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eriktown posted:The Mat'ha looks like it might be nice, DPSwise? The biggest problem I see with it is, again, Cryptic either doesn't understand how ships should be built, or is deliberately trapping pubbies with misleading advice. The starship trait for it buffs your beam overload attack, not your cannon skills. It may work well on another ship (since you can carry traits once you've unlocked them), or and it may work on a dedicated gank-boat, but for 80% of the population, it's largely useless. Otherwise, yes, it's a very shiny ship. I'm really liking the Guardian. Looks like a nice, standard Feddie cruiser in the vein of the Galaxy. I want to see some more glamor shots, but that could well be a new daily driver (until the fleet variants arrive).
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Sep 22, 2014 21:29
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Is it possible to move a starship trait across factions? I can see wanting that trait on a sci ship possibly, and most of those that I have are fed.
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Sep 22, 2014 21:47
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Umm, am I reading this right? It honestly looks like the dauntless will be a decent ship. I'm not keen on the skills and traits, but outside it, pretty nice. Ltc and lt tac boffs is a nice start.
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Sep 22, 2014 22:53
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DatonKallandor posted:I can't wait to see how batshit crazy Cryptic goes with those time travelling other dimensional wizards. One shows up during the victory celebration, kills the Klingon High Council, taunts everyone, and leaves.
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Sep 22, 2014 22:55
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Wizard of the Deep posted:The biggest problem I see with it is, again, Cryptic either doesn't understand how ships should be built, or is deliberately trapping pubbies with misleading advice. The starship trait for it buffs your beam overload attack, not your cannon skills. It may work well on another ship (since you can carry traits once you've unlocked them), or and it may work on a dedicated gank-boat, but for 80% of the population, it's largely useless. Otherwise, yes, it's a very shiny ship. And the Guardian kind of looks like the Fed version of the D'Deridex; Com or Lt.Com in every field with a decentish console layout (4/3/3, probably upgraded to 5/3/3 with fleet, but can go plasma beams and do decently well there with embassy consoles), but still kinda slow. If you do a damage control engineer build you can get away with using the hybrid seat for intel powers too. Probably not bleeding edge top tier, but good and competent and giving access to all the toys in PVE so it's basically an Ambassador that isn't poo poo. Also it's the Probert concept art for the Ambassador, so hey. wdarkk posted:Is it possible to move a starship trait across factions? I can see wanting that trait on a sci ship possibly, and most of those that I have are fed.  JuffoWup posted:Umm, am I reading this right? It honestly looks like the dauntless will be a decent ship. I'm not keen on the skills and traits, but outside it, pretty nice. Ltc and lt tac boffs is a nice start. I mean it's hardly useless, and the tac boffs go a long way, but... eh it's definitely a sidegrade at best unless you desperately want a Lt. intel seat.
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Sep 22, 2014 23:22
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I would imagine that they'll add the cross-faction ship traits into future lockboxs.
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Sep 22, 2014 23:27
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When I said "looks like a classic Feddie cruiser", I meant in terms of physical art/styling. Unless they've significantly changed things at the end-game, you can spare some straight DPS for style points.  They've said that there will be ship traits available outside of leveling a Tier 6 ship, probably through story progression, achievements, or STF/rep rewards. And yea, I'd be really surprised if they aren't in the new lockbox.
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Sep 23, 2014 01:03
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Asimo posted:Also it's the Probert concept art for the Ambassador, so hey. Well, let's not go too far. It resembles the original Probert Ambassador in overall shape a bit.
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Sep 23, 2014 02:26
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Wizard of the Deep posted:They've said that there will be ship traits available outside of leveling a Tier 6 ship, probably through story progression, achievements, or STF/rep rewards. And yea, I'd be really surprised if they aren't in the new lockbox. Can you do this already, or will it only unlock in October? DatonKallandor posted:Is that from a new mission on Tribble or does that happen in one of the missions they've already released? I can't wait to see how batshit crazy Cryptic goes with those time travelling other dimensional wizards. Me neither; I'm hoping for some cool new environments myself- Cryptic's proven they can make some nice-looking places with fluidic space and the Dyson Sphere. I'd also like some more interaction with the Delta Quadrant races, maybe even find a tolerable Talaxian, or hire a Kazon boff (immune to Borg nanites ).
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Sep 23, 2014 02:29
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The delta stuff on tribble does look quite nice. Everything so far has been all new assets, even the space environments are a lot... shinier.MikeJF posted:Well, let's not go too far. It resembles the original Probert Ambassador in overall shape a bit.
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Sep 23, 2014 02:42
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When is a +stealth trait relevant to a boff?
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Sep 23, 2014 02:51
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Baron Porkface posted:When is a +stealth trait relevant to a boff? Depends which trait you're talking about. If it's ground, not much, but who cares. If it's space, then you must mean either Subterfuge, Infiltrator, or Romulan Operative, all three of which are excellent traits and a big part of why the Scimitar, and Romulans in general, are so drat good.
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Sep 23, 2014 03:09
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Asimo posted:The delta stuff on tribble does look quite nice. Everything so far has been all new assets, even the space environments are a lot... shinier. How does one get on Tribble? Shameful though it may be to admit, but I'm actually excited for STO's story  I just want to know what happens next, and to whom.
