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IMAC 2008 Model ATI 2600 PRO HD 4 GB Ram using Bootcamp Vista, no issues so far. Side issue though need to use OS 10.5 Audio/MIC drivers, just go into your DVD Bootcamp/driver directory and run the realtek.exe and set your MIC Boost to +10 down from +20. This is so you can use Ventrillo or any other voice client.
I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, but I thought the game looked interesting. Any word on how it would run on a Santa Rosa Macbook Pro (8600M graphics card, 4 GB/ram, 2.4 GHz).
Just fine. My air's almost 2 year old card runs it fine with lowered resolution and the iMac's near 4 year old X2600XT runs it great at max settings.
I absolutely love Star Trek, and I have seen most (if not all) of the episodes in existence. I even liked Voyager and Enterprise.
However, I absolutely don't get MMOs with consensual PvP. How can I pretend being in ST universe if a Klingon has to ask me politely first whether it is OK to blast my starboard shields with a disruptor?
I had high hopes for STO, but I guess I will pass for now
However, I absolutely don't get MMOs with consensual PvP. How can I pretend being in ST universe if a Klingon has to ask me politely first whether it is OK to blast my starboard shields with a disruptor?
I had high hopes for STO, but I guess I will pass for now
That's quite funny.
In WoW, PVE (player vs environment) servers worked quite well and seemed natural. The last thing I wanted was a mob of players to kill me when I was questing. Flagging myself as PVP or Battlegrounds was all the PVP I needed and it was on my terms.
I absolutely love Star Trek, and I have seen most (if not all) of the episodes in existence. I even liked Voyager and Enterprise.
However, I absolutely don't get MMOs with consensual PvP. How can I pretend being in ST universe if a Klingon has to ask me politely first whether it is OK to blast my starboard shields with a disruptor?
I had high hopes for STO, but I guess I will pass for now
Because as a game it has to have that mechanic. Players would get incredibly narked if they were trying to do a solo mission and constantly got attacked by a swarm of opposing players. It can be justified by saying that you simply warp PAST the conflict.
I've played quite a few MMOs to include WoW from release to WotLK, every game is going to feel different and have it's own kind of charm.
For me Star Trek Online pushes all the right buttons. You're the captain of your own ship, you get to choose your type of ship, name it, customize it, choose your own bridge crew, name them, and customize them. The PvE content comes in nice, decently sized chunks. PvP is there if I want but not in your face. But, it is the ground floor of an MMO so it's no all sunshine and rainbows, there is no end game to speak of but it's coming, same as how there was no end game in WoW until six months later when they released Molten Core.
Though I really do appreciate the fact that the classic WoW phrase "the game doesn't start until 60/70/80" does not apply to this game.
I've come across a few bugs but my only real content beef is that the large majority of missions involve lighting something/someone up with phasers. There are non-combat missions but they're pretty few and far between. I attribute some of this to their setting and the rest of it to the fact that it's an MMO and that's what people expect, kill the bad guy, get stuff, repeat.
Upon review of this thread, I think I'll stick to two classics, ST:Armada and Voyager: Elite Force. Elite Force has an excellent single-player campaign that plays out like a well-written Voyager episode, and a neat Holomatch PVP with all sorts of models from the Voyager series, including Janeway Of Borg (from the "Unimatrix Zero" episode, IIRC) and Species 8472. Yes, it's an older game-- its engine is based on Quake III Arena-- but that means it runs smoothly on just about any computer these days.
That is more or less how it works in EVE Online, which does not have consensual PvP mechanics. And that is what makes EVE insanely fun.
Nobody in EVE is really safe anywhere, and, yes, I can find someone doing a mission and blast them out of the sky. Of course, not all is quite that simple, and there are both consequences and rewards associated with being an attacker/outlaw. But in the end of the day, you consent to PvP simply by logging on and undocking your ship.
Having played that game, I really can't imagine how I would enjoy what is essentially a single-player game with a chatbox bolted to it.
...which, as far as I am concerned, takes all fun out of PvP.
And in the context of STO, it completely breaks any kind of immersion. I don't remember any ST episode where the ship's captain was egaged by Klingons/Borg/Dominion/whatever on his/her terms. Wolf 359 anyone?
Oh well - I still have two EVE accounts subscribed for 2+ years
I wonder if STO will still be around 2 years from now.
Ok, I just got a MPB (specs in sig) and was curious if this will play good. Looks like from the replies it should play ok.
This might be a little OT, but I was wondering for top users, does yours get hot when playing? I tried a demo a few weeks ago and it seemed to get pretty hot while playing. Is this normal?
This might be a little OT, but I was wondering for top users, does yours get hot when playing? I tried a demo a few weeks ago and it seemed to get pretty hot while playing. Is this normal?
...which, as far as I am concerned, takes all fun out of PvP.
And in the context of STO, it completely breaks any kind of immersion. I don't remember any ST episode where the ship's captain was egaged by Klingons/Borg/Dominion/whatever on his/her terms. Wolf 359 anyone?
Oh well - I still have two EVE accounts subscribed for 2+ years
I wonder if STO will still be around 2 years from now.
It depends on the intent and context of the game. If you don't care about PVE questing and are in it to fight other players, yes it would take the fun out of PVP. But if you are into PVE questing, being ganked is no fun although I can imagine some players who would not mind the extra challenge.
I played Planetside for all most two years and that game was only PVP and it was a blast, but there were no quests, just missions against the other teams.
Yep, that's right.
Look, you can't blame anyone else for this but Apple.
There are 24 hours in every day, yet between making record sales and record profits, Apple cannot find 1 hour to devote to making the Mac a better gaming platform. They cannot find it within themselves to pay the Steam guys a measly $1 mil to bring Steam to the Mac. They cannot find it within themselves to make a more affordable gaming tower, some kind of scaled down Mac Pro (lets just call it a "Mac") with Core i7, a couple PCI slots, two hard drive bays, SLI support, and an upgradeable CPU.
No, Apple is content to let anyone who really wants to game with their computer try to build their own PC or Hackintosh, or buy an iMac and "be happy with the GPU we give you... FORVER. Or, until you buy yet another computer from us." Sigh.
I got a new build of of STO "unofficial Mac version" for some testing though it seems hardly anyone has actually tried it.... if anyone wants to give it a go, could always use the feedback.
http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=76799
looks like they didn't have to do that after-all, and saved a million
http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=76799
looks like they didn't have to do that after-all, and saved a million
Space based ship to ship combat game
check out http://www.vendetta-online.com/ its completely cross platform and it twitch based combat as opposed to the standard point and click mmo combat style. Its in the early stages of development though it has been around for over ten years. The game was made and is run by only four people, but there are updates every week and you can even find the developers in the game frequently. Its definitely worth checking out IMHO.
check out http://www.vendetta-online.com/ its completely cross platform and it twitch based combat as opposed to the standard point and click mmo combat style. Its in the early stages of development though it has been around for over ten years. The game was made and is run by only four people, but there are updates every week and you can even find the developers in the game frequently. Its definitely worth checking out IMHO.