No game has ever been more ripe for role-playing than Star Trek Online. I’ve played a lot of MMOs, starting back with Ultima Online, moving to Everquest and then WoW. I even tried out Anarchy Online, City of Heroes and Star Wars Galaxies. Never once, did I have a desire to actively role-play inside these manufactured worlds.
But when I log into Star Trek Online, I want to be in Star Trek. And running into Captain Crunch on the U.S.S. Bowlomilk pisses me off. It takes me out of it. It really is the one thing that sucks about the game.
I was playing with Straub during the beta and we entered a system and an encounter started. The red alert klaxons went off and Kris said “Shields up!”
Now, shields are always up in Star Trek online. You can divert power from one side to another, and they can certainly be weakened, but you never have to remember to put them up. They’re always up. But you know what? Kris knows that when you enter an encounter in Star Trek, you fucking say “Shields up!”
I just wish everyone playing remembered that.
I was inspired by the exclusive prints that everyone in webcomics is making for this con. Dave Kellett, Meredith Gran, and even Strauby are making these awesome prints special for Emerald City Con. I was all…”Man, I WANNA make a print too”
Anddd…thanks to modern technology and 24 hour print shops, I can do it. So I whipped up a Seattle, based moment with Skull for MY special print. You can pick one up at my booth this weekend. YAY!
