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BombermanX posted:Guys, we need to play this mission. It might be great. I ran this pub's missions (all of them) with 2 other goons. By the end I was drinking wine straight from the bottle without a gently caress given, I just plain needed it.
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Oh hey, the embassy consoles are getting even more hosed.  "Borticus posted:I said we'd look into this on Monday, and we have! How 'bout that... Well... hard to say how this will shake out. The damage will still be kinda poo poo I suspect, but whether it's decent enough that boosting it with plasma consoles and using plasma weapons will be better than AP is harder to say. (It won't be.)
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N...no more pink polaron plasma burn? gently caress YOU CRYPYIC
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Feb 24, 2015 07:23
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So what's the over/under on the real reason for this change being 'we couldn't figure out how to program them to scale like we wanted'?
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Jethro_E7 posted:It's mainly a gold mining site for pubbies, but accounts are freely traded there on a fairly consistent basis, is that lifetime account still there for $300? Those sell pretty well. TheTarrasque posted:Requesting WesleyWiki access, username TzarChasm, in-game Erasmus@impudite. You're both sorted.
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BombermanX posted:Guys, we need to play this mission. It might be great. Played it. Spoiler: It's poo poo.
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Feb 24, 2015 09:15
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DancingShade posted:Played it. Should we have the cadets play it?
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BombermanX posted:Should we have the cadets play it? I think it would make an excellent topic to report back on in essay format, yes. They should pay particular attention to the writing style, characterization, Trek-canon-ness of the plot and ponder the author's design decisions made with regards to the "flow and feel" of the map.
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DancingShade posted:I think it would make an excellent topic to report back on in essay format, yes. The recruits are getting a little restless with the foundry content. I had to discipline one of them by having him walk laps around the DS9 promenade, asking the Dear Leader for forgiveness in zone after each loop. Also - recommend that more goons post in the "biggest cowardly race" thread in the forums, for no other reason that to see starswordc lose his mind.
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MikeJF posted:N...no more pink polaron plasma burn? gently caress YOU CRYPYIC Now they get to add hybrid weapons with the plasma proc to future reward packs.
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DonDoodles posted:The recruits are getting a little restless with the foundry content. I had to discipline one of them by having him walk laps around the DS9 promenade, asking the Dear Leader for forgiveness in zone after each loop. Link Pls. DancingShade posted:I think it would make an excellent topic to report back on in essay format, yes. I might even try writing something like that. Might help with their morale.
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BombermanX posted:Should we have the cadets play it? Require them to make a live recording or Steam / Twitch stream of it. This is your application.
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BombermanX posted:Link Pls. http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1383031&page=23 It's settled down a bit since this morning, but there are few things I love more than seeing worffan chased out of a thread.
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So some base information I'm kinda wondering since my character needs tweaking: Is there a good guide on DOffs that I can reference? Looks like I'm happy with "white ones" but I'm everyone seems to think "Throw them away if they're not blue / purple." Thinking a guide could help with that. Also looking for a good weapons layout as Celoth is pointing me to "set items" and so far I'm mixing Kobali set with Borg Omega set on a Kobali T6 Anniversary Cruiser. Mainly just looking for good suggestions on load outs and maximizing my DOff usage without putting in time for a 2nd job on this game.
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White doffs are for throwing into the doff grinder fleet projects for fleet credits. Greens are okay as a stopgap measure, but the ones who get things done are blues and purples. Do the colonizing quest chains to get purple doffs, and once you have some duplicates (because the quest chains only give fixed, unique doffs, so multiples aren't useful except in certain circumstances) you can throw them into the grinder as well to get random blues to fill out your stable.
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I'm just more or less worried about lacking the types that can do the missions. Or should I just keep buying Reinforcement packs to fill in the gaps? Or should I just not worry about doing that "rare engineering quest for higher XP"?
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Oh jesus no, don't buy their doff packs, they're horrifying ripoffs. You can easily pick up the doffs you need through the 48-hour recruitment missions, the packs you get while leveling, and the colonial exploration doff questlines.
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Valatar posted:Oh jesus no, don't buy their doff packs, they're horrifying ripoffs. You can easily pick up the doffs you need through the 48-hour recruitment missions, the packs you get while leveling, and the colonial exploration doff questlines. Maybe I'm blind but I don't recall seeing those... Wait, are those given at the KDF Academy? if so, I think I know what you mean. I get you now. Okay good stuff, time to start Executing for Incompetence and donating to the Fleet.
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Malek posted:Maybe I'm blind but I don't recall seeing those... If you're into that sort of thing, you can easily afford the uniforms from the Starbase/Mine/Spire by "donating" doffs to the
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If I haven't played for 3+ years, and my highest is a mid-30s Engineer, is it worth anything to keep the character versus creating a new one since I'm no longer a fan of the Liberated Borg look?
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nessin posted:If I haven't played for 3+ years, and my highest is a mid-30s Engineer, is it worth anything to keep the character versus creating a new one since I'm no longer a fan of the Liberated Borg look? You can totally de-Borg your character at the tailor if you like. You should make a new character though because Engineers are poo poo.
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SKY COQ posted:You should make a new character though because Engineers are poo poo. Ultimately, it doesn't matter that much. Who really cares if they're a bit behind on damage in space, well-set-up they still beat the hell out of any pubbie, and on the ground you can shoot orbital tracking beams at people. 
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That's the polite niceties we tell people who've got an old engineer character they're heavily invested in so they don't shoot themselves.  If you're actually in a position to reroll for the love of loving god just roll a tactical character. They can do half again as much damage as any other class and that gap is only going to increase as more and more ways to boost damage get added in.
