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Just Another Lurker: May 1, 2009

Lorak posted:

The game is offended by your ship's color scheme and doesn't want to risk you making any more characters flying things like that.

B..b...bb..bbbut the coloured stripes make our corvettes go faster! :f5:

I do hope that i can get as much fun out of this years Risaian ship as i have out of the speedboat.

Regarding OP; i don't understand why he can't purchase the character slots either.

# ? May 15, 2014 12:02

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# ? May 9, 2024 19:23

bubbles depo: Jul 25, 2006; doot doot!

http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1117921

quote:

I got into this game in December of last year (I was here for beta and the 1st week but got out of it). To date I have spent over $1k on this game!

Micro transactions are like crack. There was just so much shiney and the lock boxes I could not control myself.

# ? May 15, 2014 12:09

Mogomra: Nov 5, 2005; simply having a wonderful time

I bet a lot of people spend more per year at real casinos. But yeah. What a dope.

Fake edit: Get it? Bet? :downs:

# ? May 15, 2014 12:26

DonDoodles: Aug 18, 2010; by general anime

bubbles depo posted:

http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1117571

Our new favorite person has made a new thread with a little stab at us near the end of the OP.

That guy makes me skin crawl every time his name pops up on my screen with that avatar.

# ? May 15, 2014 12:36

Baller Time: Apr 22, 2014; by Azathoth

I understand the :tinfoil:

when it comes to reg dates and fleet invites, but how do you handle it with wiki invites?

Edit:
I thought the wiki was just for guides and non-lovely gameplay advice. No problem, it's perfectly understandable!

Baller Time fucked around with this message at 17:24 on May 15, 2014

# ? May 15, 2014 14:02

Psycho Landlord: Oct 10, 2012; What are you gonna do, dance with me?

With even more :tinfoil:

. Now go away. See the sights. Talk to people in Threads that are not about Star Trek or zero-gravity masturbation.

# ? May 15, 2014 15:44

Aleth: Aug 2, 2008; Pillbug

If you're 8 years old you might be able to get bank access though.

# ? May 15, 2014 16:18

Just Another Lurker: May 1, 2009

Baller Time posted:

I understand the when it comes to reg dates and fleet invites, but how do you handle it with wiki invites?

Edit:
I thought the wiki was just for guides and non-lovely gameplay advice. No problem, it's perfectly understandable!

Access to SA gaming is a bit like Buddhist Enlightenment; if you actively seek it you will not find it, only through non-seeking will you find true fulfillment.

It's a bloody big site so explore and enjoy.

# ? May 15, 2014 17:51

Baller Time: Apr 22, 2014; by Azathoth

Yeah I get that I look like J4G, especially with my current peaked interest in Star Trek. It's no problem. Ya'll cool.

# ? May 15, 2014 18:00

Burning_Monk: Jan 11, 2005; Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to know

Can someone screenshot a pic of the Plesh Brek with all the borg gear? I'm trying to decide if I want to grind it out for an alt.

thanks!

# ? May 15, 2014 20:01

super sweet best pal: Nov 18, 2009

So how long until the storyline establishes the Iconians did 9/11?

# ? May 15, 2014 21:00

Rotation Confusion: Jul 13, 2012; It's harder than it looks

Unguided posted:

So how long until the storyline establishes the Iconians did 9/11?

ESD just doesn't melt at those temperatures.

Now i want to make a tribute.wmv except with ESD getting blown up by the undine

# ? May 15, 2014 21:27

DAVE!!!(c)(tm): Feb 22, 2003

They say they are "fixing" the hanger bay in ESD to keep people from exploring there. Apparently TacoFangs was not amused about people going in there and ignoring the rest of ESD or something.

http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1117791

Taco Fangs posted:

Ok, let me clear some stuff up on the Shuttlebay.

1) It was never intended to be accessible. Things that aren't intended to be seen up close are built in a much different manner than those that are. (See San Francisco vs. SFA). The Shuttlebay IS constructed (not a 2d picture like SF) because it is much closer to the area you are intended to have access to, and if we can build it more realistically, it will feel better (vs. forced perspective GG bridge). It's not black and white, there are many shades of grey, and many levels of detail we can put into things.

2) There is no 'SECRET' future use that the shuttlebay is meant for. When I designed ESD, I thought it would make sense to have a shuttlebay accessible for dignitaries/the Admiral, from a lore standpoint. That's it. We built it to make the whole place feel more alive, and more active. I also thought it would be cool to be able to see shuttles flying by, not just in the docking bay. That is literally the full extent of the intention behind the shuttlebay. The addition of the door to SFA wasn't added until halfway through the Tribble build.

3) It's not a waste just because you can't access it. There are a million maps that have extra areas built onto them that players are not intended to access. See San Francisco to SFA. Or the Reman Section of New Romulus, or the Docking bay on ESD. You will see these in many games. They don't ruin the game, they enhance the feeling of the world. You can't get on top of the buildings inside Ironforge. You can't get into the control rooms in Team Fortress 2. You can't get into the backdrop of Super Mario Bros. None of those things ruin the game, they enhance it.

