The Path to Level 60 in Star Trek Online
Cryptic released the first of many, I assume, dev blogs regarding the Delta Rising expansion. This one deals with raising the level cap from to 60 from 50, Admiral to Fleet Admiral ranks. Before I get into it, I just wanted to mention how much I’ve enjoyed the LCARs formatting they’ve added to most of the blogs recently. It’s the small touches like this that add so much to the game experience.
A new Specialization Tree system is going to be added, with captains awarded 1 point per level after 50. This doesn’t stop at level 60 but continues to award points every time enough skill points are accumulated that you would have earned another level. So theoretically you’ll eventually be able to max out all your Specialization Trees. The blog doesn’t say what the curve looks like for skill points per level or if the curve flattens out after 60, nor are there any specifics on the Specializations yet.
I’m think the Specializations sound interesting. I like that Skill Points will stop converting to Expertise. I believe I have about 5 million points of that unused by now (after checking I actually have 6.1 million), so it’s not like Expertise is in demand once you get your Bridge Officers’ skills figured out. There’s not enough detail here yet though to get excited about.
Jasyla’s Gaming Questionaire, Part Two
With STO news out of the way, here’s questions 11-21 from Cannot Be Tamed:
11. Describe your perfect video game.
Highly customizable character, great story, smart dialog, combat and puzzles that gradually get tougher and prepare you for the challenges that follow.
12. What video game character do have you have a crush on?
Tali’Zorah
13. What game has the best music?
My favorite game soundtrack, at least recently, has been the one for Planetary Annihilation from Uber.
14. Most memorable moment in a game:
There’s more I’m sure, but the first one that popped into my head was wandering into the Lone Lands in the Lord of the Rings Online and seeing Weathertop for the first time.
15. Scariest moment in a game:
Nothing comes to mind, I don’t play horror games though.
16. Most heart-wrenching moment in a game:
Mordin’s final scene in Mass Effect 3.
17. What are your favourite websites/blogs about games?
That’s what blogrolls are for! 🙂
18. What’s the last game you finished?
I think it was Dishonored. Since I play a lot of MMOs and Minecraft, I really can’t finish many of the games I spend time on.
19. What future releases are you most excited about?
Star Crawlers and Last Life are two games that I backed on Kickstarter that I’m excited to see come out (and hopefully do well). BioWare’s new Shadow Realms looks interesting but there’s hardly enough known yet to warrant excitement.
If I could pick any game that’s been announced as in development and have it magically done and released tomorrow, I’d go for the next Mass Effect game that’s in the works. Looking at my answers today and yesterday I apparently have Mass Effect on the brain, no clue as to why that is.
20. Do you identify as a gamer?
Absolutely. I’ve taken some crap about that in the past, normally from co-workers saying it seems like a waste of time, more than once they’ve said this after talking about watching football all weekend on the couch.
21. Why do you play video games?
The same reasons why I read books: entertainment, escapism, and mental stimulation.
Day 20 of Blaugust