So. It's been a couple days. I managed to get back in, finally -- and that's been the normal course of things ever since Sunday, rather than the
oddity. I dunno if they added more hardware already or if they figured out how to handle more connections, but it's been much more stable. I fully expect
the server to get overloaded again when it goes live, but at this point I'm quite happy with the stability. It appears I was having plain bad luck that
first day.
As for community... I may be the oddity here, but I -like- the general lack of chatter. I've joined probably twenty, thirty teams at this point -- all
using the auto-team system -- and only in two of them were words exchanged. The thing is? In -none- of them did words -need- to be exchanged. We knew our
objectives and, by design or by luck, the couple times I've encountered a maverick who went charging off alone, he was punished for it immediately. By the
-game-. Because he got -splattered-.
So, yes, it enforces teamwork... but it doesn't make you talk to your team, and indeed, most teams seem perfectly comfortable that way. As has been said,
it's the best single-player MMO I've ever played.
That said, I wouldn't mind making some friends on the server. Acyl, I can't seem to find you, buddy. Either I'm looking for the wrong global, or,
you have to be online for me to find you and our schedules just don't match.
Okay, so, all the frippery aside... the question I have to ask myself is, am I having fun?
YES.
It's not City of Heroes. It's not as fun as City of Heroes -can- be when things click (though I'll grant that's purely subjective). But I
think Acyl has introduced me to a backup MMO. I'll be buying gamecards as I need them for it. I can't justify another monthly subscription to myself,
but I can afford the odd gamecard or three.
And soon, in this thread, I'll upload the very worst, absolutely horrid, fantastically great idea that any sick bastard could ever have come up with, and
it's all MD's fault. Acyl may recall (and others) that one of the reasons I didn't think I'd like STO long term is because I couldn't tell
my own stories in it. And, to an extent, that's true. But MD showed me how to bend the rules a little, the sick bugger, and as soon as I get the right
mix of gender, species, and appearance set up on the bridge crew, I'd like to introduce you all to...
The USS Hero Sandwich, Captain Whiskers commanding.
More to come after I get screenies.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
oddity. I dunno if they added more hardware already or if they figured out how to handle more connections, but it's been much more stable. I fully expect
the server to get overloaded again when it goes live, but at this point I'm quite happy with the stability. It appears I was having plain bad luck that
first day.
As for community... I may be the oddity here, but I -like- the general lack of chatter. I've joined probably twenty, thirty teams at this point -- all
using the auto-team system -- and only in two of them were words exchanged. The thing is? In -none- of them did words -need- to be exchanged. We knew our
objectives and, by design or by luck, the couple times I've encountered a maverick who went charging off alone, he was punished for it immediately. By the
-game-. Because he got -splattered-.
So, yes, it enforces teamwork... but it doesn't make you talk to your team, and indeed, most teams seem perfectly comfortable that way. As has been said,
it's the best single-player MMO I've ever played.
That said, I wouldn't mind making some friends on the server. Acyl, I can't seem to find you, buddy. Either I'm looking for the wrong global, or,
you have to be online for me to find you and our schedules just don't match.
Okay, so, all the frippery aside... the question I have to ask myself is, am I having fun?
YES.
It's not City of Heroes. It's not as fun as City of Heroes -can- be when things click (though I'll grant that's purely subjective). But I
think Acyl has introduced me to a backup MMO. I'll be buying gamecards as I need them for it. I can't justify another monthly subscription to myself,
but I can afford the odd gamecard or three.
And soon, in this thread, I'll upload the very worst, absolutely horrid, fantastically great idea that any sick bastard could ever have come up with, and
it's all MD's fault. Acyl may recall (and others) that one of the reasons I didn't think I'd like STO long term is because I couldn't tell
my own stories in it. And, to an extent, that's true. But MD showed me how to bend the rules a little, the sick bugger, and as soon as I get the right
mix of gender, species, and appearance set up on the bridge crew, I'd like to introduce you all to...
The USS Hero Sandwich, Captain Whiskers commanding.
More to come after I get screenies.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs