First Thoughts ?

[kanazak]

Love the game so far but a few issues are really frustrating:

1. No map markers for mission targets. This is a big annoyance. I literally wasted 30 minutes trying to find that commander Balt fellow and this is a recurring problem in every mission. The sheer frustration is almost enough to make me put down the game... almost.

2. Space is 3D, but there is no way to tell how high/low you are on the grid. I have flown aimlessly for many a minute trying to find bases and targets that have gone missing...

3. Missions seem to escalate in difficulty very quickly. After only eight hours of playing I had to back out of a mission because it was too difficult - i tried 5 times but there were simply too many enemy orion ships too close together, my little science ship was no match. Should we be able to complete all of these missions on our lonesome, or is it expected that we will get help from others?

[chipset35]

Been very stable for me with max graphics.
Disconnects are rare for me.

I LOVE THE GAME so far.
The first "real" space combat mission blew my mind away, whereas the first one with the Borg was ok...
Even my wife said "wow" during the 2nd space combat mission...explosions, shaking, intensity...had to use my Bridge officer Engineer quite a bit to keep diverting power to the shields, but developed my own tactic on how to cycle thru power to attack, defend, movement etc and stay alive.

The trick for me on ground combat was to crouch for accuracy, and then stand and use knock back when enemys get too close.

How do you view your bridge?

[Maverick]

I am loving the open beta so far. Besides going to sector space, and vent is a little chaotic for me to really follow who is talking. I am still pretty clueless, but the missions themselves are really fun so it does not matter.

I wish I could join you guys! I had some problems loading the client, so I will have to try that again.

[chipset35]

I am loving the open beta so far. Besides going to sector space, and vent is a little chaotic for me to really follow who is talking. I am still pretty clueless, but the missions themselves are really fun so it does not matter.

I wish I could join you guys! I had some problems loading the client, so I will have to try that again.

Who did you buy/dowmload from?

[iNemo]

I'm totally missing some more thorough ship customization tho, for miranda there's only 3 templates for each region of the ship ,also bridge is a really boring place

[iNemo]

also UI could be lcars

[Agent2159]

Graphics are second to none. I've spent a good deal of time designing my ship and characters. Aside from the lag and connection issues (who didn't see that coming?) I'm very impressed. Controls are a learnign curve of course, but not bad.

[Derek Bellamy]

The UI being some type of LCARS would definitely be a very nice touch. I wouldn't expect the old version, but a more high tech sleek version could look very sharp imo. I didnt spend to much time on my character appearance though, didnt see to much point given its a Beta and isn't going to be saved. Likely to spend hours on the launch version!

The graphics are great, at first it was not displaying correctly on my screen (29in) so i was disappointed to have the black edges around it but now its full screen with much more space between windows etc and looks absolutely stunning. There are glitchs... but I mean its a Beta and even after Beta theres always going to be the odd hickup.

PvP is a total blast, have been doing that for a little while before the server went down, a whole lot of fun in that aspect. Could use a little tweaking but what I have heard is my complaints is being worked on. Such as people putting mines at the starting area when you join the game. Something like spawn killing was when the AoC Beta was running if anyone was there.

[Deadly Peanut]

i havent done PvP yet im not much of a PvP person i love to casual PvP like pick up groups VS pick up groups i have a ton of fun there but when it gets serious i just shy away from it and i just get sick of people exploiting the same thing , i saw mines and never PvPed in this game before I was like yea thats just going to be exploited over and over again then they will nerf it and people will exploit the next thing. Ive never really found balanced PvP yea its fun the first 100 times but after that the newb with his tweaked ship and equipment just gets annoying nothing against the game its me I cant stand it. If the PvP was truly very very diverse and there was alot of pick up group style PvP i could get into it maybe.

[Derek Bellamy]

The thing im looking forward to most is the Fleet Battles, thats just going to be grand.