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I like it's 2 piece more than the Omega 2 piece in terms of keeping a ship under 50% to keep GDF going, It's got boosted accuracy on the deflector as well, so that's always nice.
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It looks cool: And whilst you can generally do better with other sets you're still not going to suddenly become crap at 99.9% of the content because of it.
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Technical Analysis posted:I like it's 2 piece more than the Omega 2 piece in terms of keeping a ship under 50% to keep GDF going, It's got boosted accuracy on the deflector as well, so that's always nice. GDF?
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Go down fighting. Also the undine rep poo poo is decent. I went balls out with all of it on a fleet Somraw and it's sufficient for murdering PVE. Also you get 3 activated abilities if you like those. I can't really recommend it as the set to go for but it's worth dicking about with if you have the dil to burn.
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I wouldn't mind getting a fleet invite, if that's possible at this time. Mor'Bius@Shiva100 It's a KDF Romulan. quote:They would be amazingly overpowered, if it wasnt for the fact their hull resistances are absolute poo poo, and once they lose a shield facing a Scimitar is generally toast. I don't doubt this, but I wonder if anyone ever said anything 'officially' on this. Bloodly fucked around with this message at 13:28 on Jun 29, 2014 |
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Jun 29, 2014 12:33
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Lagomorphic posted:Also the undine rep poo poo is decent. I went balls out with all of it on a fleet Somraw and it's sufficient for murdering PVE. Also you get 3 activated abilities if you like those. I can't really recommend it as the set to go for but it's worth dicking about with if you have the dil to burn. Shame the turret-boosting clicky set ability is pretty useless in PVE though.
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Asimo posted:Yeah, pretty much. I threw both rep sets on my romulan's ar'kif on a lark, and it's pretty fun. Not top tier sure, but good enough and with plenty of click toy powers that don't take console slots. It's like flying a dyson ship except not poo poo.
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I occasionally run the Fed tac one with the full Solanae gear set and my fleet AP cannons. It's not nearly as survivable as the Fleet HEC I normally fly, but there are some times when it feels more useful. I've got Gravity Well in the Lt. Com Sci slot and a DOFF or two with the related skill in it. When it procs right you can poo poo out a lot of damage rather quickly. I've toyed with the ideas of running Cannon DMG+ consoles, but since I've got the Vuln Loc fleet +AP consoles I can't justify it and I'm not going to drop FC on them.
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Lorak posted:I don't really get all the hate on the Dyson Science Destroyers. On paper, the tactical one seems better than the Mobius and S'Golth in most respects, except perhaps for the fused DHCs and bridge officer slots. The fused gun is a pain and ultimately they're just fairly expensive decent science ships. The KDF and Rom versions are interesting mostly because of the dearth of science options for those factions. They're not terrible they're just not that great and having a $100 pack attached really doesn't help the impression. The hate is pretty irrational but hating on mediocre ships is half the fun of this game (the other half is flying them and still outperforming baddies).
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Lagomorphic posted:The fused gun is a pain and ultimately they're just fairly expensive decent science ships. The KDF and Rom versions are interesting mostly because of the dearth of science options for those factions. They're not terrible they're just not that great and having a $100 pack attached really doesn't help the impression. The hate is pretty irrational but hating on mediocre ships is half the fun of this game (the other half is flying them and still outperforming baddies). The impression Ive had is that anything is pretty viable with enough bling thrown on it (old fed science ships excluded because they havent been rebalanced in fiur years)
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Lagomorphic posted:The fused gun is a pain and ultimately they're just fairly expensive decent science ships. The KDF and Rom versions are interesting mostly because of the dearth of science options for those factions. They're not terrible they're just not that great and having a $100 pack attached really doesn't help the impression. The hate is pretty irrational but hating on mediocre ships is half the fun of this game (the other half is flying them and still outperforming baddies). Oh please, you could idle at spawn and have your carrier pets outperform entire groups.
