![]() ![]() 25th Anniversary/Judgement Rites/Final Unity: Classic point and click adventures. The second, while not by them, keeps the momentum. Neat FPS, with the first being a Raven Software work on their peak. If this all has somehow not managed to put you off Star Trek Online, well, give it a try! It's free (and if you join before Wednesday you may even get the compensation we'll be receiving for a recent outage) so not much to lose at first if you just want to dip your toes in. Still, there's resources like the wiki out there to help with learning about things, so feel free to take stuff one step at a time and just enjoy the ride and stories along the way. There's a lot to take in and it doesn't explain all the systems well. It's almost too much content, there's a lot of ancillary systems in the game that have piled up through the years crafting, gear upgrades, duty officers, admirality, reputation, traits, skills and specializations. For a Trek game it is very focused on combat which is a bit unfortunate but just the nature of the beast when it comes to RPGs like this despite claiming they want more non-combat missions, players have historically complained when there's been too little combat in missions so. The ship combat is very fun and unique, ground combat not so much but it serves its purpose and while there's some not-so-good missions in there due to the age of the game and limitations of its engine, there's a lot of good stories to experience as well. Unfortunate monetization aside, STO offers quite a bit of content. Since you can sell lockbox keys on the same market, it often comes out cheaper to buy keys, sell them in-game, and use that money to buy the ship you want than try to gamble for it directly (.That'd still be like $100-$150 to get a single ship, so still not recommended) If you absolutely need a lockbox ship, they can often be purchased from the in-game exchange market for large amounts of credits. Unfortunately more and more desired ships are being added to the lockboxes, but just resist the FOMO and be happy with what you can get for free or for purchasing within your means from the Zen store. There's no need to buy anything else unless you sorely need to collect ships, try out alternate playstyles or want to be even more powerful or ave other conveniences.ĭo not under any circumstance succumb to the temptations that is lockboxes some ships can only be obtained from them but the odds are very low. Pretty much any T6 ship you can buy, let alone one of the better ones like the Lexington will let you complete any content in game so long as you get good equipment for it though even baseline MKXII gear will easily get you through normal difficulty content. Go ahead and try it out without paying a cent, see how you like it with the free ships you can get, then when you're higher level if you enjoy things you can think about buying one of the T6 ships or starter pack bundles (I recommend the Lexington as the best all-around Zen-store ship, it's the newest version of the game's flagship Federation cruiser, the Odyssey/Yorktown, which is also featured in-game and now in Picard as the Enterprise-F). Considering the game is free to play, I think that's pretty fair. The game is absolutely a "pay to win" game, but if you're not obsessive about needing absolutely everything you don't need to pay that much to have an enjoyable experience. As someone who's just recently gotten back into playing Star Trek Online let me give you a few caveats about it. ![]()
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