Stoked

The team takes a look at the new STF gear, and the current gear?s changes. Plus Chris shares his 2012 STO predictions, and plays back a few from 2011, find out how they did! This will be the last STOked produced for the foreseeable future. The show will be going on hiatus. I plan to take another look at things, perhaps as the new featured episodes are near release, or something really exciting that I want to share with you all. And I will continue to monitor news and the STO community closely. Check out the live stream on Saturdays, from time to time I plan to do live game play with the chat room during the hiatus. Following my G+ or Twitter feeds would be the fastest way to find out when those happen. And finally, thank you so much for watching. If we make our return, I hope you?ll be there to tune in!

Jeremy from Cryptic (formally from STOked) joins us to chat about up coming game changes, like the ground skill revamp, crafting overhaul, a new weapon you?re going to get your hands on for the holidays, and some more behind the scenes details on the holiday event! Plus why it took so long to fix Voldemort, and the new bug you can help the STO dev?s track down! Also: Chris? thoughts on the Holiday Event, and an important tweak he?d like to see made and he kicks the tires of the new Jem?Hadar player ship!

We bring on Al ?CaptainGeko? Rivera, STO?s lead designer, on a very special edition of STOked. We discuss the ?Voldemort? being talked about in the forums. Find out why Cryptic calls it the ?infamous Shield of Infinite Power.? Plus: Some behind the scenes details on the new holiday event, and a bit of some news for crafting fans!

It?s our quick guide to Star Trek Online Khitomer Accord special task force. Plus, we welcome Season 5 aboard and sum up the major points of this game update, and cover some of the big community changes in the past week. And a special look ahead and next week?s special episode!

Get some advice on how best to prepare for the upcoming F2P conversion in early December, and we continue with part two of the STF revamp series with The Cure revamp and all those nasty Borg evils in store for us! Chris hosts another dance party, this time in Quark?s, and Captain Geko decides to crash it and he brings some friends....Borg drones, an assimilated Gorn, some Klingon fighters and even a D?deridex. Yes, you read that correctly....the Devs spawned space craft INSIDE the bar! Community feedback covers the F2P preparation guide and some in depth math on the upcoming dilthium conversion rate including the ?dilithium tax? that?s been heavily debated recently. All that, and the weeks news!

Star Trek Online?s next featured episode series gets a release date that?s close on the heels of the January F2P launch. Early hype indicates that it will be the best FE series to date! Chris takes some time to explain the style in which STOked is delivered and why it should not be confused with the intent behind the weekly production of the podcast. We also cover some new skill UI changes, an update to the purpose of the Red Alert chat channel, some new artwork on ESD and go on a deep dive through the newly revamped Special Task Force mission, Infected. The new Advanced Combat Tactics (A.C.T.) segment debuts this week and promises to be a great companion for new and established players alike.

Star Trek Online?s Free to Play date has been announced, and details on when existing players will get their hands on all the new changes, and we cover it all! Plus you?re going to love our Foundry Files pick this week, Niki?s MATH update on the formulas behind skill bonuses, and you Doff system fans won?t want to miss Community Feedback!

More updates and changes were rolled out to the STO free to play testers this week. Some of them have us puzzled, but some are a big win for players! Plus thoughts on the new Dilithium Exchange, Skill Tree changes, and an what happened to that C-Store tribble?

Big changes for Star Trek Online fans, and STOked is rolling out one of the latest! We introduce the begging of a new show format, chat about the Doff System, big economy changes. And of course, a few of the difficulties players are having with STO?s transition to free to play.

Star Trek Online?s Special Task Force missions are going through a big change! Find out the inspiration, plans, and improvements to the new STF missions! Plus a sneak peak at STOked?s new round table news team!

Exclusive new KDF ships and weapons, straight from the STO dev team! Plus take a run through the new Defiant interior, a chat with the STO community lead and a few folks from Q&A, and last but not least star ship design philosophy with Captain Logan!

In celebration of our 100th episode, STOked went on-site at Cryptic Studios to bring you the latest information and feature announcements, straight from the mouths of the developers themselves! In addition to interviews and walkthrus, STOked has a big announcement of its own to make that you cannot afford to miss!

The big news this week is the just announced departure of Dan Stahl, Star Trek Online?s Executive Producer. We spend a few minutes chatting about the past, present, and future of the game in light of the recent news. Plus we take a look at the STF upgrades, some new ship designs, and much more!

Daniel Stahl joins us to chat about free to play, up coming content, featured episodes, the Foundry, and much more! And this episode is packed full of news, tweet leaks, our take on a few upcoming power revamps, plus a new Foundry Files!

More free-to-play information has landed on Cryptic?s site, and we?re sure you wanna hear ALL about it. After we finish discussing the finer points of this new subscription model, we?ll set a course for September?s Ask Cryptic with a full suite of sensors ready to snoop out the juiciest bits of STO?s inner workings, before diving into another set of delicious Tweet Leaks! Then, hold on tight for a special KDF edition of the Foundry Files, guest starring the author and co-host of Podcast UGC, Havraha! And we top off this sundae of awesome with a cherry of Community Feedback, including some great tips for keeping your Fleet strong, and a brand new question all about F2P!

The free-to-play announcement leaked out this week, and we?re here to discuss the details that are available so far. We?ve got the original smoking gun, dev posts, and some tea leaves to read as well. Wouldn?t you know it... we take a week off for PAX and the whole world of STO goes topsy-turvy! Then we?ll discuss the Borg DSE Red Alerts, a few quick Tweet Leaks, and then it?s time for another round of the Foundry Files! It?s a great big show, so hold on tight!

The August Engineering Report is only the tip of the iceberg as STO looks forward to a future of management under Perfect World Entertainment ? a prospect that keeps looking better with each dev post on the subject. Join us for a look at all the latest info straight from the mouth of Executive Producer, Daniel Stahl and the rest of the STO development team. Then, we?ve got a brand new Community Feedback to throw at your face, all about Fleets!

Perfect World?s purchase of Cryptic is complete, but what does that mean? We dig into this major topic, and break down this month?s Ask Cryptic. Plus our thoughts on one of the biggest challenges currently facing the game, and why now has to be the time these issues are addressed!

Star Trek Online's lead designer, Al Rivera, joins us to chat about the new Rhode Island variant, STO's latest Tier 2 science starship! In another segment of ?Rumor Busting? he also lays down long-term plans on bringing more and more starships to the game, new special abilities, and so much more behind-the-scenes info.

We've packed together the latest leaks and news about upcoming features, including details of the impending Borg Invasion, a KDF Flagship, and the Rhode Island class starship. All of this, PLUS a bonus helping of "Daniel Stahl SAYS STUFF" in this week's news feed! After that, we'll share the results of our Starfleet Academy feature poll from last week, and lay out a whole new Community Feedback question for you all to make your voices heard!