ok call me the sad realist

[Talamakara]

They said 3 to 4 years. I know we all grew up on star trek and we all love it. But we're all growing up too. Right now I have no S/O, I have no kids and i can spend all my money on a new computer if I need it to play the game. I don't know where I'm gonna be in 3-4 years. Maybe this would be considered impertinent and rude to Cryptic, and though it's not ment to be.

1) How do you plan to keep the fire in the eyes of all the fans? I mean releasing a few updates for the storyline is cool but it's not... I don't think enough.

2) Would it be possible to release in smaller doses. KInd of like only our system for now instead of everything all at once. That way your teams can concentrate on one section of the galaxy at a time and you can have everyone working on one section and making sure that they work and getting it done faster instead of having smaller teams doing one thing at a time.

I'm not trying to knock this game before it comes out and i've only been waiting for this since 05 where others are all the way back in the early 2000's but I mean right now everyone is setting up fleets aka guilds and all this stuff and as much fun as thats going to be; if you have 500 people in a guild do you think you'll have 5 left in 4 years?

[bigsalgo911]

They said 3 to 4 years. I know we all grew up on star trek and we all love it. But we're all growing up too. Right now I have no S/O, I have no kids and i can spend all my money on a new computer if I need it to play the game. I don't know where I'm gonna be in 3-4 years. Maybe this would be considered impertinent and rude to Cryptic, and though it's not ment to be.


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they did not say 3-4 years

[soups]

This kind of excitement and early build-up is not uncommon in MMOs, especially popular IPs like this one.

The buzz will die down some but it will pick back up big time at open Beta and build to launch beyond what we are feeling now.

Also I would not be surprised to see Cryptic outdo even the 3 year release. It was taking alot of will power to keep from saying that in the QA in Vegas. I'm glad he didn't go ahead and say it because they really can't afford to set dates yet.

Anyway, yeah it would be great to see it release faster but it needs to be a very complete game when it does. Other games have released to early and trust me it never works out well.

[Trekkie69]

They said 3 to 4 years. I know we all grew up on star trek and we all love it. But we're all growing up too. Right now I have no S/O, I have no kids and i can spend all my money on a new computer if I need it to play the game. I don't know where I'm gonna be in 3-4 years. Maybe this would be considered impertinent and rude to Cryptic, and though it's not ment to be.

1) How do you plan to keep the fire in the eyes of all the fans? I mean releasing a few updates for the storyline is cool but it's not... I don't think enough.

2) Would it be possible to release in smaller doses. KInd of like only our system for now instead of everything all at once. That way your teams can concentrate on one section of the galaxy at a time and you can have everyone working on one section and making sure that they work and getting it done faster instead of having smaller teams doing one thing at a time.

I'm not trying to knock this game before it comes out and i've only been waiting for this since 05 where others are all the way back in the early 2000's but I mean right now everyone is setting up fleets aka guilds and all this stuff and as much fun as that's going to be; if you have 500 people in a guild do you think you'll have 5 left in 4 years?

I am not sure what your problem with it is. I am married, have 2 kids under the age of 4 and a full time job and I play 2 MMO's currently. I am able to get all my household work done inside and out.

Time and budget management is all that is needed if you want to play MMO's :)

I however disagree with you but you are entitled to your opinion.

[LordDave]

"Closer then you think" was the correct wording and "Less then three years".
However he also said that he knows when it will be released (That's a HUGE hint) but can't say. Also by saying less then 3 years, he's giving himself enough of a margin of error so if something happens (Like their lead mapper dies) or something, then they won't miss a deadline.

[Signal]

They said 3 to 4 years.

If you were paying attention to the way Jack was saying it, and not what he was literally saying, you would've picked up that 3 years is a "worst case scenerio". You know, it's that whole "social nuance" thing.

[Interdictor]

Jack threw out "less than 3 years". He also said it will be out "sooner than you think". They are using the same engine as their other MMO CHampions Onlline and took a lot of stuff (like art and models) from the previous developer. Jack knows when they are going to release it - he just can't say.

Personally, I think it's going to be later (3Q or 4Q) next year. I don't think they would set the release date to directly compete with Champions, so a number of months after that I'd say. So I'll say right here I expect to see it released in a year or so. I would be shocked if it's over two years.

[Talamakara]

As i have no s/o and kids i don't have the experience to say what the time requirements may or may not be, but I played AO for just over six years and everyone I ever teamed with that had kids was always ducking out of raids or missions to deal with the family.


and actually yes at the Q&A in vegas he did say 3 years. But he said roughly so that could mean anything either way.

But at least unlike funcom with Anarchy Online, Cryptic has other games supporting this one so there will never be a shortage of money for expansion building.

[Cyjack]

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they did not say 3-4 years

This ascii art is glorious, and it is now mine forever.

[bigsalgo911]

This ascii art is glorious, and it is now mine forever.

Thanks. I took it from the WoW forums but it's Picard. He invented the /facepalm ya know.