4) There is collision down there, but it's not because we want players down there, it's for NPCs. NPCs use the same collision as players, and if the floor didn't have collision, the NPCs, which add flavor to the area, would fall through the same as you.

5) I totally understand people wanting to get out there and explore. That's fine. And I have no problem with you doing that through other means that don't affect other player's impression of the station. i.e. Demo Record, or the Foundry. Both would let you explore the space, at your leasure. (Yes, I know it's not in the Foundry yet.) The issue I have, is that people go out there, throw dance parties on top of shuttles, stand in the path of shuttles, jump out of the world, etc. All of which is visible to other players. I know there is a psychological element to this, where you want to flaunt your knowledge, and show off. You feel special for being out there, and that's fine. But, that doesn't mean I have to like it.

I am not "mad," per se. I'm frustrated, and annoyed. I regret that it was ever accessible without a glitch. I am irked that some players will ignore the rest of something we spent months working on, and instead spend their time getting to places we didn't want them to. I hate that there is a glitch in the code that lets you through, and that I have very little I can do about that. And honestly, the more people flaunt it, the more they say "I know how to get in and you can't stop me." the more I want to seal the whole thing off.

One might wonder, if you want people to quit paying quite as much attention to it, the best way might be to finish the place up and allow everyone to have access. Then everyone might leave it alone.

Edit: More

Taco Fangs posted:

To extrapolate a bit; For me, for the artists that work on this game (any game really), we spend months working on a painting. We put our heart and soul into the painting. We try to make everything as good as we can possibly make it. We put it in a gallery, we hang it on the wall, we light it just right. And on opening night, everyone rushes into the room, and starts inspecting the bench sitting in front of the painting. Then, if/when we remove the bench, to try and focus people's attentions on the painting that was meant to be the focal point in the first place, everyone complains about how much they love that bench, and how we've ruined the gallery by removing the bench.

I hope you can understand how depressing and frustrating that can be.

DAVE!!!(c)(tm) fucked around with this message at 00:40 on May 16, 2014

# ? May 15, 2014 23:47

Asimo: Sep 23, 2007

Seriously, who would be surprised that "place behind an invisible wall that we don't want you getting into" is where everyone wants to visit? :raise:

I guess there's been lots of obnoxious questions and pestering from pubbies who don't understand how mapping is actually done though.

# ? May 15, 2014 23:54

CheeseThief: Dec 28, 2012; Two wholesome boys to brighten your day

He didn't mention the window outside of OPs, I guess less people worked out how to get there? I hope they don't fix this too soon, I want to get an alt in place before that so it can live there forever.

# ? May 16, 2014 00:18

Morglon: Jan 13, 2010; Safe and sound, detached from reality.
Just like your posting.

300 Earth Dollars posted:

ESD just doesn't melt at those temperatures.

Now i want to make a tribute.wmv except with ESD getting blown up by the undine

Judging from the Federation's prowess in ship building and safety features in the show ESD is made out of popsicle sticks, oat meal and model glue.

# ? May 16, 2014 00:49

super sweet best pal: Nov 18, 2009

As long as the don't fix the hole in the Dilithium mine or the wall in the Klingon city that let you fall off the map.

# ? May 16, 2014 00:50

Rotation Confusion: Jul 13, 2012; It's harder than it looks

Morglon posted:

Judging from the Federation's prowess in ship building and safety features in the show ESD is made out of popsicle sticks, oat meal and model glue.

popsicle sticks just don't explode like that

not without shaped charges

# ? May 16, 2014 01:24

HiroProtagonist: May 7, 2007

So uh

# ? May 16, 2014 01:45

Preechr: May 19, 2009; Proud member of the Pony-Brony Alliance for Obama as President

300 Earth Dollars posted:

popsicle sticks just don't explode like that

not without shaped charges

A bunch of goobacks couldn't possibly have put together an attack of that sophistication. Why were there no Bajorans on the station when the attack began? #ESDInsideJob #LooseTachyons

# ? May 16, 2014 01:49

HiroProtagonist: May 7, 2007

Preechr posted:

A bunch of goobacks couldn't possibly have put together an attack of that sophistication. Why were there no Bajorans on the station when the attack began? #ESDInsideJob #LooseTachyons

#TacoFangsKnew #ESDTruth

# ? May 16, 2014 01:51

Mondian: Apr 24, 2007

Preechr posted:

#LooseTachyons

There still isn't anyone brave enough to discuss the missing dilithium reserves in the lower levels.

# ? May 16, 2014 02:01

Mr Wikstroem: Nov 22, 2007; And now you read this in a seally Svedisch accent Jå?

