Well, I thought I might post this topic to get it off my chest and say what I want to say.
First of all, let me begin by complimenting Taldren and Activision for Starfleet Command! The game play is fun, the graphics work well for the game, and the dynaverse is set up well for people like me who prefer a tactical approach. The amount of coding and work that went into a game like this is not lost on me. I know how hard it is to get a dialog to say ?Hello World?, and Starfleet Command is a thousand times that.
But, let me say that I?m a bit disappointed in the bugs I?m seeing in the game. At this point, I think it should have stayed in the preliminary betas a while longer, at least from my own ?personal? experiences. Please dont take this the wrong way. I appreciate what youve done here, and im not trying to flame you. I just want to make some comments to get it out and maybe you can use it somehow, or at least other players can be aware and avoid them.
The game has been great, but bugs tend to take the fun out of it, and set me back pretty harshly in the dynaverse. Il list the ones I?e experienced off?
1. Inability to play with family members on dynaverse.
Both me and my brother purchased STFIII this month. He started playing it first, and then I decided it looked fun, wanted to fleet with him, and go get that sovereign I always wanted myself! So I bought the game too. Unfortunately, when we got the game, we found that we couldn?t actually enter battles at the same time. The counter would just keep counting down to 0, where we would both get knocked out to the dynaverse screen where it naturally thinks were still in battle.
2. Shield bug.
Gah! Not the biggest problem, seems to happen when playing with other people with lower connection speeds?I don?t know. But, my shields keep spontaneously dropping themselves! Very annoying in a firefight.
3. Inability to fleet-fight against humans.
Time and time again, I see human players getting borg cubes and roaming around the galaxy killing everything in sight. For the several weeks ive played, EVERY single time we fleeted up to attack a borg cube, we could not connect. Similar to #1 where we get knocked back and it still thinks were in battle. If we want to fight borg, we have to go 1 on 1, and everyone knows a fully outfitted cube, even against a sovereign is pure suicide.
4. Crashing
The game probably crashes 3 times a night for me. It either freezes up, or closes completely. Especially when I?m trying to enter battle to support my teammates, then I disappear and their alone against their enemy without backup!
5. Freezing after battles.
The game has frozen 3 times so far right at the success screen. When I click to continue, it freezes there and you have to ctrl-alt-del it to close and re-open it again.
6. Initiating battle bugs.
Just tonight, I was traveling through a Hex, where a klingon bot attacked me. I was fine and happy with that, and was going to accept the challenge. I went to the missions screen and only the forfeit button was visible. No Accept button! So, I waited. Instead of entering battle, I? kicked out of the hex to a friendly planet, and I lose 6,000 prestige points instantly. There goes a days worth of work! Also, when being attacked by bots, I find BOTH accept and forfeit buttons are gone! Missing!
7. Locked in battle bug.
Similar to the other, but unique in that it JUST freezes the fact that people are shown ?In battle?. They have to log out of the dynaverse and log back in.
8. Fleeting bugs.
For example, I request permission to join a persons fleet. He refuses, because he wants me to do the driving instead?but he cant submit a request! So he moves out of the hex and back in, and still cant re-submit! Then it turns out we both have to move hexes or something wacky like that, which makes it a game of galactic musical chairs!
9. Chat bugs.
Ever had the habit of starting sentences with a smilie? Well, in SFCIII I noticed that starting a sentence with : creates an action event. For example normal text would be
<entered> Hi all!
Xanthros: Hi all!
<entered> : says Hi all!
Xanthros says Hi all!
Now, this is a great function, but when you do that, it ALWAYS messages in general chat. So if you say something important in ?fed? chat for example, and start with a smilie, EVERYONE knows. Gah! Oopsie, keep forgetting.
10. Lack of inability to kick knuckleheads
More than once I have seen players that are rude, or obnoxious. They swear, insult, and give vital information in public, and there is NO way to kick them! That functionality would have been useful. A simple vote kick!
11. Multiplayer lan bug.
Multiplayer LAN is great! Except, I? disappointed with the limited number of slots, and a certain bug. The host has to be at the main screen for people to join! If he?s busy refitting or selecting officers, people can?t join! A bit inconvenient at the most?
12. Spontaneous bot combustion.
Twice I have seen our enemies explode the instant we entered battle in the dynaverse. OFTEN do I see my teammates blow up for no good reason. The bot just ?blows up? especially right after a battle. They either fly into a planet, or just blow up! One time me and a bot galaxy were taking out some freighters. Just after I killed the last one, the galaxy class bot with perfect health decided to self destruct. D?OH!
Well, that?s all I can think of, late as it is in the night. But let me end on an up note.
Thanks for the game! It has been quite fun! Maybe not worth 40 non-refundable dollars, but defiantly fun; specially for a star trek fan like myself. I love fleeting with team-mates and taking on entire planets! I?ve always wanted to pilot my own starships around, and you gave me the chance. So Kudos and thanks! But, at this point in time, I think the game shouldn?t have been released in its current state.
Some of the problems may be unique to me, my brother, and our friends?but others are being experienced by dynaverse players. I hope you can use this list, should any future patches be released. Thanks for hearing me out!
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