Cryptic Studios have posted their first "Meet the Team" interview segment with Star Trek Online's Lead Designer, Al Rivera.

The section reveals some new information about the games space combat system:

Space combat is nothing like typical MMO combat, nor is it a dogfighter. It is deeply tactical, strategic and 100 percent Trek. Shield facing, turn rates, weapon firing arcs, power transfers, bridge officer skills, ship configurations and damage control are all things you will need to manage.

We also learn about Mr Rivera himself with a bunch of personal information, which makes this interview well worth a read - check it out at http://www.startrekonline.com/articles/meet_al_lead_designer_for_star_trek_online

That is some good news.  If the combat system can get to point be being similar to Star Fleet 1 (Pre-PC game), of course in a 3D Space environment and good UI controls, I'll find it Fun.



Now for those who never played those old games, it was a complex game, even with the use of ASCII graphics and hardware limitations (64k RAM), but that game still has more features of commanding a ship than even Eve-Online.  And without a steep learning curve either!

aye. that is good to know. it also shows that just because everyone *CAN* fly around in Sovereign doesn't mean that its unstoppable.

cant kill what you cant hit :3

gogo Achilles class!

 The fact that the lead has such a love of Star Trek, and is wanting to stay true to the essence of it, is great news. Also, the fact that  turn rates and firing arcs, along with Shield facing and officer skills will all have to be watched over during space combat is welcome news to me.
 Not so much the "pew, pew and gather the reward" sounding game anymore, eh?  :wink: