no of characters

[funky_jesus]

i wonder how many character profiles you can have like in WOW you could have many different chracters.
this would be good i could i have my main game as the federation then have a klingon backup so i could see what the gameplay was like in the the klingon side, same with the romulan faction when they come in lol

[Zepath]

i wonder how many character profiles you can have like in WOW you could have many different chracters.
this would be good i could i have my main game as the federation then have a klingon backup so i could see what the gameplay was like in the the klingon side, same with the romulan faction when they come in lol

I am sure there will be multiple characters just like any MMO ... 8 maybe? But then that raise the problems of "spying cross factions" since we're all going to be on one server. I'm still waiting to hear how they are going to handle that, given they have now announced we'll all be on the same server.

Personally, I'd prefer to see one character (or two) and use the rest of the database space (normally taken up by all those other chars you seldom play), and allocate it to the one or two characters you have.

We'll never see the Eve level of storage, etc. But I would like to see a lot more than the standard MMO offers.

Of course, we've heard very little about their crafting system .... so we may not need any storage.

[loyaltrekie]

I am sure there will be multiple characters just like any MMO ... 8 maybe? But then that raise the problems of "spying cross factions"
I highly doubt that, it will really matter, I'm sure they expect most people to at least try out both sides.

since we're all going to be on one server.
Um...did I miss where they confirmed that was going to happen? Last I remember it was "something we are hoping to do".

[funky_jesus]

you have a good point there people couild cheat which wouldnt be right, maybe cos of this we would probably be only allowed one. we'll have to wait and see when the game comes out. WHEN WILL THAT BE!!!!!!!!!! lol

[loyaltrekie]

you have a good point there people couild cheat which wouldnt be right, maybe cos of this we would probably be only allowed one.

There is absolutely no reason to allow only one character slot, aside from the fact that there would be a great ton of aggravation as well as negativity and possible canceled subscriptions; there is no actual reason to do it. I can think of only one FvF title that actually limits your character slots because of making things un-fair, and even in that it didn't make sense.

I wonder, what exactly do you think we will be doing that will make "spying" viable and even worth the time? I can think of a few game mechanics that would make it so you would have to, but those won't make it into the game, I'm 100% sure of. So maybe you would like to clue us in on what you think a second character will actually be "cheating".

[Zepath]

There is absolutely no reason to allow only one character slot, aside from the fact that there would be a great ton of aggravation as well as negativity and possible canceled subscriptions; there is no actual reason to do it. I can think of only one FvF title that actually limits your character slots because of making things un-fair, and even in that it didn't make sense.

I wonder, what exactly do you think we will be doing that will make "spying" viable and even worth the time? I can think of a few game mechanics that would make it so you would have to, but those won't make it into the game, I'm 100% sure of. So maybe you would like to clue us in on what you think a second character will actually be "cheating".

Well, I dunno ... if you have a Fleet of ships getting their act together to take a contested planet, then the person just logs off his Fed char, logs onto his Klingon char, and let's his guild know they are coming.

This all assumes of course there will be a reason to get a fleet together.

But if there isn't going to be goals, control points, and fleet combat in the PvP aspect of the game, I think they will be missing the boat with a lot of players. Not me, but a lot of others.

[Nalah]

I am sure there will be multiple characters just like any MMO ... 8 maybe? But then that raise the problems of "spying cross factions" since we're all going to be on one server. I'm still waiting to hear how they are going to handle that, given they have now announced we'll all be on the same server.


You really can't stop this sort of thing; even games that have multple servers, only allow one faction per server, and don't allow cross-faction talk are unable to prevent it from happening. That being said, I do not think spying would serve any purpose in STO, barring additional PvP information to the contrary.