![]() ![]() New players typically have the right to transwarp to major home-hubs like Earth Spacedock or a fleet starbase right away, but the list of available destinations can grow larger as a player achieves diplomatic XP (most of which can be obtained in the duty officer system.) The strange little set of lines in triangular form under the transwarp menu is the scanner. ![]() The small circle below it is the transwarp menu. The left column begins with the Beam/Warp Out icon which lets a player beam up to his ship from the ground or, if already in space, warp his ship from a zone or instance and into sector space. Most of these are pretty easy to figure out once they are clicked. To the right side of the screen the mini map is framed by a litany of smaller icons. So join me past the break as I touch on what all those tiny little icons on the HUD mean. While many of those things are second nature to me now, I recall with bitter clarity what it was like to be so new that asking a stranger for help was akin to playing Russian roulette. It was then I realized that there are lots of little things in Star Trek Online that aren't obvious to new players. He was a very new player and was embarrassed to ask anyone else, and trusted I wouldn't make him feel a fool. This decision was triggered by an email I received from a reader who wanted to know how he could change his character's outfit without having to go to the tailor all the time. ![]() The good news for some is that this week's column will be dedicated to the brand new players of Star Trek Online. The news is out! Lobi are now accessible account-wide! They're no longer bound to a single character! While I would love to be able to write an entire column about how happy the change has made me, I won't make our readers endure it, but it sure was a fun way to start off this week's Captain's Log. ![]()
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