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Sep 23, 2014 03:16
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Got to be a subscriber! After that... uh, go here I think? http://www.arcgames.com/en/my/character/copy/sto
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Sep 23, 2014 04:43
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CommissarMega posted:Can you do this already, or will it only unlock in October? Tier 6 ships are releasing in October. You'll be able to upgrade a number of Tier 5 ships, including fleet ships and lock-box ships, to T5U, which will gain four new "Mastery Levels", which are features inherent to, and directly locked to, the specific ship. Lock-box and event ships (the Risian/Breen stuff) will upgrade for free. The fleet/C-store stuff you gotta pay for. Proposed prices are $5-10, but it's an account upgrade unlock. If you upgrade a c-store ship, it's upgrade for all the characters who claim it. Same with the fleet variants, it just costs 1/4/5 fleet ship modules to buy. CommissarMega posted:How does one get on Tribble? Shameful though it may be to admit, but I'm actually excited for STO's story If you're not a subscriber, just wait. It'll be free and open to everyone in October. I'm waiting myself, because there will always be more bugs to work out of the system. :cryptic:
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Asimo posted:Got to be a subscriber! After that... uh, go here I think? Crap- apparently we in the mysterious East aren't allowed to subscribe 
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Asimo posted:Got to be a subscriber! After that... uh, go here I think? Isn't working for me for some reason. 
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Sep 23, 2014 06:13
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BombermanX posted:Isn't working for me for some reason. Clearly you need to click there for help.
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Sep 23, 2014 06:14
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Lorak posted:Clearly you need to click there for help.  I hope they respond! I love how the game website went from cryptic to pwe to arc. The problem is that support is located on cryptic/pwe still.
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Sep 23, 2014 06:21
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Bit of a blast from the past here:DancingShade posted:All done, along with a bonus picture of Commander Frankfurter. Where do I get the sunglasses and longcoats from? They look amazing, and I really, truly, truly want some.
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Sep 23, 2014 09:30
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Sunglasses are from the summer event, in the lobi store there. There's few varieties and there's undoubtedly a bunch on the exchange for a not-too-crazy price. The long coat is one of the Romulan veteran uniforms.
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Sep 23, 2014 09:56
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Invite yafoos@porkface to Klingonfleet please.
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Sep 23, 2014 18:14
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How big is the drop rate boost for advanced difficulty?
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Sep 23, 2014 18:27
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Not big enough to bother with in the slightest unless you're running a foundry farm or something like that. To be honest, I'm pretty sure that drop rate boost thing is apocryphal.
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Sep 23, 2014 18:32
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In leveling my Romulan alt yesterday, I hit level 10 and never got a mission to get my free leveling ship like I did with my Klank and Fed characters. Is this a bug, or is there some additional trigger in the Romulan story arc to trigger the free ship?
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Sep 23, 2014 19:02
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MoraleHazard posted:In leveling my Romulan alt yesterday, I hit level 10 and never got a mission to get my free leveling ship like I did with my Klank and Fed characters. Is this a bug, or is there some additional trigger in the Romulan story arc to trigger the free ship? You have to do the mission where you pick a side (KDF/FED).
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Sep 23, 2014 19:12
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Psycho Landlord posted:Not big enough to bother with in the slightest unless you're running a foundry farm or something like that. To be honest, I'm pretty sure that drop rate boost thing is apocryphal. No. The difference is certainly quantifiable, but not practically useful unless you're doing as you say.
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Sep 23, 2014 19:16
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They also mentioned in one of the recent dev posts that they were "significantly" boosting the rate of blue & purple drops for cracking the difficulty, so it may be worth it sooner.
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Sep 23, 2014 19:23
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Burning_Monk posted:You have to do the mission where you pick a side (KDF/FED). Yeah normally you hit level 10 around the same time that you hit this point in the story but the double xp sort of fucks it up.
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Sep 23, 2014 19:40
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Is there a Goon guide for skills? i don't see any on the wiki
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Sep 23, 2014 20:44
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Burning_Monk posted:You have to do the mission where you pick a side (KDF/FED). Thank you. And I guess the advantages to KDF is marauding missions and Fed cheaper Doffs? So far, the Romulan story is the most fun. Klingons were pretty fun at first too, but after it merged with the Fed storyline it got rather lame.
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MoraleHazard posted:Thank you. And I guess the advantages to KDF is marauding missions and Fed cheaper Doffs? Yeah also at launch fedoras had easier access to plasmonic since that lockbox got released at the same time as LoR and the market got flooded. Now it's like 20-30mil so you'll have an easier time just buying the Vandal for 1000 zen and going klank. Going klank is also great for ganking pubbies in war zones.
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RE: Starship traits. See today's dev post on captain specializations. There are three starship traits explicitly mentioned, so there's your four for klanks/roms right there. E: Borticus is answering questions in the associated STO forum thread. 60 total abilities to purchase, 30 abilities in primary, 15 abilities in secondary, two secondaries at launch, limited to one primary and one secondary active at a time. Wafflemancers are a confirmed primary to be launched at a later date. Wizard of the Deep fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Sep 23, 2014 |
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Wizard of the Deep posted:RE: Starship traits. See today's dev post on captain specializations. There are three starship traits explicitly mentioned, so there's your four for klanks/roms right there. Rock and Roll: Your ship performs an animated roll maneuver, preventing all incoming damage for a short duration. I want this, I will have it.
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Sep 23, 2014 21:42
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Burning_Monk posted:Rock and Roll:
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Sep 23, 2014 22:53
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Bagpuss posted:Going to stick it on a rainbow Scim called Get Down And Boogie Nice! I was thinking a Risian Corvette, with defense maxed, called Can't Touch This
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Sep 23, 2014 23:08
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Burning_Monk posted:Rock and Roll:  I don't believe it but if it's true... DO A BARREL ROLL!!!
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Sep 23, 2014 23:16
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Whatever the cooldown on that's gonna be, it'll never be short enough.
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Which are the best and worst episode series-es?
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