Star Trek Online Catch-All

Tkyl wrote:

Actually, now that you mention it. The Steam key might just be a pre-order key. We might be getting another one once the game ships.

That was my assumption.

StaggerLee wrote:
Tkyl wrote:

Actually, now that you mention it. The Steam key might just be a pre-order key. We might be getting another one once the game ships.

That was my assumption.

Usually Steam would say this on their main page. Let me check my account and see what it says my key is, if I can.

I will be a bit late (around 10:30PST). I took the day off, but I am going to play racquetball just before.

Shoal07 wrote:
StaggerLee wrote:
Tkyl wrote:

Actually, now that you mention it. The Steam key might just be a pre-order key. We might be getting another one once the game ships.

That was my assumption.

Usually Steam would say this on their main page. Let me check my account and see what it says my key is, if I can.

So, I can't find anything in Steam to say they'll send us another key, but my Cryptic account shows:

Activated Features
Star Trek Online - Preorder

So, maybe we really won't have retail keys until the 2nd.

Over the years listening to Nemoy's voice overs in different games it almost seems like he's emulating Shatners way of phrasing without puting a lot of emphasis on the pauses.

Shoal07 wrote:

...but my Cryptic account shows:

Activated Features
Star Trek Online - Preorder

So, maybe we really won't have retail keys until the 2nd.

That's a great point - it doesn't even need to be controlled via Steam. Cryptic might just wait to give it to you until the 2nd.

I'm on and counting down the minutes.

Xeknos wrote:

I'm on and counting down the minutes.

Same

SERVER'S UP!!! I'M IN!!!

where's my borg option?

StaggerLee wrote:

where's my borg option?

Yeah, I'm wondering the same thing.

Man Borg option was the only reason I was going to bother with the headstart.

MMO launch day. Smooth like chunky peanut butter... with added glass shards... and nails. Let us know how the connection fairs as that will probably decide whether or not I play ME2 or STO tonight.

Not even bothering with STO for head start. ME2 is too important.

i got in long enough to make my character, then got a server disconnect and now can't authenticate.. so pretty much as expected

deftly wrote:
StaggerLee wrote:

where's my borg option?

Yeah, I'm wondering the same thing.

Do you see any other pre-order bonuses?

Bonuses aren't being added until the official launch date.

Now my steam is repatching and its super slow. Oh well. Maybe i will check it in a few hours.

Island Dog wrote:

Bonuses aren't being added until the official launch date.

Pre-order bonuses aren't, but the borg character for the lifetime sub should already be in. It's already applied to the account. So is the Wrath of Khan uniform, but maybe you can't use that until you actually make Admiral.

Anyways, logging in for me was slow, but I made it in and finished the tutorial with no problems. I just made a generic human-looking character for now.

Woot, finally logged in.

I just wanted to start patching before I got home from work today, but it kept saying "authentication error" when I tried to log in. I was afraid I'd need to create a new account and re-enter keys and such. Thankfully, it looks like my beta account rolled in fine.

The forums are currently unavailable due to high load. They will be back up as soon as possible. For latest STO news and updates, please check the support section at startrekonline.com/support. Thanks!

The Liberated Borg Race is temporarily unavailable in Star Trek Online. We are aware of this issue, and working on a resolution.

Thank you,

The Star Trek Online Team

Well I got in and made it through the tutorial with ease. I was customising my ship but instead of canceling I hit the "X" and booted myself. Now my steam game is updating... so slowly.

I was able to log in (1:30 PM CST), which is a nice change! And I still captured the U.S.S. Shatner name...

I am still using the Beta client, that appears to be updated. Seeing as I'm at work right now, I don't quite have the time to delve in yet. Either way, I updated my info on the GWJ Google Doc and such.

Ready to go! Glad it works!

Spreadsheet updated...hope to see you guys tonight.

WTH is with this steam update? Is it redownloading the game? Why...?

STEAM OWNERS:

Do not run the game through Steam, or even open Steam up. Run the game by launching from the .exe - otherwise after the initial patch Steam will delete your game files and re-d/l everything.

Thanks Steam.

EDIT:

"If you launch the game through Steam, even if your auto is turned off, Steam will STILL try to update it when you launch it. You have to launch it DIRECTLY from the files with Steam ALREADY loaded and turn the Auto-Updater OFF..."

Thanks, Shoal07. I've had an icon on my desktop for awhile and have never tried opening the program directly from Steam. Thus far, I haven't had a problem, and even though Steam is open, it isn't downloading any updated files. Any time I've run patches, I've always done it from the STO launcher itself.

Good luck, folks! I'll be on tonight...provided the servers are more stable than they were during the beta.

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Just wondering if I was interested in going with the lifetime subscription, how many of you guys picked up the lifetime subscription?

went lifetime. am a sucker for no monthly fee.

So far launch is going nicely. Been playing for most of the afternoon with just a little lag. Forum is imploding but l33t boyz will always find something to nerdrage about.