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Although they have nerfed dilithium earnings from STFs a tad, since Advanced - the equivalent of the current Elite - will only drop 480 and new super Elite drops 960.
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Well you're not supposed to earn dilithium you know. What do you think that exchange is for? 
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Oct 1, 2014 05:35
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The Aquarius is now a neat little beamscort, it can match the boff slots of the vet ship/jhec/scimitar. The lack of a 7th weapon will hurt it, but maybe the flanking plus the flanking specialization passive could help it out?
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Oct 1, 2014 06:10
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FrostyJones posted:The Aquarius is now a neat little beamscort, it can match the boff slots of the vet ship/jhec/scimitar. The lack of a 7th weapon will hurt it, but maybe the flanking plus the flanking specialization passive could help it out?
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Oct 1, 2014 06:43
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g0del posted:About that flanking - how exactly do you find the rear arc of a cube or sphere? If you look on the hud that shows the target's health/shields, there will always be a little triangle on the arc you are firing at. The "rear" arc of anything will be that bottom arc.
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Oct 1, 2014 06:48
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Huh, I pretty much only fly the Nebula, Vesta and D'Kyr so that's pretty nice. Give me a Fleet D'Kyr with a bit more tac (or a Fleet Vesta  ) and I'll be happy.
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I'm still amazed there hasn't been a fleet D'kyr yet. I figured it was some weird license thing, but then they go and add a T5U version, so if it was that then why would they renegotiate another use of the ship but not a fleet version too?  At least the ensign universal makes it a lot more useful.
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So I figured I'd get back into this game after all the new changes/content that's been added but I got a quick question for any of you more knowledgeable. Would the Kar'fi I apparently bought be at all effective on a romulan Tac captain, or is that thing completely useless now?
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Oct 1, 2014 08:40
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Well, it's more it would be useless because it's a klingon ship, and Romulans can't use T5+ ships of the other factions.
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Figures. Are there any carrier ships for Romulan that are any good or am I better off with a warbird covered in cannons?
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Oct 1, 2014 09:15
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Romulans don't really get full carriers no, outside of the faction-agnostic lockbox and lobi ones. Closest are the one-hangar-bay Scimitar (cruiseresque) or Ar'kif (escort).
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MikeJF posted:Although they have nerfed dilithium earnings from STFs a tad, since Advanced - the equivalent of the current Elite - will only drop 480 and new super Elite drops 960. Well poo poo. I've been pleasantly surprised by most of the changes, but this kind of kills grinding my 8K a day (per toon) since it'll be more dependent on jumping in with competent pubbies. I don't have time or interest for a doubled timesink. ComradeBigT posted:Figures. Are there any carrier ships for Romulan that are any good or am I better off with a warbird covered in cannons? I don't know the general consensus, but I put my KDF contra generator in a fleet Ar'kif which has turned out to be a fun ship. It's kind of an escort carrier hybrid that does pretty well with a little finesse. I just did it for the Hell of it, but I may actually upgrade it to T5U if the Dilithium nerf doesn't motivate me to go try Archage.
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Asimo posted:Romulans don't really get full carriers no, outside of the faction-agnostic lockbox and lobi ones. Closest are the one-hangar-bay Scimitar (cruiseresque) or Ar'kif (escort). Both of those are really drat good though, and in the case of the Scimitar objectively best-in-class.
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Alright, thanks for the pointers. Now I just need to max out a few new characters while that double xp is still going.
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Psycho Landlord posted:Both of those are really drat good though, and in the case of the Scimitar objectively best-in-class. Is the Scimitar really all that? I almost got it instead of the Ar'kif because I hear that so often, but it's just such a goddamn ugly design.
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Frankenstyle posted:Is the Scimitar really all that? I almost got it instead of the Ar'kif because I hear that so often, but it's just such a goddamn ugly design. Cryptic are Cryptic, so naturally the best ship in the game looks loving abysmal.
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I still maintain there's some weird licensing agreement that stated the Scimitar had to include everything seen on screen in Nemesis, so... here's what you wound up with. (Although Recluse+Mesh Weavers is a better ship anyway.)
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Frankenstyle posted:Is the Scimitar really all that? I almost got it instead of the Ar'kif because I hear that so often, but it's just such a goddamn ugly design.
