Application for Elric

I’ve played almost every mainstream MMORPG that has come out in the last couple of decades, and some more beyond that.  I have probably spent the most time in DAOC, WoW, Rift, SWTOR, ArcheAge, Eve Online, FFXIV, and Guild Wars 1 & 2.  I’ve also dropped a few thousand hours into various survival genre games, 4X space strategy games (Space Empires, Stellaris, etc.), and space sims (Elite Dangerous, X4, etc.). Growing up I was a huge Trek fan, though I would say my favorites were Next Generation and Voyager.  Honestly I’ve liked pretty much all of the various Trek shows over the years.  Enterprise was the only one that I just couldn’t get into.

I’ve recently taken a hiatus from Eve Online and was looking for a new MMO to play, and I ran across a video about Jack Emmert coming back to Cryptic Studios. He mentioned STO, and I thought I would give it another shot. I remember playing it a long while back, but the new player experience back then was very bland and grindy.  I don’t even think I made it to the ship command part of the game. These days though the new player experience has improved significantly, and I’ve had a blast with the game thus far. As with any MMO, I figured the community has a big impact on how good the game is for the players. I ran across the 44th Fleet while looking for a group to join.