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I figured I'd add another game to my play schedule in addition to EVE. Spaceships, yum. Drone1138@reekaro <- In game reekaro <- wiki account Not sure what I need to do to get accepted to the space club (because I'm stupid). Also, the tutorial did tell me how to turn auto fire on, unfortunatly I ignored the command as I was getting smacked around by some ships at the time. Also, does the wiki contain hints on basic play? Things like adjusting shields and power levels? I've gimped through some of the missions, but it sure would be easier if I could figured out how to redistribute shields, etc. EDIT: Note that I changed my main character, the first one was a bit of an abortion. CrushedWill fucked around with this message at 23:00 on Jun 29, 2014 |
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CrushedWill posted:Also, does the wiki contain hints on basic play? Things like adjusting shields and power levels? I've gimped through some of the missions, but it sure would be easier if I could figured out how to redistribute shields, etc. Click on the center of the big circle on the HUD that shows your hull and shield health and it'll redistribute them evenly, click on one of the shields at the edge of that circle to divert shield strength to that side of the ship. Also, if you activate your tactical bridge officer's Tactical Team ability they'll do it for you.
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Berke Negri posted:The impression Ive had is that anything is pretty viable with enough bling thrown on it (old fed science ships excluded because they havent been rebalanced in fiur years) Yeah once you're geared up and understand what makes a build good you can PVE in anything. That said there's no point in gimping yourself with a weak ship or gimmicky crap when you're first starting out. The main reason we fixate on the good ships is because the people who can tear up poo poo in a catbus daren't the people asking for ship recommendations.
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Bloodly posted:I wouldn't mind getting a fleet invite, if that's possible at this time. CrushedWill posted:I figured I'd add another game to my play schedule in addition to EVE. Spaceships, yum. You're both invited to the channel and/or wiki, someone will sort you out with a fleet invite if you ask in TheNextGooneration.
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Korgan posted:You're both invited to the channel and/or wiki, someone will sort you out with a fleet invite if you ask in TheNextGooneration. Thanks for the invite, I've confirmed channel and wiki access are working properly. I have a lot of reading to do, this game is... different.
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CrushedWill posted:Thanks for the invite, I've confirmed channel and wiki access are working properly. I have a lot of reading to do, this game is... different. Bombard the channel with questions as needed, it's what we made it for.
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I have no idea how this kind of thing happens. I've got myself a three-color impulse trail.
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Korgan posted:Bombard the channel with questions as needed, it's what we made it for. I thought it was more for finding a quick ERPing session?
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Aleth posted:I thought it was more for finding a quick ERPing session? "Set phasers for never mind, I'm done."
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Finally ground out enough pearls for the Risan Corvette and Cruiser. Because I don't really understand how the ship tiers work - both are viable for endgame/STFs, correct? Or are they more gimmick ships?
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Korgan posted:Bombard the channel with questions as needed, it's what we made it for. It took me better than 20 minutes to figure out how to beam back to my ship last night, I'll do my best to not poo poo up the channel.
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S.D. posted:Finally ground out enough pearls for the Risan Corvette and Cruiser. Because I don't really understand how the ship tiers work - both are viable for endgame/STFs, correct? Or are they more gimmick ships? Fully viable, and probably the best cheap ships you can get.
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CrushedWill posted:It took me better than 20 minutes to figure out how to beam back to my ship last night, I'll do my best to not poo poo up the channel. Ask away man, poo poo like that is what the channel is for. Otherwise it'll be just a bunch of goons ERPing and circle jerking.
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I hope he's a carte. He can join in on the yiff circle on Risa.
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S.D. posted:Finally ground out enough pearls for the Risan Corvette and Cruiser. Because I don't really understand how the ship tiers work - both are viable for endgame/STFs, correct? Or are they more gimmick ships? Yes, both are viable. The Luxury Cruiser is essentially a fleet Excelsior, trading some minor base HP for better turn and inertia(And the Excelsior is already best in it's class for turning and speed). The Corvette I can't speak on effectively. I understand it's basically the fastest possible ship, and gets defence bonuses over and above the standard for going so fast. So what if it's paper-it should never be hit with how fast it can go, more so now Counter-Command is giving out engineering consoles with +defence. It's so fast the general escort recommendation for cannons and full-frontal assault goes out the window because you're likely to fly right past your target in half a second.
