Star Trek Online

I have been talking about STO for a while, and been playing for about a month now…

So what do I think…

Well, The combat on the ground is Fun, it can be challenging depending on your own personal play style or strategy…  Yes, most of it is simple button mashing, and yeah, I am sure you could play the game with a joypad (Trust me, I will try that eventually). The ground combat so far (I am only LC 8) has been entertaining and while isn’t my end all favorite part of the game, it is a close call. The ground combat graphics are enjoyable, while there are bugs here and there, it’s quite playable, and the worlds, while not HUGE in size, or even the indoor maps, are fun as heck..

I reconnected with a very good friend recently and found out they are playing the game as well, which is awesomesauce… (more on that later) But grouping with someone is fun, and adds to the chaos and enjoyment… I play with the wife frequently and while I am a tad higher than she is, it’s been a blast…

The space combat… now here is my favorite part of the game… While the death penalty is minor, it can lead to quite the frustration, but if you master your basic strategy in ship, you can take on quite a fleet :>

That IS what it all comes down to is, well spent money…

The graphics can seriously strain your card, if you own an 8800 series Geforce, you definately wanna make sure you have lots of ventalation and turn your fans to max before you load in, AND type in /maxfps 35 or whatever… Well that is what *I* do… It seems to heat that series up quite a bit, but no one is talking on Cryptics end as to if they KNOW why or if they CAN fix it, as the problem is also in Champions Online… Which uses the same engine (well STO uses CO’s Engine :>)

ANYWAYS…

If yer on, hit me up, I am @charfahl in game, I’m always looking for new peeps to corrupt :>

What I’ve been doing lately :>

First of all, The wife and I are now lifetime Star Trek Online subscribers… So far, I love it, and I know with the history and being able to just chill in the game, I KNOW I will be playing it for a long long time to come… I have 3 toons so far, but gonna make one over I think…

Ok, now for the rest…

LOST…

Just watched the season premiere last night, and… Nice, well worth the wait…

Spoilers and my personal Theory Follows:

I think the jumping back and forth between the flight/after flight and the bomb exploding/time jumping, is two separate time lines… Both exist, but both are alternate realities from each other…

I think this will lead to something in the flight timeline, as everyone will eventually meet and be inter-weaved… Maybe them needing to do something to prevent the smoke monster from leaving the island that doesn’t really exist above water in that reality…

Or, it could just be showing how they all are chosen somehow by fate to know each other…

But yeah, I got into it, I think they did several things that cleared up issues… and created some… Where is Jack’s dad’s body? Why did John’s knives go missing… Why did Hurley Lie? John’s lie was rather obvious, he lied before I believe about the excursion. Thing is, I think we cleared up the whole who is showing up as dead people issue… But who showed up as who, I mean could Jacob show up as people before he died? And the smoke monster, if he’s been John for so long… Is that why he tricked Ben?

BUT, now we know WHO the smoke monster is… or a better idea WHAT it is…

Personally, one of the treats was 2 Heroes cast members showing up… Made me chuckle…

TOTAL win for the lost crew, and J.J.

Back to STO… My main toon right now is a Liberated Borg :> WHICH is one of the perks of being a lifetime subscriber :>soon I will take some Screenies and make a new backdrop to this blog, but first :> I need to get some time :>

Until my next blathering

24, Chuck, and SG-1

Been watching a lot of T.V. lately, mostly SG-1… Richard Dean Anderson cracks me up, half the reason I watch it is to see what he’s gonna do next .

So far, I am up to season 5… Great show, but I digress.. CHUCK! CHUCK STARTED! They have done some great things with this show, I LOVE this show…

Oh yeah, Star Trek ONLINE… oh my holy hell is it fun, I haven’t been so addicted to a game in years… I love it :>

Better than evercrack :>

Star Trek: Online

2 Days in…

DO WANT… AM GETTING…

It’s amazing, I mean the flight is simple to get a grip on, gonna be hard to MASTER, but it is nice. The ground combat is quick, as it should be, and involves a lot of planning and strategy…

I will post more when I come up for air