I’ve been playing STO lately since it is more forgiving for limited time. I’ve mainly just been running DOFF missions once or twice a day, but occasionally having enough time to do a STF. I managed to get the MK XI MACO set thanks to a fortuitous shield drop plus Read more…
I just finished the last episode of the DS9 Featured series in STO. Overall it was fun. I didn’t enjoy it as much as I had the previous FE’s, but I also didn’t have SWTOR to compare those too. That makes a difference. The biggest downside with all of them Read more…
I just played the second episode in the new STO Featured Episode Series “The 2800”. I was both impressed and reminded that the game sucks. It’s funny how something can do both things. The Good The new Bajor map looks great. It has a very Bajoran feel to it Read more…
I have kind of a love/hate relationship with Star Trek Online. It’s Star Trek so that naturally appeals to me. But it’s never really live up to it’s potential as a game. But today is it’s second anniversary, so I’ll give it some laurels for lasting this Read more…
I recently read an article on Massively that discussed an interview with one of the STO Devs, Al Rivera. In it, the Dev reveals some details about what was going on when STO had essentially no new content being released last year. I’m glad the articles author, Terilynn, was the Read more…
Today STO goes F2P. They decided to add a bit of geekiness to the launch by choosing January 17th, and constantly writing it in the European format, with the day coming before the month. Hence, 17-01. If you don’t get it, there’s a hint below (and, if you don’t get Read more…
I’ve never been a huge fan of purple. Nothing against it, just wasn’t my favorite color. Unlike pink, which I detest. Until Attack of the Clones came out. Now, we’ll avoid talking about the prequels except to say that Mace Windu’s purple lightsaber just looked damn cool. I don’t really Read more…
If I were to tell you that today, a space based MMO added a small green alien that gives out weapons that ignite and glow a bright color, what would you think I was talking about? If you guess Star Trek Online, you’d be correct. Insane, but correct. Apparently, STO Read more…
There is a lot of interesting tidbits of news and developments in the gaming world. I just spent two days being sick and am trying to catch up on writing but the internet is against me. X3: Albion Prelude So, it doesn’t look like X:Rebirth will be coming out this Read more…
STO in bringing the F2P Conversion over to the live servers today, even though the conversion does not happen until Jan 17th. I am of two minds on this. On one hand, it finally brings some new content to the live servers. There hasn’t been anything since July, the DOFF Read more…