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Asimo posted:That's the polite niceties we tell people who've got an old engineer character they're heavily invested in so they don't shoot themselves. It's true. 
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Malek posted:So some base information I'm kinda wondering since my character needs tweaking: Some good links. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhYCXe6RfDINdFk0WTBXYzNxU2ZzNGV5UEw2aGdQbmc#gid=61 http://www.reddit.com/r/STODOff/comments/1nrybx/stews_duty_officer_doff_guide_from_getting/
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I registered on the wiki under the name "nessin", and my chat handle is Cladon@Nessin with my brand new Romulan Tactical Officer.
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nessin posted:I registered on the wiki under the name "nessin", and my chat handle is Cladon@Nessin with my brand new Romulan Tactical Officer. You're in.
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Can someone fill me in on Fleet Starships? I can't remember these from 2 years ago - what are they? Until I heard about this, was considering getting the Presidio Tier 6 or the Aventine (I do have a u upgrade for it), Phantom Intel Escort? I had a MVAE which was fun, but don't want to buy that again as I had it last time. I would like a fairly flexible ship, and only want to get one set I can do a fair bit with. Is the fleet Patrol Escort Refit one of these fleet ships? The Delta Rising Pack looks okay, but I'm not convinced. Too many options. If you were doing a "one off" investment into a set, or going to hit up $100-$150 or so, what would it be? I'm thinking going for the lifetime account, but no idea if the game will last long enough to make it worthwhile or whether I have the patience to sit there until the zen stipend adds up to something worthwhile.
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A fleet ship is a version of a normal ship with an extra console and some extra hull, bought from the fleet store. If you own the c-store version of a ship, you can buy it for 1 fleet module. Otherwise, you can buy it for 4 fleet modules. A Delta Upgrade gives a standard Tier 5 ship the same number of consoles as a Tier 6, so a Fleet Tier 5 ship that's also been upgraded with a delta upgrade module has one more console than a current T6 ship (but the T6 ship has more boff abilities). Eventually, we expect T6 ships to get fleet versions too, at which point they'll be indisputably superior to upgraded fleet tier 5. At the moment, though... MikeJF fucked around with this message at 07:36 on Feb 25, 2015 |
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MikeJF posted:A fleet ship is a version of a normal ship with an extra console and some extra hull, bought from the fleet store. Thanks for that - so I have nothing to worry about, just get what I want and churn it into a fleet version later, right? And that also confirms for me that I should probably get a Tier 6 ship.
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Jethro_E7 posted:Thanks for that - so I have nothing to worry about, just get what I want and churn it into a fleet version later, right? You can't upgrade a normal ship to a fleet ship. But if you buy the normal one on the C-store, it will give you a discount on the fleet version. Ultimately, just buying the fleet one outright is slightly cheaper, but often the C-store+fleet discount one will give you a console or something too, plus the ability to get the discount on multiple characters. And in the case of T6, the fleet ones won't come with the trait, either, you need the c-store one first for that, too. Basically, I would say, if you're gonna buy a T5, buy the fleet one outright. If you're gonna get a T6 and turn it fleet when fleet versions eventually come out, yeah, you'll want the C-store one. You mentioned the Presidio, Aventine or Phantom. Don't get the Presidio, it's a piece of poo poo. The Aventine and the Phantom are both pretty good. Aventine's one of a special c-store triplet, and the triplet ships don't have different versions, they come straight from the c-store at fleet level anyway. And Phantom's a T6, so it doesn't current have a fleet version but probably will in six months or so. So yeah, just buy the Aventine or the Phantom from the C-store if you like those two. Ultimately an escort will be more pew pew. Although I think at the moment the best escort in the game for feds would be the Tempest Fleet Patrol Escort Refit. That'll change when T6 Fleet Phantom comes out. Yes, it's all much too complicated. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 07:54 on Feb 25, 2015 |
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DonDoodles posted:http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1383031&page=23 quote:While we are on the subject of in-game races that we hate, I'd like to reiterate what I absolutely don't understand about Andorians. tl;dr- gently caress andorians
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MikeJF posted:...Don't get the Presidio, it's a piece of poo poo. Why is the Presidio so bad? The reviews are wrong? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ_vfPwId8A I'm also considering just buying some guys lifetime account and being done with it - I'll resell it later.
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Honestly I think it's pretty good. The command powers are poo poo but it's not like you have to them, the boff and console loadout are pretty all around good (especially if you don't have the 80m in conn officers you'd need to get away with one copy of APB), the trait is obviously broken as hell, and I guess it has a hangar bay as a bonus since why not. All you're really losing over comparable ships is the weapon power cruiser command, but it has the inspiration gimmick too, so eeeeh. And while the gimmick console it comes with is useless, those are always useless so that doesn't matter much. I mean the Intel powers the Eclipse gets are infinitely superior to the command ones, but that has a way less useful trait and is similar enough otherwise. And the Astika or Sheshar are better sure, but they're expensive for a newbie while the Presidio is just a c-store buy. 
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Heh - Just picked up a lifetime account with an unlocked Intel Phantom T6 at a good price. I'm starting from scratch though, but sent a few items through. So I'm happy. Zen will keep adding up, and one day I'll get another ship or two.
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Anyone want to claim the honors? http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1385271 Is that you, Bushmaki?
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I really like the Presidio. It's kind of... awkward looking. And I'm not using any of the Command powers. The ship itself is a solid tac cruiser, though.
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