What do you think about it?
Personally I think that its going quite well, but has several really big flaws which I think need to be addressed.
The first problem I have is that they cant really have people going around and upgrading there Starfleet vessels like most MMORPG's allow, but they cant not have some sort of upgrades system, as the game would be very limited without it. The only way I can think of it is that every few stardates or whatever you can book time in a Dry Dock and perform the heavy upgrades there.
and for smaller upgrades and modifications you can have your Engineer upgrade things, I.e your engineer can only upgrade your ship based on the level of his abilities.
And then there is the problem of Griefers and such. There are bound to be people who will go around killing other players for fun.
And as currently they are only planning to release with Federation Races. it could cause some sort of problem. Im hoping maybe you dont have to join starfleet, so that the game will be more "cannon" so people could for instance join the Orion Syndicate.
What I really look forward to is, that you can have several people on 1 ship, as well as control it just by yourself.
this means that if you had 2 fleets opposing each other. with one fleet having 10 ships, and the other fleet having 10 identical ships. the only difference is that 1 of the fleets has 4 people manning each of there ships.
This means that co-operation between players will make them more able and a lot more likely to survive. without making it a requirement that they have help.
Not only does this create very good bonds with other people, but it doesnt force you to.
I am really looking forward to this
what are your thoughts? (read through the FAQ and Dev Blogs)