Klingon Controversy | STOked S1 E16
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STOked Season 1 Episode 16: We discuss the community’s reaction to recent Klingon press, finalized pre-order information and the updated Ships of the Line pages. Plus we drop some Closed Beta information in your face and bring you current on all the latest STO news from around the web – from Klingons and PvP to voice-overs and videos.
THEN another heaping helping of beautiful screenshots to cap off the episode!
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FEATURE:
Klingon explosion after our last episode STOked.
NEWS:
Zinc Confirms new “Transwarp” ability in STO that returns you to the main star base instantly:
http://twitter.com/CrypticZinc/status/6718864035
Complete Pre-Order FAQ and Info @ Cryptic.com
http://www.startrekonline.com/preorder-faq
http://www.startrekonline.com/retail
and
http://www.startrekonline.com/exclusives
BETA INFO:
* Battle damage meshes are in-game!
* Leaked videos on YouTube!
Fed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0ejDE6kqa0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiIS6mst2Vg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y12st4Cvjhw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPCIWwyCVWc
Klingons:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3suw_NenJC0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EehTATWB6I
ARTICLES:
startrekonline.com — Klingon Info
http://startrekonline.com/node/777
New Ship Listing @ Cryptic
http://www.startrekonline.com/ships-index
Jack Emmert goes to bat for Klingons @ MMORPG.com
http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/352/feature/3847/Star-Trek-Online-Jack-Emmert-Talks-Klingons.html
* They have a full set of skills, their own bridge officers, their own ships, their own territory, their own advancement and their own missions.
* There is PvE content, it only lacks the depth of the Fed’s content. (random encounters)
Character Creation – Rock Paper Shotgun
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/12/18/star-trek-online-characters-creatored/
* Good pictures
* Explanation of facial morphology on pre-set races
Character Creation – ZAM.com
http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=20862
* More great character creation pictures
Craig Zincievich interview – Thirteen1 magazine
http://www.thirteen1.com/Issues/13131209/mag.php
* You’ll experience references to well-known characters, but their likeness rights are “sticky and expensive” so you won’t meet them.
“What We Know So Far” – ZAM.com
http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=20942
* Rehash of details on the game so far. Good source to point new folks, but no new information.
A Three Hour Tour, Inside Beta – MMORPG.com
http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/352/feature/3846/Star-Trek-Online-Inside-Beta-A-Three-Hour-Tour.html
VIDEOS:
Behind the Scenes: Zachary Quinto voiceover session (IGN.com)
http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/14270158/star-trek-online/videos/startrekonline_trl_btsquinto_121509.html;jsessionid=1i7ejag11k8w8
Veil of Space, Part 1: “Into the Lion’s Den”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVqS7ud8lfE
* Lots of interior shots. Bridges & transporter rooms.
* Lots of Klingon ship shots at the end.
* Finally some high quality voice-over work!
SCREENSHOTS:
Lots of great shots at TrekMovie
http://trekmovie.com/2009/12/15/sto-update-new-trailers-screenshots-deluxe-digital-edition-details-more/
Klingon with Bat’leth:
Klingon Bird-of-Prey:
Outside the Klingon High Council:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/startrekonline/4193684826/sizes/o/ (note the scar on the face)
Klingon Bat’leth battle:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/startrekonline/4193684684/sizes/o/
AMAZON LINKS:
December 22nd, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Where's the Android app?
December 23rd, 2009 at 7:37 am
I think you both handled it rather well and very professional. I applaud you both!
Exactly what I have been telling people on the #STO IRC channel. Luckily its died down a whole lot in there since then.
And yes, we've know this for awhile now from articles. But as you said, it was bound to blow once they heard it and started to assume things.
December 23rd, 2009 at 10:09 am
Why is it cool that the Feds have the ability to advance in a “easier” way and the Klingons are forced to kill each other? Cannon for Klingons is combat. You have combat in PvE. As for the announcement being out for months, it was a vague statement (“Klingons are PvP centric”) which they would not define until Daniel defined it in your interview. Untill that point, most people were still operating under previous announcements that both factions could do everything that the other could do.
December 23rd, 2009 at 4:55 pm
no boom today boom tomorrow always a boom tomorrow. said by Ivanova from B5.
i think it would be cool if you could put Geordi's visor on you charter.
December 23rd, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Please can we get the guy that leaked klingon beta dropped from beta? Keep you eyes out for him.
His video was full of bugs with no attemt to report them, when questioned about reporting bugs his simple answer was
STFU
Not the kind of child we want beta testing our game.
December 26th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Great show guys. What races are you all going to play? Will you team up?
After everyone has finished watching your videos, people can check out http://startrekonline.stackexchange.com/ for Q&A on Star Trek Online
December 26th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
thanks for the great content posted here will always be visiting your blog
December 28th, 2009 at 7:15 am
This podcast was crap, they completely invalidated the fact that alot of people would want to play the Klingons.
Most would want to play the Federation they say, .. umm no look at WoW Horde has a very large following, almost 50% and they are analagous to what the Klingons are.
Blizzard managed to make a horde storyline and the Horde are very warlike, to say that making a Klingon storyline isn't practical is nothing but small mindedness. It's a cop out because they want to get the game out faster and don't want to devote the resources to making a Klingon campaign.
December 28th, 2009 at 11:04 am
The Hat ship! That's exactly how my friends and I refer to the K'tinga class! Good job a usual guys.
December 28th, 2009 at 11:38 am
You're description of LOTRO Monster Play understates the options available to Monster Players. There are 15 ranks of advancement, not 5. Monsters get several new abilities at all ranks. Only a beginning monster would have about 5 buttons. Monsters are all at the max level for the game, so monster players never have to worry about level mismatches and can always group together. The difference between monster play and regular play is that monster abilities are all in a tight range of capability, such that the game remains viable through all 15 ranks.
To me, saying STO Klingon Play being like LOTRO Monster Play is a good thing. I was a 100% monster player and the major complaint I saw of monster players was that the LOTRO developers largely ignored Monster Play. There was only one area to fight in and it never changed.
December 28th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
This podcast was crap, they completely invalidated the fact that alot of people would want to play the Klingons.
Most would want to play the Federation they say, .. umm no look at WoW Horde has a very large following, almost 50% and they are analagous to what the Klingons are.
Blizzard managed to make a horde storyline and the Horde are very warlike, to say that making a Klingon storyline isn't practical is nothing but small mindedness. It's a cop out because they want to get the game out faster and don't want to devote the resources to making a Klingon campaign.
December 28th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
The Hat ship! That's exactly how my friends and I refer to the K'tinga class! Good job a usual guys.
December 28th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
You're description of LOTRO Monster Play understates the options available to Monster Players. There are 15 ranks of advancement, not 5. Monsters get several new abilities at all ranks. Only a beginning monster would have about 5 buttons. Monsters are all at the max level for the game, so monster players never have to worry about level mismatches and can always group together. The difference between monster play and regular play is that monster abilities are all in a tight range of capability, such that the game remains viable through all 15 ranks.
To me, saying STO Klingon Play being like LOTRO Monster Play is a good thing. I was a 100% monster player and the major complaint I saw of monster players was that the LOTRO developers largely ignored Monster Play. There was only one area to fight in and it never changed.
January 1st, 2010 at 10:56 am
Hey, i was looking into buying the blu-ray set to get their bonus STO uniform content. But, Amazon.com didn't list it as one of the features. Is it possible not all copies come with the in-game content?
June 5th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
I want the Klingons with their klingon bat'leth still in it. You have a great show guys. It is really interesting. I just love Star Trek.