Star Trek Online now Free to Play

STO has been free to play since January 17th. Have any of you played it yet, and if so what do you think?

I myself have tried it, and it's not bad at all, I'm kind of surprised by it actually, and for me it'll be a good distraction until the real Star Trek game (Star Trek Excalibur) is released.

 

I was a part of Beta before it was first released and I have to say they definitely made improvements since then.

I still maintain that ground missions such as the diplomatic ones would benefit from puzzle solving aspects and more dialogue options that can affect the outcome of one or two missions - plus the combat could be better.

Still, as you already mentioned, it's a nice distraction from time to time.

 

Going free after so soon (relatively speaking) of public release kinda speaks for itself, I feel ...

 

I played STO BETA and purchased the retail copy once it released.

Overall, I had an excellent time playing it as Federation.

The major flaw in this game is that the Klingon faction was done half-a$$ and the promises of other factions was never kept, so I quit.

Between BETA and my subscription, I played a total of 2 months.

I'd definitely recommend it now since it's good entertainment for a month or two. Just make sure you pick the Federation for the most enjoyable gaming experience, as PVP is severally imbalanced @ 10FED:1KLING

I only wish Bioware or Blizzard would of created this game because they're known for quality products. Atari (and whoever else involved) are cash-grabbing liars.

 

I am playing as the Federation, and I've got to say I'm having a very good time. I didn't think I would enjoy it as much as I am.

 

Maybe I'll give it a go again if it's free to play. At launch it was a mess. It felt very little like Star Trek.

 

Yeah give it a try! Now that I've had a few days to play it, I'm starting to really like it a lot, I'm surprised I'm saying that lol. I find it quite immersive and there always seems to be missions to do. I've been bored of gaming for a while and I just spent more time playing STO last night than I have spent playing any other games in the last two weeks..

 

Same here.

In fact, I rarely game, and when I do, the desire to play them wears off, but I gotta admit that ST:O has some interesting missions - and the time allotted for it is reasonable these days than what I did the moment it went F2p (which was played the game from about 10pm until 4:30 am).

 

Game newbie here. Can you post a link to the free Star Trek game?

 

Here you go, enjoy!

Download | Star Trek Online Official Site

 

Guess i can give it a go.
Not really a fan of Star Trek but doesent hurt when its F2P. :3
(Im casual at best when playing MMO games)

 

So how are you guys liking it? I personally find it quite addicting, I just made Captain and have a Galaxy class ship now.

 

The missions are more interesting than before in beta most definitely... though more choice-like manner responses in diplomatic ones would be better - ground combats or missions certainly need a bit more improvement.

Aside from that... exploring the unexplored 'sectors' which contain no markers or anything makes certain missions exceedingly difficult.
It's flying blind for the most part.

 

Seems decent enough for a recently made F2P MMO.
I wont be playing too much though, as i dont really care for Star Trek.

But i would rate it at least 9 out of 10 by first impressions of the game.
Graphics look nice to and run perfectly fine on my HD 6970m.

 

Nice, I would give it the same, considering it's free and the immense value I'm getting out of it, I also give it a 9/10.