im only quoting you as you covered a few points others are using to say they wont buy the game..
Its not the amount of time that they are on the screen for, its the constant loading screens. Anytime I do anything I get a loading screen. Thats just not how I like my MMOs. The MMOs that I like have virtually no loading screens because they have virtually no instancing (I dont like instancing in MMOs).
Loading times for me are less than a second, granted im using raid 0. Instancing was introduced to cope with the sheer number of players trying to do one thing, im afraid instancing is a result of progress. You are being very unrealistic expecting new mmos to have no instancing. The sooner you get used to it the sooner you can enjoy the newer mmos coming out. There are probably the same amount of loading times in wow, and it is far more laggy.
Nope, I didnt get to Lt11. Nor should I have to. I either like and enjoy at game or I dont. I am not going to play something that I am not enjoying or liking because I might like it later on if I invest a bit more time in it.
You dont have to get to lt11, but this is an mmo. Usually mmos have leveling based systems. The reason for these systems is to introduce a sense of "progress". If you found it boring leveling up to this try using your imagination when playing the game, like you do in books. Or groups with friends, perhaps even pvp. MMOs give you the tools but you create the experience.
Yup, I know that you've enjoyed your time in it and are finding it fun. Its just not enough of an MMO for me. Different tastes and all that
I like Star Trek, but I'm not going to invest time and money into something on the basis that it might be the last time I will see a version of it. I need more than a name to do that, I need a game that I like. For me, STO isnt that game.
This up to you as an individual, personally i feel like you are missing out. I think wow has made it incredibly difficult for new mmos to launch. People forget that wow was probably worse than STO beta, the improvements came with community suggestions and new content. Again this would not be possible without the subscriber base.
In my MMO experience, most devs "listen" before the game is out. Gets the early $$ in. Its usually only after release that they reduce their listening
Cynical I know, but experience has taught me that is usually correct.
This is true. But not neccesarily a bad thing, there are some community suggestions i do not want in the game.
Not good enough for me, every game has potential. I buy my games based on whether I am enjoying them right now, not whether I may possibly enjoy them in 8 months time. I would simply prefer to wait 8 months and then try.
You keep saying this throughout the post, we get it! you dont like it in its current state!
That applies to a whole gamut of games which arent MMOs. Like I say, many people will be used to the instanced MMO and for them it will be fine, but thats not the MMO style I like. I like wide open massive MMOs, STO just isnt that. It could have been...there is so much they could have done with the IP but instead they seem to have played it safe and essentially used a reskinned version of their previous MMOs. Or so it feels to me.
I agree it could be better but im reserving judgment untill i see all of the content. It does not have to be perfect as im willing to wait out for the devs to improve the game. See my other comments about instancing...
I'm not
, I prefer PvP. As I say, I'm not paying and investing time on the off chance that something "might" be added. Would rather just wait until it is actually added and then take a look.
There is pvp, dissapointingly it is instanced like battlegrounds. Hopefully wait times will improve on release... Personally i was hoping we would be able to encounter other people randomly in space and simply "gank" them. I do like the skill based system they are using though. It is not simply the best weapons etc although they contribute to a point.
As above..the "might" be added carrot that devs like to dangle so much to get people to pay.
Well im pretty sure "might" means they are considering it, and you should not expect it to be definately implemented.
I'm not entirely sure that I would call Champions Online a "hit", nor would many people in the MMO genre.
Never played it so couldnt say, the game wasnt hyped up that much so.
Theres a lot more immersion that they could have done with such a licence as Star Trek, if only they had thought outside of the box instead of cloning their previous titles. Again, they "might" add stuff in, maybe. If they do then I would take another look, but I'm not paying and playing something that I am not particularly enjoying on the possibility that maybe it will turn into something I like...maybe...perhaps.
I agree with you on this point, the immersion is good to a point but the exploration side of it is pathetic. I went into the delta cluster finding random planets and the missions consisted of, scan this, scan that. Bring this item (which you would get as a random drop or off the exchange). Really annoyed about this and how they hyped up the genesis system, unless that system is something totally seperate.
I was also expecting more of an EVE universe rather than the sector blocks. The best example of the current universe in sto is X beyond the frontier series. Each sector is a block linked to another making the game feel small. You can see the seperations between sectors which further impress upon the player the fact the universe is not free roaming.
As I say, my thoughts might not be the same as the masses, its just that I expect more from my MMOs. Put that down to my history in MMOs , generally prefering the UO/Daoc style than the newer stuff.
I think you need to open up your expectations a bit more, if you can name some new mmos that are exactly what you want then fair enough.
I played WOW for 4 years, ultima online for a couple of months but couldnt afford the phone bill at the time as i was like 12 years old. Played AOC which was a huge let down, i played warhammer which was another huge let down, both of the latter games i knew immediately it would be a let down as soon as i started playing. I guess AOC was worse because they "conned" us, the entire first section of the game had voice acting where as further content was pure text...