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CrushedWill posted:It took me better than 20 minutes to figure out how to beam back to my ship last night, I'll do my best to not poo poo up the channel. Unless you suffer from fetal alcohol syndrome or lead poisoning you can be as dumb as you like and still outclass 99% of the pub population. Also just ask away on questions, questions mean you want to learn, which puts you far ahead of the average player in this game. As to builds, apply your EVE experience, stick to one damage type, boost said damage type exclusively, avoid mixing beam weapons with cannon weapons, so on. Only thing you really need to get used to is all the clicky skills and that dual-tanking is a thing in this game, plus that exploding is pretty meaningless. Regardless, the wiki has plenty of guides and you can ask us about it all in the channel. Goat Pillager fucked around with this message at 17:54 on Jun 30, 2014 |
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Don't forget to change your power levels so that you have about 125 weapons power.
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So I am in the process of trying to put STO on another computer. I installed the Arc client, installed STO, and patched it. All appeared ok until I launched STO. I now have a black screen with the graphics cursor only, and the music chiming away. Is there anyway to lower the graphics res without successfully launching the game? Or a safe mode or something?
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CrushedWill posted:So I am in the process of trying to put STO on another computer. I installed the Arc client, installed STO, and patched it. All appeared ok until I launched STO. I now have a black screen with the graphics cursor only, and the music chiming away. I think you could configure settings on the actual STO launcher. (not the Arc thing)
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CrushedWill posted:So I am in the process of trying to put STO on another computer. I installed the Arc client, installed STO, and patched it. All appeared ok until I launched STO. I now have a black screen with the graphics cursor only, and the music chiming away. That's a pain in the arse. I think I had to change my resolution in a text file - there should be advice on the official forum.
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Now that I have my dumb dinosaur power armor and am two days out from completing the dyson space set its pretty rough switching back to my alts with their green MKXI gear. At least the sponsorship thing cuts the rep grind in half.
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You'll get enough trash purples as drops and from those boxes you get during your grind. Its not the power armor, but it works. Alternatively, do "Of Bajor" and "Facility 4028" a few times for Mk XI purple armor or "A Step Between Stars" for a combat suit. Not the best, but it gets the job done.
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Yeah, the dyson EV suits are pretty okay free lvl50 armor, though I prefer energy damp armor over it. Ive got the EC to fit them out, they've just been collecting dust. I went about upgrading my KDF alt's crew last night and I had blown through the missions so quickly leveling they were still using MKIV and MKVI gear.
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The main advantege of the Dyson EV is that: a) it saves you carrying armor and an EV suit around and b) if you grab one from the mission and equip it to a boff the game will let you grab another, letting you equip all of your boffs we decent armor/EV suits in one run of the mission.
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Lagomorphic posted:The main advantege of the Dyson EV is that: a) it saves you carrying armor and an EV suit around and b) if you grab one from the mission and equip it to a boff the game will let you grab another, letting you equip all of your boffs we decent armor/EV suits in one run of the mission. If this isn't in the Wiki it should be. I wish I'd known this. Excellent advice.
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Did you know that there was an accolade for using your anniversary party popper a certain number of times? I didn't, but a pubbie asking why I used it between every dance move on Risa was kind enough to inform me of it. Shame that it slowed his computer down terribly, or so he claimed.
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Sir Coq of Nandos posted:That's a pain in the arse. I think I had to change my resolution in a text file - there should be advice on the official forum. There was no advice dealing with what I saw (makes it past launcher, cryptic cylon bar, STO splash but dies at character selection). Even better, even know Im a gold customer, there is apparently a waiting period for posting to the support forum, loving stupid. FYI, for me the fix was as follows: 1. Launch launcher 2. Options -> Safe Mode 3. Once in game, select Esc, Settings (or whatever the screen is to adjust options) 4. Switch to windowed mode, and select DX9 instead of auto I also upgraded the graphics drivers for the PC and still occasionally get video driver crashes, but the game runs on the slow PC and looks like Im running it in CGI mode.
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CrushedWill posted:There was no advice dealing with what I saw (makes it past launcher, cryptic cylon bar, STO splash but dies at character selection). Even better, even know Im a gold customer, there is apparently a waiting period for posting to the support forum, loving stupid. If it looks really blocky it might be stuck on half resolution mode. Type /renderscale 1 in the chat.
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Today was the first time i've logged onto STO in almost a year. Drozana, my favorite place, has clearly been ruined. Thanks Cryptic/Perfect World. I also see that they've added traits now? Last time I was on, I hit tier 5 omega rep, then was fairly burnt out after that.
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