Lorak posted:

The game is offended by your ship's color scheme and doesn't want to risk you making any more characters flying things like that.

I know it isn't quite the right shade of pink but we shouldn't be perfectionists about these things...

# ? May 16, 2014 02:02

MizPiz: May 29, 2013; by Athanatos

I found a new potential recruit for us.

# ? May 16, 2014 02:33

Lagomorphic: Apr 21, 2008; AKA: Orthonormal

He's flying an Advanced Escort. gently caress that guy.

# ? May 16, 2014 03:04

revtoiletduck: Aug 21, 2006; smart newbie

Lagomorphic posted:

He's flying an Advanced Escort. gently caress that guy.

Is that bad?

# ? May 16, 2014 03:21

Morglon: Jan 13, 2010; Safe and sound, detached from reality.
Just like your posting.

revtoiletduck posted:

Is that bad?

No, you should buy eight right now.

# ? May 16, 2014 03:51

Subyng: May 4, 2013

Just watched a video of the shuttle bay glitch. Wow, ESD looks so much better than the first time I tried STO. I'll have to actually visit it in game now. Any other pretty vistas I should check out?

e:

Subyng fucked around with this message at 04:33 on May 16, 2014

# ? May 16, 2014 04:28

MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

quote:

3) It's not a waste just because you can't access it. There are a million maps that have extra areas built onto them that players are not intended to access. See San Francisco to SFA. Or the Reman Section of New Romulus, or the Docking bay on ESD. You will see these in many games. They don't ruin the game, they enhance the feeling of the world. You can't get on top of the buildings inside Ironforge. You can't get into the control rooms in Team Fortress 2. You can't get into the backdrop of Super Mario Bros. None of those things ruin the game, they enhance it.

There's a Reman section of New Romulus?

# ? May 16, 2014 04:35

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

MikeJF posted:

There's a Reman section of New Romulus?

Behind the beam-down location, downward.

# ? May 16, 2014 04:36

Trebuchet King: Jul 5, 2005; This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!

MikeJF posted:

There's a Reman section of New Romulus?

Not gonna lie that was the entirety of my take-away from that too.

# ? May 16, 2014 04:38

Habits: Feb 25, 2008; Assume an accursed shape
cleanse through purity within

Meanwhile in Drozana..

quote:

[8:33] [Local] Megan@devastater136: RAPIST
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# ? May 16, 2014 04:38

revtoiletduck: Aug 21, 2006; smart newbie

Morglon posted:

No, you should buy eight right now.

I was considering getting one when I hit level 40.

# ? May 16, 2014 13:33

the Pixies fukken SUCKED: Jul 16, 2003; Figure 2 in a series of 3

A fantastic thread!

http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1112321

quote:

Sexy gladiator outfits, crotch tassel... Khan's female augment choice of costume... T'Pring's silver lame top...

I know I am gonna piss of a lot of Orions here, but quite frankly, they should allow female captains on fed side (and Rom side... and all KDF) to wear something like that. It's off duty, you see.

At least KDF actually got skirt for female....

# ? May 16, 2014 16:47

Lagomorphic: Apr 21, 2008; AKA: Orthonormal

revtoiletduck posted:

I was considering getting one when I hit level 40.

If you do make sure you grab a mirror patrol escort. The PE has the superior boff layout so you you'll either want the free one or the mirror once you get tired of exploding in STFs.

# ? May 16, 2014 17:32

revtoiletduck: Aug 21, 2006; smart newbie

Lagomorphic posted:

If you do make sure you grab a mirror patrol escort. The PE has the superior boff layout so you you'll either want the free one or the mirror once you get tired of exploding in STFs.

Thanks, good to know! I should say that I was just planning on grabbing an escort at the next tier, and didn't really know which was better (just that the patrol escorts are ugly as hell).

# ? May 16, 2014 18:06

Blooming Brilliant: Jul 12, 2010

Hey can I get wiki access, name is Shogunate on there. (Warning, I may be a spy :ssh:

)

# ? May 16, 2014 18:13

Asimo: Sep 23, 2007

Courtesy the channel... http://gateway.startrekonline.com/#char(S%27Reeja@Sauria_Lizard)/ship-equipment

# ? May 16, 2014 19:27

wdarkk: Oct 26, 2007; Friends: Protected
World: Saved
Crablettes: Eaten

Variety is the spice of life, right? Right?

# ? May 16, 2014 19:34

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# ? May 9, 2024 19:23

Berke Negri: Feb 15, 2012; Les Ricains tuent et moi je mue
Mao Mao
Les fous sont rois et moi je bois
Mao Mao
Les bombes tonnent et moi je sonne
Mao Mao
Les bebes fuient et moi je fuis
Mao Mao

I know jack poo poo about fits in this game but is that like a dual heavy cannon, dual cannons, AND a single cannon/turret for the fore weapons? Why?

# ? May 16, 2014 19:54

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