Had a double-take over at Massively where the image they chose was Star Trek Online for the headline: Claims that MMOs are a ‘threat to public health’ are ‘exaggerated’ says new study Cryptic has gone to great lengths to minimize exposure to this disease with Delta Rising. Continue reading Claims that MMOs are a ‘threat to public health’ are ‘exaggerated’ says new study

I know how tough it was to tear yourselves away from the Winter Wonderland – You guys rock!  Thank you for the feedback and we’ll be starting a new revised infographic incorporating the new information.  It’s nice to see how the conversation started on Reddit, in podcasts, social media and the forums has elicited changes due to your efforts. I’ve been enjoying Winter Wonderland, and … Continue reading Thank you for the stats! New Delta Rising Infographic Underway.

By now you’ve heard that another set of “game-balancing” changes have been added to this weeks release to Holodeck.  Originally mentioned during the P1 200th podcast, Gecko described changes to XIII and XIV weapons that would see an increase to overall DPS.  He followed up with a longer description via the forum. I won’t get into the actual numbers here.  They’re confusing even the experts.  … Continue reading STO Game Balancing 101: Add more DPS to make upgrades more palatable?

Its been a week since Gecko’s comment that the low count of people in queues was the result of a reporting error.  With the exception of Crystalline Catastrophe Advanced and the Winter events, the queues are empty. As a comparison from last year at the time of this posting, there was 700+ players in the visible queues in quick play and private; today there is … Continue reading The Queues are Still Dead Jim.

It seems the embed code is bugged *sigh*. Meanwhile at Development HQ, a meeting is underway regarding Delta Rising.  At least they can’t take away our cats… Continue reading Meanwhile at Development HQ, a meeting is underway…

Everything is awesome 😉 Raise your hand if your could ‘hear’ everything in the characters voices.  Raise both hands if you knew the real dialog by heart. Yup.  We’re Trekkers and proud of it. Continue reading Player Made Video’s – Impressions on DR (UPDATED)

Congratulations to Priority One on their 200th episode.  A great in-depth interview regarding development costs, player retention and game balance. It certainly opened my eyes as to their intentions versus what was actually was deployed. Hearing that Cryptic is still adjusting as they go is reassuring. Gecko – “we don’t know what that balance should be, (but we’re working on it)” Congratulations to Cryptic on … Continue reading Priority One Ep 200: Captain Gecko Talks cost reductions and game balance.

Great Review, and despite what Virusdancer thinks, is a valid contribution to the conversation.  Further it was pointed out to me that this is written by a long-time player and Foundry Author known as HippieJohn.  Food for thought 😉 Continue reading Hippie Reviews Delta Rising “Rise and Fall.”

Captain’s Log: Why Star Trek Online is kind of a mess right now Eliot Lefebvre touches on the the disorganized launch of Star Trek Online’s Delta Rising. Guess we’re not the only ones noticing the problems with #STO.  More to follow as this develops tomorrow. Edited for spelling 😉 Continue reading MASSIVELY: Star Trek Online is kind of a mess right now

As reported by Jef Reahard, Massively Perfect World’s third quarter profits fell, according to a financial results document published yesterday by the free-to-play giant. CEO Robert Xiao blamed PW’s American operations for the drop, though he said the firm remains “confident in the long-term prospects of our US subsidiary given its strong R&D and operational capabilities as well as [its] promising pipeline.” Perfect World declined to comment on the performance … Continue reading Perfect World’s Q3 results down, American operations blamed for the drop.