The people at Cryptic really pissed me off with this one. Thank the gaming GODS I didn't buy a lifetime subscription. STO does have a few good points, but, that doesn't make up for how much of a let down the rest of the game is. I made Admiral in less then two weeks WITHOUT using any kind of exploits or cheats or anything like that. That's right....I Maxed out a character in less then two weeks through normal play.... This is NOT one of those MMO's where the "fun starts at End Game" either.
The Best part about STO is the space combat, the worst part about STO is EVERYTHING ELSE!!!! There's next to No community interaction in game because everything is instanced and the instances only support 50 players or so at best on the biggest areas. Exploration is pathetic at best and the Universe is completely static which the player can't affect in the slightest.
Cryptic had SO MUCH POTENTIAL with this game. It almost makes me cry to see how they butchered this Golden Opportunity. Star Trek has one of the Biggest fan bases in the World. If Cryptic would have given people what they Truly wanted in a Star Trek game they would of had a Un-Ending stream of money for the rest of for-ever. Sadly they shot themselves ( about a million people's) hopes in the foot.
All these issues were brought up during and after beta, and before anyone was committed to the game and still many people ignored it. It's just too hollow, and Cryptic is run by a group that gets offended when people call their game a re-skin of CO, hollow, buggy pos, and people who still thinks Hellgate as a MMO was a great idea. The ship combat was fun, really fun, but that flaw, with the first ship aggrod pretty much committing suicide, just shows what little effort that was put into the game.
Edited: I meant to say they get offended instead of, you know, fixing it. Although they are severely limited by what they can fix since they chose to recycle CO's engine.
