star trek online

Official Site: Star Trek Online
Studio: Cryptic Studios/Perfect World Entertainment
Launch Date: February 2, 2010
Genre: Sci-Fi Themepark
Business Model: F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC

Massively OP Podcast Episode 238: Ten years of free-to-play

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Justin and Bree discuss DDO, Bless, Book of Travels, Star Trek Online, City of Heroes, WoW Classic & Retail, Guild Wars 2, and LOTRO, with mailbag topics on static endgames and genre labels.

One Shots: What a view!

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When you're visiting a California-class planet like Risa, you definitely need to bring along a few things. You'll want to pack sunscreen, a surprisingly...

Star Trek Online is bringing back the horror-themed Hearts and Minds mission for Friday the 13th

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At the time of this story's writing, it is Friday the 13th, which either brings to mind goofy horror monsters, bad luck traditions, or...

Interview: Star Trek Online’s Al Rivera on Discovery’s Awakening and beyond

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The Federation's past is meeting its future this week with the rollout of Awakening for Star Trek Online. Set in the "present" timeline of...

Star Trek Online Awakening is officially live today, starring Discovery’s Anthony Rapp

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Star Trek Online Awakening is formally launching on PC today, with Star Trek Discovery's Anthony Rapp's voice and visage at the helm of the...

Massively Overthinking: Do you ever feel guilty about ‘freeloading’ in a free-to-play MMO?

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A few weeks back, Massively OP's Ben Griggs made an observation that I bet some readers can relate to. He mentioned that in his...

Perfect Ten: MMORPGs made by tiny teams

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I don't really have to tell you this, but creating an MMORPG is a huge undertaking. These are some of the most complex games...

The Mycelial Crisis will be the first event to leverage Star Trek Online’s new event reward system

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Last week, we all were informed of the ways that events in Star Trek Online will be changing, moving away from Reputation and towards...

Star Trek Online plans five new patrol missions for Awakening

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One of Star Trek Online's ever-present challenges is creating enough content for player captains to consume. With new featured episodes are few and far...
surfing something.

Star Trek Online is moving its event rewards away from reputation projects and into a new mode

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The seasonal events of Star Trek Online have long lived within the game's Reputation system alongside the projects of those mechanics, but not any...
Sneaky!

All factions will soon be able to fly (some) Romulan ships in Star Trek Online

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Your faction is the Federation in Star Trek Online, but in your heart you long to be like the sneaky, underhanded, and intriguing Romulans....

Massively Overthinking: Problematic faves in MMOs

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A while back, a reader suggested that it was impossible for a fan who loves something to recognize its shortcomings, and I was taken...

Neverwinter, Champions Online, and Star Trek Online end XMPP chat client support

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In an effort to reportedly take on the ever-encroaching menace that is gold selling spammers, outside chat client support powered by XMPP will be...

One Shots: The secret life of NPCs

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What goes on with NPCs when you're not looking? Egocentric adventurers think that they're sitting around, sharpening blades, and preparing their spellbooks for encounters,...
Oh noes.

Star Trek Online players play with numbers to crack lockbox drop rates

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While plenty of online games with lockboxes already have transparent lockboxes and far more are due to get them over the next year thanks...

Star Trek Online’s nerf to Advanced Beam Arrays causes a community uproar

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All right, so this one is going to take some explanation. The latest update to Star Trek Online has arrived along with the patch...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 232: Girl Dwarves rock our world

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Justin and Bree discuss WoW, LOTRO, DDO, Guild Wars 2, Star Trek Online, Skyforge, City of Heroes, SWG Legends, and Marvel Heroes.

Star Trek Online’s Arena of Sompek returns on August 8 with some major adjustments

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Yes, your Star Trek Online character is going to face some combat trials in a deadly arena somewhere in space, but it's a kinder,...

Star Trek Online lays out a roadmap of updates for the next six months

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With Star Trek Las Vegas just in our rearview mirror, it would stand to reason that Star Trek Online would have a number of...

One Shots: Indulging in nostalgia

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When an MMORPG recedes into the rearview mirror of life, all you are left with are memories, music... and screenshots. It's amazing how a...

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