[Cyjack]

Thanks. I took it from the WoW forums but it's Picard. He invented the /facepalm ya know.


Yes, I know it well. I last used it in the thread that was claiming the trailer wasnt really in game footage because there was no interface.

[TheDart]

Yes, I know it well. I last used it in the thread that was claiming the trailer wasnt really in game footage because there was no interface.

...

I understand some folks are new to MMOs and gaming and general, but...

D:

Oh well. We'll learn 'em.

[Zizi]

This ascii art is glorious, and it is now mine forever.

It's one of my favorites ever. XD

Hem. How will cryptic hold interest? Are you really asking this, after PE already kept people waiting... what.. 3 years? Looks like the enthusiasm will keep itself, honestly.

The same way you always do: regular updates and carefully-meted-out information about the game until it's ready.

Picard is indeed master of the facepalm. Check this two-fisted action out. (http://www.starfighterstudios.com/facepalm.jpg)

[bigsalgo911]

It's one of my favorites ever. XD

Hem. How will cryptic hold interest? Are you really asking this, after PE already kept people waiting... what.. 3 years? Looks like the enthusiasm will keep itself, honestly.

The same way you always do: regular updates and carefully-meted-out information about the game until it's ready.

Picard is indeed master of the facepalm. Check this two-fisted action out. (http://www.starfighterstudios.com/facepalm.jpg)

Lol that's an epic facepalm. That's like man you failed like 1000 times more than the regular facepalm.

[Zizi]

Lol that's an epic facepalm. That's like man you failed like 1000 times more than the regular facepalm.

It takes some serious facepalm to deal with Clueless Android sometimes. You develop some skillz, yo.

I think all Captains should get a special Facepalm skill that levels up as you do. Flagship captains get a +10 bonus to facepalm.

[bigsalgo911]

It takes some serious facepalm to deal with Clueless Android sometimes. You develop some skillz, yo.

I think all Captains should get a special Facepalm skill that levels up as you do. Flagship captains get a +10 bonus to facepalm.

/agree

I am required to enter 10 characters.

[Tabor]

as he said in the video they have developers already at home playing the game, they have the servers, there is no way this would take 3-4 years to develop I bet we will see this game either late 09 or early 2010.

[LordDave]

as he said in the video they have developers already at home playing the game, they have the servers, there is no way this would take 3-4 years to develop I bet we will see this game either late 09 or early 2010.

Yep. He said he wasn't allowed to say when it would be released so saying 3 years was a way of giving you an idea but allowing for some extra time if needed.

[Capt._D]

I recall him saying "sooner than you think" but not any real date

[Capt._D]

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Can i use this, please?

[Herccoel]

Do you want it done or do you want it done right.

Personally I want a stable well built game, not one that was quickly thrown out to please all the impatient 12 year olds who won't even be able to pay for the game.

[Irislynn]

Yeah- sounds like at the convention Jack felt like he knew it would be released sooner but because of PR reasons he wasn't allowed to say. Makes sense, really, just in case something bizarre happens and they can't release on time. The fact that they already have pretty clean looking gameplay is promising, to me at least.

PS- Woot for epic facepalm!

[bigsalgo911]

Can i use this, please?

I didn't create it. So sure you can use it!

[connobi]

They said 3 to 4 years. I know we all grew up on star trek and we all love it. But we're all growing up too. Right now I have no S/O, I have no kids and i can spend all my money on a new computer if I need it to play the game. I don't know where I'm gonna be in 3-4 years. Maybe this would be considered impertinent and rude to Cryptic, and though it's not ment to be.

1) How do you plan to keep the fire in the eyes of all the fans? I mean releasing a few updates for the storyline is cool but it's not... I don't think enough.

2) Would it be possible to release in smaller doses. KInd of like only our system for now instead of everything all at once. That way your teams can concentrate on one section of the galaxy at a time and you can have everyone working on one section and making sure that they work and getting it done faster instead of having smaller teams doing one thing at a time.

I'm not trying to knock this game before it comes out and i've only been waiting for this since 05 where others are all the way back in the early 2000's but I mean right now everyone is setting up fleets aka guilds and all this stuff and as much fun as thats going to be; if you have 500 people in a guild do you think you'll have 5 left in 4 years?

This is a good point. One of the crap things about the web is that we know about movie/tv/gaming projects almost as soon as sum1 writes an idea down on paper.

I hate the fact the Emmert said launch might be sooner than you think (yay!), & then said "under 4 years" & so on (boo!). When he said the former, I thought we might see it this year, but when he said the latter I figured what the hell, thats rained on this parade :(

[Fernos]

I have a feeling the sooner than you think will mean fall of next year. Star Trek is getting ready to com back into the spot light with a new Movie and New Series in the Works, So Cryptic will have to strike while the Warp Nacelles are hot.

[Capt._D]

I didn't create it. So sure you can use it!

Thanks it made me laugh, sometimes i sit here and read some of these posts and do that so... i had to have it.