Star Trek Online is as intricate a game as there is out there today. Combining space and ground combat with a myriad of customization and item management options, there are a few tips and tricks that even veteran players are likely to find unfamiliar.
The patrol missions in Star Trek Online can get a little tedious at times, but they’re one of the best ways to get some much-needed experience points for your character. The Orion Sector patrol requires you to take on Klingons and Orions in the Pellme, Una, Kinjer, and Reytan Systems.
Cryptic has hinted many times at their desire to add another Star Trek Online playable faction with future expansions to the game. Recently, a poll was posted on the website listing four choices for players to vote on: The Borg, Romulans, Cardassians, Dominion, and the Horta.
Like City of Heroes and any number of MMOs before it, Star Trek Online will soon be offering Veterans Rewards to players who have active subscriptions for a certain length of time. These exclusive rewards include ships, emotes, uniform options, respects, and titles.
Star Trek Online players who find and recruit friends to the game can now earn exclusive rewards including a pet, bridge officer, and the exclusive Galaxy Class ship design first made famous in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “All Good Things.”
Players looking to make changes to their existing character or create a new one using races unavailable to other players should check out the offerings in Cryptic’s C Store. From playable races like the Klingon and Tellarite to the ability to rename or respec your character, the C Store has it all.
Like many current MMOs, Star Trek Online offers special items for purchase through microtransactions. Check out full details on the in-game “C-Store” including how to buy Cryptic Points and what exactly you can spend them on, as well as a quick how-to on redeeming them.
Space combat in Star Trek Online is a more methodical, some would argue plodding, version of traditional MMO combat mechanics. Maneuvering capital ships in space requires tactics, strategy, and planning. Find out more in our introduction to STO Space Combat.
Your first patrol mission has you taking on Orion pirates, destroying an illegal shipyard, and placating some angry miners in the Beytan, Pico, Bhea, and Kei systems. Our guide to the patrol has full details and a walkthrough for each mission.
Hide and Seek is the third story mission you’ll undertake as a Starfleet Lieutenant. In this journey into a dangerous nebula, you will do battle with Gorn forces and storm an illicit Klingon listening post.
