relevant. Why not *try* to actually please the many millions of Trek fans, rather than attempting to make a game for some non-existent mass audience? #startrekonline
11/10/09
Wrath of Khan definitely gets my vote for best Star Trek movie because of how it treats space combat. Huge capital ships shouldn't zip around like fighters like they do in every other Star Trek film. #startrekonline
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lol i could make a Counselor Troi joke out of that....but due to a headache i won't ^_^ #trek
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If you reported those people like you should have, then I am sure they would have been forced to change their name or banned.
I think it was probably worse at launch with the wow tourists. I haven't seen any offensive names in a while. #championsonline
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A program filter at this point is more of an annoyance than effective at enforcing rules to prevent offensive names.
Such obscene names like these deserve to be handled by an GM and not a program to enforce. #championsonline
08/17/09
Second answer is the one it wants. Enter your email. Worked fine last night for me, and quite a few others.
Patcher is totally broken, and so on. Haven't heard much good about the game - nothing good actually, but I'd like to see for myself. Good luck.
08/17/09
Forgive me, this is my first time at the rodeo.
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Requiring to pay money for a beta is a "Payed Beta" not closed because anyone can get in but not open because it still has a requirement that is not free.
Please, stop calling this an Open Beta, because it is NOT.
08/17/09
And I wouldn't call the majority of your playerbase not being able to download the PATCH let alone try the actual game "minor snags". I'm a WoW player, I've seen worse. But let's not pretend this is going smooth. My official Champions Online patcher has idle disconnected me five times now... and I tell you with no hesitation that my connection is NOT the problem.
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