STOked

This week on STOked: We take a hard look at some of the new wave of screen shots that have hit the web, and tell you just what we’ve picked out that we think you’ll find interesting! We cover some revealing tidbits of info in a recent Q&A session held with someone closely involved in Star Trek Online’s development at Cryptic. Then – We tell you how you can walk the Engineering deck and sit in Captain Picard’s chair next week, plus so much more!

This week we cover: * Ask Cryptic — Player Progression – Skill based awesomness, no levels. – Upside-down Pyramid? WHUT – Ranks based on skill progression : Lt, Lt-Cmmdr, Cmmdr, Captain, Admiral – ALL Ship Classes will be available to ALL players. – PVP = 100% Skill Progression! No longer penalized (heh) for not doing missions! * ZAM awards STO with PAX awards! “Best in Show” and “Most Innovative”! – STOked awards STO with PAX awards too! * Raiding! aka Raidisodes, aka Fleet Actions – 30-35+ ships in massive Fleet battles. – 100-150 (!!!) ships involved in event-type invasion battles, at central hub areas. – We give our brief thoughts on the ups & downs of raid content. * AND SO MUCH MORE!

We got hands on game play at PAX 09, and we tell you all about it! Plus our impressions of Star Wars The Old Republic game play, and we break down space combat vs. land combat in Star Trek Online.

The first episode of our new show, all about the up coming Star Trek Online Massively Multiplayer video game. In this episode we cover: -Introductions -Our up coming coverage of STO at PAX -A brief discussion of Champions Online and how the game impacts STO. -What’s established and already known about STO. -How does STO handle the events from the new movie, and the destruction of Romulus? We’ll tell ya! -We cover some of the things we are keeping our eye on. -We review some of the game play mechanics, and how it differs from other MMOs. -Review some of the new things revealed in leaked game play footage -Our ending music this week is from the amazing dudes over at Fall on your Sword