Originally Posted by Djin

3 years...

Originally Posted by Haroludo

What we as a community have to keep in mind is that this game is targeted to a wide variety of ages and walks of life.

Cryptic is tasked with creating a game world that is casual enough for the beginner, and yet be able to satiate the most die-hard of Trek fans.

We are going to get "newbs", both to Star Trek, and/or to computers in general. We must coddle, like in the early days of the internet, the new users and welcome them with open arms; not scorn them for their curiosity and questions.

The first question a co-worker of mine asked when I informed him of the new game was: "Is this a single player game?" I told him that is an MMO, like WoW. He was turned off by that. I am hoping that in the coming months(or even years) I will be able to turn his thinking around.

We must not allow cynicism to ruin this game before it even launches. We are the wild tangent that Cryptic is relying on to make their game enjoyable. We are to make their game, our game.

Thank you for reading.

Originally Posted by Social1

thought it was more like 5 years

Originally Posted by MajorD

Concerning the question, "Will there be an economy?", I would like to say that the answer is incorrect, it is Earth humans who do not have money. On the other hand the individual groups within the Federation do have money, including Starfleet. There are several instances, but a particular one is where Captain Janeway says, she went on vacation to Vulcan and she was overcharged, when a Vulcan merchant found out she was Starfleet.

Barter is a horribly inefficient means of trade and I hope it doesn't factor in except on a personal level, not as the basis of the economy.

Originally Posted by Tomkan

I smell something. Consoles ARE COMING.

If the STO would be optimized for console, I won't play it. I'm sure it would dumbed down the game for us PC players.

Originally Posted by arakkis

I will certainly play the game, however the question is how long will I play. Depth has been a problem for Cryptic games in the past and designing a game for a console platform puts artificial limitations on design options. I would like to see this game realize the full potential of the Star Trek IP, but if it falls short, the game will have limited to no longevity.

Originally Posted by JPJappic

The webcast said it was less than 3 years though i'm sure Mr. Emmert only said that so that people would be satisfied with a time frame. He repeated over and over again during the webcast that he could not give a specific time as to when the game was going to be released and that it was sooner than we all thought.