I think he's responding to two different questions here- in the "slap star trek on it" was in response to how quickly they got game play footage out. And, that's was pretty accurate- they have an engine and to get some quick gameplay footage out all you have to do is slap some skins on it and off you go.

But, he wasn't talking about content. Which is what the first statement you have from him was referring to. That will take more time than creating some skins.

This interview can also be found from youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcAn3nhf97Y

Thanking Idolo for the transcript of the interview back on page 6. Good job matey!

The interview was great

You know the game is going to be great in two reasons:

1. Quote form movie "We aren't going to make a MMO with star trek skin on it"

2. Spock likes it.

Plus when your parents are sleeping you can grab their credit card and play

My hats off to Jack and the team. When I see him in these videos and especially on this interview, he comes across as being very matter of fact. It doesn't seem like he is BSing on the game. He gives very straight answers and takes time to think over the question before answering. I bet Jack is probably one of those cool bosses that is easy to work for.

Anyways, thanks to Cryptic for giving us STO and putting up with the rants we post on this forum.

How did you know

I do have comfort in J. Emmert he knows what he's talking about.

He did say space combat was not going to be like dogfighting, so it won't be like flying an airplane by yourself while trying to shoot down an enemy over hostile skies (space). I can only picture therefore a more tactical approach where there's some display of relative position where you can turn, approach, maneuver, shield, divert power, fire phasers or torpedoes, vent plasma, etc., to progress your combat. You won't need a joystick peripheral to win battles in outer space, which is appropriate to the battle conditions most bridge Captains experience.

Ground combat did sound a lot more action oriented however, so instead of being like most MMOs that come to mind (at least that come to MY mind), it might be more like Age of Conan (which I only know about second hand), perhaps also like Champions (which I know nothing about, really).