House of ZAN Forum

Grand Master Sef · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:15 am Post subject:

Purge seems to be the option that everyone can deal with. I say one of you EVE peeps finds out if they are playing & if they are, let them know they may have some people to join up.

I'm kool with waiting to join but if we're going to join, say, Purge, then I don't want to start a character on a server that they won't be on, unless STO doesn't have servers. I'm not real sure about that honestly. I also plan to play more than 2 months. I played WOW more than 2 months EACH time I played (its was more like 2 years the first time & 11 months the second but hey, I guess that adds up to 2 months). I'm obviously with Damin & want to PvP but I'm interested in the end game PvE as well (as long as 5+ hours at one sitting aren't required. As anything more than 4 hours at one sitting, just to accomplish 1 goal, is not gaming for fun anymore but rather a job that I don't get paid for.)
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Admiral Trell · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 1:41 pm Post subject:

Well, since I have never been a part of guild, my only concern would be: are we gonna get "forced" into playing campaigns that we don't want to? My impression has been that groups can get together and form a starbase. They haven't said how many people form a base, tho. So in a massive group of people would we get drown-out? Just asking. I guess I would feel more comfortable if we made a base made up of HOZ folks, and could kinda do our thing. But I will gladly defer to the expertise of the group in these matters.

I know am totally psyched about this game, but I honestly doubt I'll have the time to advance very quickly, unless we have a ton of snow-days this year. Spring just gets insanely busy around here. Plus, I have heard that SC-2 is due out by June (read it in a mainline news-thingie a while back). So, my concern would be investing a lot of time in STO not knowing if interest will disappear when SC-2 comes out..... assuming it actually DOES come out in 2010 (Blizzard is renown for moving release dates). Any thoughts?

Dana · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:00 pm Post subject:

Starcraft 2 will definitely NOT be pulling me away from STO, unless by some slim margin STO turns out to be a turd!
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Ravage · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:23 pm Post subject:

Part of the reason why we debate joining certain guilds, Daniel, is because there are some where your own "playstyle" matters more than others. Jared and I left an EVE guild earlier in the year for exactly the reason that they were incredibly inflexible. We've fared well other than that, though. S1 is hardcore PvP, but lets their members do whatever they like, SiH was hardcore PvE, but basically allowed the same degree of freedom, and PURGE is halfway between the two, also allowing personal freedom.

We won't stay in a guild where we'd be "drowned out", so no worries!

Admiral Trell · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:29 pm Post subject:

commandertracker · Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 12:24 am Post subject:

Bit of a rough call here.

I'll be the first to say it - I don't care about PVP. Not one tiny bit. I want to delve into the universe, develop a character, explore the story. From what I understand of things so far, I can do that without a group.

Now, the more the merrier I say, so I'll mostly follow into whatever group we end up going to. A good support structure will help us go far. I expect my schedule to constrict what I can do with the rest of you (at least at first) so It'd be good to have others around to.

Any guild we join can have any focus they want: PVP, PVE, or both. As long as I can play the way I want to - if we join a group that expects to manage my playtime, force attendance, or force to direct me into PVP, I'm out. I'll not be going back to that.

Since I can't imagine we'll go in that direction again though, I'm sure I'll be fine with wherever we end up. I've never played a game with Section I and I never did join Purge either (stopped playing EVE a couple months ago) so either of those would be new and interesting for me. I wouldn't have a problem with SiH either provided they don't fall into what I listed above.
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Grand Master Sef · Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 3:17 pm Post subject:

commandertracker · Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 3:28 pm Post subject:

Deathscythe343 · Forum Pro Age: 44 Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 544

I was talking to a couple of co-workers today and all I had to mention is that there was a game in the works and they were completely sold. When the game gets closer I will talk to them some more. We might have 2 more for out fleet
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Deathscythe343 · Forum Pro Age: 44 Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 544

I was looking at some of the pre-order stuff today on the main site and it seems that while there is a base bonus package there will be different bonuses based on where you order from. I also read that if someone wanted to they could get multiple pre-order bonuses and that would could all be applied. It seems that the only 2 that cant be are the Trill racial selection and the 500pt boost at starting.
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commandertracker · Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 5:40 pm Post subject:

I had read the same, though I didnt' know that the trill racial couldn't be mixed in with the others (that's the one I'm aiming for too).
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Grand Master Sef · Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:14 pm Post subject:

Trill? lol This brings up a fun topic:

What race do you plan to be?

I'm TOTALLY going Andorian. Blue Antennae 4TW!
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Deathscythe343 · Forum Pro Age: 44 Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 544

im going human. it works. i am although aiming for the amazon order since with it you get a special borg bridge officer
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Wang · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:33 pm Post subject:

Ah, just pre-ordered my copy today, probably be back online by then so I will join you all. Yes I live. I was looking around and haven't seen if Romulans are playable but alas I will have to chose something. Did get into the beta, probably won't get to play it till tomorrow until I get off work and go back to GameTek.

PS. Wow over 1000 posts that haven't been read..... gotta catch up. And sorry about missing another new years, I was helping the (PSYCHO) sister-in-law move into her new place.

Dana · Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:15 am Post subject:

cmon guyse is taht rilley furryus gazzebbo or r my eyes palying trixx on me lol
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