So I rolled an Age of Discovery character.
Firstly, you can choose between Human, Vulcan, or Alien as the races. Uniform choices are initially limited to the Discovery uniform.
They've done a very good job with the Discovery missions. I didn't encounter any bugs and the ambiance was very different from the STO we all know and *coughs* love. Once again I think this proves that STO would have been better suited to a TOS era than a post TNG. Cadet Tilly is probably the most engaging character in STO, I was actually sad to see her go (she doesn't stay on your crew). The interiors are great, but so far they haven't been added to the selectable ship interiors.
There are only three missions, of which the first is the tutorial which you cannot replay. Sadly the last mission ends a bit... abruptly and the arc seems unfinished. Rewards for the other two missions are Discovery ship phasers and torpedoes, so you can always go back and replay them to get more if you want to keep the space weapons. There is something odd about the phasers, sometimes they fire the elongated pulses (a bit like blue WoK phasers) but sometimes they are more like Kelvin type pulses, which is unfortunate. I've not figured it out yet, it may be because I have a mix of linked arrays and normal arrays. More investigation required.
The starter ship is a typical starter ship. I'm not too big a fan of the pylons and nacelles, but it actually doesn't look too bad in a Type 0 skin (TOS style). I'll post some pictures at some point.
Ground weapons, I love the ground weapons. Unfortunately the only place to find them is at Starfleet Academy and that is only while in the Discovery era. Once you've completed the final Discovery mission you're shot to the 25th Century and you can no longer access the ground gear.
Uniforms. I'm really not a fan of the Discovery uniform (seriously, why did they do it?!? And if the plan was to "migrate to a TOS era aesthetic" as CBS have claimed then why didn't they just start there... anyway, I digress...). However, I've found it actually looks quite good if you use TOS colours for the tops, black for the bottoms and use boots without those stupid chevrons (I'll get some pictures at some point).
I actually spent 750 zen on the Discovery starter pack. I was disappointed to find that the Walker couldn't be outfitted with a TOS skin like the starter ship - I think that may be a bug. It also doesn't have any customisation options (but I didn't really expect it to). The ship comes with a 4/3 layout and you can use them all the way down at Ensign. There also seems to be a bug that you can use crew abilities at ranks higher than what the crew should be able to use.
The pack also comes with scalable weapons. By that I mean the weapons that come with the ship and also a phaser pistol and rifle (which is why I got the pack). However, as yet I haven't been able to reclaim the pack on the same character, so my plans to get them on all my BOffs has been foiled.
There seems to be another bug in that a number of packs have disappeared from the C store for this character. I wanted to claim my Enterprise pack to get a few bits and pieces, but its gone! Not sure what's going on there.
I'll probably keep playing my Discovery character for a bit, the Walker is good to Tier 4, but in all honesty it feels a bit of a let down to go from the excellent Discovery missions to the old STO Klingon War arc.
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