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And even then, that's barely an issue because of it's bullshit battle cloak. The only real downside is it's terrible broadside profile, meaning you have to pay a little bit more attention than normal to your flying if you beamboat it.
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What's a good setup for the Romulan intel warbird? Once it's out, that is.
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 Xean has reached new heights in narcissism and a new pathetic low at the same time. Instead of spending all his time parading around in his usual terrible Omega gear, he now has his character not only named after himself, but matching his face IRL as close as the game can handle. The sheer amount of time he must have spent tweaking that horrible face must have been staggering. bubbles depo fucked around with this message at 18:44 on Oct 1, 2014 |
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Frankenstyle posted:Well poo poo. I've been pleasantly surprised by most of the changes, but this kind of kills grinding my 8K a day (per toon) since it'll be more dependent on jumping in with competent pubbies. I don't have time or interest for a doubled timesink. Are you having trouble earning as Starfleet or KDF?
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Psycho Landlord posted:And even then, that's barely an issue because of it's bullshit battle cloak. The only real downside is it's terrible broadside profile, meaning you have to pay a little bit more attention than normal to your flying if you beamboat it.
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Registered at the wiki as Quinntan.
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I'm debating 5x Spinal Waves vs 4x Spinal Waves and 1x Omni-disruptor for my Vesta. Obviously the sixth slot would be a cutting beam either way.
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Oct 1, 2014 19:37
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Am I missing out on any story if i do the sphere episodes before running through the Romulan story?
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Baron Porkface posted:Am I missing out on any story if i do the sphere episodes before running through the Romulan story? Not really. The Sphere episodes actually relate more to the New Romulus adventure zone storyline and it's corresponding Romulan Rep storyline (what there is of it) than the Romulan story arc.
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wdarkk posted:I'm debating 5x Spinal Waves vs 4x Spinal Waves and 1x Omni-disruptor for my Vesta. Obviously the sixth slot would be a cutting beam either way. Use plasma, load up on embassy sci consoles, profit.
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Under what conditions do I want mines on my ship?
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Baron Porkface posted:Under what conditions do I want mines on my ship? Well, there are a few situations when mines are the right choice but most of them involve the words "brain" and "damage" so make of that what you will.
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Baron Porkface posted:Under what conditions do I want mines on my ship? When you need more minerals 
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Baron Porkface posted:Under what conditions do I want mines on my ship? They have some niche uses for being a dick in PVP. If you're just running PVE and gearing up just ignore them entirely.
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Baron Porkface posted:Under what conditions do I want mines on my ship? You want the lockbox trait that makes mines have 100% more seek distance, and also Omega Kinetic Shearing. Then they can be worth using.
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They're fun if you're in something like CCE and running a B'Rel retrofit, so you can just zip around while you're cloaked and drop mines and torpedoes and generally ignore the pubbies around you.
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One day I will actually fill out my bio. Problem: I am not funny.
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bubbles depo posted:
Make sure to report him for his inappropriate ship name. As a visionary and tyrant with an exhaustive list of rules and regulations regarding his own fleet, I'm sure he will understand the need to conform to PWE's terms of service in its entirety.
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I was thinking about getting back in to this a bit....I've usually flown an escort with fast gently caress off dual cannons but i'd really like to get into a carrier. What's are the different ways i can achieve this? I'm Fed, and in the goon spaceguild or w/e
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^^^ You could roll a klink and get one of their carriers, or you could roll a romulan and get a scimitar (which only has one hangar and isn't really a carrier), or buy the caitian carrier (don't do this, we will laugh and call you a furry), or buy a lockbox carrier off the exchange. However you do it you're going to want to focus on getting equipment for a beam boat, because carriers turn way too slow to use cannons.Baron Porkface posted:Under what conditions do I want mines on my ship? g0del fucked around with this message at 23:40 on Oct 1, 2014 |
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g0del posted:^^^ You could roll a klink and get one of their carriers, or you could roll a romulan and get a scimitar (which only has one hangar and isn't really a carrier), or buy the caitian carrier (don't do this, we will laugh and call you a furry), or buy a lockbox carrier off the exchange. However you do it you're going to want to focus on getting equipment for a beam boat, because carriers turn way too slow to use cannons.
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Are there any tricks to finding a boff that'll train Ambush Rank 3 onto another, or do I need to spend half an hour on the exchange going through tactical officer tooltips one by one.
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