Star Trek Online MMORPG - 5th Feb 2010

[Liberator]

As Rizzy says, just pick up the Tutorial missions you are given at the beginning and read the information they give you.

It brings you in gradually and unlocks extra bits and pieces as you get to the higher levels. But you aren't bound by anything or have to do everything there is to do.

Take "Crafting" I never touched it until after I got to the lvl50 cap. But the tutorials and first few missions are all about getting you into the game and playing as easily as possible. Once you've played a few missions you'll have some questions that most of us can answer on TS.

[Liberator]

For those of us who got the 30 day Gold access, it looks like we will lose the energy limit back down to 10 millions and some features we don't use or haven't actually seen working, when the 30 days expire.

This thread includes comments from the Cryptic Devs and pretty much says we keep everything we have to that point, inventory and bank space etc.

[Gorion]

I kept the 1billion EC cap after my gold time expired.

So leave it at around 10.1mill and see how it goes.

[sulky_uk]

For those of us who got the 30 day Gold access, it looks like we will lose the energy limit back down to 10 millions and some features we don't use or haven't actually seen working, when the 30 days expire.

This thread includes comments from the Cryptic Devs and pretty much says we keep everything we have to that point, inventory and bank space etc.

as  i cant seem to get onto that site with my phone can you bullet point how it will affect me plz

[Tutonic]

Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines change your passwords.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/04/26/cryptic-servers-hacked-you-know-the-drill/

[RizZy]

I don't know if I'm reading that right or not, but it sys the attack was in December 2010?

If that's the case then I think most of us should be safe as we've only just started playing a few months back.

[RizZy]

Something that going on in game for those that don't visit the site much -

For the entire month of May, rotating each week, the Feature Episode Series are once again offering their special, unique rewards* for completion! Don't miss your chance to (re)play the Feature Episodes and earn limited-time rewards. Read more to learn about which series will be featured each week.
Check out our Feature Episode Guide to learn more about this special content.
May 3 - May 9: Spectres (The Devidians)

Special Reward: Ophidian Cane*
Minimum level required to accept missions: 11 (Fed) 25 (KDF)
How to Play: Use your Mission Journal (Press J or click the Hail button next to your minimap) to hail and transwarp to the different episodes; for Federation Officers, use the Klingon War tab, and for Klingon Officers, use the Federation War tab.
Episodes in this series: Skirmish, Spin the Wheel, What Lies Beneath, Everything Old is New, and Night of the Comet
May 10 - May 16: Cloaked Intentions (The Romulans and Remans)

Special Reward: Reman Bridge Officer*
Minimum level required to accept missions: 34 (Fed) 36 (KDF)
How to Play: Use your Mission Journal (Press J or click the Hail button next to your minimap) to hail and transwarp to the different episodes; for Federation and Klingon Officers, use the Romulan Mystery tab.
Episodes in this series: The Vault, Mine Enemy, Frozen, Coliseum, Cutting the Cord, and Darkness Before the Dawn
May 17 - May 23: The 2800 (The Dominion)

Special Reward: Shard of Possibilities*
Minimum level required to accept missions: 45 (Fed) 41 (KDF)
How to Play: Use your Mission Journal (Press J or click the Hail button next to your minimap) to hail and transwarp to the different episodes; for Federation Officers, use the Cardassian Struggle tab and for Klingon Officers, use the Dominion Domination tab.
Episodes in this series: Second Wave, Of Bajor, Operation Gamma, Facility 4028, and Boldly They Rode
May 24 - May 30: Cold War (The Breen)

Special Reward: Breen Bridge Officer*
Minimum level required to accept missions: 48 (Fed) 46 (KDF)
How to Play: Use your Mission Journal (Press J or click the Hail button next to your minimap) to hail and transwarp to the different episodes; for Federation and Klingon Officers, use the Breen Invasion tab.
Episodes in this series: Cold Call, Out in the Cold, Cold Comfort, Cold Case and Cold Storage

*The limited-time rewards are unique and each character may only have one of each of them.

This is a great opportunity for you to get the limited-time, unique rewards for your characters that did not have a chance to earn them yet. For players whose characters already have all the rewards, you will still want to re-play each of the series -- all players will be able to find hidden, surprise rewards that have been added to each episode.
As always, thank you for your continued support. We'll see you in-game!

[Liberator]

Well, my 30 day Gold Membership expired last week and I've kept everything I got from it, except for the 1 Billion EC limit, that took a few days to report back that it had dropped back to 10 mil.

So my £7 Digital Deluxe key got me

900 Cryptics
An extra character
1 respec token for each char when I got to lvl's 10,20,30,40,45.50
10 Bridge officer slots
106 Bank slots at lvl 50
72 Inventory slots at lvl 50

And for chars I'd already levelled to 50, I got the inventory increase and BO slots retrospectively.

[Liberator]

Basic weapons guide.

To decrypt the types and their powers, to help you decide.

[smilodon]

Nice find. While I do like the game I think the Devs might have over complicated the weapon variables a bit. I'm not familiar with the Star Trek lore but I imagine they went for authenticity over simplicity. I'm still not certain about how to 'build' a type of character ship in the game. For example I'm engineering and have tried where possible to pick armour, damage mitigation, shields etc in a tank spec. I've also gone for more DOT (damage over time for you non MMO'ers) and slow but harder damage types. I'm working on the assumption that as an armoured class I can simply outlast my enemy and wear them down.

Then again if in doubt I always refer to Liber-rizzy-pedia.co.uk

[RizZy]

Seems that we'll be able to buy a star base for the fleet at some point -

http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/05/22/exclusive-star-trek-online-season-6-reveal-fleet-starbases/

[smilodon]

And i bet the first thing certain people have installed is a communal shower, so they can watch their avatars get all soapy !!!