I’ll be taking a look this week at how to fill the traditional MMO roles in Star Trek Online. First up, we’ll be looking at the venerable Tank. The essential role of a tank, is to absorb damage and protect the group. Aggro is a harder thing to manage in Read more…
I spent my limited game time this past weekend, working on Min-Maxing in STO. I’m a bit of an oddity with min-maxing. In some ways, I’m very meticulous about finding the best set up. But in others, I don’t care about a point here or a point there and will Read more…
I joined a new fleet(guild) in STO recently; The TOS/TNG Veterans. This is a great group of people, real ST fans and a lot of fun to play with. Last night, we went out to try and defeat the Crystalline Entity, one of the hardest Fleet Actions in STO. The Read more…
The features matrix for STO’s conversion to F2P is now available. Pretty standard fair. It looks like you don’t lose much if you are a Silver (free) player. Gold members only seem to gain the following advantages: 400 Cryptic points per month (which is lower than 500 that seems to Read more…
Well, looks like F2P is not just a rumor this time. There is still no official announcement, but Dan Stahl let a lot slip last night. Got a few hints at what it will entail: There will still be a Subscription and Lifer (Gold) level that will retain everything we Read more…
Well, there is a rumor floating around that STO is going Free-2-Play. While this isn’t a new rumor it has a few things backing it up this time. On the STO Forums, a transcript from a meeting with the Perfect Worlds CEO (Cryptic’s new owner) showed up. In it there Read more…
I recently picked up Magic: The Gathering Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 on Steam. My brother-in-law was playing the free trial that was available on PSN when we were visiting last month and it was fun. It has been a long time since I’ve played Magic, played in 6th and Read more…
Some new information about crafting as appeared on the SWTOR website in the last few days. Check out any of those links for the full details. My understanding from reading it is that each player will have three “Crew Skill Slots”. Those slots can be filled with the skills Gathering, Crafting, Read more…
In talking about an Op-Ed by Warren Buffet that called for taxes to be raised on the super-wealthy, John Scalzi made a point that got me thinking. Bolding mine. The worries for the tender sensibilities of the rich has been a hallmark of conservative American politics since time immemorial, but Read more…
Saw a post from Keen and Graev recently that alerted me to the new Gamefly digital client. It sounds a lot like Netflix streaming but for video games. Kind of like Gamefly itself is just a copy of Netflix DVD delivery. On one hand, paying $30 every month in order Read more…