The 12th Fleet: Starbase Valhalla

I'm a huge eve online player and have been for 2 years and looking around the forums I've noticed a few people have played it for a while also.

I just wanted to know the view of some people like do you think STO could could give eve a run for its money?

Also will you keep both games going or give eve a break? Personally my accounts are still active and will log in every so often to keep my skills going but not playing it, will be giving my time to Star Trek.

When it comes to large scale space mmo's eve and STO will be pretty much the only ones out there so it could be a battle, just curious on what other people might think.

I think both EvE and STO are two very different kind of games without an overlapping core player base. The only overlap really is the fact they are both 'spaceship MMOs'. I think a lot of people, like me, who did not really enjoy EvE but still love Sci-fi have been waiting for another Sci-fi game like STO to roll around. The fact that it Star Trek helps it out even more.

So yes I think that STO could give EVE a run for its money. It all depends on how Cryptic does things. I for one hope they will play their cards right.

Ya i know what you mean, theirs a huge lack of mmo's of this genre and all going well STO can bypass eve, eve always has been a highly frustrating game with ALOT of scamming and distrust, it wouldn't surprise me if its the number one rage quited game ever, hopefully STO will learn from eve's faults. But i still can't bring myself to let my accounts go inactive

Nafire wrote:Ya i know what you mean, theirs a huge lack of mmo's of this genre and all going well STO can bypass eve, eve always has been a highly frustrating game with ALOT of scamming and distrust, it wouldn't surprise me if its the number one rage quited game ever, hopefully STO will learn from eve's faults. But i still can't bring myself to let my accounts go inactive

Hey who says you can not enjoy both.

I hope STO does not steal subs from EvE but that STO creates its own segment of player population.

Ya i could play both just don't want to going through an annoyed phase with the game

I'm sure STO will be a breath of fresh air and can't wait to rip right in to it, should be great.

STO is a the solution to those who find EVE far too intense and full on, too many buttons, too many angles, too much to think about and wayyyy to much time to play.

Really i think itl have its own niche providing cryptic dont balls it up.

IF it lasts, then i think star trek will become WoW in space (bad link i know but best way of describing it) .. in that you dont have to be a genius to be good at it, you dont have to restrict yourself to class x with build y just to play at endgame, and hopefully if they add everything they say they will, then you will be able to do a bit of everything, pve, raiding, pvp, socialising, rp ect..

Its being advertised as a middle of the range appeal to everyone type of game, they keep it as such and they might be onto a winner.

iv played eve. about 6 hours. (= then uninstalled =( didnt like it. STO i will take the time for!

Good point, it'll be nice to log in to a game to play it rather then logging in finding out theirs admin to do which leads to more admin, before you know it you've done a days work and the only difference is your paying to do it.
That and needing at least 3 accounts to be able to do everything in the game.

Personally, I have a rule. Only one mmo at a time =)

Tsarsov wrote:Personally, I have a rule. Only one mmo at a time =)

Probably a good rule. It has never turned out well for me.