Star Trek Online: Open Beta begins
Downloads are available, supposedly. If you’re doing a digital download and you’ve pre-ordered, your respective retailer will offer download links (e.g. Steam, etc.).
If not, you can grab it off FilePlanet and a couple of other places.
If you haven’t pre-ordered, or you’re like me and you pre-ordered through a retailer like Amazon (who’s notoriously slow at getting out pre-order bonuses and keys), you can grab a key here at one of their partner sites.
We’ll see how things have progressed since the demo I played at PAX last year. I’ve heard the closed beta was bumpy but that’s what you’d expect in a closed beta.
I’ve noticed the Web site’s been getting 500 errors which doesn’t bode well for launch (I mean, if they can’t run a simple Web site, how are they going to run an MMO?). At least, this time, they’re not screwing around with the pre-orders. It looks like every pre-order, regardless of the retailer, gets you Open Beta access and Head Start access (unlike Champions Online). Phew.
Now, the question will be are we looking at queues and lag in the first few days after launch or will it be smoother? And, how long will bouncing around a set galaxy (or rather, string of solar systems) keep people interested?
We’ll see how things look after we download the Open Beta and take our clunker starter starship for a spin…
g afk
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